Hate-Monger
The Hate-Monger is the name used by several characters in the Marvel Universe.
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Hate-Monger (Adolf Hitler)
- Main Article: Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian born dictator and ruler of the Nazi Party that ruled Germany during World War II. His attempt to conquer Europe and then the world led to the largest genocide in human history. However, by 1945 the Allied Forces began gaining ground in the war and Hitler soon came to realize that victory -- at least at this present time -- was unattainable and began investigating a means to cheat death and continue his pursuit of Aryan mastery of the world. Enter the Nazi scientist named Arnim Zola who was a master geneticist. He began devising a means of transferring the mind of Hitler into cloned bodies at the moment of death. Approving of the idea, Hitler allowed Zola to experiment upon him, energizing his brain in order for it to transmit his memories into a new body. (Super-Villain Team-Up v1 #17) In the months leading up to the fall of Berlin, Zola had begun perfecting the cloning process for his master, much to Hitler's approval. (Fury v1 #1) n the months leading up to the fall of Berlin, Zola had begun perfecting the cloning process for his master, much to Hitler's approval. (Young Men v1 #24) However, Zola's technique proved to be a success, and at the moment of physical death Hitler's mind was transmitted from his body and kept safe by Zola for years as he finalized his cloning process. Arnim Zola, having escaped justice, then secretly began creating a number of clone bodies for his master. This included two costumed identities including the super-human Nazi-X, and the hooded Hate-Monger. (Super-Villain Team-Up v1 #17) A number of the cloned brains were left in the care of Nazi scientist Horst Gorscht in the Bolivian Andes. Gorscht further experimented on some of the brains to try and synthesize the essence of Hitler and used it on the natives, yielding impressive results when they began showing skills and mannerisms matching that of Hitler. (Taskmaster v2 #3)
Operating from the small fictional nation of San Gusto in South America, he came to the attention of authorities when he took over with the use of storm troopers, hoping to upset the balance of power in South America. The Fantastic Four saw a hate rally in New York City and the Thing tried to wreck it, but the Fantastic Four were caught off guard by the Hate-Monger's weapon — the Hate-Ray — which instilled hate for others, causing them to fight each other. As a result, the team disbanded and went their separate ways. Nick Fury, at the time a CIA agent, then managed to trick Mister Fantastic into traveling to San Gusto with him to fight the Hate-Monger, knowing the other members would follow. The Hate-Monger saw the plane leaving and used a device that traveled underground by the use of flames that carved out tunnels to quickly get to South America. Fury and Reed fought off some of the rebels, and infiltrated the Hate-Monger's headquarters after Reed found a device sending out beams and found the source of the disturbance. However, Reed was paralyzed with nerve gas and captured by the Hate-Monger, who revealed he had been bouncing his ray off the Moon, which had been causing abnormal effects on the tides. Fury managed to cure Mister Fantastic after getting the cure for the ray and gas from the Hate-Monger at gunpoint, though the Hate-Monger stopped them from capturing him by lowering bulletproof glass. Mister Fantastic then gave the antidote to the other members, and together they got to the base to help Nick Fury. In the final confrontation, the Hate-Monger was shot and killed by some of his own stormtroopers when an H-Ray beam struck some soldiers by mistake due to the Invisible Girl. When Mr. Fantastic removed the Hate-Monger's mask, it was revealed that Hate-Monger was Adolf Hitler who apparently survived World War II, though it is claimed it may be one of his doubles. (Fantastic Four v1 #21)
Hate-Monger (Edmund Heidler)
- Main Article: Edmund Heidler
Edmund Heidler was an amnesiac clone of Adolf Hitler created by Arnim Zola to house the Hate-Monger's evolved Spirit. After a battle against Captain America left him free the clone wandered off. He was eventually found under the name of Edmund Heidler working as a art gallery director by the recently revived Steve Rogers who observed Heidler. Presenting himself as a perspective artist for the gallery Rogers showcased some of his drawings of Captain America's glory days in World War II. He would later return to his apartment that he shared with his German Shepard Braun painting a Nazi Swastika and wondering why it meant so much to him. (Captain America v1 #616)
Hate-Monger (Josh Glenn)
- Main Article: Josh Glenn
Josh Glenn was originally an office worker who became frustrated by what he perceived as persecution at the hands of immigrants, Glenn took it upon himself to continue the Hate-Monger's legacy after learning about the villain through various conspiracy theory websites. After wearing a Hate-Monger hood to work he was fired, a few months later his wife had a restraining order filed against him. Glenn's paranoid anti-immigrant attitudes culminated in an attempt to steal firearms from a local pawn shop, which resulted in his capture at the hands of the Black Panther. (Black Panther: The Man Without Fear v1 #521)
Overview
The Hate-Monger wears chain-mail body armor under his hood, tunic, and boots. He has sometimes worn an armored battle-suit containing an exoskeleton that amplifies his strength to superhuman levels. Scientists and technicians in the Hate-Monger's employ, including Arnim Zola, have manufactured and supplied him with a number of other paraphernalia and contrivances. He is often armed with his handgun projecting the "Hate-ray" or "H-ray", high frequency microwave radiation that affects the centers of the human brain controlling emotions so as to stimulate and magnify the victims' feelings of dread, fear, and anger to unreasonable levels, including repressed or subconscious sentiments of this kind. The hate-ray can also transform feelings of love into equally strong or perhaps even stronger hatreds. He also had access to large-scale "Hate-ray" projectors, missiles armed with nuclear warheads, disease-carrying bacilli, and various advanced aircraft and spacecraft.
Notes
- The concept of the Hate-Monger was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where it made its first appearance in Fantastic Four v1 #21 (December, 1963).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Video games
- In Marvel: Avengers Alliance, a version of the Hate-Monger appeared in the second season of the mobile video game.
Appearances
- Fantastic Four v1: (1963)
- Captain America v1:
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