Hector Hammond
Hector Hammond is a comic book character that first appeared in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #5
Hector Hammond is a genius who evolved himself into a man of the future with a meteor. His futuristic brain grants him many powers that make him a very dangerous foe to Green Lantern.
STORY
When Hector Hammond first appeared, he was a normal but genius, man who found a meteor that increased evolution. He used it on four scientists and weakened their wills so they had to obey him. He used their futuristic knowledge for his own purposes, and gave the scientists little credit, if any. Hammond gained noteriety and acclaim for 'his' discoveries which brought him to the attention of the Green Lantern, Hal Jordan. By chance, he was able to steal a duplicate power ring and dueled with Green Lantern. However, he lost their fight and wasn't seen for some time.The next time he was seen, Hammond escaped prison and evolved himself through exposure to the same meteorite he previously discovered. Because his will was not crushed, he gained mental powers. He also made himself immortal, but at the cost of losing mobility throughout all muscles of his body including those responsible for speech. At that time, Hammond teamed with Mister Memory, the Pied Piper, the Angle Man, and the Sea Thief against the Justice League of America but the short-lived alliance ended in defeat.
Since then, he has tried several schemes to defeat Green Lantern, such as controlling Sonar and almost defeating Green Lantern with him, or taking control of Green Lantern's Power Ring, and through it, Green Lantern, making him helpless before him. Hammond had once teamed up with Star Sapphire and Guy Gardner in order to destroy Green Lantern. Hector would go on to team up with Doctor Polaris and Gorilla Grodd on seperate occasions. Hammond stole and reprogrammed a Shaggy Man to set loose upon the Justice League and teamed with Bill Baggett, the only other human with enough willpower to control Hal Jordan's power ring. The most deadly of Hammond's schemes though, was creating a fake Guardian of the Universe, with all the powers of a real Guardian. Green Lantern was close to being utterly destroyed in that battle. Hector Hammond truly is one of Green Lantern's deadliest foes.
Recently, Hector Hammond re-entered Hal Jordan's life when Krolotean Gremlins came to Earth to look in on certain subjects of their experimentation. Hammond, locked away in Belle Reve Prison in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, requested an audience with Jordan after the discovery of a human that had been evolved 50,000 years down the evolutionary ladder. Hector would not consent to share the info he had until Hal agreed to share a memory of a girl and a good time since Hammond was always locked away. Jordan agreed and, after trying to see more memories only to be stopped, Hammond shared what info he had.
Though Hammond didnot know what they (the Gremlins) were called, he stated they were the ones responsible. He also stated they were responsible for the meteor which caused his evolution. Hammond revealed they (the Gremlins) were currently in Coast City checking on their other experiment.
Coast City Beach was attacked by the Shark, a tiger shark which had been evolved into a humanoid being with shark instincts. Jordan investigated the attack and wondered if the Shark was that other experiment mentioned by Hammond. However, at the same time as Hal Jordan was fighting the Shark, the Gremlins attacked an airliner on which was carrying William Hand and abducted him. The Gremlins then visited Hector Hammond and abducted him from Belle Reve Prison.
The Gremlins experimented on William Hand before releasing him in Palmdale, California where Hand discovered his new found ability to sense death and siphon life-force energy. Back at Coast City Beach, as Hal Jordan continued his battle with the Shark, Jordan came across the Gremlins' spaceship and the two were captured. Inside, Jordan found Hector Hammond in the midst of being experimented on but Hammond was able to converse with Hal telepathically and explain the Gremlins' plan to sell him and the Shark as living weapons in an intergalactic war.
H ammond, in tears, uses his mental powers to try and force Hal Jordan to share the same memory of a girl and a good time again when William Hand, dressed as Black Hand enters the ship and attacks Green Lantern. With the Gremlins looking on, Black Hand advances with his attack with Hammond digging through Jordan's memories until Jordan knocks him out with his ring.
Jordan then goes on to fight the Shark who escapes due to the continued attack from Black Hand. Jordan does finally defeat Hand who, along with Hammond, are placed in captivity in Hangar 44. However, telepathically reminiscing with a dismembered Manhunter, the crazed Hammond reveals the Gremlins had further experimented on him and Hammond is shown speaking vocally, instead of mentally.
Green Lantern: Secret Origins
In this miniseries, Hector Hammond is said to be an astrophysicist and a theoretical science consultant for Ferris Aircraft and the United States Air Force. He later found out that he was exposed to the meteorite core of Abin Sur's ship which amplified his "sick" brain granting him telekinesis and telepathy.
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| Super Name: | Hector Hammond |
| Real Name: | None |
| Aliases: | |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Human |
| 1st Appearance: | Green Lantern Vol. 2 #5 |
| Appears in: | 54 issues |
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