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Attributes

Height: 5' 7"

Weight: 140 lbs

Eyes: Green

Hair: Brown

Features: Rather gawky

Summary

Created By: Tom DeFalco, Scott McDaniel

Real Name: Phillip Urich

Current Aliases: None

Former Aliases: None

Dual Identity: Secret

Current Occupation: College student

Former Occupation: Journalism Intern at the Daily Bugle

Citizenship: Natural Born U.S. Citizen

Legal Status: Unknown

Place of Birth: Unknown

Marital Status: Single

Known Relatives: Uncle Ben Urich, reporter for the Daily Bugle, Arnold & Mindy Urich (parents, GG #1), Kenneth Urich (older brother, GG #1), Doris Urich (aunt, wife of Ben Urich

Known Confidants: "Fast" Freddy Glazer, Lynn Walsh, Meredith Campbell, Ben Urich

Known Allies: Daredevil, Scarlet Spider

Major Enemies: Hobgoblin, Angel Face, Steel Slammer, "Netshape", the Rhino

Usual Bases: Phil's New York loft apartment

Former Bases: None

Current Groups: the Loners

Former Groups: He talked to the New Warriors once, but never joined.

Education: High School Graduate, College student at ESU

Powers & Paraphenalia

Strength Level: Presently unknown. The Goblin suit gives Phil augmented strength, enough to lift heavy objects and trash city property.

Powers: Phil possesses no natural-born superhuman powers. All of his abilities are given to him through the suit.

Abilities: Uncanny ability to look like a total geek at any time.

Equipment: When Phil dons the brain-sizzling Goblin mask, he gains superhuman strength and speed. The suit also shields him from damage. Installed in the mask is a device that gives Phil his "Lunatic Laugh", which can disable people from the sonic force. He has electrical finger-blasters that shoot energy beams and bright flashes.

(Costume)The costume possessed by Phil was once Harry Osborn's "next generation" of Green Goblin. The most intricate piece of the Goblin's costume is the mask, which including remote cameras, scanners, and 'glider-cam' vision abilites, houses the maniacal-laugh device.

(Mask) The mask is the source of Phil's power. Whenever he puts it on, it delivers a massive electrical charge through his body, boosting his natural abilities. Arm and leg power-bracers enhance his power even more. The Goblin also has mini- jets installed in the boots, which he can use whenever his glider is out of action. The boot-jets act a lot like roller-blades, and let him fly without extra equipment.

(Glider) The Goblin's real power lies in his assortment of weapons and equipment. The most prominent piece of Goblin equipment is his Bat Glider. A long, bat-shaped platform propelled by jets, the glider allows him to fly through the city, and hover in mid-air. Phil recently rigged a video- game joystick to give him remote control of the glider. It also has a camera installed in the nose, giving the Goblin enhanced reconaissance abilities.

Weapons: Plenty of those too...

(Bag Of Tricks) It looks like a regular leather hip bag, but the real advantage is not the thing itself, but the Goblin- Goodies inside!

(Pumpkin Bombs) The Green Goblin's trademark weapons are his pumpkin bombs. Small orange spheres resembling Jack O' Lanterns, the pumpkin bombs hold explosives, smoke, concussion and flashbomb charges. He often uses them as an intimidation weapon, laughing and hurling the smoking bombs.

(Glove Blasters)Installed in the tip of the index-finger of each of the Goblin's gloves are high-powered, electrical blasters. These powerful devices give the Goblin his most basic and straightforward attack. He can also use the electrical energy produced from the gloves to create a blinding flash, incapacitating his foes for several seconds.

(Gas Ghosts) Small gelatin ghost-like shapes, this devices releases a noxious gas that causes nausea and coughing. Phil accidentally learned how these work by chucking one on the floor in his apartment.

(Razor Bat Blades) These sharp weapons are long, bat-shaped blades that can be thrown, often in three's. Phil uses these more to short-out armored suits (as in issue #9), or to cut wires. He rarely uses them to slice up people. After all, he's a good guy!

Limitations: Phil's main limitation is his inexperience with the entire 'hero' thing. The suit and equipment gives him the ability to walk the walk, but it's taken him some time to learn the talk. Another main limitation for Phil is the reputation that has preceded the Green Goblin, but those images of chaos and evil have been tainted by the Goblin's latest exploits.

Background

While Ricko "the Sicko" was searching the warehouse for the Goblin gear, Ben Urich showed up and was caught by the crooks. Phil, who had been called by his friend "Fast" Freddy to say that Ricko was at the warehouse, arrived just in time to see Ben get caught. Phil hid, and accidentally stumbled into the secret headquarters of Harry Osborn. He backed up into a large canister full of icky green fluid, and got covered in the highly dangerous Mendel Stromm Formula. Knowing his uncle was in trouble, Phil quickly donned the costume and succeeded in scaring off the criminals. Once he had flown back to his apartment, and realized the extent of his actions, he decided it would be cool to keep the Goblin-gear.

At first, Phil became the Green Goblin for kicks, but as time went on, he became confused about what his real purpose was. He had a run-in with the Rhino, who was paying off a football star for throwing important games. The police showed up in an anti gambling sting and Phil quickly found himself a target of both the Rhino and the police. He easily defeated the Rhino with his greater speed and agility, dropping the grey Goliath head first into the docks. Alexsi was knocked unconscious, his horn jammed into the wood.

He also teamed-up with the Scarlet Spider to stop the players in "The Great Game" (in which super powered types are hired to fight other super powered types while their sponsors gamble on the outcome), even though he lusted after the malicious lady mercenary, Joystick. Joystick was assigned to the Scarlet Spider, but being a romantic idiot, Phil went in his place. Scarlet Spider and the Green Goblin managed to save Joystick's life from El Toro Negro, a contestant that she had defeated previously. Phil let Joystick go while Spider dealt with El Toro, much to Scarlet's dismay. The Goblin left him with the quip, "The laughs, man...I'm strictly looking for jollies!"

While Phil was basically the Goblin for the laughs, he also had a conscience. The new Goblin intervened on the Hobgoblin while heisting the New York subway "money train". Jason Macendale's ex-wife's new husband was a wealthy accountant for the New York transit authority and was going to hold a press conference in the subway. He considered it a perfect way to humiliate his ex and her new husband. Hobgoblin thoroughly thrashed the new and untested Green Goblin. Phil barely escaped, until he realized that his cute co-worker, Lynn Walsh, was still at the scene. He forced himself to go back and was quickly humiliated. Hobgoblin told the Green Goblin that this defeat would cost him, only to be saved by the timely arrival of The Thing. Phil became haunted by all the past Goblin incarnations, from Norman Osborn to Ned Leeds to Demogoblin. "Death comes to all who assume the mantle of the Goblin!" they warned him, but he didn't listen.

It wasn't until the mafia-connected Judge Tomb put a contract on his Uncle's life that Phil actually gained a sense of duty toward his new found identity. With the help of Daredevil, Green Goblin stopped the assassin Purge, gave the not-so-honorable judge a serious warning (he threw Purge's arm-mounted cannon through Tomb's study window), and began acting like a hero.

However, all the popularity and press Phil gained as the Green Goblin got him more attention than he desired. The widow Liz Osborn engaged the Daily Bugle, hoping to get Ben Urich's Green Goblin file to find out who had stolen her husband's villain identity. After Phil saved Liz and her son, Normie, from Angel Face and her band of electronic thieves, the widow Osborn gave the new Goblin her blessing!

Subsequently, the Goblin gained a sort of cult following among the younger generation of New Yorker's. Many saw him as a renegade hero, a lone-wolf playing by his own rules. GG has gone up against some new foes, including the electronic-thief femme fatale Angel Face, and the armored Steel Slammer.

The Green Goblin's latest re-incarnation was, sadly, destined not to last. During the 'Onslaught' story-line, Phil went head-to-head with a Sentinel. His victory was Pyrrhic, since the battle damaged his Green Goblin mask (the source of his power) beyond repair. After a short, unsuccessful attempt to carry on with out super-powers (he tried to use a green ski mask and his bicycle to make up for the Goblin mask and glider) Phil decided to quit while he was ahead. He lost the Goblin gear and never got to date Lynn Walsh, but he did go back to college and start dating his other office cutie, Meredith "Merry" Campbell.

Still, the 13 issues make great reading. If you find some back issues at your local comic store - then consider this a recommendation.

Phil returned to the Goblin identity in the Runaways series. The equipment was still trashed but he began hearing voices, telling him to do things. He attacked the Runaways, which turned out badly for him. This was after he helped form the team called the Loners, who were dedicated to helping young teenagers with powers to not fight crime. It wasn't an "evil" goal, just something that meant to keep bored, troubled teens from making dangerous decisions. The team was also attended by Mattie Franklin.

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The assistance of the Marvel Chronology Project is gratefully acknowledged.

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