
Harry eventually grows jealous of Peter's relationship with him as Norman admired Peter's intelligence and work ethic. He constantly tries to impress his father Norman, a rich industrialist, who is very invested in his work having little time for his son. He had flunked out of the many private schools his father had sent him to public school and wished to have his wealth and privilege downplayed to his new classmates. Born to a wealthy family his mother apparently died soon after his birth. Harry Osborn is Peter Parker's closest friend. He received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel UniverseUpdate '89 #5. However, Harry was eventually revived in The Amazing Spider-Man#545 (December 2007). Several years later, the Spider-Man writers made plans to reveal that the mysterious villain Gaunt was Harry Osborn, who was still alive and had orchestrated the entire "Clone Saga", but an editorial edict prevented this from coming to fruition. DeMatteischose not to add any dialogue to those pages. Artist Sal Buscema said that drawing the final two pages of this issue was a deeply emotional experience for him due to how long he had drawn the character, and felt it was appropriate that writer J. Harry dies in The Spectacular Spider-Man #200 (May 1993). Besides, I never had any intention of getting rid of the Green Goblin as a concept forever, so it all came together." I could imagine Harry getting hit by something like that, in the fragile emotional state following the death of his father, and losing touch with reality, as a result. Conway said that he had had experience with such drugs himself, and that "with psychedelic drugs, hallucinogens, if they've been misused, there's a potential for additional hallucinogenic experiences that are completely beyond your control or volition. Writer Gerry Conway said that the idea of Harry Osborn becoming the Green Goblin stemmed in part from a desire to deal with the consequences of the psychedelic drugs Harry began using in The Amazing Spider-Man #96 (May 1971). This subplot culminates in The Amazing Spider-Man #136 (September 1974). In The Amazing Spider-Man #122 (July 1973), Harry's father, Norman, is killed off, and a subplot leading to Harry Osborn inheriting his father's identity as the Green Goblin is introduced.

Harry Osborn first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #31 (December 1965), and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko.
