Mister Hyde (comics)

Mister Hyde (comics)
Mister Hyde
MisterHyde.png
Cover art to The Amazing Spider-Man #232.
Art by John Romita, Jr.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Journey into Mystery #99 (December 1963)
Created by Stan Lee
Don Heck
In-story information
Alter ego Dr. Calvin Zabo
Team affiliations Masters of Evil
Lethal Legion
Thunderbolts
Partnerships Cobra
Jester
Scorpion
Batroc
Notable aliases Thor
Abilities Superhuman strength, physical resistance and endurance,
Genius intelligence

Mister Hyde (Calvin Zabo) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics supervillain. His first appearance was in Journey into Mystery #99, 1963.

Contents

Publication history

Mister Hyde was created by Stan Lee and Don Heck, based upon the literary character by Robert Louis Stevenson.[citation needed]

Fictional character biography

Calvin Zabo was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He was a morally abject but brilliant medical research scientist who was fascinated by the effect of hormones on human physiology. One of his favorite stories was Stevenson's 1886 classic, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. He was convinced that the experiment in the story could actually be performed and became obsessed with the idea of unleashing his full bestial nature in a superhuman form. However, he needed money to do this so he robbed his various employers systematically. Though too intelligent to be caught, the medical community was suspicious of his tendency to always be employed by organizations which were subsequently robbed.

Zabo eventually sought work as a surgeon in a hospital where Donald Blake was a directing physician, yet Blake would not allow him a job due to his history. Zabo was enraged that Blake would not give him the position (even though he did indeed intend to rob the organization) and swore revenge. He was eventually successful in creating his formula, and turned into a huge, Hulk-like creature he called "Mister Hyde", named after the character in the novel. In this new form, he found he had superhuman strength enabling him to crush cars and tear through steel as though it were made of cardboard. With his new superhuman powers he sought out Blake, who he tried to kill by throwing him from a window, but Blake transformed into Thor by striking his cane on the wall and survived, claiming he had saved Blake. Hyde, hearing of this on the radio, decied to eliminate Thor, and tried to frame him for a bank robbery by using his superhuman strength to tear open a bank vault while disguised as Thor. While Don and Jane were out, Mister Hyde met them and kidnapped them at gunpoint. As Don Blake, Thor was tied up next to a bomb that would explode in 24 hours unless Mr Hyde defused it. However, when attempting to steal a Polarios submarine to roam the seas like a pirate, Hyde was defeated and the authorities, seeing his superhuman strength, realized he must have impersonated Thor, but Thor was forced to allow him to escape, as Jane Foster thought Blake was still in danger.[1]

Hyde went into business as a full-time professional super-criminal and partnered himself with the Cobra to get revenge upon Thor, but they were both defeated.[2] With the Cobra, he was bailed and employed by Loki to kidnap Jane Foster, and they battled Thor again. Loki doubled their powers to try and help them. Jane Foster was almost killed in an explosion caused by Hyde, but Thor was able to defeat both villains. The house had many traps set up for Thor, but Mister Hyde was caught by one of them, a ray which paralyzed him. They were both jailed, and Jane's life was saved by an Asgardian formula Balder sent to Thor.[3] Hyde and the Cobra next battled Daredevil.[4] Cobra then teamed with the original Jester and Cobra against Daredevil.[5] With the Scorpion, Hyde then battled Captain America and the Falcon.[6] Teaming with the Cobra again, Hyde attempted to acquire Cagliostro's serum.[7] Hyde was next employed by the Purple Man, and battled Daredevil in an arena alongside Cobra, the Jester, and the Gladiator.[8]

Hyde and the Cobra frequently fought Thor, Spider-Man, and Daredevil, but their partnership proved essentially inept. Eventually, tiring of their repeated failures, the Cobra elected to sever their partnership when he escaped from Ryker's Island, taking the time to taunt Hyde before leaving.[9] Hyde has never forgiven him for the slight. With Batroc, Hyde later blackmailed New York City with a hijacked super-tanker and attempted to destroy the entire city in order to kill Cobra. Eventually, he was defeated by Captain America with Batroc's aid.[10] Hyde again stalked Cobra seeking revenge, and this time battled Spider-Man.[11] He was imprisoned again, but escaped Ryker's Island and battled Spider-Man and the Black Cat during another attempt at Cobra's life.[12] Hyde later battled Daredevil again.[13]

Hyde later became a member of the Masters of Evil IV and invaded Avengers Mansion along with them, torturing the Black Knight and Edwin Jarvis. With Goliath and the Wrecking Crew, he nearly killed Hercules, but was defeated by the Avengers.[14] Hyde later attempted an escape from the Vault alongside Titania, Vibro, the Griffin, and Armadillo, but was defeated and recaptured by the Captain.[15] He later eventually escaped from the Vault alongside the Wizard and others.[16] Hyde was later defeated in combat by the Cobra.[17]

Hyde later fought with the Grey Hulk and received head trauma that limited his ability to transform,[18] and he was subsequently caught by the police when he coincidentally checked into the same hotel as the one where the Daily Bugle staff were attending Robbie Robertson's retirement party, allowing Peter Parker to defeat him using an improvised costume.[19] Shortly after, Hyde had several run-ins with the Dan Ketch Ghost Rider in which he was defeated with the Penance Stare.[20]

Hyde briefly helped the symbiote-bonded Toxin track Cobra after a prison escape by providing a piece of skin for the symbiote to track.[21]

Zabo was being held in The Raft (the Ryker's Island Prison complex) 6 months after the events of Avengers Disassembled.[22] When a prison break was caused by the villain Electro, Zabo emerged in his Hyde persona, fought with Daredevil, and was knocked unconscious by Luke Cage.[23]

At one point, Zabo was discovered by the Young Avengers to be selling a derivative of his Hyde formula on the street as one of the various illegal substances known as Mutant Growth Hormone.[24]

Civil War

Zabo has gone on to begin to graft abilities similar to the powers of Spider-Man to homeless teenagers. After Spider-Man revealed his identity during the Civil War, Zabo sought to recreate the circumstances of Spider-Man's "birth", by taking in orphans off the street, imbuing them with spider-powers, and seeing whether or not the teenagers would give in to their darker impulses. During the ensuing battle with Spider-Man, Hyde pulled webbing off his face, taking his eyelids with it, and was hit in the face with hydrochloric acid, courtesy of one of his own guinea pigs. He was stated by Spider-Man to have been left blinded and had his face ruined as a result. Dr. Curt Connors was later seen aiding Spider-Man in a cure for Calvin, one of Zabo's test subjects.[25]

Hyde's daughter is Daisy Johnson, who is a member of S.H.I.E.L.D.; her mother was apparently a prostitute with whom Calvin Zabo regularly had 'business',[26] with the girl being put up for adoption after birth, subsequently manifesting superpowers due to Zabo's mutated genetic code being passed on to her.

Hood

The Hood hired him as part of his criminal organization to take advantage of the split in the superhero community caused by the Superhuman Registration Act.[27]

Later he was seen along with Firebrand, King Cobra, and Mauler, who attacked Yellowjacket, Constrictor and other Initiative staff and trainees.[28]

Mister Hyde worked with Boomerang, Tiger Shark, and Whirlwind to manipulate Venom III into procuring Norman Osborn's fortunes. This was thwarted by Venom and Green Goblin as Norman threw a bomb into Mister Hyde's mouth causing him to spit out blood. Norman Osborn then warned Mister Hyde and the villains that if they cross him again, he will kill everyone that they ever loved before they are tortured to death.[29]

Mister Hyde joins the Grim Reaper's new Lethal Legion, claiming embarrassment over Norman blowing up his mouth with a bomb.[30]

Mister Hyde appears as member of Hood's crime syndicate, during an attack on the New Avengers.[31]

Thunderbolts

Mister Hyde was selected to be a part of the "beta team" of the Thunderbolts, alongside Boomerang, Shocker, Gunna and Centurius.[32]

Powers and abilities

The process that transforms Dr. Calvin Zabo into his Mr. Hyde persona is a hormonal transformation caused by ingestion of chemical formula.[33] As his body adjusted to its new form, Mr. Hyde's strength, stamina, durability, and resistance to physical injury all increase to superhuman levels. Hyde's powers are sufficient to stand toe to toe with the likes of Thor and survive. He has been shown tearing apart steel in a bank vault with ease.[34] Through further experimental procedures over the years, his strength has been increased beyond its original limits. Mr. Hyde must ingest his special chemical formula periodically to maintain his ability to transform himself from one identity to the other at will; mental fatigue or injury can impair his ability to transform himself into Mr. Hyde. He employs a device that resembles a wristwatch that contains a supply of the formula that he can use to deliver it directly into his bloodstream, enabling him to transform at the push of a button.

Due to the nature of the transformation, Hyde's skin is warped. This gives his face a distorted look reminiscent of the Lon Chaney, Sr. make-up used in The Phantom of the Opera.

Dr. Calvin Zabo is a brilliant medical research scientist with a Ph.D. in medicine with extensive knowledge of biochemistry, although these skills are lost on his Hyde persona.

Other versions

Age of Apocalypse

In the Age of Apocalypse timeline, Mr. Hyde (as well as the Cobra) is a near-feral and cannibal "Scavenger". He is known to prowl graveyards and attack anyone entering his territory.[35]

Elseworlds

Mr. Hyde appeared in the Elseworlds Batman/Daredevil crossover book. Two-Face partnered with Hyde for a series of technological robberies. In truth, Two-Face had implanted Hyde's brain with the material needed to "grow" an experimental "organic" computer chip, and fed Hyde pills to keep him enraged. Once grown, the chip would kill Hyde, its current growth also weakening Hyde's strength as his energy is diverted to support the chip (Batman noting during the fight that Hyde should normally have a punch that could knock Superman into orbit). Hyde berates Two-Face, proud he has abandoned his past as Zabo and insults Two-Face for hanging onto his Harvey Dent side, as well as using a coin to decide between right and wrong. Two-Face is glad the process will kill Hyde. In the end, Daredevil uses his past friendship with Dent to talk Two-Face into supplying the antidote for the chip, which saves Hyde's life.[36]

House of M

Mister Hyde appears as a member of Hood's Masters of Evil.[37] Before the Red Guard attacks Santo Rico, Mister Hyde leaves the team alongside Cobra, Crossbones, and Thunderball.[38] Mister Hyde was later seen as an Army scientist.[39]

In other media

Television

Video games

References

  1. ^ Journey into Mystery #99-100
  2. ^ Journey into Mystery #105-106
  3. ^ Journey into Mystery #110-111
  4. ^ Daredevil #30-32
  5. ^ Daredevil #61
  6. ^ Captain America #151-152
  7. ^ Daredevil #142-143
  8. ^ Daredevil #153-155
  9. ^ Spectacular Spider-Man #46
  10. ^ Captain America #251-252
  11. ^ Amazing Spider-Man #231-232
  12. ^ Spectacular Spider-Man #88
  13. ^ Daredevil #235
  14. ^ Avengers #273-276
  15. ^ Iron Man #228; Captain America #340
  16. ^ Avengers Spotlight #26
  17. ^ Captain America #365-367
  18. ^ Incredible Hulk #368
  19. ^ The Amazing Spider-Man #433
  20. ^ Ghost Rider vol. 3 #4
  21. ^ Toxin #1
  22. ^ Alias #26
  23. ^ New Avengers #1-4
  24. ^ Young Avengers #7-8
  25. ^ Sensational Spider-Man (vol. 2) #35-37
  26. ^ Secret War #2
  27. ^ New Avengers #35
  28. ^ Avengers: The Initiative #13
  29. ^ Thunderbolts: Reasons in Madness #1
  30. ^ Dark Reign: Lethal Legion #1
  31. ^ New Avengers #56
  32. ^ Thunderbolts #156-157
  33. ^ Sensational Spider-Man (vol. 2) #37
  34. ^ Journey into Mystery #99
  35. ^ Tales From The Age of Apocalypse #2 (December, 1997)
  36. ^ Daredevil vs Batman (1997)
  37. ^ House of M: Masters of Evil #1
  38. ^ House of M: Masters of Evil #4
  39. ^ New Thunderbolts #11

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