The Origin of Marvel's JACK O'LANTERN
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- History of the Marvel Universe No. 187
The History of Jason Phillip Macendale
The First Jack O'Lantern
The Second Hobgoblin
For more on Mad Jack, watch my video about Mysterio:
• The Origin and History...
Sources:
Jason Macendale's backstory was described in
‣ Amazing Spider-Man 279 (1986)
‣ Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives 001 (1997)
His ex-wife and son appeared in
‣ Spider-Man 049 (1994)
He appeared as Jack O'Lantern in:
‣ Machine Man 019 (1981)
‣ Spectacular Spider-Man 056 (1981)
‣ Amazing Spider-Man 254 (1984)
‣ Amazing Spider-Man 279-281 (1986)
‣ Amazing Spider-Man 284-288 (2987)
Macendale became the Hobgoblin in
‣ Amazing Spider-Man 289 (1987)
The truth about the Hobgoblin's identity was revealed in
‣ Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives 003 (1997)
Kingsley retired again later in
‣ Spectacular Spider-Man 261 (1998)
Macendale operated as the Hobgoblin in
‣ Web of Spider-Man 029 (1987)
‣ Web of Spider-Man 038 (1985)
‣ Web of Spider-Man 047 (1989)
‣ Amazing Spider-Man 312 (1989)
‣ Spectacular Spider-Man 147 (1989)
‣ Web of Spider-Man 048 (1989)
‣ Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme 011 (1989)
‣ Spectacular Spider-Man 161-163 (1990)
‣ Amazing Spider-Man 335-339 (1990)
‣ Spider-Man 006-007 (1991)
‣ Darkhawk 001-003 (1991)
‣ Ghost Rider 016-017 (1991)
‣ Marc Spector: Moon Knight 032-033 (1991)
‣ Spider-Man 018-024 (1992)
‣ Web of Spider-Man 084-089 (1992)
‣ Spider-Man 024 (1992)
‣ Web of Spider-Man 093-096 (1992-1993)
‣ Sleepwalker 020-022 (1993)
‣ Deathlok 026 (1993)
‣ Spider-Man: The Mutant Agenda 001-003 (1994)
‣ Spider-Man 046-049 (1994)
‣ Spider-Man: Funeral for an Octopus 001-002 (1995)
‣ Spider-Man Unlimited 009 (1995)
‣ Green Goblin 004 (1996)
‣ Spider-Man 068 (1996)
‣ Spectacular Spider-Man 234 (1996)
‣ Spider-Man 069 (1996)
‣ Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives 001 (1997)
Artwork of multiple Jack O'Lanterns from
‣ Amazing Spider-Man 040 (2020)
The Levins Jack O'Lanterns appeared in
‣ Captain America 396 (1992)
‣ Punisher: War Journal 001 (2007)
‣ Dark Reign: Made Men 001 (2009)
‣ Heroic Age: Villains (2010)
Mad Jack appeared in
‣ Spectacular Spider-Man 241
‣ Spider-Man: The Mysterio Manifesto 001-003 (2001)
The supposed Macendale imposter was referenced in
‣ Secret War 001 (2004)
‣ Secret War: From the Files of Nick Fury (2005)
The modern, muderous Jack appeared in
‣ Venom 001 (2011)
‣ Venom 011 (2012)
‣ Black Panther vs Deadpool 003 (2019)
The newest Jack O'Lantern appeared in
‣ Venom 001 (2018)
‣ Venom 013-015 (2019)
Macendale's possible resurrection occurred in
‣ Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy (2017)
Additional information from the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe.
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Jason Macendale is a one of a kind. He's been Hobgoblin, Demogoblin and Jack O'Lantern. You could never tell what his identity would be next, but my favorite definitely would be Demogoblin, because they really gave an entire backstory on that character, mixing the science fiction of the Goblin with demon magic. Him struggling to serve the demon inside him and punish those it deemed worthy, who were basically everyone, just a great concept.
Demogoblin is a badass.
This is why the comics are superior to the movies
There is no way something like this will ever be introduced to the MCU because it’s too “unrealistic”
Comics have the amazing freedom of being just that, absolutely incredible video as always!
bruh that's what people have been saying about literally every character ever introduced to the MCU, give it time, we'll get there.
That’s why I rather read the comics then watch the movie lol
I just saw Ant-man's "Porcupine" on She-Hulk, I wouldn't rule ANYTHIG out.
This, however, is Sony.
amen.
I don't think realism is the issue anymore - they've been pushing the weird stuff pretty heavily lately. The problem is scale. Street-level baddies like Jack here just aren't too interesting to Marvel at the moment; they want their threats to be huge and spectacular. They want another Thanos - I don't think they're going to GET another Thanos, the way their writing has been going downhill lately, but that's the sort of villain they want. If Jack O'Lantern DOES show up in the MCU, it'll be as a throwaway joke like all those poor suckers who made it into 'She-Hulk'.
For a little-known villain outside of the comics, Macendale sure had a roller coaster of life. It's like the writers have complete freedom to do what they want with Macendale. "Now he's Hobgoblin... now he's half demon... now he's a cyborg."
Not forgetting that his first alias started his own legacy.
all very true! i enjoyed macendale. he was no kingsley, but he was memorable and entertaining.
I clicked on the Jack Lennar video having no idea I was going to learn about hobgoblin at the same time. I don’t know why but a part of me felt like I was rooting for this dude to have a win. He just seem to lose a lot. 😅
It's crazy that flying platforms are so common in New York and yet no one has tried to just market them to the general public for commuting.
Too risky.
😂😂😂
CitiGlider. But really it would be an insurance and FAA nightmare.
This was like a two-in-one video. We got the history of Jack O'Lantern and most of the history of Hobgoblin. A great start to the month of Halloween.
Have you ever considered doing a video on the history of the Goblin legacy? The here have been at least a half dozen or so characters to use some form of Goblin in their costumed identity. We've had Green, Hob, and Red goblins, as well as Goblin Queens. it could be a fascinating look at how Norman Osborn has influenced many different villains and heroes to adopt some form of his costumed identity.
As always MAKE MINE THE MERRY MARVELITE.
Caped Joel already did a Goblin history on his channel
I have wondered about this guy for a while
Might legit be my favorite spiderman villain.
He's just so...not a heavy hitter. He's a villain who drops n to add a complication into a hero's life, usually at the worst possible time, tracking his story and his appearances is actually fun because he GOES AWAY sometimes and we might not see him for a long while before he shows up again.
I'd say turn every Doc Ock or Green Goblin story into a Jack O Lantern story instead, but that'd defeat the point, huh?
Just in time for Halloween.
Thank you.
And you have the coolest voice
Wow, that was very complete. I enjoyed. Thank you.
Flash Venom's Jack was the most terrifying, and handing his death to Deapool was a huge mistake.
Great video my brother... I always liked the character because of his similarity to Hobogoblin.... Thanks for the info....🙏🏾🔥👌🏾👍🏾
The demo goblin was probably the best Venomised version of a character without actually giving them a symbiote.
Jack O'Lantern need Better Weapons.
Can you do one on X-Men villain Arcade, he's an underrated villain with his Murderworld
Dude loved the story never really knew to much about him!😁🎯💯👍🏻
Thanks so much for the revised way to list the issues referenced 😁 that makes a lot easier to follow the charactera story..
I just want to say your videos are downright amazing! You are really an expert on this marvel stuff and it’s a fast and simple way to re-learn about my favorite marvel characters! I cannot subscribe to you right now due to some errors that i have no idea which the cause is, but i fully support your content in every other way!
It seems like Steve Ditko regretted his decades long grudge against his best creations and decided to create an analogue to the Green Goblin .
I’ll admit i always liked macendale as the hobgoblin more than jack o lantern, that’s mainly because I don’t have any comics with Kingsley as the hobgoblin. Which is why I kinda have a soft spot for the mad jack version of the character.
For as goofy as you'd expect a character like this to be, they always find ways to make him menacing
Great episode ⭐🔥
love it man you should do a video on Franken Kastle from punisher.
I first met knew as one of the bosses in the SNES Spiderman game. And I also saw him as one of the new villains for the comic adaptation of the third season of The Spectacular Spiderman.
Thank you for featuring Jack-o-Lantern! He holds a special place in my heart as he was Spidey’s foe in the very first Spider Man comic I ever bought with my own $$. My exposure to Spidey up to that point had been from the Spider Man and his Amazing Friends show, and I never got an idea of just how strong and powerful Spidey was. Until he ripped a quarter ton lead lined door and tossed it at Jacky, missing him by a hair just to mess with him. Thank you for bringing back such good memories of the local news stand where I bought this 😊!
Please make a video of the history of Justin Hammer.
Thanks for the amazing video
Now you gotta do Hobgoblin or Green Goblin 🎃
I wonder if you could do a video on Arcade just though he would be a good one to watch. Thanks for the videos
What would have happened if we saw the Jack'O'Lantern in the 90s Spider-Man animated series where we saw Hobgoblin? Do you think we will see him in the MCU and in the Sony universe?
I think Jack would be a great Green Goblin variant for the main MCU. Since Willem Dafoe's Goblin has been in the MCU, it would be kinda weird if Peter came across another Green Goblin named Norman Osborn and not see it coming having fought one from another universe. The upcoming Spider-Man Freshman Year does have Norman as Peter's mentor but I think they're making that an alternate continuity. Jack would be a great way for the MCU to have a new but similar character.
@@Dimensioneer88 Just like Parker Robins the Hood, What would happen if we saw the Jack'O'Lantern in the MCU and that too in the Ironheart Disney Plus show because of his demonic side and him having technology like his glider also that show is exploring both magic and science which someone like Dr Doom has both of them?
I hope so!!!
Technically speaking Jack o lantern was in the 90's animated series, but Jason Macendale was not Jack o' lantern he was just in his hobgoblin identity.
It would be great if he was the villain of Tom Holland's fourth film, played by Eli Roth (yes, Eli Roth, in addition to directing really badass horror movies like Cabin Fever and Hostel is an actor) and give green goblin ptsd to Tom Holland's Spiderman
It's the Hob O'Lantern... I mean the JackGoblin!
Jack o Goblin?
I like the newer version with the witch broom and drone bombs, the older version was like a poor man’s hobgoblin.
So Jack O Lanturn has been uses one of 4 ways over time
1) an inferior Hobgoblin
2) a Sleepy Hollow themed demon posses guy
3) a Mysterio incarnation
4) death fodder.
What is it with spiderman villains having an obsession with Halloween? First green goblin, then hobgoblin, now this guy
just in time for spooky month
MM, you need to do an episode on Hobgoblin
Only you would make sense of the entire lore 🤙🏼
He looks more rad compared to Goblin!
I Would Love to See Doc Ock, Jack o Latern, Machine Man, Green Gobiln, New warriors in the MCU I would want to see this character minus again doc, green goblin
but doc ock will be in spider man 5 or green goblin will be in spider man 6 or He introduced early in the mcu not only kill that Character just let him be in other project in marvel studios
It will be amazing to see that
I Would To See Jack o Latern, Machine Man, Deathlok, Santana, Deathwatch, Toad, Killjoy, The Awsner, Melter in the mcu I Think this character deserves to be Big in mainstream
Beacuse we have Werewolf by Night and Moon Knight Now they Introduced The Dark side of the mcu We could See Thoes 4 horror Character Appears
minus Machine man, Toad, The Awsner, Killjoy, Melter
It Could Be Happening Maybe
I would really appreciate a full video on Demogoblin! (Sorry if you already have, still working through the Playlist)
There's also a Ghost Rider comic where Ghost Rider is sent to Sleepy Hollow and fights Jack-o-Lantern and Ghost Rider punches his heart out of his chest.
Happy first day of spooky month, Fellow true believers 🎃
I love this channel
Brian Michael Bendis wrote Secret War. He’s notorious for continuity snafus so I would disregard that.
How have I NEVER known about this character or the fact that DC ALSO has a Jack O'Lantern and how has this guy NOT been a Midnight Sons member?
Have you done an origin story of Longshot?
🔥🎃🔥Hobgoblin Origin please 🔥🎃🔥
The character of the "Jack O'Lantern" is very fascinating and I'm starting to like him and I hope he will appear more in comics, cartoon shows and video games.
Don't you agree with me?
i love jack o lantern, always have.
The hobgoblin is returning in Amazing Spider-Man next month. Who knows, it might just be Jason back at it
Can you do history of the Elementals(Hellfire, Magnum, Hydron and Zephyr), Bastion, Master Mold, Nimrod, Inferno, Victorious, Night Nurse, Moondragon, Phyla_Vell and Genis-Vell along with the Supreme Intelligence, Puppet_Master, Diablo, Mole_Man and Angel/Archangel along with Exodus and Ex-Nhilo?
For some reason, I have always preferred Jack O’ Lantern over the Green Goblin.
Ah, yes. I grew up on the Macendale Hobgoblin. He was a favorite of mine (He was MY Hobgoblin!). But now, I realized that he was a crappy Hobgoblin and kind of lame as the Jack O’Lantern too. Ah, well! This was a nice trip down memory lane. Thanks for doing this .
90s Cartoon Hobgoblin was heavily implied to be Macendale, so that was cool at least.
@@quinteson2853 - Oh no, it was outright STATED that he was! He was Felicia’s (The Black Cat’s.) fiancé . I think that he only appeared once. I believe that this was BEFORE Roderick Kingsley was even revealed to be The Hobgoblin in the comics! I read that the writers of the cartoon didn’t like The Hobgoblin and didn’t really want to use him. But it was Macendale .
@@matthewschwartz6607 Ah cool.
Kicking off October right!
~_~
We need him soon 🔜..
In the supernatural side
Got a whole list of them now
Starting with werewolf by night ❤❤❤❤
Attack of the jack o lanterns
So when are you going to do history of Victorious since you did the history of Dr_Doom?
Wow always wonder about hobgoblin jack o lantern is kind of new to me
Funny one. Are the flames real?
I hope he makes it mcu to bad we didn’t get to see him games an movies and cartoon
I was wondering you should do one on Jason blood or Dr fate
those are DC, not Marvel. Wrong channel.
Is that Batman in the background of the first illustration? The guy next to Thor?
Sweet 👍
The first time I saw Jack O'Lantern was when Lucifer inhabited Jack's corpse and fought Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider during Daniel Way's run then the next I saw Jack (somebody else was in the suit) in the comics was when he almost killed some cops during an illegal weapons bust gone was confronted by Eddie Brock Venom beats him up & almost kills him after Knull takes over Venom during Donny Cates' run.
Merry please Do Arthur parks AKA The living Laser He's My Favorite Iron Man Villain
Soooo many lanterns!
My favorite Jack-O-Lantern is easily the one from agent venom
Can’t believe they just killed him off like that…
Leave it to modern day Marvel to waste a great character. His bit in that stupid Deadpool series was practically character assassination!
Can you pls do the Grapplers?
Which Jack o lantern did the Punisher kill in civil war
Oh, wow, I actually grew up with Macendale when he was possessed, the Demogoblin and Levins during Civil War and his body being possessed by Satan. I never would have guessed that Macendale wasn't the original Hobgoblin but WAS the original Jack O'Lantern and that the one Satan body-jacked was his successor. I love how life will take turns in the Marvel Universe, leading characters who were originally one-off Machine Man villains into spawning temporary Spider-Man foes and successors whose bodies would fight Ghost Rider for two issues (now that I think of it, Johnny Blaze fighting the possessed Macendale and then later the possessed Levins means he fought two instances of Macendale's legacy possessed by a demon without realizing it).
But I also like that where concerns Jack O'Lanterns, death in the Marvel Universe can actually be permanent sometimes (not counting the clone because that's a separate person, not whoever he was based on reborn).
It's not pronounced "mac-ken-dale".. 'A "mac-ken-dale" pronunciation would be assumed under a Scottish etymology, but in that case, the first vowel (or consonant) following "Mac" would be capitalized. But this "e" is, and has always been, small-case. Therefore, It is not Scottish derived, and is pronounced as "may-sen-dale".
Can you talk about the origin of calendar-man
Hobgoblin meets Jack O'Lantern (Hobgoblin 2.0.) ! 😈
With marvel there came a point with various characters that was too incarnations it really gets confusing like with hulk for instance how incarnations things used to be much simpler
I don't like some of these incarnations
Do Hammerhead
i like how to hobgoblin storyline is so cumfusing that this story about jack o lantern was taken over by him hahaha
What type of villain is the Jack'O'Lantern compared to the Green Goblin and Hobgoblin? What would happen if he was a villain of the Midnight_Sons because of his demonic side?
Can you do history of Ironheart, Amatsu-Mikaboshi, Arno_Stark Iron Man, Squirrel_Girl, Constrictor, Deathlok, Amadeus_Cho, the Griever, Pepper Potts AKA Rescue and the Agents of Atlas along with Crescent, Morgan_Le_Fey, White Fox and Luna Snow?
Who do you think is the best character to take on the mantle of the Jack'O'Lantern? Why's the first one similar to the Green Goblin and Hobgoblin?
He seems like a rip off of the goblin just with a different Halloween theme name and look
Can you do history of the Living_Brain, the Elementals, Cyclone, Hydro Man, Molten Man, the Spot, Sandman, Rom_the_Spaceknight, Stingray, Quasar, Starbrand, Nightmask, Ava Ayala the White Tiger, Century, Lore and Technovore?
I wonder what his ex-wife's parents thought about him. He was the one that got away, until he lost his citizenship...I don't know, ask them.
Can you do history of Master Pandemonium, Sleepwalker, D'Spayre, Chthon, Mephisto, Black heart, Dormammu, Clea, Nightmare and Pkzkrfmknna along with Firestar and Vance_Astrovik AKA Justice?
El duende
What do you think is the best thing about Jack O'Lantern in the Comics compared to Green_Goblin and Hobgoblin? Which one of his powers and abilities do you think is the best?
Bunny man. I want to hear about Bunny man. What's the matter? too deep of a cut for you?
Are you going to do history of lesser known characters like Rom_the_Spaceknight, Stingray, Ultimo, Inferno, Victorious, Flerken, Blacklash, Deathlok, Elematrix, Vertigo, Titanium_Man, Crimson Dynamo, Dreadknight, Deathcry, Frankie Raye Nova, Blizzard, Quasar, Starbrand, Nightmask, Bastion, Master Mold, Nimrod, Starhawk, Fixer, Whirlwind, Chemistro, Whiplash, the Controller, Madam_Masque, Count_Nefaria, Ava Ayala the White Tiger, Century, Lore and Technovore?
no one talking about batman in the photo
Can you do history of the characters mentioned in this video?
I think that you pronounced his last name wrong: I think that it should be pronounced MACE , and not MACK! Other than that though , good job .
You know, I wondered about that. Honestly, I think Mason-dale sounds better, but Mack-endale is how it was said in the 90s Spider-Man animated series, and he's occasionally referred to as "Mac" in the comics. That being said, I can't find any other examples of anybody being named Macendale so I think it's a completely made up name.
More like the fifth Hobgoblin maybe
Didn't punisher blow his head off in civil war?
Technically that was the second Jack O'Lantern; Steven Mark Levins, not Macendale.
And later Steven got revived and possessed by a fragment of Lucifer's soul.
@uncannydcmarvelous5732 I didn't know that, thank you.
I think the Pogo Platform literally bounces like a giant pogo stick.
that's kind of a stupid thing to think.
Grim reaper
Squirrel Girl
...leave it to Marvel to mess up their OWN 'continuty':
(But then again...
comics*)
Killing off Macandale but he's "alive" in Nick Fury's 'Secret Wars'..!??
Thus 1 of the many reasons i no longer even TRY TO read "Marvel"...😵💫🤔😵.
The Secret War was not part of a regular comic, but an Italian painter's prestige format. The deadlines were different, and continuity changes were not forwarded after the project began.
If you are going to get your nose out of joint, that is your personal option.
daredevil
iron heart
I think I should create a new but similar version of the Jack O'Lantern and he's real name is Beckett Phrice.
What do you think of this idea for this version of "Jack O'Lantern"?
Way too many incarnations
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