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References to and Quotes about
Norman Osborn

The Avengers and the Thunderbolts (1998), page 109:
Osborn Chemical

Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload (2013):
Headline: "Green Gobin Overload Escapes Cage"

Note: The Green Goblin is featured in a large photo on front page of the Daily Bugle. Behind him is Luke Cage, unable to catch the villain as he escapes..

Marvel Knights 4 #1 (Apr. 2004): "Wolf at the Door: Part 1", page 4, panel 6:
Jed Schultz (to Fantastic Four): "And, from all appearances, he's fled the country. Some of his other clients -- Osborn Corporation, Stark Enterprises -- have also reported mysterious losses. None so devastating as yours, however."

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #5 (Oct. 2004): "Venomous: Part One", page 10, panels 3-5:
Mary Jane: "Okay, Doctor Octopus, the Vulture, the Scorpion, the Shocker, Electro and Sandman don't know you from Adam, right? But the Green Goblin knows the truth. What about him?"
Peter Parker: "Actually, he was my first choice, but Osborn was in police custody when Aunt May disappeared, so there's no way he could have done this." [more]

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #7 (Dec. 2004): "Venomous: Part Three", pages 10, 16:
(pg. 10) Spider-Man (narrating): "Congratulations, Ramona. You just smacked me harder than a pumpkin bomb, a cybernetic tentacle..."
(pg. 16) Liz Allan: "We've really had a lot of weirdness in our lives, haven't we, Peter? I mean... Harry becoming the Green Goblin... Harry's dad all over the newspapers because he was the first Green Goblin..."

Marvel Knights Spider-Man #8 (Jan. 2005): "Venomous: Part Four", pages 12, 23:
(pg. 12) Angelo Fortunato (as Venom): "Oh my God. I did it. I killed him [Spider-Man]. All those big guys out there... Green Goblin, Doctor Doom, Doctor Octopus and all those clowns... I just did what none of them could do... even when they all ganged up."
(pg. 23) Mac Gargan: "Why is Osborn in such terrible danger?"

X-Men (vol. 3) #1 (Sep. 2010): "Curse of the Mutants: Part One", page 1:
Things have been rough on the X-Men. They lived through Norman Osborn's Dark Reign, a near-genocide at the hands of Bastion and many other catastrophes...