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Norman Osborn - the Red Goblin

Norman Osborn - the Red Goblin

After his defeat at the end of Superior Spider-Man, Norman Osborn sought revenge against Spider-Man but was unable to access his Green Goblin powers due to nanobots in his bloodstream. He hired mercenaries to steal a piece of the Carnage symbiote from SHIELD’s custody, bonded with it after a struggle, and became the Red Goblin to torment Spider-Man. Later, during Absolute Carnage, a massively empowered Cletus Cassidy broke into Ravencroft Asylum, overpowered Venom and Spider-Man, and forcibly bonded Osborn to a copy of the Carnage symbiote, turning him into the new Carnage to hunt down codex holders as part of Cassidy’s symbiote army.

Red Goblin - Strength

  • Caught Goblin King Phil Urich’s flaming sword swing with one hand and held him up in the air (source) (ASMv1 #797)
  • Knocked out three men by throwing one at them (source) (ASMv1 #799)
  • One-shot Miles Morales and Silk (source) (ASMv4 #799)
  • Beat Agent Anti-Venom unconscious (source) (ASMv4 #799)
  • Floored a group of people with his tail (source) (ASMv1 #799)
  • Slashed Venom in the face (source) (ASMv1 #800)
  • Floored Superior Octopus and tore open a Spider Slayer (source) (ASMv1 #800)
  • Tore a small army of robots to shreds (source) (ASMv1 #800)
  • Threw Liz Allen through a window (source) (ASMv1 #800)
  • Killed Flash Thompson (source) (ASMv4 #800)
  • Punched through a man’s chest (source) (ASMv1 #800)
  • Strangled symbiote Spider-Man and nearly killed him before being tricked into relinquishing the symbiote (source) (ASMv1 #800)
  • Slashed a man’s throat open (source) (RG:RD)
  • Pulled two doors out of their frame, threw them aside, slashed one’s throat, and buried claws in another’s head to kill two people (source) (RG:RD)
  • Cracked a wall by throwing a man at it and crushed his head with a stomp (source) (RG:RD)
  • Slammed a man’s head through a wall, impaled another with claws, slashed through another’s torso, and vertically bisected a fourth (source) (RG:RD)

Red Goblin - Durability

  • Tanked a combined blast from the Human Torch and Clash (source) (ASMv1 #799)
  • Tanked a venom blast from Miles Morales (source) (ASMv1 #799)
  • Backhanded by Venom (source) (ASMv1 #800)
  • Slammed into a wall by Venom, cratering it (source) (ASMv1 #800)
  • Recovered quickly after repeated throat punches from Spider-Man and laughed off a blast from an Iron Man gauntlet (source) (ASMv1 #800)
  • Impaled by a Goblin Glider, which only angered him (source) (ASMv1 #800)
  • Only annoyed after being punched through a skyscraper by an enraged symbiote Spider-Man and crashing into the street (source) (ASMv1 #800)

Red Goblin - Speed/Agility

  • Leapt from power lines to lampposts (source) (RG:RD)

Red Goblin - Shapeshifting - General

  • Stretched arms to kill his bodyguards (source) (ASMv1 #796)
  • Turned hands into claws to skewer Goblin King Phil Urich (source) (ASMv1 #797)
  • Formed arm into a blade to slash Agent Anti-Venom’s back (source) (ASMv1 #799)
  • Turned hand into a scythe blade (source) (ASMv1 #800)
  • Used tendrils to rip a man’s head apart, mouth first (source) (RG:RD)
  • Killed a man by hitting him with stretched goopy arm (source) (RG:RD)

Red Goblin - Shapeshifting - Carnage Bombs

  • Don’t set off Spider-Sense (source) (ASMv1 #798)
  • One bit onto Spider-Man’s leg and detonated, sending him flying into a building and tearing his leg open (source) (ASMv1 #798)
  • One burned down an apartment building (source) (RG:RD)
  • Destroyed part of a vault; Osborn can speak and see through them (source) (ASMv1 #800)
  • A barrage trashed Times Square, tearing apart the ground and vaporizing cars (source) (ASMv1 #800)

Red Goblin - Shapeshifting - Glider

  • Chomped down on symbiote Spider-Man’s arm and dragged him around (source) (ASMv1 #800)
  • Ripped apart by an enraged symbiote Spider-Man (source) ([Limit] ASMv1 #800)

Red Goblin - Shapeshifting - Needles

  • Knocked out the Human Torch and Clash (source) (ASMv1 #799)
  • Used a ton on Superior Octopus (source) (ASMv1 #800)
  • Downed a Goblin Glider (source) (ASMv1 #800)
  • Remotely activated them in multiple people to shoot into pain centers causing agonizing death, stopped by Agent Anti-Venom (source) (ASMv1 #800)

Red Goblin - Regeneration (host)

  • Healed Norman’s face (source) (ASMv1 #796)
  • Purged nanobots from Norman’s body preventing Green Goblin transformation (source) (ASMv1 #796)
  • Got up after impalement by a huge explosion (source) (ASMv1 #798)
  • Healed after impalement by a Goblin Glider (source) (ASMv1 #800)

Red Goblin - Other Symbiote Abilities

  • Doesn’t set off Spider-Sense (source) (ASMv1 #800)
  • Can feel everything on his body, detecting Spider-Man’s Spider-Tracer (source) (ASMv1 #798)
  • No longer weak to heat and sound, tanking combined blast from Human Torch and Clash (source) (ASMv1 #799)
  • Still burned by Anti-Venom (source) (ASMv1 #799)
  • Bonded grandson Normie to Carnage offshoot, turning him into Goblin Childe (source) (ASMv1 #799)
  • Purged remaining Venom from Carnage through force of will (source) (RG:RD)

Red Goblin - Misc

  • Would have killed Spider-Man if not tricked into giving up symbiote for man-to-man fight (source) (ASMv1 #800)
  • After defeat, thought Spider-Man was Norman Osborn and himself was Cletus Cassidy (source) (ASMv1 #800)

Carnage - Strength

  • Held a car up over his head (source) (AC #3)
  • Winded Spider-Man by clotheslining him (source) (ACvDP #3)
  • Smashed holes in concrete with mace hand and knocked out Spider-Man with it (source) (ACvDP #3)
  • Busted through bunker wall with axe hand (source) (AC #4)
  • Slammed Spider-Man’s face through a concrete wall (source) (ASMv5 #30)
  • Overwhelmed Spider-Man in fight (source) (ASMv5 #30)
  • Beaten by Spider-Man in rematch, though Peter was knocked out too (source) ([Limit] ASMv5 #31)
  • Peter knocked out in process (source) (AC #5)
  • Cut through bunker door with claws and pried it open (source) (ASMv5 #31)

Carnage - Durability

  • Unaffected when Deadpool cut open his back and repeatedly kicked with Spider-Man (source) (ACvDP #3)
  • Took hits from Spider-Man (source) (ASMv5 #30)
  • Knocked out by Spider-Man later (source) (ASMv5 #31)
  • Stabbed in heart by Venom when distracted (source) ([Limit] AC #3)

Carnage - Shapeshifting - Tendrils

  • Restrained and impaled Scorpion through the back, paralyzing him (source) (AC #2)
  • Pinned Miles Morales to the ground and bonded him to Carnage offshoot (source) (AC #2)
  • Strangled Deadpool (source) (ACvDP #2)
  • Flung Spider-Man and Deadpool off him (source) (ACvDP #3)

Carnage - Shapeshifting - Other

  • Turned hand into battleaxe (source) (AC #4)
  • Formed Wolverine claws to gore Deadpool (source) (ACvDP #3)
  • Turned arm into mallet, sword, and tentacle to beat Deadpool (source) (ACvDP #3)
  • Formed blade to cut through Spider-Man’s webs (source) (ACvDP #3)
  • Turned hand into giant mace (source) (ACvDP #3)

Carnage - Regeneration (symbiote)

  • Reformed face after venom blast-charged punch from Miles Morales (source) (AC #2)

Carnage - Regeneration (host)

  • Regrew heart after impalement by Venom (source) (AC #3)