| abstract | - The Hobgoblin's origin started when Spider-Man spotted a whole bunch of crooks doing a whole bunch of pointless violence. He quickly captured all the wimps, but he was so busy capturing them that he failed to notice that one of them slipped into the sewers. Down there, the escaped crook conveniently came across a lair (with an unlocked door) that the Green Goblin forgot about (though you would to if it was located deep below in a disgusting sewer full of diseases). He found all of the Green Goblin's technology and costumes (which the nut conveniently left behind for any idiot to take), he then modified them all and became the feared villain known as the Hobgob... Umm... okay.... backing up here a bit, this guy didn't actually keep the technology and stuff for himself, he decided to instead sell it all (at a ridiculous price of $10.00) to a lowly employee at the lowly company known as Wal-Mart. After the stuff was sold, the lowly employee sent the crook on an all expensed paid trip to China (and strangely he hasn't been heard from since). After two weeks of happily playing with his new weapons, the employee thought that maybe this new stuff could be used to boost sales at Wal-Mart and finally land him a good position. However, he believed that all of the weapons and costumes would be too tacky for such a job, so he modified them all. He started by taking the little winders out of the gliders and swapped them with the newest advanced computer chips from Microsoft. He also dyed all the costumes blue and orange (because they were the latest style at the time). He also fitted the new costumes with cloaks and capes, because he also wanted them to double as a costumes for the special Lord of the Rings cosplay games that he played every Tuesday. Finally he made a new and less tacky mask for himself (one that actually looked scary). Finally he altered all the weapons, so that they actually killed rather then humiliate enemies. Once all the weapons and other stuff were improved, the man said some very lame dialogue and the Hobgoblin was born (this time for real). The Hobgoblin then made a negotiations with Wal-Mart's leaders about becoming a new special employee, because super villains are excellent employees for business. The Hobgoblin stated that he would "Save employees low prices... by annihilating all of Wal-Mart's threats." Since the company was small at the time, the royal SOB leaders all agreed to this plan, as long as it got them profits.
- Roderick Kingsley discovered one of the Green Goblin's hideouts and using one of Osborn's journals created a gas that gave him strength like Osborn but without the madness.He fought Spider-man and corrupted Ned Leeds and temporarily made people think Ned was the Hobgoblin.After killing Ned Leeds,Roderick was sent to prison but was helped to escape by the Green Goblin.
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