Hate-Monger

Hate-Monger
Cover to Fantastic Four #21 (December 1963). Art by Jack Kirby.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Fantastic Four #21 (December, 1963)
Created by	Stan Lee (writer) Jack Kirby (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Clone of Adolf Hitler
Team affiliations	Nazi Germany
Notable aliases	The Fuhrer, Nazi "X", Edmund Heidler, Adam Hauser
Abilities	Cunning strategist Charismatic leader Good hand-to-hand combatant Armored exoskeleton battle-suit grants: Superhuman strength Via H-Ray: Ability to cause feelings of intense hatred, fear and dread and to consume fear After resurrection: Being of pure energy Shapeshifting Regeneration Ability to fire laser-like beams from his eyes

The Hate-Monger is the name of several different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

The original character first appeared in Fantastic Four #21 (December, 1963) and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

The Hate-Monger first appeared in the small fictional nation of San Gusto in South America, and came to the attention of authorities when he took over with the use of storm troopers, hoping to upset the balance of power in South America. The Fantastic Four saw a hate rally in New York City and the Thing tried to wreck it, but the Fantastic Four were caught off guard by Hate-Monger's weapon — the Hate-Ray — which instilled hate for others causing them to fight each other. As a result, the team disbanded and went their separate ways. Nick Fury, at the time a CIA agent, then managed to trick Mister Fantastic into traveling to San Gusto with him to fight the Hate-Monger, knowing the other members would follow. The Hate-Monger saw the plane leaving and used a device that traveled underground by the use of flames that carved out tunnels to quickly get to South America. Fury and Reed fought off some of the rebels, and infiltrated the Hate-Monger's headquarters after Reed found a device sending out beams and found the source of the disturbance. However, Reed was paralyzed with nerve gas and captured by the Hate-Monger, who revealed he had been bouncing his ray off the Moon, which had been causing abnormal effects on the tides. Fury managed to cure Mister Fantastic after getting the cure for the ray and gas from the Hate-Monger at gunpoint, though the Hate-Monger stopped them capturing him by lowering bulletproof glass. Mister Fantastic then gave the antidote to the other members, and together they got to the base to help Nick Fury. In the final confrontation, the Hate-Monger was shot and killed by some of his own storm-troopers when an H-Ray beam struck some soldiers by mistake due to the Invisible Girl. When Mr. Fantastic removed the Hate-Monger's mask, it was revealed that Hate-Monger was Adolf Hitler who apparently survived World War II, though it is claimed it may be one of his doubles.