Members of The Hood's Crime Syndicate
The Hood himself has answered to either the mystical entity Dormammu or the Asgardian Loki. Among the members of Hood's Crime Syndicate (sorted into parts of the Crime Syndicate) are:
Scientists:
- Answer (Aaron Nicholson)
- Centurius
- Chemistro (Calvin Carr)
- Controller
- Doctor Demonicus
- Dr. Jonas Harrow
- Microchip
- Wizard
Criminal Masterminds:
- Crimson Cowl
- Crossfire
- Deathwatch
- Jigsaw
- Madame Masque
- Masked Marauder
- Slug
Elementals:
- Cyclone (André Gerard)
- Hydro-Man
- Vapor (of the U-Foes)
Energy manipulators:
- Basilisk (Basil Elks)
- Blackout (Marcus Daniels)
- Electro
- Firebrand (Gary Gilbert)
- Graviton
- Lightmaster
- Living Laser
- Megatak
- Nitro
- Scorcher
- Shocker
- Sunstroke
- X-Ray (of the U-Foes)
- Vector (of the U-Foes)
Magicians:
- Black Talon (Samuel Barone)
- Brothers Grimm (Percy and Barton Grimes)
Mind manipulators:
- Corruptor
- Dansen Macabre (of Night Shift)
- Lascivious
- Letha
- Mandrill
- Mentallo
- Mind-Wave
- Miracle Man
- Mirage (Desmond Charne)
- Mister Fear (Alan Fagan)
- Purple Man
- Scarecrow
- Wraith (Brian DeWolff)
Strongmen:
- Armadillo
- Blood Brothers
- Bloodshed
- Crusader (Arthur Blackwood)
- Grey Gargoyle
- Griffin
- Grizzly (Maxwell Markham)
- Ironclad (of the U-Foes)
- Mister Hyde
- Tiger Shark
- Tombstone
- Wrecking Crew
- Bulldozer
- Piledriver
- Thunderball
- Wrecker
Speedsters:
- Blue Streak (Don Thompson)
- Cheetah
- Speed Demon
Spies or Assassins:
- Blackout (Half-Demon version)
- Bushwacker
- Cutthroat
- Death Adder (Roland Burroughs)
- Deathlok (Luther Manning)
- Foolkiller (Kurt Gerhardt)
- Razor Fist (William Scott)
- Shockwave
- Spot (a mole for Mister Negative)
- White Dragon II
Other:
- Bird-Man (Achille DiBacco)
- Black Abbott
- Centurious
- Clown II
- Enforcers
- Fancy Dan
- Montana
- The Ox
- Hijacker
- Human Cannonball
- Human Fly (Richard Deacon)
- John King
- Knickknack
- Man-Fish
- Night Shift
- Digger (Roderick Krupp)
- Needle
- Tatterdemalion
- Squid
- Turk Barrett
- Turner D. Century
- Vermin
- White Rabbit
Notably, some of the members of this syndicate later become members of MODOK's 11, including Mentallo and Living Laser, who are both thought to be killed in action while on that team. Within that series, a small amount of the Hood's influence is displayed in the Purple Man using the money he has been given, along with his powers, to take over a large casino, where he attempts to subdue Mentallo, possibly on the Hood's behalf. Since the end of the series, Living Laser has developed himself into a more complex being of energy (though he later joins the Initiative, which is now mostly just an extension of Hood's Gang posing as heroes). Armadillo departs from supervillainy to aid Deadly Nightshade in clearing the name of their friend, the Puma.
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