For the first time in Marvel history,theGreen Goblinhas harnessed the power of the Infinity Stones. Which means the fate of Earth-616 rests in the villainous hands of Spider-Man’s greatest nemesis, and one of the world’s most tenaciously driven criminals, and not even the combined godly powers of Phil Coulson’s Infinity Watch can overcome the power Norman Osborn now wields.
InThe Infinity Watch #3by Derek Landy and Enid Balám, the problematically immoral hero Star, the current wielder ofthe Reality Stone, has created an altered reality to stave off the genocidal actions of Zavala, a multidimensional Infinity Stone bearer who seeks to upend Earth-616 for the “greater good.”
Superpowers and magic are no more, as Star creates a mundane facade to conceal Marvel’s new ultimate weapon, the Infinity Sword. However, this reality is breaking, and the villains of Manhattan have begun to notice.While Star and Zavala compete to control this reality, Norman Osborn seizes an opportunity.
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Piece by piece, Star’s altered reality begins to fall around her. In truth, this world was a rushed design meant to momentarily seize control of the Infinity Sword and imprison Zavala for good. However, even with the Reality Stone’s power, Zavala wrote his own rules into Star’s altered reality,giving him control of the world’s many villains.While the Vulture and the Hobgoblin fail to return the sword to Zavala,the Green Goblin takes his chanceto break away from Zavala and the Infinity Watch to rewrite reality as he sees fit.
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Calling upon the sword’s godly powers, Norman reverts himself to his true mutated goblin form as he sneers at the opportunity to create a world with his imagination. Try as the Infinity Watch or Zavala might, the Green Goblin now wields the power ofall seven Infinity Stones. Star’s weakened reality only further falls apart asthe Green Goblin begins to realize the full extent of what he is now capable of.Under Norman Osborn’s control, all of Earth-616 is at risk of the terror that, as Marvel has already shown, comes with Osborn’s rulership.
A Variant of Norman Osborn Has Held This Power Once Before
His Reality Became a Paradise for Villains
While this is the first time that Earth-616’s Norman Osborn has wielded the Infinity Stones, it’s not the first time a version of the villain has. InWhat If? Infinity Dark Reign -by writer Joshua Willaimson and artist Goran Sudzuka - Norman Osborn and his Dark Avengers have seizedcontrol of the Infinity Gauntlet, expanding Osborn’s control over the United States to all of reality. With a snap of his finger, Earth became consumed by a Green Goblin empire.Norman ruled his villain-led reality with an iron fistand the promise that his world had no place for heroes.
However, this Norman, like most, has a flair for dramatics. In the final war against the remnants of the true Avengers, Norman transformed himself intoa monstrous version of his Green Goblinform. When he grew bored with fighting, he turned the Avengers against each other to destroy what was left. Normantrapped Spider-Man in an infinite loop that doomed him to repeatedly experience Gwen Stacy’s tragic death.He even had to use his newfound powers to make his father love him. No reality is safe when a Green Goblin holds the power of Infinity.
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There is no version of Norman Osborn who should be trusted with the Infinity Stones. When these mythic fragments, born from the universe’s infant moments, fall into the wrong hands, existence is always warped to fit the maniacal fantasies of its villainous wielders. BothThanos and Doctor Doomhave already proven the devastating perversions their version of a “perfect world” creates. Heroes die, villains rise, dissonance is extinguished, and whim becomes law.Marvel’sDark Reignevent has already proven that Earth-616’s Norman Osborn cannot be trusted to ruleover others; the last time he tried, the Void almost consumed existence.
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Fortunately, there is hope that the universe may be spared from the Goblin’s control. While the Infinity Watch currently lies defeated and the looming threats of Zavala and the Apeiron near,the Green Goblin’s greatest weaknessis his own, dissatisfied, hubris. Like many villains, the Goblin wants a world of his own making where he rules all. However,Norman has already proven he can’t manage any reality where he sits as king.He failed inDark ReignandInfinity Dark Reignall because he realized how hollow and unsustainable his control really is.
That said, Norman Osborn should never be underestimated. Norman is tenacious; he’s unstoppable. No matter how hard Osborn falls, he returns with a vengeance.Once the Goblin has tasted power, he can’t ever let it go.Now, the Green Goblin has felt the power of the Infinity Stones and has peered through the veil that holdsEarth-616together. Whatever the Apeiron is fleeing from, Norman has seen it, yet he isn’t afraid. The Green Goblin may not be able to hold his power for long, but his hunger to grasp at more threatens to upend the foundations of all existence.
