Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #50-54

 

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In Amazing Spider-Man (2022) #50–54 — “Going Green” — the return of the Green Goblin becomes the centerpiece of Zeb Wells’ most unhinged escalation yet. A distress signal from the Living Brain leads Peter into a trap where Norman’s old Goblin persona resurfaces—and triggers secret conditioning Norman had implanted in Peter using the Winkler Device. With a single activation phrase, Peter is forced into a deranged new form called Spider-Goblin, a twisted fusion of Spider-Man’s agility and the Goblin’s cruelty. While Norman maneuvers legally and strategically to position Peter as his “successor,” Spider-Goblin goes on a violent spree, dismantling the Sinister Six and nearly killing Kraven, all while Peter’s true self is buried under layers of Goblin programming.

A small resistance forms around Kamala Khan, J. Jonah Jameson, Curt Connors, and a newly evolved Walking Brain, who uncover Norman’s deeper plot: the Green Goblin doesn’t just want revenge—he wants a new host. As Peter briefly breaks through the conditioning, he races to secure a mystical spear tied to the Goblin’s “sins,” hoping to use it to save Norman. But the Goblin in Norman stays one step ahead, eventually stabbing himself with the spear so that the sins—his essence—can forcibly transfer into Peter. This fulfills the Goblin’s long game: merging his evil with Peter’s body to create the ultimate Goblin-Spider hybrid, one capable of surpassing both men.

The final issue becomes a battle for Peter’s identity inside his own mind. With Norman mortally wounded and the Goblin’s essence trying to overwrite him from within, Peter is pulled into a psychological war where the Goblin insists that Peter is the perfect vessel. The Walking Brain helps anchor Peter’s sense of self, allowing him to reject the Goblin’s possession and break free from both the sins and the Winkler conditioning. The story closes with Peter restored but shaken, Norman alive but stripped of the Goblin once again, and Spider-Man left to reckon with how close he came to becoming the Goblin’s “true home” forever.

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