10 Things Marvel Wants You To Forget About Green Goblin

4. His Role In The Clone Saga

Gerry Conway and Gil Kane's the Night Gwen Stacy Died is one of the most important Spider-Man stories of all time, and it culminated in the death of Norman Osborn. He impales himself on his own glider when Spider-Man goes to confront him, and he managed to stay dead for a further 30 years. Norman had seemingly managed to buck the most frustrating cliché of all - that of the forced resurrection.

That was, sadly, until the nineties came around. The introduction of the Clone Saga caused several huge rifts in Spidey's life for the majority of the decade, with it first being revealed that Miles Warren - the Jackal - had been cloning Peter and his closest companions, only for a further twist to come later down the line that unveiled Norman as the entire saga's key architect.

What's worse, however, is that the story went even further than that. It was revealed that Norman had never passed away, and had instead been manipulating Peter's life from behind the scenes for years before that point.

It was silly, contrived, and exemplified the aimless nature of the wall-crawler's books during that decade. Needless to say, there's a reason why this particular saga is as reviled as it is.