As such, Allan inadvertently became the mother of one of Marvel’s most infamous business empires. If that brand name sounds familiar, it’s because Alchemax would later become the evil institution at odds with the Spider-Man of 2099, Miguel O’Hara. ( It’s a long story.) But that’s not all!Īlong with her leadership of Oscorp, Allan also revealed she took over her family business, Allan Chemical, and that she planned to merge all three companies into the mega-corporation known as Alchemax, which became official in SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN (2013) #19 by Slott and Stegman. Bursting onto the scene with a high-powered executive team behind her, Allan announced she was the majority shareholder in Horizon Labs, the then-employer of Peter Parker, who at the time was secretly Doctor Octopus. No longer the grief-stricken wife, mother, or partner, she became a powerful executive at the top of Marvel’s business world-and an accidental threat to at least one of its possible futures.Īfter accumulating power and gathering fiscal strength behind the scenes at Oscorp, Liz Allan made her triumphant Marvel return in SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN (2013) #17 by Dan Slott and Ryan Stegman. In addition to starting a relationship with Daredevil’s legal partner Foggy Nelson-a romance that also ended in tragedy in DAREDEVIL (1999) #8 by Kevin Smith and Joe Quesada-Allan took over Harry’s previous position as CEO of Oscorp, a company he inherited from his father after the original Green Goblin’s death.Īt Oscorp, Allan found her true calling. But while that was the end of Harry (at least temporarily), it was just the beginning for Liz Allan. It ultimately led him to kidnap Normie: a lapse in judgment that tragically ended in a showdown with Spider-Man and his own death. Unfortunately, it wasn’t long after their wedding-and the subsequent birth of their son Normie-that Harry reemerged as the Green Goblin.Īs the stepsister of another former villain, the Molten Man (Mark Raxton), Allan had some practice dealing with supervillainy at home, but Harry’s psychosis proved to be too much. Not even ten issues later, in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #166, the two announced their engagement. His heroics impressed her so much, she asked him out for a cup of coffee the very next issue, not yet knowing about his brief past as the second Green Goblin-something even Harry himself had forgotten at the time. Marvel weddings being the downright perilous affairs they are, Harry was forced to step up when a villain called the Mirage tried to steal Liz’s purse. Liz Allan met Harry Osborn-Peter’s best friend and the son of his worst enemy, Norman Osborn (AKA Green Goblin)-at the wedding of their mutual friends, Ned Leeds and Betty Brant, in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #156 by Len Wein and Ross Andru.
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