Some people are too hard headed to let go of the past. Introduced in Amazing Spider-Man #113 (1972) by Gerry Conway and John Romita, the man who would become Hammerhead was a low level mob enforcer who head was shattered on a job. He was discovered in an alleyway by Jonas Harrow, who replaced his skull with a steel plate. Upon waking up, he saw a poster of a 1920’s crime movie and patterned his personality on this period of history. He fashioned his clothes, personality and crime method on this period taking the man Hammerhead.

After Kingpin left crime behind for a time, Hammerhead began a gang war with Dr. Octopus to replace Fisk. He would come into conflict with Spider-man after he kidnapped Aunt May to prevent her from falling into Ock’s hands. He would eventually become one of the enforcers for Silvermaine’s gang. During the Civil War, he tried to organise the super-power criminals into a single unit but was stop by the heroes who were tipped off by Fisk. During the fight he was attacked by Underworld, which left him with a bullet in his head.

When he was sent to hospital to save his life, Mr. Negative sent his men to the hospital and kidnapped Hammerhead. He offered him to transfer his brain to another body adamantium skeleton, which Hammerhead agreed. He began working to Mr. Negative, fighting Spider-man in the process, until Black Cat became a crime lord and he became her second in command. He was later killed by one of Diamondback’s men but resurrected by the Hood who used the Norn Stones to bring him back. After Fisk became the mayor of New York, Hammerhead became involved in another gang war with the Owl.

Hammerhead is one of the lesser known Spider-man villains but is still a fan favourite. He did get a bit of a popularity boast with his role in the 90’s cartoon and the PS4/5 Spider-man game dlc, where he was the main villain (which combine his story with Silvermaine). He sort of received a figure as one of the swappable head that came with the Chameleon of the Rhino wave. He would receive a proper (and bigger) figure as part of the second Spider-man Vintage wave.

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