Hela (Marvel)
Hela is a female comic supervillain that features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Hela
With the destruction of Asgard, the realms treasures became lost across space where they sought wielders for their power. Among them was the Twilight Sword which Hela acquired where she used its powers to merge the realms into a nightmare world under her rule. Iron Man, Captain America and Thor were accidently transported to this land via the Rainbow Bridge whereupon learning of the danger united to stop the death goddess. The Enchantress came to lend her aid where they succeeded in defeating Hela along with removing the sword from her possession. Upon returning to Midgard, Thor gave the Twilight Sword to Heimdall for safekeeping as he intended to ensure it never fell into the wrong hands again. (Avengers Prime v1 #5)
Journey into Mystery
Her realm was later approached by an emissary from the Serpent who had recently been freed and waged war against Asgard. The Tongue of the Serpent stated his master's desire for Hela's loyalty to him and offered her freedom from Hel. He warned that a refusal of the offer meant that Hela did not fear the Serpent and that his master would destroy any that showed such disrespect to him. Hela commented that she would consider the offer with her debating whether to side with the Serpent or Asgard as she intended to continue her duty for the dead. Her handmaiden Leah advised that she side with the Serpent instead of facing destruction from his wrath whilst her general Tyr voiced the opinion of siding with Asgard in order to continue honorably by fighting. (Journey into Mystery v1 #624)
Angela entered into Hel in order to free Sera from imprisonment and dethroned Hela from her seat as ruler of that realm. (Angela: Queen of Hel v1 #1)
She later returned to Hel that was divided and the midst of being conquered by Sindr who was the Queen of Cinders. At the time, Balder the Brave served as the King of the Undead with her seeking to dethrone him causing a battle between her and the Odinsons. Tyr betrayed his siblings to side with Hela in order to restore order to the realm as the two sides fought for control of the dead. Ultimately, Loki suggested a truce against Sindr that could be sealed with the marriage of Hela to Balder as a compromise that would unite both factions. However, during the wedding, Thanos arrived interrupting it with Hela claiming that she was spoken for by the Mad Titan. (Thor v5 #3)
Overview
Personality and attributes
According to her, being a general of Hel meant one had to deal with monsters and learn swiftly that monsters had their charms. (Journey into Mystery v1 #624)
Powers and abilities
She was stated to not be a simple sovereign but a full blown goddess with powers equal to that of Odin. (Angela: Queen of Hel v1 #2)
Hela was able to send her soul outside her physical form with this taking the form of a black raven and she used this to safeguard it from destruction. In this form, she could re-enter her mortally wounded body and restore it back to life. (New Mutants v3 #32)
One of their servants were the Legion of the Lost that consisted of numerous dead warriors. (Thor v1 #154)
Among the Nine Realms, Hela's home was the realm of the dead which was Hel with her palace being Helheim. (New Mutants v3 #29) Her realm of Hel was bound to her mind and she could twist it according to her wishes. (Angela: Queen of Hel v1 #1)
Notes
- Hela was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where she made her first appearance in Journey into Mystery v1 #102 (March, 1964).
Alternate Versions
- In Infinity Wars: Iron Hammer v1 #1 (2018), an alternate world was created when Gamora using the Infinity Stones used its powers to merge various individuals with one another leading to Hela along with Madame Masque combined into a single entity that had her own unique backstory called the Madame Hel.
In other media
Television
- In The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Hela appeared in the animated series in the episodes "The Fall of Asgard" and "A Day Unlike Any Other" where she was voiced by actor Nika Futterman.
- In Avengers Assemble, Hela appeared in the animated series episode "Valhalla Can Wait" where she was voiced by actor Vanessa Marshall.
Films
- In Hulk Vs. Thor, Hela made an appearance in the animated film where she was voiced by actor Janyse Jaud. She was the daughter of Loki and the ruler of the Asgardian afterlife of Hel. Hela claimed the soul of Bruce Banner after he was separated from the Hulk and killed by Loki. Thor and Loki later sought to free Banner's soul as the Hulk was on a rampage in Asgard destroying everything in their path. Once in Hel, they met Hela who had claimed Banner's soul and kept him in an idyllic dream. Loki managed to convince his daughter to bring the Hulk to Hel in order to merge the pair to make a complete soul. She agreed but this proved to be a trick by Loki as the Hulk then began creating havoc in Hel until Hela helped Banner merge with the beast. Hela believed that the Hulk was too dangerous a soul to keep and returned him to life on Midgard but then demanded a soul to replace him. Thor stated that he would fight to live leading to Hela claiming her father Loki instead. Before the Odinson departed, Hela warned him that she would claim his soul in the future.
- In Thor: Ragnarok, Hela appeared in the live-action film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where she was portrayed by actor Cate Blanchett. She was depicted as the first born daughter of Odin who was the goddess of death where he and her expanded Asgard's reach leading to the conquest of the nine realms with her as his Executioner. However, Odin grew tired of the bloodshed and desired peace yet Hela wanted to expand to conquer all of existence. As a result, he decided to imprison her due to the threat she posed and dispatched the Valkyrie in apprehending her. All of their number were killed by Hela except one yet the goddess of death was imprisoned and trapped in another dimension. Odin's power kept her banished until he passed away in the modern age allowing her to return. Upon returning, she battled Thor and Loki with her destroying the hammer Mjolnir whereupon she used the Bifrost to enter Asgard with her conquering it. As her power was tied to Asgard, she grew stronger the longer she stayed on the throne with her reawakening her army to take over. However, she was trapped on Asgard as the key to the Bifrost was taken by Heimdall and she conducted a purge to recover it. Thor and his allies later returned where they battled her but were unable to defeat Hela. Thus, Thor decided to unleash Ragnarok by freeing Surtur to complete his prophecised charge and had all the Asgardians evacuated. Hela then battled Surtur but ultimately perished before the fire giant whereupon the entire realm of Asgard was destroyed.
Video games
- In Marvel: Avengers Alliance, Hela appeared as an antagonist in the video game where it was said that her creation came due to Loki with no love lost between her and the God of Mischief. The goddess of death desired to rule all the nine realms and was assisted by numerous undead Draugr Warriors.
- In Marvel: Contest of Champions, Hela was introduced as a playable character in the mobile video game.
Appearances
- Journey into Mystery v1:
- Thor:
- Avengers Prime v1:
- New Mutants v3:
- Loki: Agent of Asgard:
- Unworthy Thor:
- Thor v5:
- Guardians of the Galaxy:
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