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| Hounds | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Uncanny X-Men #141 (Jan. 1981) |
| Created by | Chris Claremont John Byrne John Romita Jr. |
| In-story information | |
| Type of organization | Enforcers |
| Leader(s) | Ahab |
| Agent(s) | Sabretooth Rachel Summers Caliban Wolverine |
Hounds are the name given to several fictional groups ofmutant characters appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The Hounds first appeared inUncanny X-Men #141 (1981). They are mutants from a dystopian alternate future, brainwashed to hunt and capture other mutants for imprisonment in government internment camps.[1]
The Hounds were first introduced inUncanny X-Men, from the "Days of Future Past"dystopian timeline,[2] as part of the backstory ofRachel Summers. These brainwashed mutant hunters were created and commanded by the cyborgAhab, who used them to hunt down and imprison mutants inconcentration camps.[3] Summers was forced to become one of these Hounds while still an adolescent, which scarred and haunted her for years afterward. Eventually she broke her conditioning and rebelled.[4] As a result, she was sent to the camps herself as punishment.[5]
Shadow King is later seen to use mind-controlled humans called Hounds to trackStorm, who had been transformed into a child byNanny. These Hounds were reduced to a nearly mindless, animalistic state by the Shadow King, apparently for his own amusement.[6]
Adrian Toomes is recruited into working at anOrchis black site to trackNightcrawler through New York.[7] Toomes sendsCloak and Dagger,Feral,Fatale, Animax, andReaper to targetMystique and Nightcrawler.[8]
An alternate universe incarnation of the Hounds from Earth-295 appears inAge of Apocalypse, consisting ofSabretooth,Caliban, andWolverine.
An alternate universe incarnation of the Hounds from Earth-001 appears in the "Spider-Verse" and "Spider-Geddon" storylines, consisting ofSable,Fireheart,Kravinoff,Scorpion,Rhino,Hammerhead,Ox,Hobgoblin,Green Goblin,Vulture, andChameleon.[9][10]
