Hounds (comics)

History

Days of Future Past

The Hounds were first introduced in Uncanny X-Men, from the "Days of Future Past" dystopian timeline, as part of the backstory of Rachel Summers. These brainwashed mutant hunters were created and commanded by the cyborg Ahab, who used them to hunt down and imprison mutants in concentration camps. 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. As a result, she was sent to the camps herself as punishment.

Shadow King's Hounds

Shadow King is later seen to use mind-controlled humans called Hounds to track Storm, who had been transformed into a child by Nanny. These Hounds were reduced to a nearly mindless, animalistic state by the Shadow King, apparently for his own amusement.

Orchis' Hounds

Adrian Toomes is recruited into working at an Orchis black site to track Nightcrawler through New York. Toomes sends Cloak and Dagger, Feral, Fatale, Animax, and Reaper to target Mystique and Nightcrawler.

Other versions

Age of Apocalypse

An alternate universe incarnation of the Hounds from Earth-295 appears in Age of Apocalypse, consisting of Sabretooth, Caliban, and Wolverine.

Spider-Verse

An alternate universe incarnation of the Hounds from Earth-001 appears in the "Spider-Verse" and "Spider-Geddon" storylines, consisting of Sable, Fireheart, Kravinoff, Scorpion, Rhino, Hammerhead, Ox, Hobgoblin, Green Goblin, Vulture, and Chameleon.

In other media

• The Hounds appear in the X-Men: The Animated Series episode "The Fifth Horseman", consisting of Caliban and three unnamed members.
• The Hounds appear in The Gifted, where they are led by Roderick Campbell (portrayed by Garret Dillahunt).

References

References

1. Melrose, Kevin. (October 31, 2017). "''The Gifted'' Just Unleashed Its Latest X-Men Comic Book Threat".
2. Polo, Susana. (July 31, 2019). "''Powers of X'' #1 writes the X-Men a new history in an absolutely unexpected way".
3. Raymond, Charles Nicholas. (October 31, 2017). "The Hounds Are Coming to ''The Gifted''".
4. (October 20, 2017). "The 15 Worst Things To Happen To Women In The X-Men".
5. ''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'' #141 (January 1981)
6. ''Uncanny X-Men'' #266 (August 1990)
7. ''Uncanny Spider-Man'' #2 (December 2023)
8. ''Uncanny Spider-Man'' #3 (January 2024)
9. ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' (vol. 3) #9 (January 2015)
10. ''Spider-Force'' #1-2 (December 2018 - January 2019)
11. "The Fifth Horseman".
12. Lovett, Jamie. (October 31, 2017). "''The Gifted'': What Are Hounds?".
13. Bacon, Tom. (October 23, 2017). "''The Gifted'' Introduces Pulse and Sets up the Mutant-Tracking Hounds".