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HYDRA

The Religious Affiliation of
HYDRA
 

Religion: HYDRA CBR Scale: S

Name: HYDRA

Other Names: Hydra

Classification: villains villains   group group  

Publisher(s): Marvel

First Appearance: Strange Tales (vol. 1) #135 (Aug. 1965): "The Man for the Job!"

Creators: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Dick Ayers

Number of Appearances: 283

   Comic Book Appearances: 276

   TV, Film Appearances: 4

   Video Game, Computer Game Appearances: 3

Type of Organization/Group: terrorist

Note: largest worldwide subversive organization

Number of group members listed below: 104

Character
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Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
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Agent 13 villain
CBR Scale: D HYDRA
HYDRA
[killed, replaced by counter-spy Alan Desmond]
Marvel 1
Agent 22 villain
CBR Scale: D HYDRA
Femme Force; HYDRA... 
[founding member of Femme Force; actually loyal to HYDRA]
Marvel 1
Agent 5 villain
  HYDRA
[informed Hydra when Stark picked up injured Matt Murdock]
Marvel 1
Agent L supporting character
CBR Scale: R HYDRA
HYDRA; S.H.I.E.L.D.
[HYDRA agent who defected to SHIELD]
Marvel 1
Agent W villain
CBR Scale: D HYDRA
HYDRA
[bred rats used to transmit Virus 9]
Marvel 1
Andre villain
CBR Scale: R HYDRA
HYDRA Marvel 1
Annihil-Agent 47 villain scientist
  HYDRA
[invented Q-bomb, Aphonic Bomb]
Marvel 1
Aunt Petunia Aunt Petunia (Petunia Grimm) supporting character
CBR Scale: I resurrected
HYDRA; Lethal Legion (leader)... 
[The Thing's aunt]
Marvel 1
Baron Strucker Clone villain
CBR Scale: D HYDRA
HYDRA Marvel 2
Baron Strucker Baron Strucker (Wolfgang von Strucker) villain
CBR Scale: M Nazi; HYDRA (founder)
Blitzkrieg Squad (founder); HYDRA (leader) Marvel 130
Big villain
  HYDRA
[tried to kill Wolverine w/nano-virus]
Marvel 3
Black Widow Black Widow (Yelena Belova) villain hero
  GRU; HYDRA...  Marvel 47
Blackwing Blackwing (Joseph Manfredi) villain
  Circus of Crime; Heavy Mettle (leader)...  Marvel 20
Dennis Bowden supporting character
  HYDRA
[father of Wildstreak]
Marvel 2
Bowman villain
  HYDRA
[HYDRA-created equivalent of Hawkeye]
Marvel 4
Bruiser villain
  [his costume is labelled with logos of groups he works for] Marvel 7
Catalyst villain scientist
CBR Scale: M HYDRA
HYDRA Marvel 4
Chain (Bannion) villain
  A.I.M.; HYDRA... 
[brother of Grasp and Sonic]
Marvel 4
Chameleon (Dmitri Smerdyakov) villain
CBR Scale: S Communist
HYDRA; Maggia...  Marvel 144
Commander Kraken Commander Kraken villain
  HYDRA
[cyborg]
Marvel 3
Cool Million Cool Million villain
  [HYDRA hired him to defeat Iron Man, steal Anomaly] Marvel 2
Corben villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: D HYDRA
HYDRA
[named after cartoonist Richard Corben]
Berkley Books Marvel 1
Corrosion villain
CBR Scale: R HYDRA
HYDRA Marvel 3
The Crippler The Crippler (Karl Striklan) villain hero
CBR Scale: M sadist/masochist
HYDRA; Wild Pack Marvel 43
Crossbones Crossbones (Brock Rumlow) villain
CBR Scale: I manifestly non-religious
HYDRA; Skeleton Crew Marvel 90
D.O.A. villain group
  HYDRA Marvel 27
William Darvin villain
  HYDRA Marvel 1
Deltite villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
A.I.M.; Deltans... 
[created by Arnim Zola using LMD tech]
Marvel
Destiny Destiny (Irene Adler) villain hero
CBR Scale: S mutant supremacist
Brotherhood of Mutants; Freedom Force...  Marvel 127
Dismember villain
CBR Scale: R HYDRA
HYDRA Marvel 3
Don Fortunato Don Fortunato (Vincente Fortunato) villain
  HYDRA; Maggia Marvel 23
Dreadnought Dreadnought villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
A.I.M.; HYDRA... 
[robotic combat instrument]
Marvel 20
Horst Eisele villain
CBR Scale: D HYDRA
HYDRA Marvel 1
El Jaguar El Jaguar (Ramon De Rico) villain
  Hispanic; HYDRA Marvel 6
The Fox villain
CBR Scale: R HYDRA
HYDRA
[in charge of HYDRA administration]
Marvel 1
Fox (Reynard Slinker) villain
  HYDRA
[art thief]
Marvel 3
Dr. Frost villain scientist
  HYDRA; S.H.I.E.L.D.
[double-agent for HYDRA]
Marvel 1
Garrote Garrote villain
  HYDRA
[specializes in strangling]
Marvel 10
Grasp (Bannion) villain
  A.I.M.; HYDRA... 
[Sonic's brother]
Marvel 4
Grim Reaper Grim Reaper (Eric Williams) villain
  HYDRA; Lethal Legion...  Marvel 98
The Growing Man The Growing Man villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
HYDRA
[stimuloid created by Kosmosians]
Marvel 18
The Hammer villain
  HYDRA
[HYDRA-created equivalent of Thor]
Marvel 3
The Healing Hand villain
CBR Scale: S New Age
HYDRA
[New Age shop in Washington D.C.; actually a Hydra front]
Marvel 1
Commander Herzog villain
CBR Scale: D HYDRA
HYDRA Marvel 1
The High-Zero villain
CBR Scale: D HYDRA
HYDRA
[raised by Baron Strucker; killed, replaced by Alan Desmond]
Marvel 1
Holmes villain
CBR Scale: R HYDRA
HYDRA Marvel 1
Hopkins villain
CBR Scale: D HYDRA
HYDRA Berkley Books Marvel 1
HYDRA villain group
CBR Scale: S HYDRA
[largest worldwide subversive organization] Marvel 283
Jackhammer Jackhammer (Matthew Banham) villain
  HYDRA; Power Tools...  Marvel 21
Jenkins villain
CBR Scale: M The Pearl Sect
HYDRA Marvel 1
Mr. Johnston supporting character
  HYDRA
[fails to stop Black Marauder's break-in and escape]
Marvel 1
Agent King villain
  HYDRA
[assisted Iraqi leader Saddam Abed Dasam]
Marvel 4
The Kingpin The Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) villain
CBR Scale: U Catholic (lapsed)
HYDRA Marvel 619
Knockabout (Jarno Sprague) villain
  HYDRA; SHIELD Super-Agents
[double agent]
Marvel 5
Vladimir Korda villain
CBR Scale: R anti-nationalism anarchist
HYDRA; ULTIMATUM
[Captain America was forced to shoot him dead]
Marvel 2
Rudolph Kranz villain
CBR Scale: D Nazi
HYDRA
[Waffen SS; early Hydra member; interrogated by Xavier]
Marvel 1
Rushi Kyrin villain
CBR Scale: D HYDRA
HYDRA
[one of Hyrda's top leaders]
Marvel 1
Leiter villain
CBR Scale: U HYDRA
HYDRA Marvel 1
George Leon villain
  HYDRA
[killed by fellow HYDRA agent Big]
Marvel 1
Madame Hydra villain
  HYDRA (leader) Marvel 10
Man-Killer villain
CBR Scale: I N.A.
HYDRA
[robot]
Marvel 1
Man-Killer Man-Killer (Katrina Luisa van Horne) villain
CBR Scale: D Radical Feminist
HYDRA; Spider-Man Revenge League...  Marvel 41
Agent Marcus villain
  HYDRA Marvel 1
Mentallo Mentallo (Marvin Flumm) villain
  Hood's Army; HYDRA...  Marvel 72
Militant villain
  HYDRA
[HYDRA-created equivalent of Captain America]
Marvel 4
Mindstorm villain scientist
  A.I.M.; HYDRA
[specialized in manipulating minds of others]
Marvel 1
Mr. Molare villain
  HYDRA
[beat to death by Kingpin when tried to buy him out]
Marvel 1
Mother of Pearl villain clergy/religious leader
CBR Scale: D The Pearl Sect (leader)
HYDRA Marvel 1
Number 16 villain
CBR Scale: M sadist; White Supremacist
HYDRA; Secret Empire...  Marvel 5
Operative 17 villain
CBR Scale: D HYDRA
HYDRA
[knocked out pilot of SHIELD plane during raid]
Marvel 2
The Pearl Sect villain group
CBR Scale: D The Pearl Sect
HYDRA Marvel 3
Dmitri Petrovitch Dmitri Petrovitch villain
  Genesis Coalition; HYDRA
[Silver Sable's former lover]
Marvel 5
PSI-Borg villain hero
  HYDRA; SHIELD Super-Agents Marvel 5
Red Skull Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) villain
CBR Scale: D Nazi
Axis Mundi; HYDRA... 
[Captain America's arch-nemy]
Marvel 298
Richter villain
CBR Scale: D HYDRA
HYDRA Marvel 1
Cassandra Romulus Cassandra Romulus villain
  HYDRA
[Baron Strucker's lover]
Marvel 7
The Rose The Rose (Richard Fisk) villain
  HYDRA
[led own organization; Kingpin's son]
Marvel 73
Sensational Hydra Sensational Hydra villain
CBR Scale: R Skrull religion
HYDRA (leader); Skrull
[Skrull spy that became Supreme Hyrda]
Marvel 6
Silver Samurai Silver Samurai (Kenuichio Harada) villain hero
CBR Scale: M Bushido
Asian; Big Hero 6... 
[Clan Yashida]
Marvel 126
Silver Fox Silver Fox hero
CBR Scale: S Native American spirituality
HYDRA; Team X...  Marvel 40
Silvermane Silvermane (Silvio Manfredi) villain
  HYDRA; Maggia Marvel 12
Special Hydra Agent H Special Hydra Agent H (Laura Brown) supporting character villain
CBR Scale: S HYDRA
HYDRA; S.H.I.E.L.D. Marvel 15
Spider-Woman Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) hero
CBR Scale: I Wundagorian Transhumanism (raised); HYDRA (former)
Heroes for Hire; HYDRA...  Marvel 353
The Spot The Spot (Dr. Johnathon Ohnn) villain scientist
  Hood's Army; HYDRA...  Marvel 34
Steel Serpent Steel Serpent (Davos) villain
CBR Scale: S Tibetan (K'un L'un) Buddhism
HYDRA Marvel 40
Senator Stern Senator Stern supporting character villain
  HYDRA
[wanted Tony Stark to turn over Iron Man armor to U.S. govt.]
Paramount Pictures Marvel Entertainment, etc. 2
Molly Stiles villain
  HYDRA; S.H.I.E.L.D.
[double agent for HYRDA]
Marvel 2
Werner Strucker Werner Strucker villain
  HYDRA
[Baron Strucker's son]
Marvel 7
Supreme Hydra villain
  HYDRA (leader)
[very first Supreme Hydra]
Marvel 2
Supreme Hydra villain
  HYDRA (leader) Marvel 2
Tactical Force (Karl) villain
  HYDRA
[HYDRA-created equivalent of Iron Man]
Marvel 4
Taskmaster Taskmaster villain
CBR Scale: U manifestly non-religious
Agency X; HYDRA...  Marvel 128
Techno Techno (Norbert Ebersol) villain hero
  HYDRA; Initiative...  Marvel 136
Ivan Trefkov villain
CBR Scale: D Nazi
Genesis Coalition (founder); HYDRA
[killed Silver Sable's mother and later her father]
Marvel 6
Veitch villain based on a real person
CBR Scale: D HYDRA
HYDRA
[named after cartoonist Rick Veitch]
Berkley Books Marvel 1
Violence villain hero
  HYDRA; SHIELD Super-Agents Marvel 5
Viper Viper (Ophelia Sarkissian) villain
CBR Scale: M nihilist
Fangs (leader); HYDRA... 
[former servant of Chthon]
Marvel 153
Baroness Adelicia von Krupp villain
  HYDRA
[ally of Baron Strucker in early Hydra days]
Marvel 1
Elisbeth von Strucker villain
CBR Scale: M Satanism
HYDRA
[Baron Strucker's 3rd wife; funded HYDRA since 1957]
Marvel 8
Weng Weng villain
  Asian; HYDRA
[killed SHIELD's Agent John Allen; Madame Hydra former lover]
Marvel 1
Whale villain scientist
  HYDRA
[deformed; designed nanotech that almost killed Wolverine]
Marvel 2
Senator Arthur Woodman supporting character villain
CBR Scale: M HYDRA
HYDRA
[directed Hardball to steal Initiative nanotech]
Marvel 7
Yoyo villain
CBR Scale: R HYDRA
HYDRA Marvel 1
Agent Zalman villain
  HYDRA
[assisted Iraqi leader Saddam Abed Dasam]
Marvel 4

This character is in the following 148 stories which have been indexed by this website:
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Avengers (vol. 1) #19 (Aug. 1965): "The Coming of... The Swordsman!"
The Avengers and the Thunderbolts (1998)
Avengers: The Initiative #28 (Nov. 2009): "Uprising" (mentioned)
Black Axe #1 (Apr. 1993): "The Immortality Gambit"
Captain America & Thor!: Avengers #1 (Sep. 2011): "U-Base"
Captain America (Taco Bell Exclusive Collector Edition) #1 (Apr. 2009): "The Last Laugh"
Captain America
Captain America and Batroc #1 (May 2011): "The Blitzkrieg of Batroc!"
Captain America and the Falcon (vol. 1) #13 (May 2005): "American Psycho, Part 1" (hallucination)
Captain America Annual
Captain America: Hail Hydra
Captain America: Reborn #4 (Jan. 2010) (7-panel cameo)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Civil War: War Crimes #1 (Feb. 2007)
Daredevil
Dark Avengers #9 (Nov. 2009) (mentioned)
Dark Reign Files #1 (Apr. 2009)
Dark Reign: Young Avengers #3 (Sep. 2009): "Young Masters: Part Three" (someone disguised or dressed as)
Daughters of the Dragon
Deadpool
Deathlok (vol. 2) #30 (Dec. 1993): "Infection"
Gambit
Giant-Size Creatures #1 (July 1974): "Tigra the Were-Woman!"
Giant-Size Ms. Marvel #1 (Feb. 2006): "This Woman, This Warrior!" (mentioned)
Hawkeye
Hulk Smash Avengers #3 (July 2012): "Once an Avenger..."
The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #154 (Aug. 1972): "Hell is a Very Small Hulk!"
Iron Man
Iron Man: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Annual #1 (Jan. 2008): "Regime Change"
Marvel Comics Presents
Marvel Fanfare (vol. 1) #45 (Aug. 1989)
Marvel Holiday Special 2006 #1 (Feb. 2007): "How Fin Fang Foom Saves Christmas"
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #18 (Nov. 2005): "Wild Blue Yonder: Conclusion" (mentioned)
Marvel Team-Up (vol. 3) #19 (June 2006): "1991: A Freedom Ring Prelude"
Marvel Universe
The Mighty Avengers (vol. 1) #28 (Oct. 2009): "The Unspoken, Part 2" (mentioned)
Ms. Marvel (vol. 1) #1 (Jan. 1977): "This Woman, This Warrior!" (mentioned)
Mystique #19 (Nov. 2004): "Ingression"
Namor, the Sub-Mariner Annual #4 (1994): "Children of Lesser Gods"
New Thunderbolts
New X-Men (vol. 2) #13 (July 2005): "Into the Light" (behind the scenes)
Nick Fury Vs. S.H.I.E.L.D.
Sabretooth and Mystique
Secret Warriors (vol. 1) #1 (Apr. 2009)
Silver Sable and the Wild Pack
Spider-Woman
Strange Tales (vol. 1) #135 (Aug. 1965): "The Man for the Job!"
Tales of Suspense
Thunderbolts
Untold Tales of Spider-Man #-1 (July 1997): "Hydra and Go-Seek!"
Werewolf by Night (vol. 1) #20 (Aug. 1974): "Eye of the Wolf!" (cameo)
The West Coast Avengers (vol. 2) #1 (Oct. 1985): "Teammates!"
What If...? (vol. 2) #19 (Nov. 1990): "What if... the Vision had Conquered the World?"
What If? (vol. 1) #28 (Aug. 1981): "Matt Murdock, Agent of...S.H.I.E.L.D."
Wolverine: Inner Fury (Nov. 1992)
X-Factor (vol. 1) #139 (Nov. 1997): "The Enemy Within" (cameo)
The X-Men


Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HYDRA
  - http://marvel.com/universe/Hydra
  - http://www.comicvine.com/hydra/65-3480/
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/hvhz.htm
  - https://www.comics.org/issue/19382/