Crusher Hogan
Crusher Hogan was a professional wrestler who famously offered $100 to anyone who could last three minutes in the ring with him — a challenge that drew a masked teenager who would soon become Spider-Man. Hogan was a legitimate athletic talent competing in New York's wrestling circuit.
Few characters can claim a more legendary debut than Crusher Hogan — a wrestler who stepped onto the page in Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962), one of the most celebrated key issues in all of comics, right at the dawn of Marvel's Silver Age revolution. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, Hogan has been a recurring presence in the Marvel universe ever since, sharing the page across six decades with icons like Spider-Man, Peter Parker, J. Jonah Jameson, and even Venom. With 29 appearances stretching from 1962 all the way to 2025 — including turns in Ultimate Spider-Man, Marvel Comics Presents, and Venom War — this journeyman of the squared circle has proven surprisingly enduring. For collectors, his place in that single immortal debut issue alone makes him a name worth knowing.
Real name. Joseph Hogan
Powers. In his prime as a wrestler, Hogan possessed the normal human strength for a man his age, height, and build who engaged in intensive regular exercise. Expert wrestler: In his prime, Crusher was skilled in various holds, locks, and pressure points.
Affiliations. U.C.W.F.
Top series
Covers through the years — 1962–2021
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