THE HOBGOBLIN V (Jason Philip Macendale, Jr., aka Jack O'Lantern I)
Created By: Tom DeFalco & Steve Ditko
First Appearance: Machine-Man #19 (Feb. 1981)
Role: Replacement Character (for Hobgoblins I & III), Joke Villain (as Jason), Bad-Ass Upgrade (as Demon)
Villain Ranking: C-List (as Demon, D-List as Jason)
Group Affiliations: The Sinister Six
PL 10 (148)
STRENGTH 8
STAMINA 8
AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 8
DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 2
AWARENESS 0
PRESENCE 0
Skills:
Acrobatics 2 (+5)
Athletics 2 (+10)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 2 (+10)
Expertise (Mercenary) 6 (+8)
Expertise (Science) 4 (+6)
Intimidation 10 (+10)
Perception 5 (+5)
Technology 5 (+7)
Vehicles 4 (+8)
Vehicles 4 (+12) (Flaws: Limited to Goblin Gliders)
Advantages:
Daze (Intimidation), Equipment 7 (Goblin Glider), Fearless, Great Endurance, Improved Initiative, Ranged Attack 7, Startle
Powers:
"Demonic Physiology"
Immunity 4 (Chemicals 2, Hellfire 2) [4]
"Goblin Weapon Array" (Flaws: Easily Removable) [21]
"Pumpkin Bomb- Blast" Blast 10 (Feats: Triggered- 1 Round) (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) (Diminished Range -1) (30) -- (35 points)
- AE: "Pumpkin Bomb- Knock-Out Gas" Affliction 10 (Fort; Fatigued/Exhausted/Asleep) (Feats: Triggered) (Extras: Ranged, Area- 30ft. Burst) (Diminished Range -1) (30)
- AE: "Pumpkin Bomb- Smoke" Concealment 4 (Feats: Triggered) (Extras: Area- 15ft. Cloud, Attack) (13)
- AE: "Pumpkin Bomb- Hallucinogenic Gas" Affliction 10 (Fort; Dazed/Stunned/Transformed) (Feats: Triggered) (Extras: Ranged, Area- 15ft. Cloud) (Diminished Range -1) (30)
- AE: "Spider-Sense Neutralizer" Nullify Sensory Powers 10 (Extras: Fort.Resistance +0, Continuous +3, Area- 15ft. Cloud) (Flaws: Fades, Limited to Spider-Sense) (30)
- AE: "Razor-Bats" Blast 5 (Extras: Multiattack) (15)
Equipment:
"Goblin Glider"
(Medium; Strength 2, Defense 8, Toughness 6, Remote Control) (12)
Flight 6 (120 mph) (Flaws: Platform) (6)
"Heat-Seeking Missiles" Blast 10 (Feats: Homing 3) (23) -- (24)
- AE: "Machine Guns" Blast 7 (Extras: Multiattack) (21)
- AE: "Blades" Damage 8 (8)
-- (32 points)
Offense:
Unarmed +10 (+8 Damage, DC 23)
Missiles +10 (+10 Ranged Damage, DC 25)
Machine Guns +11 (+7 Ranged Damage, DC 22)
Pumpkin Blast +10 Area (+10 Damage, DC 25)
Pumpkin KO Gas +10 Area (+10 Affliction, DC 20)
Pumpkin Hallucinogens +10 Area (+10 Affliction, DC 20)
Spidey-Neutralizier +10 Area (+10 Nullify, DC 20)
Razor-Bats +11 (+5 Ranged Damage, DC 20)
Initiative +7
Defenses:
Dodge +10 (DC 20), Parry +10 (DC 20), Toughness +8, Fortitude +8, Will +6
Complications:
Motivation (Mission From God)- Being merged with a Demon has driven Jason Macendale insane- he believes he is on a mission from God to destroy sinners, but in his mind, nearly everyone is a sinner. He is now a raving lunatic- attacking super-heroes, while allying with The Sinister Six.
Enemy (Spider-Man)
Total: Abilities: 66 / Skills: 42--21 / Advantages: 21 / Powers: 25 / Defenses: 15 (148)
THE HOBGOBLIN V (Jason Philip Macendale, Jr., aka Jack O'Lantern I)
Created By: Tom DeFalco & Steve Ditko
First Appearance: Machine-Man #19 (Feb. 1981)
Role: Replacement Character (for Hobgoblins I & III), Joke Villain (as Jason), Bad-Ass Upgrade (as Demon)
Villain Ranking: C-List (as Demon, D-List as Jason)
Group Affiliations: The Sinister Six
PL 10 (150)
STRENGTH 4
STAMINA 4
AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 8
DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 2
AWARENESS 0
PRESENCE 0
Skills:
Acrobatics 2 (+5)
Athletics 2 (+10)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 2 (+10)
Expertise (Mercenary) 6 (+8)
Expertise (Science) 4 (+6)
Intimidation 10 (+10)
Perception 5 (+5)
Technology 5 (+7)
Vehicles 4 (+8)
Vehicles 4 (+12) (Flaws: Limited to Goblin Gliders)
Advantages:
Equipment 9 (Goblin Glider), Improved Initiative, Ranged Attack 7, Startle
Powers:
"Goblin Costume" (Flaws: Removable) [24]
"Electro-Circuitry Gloves" Blast 8 (Extras: Multiattack) (24)
Protection 1 (1)
Immunity 2 (Chemicals) (2)
-- (27 points)
"Goblin Weapon Array" (Flaws: Easily Removable) [21]
"Pumpkin Bomb- Blast" Blast 10 (Feats: Triggered- 1 Round) (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) (Diminished Range -1) (30) -- (35 points)
- AE: "Pumpkin Bomb- Knock-Out Gas" Affliction 10 (Fort; Fatigued/Exhausted/Asleep) (Feats: Triggered) (Extras: Ranged, Area- 30ft. Burst) (Diminished Range -1) (30)
- AE: "Pumpkin Bomb- Smoke" Concealment 4 (Feats: Triggered) (Extras: Area- 15ft. Cloud, Attack) (13)
- AE: "Pumpkin Bomb- Hallucinogenic Gas" Affliction 10 (Fort; Dazed/Stunned/Transformed) (Feats: Triggered) (Extras: Ranged, Area- 15ft. Cloud) (Diminished Range -1) (30)
- AE: "Spider-Sense Neutralizer" Nullify Sensory Powers 10 (Extras: Fort.Resistance +0, Continuous +3, Area- 15ft. Cloud) (Flaws: Fades, Limited to Spider-Sense) (30)
- AE: "Razor-Bats" Blast 5 (Extras: Multiattack) (15)
Equipment:
"Goblin Glider"
(Medium; Strength 2, Defense 8, Toughness 6, Remote Control) (12)
Flight 6 (120 mph) (Flaws: Platform) (6)
"Heat-Seeking Missiles" Blast 10 (Feats: Homing 3) (23) -- (24)
- AE: "Machine Guns" Blast 7 (Extras: Multiattack) (21)
- AE: "Blades" Damage 8 (8)
-- (32 points)
Offense:
Unarmed +10 (+4 Damage, DC 19)
Missiles +10 (+10 Ranged Damage, DC 25)
Machine Guns +11 (+7 Ranged Damage, DC 22)
Pumpkin Blast +10 Area (+10 Damage, DC 25)
Pumpkin KO Gas +10 Area (+10 Affliction, DC 20)
Pumpkin Hallucinogens +10 Area (+10 Affliction, DC 20)
Spidey-Neutralizier +10 Area (+10 Nullify, DC 20)
Razor-Bats +11 (+5 Ranged Damage, DC 20)
Initiative +7
Defenses:
Dodge +10 (DC 20), Parry +10 (DC 20), Toughness +4 (+5 Costume), Fortitude +6, Will +4
Complications:
Enemy (Spider-Man, Demogoblin)- Jason is a Spidey Rogue. And when he finally excised the demonic entity from his body, it formed the body of Demogoblin, and continued to hunt him.
Responsibility (Sadist)- Macendale is a vicious sociopath incapable of caring for others- it got him kicked out of the military, and he once held his own SON hostage.
Total: Abilities: 50 / Skills: 42--21 / Advantages: 18 / Powers: 46 / Defenses: 15 (150)
Jason Macendale- MY Hobgoblin:
-Jason Macendale was the fifth person to call himself Hobgoblin, after the Imperial Guardsman, Kingsley, a nobody loser set up by Kingsley ("Lefty" Donovan, for those completists out there), and Ned Leeds. He was a cold-hearted, ultra-violent Goblin-Knock-Off mercenary on a Flying Platform, calling himself "Jack O'Lantern", and even teamed up with the Hobgoblin (at this point, he thought it was Ned Leeds). When Leeds turned on him out of psychosis-based reasons, Macendale got pissed and hired The Foreigner to murder him. Thus, the Goblin Knock-Off decided to BECOME a Goblin, taking the Hobbie gear for himself.
-Despite this, he was a loser, getting beaten by Spidey regularly (and also the Harry-Goblin), and in a shameful move, made a deal with N'Astirh during the
Inferno mega-crossover (a Demonic Invasion of New York City) for more power. Even the DEMON made fun of him, before merging him with a demonic entity for shits & giggles- this turned Macendale insane and gave him a huge boost in power. All of this led to the Demonic Hobgoblin- a huge part of Todd MacFarlane's run on the books, and he actually became a really popular '90s Villain for a while- an extremist psychopath who murdered recklessly because he was on a mission from God? That sounds like the Nineties to me.
A Goblin For the '90s:
-And Hobgoblin was EVERYWHERE in the early '90s. Next to Venom, I don't think any Spidey villain was seen more often- his crazy visuals (a warty, long-tongued Demon), outgoing personality and "Extreme" nature kind of made him perfect for the era. To me, Macendale was ALWAYS the Hobgoblin, and Hobgoblin was ALWAYS on the Sinister Six, because my very first Spidey story was
The Return Of The Sinister Six, a 6-parter by Erik Larsen. By this point naturally, Kraven the Hunter was dead, and they needed a new guy (they also replaced The Sandman with a Kaiju). It was actually hard for me to jibe this fact with the reality that Hobgoblin was never really a member before, or after this time period.
-This run lasted for quite a while, but at some point in the mid '90s, he gave up the Demonic Possession (because Dr. Strange cast an illusion that let Jason see his original, handsome face... this allowed him the strength to fight off the demon), which left him de-powered again... but created the DEMOGOBLIN. This was, by the way, the hallmark of the '90s as much as ultra-violence, impossibly-bent female spines, and pouches on costumes- every reasonably-successful character was duplicated in some form, in a newer, more EXTREME costume. Macendale & the Demogoblin opposed each other off-and-on, until Demogoblin was killed trying to save a child's life. Jason got various power-upgrades, both from Kraven's Serum and cybernetics, but he was casually murdered in the past few years by Kingsley, who coldly mocked him for his failures before offing him in prison. Yeah, they actually thought this character sucked so hard by the end that they made sure the fans knew he was a useless loser before they killed him. Now THAT is a guy who's star had fallen.
Jason's Stats:
-Even Jason is nearly full-PL-cost thanks to his Demonic powers- he's strong, fast and with the same tricks all other Goblins have. Demogoblin had a Hellfire Blast, but I don't think Jason ever did (I think- Demogoblin had it, but I never saw Jason use it. Anyone help me out here?), which would push his cost up, as it's a natural power. Hobgoblin was tough, and a very common villain of Spider-Man in his era. He was good enough to massacre an entire bar full of roughnecks (New York is full of these for some reason) without his super-powers, slaughtering them all for information- and even crushing a Hulk Hogan look-alike's wrist with one hand. Curiously, both Demonic & Regular Hobby have the same PL thanks to all the weapons and some added versatility from that points-wasting Goblin Costume (the Electro-Gloves mainly), but Demonic Hobgoblin is far more dangerous, being MUCH stronger and tougher. As a Cyborg, Jason put his Strength & Toughness back up to 8s.