Norman Osborn (Version 1.0)

Norman Osborn was a famed scientist who received government funding to work on cross species genetics. Osborn believed that the human race needed to mutate into something that could withstand the impending threat of climate change, and worked on research to advance his cause along with his wife and lab partner, Emily. One day, a group of students from Queens High School visited Osborn's lab on a field trip. The Greek demi-goddess, Arachne posed as one of Osborn's super spiders, and bit Peter Parker, giving him super powers. Osborn believed the spider to be stolen by a student. As Osborn received less funding from the government, he started to suspect the superhero Spider-Man was created by one of his employees who left due to lack of funding. Pressured by evil government group Viper, Osborn fast tracked his human mutation experiments, and transformed into the Green Goblin. The experiment also killed Emily, something Osborn always blamed Spider-Man. Osborn began killing a number of former employees, blaming them for his transformation into the Green Goblin. The world believed Osborn to be dead for a time, as Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson drafted Osborn's obituary. Osborn kidnapped Spider-Man and unmasked him, learning he was actually Peter Parker all along. Parker was brought to the top of the Chrysler Building, where he found Osborn playing a villainous version of I'll Take Manhattan atop the Chrysler Building. Osborn revealed his plans to mutate the world, and revealed he'd kidnapped Parker's girlfriend, Mary Jane Watson and tied to a rope on the building 1000 feet above ground, that was ready to snap. The Green Goblin sprouted wings, and fought Spider-Man to the death across the city. Eventually, the Green Goblin was webbed to the piano he was playing and fell to his death.

The Geek Chorus, a group of narrators writing a comic book that was the story believed the Green Goblin to be Spider-Man's "ultimate enemy" and wanted to end the story after his demise, but Miss Arrow convinced them the ultimate villain would be the one Spider-Man couldn't defeat.

When Parker gave up his powers, Arachne grew furious, and created illusions of Osborn and other villains Spider-Man had defeated before, such Electro, the Lizard, Carnage, Swiss Miss, Swarm, and Kraven the Hunter, all of which were apart of the thought dead Sinister Six. Together, Arachne made it appear as though the Goblin was apart of the newly formed Sinister Seven. Arachne's illusions made it appear as though Osborn and the Six were destroying the city, causing a worldwide power outage, and kidnaping Watson. One of Arachne's illusions made it appear Goblin had dropped Watson off of a bridge, with a helpless and powerless Spider-Man unable to save her.