The Amazing Spider-Man #238 (1983)
“Shadow of Evils Past!”
Rating: 4/5
Writer: Roger Stern
Artist: John Romita Jr.
Spider-Man takes down some bank robbers, but one eludes him and stumbles upon one of the Green Goblin’s secret headquarters. He shares the info with somebody (shrouded in shadow). That person makes some slight alterations to the suit and declares himself the Hobgoblin.