Who Is Henry Gyrich? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Henry Gyrich is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Henry Peter Gyrich, with over 702 comic issue appearances. Henry Peter Gyrich, an ambitious politician, has often been a thorn in the side to the superhuman community. Afraid of that which is different, Gyrich has often hindered the effectiveness of superheroes and has been among the first to blame them for society's ills.

Who is Henry Gyrich?

Creation Henry Gyrich was created by Jim Shooter and John Byrne and first appeared in The Avengers #165. Character Evolution Henry Gyrich was first seen with the Avengers, a government agent assigned to keep the them under wrap. He had a policy of no more than six people on the team at once, leading to Hawkeye 's replacement temporarily with the Falcon . Gyrich since went on to be a thorn in the backside of more than just the Avengers and started targeting mutants. After running for presidency, being brainwashed into being an assassin, trying to depower all of Earth's super humans, he eventually came to oversee The Initiative where he developed a personal team of superhuman bodyguards known as the Shadow Initiative . After it was discovered he had covered up the death of MVP and had illegally duplicated him, he was fired. However he soon became head of SWORD and tried to rid Earth of all aliens. He was later brainwashed by the Queen Hydra and used to work against America.

Key facts

Henry Gyrich is of human origin and first appeared in "Hammer of Vengeance!". The character is published by Marvel. With 702 recorded issue appearances, Henry Gyrich ranks among the most featured characters in comics.