Jason Macendale, AKA Jack O’Lantern, is the assassin and takes over the mantle of the Hobgoblin. Ned Leeds is killed in Berlin, and is then revealed posthumously to have been the Hobgoblin. Richard Fisk is strongly hinted at being the Rose.Īmazing Spider-Man #288 ( BUY) Hobgoblin Revealed as Ned Leeds, Rose as Richard Fisk Jack O’Lantern breaks Flash Thompson out of prison, further complicating his predicament.Īmazing Spider-Man #279 ( BUY) Gang War sets up the penultimate Spider-Man Hobgoblin battleĪs the Kingpin is absent from the New York gang scene, a territorial war heats up, which includes the Hobgoblin and the Rose. As Flash is crossed off the list of suspects, Ned Leeds increasingly becomes the prime candidate, as he has a major beef with Flash who has been getting closer to his estranged wife, Betty Leeds.Īmazing Spider-Man #277 ( BUY) Flash Thompson Escapes Prison The Hobgoblin sets up another individual to be revealed in his costume, in this case, Flash Thompson. Harry helps Spider-Man save them.Īmazing Spider-Man #261 ( BUY) Flash Thompson Set Up as the Hobgoblin He then kidnaps MJ and a pregnant Liz Osborn in his attempt to find more of the Green Goblin’s journals. The Hobgoblin makes an alliance with the the Rose, another unidentified masked villain, as they take over many activities in the criminal underworld. This meeting sets up many of the possible candidates for the Hobgoblin’s true identity.Īmazing Spider-Man #251 ( BUY) Hobgoblin Joins With the Rose Jonah Jameison (through proof of his role in the creation of the Scorpion). The Spider-Man Hobgoblin mystery deepens, as the Hobgoblin holds many businessmen for ransom, such as Kingsley, Harry Osborn (through the existence of his father’s journals) and J. Spectacular Spider-Man #85 ( BUY) Hobgoblin Holds Businessmen for Ransom The Hobgoblin uses the formula to gain the same powers as the Green Goblin. Lefty Donovan is killed impersonating the Hobgoblin, covering the tracks of the original.Īmazing Spider-Man #245 ( BUY) Hobgoblin Gains Super-Powers Spider-Man Hobgoblin Saga Essential Issues:Īmazing Spider-Man #239 ( BUY) Spider-Man Hobgoblin Battle during Search for Osborn’s FormulaĪs the Hobgoblin searches for the Green Goblin’s formula, Spider-Man enters the picture. The first Spider-Man Hobgoblin battle ensues. First Appearance of the HobgoblinĪ small-time crook discovers Norman Osborn’s secret Green Goblin lair, and tips off an unknown individual, who keeps the equipment to himself to become the Hobgoblin. These are the essential issues need to get the original Hobgoblin Saga. Most of this storyline took place in the what could be called Spider-Man’s Copper Age, of which the Spider-Man Hobgoblin Saga played an important role, appearing throughout as its mystery hung over the nearly the entire “Age”. Peter David then wrote the grand reveal of both Hobgoblin and the Rose’s identities, which inadvertently turned out to be the reverse identities of what DeFalco had planned. As Stern left, Tom DeFalco picked up the writing duties, but also left just prior to revealing the Hobgoblin’s identity. First appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #83 ( BUY).Īdded into this mystery is the Rose, another character whose identity was a mystery, and who came into an alliance with the Hobgoblin. Richard Fisk, son of Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin.First appeared in Spectacular Spider-Man #43 ( BUY). Roderick Kingsley, Fashion and business magnate.First appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #208 ( BUY). Lance Bannon, Peter’s rival photographer at the Daily Bugle.
First appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #18 ( BUY). Ned Leeds, Daily Bugle reporter with his marriage to Betty Brant on the rocks.
Flash Thompson, Peter Parker’s childhood nemesis-turned-friend.
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The main suspects of the Spider-Man Hobgoblin mystery throughout the series were:
Along with this new villain came the mystery of characters true identity, which lasted for more than a decade. When Roger Stern took over the writing duties of Amazing Spider-Man, he introduced a new villain from the ashes of the Green Goblin in order to keep things fresh.
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