Norman Osborn grew up under an abusive father, and eventually killed him by pushing him down the stairs. He inherited his father's company, Oscorp, and married a woman named Norman, but she died while giving birth to his son, Harry. Because of this he grew to resent his son, and did not want to die like his wife, so he researched the Gathering of Five. To help him, he blackmailed Bennet Brant, a.k.a the Crime Master into helping him make super-powered humans to further his causes. After his attempts failed and his son was put in the hospital due to an attempted assassination by Mendel Stromm, he donned the G.O.B.L.I.N. suit and killed Stromm, and then proceded to attack Spider-man, but had to retreat. He later traveled to Delvadia to kill reporter Betty Brant, but was once again defeated b