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cyberghostface (cyberghostface) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-06-02 15:47:00

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char: donald menken, char: green goblin/norman osborn, char: spider-man/peter parker, creator: roger stern, creator: ron frenz, publisher: marvel comics

Norman and Kolina: A Love Story

In Unthinkable, Dr. Doom sacrifices his childhood love Valeria to a group of demons to gain ULTIMATE POWER and wears a new suit harvested from her skin. A lot of people here didn't like it, saying that it was too evil for Doom and it's something that Norman Osborn would do instead. I disagreed, saying that even Norman wouldn't go as far to do that to his loved ones.

And it was asked, "Does Norman really have any loved ones?" And the answer is yes, he does. Even if you were to say he doesn't love Harry (and I think he does deep-down, but that's for another day), Norman has still shown a softer side in the past when he's not trying to ruin Spider-Man's life, as evidenced in the Revenge of the Green Goblin miniseries...

Revenge of the Green Goblin was a miniseries written by Roger Stern and illustrated by Ron Frenz that first appeared all the way back in 2000. It was largely a prelude for the two-part arc in Amazing Spider-Man #25 and Peter Parker: Spider-Man #25 in which Norman tried brainwashing Spidey into making him his heir. Much of the miniseries was basically explaining how Norman regained his sanity after the events of "The Gathering of Five" and "The Final Chapter" and setting plans in motion for Spider-Man, but there was also a part that explored his relationship with a nurse named Kolina, which is what I will be posting here.

In #1...

Norman is dependent on an IV drip to maintain his sanity after the Gathering of Five.

Later...

In #2...

Later, when Norman's once again plotting against Spidey...

Finally, in #3...

Norman proceeds to recap his origin.

The rest of the issue deals with Norman revealing that he's been brainwashing Spider-Man into becoming his successor, which is later carried onto the main Spider-titles. Kolina has not appeared in any of Norman's stories since. I'd like to see her return someday, but not unless Stern is writing it--I'd hate to see Kolina face the same fate Valeria did.

Overall, this was one of my favorite Green Goblin stories. Stern, in my opinion, did a good job at humanizing Norman without contradicting him as a character. Inn light of his role in Dark Reign, I hope this showed a different side of the Goblin.

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	zechs27 2009-06-03 12:11 pm UTC (link)
	Oh and anyone see that Great Grandpa Osborn had the SAME haircut as Norman and Harry? Osborn hair. Why continue with it? O_o (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sir_mikael 2009-06-03 01:52 pm UTC (link)
	You speak as if it's a choice. The Osborn genetics and its hair are unstoppable! Unless you're a girl. ...Then you look like Gwen Stacy instead. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	zechs27 2009-06-03 02:34 pm UTC (link)
	No hair is unstoppable. Aunt May's laid in defeat for a few years. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sir_mikael
2009-06-03 03:08 pm UTC (link)

Aye, this is true. The battle may have been won that day, but the War of Hairs was still ongoing. And now the rightfull underdog Aunt May hair is just one of the many casualties. Other hairs that has been lost in the years of the War, some justly, some unjustly, let's watch this Montage with sad music. Supermans mullet (applause). Booster Golds mullet (applause). Mary-Jane Watsons frizzy hair (applause). Black Canarys black hair (applause). Rogues two-stripey hair (applause). Storms mohawk (sad applause).

I'm out of ideas but you get the picture :P

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