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Originally Posted by Nitelife

Not now but he WAS A hobgoblin before homecoming changed that.

Homecoming didn't change anything. In the story, Ned was simply brainwashed and framed by the original Hobgoblin, Roderick Kingsley. On the editorial side, Roger Stern wanted to keep his secret identity a mystery and just kept throwing out red herrings until someone decided to end the mystery with Leeds for no reason. Stern had to retcon it later to show that it was Kingsley all along, with Kingsley being Sterns original choice for Hobgoblin.