SPOILER WARNING: This article contains major spoilers for Amazing Spider-Man #799 by Dan Slott, Stuart Immonen, Wade von Grawbadger, Marte Gracia and Joe Caramagna, on sale now.


Spider-Man's first encounter with Norman Osborn's deadly new Red Goblin persona left the wall-crawler injured and admitting defeat. In order to spare his loved ones from the Red Goblin's wrath, Spider-Man agreed to not suit up ever again. However, that doesn't mean Peter Parker can't strategize against the Red Goblin in the shadows.

Peter calls in some favors from the superhero community to watch over the people closest to him, but even that doesn't guarantee their safety once the Red Goblin catches up with his estranged family.

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The result of the big Osborn family reunion surprisingly brings one member back from the dead, while also featuring the most insane act ever committed by Norman Osborn.

Grandma's Back In Town

When Flash Thompson discovered Norman Osborn was stalking around New York City in Amazing Spider-Man #799, his first call was to Norman's ex-daughter-in-law, Liz Allan. At the time, Liz was enjoying a quiet day at home with her two sons Normie and Stanley and their nanny Emma, her brother Mark Raxton and ex-husband Harry Osborn, who is Norman's son.

However, once they learn about Norman's big return, Emma tranquilizes the adults and runs off with Stanley and Normie. When the trio comes to, Liz uses a chip implanted in Normie to follow their trail. While you might consider implanting a tracking chip in children as inhumane, Liz's defense is it's something any billionaire businesswoman like herself would do to protect her kids.

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Naturally, everyone's first thought is Emma was working for Norman, and kidnapped the children to bring them to him. However, that's not the case at all. The truth is Emma is Emily Lyman-Osborn, Norman's deceased wife and Harry's mother. Just how Emily is back from the dead is a mystery for another time, as the Red Goblin, Harry and Liz catch up with her in the Port Authority.

What happens next will very likely change the lives of the Osborn family forever.

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One would think Emily's return would be enough of a surprise for the issue, but that doesn't hold a candle to what Norman does next. After taking out the likes of the Human Torch, Clash, Miles Morales and Silk, the Red Goblin tussles with Flash's new Anti-Venom persona, which is the only thing left that can physically harm the Carnage symbiote after Human Torch's flames and Clash's sonic abilities fail. The Red Goblin credits this sudden change on the mixing of Goblin serum with the symbiote.

With Anti-Venom out of the way and healing the fallen heroes -- along with Spider-Man, who gets his broken leg healed and a possible power boost to go with it -- the big Osborn reunion finally begins. As the Red Goblin plucks his grandson Normie, he starts to rant about the Osborn legacy. Harry tries to plead with his father to take him instead, but Norman quips that Harry had his chance to join with him long ago and passed -- it's now time for the next generation to be inducted into the family business. And with that, the Red Goblin's carnage symbiote slithers its way over Normie's body, creating a Red Goblin spawn.

We all expected Dan Slott's final Amazing Spider-Man story to be insane and intense, especially after it was confirmed that Norman would be bonding with the Carnage symbiote. But never in our wildest imaginations would we have guessed Norman would be sick enough to drag his grandson into his maniacal plans.

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Harry would be the most obvious choice if someone were to be forced to work with Norman, since they both share a background as former Green Goblins. However, all signs pointed to Normie all along. The first piece of evidence is he's named after his grandfather. Secondly, all the attention Liz and Harry pay to young Stanley made Normie extremely jealous of his younger brother. And lastly, Normie has always been fond of "Pop Pop," as he affectionately calls Norman.

The likely move here is for Norman to use Normie's love for him as a tool to twist the boy into the life of a supervillain, thus following in his evil footsteps. After everything Norman has put his family through, Normie doesn't deserve that burden. He'll want to do whatever it takes to gain Norman's approval, which could lead to some deadly results not only for Normie, but Spider-Man as well.

Amazing Spider-Man #800 is shaping up to be a Spider-Man comic for the ages. How will Spider-Man content with not one, but two Red Goblins? Can the symbiote be removed from Normie? Who will live, and who will die? The suspense is killing us!

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