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 Real Name | Jason Philip Macendale, Jr. |
| Current Alias | Hobgoblin |
| Aliases | Jack O'Lantern |
| Relatives | Jason Philip Macendale, Sr. (father); Patricia Macendale (mother, deceased); unnamed ex-wife |
| Affiliation | Formerly Sinister Six, U.S. Marines |
| Base Of Operations | Mobile |
| Status | |
| Alignment | Bad |
| Identity | Secret Identity |
| Citizenship | American |
| Marital Status | Divorced |
| Occupation | Freelance terrorist/assassin |
| Characteristics[1] | |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 6' 1" |
| Weight | 210 lbs (95 kg) |
| Eyes | Brown |
| Hair | Black |
| Origin | |
| Universe | Earth-616 |
| Place of Birth | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Creators | Tom DeFalco, Steve Ditko |
| First Appearance | Appearance of Death |
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HistoryEdit
Sinners. Blashphemers. Flase prophets. Tonight, Father, they will fall in your name. Tonight, they will fall before the vengeful wrath of Hobgoblin. 
- -- Hobgoblin src
Jack O'Lantern
The CIA recruited Jason Macendale while he was attending undergraduate class is at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He enlisted in theMarines and became a fighter pilot. Upon discharge from the Marines, Macendale began active service as a field agent in the Asian theatre. However, his methods and tactics soon provided too brutal and extreme for his superiors to tolerate. Seeking employment elsewhere, Macendale embarked on a career as an international mercenary. Eventually evaluating his craft to a precise science, he adopted distinctive costing of Jack O'Lantern to help promote his accomplishments to prospective employers.
Jack O'Lantern
Hobgoblin
He later salvaged the Hobgoblin's Battlewagon after being hired through intermediaries by that villain.[1] However, the two men became rivals during the Gang War that raged in New York over the Kingpin's former territory.[2] Macendale eventually hired the Foreigner to identify and kill the Hobgoblin. At the time it appeared Foreigner's assassins were successful[3], and Macendale became the new Hobgoblin.[4]
After losing fights with Spider-Man and the Green Goblin,[5] Macendale took advantage of the Inferno crisis by following several demons back to their lair and confronting their demonic lord, N'Astirh. Macendale wanted enough power to defeat his enemies, and offered his soul to N'Astirh in exchange for such power. When N'Astirh stopped laughing, the demon lord decided that Macendale's effrontery was worth something even if his soul wasn't, and had him possessed. This gave Macendale the physical strength he craved, coupled with superhuman speed and endurance.[6]
Despite his new power, Macendale was grotesquely misshapen by the demon possessing his body, giving him an appearance similar to his old Goblin masks. A spell cast by Doctor Strange later altered Macendale's perceptions, causing him to think he looked normal.[7] Macendale joined the new Sinister Six, working for Doctor Octopus and later against him.[8][9]
Unfortunately, the demon who possessed him proved to be incompatible, and the two fought many a battle for control of Macendale's physical form until the demon literally ripped away from its human host and began a separate existence as the Demogoblin.[10]
Powerless again, Macendale needed an edge and found it when he presented himself to Vladimir Kravinov, the Grim Hunter. Kravinov needed a guinea pig to test his father's serum on, and Macendale had nothing to lose. An element of his former demonic possession allowed Hobgoblin to survive the process that killed others, restoring his superhuman strength.[11] A more confident Hobgoblin became leader of the Sinister Seven after Doctor Octopus's death.[12][13]
He was later killed by Roderick Kingsley, the original Hobgoblin, who returned from retirement to claim his mantle.[14]
Powers and AbilitiesEdit
Powers
- Macendale possesses no superhuman abilities, but is a military trained to master of most known forms of hand-to-hand combat and the martial arts.
- Extremely agile, Macendale is an above average gymnastics ability, strength, and endurance.
- Macendale has received extensive CIA sponsored flight training, which includes single and multi engine propeller and jet aircraft, a helicopter, gyrocopter, and hang gliding qualifications.
- Also has extensive training in the fields of electrical engineering and physical sciences.
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ParaphernaliaEdit
Equipment
Jack O'Lantern employs numerous types of custom designed a grenades including anaerobic, lachrymatory, regurgitant gas, smoke, and concussion grenades. Jack O'Lantern wears a complete body armor made of metal-covered, multi segment Kevlar panels, incorporating a rigid, articulated shell which can resist a 7 lb. bazooka anti-gun warhead.
Jack O'Lantern's head is covered by a bulletproof helmet with an internal, 3 hour, compressed air supply and is equipped with telescopic infrared image intensifiers for seeing in the dark. The base of the helmet is equipped with a fine network of pin holes which maintained a low temperature flame ("stage-fire": a low density flame used safely on stage to simulate fire) their rings around his head at all times. The air supply cools the interior of the helmet semi-adiabatically through expansion. Transportation
(as Jack O'Lantern) Floating Disc (as Hobgoblin) Hobgoblin's Battlewagon, Goblin GliderWeapons
As Jack O'Lantern he was equipped with wrist blasters, which incorporate high-frequency electric transducers that can deliver a long-range shot (effective range: 35 ft).
Henchmen of Macendale
Henchmen
Babyface (Earth-616)
Babyface
"Babyface" was a henchmen Jason used to search for Silver Sable[16]
TriviaEdit
His American citizenship was revoked when he enlisted in the army of a foreign power.
