Who Is Hellhound? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Hellhound is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Kai, with over 44 comic issue appearances. Hellhound is an attack-dog trainer and a skilled martial artist.

Who is Hellhound?

The First Hellhound Hellhound Kai was a teenage runaway who resorted to thievery in order to survive until he became the most able student of the Armless Master who presided over a secret martial arts dojo in the backstreets of Gotham City . However, Kai never gave up his night life as a thief which brought him into conflict with a young Selina Kyle. Their first encounter took place at a museum when Kai was conducting an Egyptian ceremony with a religious artifact that resembled Bast, a cat-like goddess. Unfortunately, Selina wanted the artifact as a keepsake so she ruined Kai's ceremony by stealing the artifact. Kai assaulted Selina for her interference while shouting the name "Nehko-Chan" at her but when she regained consciousness, Selina followed Kai back to the dojo for a rematch. Selina bested Kai and the Armless Master was so impressed by Selina's tenacity that he welcomed her as the first woman student in his all male dojo. As time went by, Selina began to show greater promise than Kai but the Armless Master was eventually killed by Lady Shiva which caused Selina to leave the dojo along with the other students. When Selina became Catwoman , Kai eventually found out and he vi.

Key facts

Hellhound is of human origin and first appeared in "Catwoman Year One". The character is published by DC Comics. With 44 recorded issue appearances, Hellhound ranks among the most featured characters in comics.