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The Hood
The Hood. Fine art by Leinil Francis Yu.
Publication data
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First advent	The Hood #1 (July 2002)
Created by	Brian Chiliad. Vaughan Kyle Hotz Eric Powell
In-story information
Alter ego	Parker Robbins
Squad affiliations	The Cabal The Initiative Illuminati
Abilities	Mysticism, occult cognition & paraphernalia Criminal mastermind Marksmanship Basic training in hand-to-hand gainsay Formerly: Infinity Gems Reality manipulation using the Norn Stones Magical cloak and boots for invisibility and air walking Demon transformation

The Hood (Parker Robbins) is a supervillain actualization in American comic books published past Curiosity Comics. Created past author Brian K. Vaughan, and artists Kyle Hotz and Eric Powell., the character was introduced in his own cocky-titled limited series, which started with Hood #ane (July 2002).^[1] Robbins was originally a petty criminal, until an run into with a Nisanti demon, which he defeated and robbed of its hood and boots, gaining superpowers in the procedure, such as levitation and invisibility. As "the Hood", he became a well-known figure in the New York City criminal underworld, and eventually formed his own criminal offense syndicate.

Publication history [edit]

Created by author Brian K. Vaughan and artists Kyle Hotz and Eric Powell, the Hood first appeared in his own self-titled MAX limited series in 2002, which featured his origin, as a character who possesses a cloak and boots stolen from a Nisanti demon, which grant him invisibility and limited levitation ability, respectively.

The Hood adjacent appeared in the 2006 miniseries Beyond!, a miniseries fix in outer space, which had the character shift towards a slightly more than anti-heroic position, as opposed to a villainous one.

Brian Michael Bendis stated in a 2007 Newsarama interview that within the pages of New Avengers, Parker Robbins would exist getting like treatment to Vito Corleone in The Godfather Role Two. Bendis says that "... like the Sentry and Repeat—the Hood is ane of these excellent brand new creations that no one else was touching, and that's how they fall by the wayside."^[2]

Confirming the statement and having Parker return to his villainous roots, a 2007 New Avengers storyline had Parker rise to becoming "the 'Godfather' of all supervillains", mostly due to the fact that Marvel'south Ceremonious State of war event prevented any heroes from stopping him. Although the New Avengers defeated the Hood'southward new gang of supercriminals, he broke them out, only to be defeated once more.

Following 2008'southward Secret Invasion, The Hood has a more prominent part, as function of the Cabal,^[iii] and features in his own tie-in limited series, Dark Reign: The Hood, written past Jeff Parker.^{[4] [v]}

Since Bendis gained command of the graphic symbol, he has non appeared with his boots, and the Nisanti demon; a tie-in to Vaughn'southward Runaways series, was revealed to be a disguise for the Doctor Strange nemesis, Dormammu.

Fictional character biography [edit]

Origin [edit]

Parker Robbins' male parent worked closely with the Kingpin and had a healthy human relationship with his son as he was growing up. Every bit a child, Parker witnessed a battle between Daredevil and Electro, which would have a profound effect on his young adulthood. After his begetter's death, Parker'south mother entered a almost-vegetative state and was hospitalized. Deeply troubled, Parker presently turned to a life of crime, and would lie to his mother nigh the jobs he had found during his visits. Parker'south well-pregnant nature was juxtaposed with his philandering and thieving ways, such as taking care of his pregnant girlfriend Sara, while visiting a prostitute on the side.

One night, Parker's cousin and best friend John King, a recovering alcoholic and thief, tells him near a job at a warehouse said to exist housing valuable appurtenances. Taking the chore, Parker accompanies John to the warehouse, where they stumble upon an abandoned mystic ritual, resulting in an meet with a Nisanti demon. Parker shoots the demon, seemingly killing it, and steals its hood and boots, not wanting to go out empty-handed. After tossing his gun in a dumpster, Parker encounters a gang who want the boots he had stolen off a HYDRA agent before going to the warehouse. Throwing the boots at the gang, he flees and puts on the demon's boots, learning of their levitation powers.

Parker later shares his discovery with John and decides to try on the cloak also, discovering information technology allows him to become invisible while belongings his breath. After using his newfound powers to commit piffling robberies, Parker agrees to help John steal a shipment of blood diamonds. The diamonds vest to criminal offense boss Dennis Golembuski (aka Golem), who hired Constrictor, Jack O'Lantern, Shocker, and Madame Rapier to guard them. Even so, Parker overpowers them and steals one-half of the shipment. Subsequently meeting up with John, the pair are confronted by two police officers. Parker shoots 1 officer and John knocks the other out with a blow to the back of the head. The officer shot past Robbins later on collapses into a coma, and eventually dies. While John stays behind to have the blame, Parker flees, and is dubbed "the Hood" by the government while a bounty is placed on his head.

Pursued by the Golem, the cops, and ii FBI agents, the Hood hatches a program to break John out of prison. He tries to pawn the diamonds for John's lawyer fee, but runs into the Shocker. Afterward defeating him, he finds out nigh Golem and Rapier, and says he volition give the diamonds dorsum in exchange for a returner's fee. Golem agrees and sends Rapier with the Hood under secret instructions to kill Parker later the deal was fabricated. Knowing it to be a setup, still, the Hood purchases a similar cloak, and gives it to Rapier at the fourth dimension she is confronted by the FBI, resulting in her being mistaken for the Hood and shot dead. He and so gives the diamonds to the still-living enforcers to deliver to Golem, believing this will finish the disharmonize between them, and besides tells them to inform their employer of the consequences of messing with him. Meanwhile, assertive the Hood has been killed, the FBI closes the case, and releases John later he testifies in court.

Parker subsequently visits his female parent and tells her that he will begin helping people and making her proud. Elsewhere, the Golem receives the diamonds and the Hood's bulletin, and he vows that nothing was ended between them. The wife of the cop shot by the Hood, who has died in a coma, vows to avenge him as White Fang, equally she does non believe the Hood is dead. The Nisanti demon is as well shown to have been resurrected, thank you to John shouting out its proper noun during the robbery endeavour, and prepares to track the Hood downwards.

Across! [edit]

Alongside Spider-Man, Venom, Gravity, Medusa, Hank Pym, the Wasp, Kraven the Hunter, and Firebird, the Hood finds himself transported to the reconstructed Battleworld. While in transit, they are told that 1 victor will have a wish granted by the Beyonder, should the other combatants die. The Hood attempts to capitalize on this by using his invisibility to launch a sneak attack on the gathered heroes and villains, just is dilapidated by Kraven, using his enhanced sense of smell. During the defoliation of the Hood'south attack, Venom manages to impale Spider-Man through the chest.^[6]

Crashlanding on Battleworld and losing Spider-Man's body, the grouping encounters Deathlok, who assists them in boxing against Dragon Man. After the battle, the Hood follows Kraven as the latter encounters Spider-Man, who has a gaping chest wound but is nonetheless alive. Afterward Kraven leaves, the Hood then reveals himself and shoots Spider-Human being in the knees.^[7]

The Hood takes Spider-Man to the army camp and forces him to reveal himself as the original Space Phantom. Afterwards battling the Infinite Phantom, the Hood accompanies the group into Limbo to look for the Space Phantom to announced when he chooses his next target for impersonation. In Limbo, Venom destroys the portal on Battleworld, claiming victory, and the Hood and Gravity bond.^[8]

Using the Space Phantom to return to Battleworld, the group confronts Venom and realizes that Uatu the Watcher is in that location. Pym shoots the group, seemingly killing them all, in order to describe out the Beyonder. In truth, this is the Stranger, who is fooled by Pym shrinking the entire group down. The Hood then attacks the Stranger aslope the other combatants, before the Stranger leaves.^[9]

With Battleworld aging since the Stranger's will is no longer holding it together, the Hood and the others escape, but non earlier Gravity sacrifices his life to save the group. While on Earth, he attends Gravity'due south funeral with Sara. Some fourth dimension after this, Sara gives birth to his child. Gravity is returned to life a short time later.^[10]

Hood's criminal empire [edit]

The Hood begins his quest to get the Kingpin of all supervillains in New York by inviting a large contingent of villains to a meeting where he gives each of them $25,000 of seed money, partly to proceeds their confidence, and partly to buy their loyalty. He promises them much more where that came from if they join him in creating a new criminal empire with Robbins at the head and John King every bit his lieutenant. Parker uses the cloak, but his boots are not used in the arc.^{[ volume & issue needed ]}

The Hood's gang includes Jigsaw, who had been attacked and beaten by Tigra in an before robbery. To evidence himself to the gathered supervillains, the Hood seeks out and viciously beats Tigra, threatening her mother's life as a warning, while Jigsaw films the attack.^{[ volume & issue needed ]}

At the after party, Chemistro informs the Hood of a plot past the Owl to sell Deathlok, which he stole from South.H.I.Eastward.L.D., to the highest bidder. As the Owl has not gained permission from his new crime syndicate, The Hood decides to gatecrash the auction. He effortlessly ambushes and dispatches the Owl by sending Madame Masque, the Crimson Cowl, the Magician, and Doctor Jonas Harrow as proxies.^{[ book & result needed ]}

John King and the Hood reconvene in the back room of a rundown bar, where they are confronted by a curious Wolverine, who overhears their plans to run Deathlok through the lobby of Avengers Tower. Covering King's retreat, the Hood manages to shoot Wolverine in the crotch before bold the form of the Nisanti demon who originally endemic his gear, enabling him to overpower the mutant and escape.^{[ volume & issue needed ]}

Chemistro suggests that they modify their programme and instead use Deathlok to rob a federal reserve bank in New Jersey, seeing it as a more assisting venture than a suicidal assail on Avengers Tower. The robbery is successful, netting them over $12.7 1000000 (Us), although Deathlok is destroyed in the process. As the group celebrates their victory, Luke Cage smashes through the wall of their base of operations closely followed by nearly the entire population of the New York superhero community including the New Avengers, the Mighty Avengers, the Fantastic Iv (including Storm and the Black Panther), Howard the Duck, Punisher, the Defenders, Silver Surfer, and Thor. These superheroes turn out to be illusions, notwithstanding, as only the New Avengers are actually present. In the ensuing battle, Md Strange appears to blackball Robbins using an anti-demon spell, while the rest of the syndicate is taken down.^[11]

The Hood appears alongside Turk Barrett. He surveys a fight between Daredevil and a gang of street thugs, after Turk double crosses Mister Fright to show his allegiance to the Hood's new criminal offense empire.^[12] The Hood is then mentioned past name when the Enforcers, who are working for Mister Fear, are ambushed by Wrecker and Razor Fist who are working for the Hood.^[13]

Later, after some of Robbins' syndicates are captured by South.H.I.Due east.L.D., Robbins reappears and frees them. He leads Wrecker and others on a binge through the Raft, swearing to accept revenge on the New Avengers. Afterwards interrogating Tigra to acquire their location, the Hood leads his syndicate against the New Avengers, using the magical powers of his hood and cloak to see through the illusions defending the Sanctum Sanctorum. In the ensuing battle, the Hood fatally injures Doctor Strange before being pushed aside by Wong, and almost blows Iron Fist's caput off before being intercepted by a vengeful Tigra. The Hood, alongside both the New Avengers and his syndicate, is taken down past Doctor Foreign's paralyzing spell, simply manages to escape from the arriving S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. In the aftermath, Robbins is seen talking to an unseen effigy, exclaiming, "At present I know how to beat 'em."^[xiv]

Undercover Invasion [edit]

During several flashbacks in the Secret Invasion storyline, it is revealed that Skrulls have been trying to infiltrate the Hood's organization. Skrulls disguised as Southward.H.I.E.50.D. agents endeavor to supersede Madame Masque, but the Hood rescues her. During the interrogation of the surviving Skrull, Doctor Demonicus convinces the Hood to apply his power to scan the surrounding villains. Information technology is discovered that the Slug is a Skrull in disguise. The Hood shoots and kills him with the other villains wondering how long that Skrull was impersonating Slug. After by himself, the Hood discovers that his power comes from the mystical entity Dormammu.^[15]

The Hood is seen watching live coverage of the Skrull Invasion on idiot box in Brooklyn with Wizard, Madame Masque, the Blood Brothers, John Male monarch, and Bulldozer. He decides to assemble everyone to fight the Skrulls, despite Chemistro'southward objections that they should, "let the heroes and aliens impale each other". Despite protests, the Hood reasons that if the Skrulls were to destroy the globe equally they know it, that it would be bad for concern. He then instructs Wizard, Madame Masque, the Claret Brothers, John King, and Bulldozer to get together everyone for the attack.^[sixteen] The Hood's grouping joins with a loose collection of super-powered heroes in the middle of Central Park with the assistance of Electro, Lightmaster, Masked Marauder, and Scorcher. Equally one, they attack a Skrull force.^[17] When the battle is over, the villains all return to hiding. The Hood is later seen meeting with Namor, Physician Doom, Emma Frost, Loki, and Norman Osborn.^[18]

Dark Reign [edit]

Following the events of the Secret Invasion, the group's first meeting is shown at the beginning of the Night Reign storyline. Norman Osborn talks to Namor, Emma Frost, Medico Doom, Loki, and the Hood about his plans for the new world order. When the Hood enters, Emma reads his mind only to make him angry. He threatens her with a gun telling her to stay out of his head, and that she does not know who she is messing with. In response, Emma telepathically forces him to put his own gun in his mouth, much to the entertainment of Namor. Osborn offers the cabal solidarity and the resource to accomplish their own agendas. In return, Osborn asks for their public support/registration, as well as cooperation fulfilling any request he may accept of them.^[19]

To prevent the New Avengers from ambushing the Dark Avengers, Norman Osborn gives orders to the Hood to have his law-breaking syndicate keep the New Avengers away. While Scarecrow is shown taking a hit from the second Captain America's shield, Ms. Curiosity channels Spider-Woman's powers to stun the villains, assuasive the New Avengers to escape.^[20]

Subsequently Punisher tries to assassinate Osborn (declining due to the intervention of Sentry), Osborn asks the Hood to hunt him down.^[21] The Hood sends Grizzly to take downwardly Punisher. Afterwards Grizzly is defeated, the Hood forces a somehow-revived Microchip to help kill Punisher.^[22] The Hood uses the powers of Dormammu to resurrect the villains that were killed past Scourge of the Underworld (Basilisk, Bird-Human, Black Abbot, Blue Streak, Chetah, Whirlwind, Death Adder, Firebrand, Hijacker, Human Wing, Letha, Megatak, Mind-Wave, Miracle Human being, Mirage, Titania, Turner D. Century, and Wraith) to class a squad that will help him have downwardly the Punisher.^[23] The Hood and so explains to the resurrected villains how much has happened since their deaths at the easily of Scourge of the Underworld. He tells them that the Punisher acted as the Scourge and that they must take the opportunity to kill the Punisher equally the Deadly Dozen before the spell that has revived them wears off. Hood then has Death Adder and Basilisk capture G.Due west. Bridge's family and hold them earnest so that One thousand.W. tin tell them where Punisher is.^[24] When on a scouting mission on behalf of the Hood, Wraith is shot with an arrow launched past the Punisher. Upon encountering illusions of his dead family, Punisher encounters the Hood, who says that he volition revive his family in substitution for his surrender. Punisher declines and escapes from the Hood.^[25] During Punisher's fight with Human Wing, Avengers from out of place and out of time announced and forestall Punisher from killing Human Fly, who is retrieved by Bird-Human being. After evading the Avengers, Punisher fights them again and discovers that Captain America is actually Mirage in disguise, while Listen-Wave is revealed to accept been impersonating Atomic number 26 Homo. Cheetah (when posing as Beast) is killed in the fight. Mind-Wave dies when a nearby grenade explodes. Norman Osborn subsequently scolds the Hood for having the revived villains pose equally the Avengers in their fight confronting Punisher. Hood tells Norman non to call him up screaming once more. Upon learning that Cyclone and Miracle Man bailed, Letha has Microchip warn them that if they do not return, their living loved ones will exist killed by her. While Lascivious and Letha accompany Man Fly to attack the Punisher, Microchip sends Megatak to assault Punisher'due south hacker ally Henry.^[26] While Hood has the caskets of Punisher's family dug up, Hijacker chases the Punisher in his tank. Punisher and so uses Pym particles to compress downward and go into the tank. Afterward taking control of the tank, Punisher crashes it into the edifice where Basilisk is holding G.W. Bridge, and uses the gases on Basilisk.^[27] The Hood manages to orchestrate Punisher'southward capture and brings him to where he is reviving his family. To brainstorm the ritual, Hood has Microchip shoot G.West. Bridge in the head. The Punisher refuses to take this, and forces Firebrand to burn them alive. Punisher then shoots Firebrand in the back of the head.^[28]

The Hood also learns from Black Talon of the zombie virus, and tries to gain information technology for himself. Dormammu appears, through their link, to acknowledge this. Dormammu, though knowing of its lethal nature consuming unabridged universes and the near-certainty that it would be "bad for business concern", insists that Parker use information technology to ravage the planet for him to arise at that place, manifestly not concerned about the infection for himself (possibly due to his form beingness equanimous of pure Faltinian energy and his considerable magical prowess). Despite his advisor'due south complaints that the virus is far too dangerous, the Hood and his underlings, the Night Shift, see with Black Talon on the Caribbean island Taino to obtain the zombie Deadpool'southward head, but to run across the situation quickly screw out of command as the zombie virus becomes airborne and infects the entire island. Seemingly abased by Dormammu and now fearful of the zombies, the Hood is captured by and soon allies himself with the Midnight Sons (who have been sent past A.R.M.O.R. to contain the virus) to escape the island. After watching Human-Thing seemingly dice past zombie Deadpool and the Midnight Sons fellow member Werewolf by Night's zombification, the Hood, Morbius, and Daimon Hellstrom are confronted by a zombified and hungry Night Shift. As Morbius is about to call in a nuclear strike, Jennifer Kale reappears, empowered by Dormammu, though his power is soon exorcised from her. Kale and Black Talon and then confine the zombie virus inside the Zombie. His powers returned, the Hood teleports away with the cured, but still undead-esque, Nighttime Shift.^[29]

Norman Osborn later hires the Hood to help Taskmaster in running Military camp H.A.M.M.E.R. so that Norman Osborn can train the Night Avengers of tomorrow.^[thirty] The Hood after kills Vampiro, who has failed to exist subtle in a double murder upon some prostitutes he picked up at a truck cease.^[31] The Hood assists Norman Osborn in capturing Night Thrasher, and makes him a bargain which involves resurrecting his brother Dwayne Taylor.^[32] When Nightmare takes over Trauma's body, the Hood gets affected by Trauma's powers, seeing himself killing Sara and his daughter Bree. Later on Nightmare is driven from Trauma's body, the Hood ends up dismissing Penance and Trauma from the Initiative.^[33]

Hood subsequently had his encounter with Enforcer II who triggered an amulet that bearded a creature that fed off of demonic energies which and so clasps onto Hood's face. Enforcer II managed to escape as Hood swears revenge.^[34]

Hood after marks Babu Marzouk with the assist of Madame Masque. He materialized to salvage his criminal allies by shooting the armed guards dead. Dormammu then taunted Hood by speaking through the corpses. Hood after told his supervillain group what he wanted and and so went to bed with Madame Masque. Following his visit to his girlfriend Sara'south house, Hood was so attacked past White Fang.^[35] White Fang virtually pounded Hood to expiry until Dormammu took over and nearly killed White Fang. Hood retreated back to his hideout and told John Rex what had happened. Hood afterwards went with his mother to see Sara where he meets Satana.^[36] While the Hood is meeting with Satana to learn more than most Dormammu and the Nisanti, he learned that Dormammu had targeted him from the start. John King, Griffin, Piledriver, and Scorcher are defenseless at the bar by Force and the NYPD. The Hood uses his connections with Norman Osborn to get the villains "transferred" from prison. Controller secretly gives White Fang a new suit to utilize in her next fight with the Hood.^[37] Hood later took Sara and Bree to a safehouse that he bought before heading off to talk to Satana some more than. Hood later gave Controller some technology earlier going to meet upwardly with his gang. When his Criminal offense Syndicate prepares to rob a ship, Squid and Homo-Fish head into the water to secure information technology for them. While his Crime Syndicate is fighting Force and the NYPD, Hood is then attacked by White Fang.^[38] Post-obit a fight with White Fang, John King told Hood that Controller was sowing discord amid his Crime Syndicate. Dormammu later possesses Hood'south baby daughter and taunts Hood. During the fight confronting Forcefulness and White Fang, Controller sets Hood's cloak on fire to proceed him from calling Dormammu. Dormammu's powers then flooded Hood who then pushes Controller aside, defeats Strength, and makes White Fang renounce her vendetta confronting him. Satana afterwards speaks with Hood and informs him that Dormammu is already leap to him and that the cloak is now a token.^[39]

The Hood later on starts a gang state of war with Mister Negative after he corrupts White Dragon (who has been sent to get together information virtually Mister Negative's group) causing the Hood to kill White Dragon II. A flashback has led to Mister Negative corrupting White Dragon II and leading the attack upon the Hood's headquarters.^[forty] The Hood'due south Law-breaking Syndicate ends up fighting Spider-Man (who has been corrupted by Mister Negative) and Mister Negative's henchmen. After Spider-Human's assault on his headquarters, the Hood confronts Mister Negative in his Chinatown headquarters.^[41] Mister Negative tries to corrupt the Hood to his side, but fails. Though he gains the upper mitt, Negative escapes and the Hood is forced to fall back when Osborn drops H.A.K.K.E.R.'s seal of Chinatown and threatens to transport in his Avengers. The Hood is currently unaware that Spot is a mole in his syndicate for Mister Negative.^[42]

Dormammu empowers the Hood with plenty magic to observe and kill Dr. Strange, so that Parker can get the new Sorcerer Supreme. The Hood approaches Strange, while he is talking to Wiccan of the Young Avengers. As they fight, Strange tells the Hood that Dormammu'due south promises are empty, as are all other demons, but Parker ignores him and attacks them both. After Wiccan intervenes, Strange and Billy get abroad and Parker goes home. While there, he has a breakdown and tries to rip off his cloak but finds he cannot. Madame Masque appears, wanting to know what is going on. Madame Masque promises to assist him, removes her mask, and they kiss. Unknown to them, Dormammu watches from a mirror. Later on, Parker goes and attacks Daimon Hellstrom, the Son of Satan. He afterward fights Doctor Strange and the New Avengers until Brother Voodoo (who has go the new Wizard Supreme) arrives. Dormammu then manifests through Parker, merely is exorcised. Parker is left badly burned and stripped of his hood.^[43] In a hospital, Loki approaches him offer him a 2d chance, which he accepts.^[44]

Loki then takes him and Madame Masque to Cuba and presents the Norn Stones to him, which brings back his powers.^[45] The Hood and Madame Masque return and larn from John King that Doc Jonas Harrow and the rest of the gang accept found about his deal with Norman Osborn and made their own. Already, the Hood finds out that his gang has surrendered themselves to Osborn.^[46] Hood and Madame Masque make a call to Norman Osborn, who asks why Hood did not go along his gang in line. Hood responds past telling Norman Osborn that Loki is helping him regain his powers, and asks what to exercise nearly Jonas Harrow. Some minutes after on the Helicarrier, the Hood'southward gang is waiting for Harrow to arrive. The reason why is for the Hood to smash off his caput. He and then berates his gang for spurning his generosity. The Wrecker snaps back past telling the Hood that he did not tell them that they were working for Osborn. The Hood corrects him that he did not want his gang to be under Norman Osborn'due south thumb, so they are in fact his freelance agents. Now, they have to work with Norman Osborn and exercise what he says. They accept to impale anybody who was involved in Luke Cage'due south escape including the New Avengers. Notwithstanding, Norman Osborn wants Spider-Man alive.^[47]

Siege [edit]

The Hood is present at the Conduce when Norman Osborn assembles them to discuss Asgard. Upon Medico Doom'due south enervating that Norman brings Namor to him, Norman Osborn has Doctor Doom attacked past an unknown assaulter. After the attack, Osborn examines the body to meet that information technology is not Doom, but a small swarm of robotic insects inside a Doombot. The insects assail the Cabal. Nether the suggestion of Loki, the Hood flees from the set on.^{[48] [49]}

The Hood reveals the Norn Stones to his Crime Syndicate and states that information technology can empower them with the ability to find the New Avengers and those responsible for helping Luke Cage escape. In Brooklyn, Steve Rogers and Bucky meet the wreckage of their comprised rubber house. So, of a sudden, they are attacked by an Asgardian magic-enhanced Living Laser. This is noticed by the H.A.Thousand.M.E.R. army nearby. Steve Rogers chop-chop moves to take down the soldiers, leaving Bucky to deal with the Laser. He uses the shield to slice off his head, merely to exist defenseless by the Corruptor, who uses his chemicals to take Bucky under his command. Meanwhile, in Manhattan, Spider-Man and Spider-Adult female are hanging on the side of a building, seeing Avengers Tower on high alarm. They discuss Spider-Homo's past history with Osborn. In truth, Spider-Man confesses that he is more than mad that Osborn has weaseled his way into power. He swears that when Osborn screws upwards and anybody sees the maniac that he is, he volition spider web his face to the floor. Their conversation is interrupted when Spider-Man notices Spider-Adult female's alien detector watch, given to her by Due south.W.O.R.D., to detect if he is a Skrull. Back at the ruined safe business firm, Rogers infiltrates his former domicile, in order to observe his free energy shield. He uses it just in fourth dimension, as heed-controlled Bucky attempts to shoot him. Perched on another building are the Griffin and Mandrill. The quondam confesses that he does not want to become bounty hunting for Avengers but fears getting a bounty on his head. Just then, Mandrill sees both Spider-Homo and Spider-Woman. Their set on sets off the one-time'southward spider-sense. Living Laser finds Corruptor and demands that they finish off the heroes simply the latter refuses to exercise and then, until his boob kills Rogers. Rogers himself urges his own friend to fight the chemicals. Unfortunately, Bucky cannot practice it. Luckily, the bullet bounces off their shield earlier ricocheting off a bulkhead right into Corruptor'due south device, freeing Bucky from his control. Aroused, Living Laser prepares for his assail. Back in Manhattan, Spider-Man is being thrown around by Griffin, before being blasted right into the traffic below. Spider-Woman is affected by Mandrill's pheromones, who plans on extracting the New Avengers' location out of her before forcing her to kill herself.^[50]

When visiting his brother'due south grave, Donyell is conflicted if he should get with the deal Norman Osborn and the Hood gave him. Counter Force takes the fight to Camp H.A.K.M.E.R. and ends up fighting the Hood'south gang. They are knocked down by the Hood's new Asgardian weaponry. When Donyell arrives, the Hood gives him an opportunity to prove himself by killing Tigra.^[51] The Hood demands that Donyell kill Tigra if he wants his brother revived. Instead, Donyell attacks the Hood and is joined by Tigra equally the Hood uses the Norn Stones to empower some of the cadets on his side. Robbie Baldwin evades the guards and manages to get Batwing, Bengal, and Butterball to assist the Avengers Resistance as he too reveals his identity. The Hood receives a call from Norman Osborn requesting his assistance in Asgard, and so he leaves in a portal while the other villains continue fighting. As the Hood arrives in Asgard, Taskmaster fights Helm America and is taken down.^[52]

Spider-Man manages to gratis Spider-Adult female from Mandrill'southward command and they defeat Mandrill and Griffin. Meanwhile, Luke Cage assists Steve Rogers and Captain America in fighting off Living Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. Nick Fury and his Clandestine Warriors arrive and fend off the H.A.G.Grand.East.R. Agents. Upon seeing Norman Osborn's set on on Asgard, Steve Rogers has the Avengers gather to fight the Dark Avengers and those that are on Norman Osborn'south side.^[53]

The Hood and his gang catch upward with the New Avengers at Asgard and try to stop them.^{[54] [55]} The Hood later tries to attack Balder thinking him to exist an easy target, only for Balder to deflect information technology with his sword.^[56] Loki ends upwards taking back the Norn Stones from the Hood in club to empower the New Avengers, Young Avengers, and Hugger-mugger Warriors with the power to defeat the Sentry (who is fully possessed by the Void).^{[57] [58]} While the Nighttime Avengers and those that assisted them are existence arrested, the Hood manages to get away with Madame Masque's help. The Hood is pessimistic, knowing that his gang would only sell him out. However, Madame Masque refuses to let him go down.^[59] This causes Madame Masque to seek out her begetter Count Nefaria to help the Hood. The New Avengers capture John King, and use him to rail the Hood and Madame Masque, and after a boxing with Nefaria they capture the villains and bring all four of them to Maria Loma to identify them nether arrest.^[sixty]

The Hood is later seen being held in a classified superhuman property facility being attacked by Tigra. Tigra leaves Robbins, stating that she has inverse her listen near how to punish him when she sees something in the hallway. Tigra exits the room and allows Robbins' wife and baby to enter.^[61]

Heroic Age [edit]

At some betoken in fourth dimension, Robbins escapes jail, and at the same fourth dimension, has someone supervene upon him in his cell, who has had plastic surgery to resemble him. Staying with his cousin, he is attacked by Striker, Hazmat and Veil from Avengers University, in response to the tape of Hood'due south assault on Tigra being leaked online. This, along with other personal factors, gives him the want to regain his power, and kill every i of the Avengers, no affair what team they are on.^[62] While in Ryker's Isle, Hood befriended an Inhuman named Ertzia and learns the location of ane of the Infinity Gems. Once out Parker Robbins hires several people to take him to the quondam location of the Inhuman cloak-and-dagger metropolis, Attilan. Later eliminating them, he locates the Reality Jewel. Some time before, the six Illuminati locate the Gems and each member takes possession of one to make sure they would never once again fall into the incorrect hands. But Black Bolt is expressionless, and the regal family did not know about the precious stone he had hidden when they moved the Inhumans off of Earth, thus it was left unguarded. Using the Reality Gem, the Hood swiftly uses information technology to steal the Ability Gem from Reed Richards. His quest next takes him into conflict with the Red Blob and the Avengers.^[63] Hood after targets the other Illuminati members for the other Infinity Gems.^[64] At a later point in time, Robbins uses the Reality Precious stone to heal Madame Masque's face.^[65]

The Hood uses the cerise (Power) and yellow (Reality) gems to steal the purple (Space) jewel from Iron Human, using information technology to teleport the Avengers away to an unknown location, where upon entry, he is faced with Thor and Red Hulk, Thor having the Orange (Fourth dimension) Jewel.^[66] During the conflict, Scarlet Hulk manages to steal the Ability Gem from Hood. Equally Uatu watches on, Thor implores Hood to surrender, lest he impale himself. Hood declines the offer, and teleports to the ruins of Xavier Mansion, where Xavier is leading a team of Avengers confronting the Danger Room to effort to secure the Heed Gem. Effortlessly, Hood gets the Precious stone and engages in a mental battle with Xavier, emerging triumphant. He so warps to the Astral Aeroplane to become the Soul Gem, just is confronted past its wielder Thanos.^[67] In reality, Thanos was one of Strange'southward illusions. When that did non piece of work, Ruby-red Hulk, in possession of the Ability Gem, punched Hood, and Hood wished Iron Man out of beingness. Whilst this happened, Iron Man later reappeared with the Infinity Gauntlet, calling the Reality Jewel to come to the Gauntlet. While the Hood protested that he had done nothing that the other superhumans present would not do if they had lost their powers, Atomic number 26 Man and the other heroes simply rejected his words, using the Infinity Gauntlet to transport Hood back to jail.^[68]

The Illuminati [edit]

Equally part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel event, Hood forms another group to assistance him accomplish his goals for power. He prepare numerous villains in order to make them bring together his Illuminati with the purpose to exist in the "big leagues" of super villains and ultimately command the world order. For the Illuminati, he gathered a rebuilt Black Emmet (a Life Model Decoy of Eric O'Grady created by Father), Enchantress, Mad Thinker, Thunderball, and Titania.^[69]

During the Avengers: Collision! storyline, Hood and Titania infiltrate Pleasant Hill when Baron Helmut Zemo and Fixer restore the memories of the inmates there, and recruit Absorbing Man and Whirlwind.^[70] When Hood draws upward plans to target the families of their enemies, a disgusted Titania challenges his authority and destroys his cloak during the resulting boxing.^[71]

Kingpin War [edit]

Hood later finds another set up of Norn Stones and renews his plans to become the Kingpin of Crime after Wilson Fisk went straight. While competing against Diamondback and Black Cat, Hood begins his first move by using the Norn Stones to revive Hammerhead after he was killed by Diamondback's men.^[72] When Diamondback was defeated by the Defenders, Hood took over his areas and plans to become his gang back together. Though the Defenders defeated Hood with help from the other superheroes, Hood escaped.^[73]

During the "Search for Tony Stark" arc, Hood managed to get his gang back together with Answer, Armadillo, Brothers Grimm, Centurius, Corruptor, Cutthroat, Crossfire, Deathwatch, Jigsaw, Living Laser, Razor Fist, Slug, Vermin, the Wrecking Crew, and the son of Constrictor. Their outset mission was to deal with Md Doom who had gone direct.^[74] As the Wrecking Crew fight through all the Doombots in Castle Doom enough to concenter Doctor Doom in his Atomic number 26 Man armor, Wrecker gets the drop on him. After Doctor Doom defeats Wrecker and Thunderball, Hood arrives with his gang and knocks him off balance with his bullets. With Doc Doom defeated on the footing, Hood instructs his gang to search all of Castle Doom in order to notice his secrets.^[75] With Doctor Doom lying on the footing, Rampage and Shockwave remove his cape and hold him by the arms. Every bit Wrecker works to break open up the armor, Hood tries to get answers out of Doc Doom well-nigh his connections with Tony Stark. By the time Wrecker opens the armor, Victor von Doom disappears in a vivid lite. Hood suspects that Doctor Doom and Tony Stark are continued and plans to get Doctor Doom's wealth by looking for Tony Stark.^[76] While thinking that Victor von Doom has a connection with Tony Stark, Hood approaches Stark Industries' acting C.C.O. Eric Lynch. Knowing that Lynch wants to take over the company and considering himself a mercenary, Hood states that they are going to be skilful friends.^[77] Hood works to coerce Lynch into handing him his office of Stark Industries. Before that tin can happen, Atomic number 26 Human being, Victor von Doom, a rebooted War Machine, and a battalion of Doombots arrive where they attack Hood and his gang. During Hood'due south fight with Medico Doom, the unidentified demon that Hood is associated with threatens retaliation if Hood is damaged. The demon uses Hood to grab Victor's exposed confront and burns it.^[78]

Modern adventures [edit]

After a failed attempt at blackmailing Greg "Foolkiller" Salinger as part of a larger plan to reestablish his criminal empire, Hood is causeless to be killed by Frank Castle.^[79] The Hood is shown to appear in the series Hawkeye: Freefall negating his assumed death at the easily of the Punisher.

Powers and abilities [edit]

Electric current Facilities [edit]

He is talented with firearms and diverse methods of criminal enterprise. He has admission to dual HYDRA/A.I.M. technologies.^[64] Robbins seems to retain some knowledge of the occult, having re-established his magical abilities via contract with another demon.^[80]

He besides retained a magical cloak, aslope some mystical abilities, such equally teleportation and invisibility.^[81] He too has the ability to channel magic through his guns; however, he only uses them every bit a focus. This is demonstrated when he told a squad of heroes that he'd battled that the pistols were merely for testify, at which point he made a gun-pointing gesture with his fingers and blew up a flooring on his penthouse condo.^[82]

He had somehow reacquired admission to the Norn Stones every bit well, having used 1 in order to resurrect Hammerhead later on he was fatally shot through the skull using unknown weaponry.^[72]

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The mystical boots and cloak Parker wears give him superhuman abilities. When wearing the boots, the Hood tin can walk on air. While wearing the cloak and belongings his breath, he becomes invisible.

Robbins also finds that he tin utilize the cloak to encounter past the illusion protecting Physician Strange's headquarters. During the Skrull Invasion, it is revealed that Parker tin can find Skrulls using an enhanced disguise that fools even the likes of Doctor Strange and Professor X.

Robbins also has the power to transform demonically when under duress, gaining concrete forcefulness and speed to match Wolverine in i-on-one combat. In this demon form, his voice changes and he tin sprout spikes from his hands. At to the lowest degree once, this allows Robbins to burn electrical energy from his hands. According to Md Foreign, Robbins' powers will somewhen kill him as the Nisanti consumes his mind, trunk, and soul. Information technology was revealed that the Hood's mystical powers come up from Dormammu which even enables him to resurrect the dead.

A recent exorcism appears to accept removed the Hood from Robbins along with its mystical abilities.

Previous use of the Norn Stones [edit]

With Loki's assist, the Hood caused the Stones of Norn.^[59] According to Loki, they have the power to make him anything he wants to be. Parker has used them to beef up his weapons and gain powers to replicate those given past his possession by Dormammu. They take likewise been shown to ability up anyone he desires.^[83] The removal of these powers appears to cause impairment to those who have been empowered. The Norn Stones as well evidence the power, similar to Thor'southward Hammer, impossible to lift by anyone other than the called bearer. The Hood lost the powers of the Norn Stones when Loki retook possession of them to empower the heroes in their assail on the Watch.^[59]

Previous Infinity Gem powers [edit]

The Hood had demonstrated diverse abilities through apply of the Infinity Gems.

• The Yellow Precious stone of Reality allowed him to fulfill his wishes past distorting reality (such as turning the floor of the Baxter Edifice to water to acceleration Thing and to heal the facial scarring of Madame Masque) to his whims.
• The Bluish Precious stone of Mind endowed him with vast psychic powers, giving sufficient telepathy with which to beat Professor 10 in mental combat.
• The Royal Gem of Space allowed him to exist at will at any place, or all places, and to teleport people or objects to locations beyond the universe, equally seen when he teleports to an sea side beach.
• The Ruddy Precious stone of Ability formerly gave him access to every form of energy and power, which can be channeled through his body to provide sufficient superhuman physicality to easily subdue Red Blob with his fists.
• He also used the gems he has to sense the location of other Infinity Gems.

While observing the Hood's actions, Uatu the Watcher noted that the Hood'south power to use the Gems, while impressive, was notwithstanding express because he just thought about using the Gems to enhance his ain power rather than really thinking well-nigh what he could do with them, to the point of engaging his enemies in directly gainsay when he could simply will them out of existence.

Members of The Hood's Crime Syndicate [edit]

The Hood himself has answered to either the mystical entity Dormammu or the Asgardian Loki. Among the members of Hood's Crime Syndicate (sorted into parts of the Crime Syndicate) are:^[84]

Notably, some of the members of this syndicate afterwards become members of MODOK'due south 11, including Mentallo and Living Laser, who are both thought to exist killed in action while on that team. Within that series, a pocket-size amount of the Hood's influence is displayed in the Purple Man using the money he has been given, along with his powers, to accept over a large casino, where he attempts to subdue Mentallo, perchance on the Hood's behalf. Since the finish of the series, Living Laser has developed himself into a more than complex beingness of energy (though he afterwards joins the Initiative, which is at present by and large only an extension of Hood'southward Gang posing as heroes). Armadillo departs from supervillainy to assist Deadly Nightshade in clearing the name of their friend, the Puma.

Other versions [edit]

House of M: Masters of Evil [edit]

In the House of Grand reality, Hood assembles a group of villains to form the Masters of Evil in defiance to Magneto. It consists of Absorbing Human, Batroc the Leaper, Blizzard, Chemistro, Cobra, Constrictor, Crossbones, Madame Masque, Mister Hyde, Nitro, Sandman, Titania, Wizard, and the Wrecking Coiffure (Bulldozer, Piledriver, Thunderball, and Wrecker).^[85] The Hood and his Masters of Evil afterwards fight the Crimson Guard.^[86] Hood tells the rest of the Masters of Evil that they will be going to the Central American state of Santo Rico to "liberate it." Afterwards putting El Toro (the former dictator) out of his misery, the Hood manages to kill the current dictators Madison Jeffries and Lionel Jeffries (who managed to impale Bulldozer and Piledriver) before taking over Santo Rico.^[87] The Hood's (and the teams') villainous past are revealed by Magneto and Sebastian Shaw, causing half of the squad (consisting of Cobra, Crossbones, Mister Hyde, Chemistro, Wizard, and Thunderball) to leave Santo Rico, while the remaining members join the Hood to stand against the House of M'southward action. The Reddish Guard are sent there and massacre the Hood and the remaining villains in his grouping (except Titania who is thrown to condom by Absorbing Homo). In this reality, the demon that the Hood's powers derived from has no resemblance to Dormammu.^[88]

Nerveless editions [edit]

Title	Material Collected	ISBN	Publication Date
Hood	Hood vol. one, #i–6	HC 0785128182	August i, 2007
Dark Reign: The Hood	Dark Reign: The Hood, #one–five	SC 0785141634	January 6, 2010

In other media [edit]

Television [edit]

• The Hood appears in the anime series Marvel Future Avengers, voiced by Masakazu Nishida in the Japanese version and by Todd Haberkorn in the English dub.^[89]

Video games [edit]

• The Hood appears in the Facebook game Marvel: Avengers Brotherhood.
• The Hood appears in the MMO game Marvel Heroes, voiced by David Boat.^[89]
• The Hood appears in the game Marvel Puzzle Quest.
• The Hood is referenced in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 video game. He is mentioned in Jean DeWolff'southward files as a gang leader currently active in New York. Although he never appears directly, DeWolff expresses doubt that his powers are really supernatural. The Hood was also mentioned during the mission where Spider-Man had to protect a constabulary convoy from street thugs.
• The Hood appears equally a playable character in Marvel: Contest of Champions.^[90]

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External links [edit]

• Hood at Curiosity.com
• Hood at Curiosity Wiki
• Hood at Comic Vine
• Marvel Handbook Appendix entry

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