Cameron Hodge
Cameron Hodge is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Cameron Hodge
Hodge became a lawyer, but then turned to advertising and public relations and became a highly successful member of a leading New York City advertising agency. (X-Factor v1 #1) Meanwhile, he secretly created an organization devoted to the destruction of all mutants, the Right. Hodge was the leader of the group and was known as the Commander. (X-Factor v1 #17)
Unknown to the rest of X-Factor, Hodge arranged for the Right to kidnap the young mutant known as Rictor in hopes of creating an earthquake that could be blamed on mutants, but X-Factor foiled their scheme and rescued Rictor. (X-Factor v1 #17)
Cameron Hodge later made a pact with the demon N'astirh. He would provide it with Mutant babies for his scheme to invade Earth with demons, and Hodge was told that he would not die in his next battle with the mutants. During this time, he was granted the gift of immortality. (X-Factor v1 #32) Warren Worthington's fiancée, Candy Southern, was kidnapped by Hodge, who killed her to get back at Worthington, who was now Archangel. At the end of that battle, Archangel's new metallic wings beheaded Hodge, possibly against his volition. (X-Factor v1 #34)
Among his first captives was the alien Warlock, and Hodge attempted to siphon off his shape-shifting power so he could change his spider-form at will. His plan seemed to be thwarted by Warlock's friend Wolfsbane, but Warlock died anyway. (New Mutants v1 #95)
Phalanx
Purifiers
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Cameron Hodge was created by Bob Layton and Jackson Guice where he made his first appearance in X-Factor v1 #1 (February, 1986).
Alternate Versions
- In New X-Men v2 (2005), a version of Cameron Hodge was shown to exist in the House of M reality. This version was a member of the supremacist terrorist organization known as the Human Liberation Front that were targeting Emperor Sunfire's Project Genesis program that was intended to forcibly turn Humans into Mutants. He was involved in an attack on the New Mutant Leadership Program at the United Nations but was arrested. In reality, his true target was S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Sean Garrison that was one of the masterminds of Project Genesis. Afterwards, S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Josh Foley and Kevin Ford were ready to torture Hodge when Agent Noriko Ashida arrived on the scene. Norika was the daughter of Hodge's old comrade Seiji Ashida and had learnt from Cameron her father's location. Hodge later convinced Noriko to kill him after he feared torture at the hands of agents Foley and Ford.
- In Extinction Agenda (2015), a version of the character was shown to reside on Battleworld. This version was shown to had been killed but his head still survived and retrieved by the Genegineer at Genosha. The scientist was secretly working to eliminate Mutants and had created the Extinction Plague to achieve this goal. Whilst that was ravaging the Mutant population, the Genengineer conducted experiments on the Transmode Virus that he recovered from the remains of Warlock which he used to infect Hodge who had been placed in a new Adamantium designed body. During a battle between the Mutant factions, the container for the virus was shattered and Hodge was freed from containment where he proceeded with attacking the X-Men.
In other media
Television
- In X-Men: The Animated Series, the character appeared first in a cameo role then as an antagonist where he was voiced by actor Stephen Ouimette. He was initially shown as a lawyer for Hank McCoy who was the X-Man known as Beast that had been captured at the Mutant Control Agency. Afterwards, it was mentioned that he became the ambassador working for the Genoshan government that had a policy of oppressing Mutants. The Genoshan government was later overthrown due to the actions of the X-Men and Hodge was shown to had lost an army as well as a leg at he hands of Cable. As a result, Cameron Hodge vowed to get revenge with this opportunity emerging when the Phalanx spread to Earth. He willingly joined the techno-organic Phalanx that provided him a new body and revenge in exchange for his aid in assimilating the entire planet along with its inhabitants. Hodge was defeated when the few uninfected Mutants that consisted of Amelia Voght, Forge, Magneto, Mister Sinister and Warlock managed to drive the Phalanx from Earth. In the aftermath, Cameron Hodge attempted to flee when he was restored to his human body. He was later mentioned in passing by a rogue military group that intended to gain an advantage over Mutants.
Video games
- In X-Men: Destiny, Cameron Hodge appeared as an antagonist in the video game where he was voiced by actor Keith Ferguson. He was shown as a member of the Purifiers and had been responsible for recruiting members by instilling in them hateful views of Mutants. During this time, the Purifiers had formed an alliance with the U-Men that farmed Mutant powers that were given to a Prime Enforcer Suit. Hodge used such a suit to battle Mutants and intended to re-negotiate the Purifiers alliances as they intended to rule alone. He was defeated in a boss battle against the player's character.
- In X-Men: Battle of the Atom, Cameron Hodge appeared as a playable card in the iOS video card game.
Appearances
- X-Factor v1: (1986)
- New Mutants v1:
- X-Men: Legacy v1:
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