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Harry Osborn
Harold Theopolis "Harry" Osborn is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Spider-Man. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #31 (December 1965). Harry is the best friend of Peter Parker (Spider-Man's alter ego) and Flash Thompson, one of the ex-boyfriends of Mary Jane Watson, the son of Norman Osborn, the husband of Liz Allan and the father of Normie Osborn and Stanley Osborn. He is the second character to assume the Green Goblin alias while one of his clones was amongst the many users of the Iron Patriot armor as the superhero American Son. An artificial intelligence (A.I.) copy, known as the A.I. Harry Osborn, is also the creator of the clones Gabriel and Sarah who are both later revealed to be operating as his demonic revenant Kindred (Marvel Comics), Kindred under the Harry A.I.'s command. The character has appeared in many adaptations of ''Sp ...
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Harry Osborn (2002 Film Series Character)
Harold Theopolis "Harry" Osborn is a fictional character in Sam Raimi's ''Spider-Man'' film series. Based on the comic book character of the same name created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, he is portrayed by James Franco. In the films, Harry is Peter Parker's best friend and a rival for Mary Jane Watson's affections, though the three are friends for much of the series. Harry and Peter's friendship strains severely after the death of Harry's father Norman, who was the villainous Green Goblin, which he blames on Peter's alter-ego Spider-Man on top of some resentment towards Peter for seemingly "snatching" Mary Jane's affections from him. Upon finding out his best friend is actually the web-slinger, Harry, despite being reluctant at first, vows revenge on him, taking on the New Goblin mantle and utilizing the technology his father left behind. Despite receiving initial mixed reviews in the first two films, Franco's portrayal of Harry Osborn catapulted the actor to wider mainstream ...
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John Romita Sr
John Victor Romita (; January 24, 1930 – June 12, 2023) was an American comic book artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and for co-creating characters including Mary Jane Watson, the Punisher, Kingpin, Wolverine, and Luke Cage. Romita was the father of John Romita Jr., also a comic book artist, and the husband of Virginia Romita, who was for many years Marvel's traffic manager. His first comics work was in 1949 as a ghost artist for Timely Comics, the precursor to Marvel, through which Romita met editor-in-chief Stan Lee. In 1951, Romita began drawing horror, war, and romance comics for Atlas Comics (previously Timely), and also drew his first superhero work, a 1950s revival of Captain America. He worked exclusively for DC Comics from 1958 to 1965 and was the artist for many of their romance comics. During these years, Romita further developed his ability to draw beautiful women, which he later became well-known for. Romita joined ...
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Alchemax
Alchemax is a fictional megacorporation appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Originally depicted as a prominent feature of the Marvel 2099 alternate future universe, it has since been introduced into the present day comics taking place on Earth-616. Publication history The Earth-928 version of Alchemax first appeared in ''Spider-Man 2099'' #1 and was created by Peter David and Rick Leonardi. The Earth-616 version of Alchemax first appeared in ''The Superior Spider-Man'' #19 and was created by Dan Slott and Ryan Stegman. Fictional company history Earth-928 Alchemax is a megacorporation operating in the year 2099. It creates products for virtually every consumer need, has entered into endeavors normally deemed nonprofit, and even manufactured an entire city to be maintained exclusively by the corporation. Alchemax has divisions affecting nearly every level of consumer need, society, and government. Its products range from consumer products to military we ...
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Spider-Man (2002 Film Series)
Spider-Man has appeared in film since the 1977 made-for-television movie broadcast on CBS. The motion picture rights to Spider-Man belonged to Marvel Entertainment until 1999, when Sony Pictures bought them for $7 million and produced Spider-Man's first theatrical film. He has been Marvel's most successful character in the American film industry ever since. After selling the Spider-Man motion picture rights to Sony, Marvel eventually founded its own film studio, Marvel Studios, developing the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) shared universe based only on the characters they still held the rights to. This would change in 2016, when Sony and the Walt Disney Company entered an agreement to introduce ''Spider-Man'' to the MCU. Despite some disagreements pertaining to finances and merchandising between the two parties, the agreement proved to be a successful endeavor for both companies. The crossover films '' Avengers: Infinity War'' and '' Avengers: Endgame'' included Spider-Man ...
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James Franco
James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has starred in numerous films, including Sam Raimi's Spider-Man (2002 film series), ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007), ''Milk (2008 American film), Milk'' (2008), ''Eat Pray Love'' (2010), ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' (2011), ''Spring Breakers'' (2012), and ''Oz the Great and Powerful'' (2013). He has collaborated with fellow actor Seth Rogen on multiple projects, including ''Pineapple Express (film), Pineapple Express'' (2008), ''This Is the End'' (2013), ''Sausage Party'' (2016), and The Disaster Artist (film), ''The Disaster Artist'' (2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Franco's performance in ''127 Hours'' (2010) earned a Best Actor nomination at the 83rd Academy Awards. In his first prominent television role, Franco played Daniel Desario on the short-lived ensemble comedy-drama ''Freaks an ...
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Revenant
In folklore, a revenant is a spirit or animated corpse that is believed to have been revived from death to haunt the living. The word ''revenant'' is derived from the Old French word (see also the related French verb ). Revenants are part of the legend of various cultures, including Celtic and Norse mythology">Celtic mythology">Celtic and Norse mythology, and stories of supposed revenant visitations were documented by English historians in the Middle Ages. Revenant graves Archaeologists have found revenant graves throughout Europe, characterized by bodies that had precautions taken to prevent them from rising up and causing mischief for the living, such as stones placed over the legs, stones placed in the jaw so it could not speak, bodies lodged with bricks, or body parts removed. The oldest known graves are as old as 4,000 years BP from the Bronze Age. Roman literature contained writings about revenants, they were common throughout the Middle Ages, and 17th-century Poland ...
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Demon
A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in folklore, mythology, religion, occultism, and literature; these beliefs are reflected in Media (communication), media including fiction, comics, film, television series, television, and video games. Belief in demons probably goes back to the Paleolithic, Paleolithic age, stemming from humanity's fear of the unknown, the strange and the horrific.. In Religions of the ancient Near East, ancient Near Eastern religions and in the Abrahamic religions, including History of Judaism, early Judaism and ancient-medieval Christian demonology, a demon is considered a harmful spiritual entity that may cause Spirit possession, demonic possession, calling for an exorcism. Large portions of Jewish demonology, a key influence on Christianity and Islam, originated from a later form of Zoroastrianism, and was transferred to Judaism during the Achaemenid Empire, Persian era. Demons may ...
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Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computer, computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. It is a field of research in computer science that develops and studies methods and software that enable machines to machine perception, perceive their environment and use machine learning, learning and intelligence to take actions that maximize their chances of achieving defined goals. High-profile applications of AI include advanced web search engines (e.g., Google Search); recommendation systems (used by YouTube, Amazon (company), Amazon, and Netflix); virtual assistants (e.g., Google Assistant, Siri, and Amazon Alexa, Alexa); autonomous vehicles (e.g., Waymo); Generative artificial intelligence, generative and Computational creativity, creative tools (e.g., ChatGPT and AI art); and Superintelligence, superhuman play and analysis in strategy games (e.g., ...
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Normie Osborn
Normie Osborn is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the grandson of Norman Osborn and the eldest son of Harry Osborn. After gaining partial of Carnage symbiote power and gave a birth of a symbiote, Rascal, Normie becomes the second Red Goblin. Publication history Normie Osborn first appeared in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #263 (April 1985), and was created by Bill Mantlo and Al Milgrom. He appeared in Green Goblin stories throughout the 1990s, generally portrayed as hating Spider-Man. Fictional character biography Normie Osborn is the son of Harry Osborn and the grandson of Norman Osborn. Harry's sanity recovered shortly before dying from a modified version of the Goblin formula, saving Spider-Man and saying "You're my best friend"; Normie is shown overhearing this, possibly changing his view of Spider-Man. While still recovering from his father's death, Normie is befriended by Peter Parker, a sort of surrogate uncle to him ...
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Liz Allan
Elizabeth "Liz" Allan, also known as Elizabeth Allan-Osborn and commonly misspelled as "Liz Allen", is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. In the character's earliest appearances, she was a popular girl at the high school Peter Parker attends. She has been a regular supporting character in the various Spider-Man, Daredevil, and Venom series in an on-and-off basis, and has ties to the Green Goblin and Molten Man. She is married to Harry Osborn, the mother of their son Normie Osborn, and the CEO of Alchemax. Liz Allan later becomes Misery after bonding to portions of the Anti-Venom and Carnage symbiotes. Sally Livingstone portrays Liz Allan in Sam Raimi's ''Spider-Man'' (2002), while Laura Harrier portrayed Liz Allan in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017) and '' Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021). Publication history Liz Allan is named i ...
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Norman Osborn
Norman Virgil Osborn is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, he first appeared in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #14 (July 1964) as the first and best-known incarnation of the Green Goblin. He has since endured as one of the superhero Spider-Man's most prominent villains and is regarded as one of his three Archenemy, archenemies, alongside Doctor Octopus and Venom (character), Venom. In his comic book appearances, Norman Osborn is the amoral business magnate, industrialist head of science conglomerate Oscorp and the father of Harry Osborn, the best friend of Spider-Man's alter ego Peter Parker. Osborn, in part as a reaction to the death of his wife, maintains a cold disposition and is obsessed with attaining as much power as possible. As a result, he treats his son harshly and openly favors Peter for his intellect, leading Harry to often try to compensate. In his origin story, Osborn is exposed to an experimen ...
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Mary Jane Watson
Mary Jane "MJ" Watson is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, making her first appearance in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #25 (June 1965), and subsequently designed by John Romita Sr. in #42 (November 1966). Since then, she has gone on to become Spider-Man's main love interest and later his wife (as Mary Jane "MJ" Watson-Parker) before their marriage was sold to Mephisto (Marvel Comics), Mephisto; Mary Jane has also served as a supporting character to Iron Man and Venom (character), Venom. Although she made a brief first appearance in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #25 with a plant obscuring her face, as part of a then-long-running recurring gag about Aunt May attempting to set Peter up with her friend's "nice girl" niece, Mary Jane's first official face reveal was a cameo appearance in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #42. Designed and drawn by John Romita Sr., her entrance is regarded as one of th ...
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