HOBGOBLIN

Real Name:

Roderick Kingsley

Universe/Timeline:

Marvel Universe

Status:

Other

Category:

Science-Based Mutate

Alias:

Devil Spider.

Nationality:

American

First Appearance:

Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man (1st series) #43

Powers & Abilities:

superhuman strength, speed, agility, endurance, reflexes, and durability, razor-bats, pumpkin bombs, goblin grenades, electro-blasters, goblin glider

Affiliation:

Sinister Six, Astonishing Avengers

Avengers Membership:

Temporary status, likely revoked. Gathered for Steve Rogers' ad hoc team of Avengers comprised of inverted villains in Avengers & X-Men: Axis #6.

Notes:

Roderick Kingsley first appeared as Hobgoblin in Amazing Spider-Man (1st series) #238. A mystery for several years, the true identity of Hobgoblin was supposedly revealed as Ned Leeds in #289. Many years later, Leeds was exonerated and the truth was revealed in Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives #1-3.

Last Updated:

17th January 2023 by Monolith