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OSBORN #5 (OF 5)

BIG TIME concludes for the biggest criminal in the Marvel Universe!

FREE OSBORN! The former Green Goblin, Iron Patriot and war-criminal director of H.A.M.M.E.R. gets his day in the sun, as the atrocities of his top-secret incarceration are revealed. Norman Osborn stands poised to win the day…will the super villain walk free to plague the Marvel Universe again?

Story by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Art by Emma Rios & Becky Cloonan
Colors by Jose Villarubia
Letters by Clayton Cowles
Cover by Ben Oliver

Price: $3.99
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  1. Avatar photo rjspring says:
    April 25, 2011 at 2:59 pm

    wow, forgot all about this book.  looks like it has been pretty well rated by the ifanbase – does it finish with a bang?

  2. Avatar photo KickAss says:
    April 25, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    Actually it lost steam since issue #1.

    Really looking forward to Bendis using Osborn.  Also, remember when villains like Kingpin in Amazing Spider-Man would be used for a long saga over years time, and it gave the characters depth and the fans a real villain worth reading about.  And how when it’s done today, we hear online whiiiiinefest about it?  Sad how the internet turns these great tropes into negatives.

  3. Avatar photo WaltKellysGhost says:
    April 28, 2011 at 12:05 am

    @KickAss  I disagree. I thought this story was intelligent and thick with characterization. It established new, and genuinely creepy, adversaries. This is the deepest i’ve ever seen any writer go with Norah Winters, whom before was just a plot pusher amongst Spider-Man’s heavy supporting cast. Norah’s story got emotionally deep and it all didn’t end in some mindless blowout. It dealt smartly with issues of politics and ethics. Issues that Norman, at his most interesting, is always involved in. Every issue that came out I found it to be one of the best in my thick pile. When it came in this week, I read it first with anticipation. This was just good comics. I’m sure Osborn will be done many different, and satisfying, ways over the years. Just like every other character in the these big companies are done. I really felt like DeConnick and Rios (Women in comics! Let us praise their talent so we can have more!) gave us a great story. A story that stands on its own. It’s a shame this book has had to fight for appreciation as I think it is one of the best that has come from Marvel these past months.

    But that’s just me.

  4. Avatar photo Peteparker says:
    April 28, 2011 at 11:03 am

    How the hell did this book get a 7 rating on a 5 star scale?

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