Cameron Hodge

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Cameron Hodge
N'astirh
Genoshan Cabinet
X-Factor
Notable aliasesThe Commander
AbilitiesImmortality,
Superhuman physical attributes through cybernetic body

Cameron Hodge is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually as an adversary in stories featuring the X-Men. Created by writer Bob Layton and artist Jackson Guice, he first appeared as a supporting character in X-Factor #1 (Feb. 1986),[1]

The original volume of X-Factor was a spinoff of

Right. 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 the Phalanx.[2]

The character has been adapted into animated TV series. He is voiced by Stephen Ouimette in X-Men: The Animated Series, and by Keith Ferguson in X-Men: Destiny.

Publication history

X-Factor and The Right

Cameron Hodge first appeared in

The Uncanny X-Men featuring an eponymnous team composed of the original five members of the X-Men, which was conceived by Hodge, the former college roommate of founding member Warren 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.

Right.[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 entity

Apocalypse, 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 armored

Cypher,[13] and another employee would end up becoming a powerful cyberneticist who, with the assistance of Orphan-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 the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #3, a reference book that served as an biographical encyclopedia of Marvel Comics' characters.

"X-Tinction Agenda"

During the 1990

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 the Genosha, 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

In a 1993 storyline, Cameron Hodge is revealed to have merged with extraterrestrial cybernetic race known as the

Steven Lang when the Phalanx' human interface caused the Phalanx citadel to fall from the top of Mount Everest.[17]

Purifiers

Cameron Hodge's remains are found in the Himalayas by a group of Purifiers. He is later revived when Bastion infects 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

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 deflecting

N'astirh granted Hodge immortality, that allowed his head to survive after being decapitated.[citation needed
]

In his cyborg form, he had the ability to phase (move through solid matter) 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 of

Havok could 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 absorb Warlock's techno-organic abilities had failed.[citation needed
]

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

Other versions

"House of M"

In the "

Kevin Ford were about to torture him when they were interrupted by Agent Noriko Ashida, daughter of Hodge's comrade Seiji Ashida, who learned from Hodge about her father's location. Fearing the torture at the hands of Foley and Ford, Hodge convinced Noriko to kill him.[21]

Amalgam

In the universe of Marvel and DC Comics' Amalgam Comics crossover imprint, Hodge is mixed with Maxwell Lord to form Lord Maxwell Hodge.

X-Men Forever

A version of Cameron Hodge exists in the universe seen in the book X-Men Forever.[22]

In other media

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-4654-7890-0
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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Zachary, Brandon (December 10, 2020). "X-Men: A Classic Villain's Return Could Start Marvel's Mutant Endgame". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 4, 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Cameron Hodge". Marvel Comics. Archived from the original on October 4, 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Caballero, David (August 17, 2021). "10 Things Only Comic Book Fans Know About The X-Men's Angel". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on October 4, 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c X-FACTOR #34B. ComicsPriceGuide.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  6. ^ a b "X-Tinction Agenda [X-Men] [Marvel's Finest 5th Printing]". Grand Comics Database. Archived from the original on October 4, 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  7. ^ a b New Mutants, The #95C. ComicsPriceGuide.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  8. ^ X-Factor #1-5. Marvel Comics.
  9. ^ X-Factor #14-16
  10. ISBN 978-0-7566-2358-6
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  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-Force vol. 3 #3
  19. ^ X-Men: Legacy #237
  20. ^ New X-Men #16
  21. ^ New X-Men vol. 2 #17
  22. ^ X-Men Forever vol. 2 #13
  23. ^ "Cameron Hodge Voice - X-Men franchise | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. December 21, 2019. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

External links

  • Cameron Hodge at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
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