Dark Reign: The Hood

Marvel’s 2009 limited series Dark Reign: The Hood puts Jeff Parker and Kyle Hotz at the helm of a five-issue crime saga. As the criminal underworld reorganizes under Norman Osborn’s regime, the Hood (Parker Robbins) clashes with old-school villains like the Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite) and the Unicorn (Basil Sandhurst) while his lieutenant John King and tech specialist Brian Calusky help him hold his turf. A sharp, grounded take on Marvel’s supervillain ecosystem during the Dark Reign era, it’s a tense, character-driven look at power, loyalty, and the cost of ambition.