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His real name is Parker Robbins. He was a small-time crook in NYC until stumbling upon a demon while breaking into a warehouse. He (possibly) killed said demon and stole it's stuff- the titular Hood (which can turn invisible) and a pair of boots which allow him to walk on air (as opposed to fly). He was introduced in a six-issue miniseries by Brian K Vaughan before Runaways/Y/Ex-Machina made his name.
More recently he appeared in the miniseries Beyond!, where he , Hank Pym, Medusa, Venom, Kraven the Hunter (new version), Flamebird, Gravity and, most importantly, Deathlok were snatched and made to fight to the death. At the end Deathlok seemed to have become fully human, and was still human in the recent Fantastic Four issues which dealt with the fallout from Beyond!, so the Deathlok cyborg in NA#33 isn't him.
The Hood is a little more interesting as a character than Wilson Fisk and the like. For a start he's young- probably no older than Spiderman, far too young to be the new Kingpin of Crime. Spidey is probably the closest comparison in terms of personality- think of him as somebody who never learned that with great power comes something-something. There's also the question of whether he's fully in control- he's been getting more viscous since he started wearing the hood and now has glowing red eyes, as sure a sign of evil as doing your hair and man-make-up like Pete Wentz from Fallout Boy and becoming a great jazz pianist. |
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