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| Hive | |
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| Publication information | |
| First appearance | Secret Warriors #2 (May 2009) |
| Created by | Brian Michael Bendis Jonathan Hickman |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | The Hive Mind |
| Team affiliations | Hydra |
| Notable aliases | The Death Swooper, Inhuman King, Parasite, The Great Alveus,Hydra God |
| Abilities | Invulnerability, Possession, (reanimation) |
The Hive Mind, also known simply asHive, is a supervillain appearing incomic books published byMarvel Comics. Hive was an experiment made to physically embody the ideals of the fictional terrorist groupHydra. The entity is composed of untold numbers of genetically engineered parasites.
Hive appeared in the third season of the TV seriesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D., where he was an ancientInhuman and was primarily portrayed byBrett Dalton.
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Hive first appeared inSecret Warriors #2 (May 2009) and was created byBrian Michael Bendis andJonathan Hickman.
Hive was created in theHydra laboratories at their home base of Gehenna. An unnamed and unwitting Hydra agent is offered as a host to multiple parasites, around which they could merge into a singular being. Hive has no identity of its own, with its collective will dominating its human host.[1] As a result of its conditioning, Hive is dedicated to the Hydra cause, to the extent thatBaron Strucker appoints it as afigurehead for the organization.[2]
When Hydra goes to war against the rival organizationLeviathan,Valentina Allegra de Fontaine reveals her true allegiance and murders her predecessor,Viper. Hive possesses and resurrects Viper's corpse, with its parasites forming a bulbous mass on her head.[3]
Hive is presumably killed after being attacked by aS.H.I.E.L.D. team led byNick Fury's son Mikel Fury.[4] Taking back her title as Madame Hydra, Viper and Gorgon break away from Hydra and form an alliance withNorman Osborn'sH.A.M.M.E.R. organization.[5] Osborn arranges for Madame Hydra to have Hive surgically removed from her body.[6]
During theSecret Empire storyline, Hive is revealed to have survived.Madame Hydra recruits Hive into her new Hydra High Council to assistSteve Rogers, who had his history altered to be a Hydrasleeper agent byKobik.[7]
Hive's body consists of a congregation of parasites that can latch away from the mass and attack others at high speed—making them effective projectile weapons. As one, Hive is capable of asserting itself as an individual, albeit without name or personality. Hive is capable of breathing both on land and underwater.
While Hive can improve upon the host's strength and skills it cannot perform impossibilities such as flight if the host cannot. Also, any ailments afflicting the host prior to absorption will still be present and will affect Hive.
Hive, also known asAlveus, appears inAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. This version was originally aMaya warrior (portrayed by Jason Glover) who was captured byKree Reapers, subjected to Terrigenesis, and turned into anInhuman. The process transformed his body into a mass of cellular parasites that survive by inhabiting dead human hosts and can control other Inhumans, placing them under his control in ahive mind. The ancient Inhumans used Kree technology to banish Hive to the planet Maveth, with his remaining worshipers establishing asecret society that became the terrorist organizationHydra.[8] Through Hydra's efforts, Hive returns to Earth and possessesGrant Ward.[9][10] He seizes control of Hydra and recreates the Terrigenesis experiment, spreading a virus that transforms humans into Hive-infectedprimitive Inhumans.[11] Hive is ultimately defeated and killed through the efforts ofS.H.I.E.L.D.[12]