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Cameron Hodge

Cameron Hodgeis asupervillainappearing inAmerican comic bookspublished byMarvel Comics,usually as an adversary in stories featuring theX-Men.Created by writerBob Laytonand artistJackson Guice,he first appeared as a supporting character inX-Factor#1 (Feb. 1986),[1]

Cameron Hodge
Cameron Hodge's cyborg form fightingWolverine,PsylockeandStormon the cover ofThe Uncanny X-Men#271 (Dec. 1990). Art byJim Lee.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceX-Factor#1 (Feb. 1986)
Created byBob Layton
Jackson Guice
In-story information
SpeciesHuman mutate-cyborg
Team affiliationsPhalanx
Purifiers
The Right
N'astirh
Genoshan Cabinet
X-Factor
Notable aliasesThe Commander
AbilitiesImmortality,
Superhuman physical attributes through cybernetic body

The original volume ofX-Factorwas a spinoff ofThe Uncanny X-Menfeaturing an eponymous team composed of the original five members of the X-Men, which was conceived by Hodge, the former college roommate of founding memberWarren Worthington,and who served as its public relations agent.[2][3]Later, under writer Louise Simonson, Hodge was revealed to be secretly acting against X-Factor[4]as the leader of the anti-mutantterrorist organization known as theRight.He is decapitated in a confrontation with Worthington,[2][5]but his head is later revealed to have been attached to a large robotic body during the 1990 "X-Tinction Agenda".[2][6][7]The character is later revealed in a 1993 storyline to have merged with the extraterrestrial cybernetic race known as thePhalanx.[2]

The character has been adapted into animated TV series. He is voiced byStephen OuimetteinX-Men: The Animated Series,and byKeith FergusoninX-Men: Destiny.

Publication history

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X-Factor and The Right

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Cameron Hodge first appeared inX-Factor#1 (February– March 1986), and was created byBob LaytonandJackson Guice.The book was a spinoff ofThe Uncanny X-Menfeaturing an eponymnous team composed of the original five members of the X-Men, which was conceived by Hodge, the former college roommate of founding memberWarren Worthington III(aka Angel), and who served as its public relations agent.[2][3]Under Hodge's plan, the five mutants would pose as professional mutant hunters under the name X-Factor. They would use this cover to contact and teach young mutants.[8]

Later, under writer Louise Simonson, Hodge was revealed to be secretly acting against X-Factor.[4]The company's advertising campaign actually increased anti-mutant hysteria. In addition, the team suffered a series of major setbacks. After suffering severe injuries during theMutant Massacre,Angel has his wings amputated, and then seemingly dies in a private jet explosion. Tensions arose between X-Factor membersCyclopsand Marvel Girl when Cyclops saw manifestations of thePhoenixaroundJean Grey.X-Factor later discovered that Hodge had orchestrated Angel's amputation and plane accident and had created holograms simulating the Phoenix Force.[9]They too discover that Hodge had secretly been the Commander of ananti-mutant terrorist groupknown as theRight.[10]He had fully intended to exacerbate anti-mutant tensions through his advertising campaign.[2][5][11]

Hodge and The Right had made a pact with the extradimensional demonic entityN'astirh.In exchange for collecting mutant babies the Right needed for a spell to open up a portal from Limbo to Earth, N'astirh promised Hodge immortality and the continued existence of The Right and its work creating conflict between humans and mutants. Earlier, Hodge kidnapped and torturedCandy Southern(Warren's former girlfriend). However, his former friend survived the private plane explosion and was transformed into Archangel byApocalypse,and invades the Right's headquarters, killing Hodge after Hodge kills Candy.[12]

Hodge's efforts would provide unexpected blows against his enemies. One of his armoredemployeeskills New Mutant memberCypher,[13]and another employee would end up becoming a powerful cyberneticist who, with the assistance ofOrphan-Maker,would plague the X-Men multiple times.[14]He is eventually confronted by Worthington, who decapitates Hodge.[2][5]

In 1989 an entry for Cameron Hodge was included in theOfficial Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89#3, a reference book that served as a biographical encyclopedia of Marvel Comics' characters.

"X-Tinction Agenda"

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During the 1990crossoverstoryline "X-Tinction Agenda",Cameron Hodge is revealed to be alive, his severed head having been attached to a large, non-humanoid robot body, a fate Hodge says he survived as a result of the pact he made with N'astirh. Hodge had become allied with government of the island nation of theGenosha,where mutants were enslaved as obedient servants.[2][6][7]Hodge and the Genoshan government launched an attack upon the X-Men (which had united with the members of X-Factor), and its junior team, the New Mutants. During these events,Warlock,the alien member of the New Mutants, is killed in the course of Hodge's experiments upon him. His captives free themselves and defeat Hodge, whose still-surviving head is buried beneath a collapsed building.[15]

Phalanx

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In a 1993 storyline, Cameron Hodge is revealed to have merged with extraterrestrial cybernetic race known as thePhalanx.[2]He was again apparently slain by Archangel.[16]Hodge was defeated bySteven Langwhen the Phalanx' human interface caused the Phalanx citadel to fall from the top of Mount Everest.[17]

Purifiers

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Cameron Hodge's remains are found in the Himalayas by a group ofPurifiers.He is later revived whenBastioninfects him with the transmode virus gained from one of Magus' offspring.[18]Cameron and his whole army of "Smileys" are killed by Warlock of the New Mutants at the behest of Douglas Ramsey when his lifeforce and the lifeforces of the Smileys are forcibly absorbed by Warlock via their shared connection of the technorganic Transmode virus.[19]

Powers and abilities

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When first revealed to be a villain, Cameron Hodge was the commander of The Right, and had access to all the weaponry and resources of the organization, including a ruby quartz battle suit capable of deflectingCyclops's optic basts. The demonic beingN'astirhgranted Hodge immortality, that allowed his head to survive after being decapitated.[citation needed]

In his cyborg form, he had the ability to become intangible and used various special weapons. His spider/scorpionlike robot body was equipped with tentacles, a powerful stinger, plasma and laser weapons, and a molecular adhesive gun, and could also fire bolas, knives and spears of varying sizes. He also possessed a high degree of invulnerability, enough to protect him from the combined attacks ofStorm,Cyclops andJean Grey.This effect was supposedly augmented by external generators linked to his mainframe computer. When these had been destroyed, Cyclops andHavokcould destroy his mechanical body, but not kill him. In addition, in his mechanical body's first appearance, it had a cardboard cutout of a man's suit and body that hung from Hodge's neck, presenting, in his mind, a more normal appearance when his attempt to absorbWarlock's techno-organic abilities had failed.[citation needed]

As part of thePhalanx,he had all their typical abilities, but seemingly lost his magical protection.[citation needed]

Other versions

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"House of M"

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An alternate universe variant of Cameron Hodge from Earth-58163 appears inHouse of M.This version is a member of the Human Liberation Front, a human supremacist terrorist group, before being killed byNoriko Ashida.[20][21]

Amalgam

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Maxwell Hodge,a fusion of Cameron Hodge andDC ComicscharacterMaxwell Lordappears in theAmalgam Comicsone-shotJLX Unleashed.

X-Men Forever

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An alternate universe variant of Cameron Hodge appears inX-Men Forever.[22]

In other media

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References

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  1. ^DeFalco, Tom; Sanderson, Peter; Brevoort, Tom; Teitelbaum, Michael; Wallace, Daniel; Darling, Andrew; Forbeck, Matt; Cowsill, Alan; Bray, Adam (2019).The Marvel Encyclopedia.DK Publishing. p. 171.ISBN978-1-4654-7890-0.
  2. ^abcdefghiZachary, Brandon (December 10, 2020)."X-Men: A Classic Villain's Return Could Start Marvel's Mutant Endgame".Comic Book Resources.Archivedfrom the original on October 4, 2023.RetrievedOctober 4,2023.
  3. ^ab"Cameron Hodge".Marvel Comics.Archivedfrom the original on October 4, 2023.RetrievedOctober 4,2023.
  4. ^abCaballero, David (August 17, 2021)."10 Things Only Comic Book Fans Know About The X-Men's Angel".Screen Rant.Archivedfrom the original on October 4, 2023.RetrievedOctober 4,2023.
  5. ^abcX-FACTOR #34B.ComicsPriceGuide.com.Archivedfrom the original on October 4, 2023.RetrievedOctober 4,2023.
  6. ^ab"X-Tinction Agenda [X-Men] [Marvel's Finest 5th Printing]".Grand Comics Database.Archivedfrom the original on October 4, 2023.RetrievedOctober 4,2023.
  7. ^abNew Mutants, The #95C.ComicsPriceGuide.com.Archivedfrom the original on October 4, 2023.RetrievedOctober 4,2023.
  8. ^X-Factor#1-5.Marvel Comics.
  9. ^X-Factor#14-16
  10. ^DeFalco, Tom (2006).The Marvel Encyclopedia.Dorling Kindersley. p. 246.ISBN978-0-7566-2358-6.
  11. ^X-Factor#34.Marvel Comics.(Nov. 1988)
  12. ^X-Factor#34 (Nov. 1988)
  13. ^New Mutants#60
  14. ^X-Factor#30-35
  15. ^X-Factor#62.Marvel Comics.
  16. ^The Uncanny X-Men#306 (Nov. 1993)
  17. ^Cable#16
  18. ^X-Forcevol. 3 #3
  19. ^X-Men: Legacy#237
  20. ^New X-Men#16
  21. ^New X-Menvol. 2 #17
  22. ^X-Men Forevervol. 2 #13
  23. ^"Cameron Hodge Voices (X-Men)".Behind The Voice Actors.December 21, 2019. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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  • Cameron Hodgeat The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
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