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Green Goblin II (Harry Osborn)
Appearance
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 170 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Reddish Brown
Features: Apart from wearing a green latex outfit and jetting around on a goblin glider, none.
Summary
Created By: Unknown
Real Name: Harold "Harry" Osborn
Current Aliases: None
Former Aliases: None
Dual Identity: Known at time of death; secret for many years before.
Current Occupation: deceased
Former Occupation: Owner and president of Osborn Industries, Inc.
Citizenship: U.S.
Legal Status: No known criminal record
Place of Birth: New York City
Marital Status: Married
Known Relatives: Norman Osborn II, father (deceased); Liz Osborn, wife; Norman Osborn III, son
Known Confidants: Harry at times confided in his best friend, Peter Parker.
Known Allies: Spider-Man, the Molten Man
Major Enemies: Hobgoblin II, Spiderman, and himself
Usual Bases: New York City
Former Bases: None
Current Groups: None
Former Groups: None
Education: College graduate
Powers & Paraphenalia
Strength Level: For most of his career, Harry had normal human strength. Near the end of his life, he was able to go toe-to-toe with Spider-Man without either winning a clear victory.
Powers: None
Abilities: Harry ran his company efficiently
Equipment: The vertical-thrust goblin glider, which was powered by a miniature turbo-fan. It could go up to 90 miles per hour and support 400 pounds.
Weapons: Concussive, smoke, gas and incendiary bombs. Gloves capable of conducting pulses of electricity upwards of 10,000 volts.
Limitations: Prone to crippling self-doubts and recriminations.
Background
Harry Osborn was the college roommate of Peter Parker. He worshipped his domineering father, and tried to live up to what he thought his father's exceptions were. The pressure got to him, however, and he began taking drugs. It was a long, slow road to recovery, replete with backslides. It was during such a period that Harry witnessed the battle between his father, the original Green Goblin, and Spider-Man, that resulted in his father's death. The shock started to drive Harry towards insanity.
After discovering Spider-Man's costume in Peter Parker's room, Harry assumed the identity of the Green Goblin and tried to do in his roommate. Peter defeated Harry. The arriving authorities refused to believe either that Peter was Spider- Man, or that Harry himself was the Green Goblin. They handed Harry over to a psychiatrist, Dr. Barton Hamilton, who successfully treated Harry's insanity but who also learned everything Harry knew about the Green Goblin. Dr. Hamilton eventually went on to become the third Green Goblin -- but that's another story.
Just like his father, Harry suffered from a sort of selective amnesia and often didn't remember either his father's other life or Spider-Man's secret identity. This amnesia began to erode when the original Hobgoblin offered him proof that Norman Osborn was his father. Harry tried to use some of his father's weapons on the original Hobgoblin, with dismal results.
Harry stayed away from super-powered types for a while. During the Inferno crisis, he became the Green Goblin again and battled the second Hobgoblin. He thought about becoming a super-hero, but was forcefully dissuaded by Spider-Man.
Harry began to imagine his father's spirit, goading him to revenge. He obtained and used a modified version of the original Green Goblin's strength formula . He taunted Peter and Peter's wife, Mary Jane, with his knowledge of Peter's secret identity. He openly jetted about in his Goblin attire, even publicly confronting J. Jonah Jameson. His determination to extract vengeance caused him to try and blow up the Osborn Foundation with himself and Spider-Man inside. However, the presence of Mary Jane and his son, Norman, shocked him into a semblance of sanity. He got everyone out safely before collapsing. He died shortly thereafter, apparently from an unexpected side-effect of the Green Goblin formula.