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The Amazing Spider-Man #289
“The Hobgoblin Revealed!”
writer Peter David · artist Alan Kupperberg · artist Tom Morgan · inker Jim Fern · colorist George Roussos · letterer Rick Parker · cover Tom Morgan, Peter Paul Prinz
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Cast · 22 characters
Full credits
writer Peter David
artist Alan Kupperberg
artist Tom Morgan
inker Jim Fern
colorist George Roussos
letterer Rick Parker
cover pencils Tom Morgan
cover inks Peter Paul Prinz
Full plot ⚠ may contain spoilers
▸ Reveal full plot — may contain spoilers
Ned Leeds' body is returned to the United States, and his family and friends attend his funeral. Peter takes Betty home but finds she is becoming more and more unstable. The new Hobgoblin takes out the Rose's men. Kingpin gives Spider-Man the file proving Leeds was Hobgoblin. Hobgoblin comes after Spider-Man for the file, and it gets burned up in their battle. Flash Thompson is cleared of the charges that he was Hobgoblin. Peter decides to continue to fight crime as Spider-Man.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).


