El estreno de Spider-Man: Brand New Day ha vuelto a poner al Hombre Araña en el centro de la conversación cinematográfica. La película no solo ha batido récords de taquilla, sino que ha dejado a los seguidores del UCM con una premisa inquietante: Ned Leeds, el inseparable mejor amigo de Peter Parker, ya no sabe quién es su antiguo compañero de instituto. Eso no le impide sentirse fascinado por el…

It all started at a flea market where I found a toy of him, nothing crazy nor expensive, just... Him. And I bought it because I felt something that murmured to me "buy it".

So, after I returned home, I searched a bit and... OH BOY IF I FELL INTO A RABBIT HOLE.

Immediately in one night, he became one of my favourite villain in Marvel!

The thing that intrigued me the most is the anonymity of the mask, like we all know who is hiding under the Goblin mask (could be Norman, could be Harry... Or Robin Borne in that strange comic but never mind!). Every time I read an issue with him, I always asked myself: "Is it Roderick this time? Or is the poor Ned? Or is it Lefty? Uuuh! Maybe it's Phil!... Nah, he doesn't have wings and he doesn't have a flame sword... Mmmh... Daniel? No, he died. Jason? Nah, where is N’astirh? Robin?... A new one?! How can it be a new one? Did Roderick brainwash again someone?!" and I can hear the comment "Mida, you can understand who is under the mask by memorising the year and the Hobgoblin to which it belongs!! Like we know that Daniel died in the river, Ned is the one who collaborated with The Rose, Phil is the one when Fisk was the head of the Hand before becoming the Goblin Knight..."

I'm sorry. I got carried a bit.

GOSH FRIKKING DAMMIT IF I LOVE HIM!

I'm no number one fan, I don't know all of his lore by heart, but it's a funny little guy, and I care about him... Or them? Should I use them?

Even the poor Claude in the Superior Spider-Man run! Justice for Claude!

Wow, good question anon.

In the current FF the two of them have their share of chapters along with the Matt/Foggy and Mike/Butch couples. Because these three are the important ones where the story revolves around them, purely around Foggy and Matt but the Hobgoblins lore and Mike lore will have their share of importance.

The idea of making a mini anthology of events related to the two of them (and the Hobgoblin family) had crossed my mind multiple times, but it would mostly be slices of life or things that will already be said in the chapters that will be published for this current FF.

Maybe I'll do the anthology focusing on their past or after certain events in my canon (so related to my current work and the Spider-Man one where I'm working).