Jack O'Lantern (Marvel Comics)

Jack O'Lantern
Jack O'Lantern (Jason Macendale) encounters Spider-Man for the first time. From Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #56
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Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Machine Man #19 (Feb 1981)
Created by	Tom DeFalco Steve Ditko
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Alter ego	Jason Philip Macendale, Jr.
Notable aliases	Hobgoblin
Abilities	Wears pumpkin helmet and body armor Possesses variety of weapons and devices Use of a one-man hovercraft

Jack O'Lantern
Steven Mark Levins makes his first appearance as Jack O'Lantern battling Captain America. From Captain America #396.
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Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Captain America #396 (Jan 1992)
Created by	Mark Gruenwald Rik Levins
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Alter ego	Steven Mark Levins
Team affiliations	Skeleton Crew Thunderbolts
Abilities	Wears pumpkin helmet and body armor Possesses variety of weapons and devices Use of a one-man hovercraft

Jack O'Lantern
The Crime-Master's Jack O'Lantern makes his first cover appearance battling Venom. From Venom #12.
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Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Venom vol. 2 #1 (2011)
Created by	Rick Remender Tony Moore
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Team affiliations	Savage Six Astonishing Avengers
Abilities	Wears pumpkin helmet and body armor Possesses variety of weapons and devices Use of a fleet of tiny flying cartoon-styled devil robots and a jet-powered "broomstick"

Jack O'Lantern is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

The original Jack O'Lantern was disgraced ex-CIA Agent Jason Macendale assuming the identity after several years working as a freelance mercenary. Macendale was primarily a foe of Spider-Man and during his time under the alias, he formed a working relationship with the Hobgoblin. However, the man Macendale ultimately learned was Hobgoblin turned out to be a brainwashed pawn of the real Hobgoblin (Roderick Kingsley).

When Hobgoblin endangered Jack O'Lantern's life to pursue Spider-Man in battle, the two former allies had a bitter falling out. Macendale vowed revenge and hired the services of the assassin Foreigner to kill Ned Leeds and deliver the Hobgoblin costume and weaponry to Macendale. Macendale then became Hobgoblin. In the end, Macendale was killed by Kingsley out of retirement to kill Macendale when he outed Leeds as "Hobgoblin".

During the fourth Secret Wars mini-series, a man using several false aliases, including Jason Macendale, was arrested while committing crimes under the alias of Jack O'Lantern. This Jack O'Lantern, who showed none of the extensive cybernetic replacement limbs the real Macendale had, was arrested by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. During interrogation, he claimed to have led a "double life" as far as keeping the Jack O'Lantern persona alive while he was active as Hobgoblin, going so far as to claim to be Mad Jack as well. Despite the fact that these claims were refuted as lies (indeed Macendale was mentally ill for the bulk of his time as Hobgoblin), S.H.I.E.L.D. granted this individual (not the real Macendale) his freedom when he offered to give up the name of the much-sought-after financial backers of the criminal super-scientist the Tinkerer.

A second Jack O'Lantern was introduced in Captain America #396, who fought Captain America and Spider-Man as Jack O'Lantern under the employ of the Red Skull.