Spider-Society #4 for Sale - First Appearance of Hobgoblin - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Spider-Society (Marvel, 2024 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: January 2025
Key date: 2025-01-00
On-sale date: 2024-11-06
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $3.99
Pages: 32
Barcode: 75960620932300411
Rating: Rated T

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Hobgoblin - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Pete Woods; inks: Pete Woods; colors: Pete Woods	Araña, Hobie Brown, Cooper Coen, Anya Corazon, Jess Drew, Miguel O'Hara, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Spider-Punk, Spider-Woman, Weapon VIII, Web-Weaver
1	-	comic story	20	script: Alex Segura; pencils: Scott Godlewski; inks: Scott Godlewski; colors: Matt Milla; letters: VC's Joe Caramagna	Araña, Hobie Brown, Julia Carpenter, Cooper Coen, Anya Corazon, Jess Drew, Jessica Drew, Electro, Francine Frye, Ghost-Spider, Green Goblin, Felicia Hardy, Hobgoblin First, Hunter-Spider
2	-	credits, title page	2	letters: typeset

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Mirka Andolfo Cover	barcode 75960620932300431
Dike Ruan Virgin Cover	barcode 75960620932300416
Dike Ruan Cover	barcode 75960620932300421

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Spider-Society: Enter... the Spider-Versers #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-95927-2	2025	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #34 of 4

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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