Here’s your exclusive first look at The Spectacular Spider-Man’s Green Goblin. The web-slinger’s most notorious nemesis makes his first appearance on the CW’s Saturday-morning ‘toon in the episode “Catalysts,” airing April 26 (at 10 am/ET).
From the design to the left here it looks like the Marvel Animation Studio has decided to go with a more modern take on the character. With so many choices, I can see why. The sick design will fit in perfectly with the other new takes on the web slinger’s rogue’s gallery.
Green Goblin is an important villain in the Spider-Man universe for a couple of reasons. Firstly, he’s the first major super villain that crossed the line into Peter Parker’s personal life. Secondly, he’s the villain that split up the Lee/Ditko team that pioneered the series. The story goes that the mysterious Goblin who was often seen removing his costume in private was to be revealed as a major player in Peter’s life. Ditko objected to this, wanting instead to stick to the anonymity of criminals. The feud (probably fueled by many other factors as well) ended with Ditko leaving Marvel Comics and the revelation of the Goblin’s identity (Peter’s best friend Harry’s dad Norman Osborn!) taking place under the apt pen of John Romita.
In his early appearance, the Green Goblin was a smart thug with a satchel of Halloween-themed gizmos and traps from flying bats to pumpkin bombs. One of the ‘inventor’ set of characters that littered Marvel in the 1960’s, Goblin was not above recruiting others into his schemes, including anyone from the Enforcers to the Incredible Hulk (though it was really a fortuitous accident).
With the arrival of the Green Goblin in the new Spectacular Spider-Man series, expect the drama and danger to hit a higher mark than usual as this nefarious villain plays for keeps!
The Green Goblin makes his debut April 26.
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