CULT of HADES

Membership: Link (Pluto), Victoria, numerous others

Purpose: To resurrect the massive Titans on Earth

Affiliations: Titans

Enemies: Champions (Archangel, Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), John Blaze, Hercules, Iceman), X-Force (Jesse Bedlam, Cannonball, Meltdown, Moonstar, Siryn, Sunspot, Warpath)

Base of Operations: Northern California

First Appearance: X-Force/Champions Annual 1998 (1998)

History: (X-Force/Champions Annual 1998 (fb) - BTS) - Posing as a human known as the Link, the Olympian god Pluto established a cult  to worship him, calling it the Cult of Hades. The cult members, some of them mutants, looked to the Link for leadership, and he led them towards reviving the massive Titans in a plot to get revenge on the defunct Champions, who had once defeated him. He promised cult member Victoria glory at his side if she posed as a traitor and contacted Pluto's rival, Hercules, for aid.

(X-Force/Champions Annual 1998) - On the eve of their triumph, the Link informed the Cult that there was a traitor among them, and revealed Victoria to be it. As one Titan began to rise, a large hand sticking out of the Earth, Hercules attacked and began destroying the Cult's temple and fighting against Link, who threatened the life of Victoria if Hercules didn't back down. Members of X-Force attacked and saved Victoria, sending the Cult fleeing. The heroic members of X-Force and the Champions fought Pluto at the site of the Titan's rising, but they sent Pluto fleeing and cast a spell to put the Titan back to sleep. Victoria was later arrested.

Comments: Created by Tom and Mary Bierbaum, Terry Shoemaker, Sean Parsons, and Harry Candelario.

Profile by Chadman.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Cult of Hades has no known connections to

• Cult of the Black Blade, sought Black Blade wielder @ Wolverine II#1
• Cult of the Dark Lord, Black Talon followers @ Strange Tales I#172
• Cult of Death, Thanos worshippers @ X-Men: Spotlight on the Starjammers I#2
• Cult of the Dragon Circle, Black Panther enemies @ Jungle Action I#19
• Cult of Entropy, sought destruction of universe @ Giant-Size Man-Thing I#1
• Cult of the Harvester of Eyes, Defenders enemies @ Marvel Spotlight I#33
• Cult of the Jackal, High Evolutionary allies @ Scarlet Spider Unlimited I#1
• Cult of Kali, trained Shroud @ Master of Kung-Fu I#18
• Cult of Kara-Kai, Kali worshippers @ Marvel Premiere I#19
• Cult of Khonshu, Nepthys allies @ Moon Knight III#25
• Cult of the Living Pharoah @ Marvel Comics Presents I#24/4
• Cult of Love, Spider-Man enemies @ Web of Spider-Man I#40
• Cult of Oranah, worshipped Stag God @ Savage Sword of Conan I#145
• Cult of Satan, Church of Satan @ Tomb of Dracula I#45
• Cult of Sodatha, worshipped Sodatha @ Savage Sword of Conan I#164
• Cult of Thor, Church of Asgard @ Thor II#54
• Cult of the Unliving Four, held Star of Capistan @ Defenders I#42
• Cult of the White Hand, of Hyborian era @ King Conan I#1
• Cult of Wrarrl, worshipped Devourer of Souls @ Savage Sword of Conan I#108
• Cult of Zhered-Na, Man-Thing enemies @ Adventures Into Fear I#13
• or any other "Cult" or "Hades" characters

images: (without ads)
X-Force/Champions Annual 1998, p1, pan1 (main)
                                                            p2, pan1 (cult members)

Appearances:
X-Force/Champions Annual 1998 (1998) - Tom and Mary Beirbaum (writers), Terry Shoemaker (penciler), Sean Parsons and Harry Candelario (inkers), Bobbie Chase (editor)

Last updated: 03/15/07.

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