HAIRY ONES

Classification: Semi-humanoid terrestrial race

Location/Base of Operations: Prehistoric wilds of 50,000 B.C.;

Known Members: None identified

Affiliations: None known

Enemies: King Amir and the people of pre-Cataclysmic Crete, Tanir, Tuk

First Appearance: Captain America Comics#2/5 "The Valley of the Mist" (April, 1941)

Powers/Abilities: The Hairy Ones are large and presumably strong, although not superhumanly so.

    They carry and are experienced with spears.

    They were only seen to growl, and it is unrevealed whether they speak any language beyond grunts and growls.

Traits: The Hairy Ones are fierce and savage creatures.

    They have no compunction in slaughtering foes, and they apparently are also willing to torture rather than just outright slay such beings.

    They can overwhelm and slaughter armed guards through strength in numbers and perhaps via ambush, but they did poorly against more experienced warriors.

Type: Bilaterally symmetric humanoid bipeds
Eyes: Two (on head; light blue color seen)
Fingers: Four (plus opposing thumb)
Toes: Unrevealed
Skin color: "Pink" (comparable to Caucasian humanity), at least
Average height: Approximately 5'10"?

History:
(Captain America Comics#4/6 (fb) - BTS) - The Hairy Ones assaulted the city of Crete, torturing and/or killing many of the guards and inhabitants.

    The Hairy Ones rounded up King Amir and his subjects in the city's courtyard, holding them at spearpoint.

(Captain America Comics#4/6 - BTS) - Hoping that King Amir could help them locate the kingdom of Atlantis, Tuk the Caveboy and his companion, Tanir the Cro-Magnon Man, stopped at the city of Crete.

(Captain America Comics#4/6) - Tuk and Tanir discovered the fate of King Amir and his subjects.

    Tuk feared that the Hairy Ones would kill them, and Tanir started by shooting the Hairy Ones' leader with the arrow.

    As both Tuk and Tanir assaulted the Hairy Ones with a series of punches, King Amir urged his people to fight and aid the man and boy who had come as their delivers.

    After Tanir slew one of the last of the Hairy Ones, the others scattered in fright.

(Captain America Comics#4/6 - BTS) - King Amir gratefully showed Tuk and Tanir the way to Atlantis.    

Comments: Created by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (see further discussion below).

    Much of the information copied from MarvelousLuke's profile on King Amir (originally posted 05/31/2014), in which the Hairy Ones previously had a sub-profile).

   According to the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe HC#14: Circa 50,000 BC, early humanity existed as the thick-haired Shaggy Ones, the apish Hairy Ones, the brain-eating Goreks, and the Hairless Ones, progenitors of the Cro-Magnons.

    Here's how the Golden Age Captain America Omnibus HC credits the Tuk stories in Cap Comics #1-5 (information courtesy of Jeph York):

#1 - by Jack Kirby
#2 - art by Al Gabriele* & unknown
#3 - art by Mac Raboy*
#4 - art by unknown with Al Gabriele*
#5 - title page pencils by Jack Kirby, title page inks by Joe Simon, pencils by Al Avison*, inks by Al Gabriele* 

* It was not industry standard in the Golden Age of comics to provide detailed credits for each strip. The artists worked with an ever-changing studio of assistants and secondary artists, while writers often did not sign their name to their work. The stories in this volume were produced by the Simon & Kirby studio and may have included varying levels of work by the creators cited as well as others:

Al Avison, Fred Bell, Martin Burstein, Reed Crandall, Howard Ferguson, Harry Fisk, Al Gabriele, Fred Guardineer, Ernie Hart, Chu Hing, William Clayton King, Bernard Klein, Mort Meskin, George Roussos, Gustav Schrotter, Syd Shores & C.A. Winter

    It is not revealed why the Hairy Ones attacked the people of Crete. Luc speculated that it was due to fear of being replaced by being higher on the evolutionary ladder, but they may have just wanted their city and/or their women, or maybe they were hungry?

    Quality images were in short supply for the single page in which the Hairy Men appeared. I have included all four panels on which they appeared.

   This profile was completed 02/06/2026, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25^th anniversary's celebratory event.

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Hairy Ones should be distinguished from:

• hairy man-eaters of the Hyborian era - see SNOW MEN--Lair of the Ice Worm; Savage Sword of Conan I#34
• BIGFOOT/ABOMINABLE SNOW MAN - see Susquatch--Hulk Comic (UK)#12/1
• BIG FOOT CHESTER - see HOWLING WOLF (Chester Burnett)--Marvel Comics Presents#65/4
• ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN of Earth-41111 - cryptid cared for by the Shy Girl--Kabuki: The Alchemy#3
  
• ABOMINABLE SNOW-KING (Torg) - giant Antarctic beast-man--Sub-Mariner I#55
• ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN (Charles Duntmore) - stole cursed ruby, made him intensely cold, forced to wear heavy furs that kept him from returning to civilization--Strange Tales I#72
  
• ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN (Carl Hanson) --Tales To Astonish I#13
• ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN (     ) - S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Howling Commandos monster force--Nick Fury's Howling Commandos#2
• ABOMINABLE SNOW MAN impostor - member of this race of LIZARD MEN--Tales to Astonish I#24
• ABOMINABLE SNOW MAN impostor - see VICTOR CARTWRIGHT--Tales to Astonish I#24
• ABOMINABLE SNOW MEN - see COLD PEOPLE--Fantastic Four I#145
• BEAST MEN of Brutheim of the Hyborian era - primitive society that fled to the north during the Great Cataclysm--Conan the Barbarian I#2
• SASQUATCH (Walter Langkowski) - Alpha Flight, etc., scientist, former classmate of Bruce Banner, attempted to mutate self with gamma power, actually succeeded in unknowingly bringing body of the Great Beast Tanaraq into Earth, and more complex things...--Uncanny X-Men#121 
• ICE-MONSTER (    ) - creature dwelling outside Germanic village, lonely, circa1962 encountered Hugo Bogg dressed like him and abducted him as a companion--Amazing Adult Fantasy#11/4
• ICE-MONSTER impostor - see BOGG, HUGO--Amazing Adult Fantasy#11/4
• SASQUATCH - part of race of Sasquatches, mistaken for Langkowski and placed in Alpha Flight against his will by Department H, ripped Chinook in half, killed when all but skeleton consumed while saving Radius from an immense virulent bacterial colony released from Department H by Zodiac-Ecliptic. Superhuman strength + durability, savage fighter--Alpha Flight II#1
• SASQUATCH of Earth-3470 (Heather McDaniel Hudson) - reality-hopping Exiles--Exiles I#10
• SASQUATCH race (Sasquatch ) - race of giant, hairy humanoids living in Canada--Alpha Flight II#1
  
• SASQUATCH race of Earth-93060 - Ultraverse--Firearm I#8
• SASQUATCHES/FOREST PEOPLE (abominable snowmen, skunk apes, bigfoots, yetis, swamp apes, wendigos, wood boogers, boggy swamp monsters, hill monkeys, forest devils, cave yellers, hollering things, timber giants, wild men of the woods) - gathered yearly in Hidden City of the Sasquatches--Incredible Hulk IV#11
• SUSQUATCH - one of race of Yeti creatures, ally of Passing Cloud, battled Hulk until making peace, shot and killed by hunters--Hulk Comic (Marvel UK)#12/1
• SNOW MEN of the Hyborian era - aka Hairy Man-Eaters--Lair of the Ice Worm; Savage Sword of Conan I#34
• WHITE APES of SORJOON of the Hyborian era - descended from the snow apes--(mentioned) Weird Tales (July, 1937); Conan the Barbarian I#264
• YETI - see COLD PEOPLE--Fantastic Four I#145
• YETI - --Silver Surfer I#1
• YETI - see GUARDIAN of the GATEWAY--Black Panther I#5
• YETI - tribe of descendants of Cro-Magnon men, lived in Himalayas, discovered and led by Hiram Swenson--Man-Thing II#2
• YETI (Migou) - race discovered by Shang-Chi --Master of Kung-Fu I#124
• YETI - First Line--Fantastic Four I#99
  
• YETI - Weapon: PRIME--X-Force#11
• YETI - Lunatic Legion associate--Spider-Man Drakes Cakes mini-comics series II#1
• YETI - skull seen on Shroud's desk--Spectacular Spider-Man Annual#14/ ?
• YETRIGAR - immense semi-humanoid hominid, preserved in ice below Alberta, Canada, awakened by underground nuclear testing, grew to immense size from radiation, encountered and battled Godzilla and Red Ronin, buried under landslide in grand canyon, unearthed by Mockingbird to distract Avengers, defeated, sent to Vault--Godzilla#10
• YETTI - human cursed for his greed, transformed by Lama into Yetti; restored to human form after learning his lesson, replaced as Yetti by "Tom Tucker"--Strange Worlds#1/2
• YETTI ("Tom Tucker") - cursed for his greed, transformed by Lama into Yetti, returning the previous Yetti to his human form--Strange Worlds#1/2
• other hairy races, places, beings, groups, items or events...
  

images: (without ads)
Captain America Comics#2/5, pg. 2, panel 3 (holding gathered Cretans);
          panel 4 (Tanir aiming arrow at leader);
          panel 5 (Tuk and Tanir fighting Hairy Ones);
          panel 7 (Tanir stabbing Hairy One)

Appearances:
Captain America Comics#2/5 "The Valley of the Mist" (April, 1941) - Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (writer and artist; see comments)

First posted: 09/30/2026
Last updated: 02/06/2026

Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.

Non-Marvel Copyright info
All other characters mentioned or pictured are ™ and © 1941-2099 Marvel Characters, Inc. All Rights Reserved. If you like this stuff, you should check out the real thing!
Please visit The Marvel Official Site at: http://www.marvel.com

Special Thanks to www.g-mart.com for hosting the Appendix, Master List, etc.!

Back to Races