Ned Leeds was a field reporter for the Daily Bugle, where he met Betty Brant. Ned comforted her after her brother Bennett had been killed by Blackie Gaxton.

Betty had previously had a relationship with Daily Bugle photographer Peter Parker but his inability to hold dates and the rough time that she was going through brought the relationship to an end^[1]. Betty then fell into the arms of Leeds^[2]. Even though he was away on an assignment in Europe for awhile (with Betty rekindling some of her emotions for Peter during this time), the two remained in contact and started dating again after his return^[3]. Eventually the two became engaged^[4] and during this time he was being promoted to City Editor of The Daily Bugle.

The Jackal created clones of Spider-Man and Gwen Stacy and Ned was held hostage while the two Spider-Men fought each other.

Soon afterwards Ned and Betty got married, however on their wedding day , the marriage ceremony was interrupted by the late criminal Mirage who was promptly defeated by Spider-Man. Their marriage had its good and bad moments and was a fairytale at first.

One night Ned followed Spider-Man and the villain Hobgoblin and was caught and brainwashed by the original Hobgoblin to do criminal acts. These acts made his homelife unstable and eventually led to his death by the hands of The Foreigner's men while on assignment in Germany.

Powers and AbilitiesEdit

Abilities

Ned was a veteran reporter

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Equipment

Transportation

Goblin Glider.

Weapons

Gauntlet mounted electro-blaster, various explosive and gas grenades.

NotesEdit

Ned Leeds was never actually the original Hobgoblin. He was merely a pawn of the real Hobgoblin, Roderick Kingsley.
In the movie Spider-man Joseph Robertson says that Eddie couldn't take clear pictures of Spider-man, this could be a reference either to Leeds or to Eddie Brock.

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Amazing Spider-Man # 18 - First Appearance
Amazing Spider-Man # 19 - Name revealed (Previously unidentified)
Amazing Spider-Man # 20 - Leaves on an overseas assignment for the Daily Bugle.
Amazing Spider-Man # 28
Amazing Spider-Man # 156 - Marriage of Ned Leeds and Betty Brant
Amazing Spider-Man # 289 - Final Appearance
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