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Many speculate that a disagreement over the Green Goblin's identity prompted Ditko to leave Marvel. Immediately following Ditko's exit, Norman Osborn was revealed as the Green Goblin in an issue that brought this speculation back into the limelight. However, the timeline suggests that the two events—the character’s unmasking and Ditko’s departure—did not directly cause one another. Notably, Ditko had not communicated with Lee for over a year before his exit, indicating that any conflicts regarding the character's identity were unlikely to have been the sole reason for his departure.