Hate-Monger

A masked villain who wields hatred itself as a weapon, Hate-Monger spreads racial and ideological bigotry to destabilize society, bringing him into conflict with Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. His true identity conceals a sinister secret tied to the worst impulses of human history.

A sinister Silver Age menace, Hate-Monger burst onto the Marvel scene in 1969, conjured by Gary Friedrich, Frank Springer, and Barry Smith in the pages of Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD. Over a span of roughly three decades, this villain carved out a dark corner of the Marvel Universe, crossing paths with some of the publisher's heaviest hitters — Nick Fury, Spider-Man, and Ben Grimm among them. The eclectic company this character keeps, from S.H.I.E.L.D. corridors to Fantastic Four adventures and even the world of the Transformers, speaks to a surprisingly wide reach for a figure with a relatively modest appearance count. For collectors hunting the shadowy edges of the Silver Age, Hate-Monger is exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that makes digging through back issues so rewarding.