Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25441082-20170705013509/@comment-29421682-20180302195956

Greeny first. Literally no one has tried to place the original Hobgoblin after the Green Goblin like it should be ('cept for Paradox Pictures.).

In fact, I have an idea for what you should do with the Hobgoblin that I came up with; in the A Puff of Responsibility saga, Roderick Kingsley is the original Hobgoblin, but Jason Macendale is the first Hobgoblin that Peter Parker squares off with. Roderick Kingsley actually first squares off with Ben Reilly during the latter's stay with the McPhearsons in Megaville, some time before Macendale takes up the mantle.

Basically, the Hobgoblin only first appears shortly after the Spider-Clone leaves New York, but when Roderick's Hobby is presumed dead fighting Reilly, he retires the identity to another person to serve a double purpose; to keep up his legacy and to make sure that the Hobgoblin's early crimes are never traced back to him.