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Hammerhead (comics)

Hammerhead
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Hammerhead
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance The Amazing Spider-Man #113 (October 1972)
Created by Gerry Conway
John Romita, Sr.
In-story information
Alter ego Joseph
Team affiliations Maggia
Sinister Twelve
Partnerships Mister Negative
Tombstone
Chameleon
Notable aliases Mr. H
Abilities Effective hit-man
Highly skilled criminal organizer
Skilled marksman
Excellent street fighter
Superhuman strength, durability and endurance
Adamantium-laced skull and upper body

Hammerhead is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is primarily an enemy of Spider-Man and a member of organized crime who exists in Marvel's main shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe.

He is closely associated with the Hammerhead "Family", a Maggia crime family. Hammerhead distinguishes himself from other villains in that he dresses up and acts somewhat like a gangster from the 1920s. Due to an injury he suffered, much of his skull was replaced with an unbendable steel alloy by Jonas Harrow, giving his head a flattened shape.

Hammerhead was created by The Amazing Spider-Man writer Gerry Conway and artist John Romita, Sr. Conway recalled that Hammerhead "was most directly influenced by the Big Man and the Crime-Master, who were among the first villains in Amazing Spider-Man. One of the more interesting things Stan [Lee], Jack Kirby, and, of course, Steve Ditko did was combining the two different kinds of milieus: superhero and Dick Tracy, with the unusual criminal characters who had some kind of physical deformity. ... Plus, Hammerhead - I liked [the] name, and John Romita came up with an interesting look. The character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #113.

Hammerhead's family immigrated from the Soviet Union to Italy when he was a child. He got help from a man named The General. His father ran a garage in Toirrano, where he insisted the young man speak only in Russian, beating him severely with a mallet when he would not. Though not much is known about his life before he became an evil criminal and supervillain, he is known to have a sister.


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