Ned Secretly Set Up His More Powerful Goblin In Spider-Man: Homecoming
Ned Leeds is expected to become Hobgoblin at some point in his Marvel Cinematic Universe history, and while Spider-Man: No Way Home included some hints at this transformation, it was actually set up since Spider-Man: Homecoming. After years of waiting for Spider-Man to join the MCU, a deal between Sony and Marvel made it possible for Peter Parker to make his MCU debut in Captain America: Civil War, after which he got his first solo movie, Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Directed by Jon Watts, Spider-Man: Homecoming followed Peter Parker (Tom Holland) as he did his best to balance high school life with his superhero duties while also facing a new enemy: Adrian Toomes/Vulture (Michael Keaton). Accompanying Peter in his first solo adventure as part of the MCU were aunt May (Marisa Tomei), Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau), MJ (Zendaya), and Ned Leeds (Jacob Batalon). The latter’s MCU version has been very different from the one in the comic books, as this Ned is actually Peter’s best friend rather than a competitive colleague, but he looks to be on his way to becoming an enemy of Spider-Man just like in the source material.
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In the comics, Ned Leeds is a reporter for the Daily Bugle who one day follows the Hobgoblin to a hideout, where he’s captured and brainwashed. The Hobgoblin then uses Ned as a stand-in to fool the underworld into thinking Ned is the real Hobgoblin, which then leads to his death by the Foreigner. Now, back to the MCU, so far Ned hasn’t shown signs of villainy, but his transformation into the Hobgoblin in the near future has already been set up, and it all started in Spider-Man: Homecoming when he showed a subtle lust for powers.
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