he is the large headed telepathic enemy
of the green lantern welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll explore
the comic book origins of Hector Hammond
as with most comic book characters there
are often reimagining and different
versions to a character’s past we have
chosen to primarily follow the storyline
which unfolded in the 1960s Green
Lantern comic book series in issue
number 5 and was later expanded upon in
the Justice League of America issue
number 14 Hal Jordan otherwise known as
the Green Lantern has a slew of deadly
enemies however Hector Hammond is one of
the few that is native to his home
planet of Earth originally a petty
criminal on the run from the law
Hammond one day stumbles upon fragments
of a meteor in the woods observing the
radiation startling and rapid evolution
inducing effects on the nearby plant
life he decides to kidnap for scientists
and expose them to its transformative
effects soon after conducting his
devious plan their intelligence rose
exponentially forcing his mutated
prisoners to create advanced technology
he then sells these inventions making a
huge profit he uses the money and
influence to become a powerful celebrity
this piques the interest of Earth’s
Green Lantern protector so Hal Jordan
decides to investigate the mogul and get
to the bottom of his rapid rise and
production of alarmingly advanced
technological innovations in order to
accomplish this how has his mechanic
friend Thomas take on his persona as the
Green Lantern this diversion complete
with replica power ring and costume
allows Hal to seek out answers without
raising suspicions in Hammond or his
organization unaware of the
impersonation
Hammond inadvertently kidnaps Thomas in
order to steal the Green Lantern power
ring succeeding he used his advanced
technology to de-evolve Thomas into a
chimpanzee realizing what has happened
Jordan personally confronts the mogul in
a power ring battle inferior and unable
to recharge Hammonds ring eventually
runs out of energy capturing his new
enemy
Jordan restores his friend and the
they’re scientists to their original
states however this is not the end of
Hector Hammond as he later escapes from
prison and seeks vengeance
Hammond returns to the meteorite and
exposes himself to large amounts of its
cosmic rays his brain grows to an
enormous size giving him telepathic and
telekinetic powers as well as
immortality
unfortunately the power carries
consequences his body becomes
immobilized and he loses the ability to
speak trapped in a motionless state he
uses his psionic powers to communicate
and control the minds of others however
the side effect to this mind-reading
ability is a constant craving and need
to feed off the positive thoughts of
others and rip them from their minds
taking them as his own using his mind
slaves he focuses his energies on
stealing the Green Lantern’s power ring
and battles Hal Jordans several times
throughout the years in 2011 Hector
Hammond made his first major film
appearance in the green lantern as the
first nemesis of Hal Jordan
of the green lantern welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll explore
the comic book origins of Hector Hammond
as with most comic book characters there
are often reimagining and different
versions to a character’s past we have
chosen to primarily follow the storyline
which unfolded in the 1960s Green
Lantern comic book series in issue
number 5 and was later expanded upon in
the Justice League of America issue
number 14 Hal Jordan otherwise known as
the Green Lantern has a slew of deadly
enemies however Hector Hammond is one of
the few that is native to his home
planet of Earth originally a petty
criminal on the run from the law
Hammond one day stumbles upon fragments
of a meteor in the woods observing the
radiation startling and rapid evolution
inducing effects on the nearby plant
life he decides to kidnap for scientists
and expose them to its transformative
effects soon after conducting his
devious plan their intelligence rose
exponentially forcing his mutated
prisoners to create advanced technology
he then sells these inventions making a
huge profit he uses the money and
influence to become a powerful celebrity
this piques the interest of Earth’s
Green Lantern protector so Hal Jordan
decides to investigate the mogul and get
to the bottom of his rapid rise and
production of alarmingly advanced
technological innovations in order to
accomplish this how has his mechanic
friend Thomas take on his persona as the
Green Lantern this diversion complete
with replica power ring and costume
allows Hal to seek out answers without
raising suspicions in Hammond or his
organization unaware of the
impersonation
Hammond inadvertently kidnaps Thomas in
order to steal the Green Lantern power
ring succeeding he used his advanced
technology to de-evolve Thomas into a
chimpanzee realizing what has happened
Jordan personally confronts the mogul in
a power ring battle inferior and unable
to recharge Hammonds ring eventually
runs out of energy capturing his new
enemy
Jordan restores his friend and the
they’re scientists to their original
states however this is not the end of
Hector Hammond as he later escapes from
prison and seeks vengeance
Hammond returns to the meteorite and
exposes himself to large amounts of its
cosmic rays his brain grows to an
enormous size giving him telepathic and
telekinetic powers as well as
immortality
unfortunately the power carries
consequences his body becomes
immobilized and he loses the ability to
speak trapped in a motionless state he
uses his psionic powers to communicate
and control the minds of others however
the side effect to this mind-reading
ability is a constant craving and need
to feed off the positive thoughts of
others and rip them from their minds
taking them as his own using his mind
slaves he focuses his energies on
stealing the Green Lantern’s power ring
and battles Hal Jordans several times
throughout the years in 2011 Hector
Hammond made his first major film
appearance in the green lantern as the
first nemesis of Hal Jordan
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