Spider-Man's crime-fighting career has been haunted - first by the Green Goblin and now by his sinister successor, the Hobgoblin! Mercenary Jason Macendale destroyed the original Hobgoblin so that he could take his place. Now he uses his victim's goblin glider, pumpkin bombs and razor-bats to try to take over as the leader of organized crime in New York City. Only the amazing Spider-Man with his sensational spider powers has been able to stop his schemes and keep him from realizing his dreams of conquest.