Roderick Kingsley
Roderick Kingsley is a male comic supervillain that features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
At some point, he established Kingsley Limited that dealt with modelling shoots. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #271)
After these incidents, Kingsley seeks to protect himself and his empire by gaining more power. A thug named George Hill reports to Kingsley of stumbling upon the secret lair of Norman Osborn in hopes of earning a reward. Kingsley instead kills Hill to make sure that no one else gets wind of the discovery.
A thug by the name of George Hill accidently discovered the secret headquarters of the Green Goblin near Osborn Manufacturing and reported his findings to Kingsley. Upon discovering the secret of Norman Osborn, Kingsley had all the equipment shipped to his home with Georgie helping in the hopes of getting a reward. After the task was complete, Roderick had Georgie killed to ensure that no one else learnt of the discovery whilst Kingsley himself fashioned the identity of the masked villain known as the Hobgoblin. (Amazing Spider-Man v1 #238)
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Notes
- Roderick Kingsley was created by Roger Stern and John Romita, Jr. where he first appeared in Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man v1 #43 (June, 1980) before appearing as Hobgoblin in The Amazing Spider-Man v1 #238 (March, 1983).
- As Hobgoblin, the character was based on the Green Goblin who was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
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- Amazing Spider-Man v1:
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