Who Is Hammerhead? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Hammerhead is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Joseph Harrow, with over 522 comic issue appearances. A small time criminal that worked his way up to having his own crime family within the Maggia.

Who is Hammerhead?

Origin Originally the son of a Russian mechanic he lies to a young school girl claiming to be Italian (both are school age at this time) and a bully interrupts and pummels him. The girl and the bully leave and go see a movie. Hammerhead follows, and when he believes there is no one to witness his acts, he bashes the couple’s skulls in. Rather than leaving the cinema right away he sits and watches the movie, a gangster film about Al Capone. Hammerhead was not the only person left in the theater. The murders had been witnessed by a member of the local Mafia who recruits him for work. Next we see the gang torturing his father, who had refused to pay extortion money. Hammerhead steps up and delivers the kill shot after telling his father he was denying him, claiming his father was from Sicily and had died in the war.

Key facts

Hammerhead is of cyborg origin and first appeared in "They Call the Doctor...Octopus!". The character is published by Marvel. With 522 recorded issue appearances, Hammerhead ranks among the most featured characters in comics.