Character: Kingpin (Wilson Fisk)
Big fat crimelord who doesn’t have super powers and yet seems to be able to go hand-to-hand against Spider-Man.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #283-288 (1986-1987): Gang War; 1st Mongoose
The Hobgoblin is revealed to be Flash Thompson! No!
Of course not.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #275-276 (1986)
At first, I was all “Oh my God Flash Thompson is Hobgoblin” and the I was like “No, he’s not.”
Nobody was fooled by this.
PETER PARKER THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #107-110 (1985-1986): Death of Jeanne DeWolff
The story that put Peter David on the map, and one of the greatest Spider-Man stories of all time.