The way this arc played out was sort of like a Tarantino/Coen film. The theme of selfishness, greed and survival are key in this arc. You have Peter Parker accidentally saving the main bad guy in the series in a very subtle attempt at humor prior to Norman Osborn selfishly firing him without disarming him leading to his downfall. You have two masterminds arming the Hobgoblin as if he were the Middle East, till arming goes out of control and takes down both of them. You have Alistar Smythe who is a distrustful brainwashed slave to the Kingpin, betray the Hobgoblin. This is after the Hobgoblin opportunistically takes care of Harry Osborn, for himself, not the Kingpin.
This is the best version of the Hobgoblin, played by none other than the great Mark Hamill. I find him more interesting than the Joker or Venom, because of his scheming to outdo the bad guys against each other.
Peter is barely a character in this episode, but stakes are raised as his best friend is captured, and his aunt incapacitated. Not to mention his room is messed up! XD
Discussing the Coen/Tarantino-ish indie themes of the episode, let's discuss some independent philosophical themes.
Government doesn't seem to be a theme in this episode, although a more powerful one could strengthen or worsen the situation against the Kingpin, as we'll get into in later episodes. (For now, let's just refer to ESU as a major influence and father figure for someone like Peter Parker.)
And it's not even income inequality. It's having no income like Peter, too having penthouses like both Harry, Norman (Oscorp's tower) and the Kingpin have together. Not to mention that the Kingpin at one point had no money, and Jameson, Hardy and Kingpin would later threaten all of Norman's work later on, stuff he considered his life, over his son to some extent.
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