Is Ned going to be the Hobgoblin?

After the New York underworld learns that Ned is the Hobgoblin, he is murdered by the Foreigner in Berlin at Jason Macendale’s request, and some time later, the real Hobgoblin returns to kill Macendale.

Does Ned Leeds become a villain?

Leeds is the first character to take on the Hobgoblin mantle as a supervillain; ten years following his assassination, he is retroactively established to have been willingly brainwashed to serve as a stand-in for the true first Hobgoblin and mastermind, and killed before he could give them up to the authorities for a …

Does Ned turn evil?

While he didn’t turn evil, he did have a massive character reveal. As Ned explains to Doctor Strange, his grandma always thought he was magic, and sometimes his hands tingle. While Stephen dismisses Ned at first, the young hero soon shows that he’s actually innately powerful.

Who turned Ned into Hobgoblin?

In the Marvel Comics, Ned was essentially brainwashed into becoming a villain, after the real Hobgoblin, Roderick Kingsley, tricked him through mind control. Ned began to believe that he was Hobgoblin all along, eventually committing crimes while under Kingsley’s influence and using the Hobgoblin alias.