History
Hope in Greek mythology was an abstract entity kept inside Pandora's Box which was actually a "Urn". After Prometheus stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind, Zeus decided to punish the mortals by sending them Pandora and the urn. It contained all manner of misery and evil and told her to never open it. Pandora however opened the box, from which the evils flew out over the Earth. Hope alone remained inside, the lid having been shut down before she could escape.[1]
Th box fell into the possession of a gypsy, who sold it to Ben Jackson in 1426 at an English theatre. They used the prop in his Pandora play with his love Nancy Terry in the lead role. Nancy was absorbed into the box by one of the evils, but Hope aided in retrieving his love. He tossed the box into a fire in hopes of destroying it forever.[2]
Tyrannus hoped to free hope and unite the world under his ruler. He opened the urn releasing "hope" but being trapped for millennia drove it insane leading it to want to destroy the world. The Hulk was able to absorb the entity and burned it away using his rage.[3]