Hydra (Parasites)

Hydra
Name	Hydra
Affiliation and Identity
Identity	Public
Physical Characteristics
Body Type	Octopoid/Human
Average Height	variable
Average Weight	variable
Eyes	Green
Hair	None
Skin	Green
Number of Limbs	8
Number of Fingers	5
Number of Toes	5
Special Adaptations	The Hydra take over bodies of their victims, killing them in the process
Unusual Features	The Hydra are octopoid parasites that take possession of a human body by attaching itself to a host bodies chest. The host body's skin would turn green and have visual veins.
Origin and Status
Origin	Seemingly Alien, actually created by Norman Osborn to cause his rise to Presidency. Based on Ulluxy'l Kwan Tae Syn's DNA.
Reality	Earth-9997
Galaxy	Milky Way
Star System	Sol
Home	Earth
Base of Operations	New York City, New York
Place of Birth	Oscorp
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Jim Krueger, Alex Ross, John Paul Leon
First	Earth X #1 (February, 1999)
First	Earth X #1 (February, 1999)

History

The Hydra are a biological parasite created by Norman Osborn based on information he got from reading the Bloodstone Files. Osborn created the Hydra in order to create an enemy he could unify the mutated populace of America against, as well as a weapon to eliminate the strongest opponents towards his presidency, namely SHIELD and their allies.

Osborn would launch an attack on SHIELD; it would lead to the majority of SHIELD's greatest agents and allies to be possessed. The Hydra is led by a queen that took possession of the She-Hulk. Others possessed by the Hydra include Timothy Dugan, Gabriel Jones, Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine, Sam Wilson, Blob, Puck, Jessica Drew, and Rick Jones.

The Hydra need their host body to be willing to be possessed by the creatures; how the original victims of Hydra were possessed is unknown. The others would be infected due to the Hydra keeping the memories of its victims and its highly manipulative and persuasive hive mind.
Following the fall of SHIELD, the Hydra would be a nuisance in New York City, trying to find new hosts for its collective. Osborn would charge Iron Man and his Iron Avengers with the task of fighting them.

The Hydra were seemingly wiped out by the Skull's army, as the host bodies were already dead, they merely regrouped in the secret lab where they were created. They would be found by Captain America and Mar-Vell who were coming to collect the Quantum Bands that were in Rick Jones' possession. When Mar-Vell revealed to Captain America that the Hydra killed whoever they took into their collective, merely using their bodies as puppets, an enraged Cap used Rom's blaster to banish them to Limbo.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Body Control; Hive Mind

Miscellaneous

Type of Government

Monarchy

Representatives

Blob, Sharon Carter, Contessa Valentina Allegro de Fontaine, Jessica Drew, Dum Dum Dugan, Falcon, Puck, She-Hulk

See Also

• 10 appearance(s) of Hydra (Parasites)
• 4 mention(s) of Hydra (Parasites)
• 3 image(s) of Hydra (Parasites)