Seeing as how bad the writing was in the 90s, particuarly how they took the original Hobgoblin (until retconned), had him die like a sissy, crying for Spider-man while being beaten to death by non-Superhumans despite wearing his full goblin outfit in his hotel room in Germany for no reason and replacing him with Macedale; a character that almost every writer seemed to hate and took a mantle of a former A-list villian to C- thug, I preferred them staying AWAY from him. (Note: I liked Hobgoblin Lives, loved the Hobgoblin arc in Spider-girl, I just don't want him raked through the mud from bad writing).
Anyway, I would have preferred Bart Hamilton. Former Green Goblin, had access to most of Harry's secrets from their psych sessions, could have pulled a Kinglsey and gone around raiding Goblin headquarters and found one with notes mentioning Peter's secret ID. What better way to re-establish yourself after years of hiding, by making yourself known as the new, badass "true" Goblin on the block than using your psychologist skills to drive your "nemesis" insane, following it up by killing his unborn child and rubbing it in his face while beating him to death?
I meant the Kingsley Hobgoblin, not Macendale. The Hobgoblin lives mini you mentioned came out at the tail end of the Clone saga, just in time to explain what happened to him. Unfortunately Marvel had other plans.
