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Hobgoblin
Appearance
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 210 lbs
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Features: Macendale recently underwent a cybernetic re-working, with presumably-permanent facial and body implants.
Summary
Created By: Unknown
Real Name: Jason Philip Macendale, Jr.
Current Aliases: None
Former Aliases: Jack O'Lantern
Dual Identity: The public at large is unaware of the Hobgoblin's history, and assumes that Hobgoblin I and II are the same man.
Current Occupation: Professional assassin and criminal-for-hire
Former Occupation: Marine, C.I.A. operative
Citizenship: His U.S. citizenship has been revoked
Legal Status: No known criminal record
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts
Marital Status: Divorced
Known Relatives: Ex-wife, Karen (since re-married); Son, Jay
Known Confidants: None
Known Allies: Macendale has worked with the Kingpin, the Rose, the original Hobgoblin, the demon N'astirh, and the mysterious Gaunt
Major Enemies: Spiderman, the original Hobgoblin, the second Green Goblin, DemoGoblin, and his own massive power-driven ego.
Usual Bases: As an international terrorist, he remains mobile.
Former Bases: None
Current Groups: None
Former Groups: The Sinister Six
Education: He studied at M.I.T. before being recruited by the C.I.A.
Powers & Paraphenalia
Strength Level: As the non-possessed Hobgoblin, normal human strength.
Powers: No Superhuman powers.
Abilities: Macendale is highly skilled in hand-to-hand combat. His military experience included flight training. He can pilot most forms of airplanes and helicopters.
Equipment: The vertical-thrust goblin glider, which was powered by a miniature turbo-fan. It can go up to 90 miles per hour and support 400 pounds.
Weapons: Macendale inherited the weapons of the original Hobgoblin: Jack O'Lantern bombs, razor-edged bat-wings, and gloves capable of conducting pulses of electricity upwards of 10,000 volts.
Limitations: A thirst for power that makes him continually overstep his capabilities.
Background
When his methods became too extreme for the C.I.A., Macendale set himself up as a criminal-for-hire. As Jack O'Lantern, he tangled with Machine Man, Spiderman and Silver Sable. Hired to be an enforcer for the Kingpin, Macendale joined the Rose and the original Hobgoblin. He and the Hobgoblin had a major falling out, however, when he refused to help the Hobgoblin chase down Spider-Man. This eventually led to Macendale's hiring the Foreigner to assassinate the Hobgoblin, at which point he took the Hobgoblin's equipment and criminal identity. He soon found he also inherited the Hobgoblin's enemies, Spiderman and the second Green Goblin, Harry Osborn.
Macendale's obsessive need for power led him to try and make a deal with the demon N'astirh, who had him possessed. He remained in this form for some time before achieving separation from the demonic entity in Web of Spiderman 85. Having apparently learned nothing from this experience, he underwent physical alteration during his tenure with Gaunt, allowing himself to be implanted with cybernetic devices.