10 Things Marvel Wants You To Forget About Green Goblin
10. He Once Went By The Name Of 'Super-Adaptoid'
Marvel Comics
So, for starters, Norman Osborn hasn't always been the Green Goblin. He's actually taken on a variety of different guises over the years, but perhaps the most weird came in Avengers Vol. 4 #23, where he was reimagined as the villainous 'Super-Adaptoid'.
There's nothing wrong with Norman Osborn taking on different roles and identities - arguably the most successful story to feature the character post-2000 saw him as an Avengers villain - but the Super-Adaptoid name probably isn't one becoming of Osborn's stature.
The Green Goblin denotes terror, suspense, and threat. Super-Adaptoid, on the other hand, intimates the opposite, and though it was great to see Osborn battling it out with the Avengers yet again, it's little surprise he hasn't used the alter-ego since.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
