Kingsley changed the color palette, including giving the mask a gold hue, and added an orange cloak, but retained the chainmail armor and legendary aesthetic that original Green Goblin Norman Osborn used first. Roderick’s Hobgoblin outfit was a modified version of Norman’s Green Goblin costume.

Related: Spider-Man 3 Theory: Ned's Hobgoblin Is Raimi's Green Goblin Successor The Hobgoblin’s true identity was definitively revealed in 1997’s Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives. Like the Green Goblin, the comics made the Hobgoblin’s true identity a running mystery, with several red herrings and fake reveals, explained by Kingsley brainwashing people like Ned Leeds into becoming body doubles. Although he was stronger than Norman, Kingsley’s lack of insanity made him an overall less dangerous adversary than the unpredictable Norman. With a modified costume, Kingsley became The Hobgoblin.

Upon discovering one of the seemingly deceased Norman Osborn’s hidden stashes of the Green Goblin's (played by Willem Dafoe) gear, Kingsley, a corrupt corporate executive, modified Osborn’s formula to eliminate its insanity side effect and increase its physical enhancements. The Hobgoblin, aka Roderick Kingsley, was a major Spider-Man villain for years in Marvel’s comics.

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