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| Hydra | |
| Aliases: | HYDRA |
| Continuity: | Marvel Universe |
| Type: | Military |
| Status: | Active |
| Members: | Gregory Belial; Innards; Malpractice; Pyre; Rotwrap |
| Allies: | Bloodstorm |
| Enemies: | Eric Brooks; Frank Drake; Hannibal King; Jack Russell |
| First appearance: | Strange Tales #135 |
Hydra is a fictional criminal organization featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. They first appeared in Strange Tales, Volume 1 #135 in August, 1965. Hydra is part of the mainstream Marvel Universe and are most commonly associated with stories involving the S.H.I.E.L.D. super-spy organization.
History[]
Hydra fought up against Greer Grant Nelson, who was known as The Cat. They attacked her with a weapon that would have condemned her to death through radiation poisoning. To save her life, her mentor Doctor Joanne Tumolo took her to the hidden lair of the Cat People to have her reborn as Tigra, the Were-Woman. Hydra attacked again, abducting Tigra, Tumolo, and the Cat People in an effort to gain the secret of their ultimate weapon. Jack Russell, the Werewolf, happened to be passing by when Tigra was taken and joined the fight. In order to defeat Hydra, Tumolo released their final secret upon them, the same Black Plague that the Cat People had released and cured centuries ago. [1]
Hydra established an adjunct organization called the Department of Occult Armaments, or D.O.A., which specialized in blending science with the supernatural. It was led by Lieutenant Gregory Belial. [2] They attempted to create an army of vampire soldiers through genetic cloning by cultivating samples from the deceased lord of vampires, Dracula. To further the process along, they also abducted the vampire Hannibal King for their experiments. Their first successful attempt at cloning Dracula was an agent named Bloodstorm. When Bloodstorm emerged from the processing treatment however, he went on a rampage in the laboratory, slaughtering dozens of Hydra agents as well as Gregory Belial. [3][4]
Department of Occult Armaments[]
The Department of Occult Armaments, aka, the D.O.A. was a superhuman special detachment of HYDRA, specializing in occult-related combat situations. The unit was put together by HYDRA's then-leader Baron Wolfgang von Strucker and lead by General Gregory Belial. It's members included Innards, Malpractice, Rotwrap and Pyre as well as Belial's personal pet raven, Edgar. The D.O.A. were assigned to procure vampire DNA in order to genetically create a perfect vampire stormtrooper. [5]
On one mission, the D.O.A. went to the Southeastern United States to disinter the remains of a young woman named Suze Harlow, who was one of many such women to meet an untimely end at the fangs of the vampire lord known as Dracula. Suze's grief-stricken father, Jeb Harlow tried to stop them, but the D.O.A. easily incapacitated him, ultimately killing him before taking off with the woman's remains and bringing them back to HYDRA. [6]
Members[]
Hydra[]
- TBA
D.O.A.[]
- Gregory Belial
- Innards
- Malpractice
- Pyre
- Rotwrap
Notes & Trivia[]
- Hydra's name is sometimes spelled in all capitals. HYDRA redirects to this page.
See also[]
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ Giant-Size Creatures 1
- ↑ Nightstalkers 2
- ↑ Nightstalkers 16
- ↑ Nightstalkers 17
- ↑ Nightstalkers 2
- ↑ Nightstalkers 11
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 This article relates to the Werewolf by Night comic book franchise. |