The Hobgoblin set off to finish what Osborn started, the destruction of Spider-Man, only to be handed a bitter defeat. After a short while during a fight between the Hobgoblin and Spider-Man, it appeared that the Hobgoblin had been defeated, as all Spider-Man found left of him was his mask. Hobgoblin survived and struck back at Spider-Man with a vengeance.

A while later Hobgoblin gained super strength, causing him to more of a threat. However the original Hobgoblin was apparently defeated as Peter Parker and Daily Bugle reporter Ned Leeds went to Berlin to pursue a story. It was there that Ned was brutally murdered and was revealed to be the Hobgoblin. Jason Macendale, the Jack O' Lantern, donned the garb of the Hobgoblin after Leeds death to become the second Hobgoblin. The biggest trauma caused by Leeds death was that felt by his widow, Betty, who believed long after Ned's death that he was still alive.

All seemed well with every one as the mystery of the Hobgoblin had been revealed. But just as Macendale was being escorted to prison he admitted to a crowd of hundreds that Leeds was the Hobgoblin. However, that night Macendale was murdered by the original Hobgoblin, back from the dead! After killing industrialist George Vandergill, the Hobgoblin was revealed to be Roderick Kingsley. This news, and the clearing of Ned's name left both Betty and Peter feeling better. Kingsley was held at the Iron Rock penitentiary, until his learning of Norman Osborn's recent return. Kingsley then hatched a plan to have Osborn spring him jail, claiming to have one of the apparently destroyed journals naming Osborn the Green Goblin. After a fight involoving Osborn, Kingsley, the new Green Goblin and Spider-Man, Kingsley fled to the island of Isla Suerte, after signing over Kingsley International to Osborn.

Powers and Abilities: The Hobgoblin processes super human strength and advanced Goblin weaponry.

Animated Appearences:
                              The Hobgoblin, part one
                              The Hobgoblin, part two
                              The Mutant Agenda
                              Mutants Revenge
                              The Spot
                              Goblin War
                              I Really, Really Hate Clones