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Spiderman’s enemies created back in the sixties are still favourites 40 years later, Stan Lee and Sam Ditko created the Chameleon the Vulture, Terrible Tinkerer, Doctor Octopus, Sandman, the Lizard, Electro, and the Enforcers all in the 1st 10 issues! The following is a short list of some of the fan favourites, with first appearances, and origins.
The Green Goblin: Amazing Spider-Man #14 (July 1964)
Industrial tycoon Norman Osborn uses an experimental formula which gives him superpowers but also drives him insane. When Spider-Man thwarts his plans to take over as crime boss of New York City, he dedicates himself to utterly destroying Spider-Man's life. When the Green Goblin kills Gwen Stacy, Parker's long-time girlfriend and first true love, it becomes personal. Harry Osborn, Norman's son and Peter Parker's best friend, eventually dons his father's old costume and continues his mission of hate against Spider-Man after his father's apparent death.
Hobgoblin: Amazing Spider-Man #238 (March 1983)
The first man to wear the Hobgoblin costume was a millionaire fashion designer and criminal named Roderick Kingsley. He acquires the Green Goblin's weaponry and uses them to further his own ambitions after the Goblin's seeming death during a battle with Spiderman. He modifies Osborn's original formula to give himself superhuman strength without becoming insane.
Doctor Octopus Amazing Spider-Man #3 (July 1963)
Due to the immense strength and control over his robotic arms, Doc Ock is one of the wall-crawler's major villains. Otto Octavius is a respected scientist, one of the world's foremost experts in radiation who used four mechanical arms in his experiments, which bonded with his nervous system after an explosion becoming Doctor Octopus. He combines physical power with mad genius and is a founding member and leader of the Sinister Six.
Sandman: Amazing Spider-Man #4 (August 1963)
Escaped convict Flint Marko finds himself on a remote beach during a nuclear weapon testing. When exposed to the radiated sand, his body becomes a mass of a sand-like substance.
The Lizard: Amazing Spider-Man #6 (October 1963)
After losing his right arm in war, Dr. Curt Connors becomes obsessed with regaining his lost limb, and researches regrowing missing limbs using reptile DNA. He regains his arm, but becomes a human lizard.
Venom Amazing Spider-Man #299 (April 1988)
When Spider-Man rid himself of the alien symbiote costume he acquired during the Secret Wars, it bonds with reporter Eddie Brock a reporter for the Daily Bugle. The symbiote, known as Venom gives Brock all of Spider-Man's powers, protection from his Spider-Sense and the knowledge of Parker's secret identity.
Carnage: Amazing Spider-Man #360 (April 1992)
Serial killer, and former cell mate of Eddie Brock, Cletus Kasady, was exposed to the offspring of the Venom symbiote. He thrives on murder and chaos and is many times stronger than Spider-Man.
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