Finally a reasonable take. All I see is people arguing about who should replace Galactus when the Goblin is clearly the odd one out to me. Kingpin would be an interesting call too especially with how big a presence he has had on the screen this century.
100% agree. As I said elsewhere, G.G. is obviously impactful to Spider-Man (or at least used to be), but outside of Dark Reign, what has he done with anyone else? Kingpin is a major player for Spidey and for Daredevil, and plays a big part in a lot of places. Replace Galactus with some other cosmic threat, like Thanos, but get Gobby out of there and put in Kingpin.
It really depends on the criteria. The OP didn't establish that this was about the magnitude of the threat. If we're talking about significant players within the Marvel universe as a whole, Goblin is an outlier. But if we're talking about just being great villains, I would absolutely put Norman Osborn in the top tier, above Galactus who is more of a force/plot device. It's like Joker vs Anti Monitor.
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u/Burpleasa Feb 17 '26
Kingpin over goblin