Creator: Tom DeFalco
Editor and writer with long runs on several titles and a frequent partnership with artist Ron Frenz. He helped create Spider-Girl, the New Warriors, the 616 version of Firestar, Thunderstrike, Darkhawk, Silver Sable, Puma, and Peter Porker the Spider-Ham.
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.