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Henry Gyrich

Character » Henry Gyrich appears in 452 issues.

A politician who, while sometimes a force for good, can be a corrupt threat--especially to superhumans, mutants and aliens specifically.

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Brief History

Henry Gyrich was first seen with the Avengers, a government agent assigned to keep the them under wrap. He had a policy of no more than six people on the team at once, leading to Hawkeye's replacement temporarily with the Falcon. He was also involved with the investigation of the Vision after he was briefly Controlled by Isaac - Project Pegasus.

Once tried to depower all of Earth's super humans, but later developed a team of superhumans known as the Shadow Initiative. After it was discovered he had covered up the death of MVP and had illegally duplicated him, he was fired. However he soon became head of SWORD and tried to rid Earth of all aliens. Among those he incarcerated intending to deport was a member of the X-Men named Hepzibah.

Other Versions

Age of Apocalypse

Gyrich, a human terrorist, infiltrated Angel's nightclub Heaven with explosives strapped to his chest. He was about to set off the bombs with the purpose of killing all the mutants within the club, but was stopped by Elite Mutant Force members Jesse and Terrence Bedlam. He was arrested and either sent to prison, or more likely, killed.

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