Jason Macendale
Jason Macendale is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Jason Macendale
After a humiliating defeat at the hands of Spider-Man and the Green Goblin, the Hobgoblin Macendale sought greater power to destroy all his enemies At this time, the city was being attacked by Demons due to the events of the Inferno. Several of the creatures attacked Macendale who destroyed them and followed the Demons to their master N'astirh. The demon lord wanted to be entertained by the human with Macendale his own soul in exchange for power. N'astirh responded with a laugh at the quality of the mortals soul but did admit that this made him laugh. Thus, he decided to grant the humans wish and transformed him into a partly demonic being. (Spectacular Spider-Man v1 #147)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Jason Macendale was created by Tom DeFalco and Steve Ditko where he first appeared as Jack O'Lantern in Machine Man v1 #19 (February, 1981) and later as the Hobgoblin in Amazing Spider-Man v1 #289 (June, 1987).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Spider-Man, Jason Macendale appeared as a villain in the guise of Hobgoblin in the animated television series where he was voiced by actor Mark Hamill. He was first introduced in the episode "The Hobgoblin" though his real identity was not revealed until "Goblin War". This version appeared before the Green Goblin with the Hobgoblin being a mercenary hired by Norman Osborn who equipped him with his equipment and tasked him with eliminating Wilson Fisk. After failing due to Spider-Man, Osborn fired him but the Hobgoblin went rogue where he allied with the Kingpin where he revealed that Norman had hired him to eliminate Fisk. Despite this new alliance, Hobgoblin was shown as being greedy in that he desired more power leading to Fisk turning on him. In his civilian identity of Jason Macendale, he began romancing Felicia Hardy where he intended to take her fortune before it was revealed by Green Goblin that he was the Hobgoblin.
Video games
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Appearances
- Machine Man v1:
- Amazing Spider-Man v1:
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