Daniel Whitehall, the Kraken, was a legendary Hydra figure who served Hydra's Father, Isaac Newton.[1] The Kraken was the one who converted Steve Rogers to Hydra's side.[2]
History
When the sentient Cosmic Cube Kobik rewrote Steve Rogers' past in order to turn him into a Hydra operative, she created an alternate history in which Rogers was proselytized into Hydra when he was a kid.[3]
In this history, Whitehall was turned into the Kraken by Sir Isaac Newton, the man who birthed Hydra from the Spear.[1] In 1926, Whitehall joined Elisa Sinclair and Dr. Sebastian Fenhoff in their attempts to indoctrinate the young Steve Rogers into becoming a loyal Hydra follower.[4]
In 1934, when Rogers tried to escape from The Keep, the Hydra compound where he was held, Whitehall intercepted him, wearing the Kraken Armor. With an inspiring speech, Whitehall tried to convince the boy to stay with Hydra and fulfill his destiny of becoming a great leader, saying that together the two of them could save the world.[2]
In 1936, another Hydra leader, Baron Heinrich Zemo, came to The Keep to discuss Hydra's next course of action with Sinclair, Whitehall, and Fenhoff. Whitehall agreed with Zemo's plan to infiltrate the Nazi ranks to use them to fulfill their own goals, and maybe even formally align Hydra with Axis powers, but Elisa Sinclair was sceptical. After the meeting, Sinclair told Whitehall that she felt that Hitler wasn't the man they were waiting for, because the man who would bring Hydra to its greatest glory was already among them.[5] In 1940, Whitehall and Fenhoff sent Rogers back to the United States of America to infiltrate Project Rebirth.[6]

Introducing Rogers to Newton and Nostradamus at Ashomia
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See Also
- 6 appearance(s) of Daniel Whitehall (Earth-61311)
- 2 minor appearance(s) of Daniel Whitehall (Earth-61311)
- 4 mention(s) of Daniel Whitehall (Earth-61311)
- 4 image(s) of Daniel Whitehall (Earth-61311)
- 2 quotation(s) by or about Daniel Whitehall (Earth-61311)