Norman Osborn’s New Green Goblin Look Revealed

With his dead allies and foes among the living once more and a deadly virus threatening to take out humankind, things aren’t going so well in the world of Peter Parker at the moment. Unfortunately, even if he can somehow contain all that, his most fearsome nemesis is making his big return, so no breaks for webheads.

Marvel previewed some new pages from the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man #25, which will kick off artist Stuart Immonen’s run on the series (via CBR). In the preview pages, fans get their first look at the newly redesigned Normal Osborn, which is noticeably different than the classic green and purple version seen previously. Actually, it’s very reminiscent of the Ultimate universe’s Green Goblin, with decidedly more human features like his sparse hair and his suit attire.

This Green Goblin isn’t just different in appearance either. The new Goblin isn’t the crazed animal from past versions, and while that’s great for him, it isn’t so great for Spidey.

Immonen spoke about this updated version of the Goblin (which you can view in the gallery), which will be quite new-reader friendly.

“Again, I’m just following the description and dialogue as laid out by Dan. I’m not applying fifty years of baggage to Norman; someone picking up “ASM” #25 as their first issue, or even a modern audience in general, doesn’t need to know what Norman Osborn was like in the ’60s or ’70s. I try to read — and then translate visually– the scripts as if I’m seeing the characters and situations for the first time, and to make their expressions and body language match what I think the writer envisions.

This version of Peter Parker is also quite different from Immonen’s past experiences with the character. His previous run on Ultimate Spider-Man did not feature a Parker who runs a multi-billion dollar company while parading around as Spider-Man.

“The specifics of what a character says and does are already established in the plot by the time I see it, so my role is to portray Peter’s — or anyone’s — motivations in pictures as already writ. Dan’s been doing this for a while, obviously, so he knows the intricacies of the character relationships in a contemporary context better than I do; I’m happy to navigate the route from a shotgun position. As you say, the “USM” Peter and the “ASM” Peter are quite different, basically only sharing a costume (sort of) and a set of powers (sort of). Powers don’t drive a story, character does, and Dan is firmly at the helm in that department.”

Amazing Spider-Man hits comic stores in March.

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