

His origin and identity weren't revealed for a couple of years (issue #39-40).

The Green Goblin first appeared in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #13 (July 1964). To provide a bit more detail on the characters from the comics:

Whereas Green Goblin is the classic enemy of Spider-Man. Instead he created a new character as heir to the Goblin's legacy and developed the Hobgoblin.ĭeFalco, Tom (2004). Like other writers Stern found himself under pressure to have Spider-Man fight the Green Goblin again, but did not wish to bring Norman Osborn or Bart Hamilton back from the dead, have Harry Osborn become the Green Goblin again, or create yet another Green Goblin. for The Amazing Spider-Man #238 (March 1983). The Hobgoblin was created by writer Roger Stern and artist John Romita, Jr. Τhere were many Hobgoblins, but the first Hobgoblin was Roderick Kingsley. Hobgoblin was created because the writers didn't want to bring Green Goblin back to life in any way so they created a new character that resembled him, but was different.
