![]() Finally, the true and original Hobgoblin was revealed and Ned Leeds' name was cleared. However, during the battle, Kingsley's brother Daniel was captured and Kingsley was unmasked. He then kidnapped Betty Brant as part of a trap for Spider-Man. The true Hobgoblin, Kingsley returned from retirement, his first act being to kill Macendale whom he deemed unworthy of his title. During his trial Macendale publicly revealed that Ned Leeds was the "original" Hobgoblin - even though no one, including Macendale, at that point knew that was not true at all. After his tenure as the Hobgoblin, and corruption into a demonic form (resulting in the emergence of the Demogoblin), Macendale was ultimately arrested. Macendale then took the opportunity to take up the mantle of what was then thought to be the "deceased" Hobgoblin. Kingsley, satisfied that his identity had been protected and that the underworld believed the Hobgoblin dead, retired to Belize. Kingpin then told Parker's alter-ego, Spider-Man that Leeds was the Hobgoblin, illustrating this fact with photos of the assassination, showing Leeds in full Hobgoblin costume. ![]() Macendale had the mercenary called the Foreigner arrange an assassination of Leeds in his hotel room while on assignment overseas with Peter Parker. As Kingsley had gone to great pains to convince everyone that Ned Leeds was the real Hobgoblin, it was Leeds that ultimately paid the price. Hobgoblin defeated him, forcing Macendale to pursue an alternative method of destroying his enemy. Thompson was subsequently exonerated.Įventually, Hobgoblin and the Rose had a falling out, with the latter enlisting the Jack O'Lantern to dispatch the former. Macendale learned that Thompson was not the real Hobgoblin, which infuriated him. Thompson was arrested, only to be freed by Jack O' Lantern (Jason Philip Macendale). To further protect his identity and deflect the attention of his enemies, Kingsley at one point framed Flash Thompson as the Hobgoblin. Through hypnosis, Kingsley was able to brainwash Leeds into becoming a new Hobgoblin that Kingsley could manipulate from the shadows, particularly as a stand-in during negotiations with The Rose (Richard Fisk) in an elaborate plot to bring the Kingpin's empire down. Sometime later Kingsley discovered that the reporter Ned Leeds had followed him to his lair and learned of his secret identity. Spider-man defeated Donovan and unmasked him, but before he could compromise Kingsley's identity, he remote-controlled the goblin glider to crash, killing him.Ĭonvinced that the test was a success, Kingsley immersed himself in the new formula and emerged with strength that surpassed even the original Green Goblin's. Kingsley monitored Donovan's vitals from afar, checking for anomalies. After exposing him to the formula, Kingsley had Donovan attack Spider-Man in the guise of the Hobgoblin. Not wanting to suffer the insanity that plagued Norman Osborn as a result of exposure to formula, Kingsley decided to test it on a small time thug named Arnold "Lefty" Donovan. After being beaten soundly by the web-slinger several times, Kingsley became obsessed with reproducing Osborn's original strength enhancing formula so he could deal with Spider-Man more effectively. Inevitably, this drew him into conflict with Spider-Man, who Kingsley saw as only a nuisance and had only planned to deal with him in afterthought. Using information he acquired from journals left behind by Norman Osborn, Kingsley intended to blackmail several key figures including J.Jonah Jameson and Osborn's son Harry. Therefore he forged a new identity, with an altered costume as the Hobgoblin. Reading through Norman Osborn's journals and examining the various "goblin" paraphernalia and weaponry, Kingsley found himself enthralled with the idea of becoming a costumed criminal. He relayed this information to Kingsley, who killed him to ensure the secret would remain hidden. ![]() One of his criminal associates, George Hill, had stumbled upon one of the secret lairs of the original Green Goblin. Roderick Kingsley was a successful fashion designer and millionaire who had built his empire through underworld ties and unethical practices.
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