In the mainstream Marvel Universe, . But things are a little different in the new Ultimate Universe, where May 29's Ultimate Spider-Man #5 just gave brand new backstories to both Harry Osborn and Otto Octavius, setting up what seems to be a very different status quo for the new reality. Readers have already met Harry Osborn, and foreshadowed the arrival of Otto Octavius, but Harry's backstory is now revealed, and we've been introduced to Otto earlier than expected.
And on top of that, Ultimate Spider-Man #5 even includes the origins of two more classic Spidey villains whose new Ultimate counterparts have already debuted, Shocker and Kingpin. Spoilers ahead for Ultimate Spider-Man #5 With Peter Parker and his family now well established in the reborn Ultimate Universe, Ultimate Spider-Man #5 by writer Jonathan Hickman, guest artist David Messina, color artist Matthew Wilson, and letterers Cory Petit and Joe Sabino goes about the work of filling in more of the other side of the coin, revealing some backstory for several classic Spider-Man villains, some of whom undergo some big changes. Mainly, we learn a lot more about Harry Osborn and how he became the Green Goblin, with most of the issue taking place in flashback.
As we've already learned, Harry inherited his father's company when the Maker's cabal made an attack on New York City and blamed it on Tony Stark, the son of Howard Stark, one of OsCorp's biggest competitors. With both Howard and his business partner Obadiah Stane .
