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Ned Leeds
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Name: Edward Leeds
Alias(es): Ned
Guy in the Chair
The Big Guy
Affiliation: Midtown School of Science and Technology
Portrayed by: Jacob Batalon
First appeared: Spider-Man: Homecoming
Last appeared: Spider-Man: Far From Home
"What is like being famous when nobody knows it's you? It's crazy. Should we tell everyone?"
―Ned Leeds to Peter Parker[src]

Edward "Ned" Leeds but also Teasley known as the Hob Goblin to most curious fans, is a supporting character in Marvel Comics’s Spider-Man series. The character was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1962. He is portrayed by actor Jacob Batalon.

History[]

Spider-Man: Homecoming[]

Ned Leeds is a student at Midtown School of Science and Technology, and Peter Parker's best friend. He was also a member of the Academic Decathlon Team. At school, Leeds told Parker that he had got the Lego Death Star, and asked Parker if he wanted to help build it. Parker declined, saying he needed to work on the Stark Internship.

Shortly after, Leeds went to Parker's apartment. While Parker was not in, his Aunt May allowed Leeds to wait in his room. Leeds saw Parker enter through the window while wearing his Spider-Man Suit. He surprised Parker, who had to admit that he was Spider-Man.

Over the next few days, Leeds bombarded Parker with questions over his abilities, and whether he had met other heroes like Captain America. Parker answered the questions, but became frustrated when Leeds blurted out in front of Liz Toomes that Parker knew Spider-Man. When they both got invited to her party, Leeds convinced Parker to make an appearance as Spider-Man to increase their social standing. Leeds was left waiting at the party when Parker had to bail to investigate an explosion that turned out to be an arms deal.

After breaking up the arms deal, he discovered a power core. Leeds helped him to investigate it and saw that the alien core had been grafted to human technology. They avoided Herman Schultz who was tracking the power core and looking to recover it.

Leeds joined the Academic Decathlon Team in Washington, D.C. for the finals. Parker was using the trip to investigate the Vulture, a villain who was responsible for the creation of the hybrid alien-human weapons. Leeds disabled the tracker inbuilt in the Spider-Man Suit that relayed his location to Tony Stark's assistant, Happy Hogan. Parker told Leeds to look after the power core and keep it safe.

Parker ended up being trapped in a D.O.D.C. Vault and missed the finals the next day. Leeds participated in the finals, and the Midtown team won. Mr. Harrington took the team to the Washington Monument. At the top, the power core exploded, damaging part of the Monument and trapping several of the Academic Decathlon in an elevator. They were rescued by the arrival of Spider-Man.

At the homecoming dance, Parker found out that Liz Toomes' father was the Vulture. Later, when Shocker gained the upper-hand against Parker, Needs intervened and distracted Shocker with one of Parker's web shooters, giving Spider-Man the advantage to web him against a bus. As Parker went after the Vulture, Leeds got his wish to be his "guy in the chair," using several computers in the school to help Parker in his mission. After Parker had defeated the Vulture, Leeds was caught by Ms. Warren, one of the school's teachers. To cover for Parker, he told Warren he was looking at pornography.

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Trivia[]

  • In the comics, Ned Leeds is a reporter for the Daily Bugle who married Betty Brant, and was brainwashed into believing and acting as the criminal known as the Hobgoblin.
    • In Spiderman No Way Home he doses wear the gold and blue jacket that resembles his comic character Hob Goblin. while instead of pumpkin bombs and a glider he has the sling ring and cape of levitation. while he mentions that he promises he won't turn into a Super villain and try to kill peter. which is a reference of how many times Peter Parkers best friend Harry Osborn turned against him. yet Ned would still be lucky to realize the Harry Osborn in the Sam Raimi universe did later became an ally as the New Goblin.
  • The MCU version of Ned Leeds shares similarities with Ganke Lee, the best friend of Miles Morales from the Ultimate Universe.


Marvel Cinematic Universe
Films: Captain America: Civil War | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Avengers: Infinity War | Avengers: Endgame | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Spider-Man: No Way Home
Characters: Spider-Man | Captain America | Iron Man | Winter Soldier | Falcon | Happy Hogan | Pepper Potts | Aunt May | Ned Leeds | Liz Toomes | Flash Thompson | Aaron Davis | Michelle Jones | Doctor Octopus
Enemies: Vulture | Shocker | Jackson Brice | Tinkerer | Mysterio |Green Goblin | Electro | Lizard | Sandman
Locations: Avengers Facility | Avengers Tower | Midtown School of Science and Technology
Video Games:
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