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96-579: Starman was created by Roger Stern and Tom Lyle , and first appeared in Starman #1 (October 1988). Starman was killed in Eclipso: The Darkness Within (1992). In 2020, he was resurrected in Scott Snyder 's Justice League run, with Snyder believing him to be an under-explored character. Payton is a magazine copy editor who gains superpowers after being infused with the essence of Gavyn ,

192-784: A "spider problem". Hobgoblin and Prowler provide weapons for the Enforcers in order to sway them to Hobgoblin's side. Hobgoblin later watches the altercation between Miles Morales and the Cape Killers on his screen. As Hobgoblin works with Rabble on an invention using technology stolen from the Beyond Corporation , they also mention plan to go after Queen Goblin . In addition to keep his hideout safe, Hobgoblin had hired Goldbug III, Lady Stilt-Man , Man-Bull , Mr. Fish I, Ricadonna , and Shocker to be his hired muscle. When Miles Morales, Prowler, Ms. Marvel, and Cape-Killers member Gust enter

288-689: A building to collapse. During the " Secret Wars " storyline in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows , the Roderick Kingsley version of Hobgoblin appears as a member of Regent 's Sinister Six where they are tasked to hunt down Spider-Man. During the fight with Spider-Man, Hobgoblin's hand was webbed up by Spider-Man before he could throw his Pumpkin Bomb which led to Hobgoblin getting killed in its explosion. Hobgoblin 2211 first appears in Spider-Man 2099 Meets Spider-Man . While her costume sports

384-467: A building, instantly killing Donovan. Judging the experiment a success, Kingsley immerses himself in his completed formula derivative and gains greater strength than the original Goblin. He uses this strength to battle Spider-Man and the Black Cat . Despite his increased abilities, he is still narrowly defeated by Spider-Man. Worse, he attracts the attention of powerful criminal interests who perceive him as

480-577: A business deal with the sin-purged Norman Osborn , who returned the companies he had stolen from Kingsley years earlier in an attempt to put an end to their ongoing feud. Subsequently, in the storyline "The Hobgoblins' Last Stand", both Kingsley and Ned Leeds are brainwashed by the Queen Goblin using the Winkler Device into both resuming their roles as Hobgoblins once more, serving as her maniacal enforcers. Peter Parker: "If you're wondering whether

576-421: A character resembling Anti-Venom , a new Razorback , and a new Water Wizard. He sets a three phase program including a book and various articles with his brand and underground speeches named after Ned for people to make their own franchises in exchange for a share of their profits. Kingsley debuts his Hob-Heroes: Lily as Queen Cat, Myers as Missile Mate, Flower Girl, Leatherboy, Rocket Head, and Water Wizard. When

672-400: A deal with Kingsley, breaks him out of prison. Kingsley is then confronted by both Osborn and another Green Goblin. Osborn provides Kingsley with new Goblin equipment, and both Goblins swoop in to collect Daniel, now in protective custody, who Roderick claims knows the final journal's location. Spider-Man defends Daniel, but is drugged and both men are taken back to Osborn. Osborn knew Kingsley

768-670: A decoy, Kingsley arranged for Leeds to be assassinated by Jason Macendale and the Foreigner while on a trip to Berlin, and decided to retire from the Hobgoblin identity. During the events of Secret Wars II , Kingsley is recruited by Mephisto to join the Legion Accursed, a team of ninety-nine supervillains who try to destroy the Beyonder . The Hobgoblin later kidnaps Harry Osborn . He battles Osborn who uses his own father's weaponry against

864-673: A great height, planning to kill Spider-Girl as she tried to save them. However, he himself was then killed by Mayhem, Spider-Girl's half-symbiote clone. Harold " Harry " Osborn is an equivalent of Hobgoblin in two different Marvel continuities. In " The Amazing Spider-Man " newspaper strip by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, Harry as the Hobgoblin has repeatedly attacked Spider-Man, seeking vengeance for Norman Osborn's death. After trying to kill both Spider-Man and Black Widow after, under hypnotic influence of psychiatrist "Dr. Stone" (actually spy-assassin Dimitri Gregorin who has killed friends of

960-491: A low-level rapid healing factor, the latter of which allow him to survive otherwise fatal gunshot wounds. Wielding chaos magic following his training as a sorcerer under Baron Mordo , Ned's Hobgoblin is capable of sensing other magic users, as well as casting spells relating to flight, teleportation , time manipulation, elemental manipulation, and reality warping, using the latter skill to rewrite reality around Spider-Man and himself to make himself Sorcerer Supreme , before he

1056-560: A mind-control device developed by Gerhard Winkler (Osborn's former employee), the "Winkler Device", able to turn anyone into a Hobgoblin enthralled to another. With Donovan having administered the Goblin formula and then in the Hobgoblin costume to fight Spider-Man, Kingsley monitored his pawn's vital signs and behavior from a distance. When Spider-Man overwhelms and unmasks Donovan and the brainwashing begins to fail, Kingsley acts to protect his identity by programming Donovan's glider to crash into

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1152-544: A new concept as heir to the Goblin legacy and developed the Hobgoblin. Stern recounts that he directed Romita to base the costume on the Green Goblin's but to make it "a little more medieval -looking", while Romita asserts that he was given no direction beyond using the Green Goblin as a basis. Both agree, however, that the costume was chiefly Romita's design. The Hobgoblin's identity was not initially revealed, generating one of

1248-498: A new quarterly series, Superman: The Man of Tomorrow . Additionally, Stern was one of the many creators who worked on the Superman: The Wedding Album one-shot in 1996 which featured the title character's marriage to Lois Lane. Besides his work on Superman, Stern (with co-plotter Tom McCraw) wrote Legionnaires from 1996 to 1999. Other work for DC included a relaunched Atom series, drawn by Dwayne Turner and

1344-520: A number of graphic novels , including Doctor Strange & Doctor Doom : Triumph and Torment ; Superman for Earth ; The Incredible Hulk vs. Superman ; Superman: A Nation Divided ; and Untold Tales of Spider-Man: Strange Encounters . In addition to his comics work, Stern has written three novels: The Death and Life of Superman ( Bantam Books , 1993), Smallville : Strange Visitors ( Warner Books , 2002), and Superman: The Never-Ending Battle ( Pocket Books , 2005). The Death and Life of Superman

1440-453: A particular target. He uses a Goblin glider, a one-man miniature turbo-fan-powered vertical thrust, cybernetically-controlled vehicle. It can reach high velocities and is extremely maneuverable. He uses concussion and incendiary Jack O'Lanterns , wraith-shaped smoke and gas-emitting bombs, bat shaped razor-edged throwing blades, and gloves woven with micro-circuited power conducting filaments which channel pulsed discharges of electricity. He wore

1536-716: A reward. Kingsley instead kills Hill to make sure that no one else gets wind of the discovery. Upon examining the lair and gleaning its secrets, Kingsley decides to use the Goblin equipment. Arriving to the conclusion that all the previous Green Goblin mantle wearers went mad, he instead creates a similar but different mantle: the Hobgoblin identity. Soon afterwards, he encounters Spider-Man. He uses some of Osborn's files to blackmail prominent figures, and attempts to buy Osborn's old corporation Oscorp and merge it with his own. These schemes bring him into conflict with Spider-Man. Among Osborn's notes, Kingsley also finds incomplete remnants of Mendel Stromm 's strength enhancing potion and

1632-480: A scheme orchestrated by the Kingsley brothers, with Kingsley, Macendale, Borne and Urich being the only versions to operate independently of the others (although occasionally partnering with them), with Leeds and Kingsley later also being brainwashed by Queen Goblin to serve as her enforcers. In the alternate continuities of The Amazing Spider-Man comic strip and Ultimate Marvel , Harry Osborn has also adopted

1728-488: A secret journal of Osborn's that proves beyond doubt that he was the Goblin, but this was later revealed to be a ruse, knowing Osborn has been sending spies on him: all of the journals in his possession had been destroyed during a battle with Spider-Man years before. He offers to barter this information, for his freedom, with the District Attorney, guessing that Osborn will try to get to him first. Osborn, deciding to make

1824-506: A shoulder bag to carry his small, portable weaponry. Prior to his assassination, Ned Leeds wore the Hobgoblin's uniform and used the Goblin glider and equipment which included Jack O'Lantern bombs, razor bats and electrical shock gloves. However, he had no healing factor or superhuman strength. Following his ingesting the Goblin Formula and subsequent resurrection, Ned developed superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, and stamina as well as

1920-569: A story to Spider-Verse Team-Up #1. As part of Marvel Comics' 80th Anniversary the one-shot Avengers: Loki Unleashed! by Roger Stern and artist Ron Lim that takes place after Stern's famous "The Siege" storyline, has been published in September 2019. For the Binge Books label of publisher Sitcomics , Stern wrote the 68-page comic book Heroes Union #1 (August 2021), pencilled by Ron Frenz and inked by Sal Buscema . Stern has also written

2016-545: A taser so they can both escape. Kingsley decides to let Urich remain the Hobgoblin, but only if Urich gives him a cut of whatever profits are made. Kingsley obtains one of Mysterio 's suits which he sells to a criminal who takes on the name Mysterion. He sells the Crime Master 's gear to an unnamed Maggia operative. Hobgoblin ends up in a gang war with the Goblin Nation, selling equipment to low-level criminals who became

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2112-560: A threat, including the Kingpin . It is also revealed later that during this time, after the Hobgoblin made his appearance, Norman (presumed to be dead at the time) made a brief return to New York City in an attempt to deal with this Goblin, but ultimately abandoned this for the sake of schemes against Spider-Man. After a bitter encounter with Spider-Man, Kingsley discovers he had been followed by Daily Bugle reporter Ned Leeds having discovered his lair. Kingsley captured Leeds and brainwashes

2208-450: A trap for Spider-Man. In the final fracas, Daniel is captured and the Hobgoblin is unmasked, clearing Ned's name. Roderick is taken to prison, imprisoned in the same cell where he killed Macendale. Despite his unmasking, due to Kingsley's deceptive natures, it is difficult to determine of whether he is telling the whole truth. Furious at Norman Osborn's return and denial of being the Green Goblin, Kingsley spreads rumors that there exists

2304-439: A virus into the prison, but inadvertently causes her to be driven insane. She attacked her father with a 'retcon bomb' (a variation on the original Goblins' pumpkin bombs) but it hit her boyfriend instead, erasing (or 'retconning') him from existence. Now suited up as the Hobgoblin, Robin managed to time-travel to the current year, attacking the current Spider-Man in his reality and derailing an Uncle Ben from another reality into

2400-533: Is able to shake off some of his programing and starts talking, his "boss" programmed the Goblin glider to crash into the side of a building, killing Lefty instantly on impact. Jason Philip Macendale Jr. was a mercenary who had been trained by the CIA (and various para-military organizations). He first appeared as the supervillain Jack O'Lantern before eventually adopting the Hobgoblin identity. An unidentified fifth Hobgoblin

2496-562: Is actually in Paris. Kingsley decides to lay low once again working on his personal empire. It was later revealed that Kingsley sold costumes and gear that made the latest versions of Hydro-Man , Tiger Shark , Squid , and Beetle . During the " AXIS " storyline, Kingsley appears as a member of Magneto's unnamed supervillain group during the fight against the Red Skull 's Red Onslaught form. When Magneto arrives to recruit him, Kingsley attacks and

2592-411: Is an American comic book author and novelist. In the early 1970s, Stern and Bob Layton published the fanzine CPL ( Contemporary Pictorial Literature ), one of the first platforms for the work of John Byrne . CPL rapidly became a popular fan publication, and led to the two forming an alliance with Charlton Comics to produce and publish "the now-famous Charlton Bullseye magazine". During

2688-463: Is being held with a parade in Kingsley's honor, Missile Mate betrays Kingsley and attempts to murder him in the Goblin King's name. Kingsley has already expected the betrayal and has been using a hologram decoy which takes Missile Mate's blow. As soon as Kinglsey confronts Missile Mate, Urich appears with the Goblin Nation and attacks the celebration. Kingsley bests Urich in combat and leaves his rival to

2784-412: Is defeated by Hawkgirl . In this continuity, the Hobgoblin is an unidentified criminal who found a stash of Green Goblin's weaponry because he had forgotten to leave the entrance locked. Delighted at his new technological power he challenges Green Goblin to a confrontation. Spider-Man defeats them both. The Roderick Kingsley version of Hobgoblin made his MC2 debut as a hired assassin to kill many of

2880-420: Is defeated by Spider-Man, although he is able to use his magic to fake his death in the aftermath, before returning years later under the guise of having been a "patsy for the 'real' Hobgoblin", free to resume his plans. As the Hobgoblin, Phil Urich wears an orange Hobgoblin costume with wings on the back that allow him to fly without the use of a Goblin glider and he took the Hobgoblin mask as his own. He uses

2976-505: Is drugged while Daniel passes out and both are taken to Osborn. As Kingsley and Osborn furiously fight each other, Daniel gets rescued by Spider-Man. Kingsley later returned to New York, posing as his twin brother as the Hobgoblin. Kingsley investigated an old lair at OsCorp which had a flaming energy sword, but discovers Phil Urich trying to retrieve the same gear. Kingsley gets stunned by Urich's "Lunatic Laugh" long enough for Urich to kill him using his own sword, allowing his killer to claim

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3072-448: Is jailed along with the various defeated villains after the conclusion of the "War". Daniel Kingsley is Roderick Kingsley's twin brother. He would act as a body double until being exposed by Betty Brant while the true Hobgoblin gets unmasked by Spider-Man. Now in protective custody, Daniel was unknowingly used by Roderick to blackmail Norman Osborn, resulting in the Hobgoblin to swoop in to collect Daniel. Spider-Man defends Daniel but

3168-498: Is killed off (though the actual death is not shown), and instructed The Spectacular Spider-Man writer Peter David to reveal the Hobgoblin's identity as the Foreigner . David objected and argued that the only person who fit the clues was Leeds. Having been present at the Spider-Man creator's conference, David also thought that Leeds was who DeFalco intended it to be. Because Spider-Man vs. Wolverine had already been drawn, however, it

3264-685: Is known for his lengthy stints on Doctor Strange , and The Avengers . In 1982, he co-created Marvel's second Captain Marvel and the Hobgoblin , both with artist John Romita Jr. Stern wrote " The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man " in The Amazing Spider-Man #248 (January 1984), a story which ranks among his most popular. Stern ended his run with Amazing Spider-Man #250 (March 1984), chiefly due to his difficulty working with new Spider-Man editor Danny Fingeroth . Later that same year, he co-created

3360-511: Is revealed to have trained as a sorcerer under Baron Mordo in the art of reality-altering chaos magic . Peter Parker : "If you're wondering whether the Hobgoblin is Ned Leeds or Roderick Kingsley … …The Answer is “Yes." It's not a whole lot of fun, frankly." Roderick Kingsley started out as a socialite, fashion designer and billionaire who had criminal underworld connections and had come about his wealth through unethical business practices and corporate raiding. Coincidentally, Kingsley

3456-677: Is subjugated and forced to join Magneto's team. Kingsley accompanies Magneto and the other villains recruited to Genosha. The inversion spell caused by Doctor Doom and Scarlet Witch affects not only the Red Skull but all those present in Genosha, making the superheroes present evil and the supervillains present good. Following his inversion, Kingsley returns to New York and finds himself happier with his inversion, although still motivated by greed rather than altruism. He reactivates his franchises where he leases

3552-469: Is the alias of several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics , most of whom are depicted as enemies of the superhero Spider-Man and belong to the collective of adversaries that make up his rogues gallery , most of whom are brainwashed by the Winkler Device into becoming Hobgoblins. Created by writer Roger Stern and artist John Romita Jr. , the first incarnation of

3648-661: The Darkman vs. Army of Darkness limited series which was drawn by artist James Fry and published by Dynamite Entertainment . In 2007, Stern wrote an issue of The All-New Atom and reunited with Byrne to produce a five-issue story arc for JLA Classified for DC in 2008. The next year, Stern returned to Marvel, where he wrote new stories for Giant-Size Incredible Hulk , The Amazing Spider-Man , Young Allies 70th Anniversary Special , Amazing Spider-Man Family , Web of Spider-Man (vol. 2), Captain America and The Many Loves of

3744-494: The Foreigner . Ten years later in 1997, Leeds is retroactively established to have been brainwashed by Roderick Kingsley to act as a stand-in on many occasions and fool the underworld into thinking that he was the Hobgoblin, before Kingsley took back over the role. After a clone of the character was introduced in Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy , Leeds is revived in a 2021 storyline showing that, under

3840-560: The Green Goblin . Stern collaborated with Avengers writer Kurt Busiek on Iron Man and the miniseries Avengers Forever , and with John Byrne on Marvel: The Lost Generation . After a major editorial shuffle at Marvel in 2000 left him without assignments, Stern began writing for European publisher Egmont , for whom he produced scripts for Fantomen ( The Phantom ), and Panini UK , for whose Marvel Rampage magazine he wrote Spider-Man and Hulk stories. Stern and Busiek co-wrote

3936-737: The Mindworm . Killing the Mindworm, and deciding the New York underworld had become too "hot" for him at the moment, he chose to return to the Caribbean, but vowed someday to come back and finish off Spider-Girl. He is later revealed to be the instigator of a mob war against the Black Tarantula , returning to New York to finish the job. He defeated American Dream and the New Warriors . He then dropped them from

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4032-692: The Venom symbiote ; The symbiote shifts blame into Kingsley for May's death, and changes into a monstrous form. Spider-Man uses his fingers to kill Kingsley, who is regarded as Spider-Man's first victim. In the Spider-Geddon event on Earth-11580, a version of Hobgoblin is seen alongside Green Goblin , Jack O'Lantern and Demogoblin during the Goblin Night. Under the orders of the Goblin Queen , they try to kill Gwen Stacy , but Spiders-Man arrives and defeats

4128-659: The " Guardians of the Galaxy " feature in Marvel Presents #10-12 in 1977. He briefly collaborated with Byrne on Captain America . The two produced a story wherein Captain America considered running for the office of President of the United States , an idea originally developed by Roger McKenzie and Don Perlin . Stern, in his capacity as editor of the title, had originally rejected the idea but later changed his mind about

4224-799: The Amazing Spider-Man . He collaborated again with Busiek, co-writing several issues of Marvels: Eye of the Camera , the sequel to the Marvels miniseries. Stern has continued to freelance for Marvel, writing the 2010 miniseries Captain America: Forever Allies and Captain America Corps , another miniseries, in 2011. In 2012, he worked on an issue of the limited series Hulk Smash Avengers with artist Karl Moline , and wrote issue 156.1 of Peter Parker: Spider-Man (vol. 2). In 2015, he contributed

4320-492: The Avengers spin-off The West Coast Avengers , with artist Bob Hall . In 1987, after a dispute with editor Mark Gruenwald over upcoming storylines, Stern was fired from The Avengers . He began freelancing for DC Comics , where he was one of the core Superman writers for almost a decade, working on Superman (vol. 2) , Action Comics , and Superman: The Man of Tomorrow . He contributed to such storylines as "Panic in

4416-458: The Black Widow in the past), Harry, seeing Spider-Man's heroism, realizes that Spider-Man is a hero, his father was a murderer, and vows to never assume the Hobgoblin identity again. The Ultimate Marvel equivalent of Hobgoblin is Harry when a second personality takes control. In the pages of Old Man Logan that took place on Earth-21923, the Roderick Kingsley version of Hobgoblin was among

4512-506: The Goblin Nation. He fought against and was killed in battle by the Goblin Knight who then discovered it was Claude who was killed and destroyed his body to keep the Goblin King from finding out about the imposter Hobgoblin. As the Hobgoblin, Roderick Kingsley wears bulletproof mail with an overlapping tunic, cape, and cowl. A computerized system cybernetically causes the finger-blasters to randomly vary their attack vectors when trained on

4608-494: The Hobgoblin being unmasked in a climactic battle with Spider-Man was the sort of tale readers had already seen countless times before, whereas having an archvillain unmasked in a flashback after having been brutally killed by nameless assassins was unprecedented and shocking. From 1987 to 1997, Macendale was the Hobgoblin, initially using only the Hobgoblin's costume and weaponry, but the 1988–1989 " Inferno " crossover writer Gerry Conway had Macendale imbued with magical powers by

4704-424: The Hobgoblin is Ned Leeds or Roderick Kingsley … …The Answer is "Yes." It's not a whole lot of fun, frankly." During the " Gang War " storyline, Hobgoblin is shown to run Bushwick, Brooklyn , Greenpoint, Brooklyn , and Williamsburg, Brooklyn , having broken free from Queen Goblin's influence. Hobgoblin is shown looking at a map of Brooklyn. Hobgoblin approaches Aaron Davis outside his apartment for help with

4800-426: The Hobgoblin mantle. Phillip Benjamin "Phil" Urich (who once used the Green Goblin identity to operate as a superhero) took on the Hobgoblin identity himself as a supervillain with some new gear (new body armor, a winged jetpack, and a flaming energy sword). Norman Osborn briefly impersonated the original Hobgoblin. Claude was Roderick's butler who was sent in place and to talk like his master to distract

4896-534: The Hobgoblin persona. The Hobgoblin has been adapted from the comics into various forms of media, including television series and video games. An amalgamated version of the character named Jason Philips appeared in the 1994–1998 Spider-Man: The Animated Series , voiced by Mark Hamill , while the Harry Osborn incarnation is featured in Spider-Man (2017–2018), voiced by Max Mittelman . The Hobgoblin

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4992-642: The Hobgoblin role, intending to go after Urich. Kingsley attacks Urich and the Kingpin in Shadowland. After a brief battle between the two Hobgoblins, Parker and Max Modell escape with the Goblin Key (a key to one of the Goblin warehouses). Kingsley and Urich decide to call a brief truce and go after them. After accessing the warehouse, Peter uses the Goblin tech to make himself a "Spider-Glider" and manages to escape. Urich insists on going after but Kingsley stuns Urich with

5088-570: The Hobgoblin was introduced in The Amazing Spider-Man #238 (March 1983) as a criminal mastermind equipped with Halloween -themed weapons similar to those used by the Green Goblin . The true identity of the Hobgoblin was one of the longest-running mysteries in the Spider-Man comics. In 1987, the Hobgoblin was revealed to be Ned Leeds , Peter Parker's journalist co-worker at the Daily Bugle , while in 1997, ten years later, his identity

5184-636: The Hobgoblin. After a retirement of several years, Kingsley returns to New York. He kills Macendale to prevent from giving the authorities information that would jeopardize his secret identity in addition to seeing Macendale an unworthy successor. Learning that Betty Brant has begun to investigate Ned's activities as the Hobgoblin—informed of the truth by Spider-Man after realizing that the Foreigner's human operatives could never have killed Leeds if Leeds had been super-powered—Kingsley kidnaps Betty and sets

5280-408: The Hobgoblin. The mystery was further complicated after James Owsley came on as editor of the Spider-Man titles. Owsley's relationship with DeFalco and artist Ron Frenz was strained from the beginning. When Owsley asked who the Hobgoblin was at a creators conference, DeFalco lied and said the man in question was Ned Leeds . Owsley then wrote the one-shot Spider-Man vs Wolverine in which Leeds

5376-769: The Sky" and " The Death of Superman " which revived interest in the character in the early 1990s. He created the Eradicator in Action Comics Annual #2 and later incorporated the character into the "Reign of the Supermen" story arc beginning in The Adventures of Superman #500. Stern wrote the 1991 story wherein Clark Kent finally revealed his identity as Superman to Lois Lane . In Summer 1995, Stern and artist Tom Grummett created

5472-453: The Spider-Girl characters, including Normie Osborn, Spider-Girl , and Peter Parker. After a fight against both Spider-Girl and her father, he came close to victory, but at the end his only success lay in killing the Venom symbiote , and also in escaping without a trace. He attempted a complex plot to become the new kingpin of crime, but was undone due to an act of treachery by his partner,

5568-521: The authorities. After, he is approached by Steve Rogers to be part of a team of Avengers with the objective to stop the inverted X-Men from detonating a gene bomb which would kill everyone on the Earth who wasn't a mutant. The Avengers team that Kingsley joins is called the Astonishing Avengers. After the reinversion spell is cast to restore the Avengers and X-Men members that were affected by it back to

5664-400: The building, Miles and Ms. Marvel are ambushed by Hobgoblin and Rabble. During Miles Morales, Ms. Marvel, and Gust's fight with Hobgoblin and Rabble, Miles notices that Hobgoblin's suit has been upgraded as Hobgoblin's drones show up. In the nick of time, Scorpion, Shift, and Starling show up after Scorpion convincing the hired villains to turn against Hobgoblin when Scorpion asked them when was

5760-419: The clues, DeFalco decided that the Hobgoblin was Richard Fisk . Moreover, he decided that the Hobgoblin's mystery should be prolonged as long as possible, since it was the chief element that made the Hobgoblin interesting. Through both Stern and DeFalco's runs, the answer was continuously teased on the cover art, with the covers of The Amazing Spider-Man #245, 251, and 276 all showing Spider-Man having unmasked

5856-611: The co-creation of the Will Payton version of Starman with artist Tom Lyle . In 1996, Stern returned to Marvel to write the miniseries Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives , and contributed to three issues of Spectacular Spider-Man in 1998 which featured the first confrontation between Norman Osborn and Roderick Kingsley . Over the next four years, he wrote the short-lived Marvel Universe series, as well as such miniseries as Avengers Two , Avengers Infinity , and Spider-Man: Revenge of

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5952-446: The concept. McKenzie and Perlin received credit for the idea on the letters page at Stern's insistence. His first regular monthly book was as staff writer for The Incredible Hulk taking over for departing Len Wein in 1978. Stern later became the writer of The Spectacular Spider-Man with issue #43 (June 1980). He then took over The Amazing Spider-Man with issue #224 (January 1982). In addition to his Spider-Man work, Stern

6048-549: The contract, Kingsley tries to kill with a Pumpkin Bomb to reclaim said suit for future franchisees. In the resulting battle with Porcupine and crimefighting mentor Spider-Woman , Kingsley is taken down by Captain Marvel . Kingsley turns up as a member of the Sinister Six led by the Iron Spider . He accompanies the Sinister Six in a plot to steal a decommissioned S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. Kingsley later attempted to enter into

6144-447: The demon N'astirh by bonding him with a demon. In addition to power over hellfire and increased strength and speed far greater than his predecessor, N'astirh also disfigures Macendale so that his head resembled the Hobgoblin mask, and ultimately alters his mind so that he was deluded into thinking that his appearance is normal. Several years later, Macendale succeeds in purging himself of his demonic powers and acquires cybernetic implants,

6240-457: The demon that N'astirh imbued with Macendale becoming Demogoblin . Stern was unhappy with the revelation that Hobgoblin's civilian identity was Leeds and wrote the three-issue miniseries Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives in 1997, with the retcon that Kingsley was the original Hobgoblin while Leeds was brainwashed into serving as a fall guy , Macendale is killed off, and Kingsley returned. According to Stern, initially he had not known how to resolve

6336-536: The influence of Kingsley's brainwashing, he ingested a copy of Osborn's Goblin formula which revived him shortly after his initial assassination, before he went into hiding. In a 2022 storyline, Ned and Kingsley are brainwashed by the Queen Goblin into both resuming their roles as Hobgoblins once more. Synergetic with his MCU adaptation as a sorcerer in the film Spider-Man: No Way Home , in Symbiote Spider-Man: Alien Reality , Ned's Hobgoblin

6432-400: The last time a Goblin had followed through on their promises that were made to them. While Rabble gets away, Hobgoblin sets off every one of his pumpkin bombs vowing to see Miles soon. After everyone evacuates, the hideout explodes, although Miles doubts that Hobgoblin died in the explosion. Arnold Samuel " Lefty " Donovan was a petty thug. Similar to Osborn, Donovan was a test subject mix

6528-497: The latest versions of 8-Ball , Answer , Blaze, Devil-Spider, Gibbon , Hitman , Killer Shrike , Mauler , Melter , Ringer , Steeplejack , Tumbler , and Unicorn as well as a new villain named Bruin who wears one of Grizzly 's old exoskeleton bear suits. He is killed by the first Goblin King while his henchmen are claimed for the Goblin Nation, but his butler Claude went in his place so that his enemies could be distracted and Kingsley

6624-515: The likes of Steve Ditko , Jeff Jones and a host of others." Stern broke into the industry as a writer in 1975 as part of the Marvel Comics "third wave" of creators, which included artists John Byrne and Frank Miller , and writers Jo Duffy , Mark Gruenwald and Ralph Macchio . Stern worked as an editor from 1976 to 1980. Jim Shooter claims that Stern co-plotted (as a ghostwriter ) his last few stories for DC Comics in 1976. Stern wrote

6720-560: The longest-running mysteries in the Spider-Man comics. According to Stern, "I plotted that first story with no strong idea of who the Hobgoblin was. As I was scripting those gorgeous pages from [John Romita, Jr.], particularly the last third of the book, and developing the Hobgoblin’s speech pattern, I realized who he was. It was Roderick Kingsley, that sunuvabitch corporate leader I had introduced in my first issue of [The] Spectacular [Spider-Man] ." A handful of readers deduced that Kingsley

6816-470: The mid-1970s, both Marvel and DC were publishing in-house "fan" publications ( FOOM and The Amazing World of DC Comics respectively), and Charlton wished to make inroads into the superhero market, as well as "establish a fan presence," leading to the alliance with CPL to produce the Charlton Bullseye . This led to Charlton giving Layton and Stern "access to unpublished material from their vaults by

6912-448: The personas and costumes of deceased or retired superheroes to ordinary people, but remains a wanted criminal. He also enfranchises his Hobgoblin persona to various people to perform heroic deeds as Hobgoblin and publishes a comic about the group for promotion. Among those who answer an ad are the amnesiac Lily Hollister and the underemployed teenager John Myers. Other attendees include a different Demolition Man , Flower Girl, Leather Boy,

7008-407: The present one causing a time paradox. Later, in a confrontation with her father, she threw a 'retcon bomb' at him. Spider-Man, believing it to be no more harmful than a regular pumpkin bomb, caught it with his web and threw it back to Robin, unwittingly erasing her from existence. In the last issue of JLA/Avengers , the Hobgoblin is among the enthralled villains defending Krona 's stronghold, and

7104-546: The previous Starman. Despite his short career, he gained a good reputation among other heroes, even assisting Superman on some occasions. Starman is later killed in battle with Eclipso . Starman is resurrected in the DC Rebirth series Dark Nights: Metal . This version's powers are derived from the Totality, a cosmic source of energy and the prison of Perpetua . Roger Stern Roger Stern (born September 17, 1950)

7200-557: The reporter with the Winkler Device into being the Hobgoblin. Kingsley discovered that Leeds had been working with Richard Fisk on a plan to bring down the Kingpin's empire as Richard adopted the Rose crime lord identity, using Leeds to handle some negotiations, and fooling many criminals into believing that his pawn was the Hobgoblin and hoping to use the Kingpin's downfall to advance his own interests. As Leeds gets too erratic to function as

7296-446: The second Goblin King confronts Kingsley in his headquarters, Myers is convinced by Urich's claims that Kingsley will soon abandon the heroes he has trained. Missile Mate goes to Urich's headquarters and asks to join to be a supervillain. Urich is reluctant, but Myers shows also gathering all the supervillains Kingsley "abandoned" after being a good guy. When the celebration of a "Hobgoblin Day"

7392-505: The side of good, Kingsley is evil again. Kingsley was also revealed to have sold one of Goldbug 's costume to an unnamed criminal to establish his version of Goldbug. Kingsley starts to get his old franchises back under control. Outside of recruiting Blizzard , Kingsley regains his former minions Beetle, Bruin, Hitman, Ringer, and Unicorn as well as establishing his versions of Cutthroat , Diamondback , Mockingbird , and Viper . When franchisee Porcupine informs him of an intent to end

7488-444: The simultaneous Hobgoblin enforcers of the Queen Goblin in the 2022 storyline "The Hobgoblins' Last Stand" by Zeb Wells . Peter Parker : "If you're wondering whether the Hobgoblin is Ned Leeds or Roderick Kingsley … …The Answer is “Yes." It's not a whole lot of fun, frankly." Edward " Ned " Leeds was a reporter working for the Daily Bugle . In a 1987, he is revealed to be the first Hobgoblin, before being murdered by

7584-452: The situation of having two Hobgoblins, and it was at the suggestion of the editorial staff that Kingsley kill Macendale and return to operating as the Hobgoblin. Leeds would return as an independent Hobgoblin in the 2019 miniseries Symbiote Spider-Man: Alien Reality , revealed to have trained as a sorcerer under Baron Mordo in the art of reality-altering chaos magic , before both Leeds and Kinsley would be brainwashed to together serve as

7680-463: The traditional Pumpkin Bombs all Green Goblins and Hobgoblins before him have used, but he also has a new flaming sword. He still retains his "Lunatic Laugh" and he also has superhuman strength, speed, durability, stamina, reflexes and senses, and enhanced intellect. For unknown reasons, he no longer needs his Goblin mask to activate this power. With the help of Reverbium, his "Lunatic Laugh" was able to cause

7776-600: The twentieth-century Green Goblins' green-and-purple color scheme, she boasted that she was the Hobgoblin of 2211. Her identity was not revealed to readers (or to the visiting Spider-Men of previous eras) at the time, but her later reappearance in Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (also written by David) revealed her true identity and origin. Hobgoblin 2211 is Robin "Hobby"/"Hob" Borne , Spider-Man 's daughter. Her father always seemed to put his superhero career before raising his own daughter. She wanted to save

7872-581: The two vital chemicals that were mixed into the Goblin formula, disfiguring Donovan's face and granting superhuman abilities. Donovan is taken to a hospital. Brainwashed by the Winkler Device , Donovan eventually escapes the hospital and follows preprogrammed instructions to go to a hidden cache of Goblin weapons and dress up as the Hobgoblin. Donovan (impersonating the Hobgoblin) attacks New York City but Spider-Man eventually confronts and unmasks him. Spider-Man sees his (scarred) face and recognizes Lefty. As Donovan

7968-480: The universes from 'intersecting'; in other words, having other parallel universes merge with the existing one, causing it to override. She was later arrested by her father for something that she would have done in future: unauthorized time travel, chronal displacement, jumping the tracks to other realities. She was held in a virtual reality prison where she lives a benign and trouble-free existence in what appears to be Kansas. Her boyfriend attempts to free her by uploading

8064-615: The villains managed to escape as well. With several million dollars hidden away in foreign bank accounts, Kingsley quietly moves to a small island in the Caribbean to enjoy his retirement. Kingsley is seemingly killed by Phil Urich who takes on the Hobgoblin mantle, but this was in fact Daniel with Roderick still active in Ecuador under the alias of Devil-Spider . Roderick learns that his brother has been murdered and plans his return to New York. Kingsley arrives in New York City and returns to

8160-687: The villains that attacked the Avengers in Connecticut. He worked with the Vulture to fight Wasp only for Wasp to use her stingers to shoot Hobgoblin off his Goblin Glider. Around the events of Amazing Spider-Man #258 (November 1984), Hobgoblin battles with black suit Spider-Man; during the fight, Hobgoblin is unmasked as Roderick Kingsley, so Spider-Man threatens to Kingsley to not attack innocent civilians anymore. Kingsley causes an explosion at May Parker 's house when he sees Spider-Man change into Peter Parker using

8256-669: Was retroactively established to be Roderick Kingsley , a fashion designer and Mary Jane Watson 's former boss, with Ned reframed as a fall guy , and later in the 2020s as the second Hobgoblin and secret sorcerer apprentice of Baron Mordo . Other characters that have assumed the Hobgoblin mantle over the years include criminals Lefty Donovan and Jason Macendale , Roderick's twin brother Daniel Kingsley , Spider-Man 2211 's daughter Robin Borne , Ben Urich 's nephew Phil Urich , and Kingsley's butler Claude . Leeds, Donovan and Claude were first brainwashed to serve as Hobgoblins as part of

8352-465: Was Kingsley. DeFalco argued that the "twin brother" scheme was cheating the readers since there had been no hint that Roderick even had a brother (aside from a single thought bubble ), much less one who could serve as a body double. Stern disagreed but said that DeFalco should feel free to make the choice of which character to use for the Hobgoblin's secret identity, Stern reasoning that "I knew that whomever Tom chose, he would make it work." Upon reviewing

8448-473: Was a New York Times bestseller in hardcover and was released as a mass market paperback in 1994; a new trade paperback edition was released by Barnes & Noble in 2004. Stern married Cornell University chemistry teacher Carmela Merlo in Ithaca, New York , on June 19, 1982, at a ceremony attended by many Marvel staffers, including editor-in-chief Jim Shooter . Hobgoblin (comics) The Hobgoblin

8544-636: Was an employer of Mary Jane Watson for a time. As a means of avoiding the drill of day-to-day appearances, he had his timid identical twin brother Daniel Kingsley pose as him to run his corporation. Kingsley's activities gave him many enemies, one of which was Bella Donna (Narda Ravanna), a rival fashion designer whose business he had ruined and attempted revenge on Kingsley but is twice thwarted by Spider-Man . After these incidents, Kingsley seeks to protect himself and his empire by gaining more power. The thug George Hill reports to Kingsley of stumbling upon Norman Osborn 's secret lair in hopes of earning

8640-399: Was created by writer Roger Stern and artist John Romita Jr. for The Amazing Spider-Man #238 (March 1983). Like other writers, Stern found himself under pressure to have Spider-Man fight the Green Goblin again, but did not wish to bring Norman Osborn or Bart Hamilton back from the dead, have Harry Osborn be the Green Goblin again, or create another Green Goblin. Stern instead created

8736-634: Was introduced in the series Secret War . With very little to know about him (including his true identity), the only thing to know is that he received his equipment from the Tinkerer . He was sent along with Lady Octopus to attack Captain America in his civilian identity by the terrorist-elements wound into the events of the Secret War. Chatter from the Goblin indicated he'd been in contact with other members of Spider-Man's rogues gallery, who'd warned him about Spider-Man's constant and inane joking. This Hobgoblin

8832-438: Was lying about the journal and has bought Kingsley's company out from underneath him; the purpose of helping Kingsley escape is for Osborn to personally eliminate the one person who can prove that he is the Goblin. Kingsley furiously attacks Osborn who is shocked to discover that Kingsley is stronger and thus fails at killing him. The building began to burn as a result of their battle, and Spider-Man escapes with Daniel. All three of

8928-401: Was obsessed with finding the complete formula or perfecting the incomplete notes. During his various criminal activities, Kingsley repeatedly loses to Spider-Man, as he lacked raw physical power. Kingsley eventually perfected the strength-enhancing formula, but, aware that Osborn was driven insane, Kingsley opts to test on someone else first, tricking small-time hood Lefty Donovan after using

9024-447: Was the Hobgoblin almost immediately. To throw off the scent and in the same stroke provide a retroactive explanation for Kingsley's inconsistent characterization in his early appearances, Stern came up with the idea of Kingsley having his brother Daniel Kingsley sometimes impersonate him, sealing the deception by having the Hobgoblin conspicuously appear in the same room as Kingsley in The Amazing Spider-Man #249. Stern's original plan

9120-444: Was to have the Hobgoblin's mystery identity run exactly one issue longer than that of the Green Goblin's identity, meaning the truth would be revealed in The Amazing Spider-Man #264. However, Stern left after The Amazing Spider-Man #251, and editor Tom DeFalco took his place. Wanting to resolve the mystery in a manner that would do justice to Stern's stories, DeFalco asked Stern who the Hobgoblin was, but objected when Stern said it

9216-417: Was too late to undo Leeds's death. Thus, the Hobgoblin's identity was revealed posthumously in the double-sized The Amazing Spider-Man #289. With Spider-Man's archenemy now dead, a new storyline was created from Jason Macendale 's hatred of the Hobgoblin. Though the Hobgoblin's posthumous unmasking as Leeds was unpopular with fans, David said in a 2009 interview of still being proud of the story, arguing that

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