Red Goblin

Norman Osborn bonded the Carnage symbiote to himself, merging his Green Goblin legacy with Cletus Kasady's alien parasite to become the terrifying Red Goblin — a threat unlike anything Spider-Man had faced before.

A creature of the Modern Age, Red Goblin burst onto the Marvel scene in 2018 — debuting in the pages of Runaways under the hand of creator Kris Anka — and has since carved out a genuinely compelling corner of the Marvel Universe. Sharing pages with heavyweights like Normie Osborn, Venom, Carnage, Spider-Man, and Iron Man, this character runs in some of the most dangerous company Marvel has to offer, anchoring stories in Red Goblin, Venom War, and Miles Morales: Spider-Man. Still actively making waves through 2025, Red Goblin is exactly the kind of modern addition that rewards readers who get in early — a fresh but already battle-tested presence in Marvel's most symbiote-soaked, street-level corners of continuity.