Hector Hammond
| Hector Hammond | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance |
Green Lantern (vol. 2) #5 (March–April 1961) |
| Created by |
John Broome Gil Kane |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Hector Hammond |
| Team affiliations |
The Society Royal Flush Gang |
| Notable aliases | Wildcard, Ophidian |
| Abilities | Genius-level intellect Telepathy Mind control Telekinesis |
Hector Hammond is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, who is primarily an enemy of Green Lantern. Unlike many supervillains, Hammond does not use an alias.
Peter Sarsgaard played the role of Hammond in the 2011 film Green Lantern.
Hector Hammond originally appeared in Green Lantern (vol. 2) #5 (March–April 1961) and was created by John Broome and Gil Kane.
Hammond is a petty criminal on the run from the law when he discovers the fragments of a strange meteor in the woods (later retconned as part of the same meteor that lands in Africa, super-evolving Gorilla Grodd and the other gorillas of Gorilla City). Observing that radiation from the meteor has caused the nearby plants to evolve rapidly, Hammond decides to kidnap four scientists and expose them to the meteor on a remote island. The radiation causes their intellects to evolve, but also has the side effect of sapping their wills. Hammond is able to force the scientists to use their heightened intellect to create amazing new inventions, which Hammond sells for his own profit.
Hammond rapidly becomes a rich celebrity due to the wealth he has acquired. Green Lantern Hal Jordan asks his friend and mechanic, Thomas Kalmaku, to take on the role of the Green Lantern while Jordan investigates Hammond. Jordan creates a duplicate power ring and costume for Kalmaku to fool Hammond, and tells him to fly above Coast City so it would be thought Green Lantern was there. The scientists tried to use a device to bring this Green Lantern to them, but the ring was first pulled off his finger and fell on the island, where Hammond found it. Unaware of the impersonation, Hammond steals his ring and turns Kalmaku into a chimpanzee. Jordan confronts Hammond personally in a battle of power rings that ends only when the charge of Hammond's ring runs out, allowing Jordan to capture him and restore Kalmaku and the scientists. He removed the scientist's memory of their knowledge, and got rid of the inventions as well, feeling humanity should advance more steadily.
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