For fans of the nineties Spider-Man cartoon, Ned Leeds' Hobgoblin was the original Goblin. Voiced by Mark Hamill, the character terrorised Peter Parker in the cartoon's earliest stages before being usurped by the more notable Green Goblin later on.
That doesn't mean we should rule out the possibility of him having a large part to play in the game however, especially since Insomniac have already taken a few cues from that cartoon - most notably in its decision to depict a slightly older Peter Parker.
It might be a bit of a long shot, but we're yet to really see the Hobgoblin in a video game since the millennium hit. That's really unfortunate, and in looking to divest from past Spidey titles, opting for the Hob over the Green Gob would make for a welcome change of pace.
Especially, y'know, if they can get Hamill involved too.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
