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| Hammer and Anvil | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Hulk #182 (December 1974) |
| Created by | Len Wein (writer) Herb Trimpe (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Deterrence Research Corporation |
| Member(s) | Hammer Anvil |
Hammer and Anvil are supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Hammer and Anvil first appeared in Hulk #182 (December 1974), and were created by Len Wein and Herb Trimpe. [1] [2]
Leroy "Hammer" Jackson is an African-American prisoner said to hate everyone and everything. As part of a chain gang, Hammer is chained to white supremacist Johnny Anvil. The pair's hatred of prison, however, is stronger than their hate for each other and they succeed in escaping the chain gang while still chained together. When the two encounter an alien who had crashed on Earth, Hammer attempts to kill it, but inadvertently saves the creature's life; it feeds on metal and uses the bullets fired at it to regenerate. Out of gratitude, the alien replaces the chain linking Hammer and Anvil with a device that grants them superhuman powers. The two return to prison seeking revenge and end up battling the Hulk. [3] [4]
Hammer and Anvil are hired as field operatives by the Deterrence Research Corporation. They encounter and battle Spider-Man and the Guardians of the Galaxy. [5] [6] [2] Hammer and Anvil kidnap Amanda Sheridan for the DRC and battle Spider-Woman. [7]
Lured into the Nevada desert to fight the Hulk, Hammer is shot through the head by the Scourge of the Underworld, disguised as a Native American shaman. Due to his link to Hammer, Anvil dies soon afterward. [8] [9]
Hammer and Anvil are linked at the wrist by an energy chain that gives them the ability to absorb kinetic energy and convert it into strength. However, this also causes them to share pain. [4]
Alternate universe variants of Hammer and Anvil from Earth-1610 appear in Ultimate Fantastic Four #49. These versions are Russian and missing opposite arms, with bolts of energy linking them on their limbless sides like a diode. [10]
In Marvel Team-Up #86, Spider-Man encounters the Guardians of the Galaxy...This team-up however, is brought more by Spider-Man being captured by bad guys Hammer and Anvil (created by Lein Wein and Herb Trimpe and first appearing in Incredible Hulk #182), only to then get rescued by the Guardians.
[Hammer and Anvil] were introduced to readers as two convicts, one a black man and the other a hardened white supremacist, who were shackled together (like the 1958 film The Defiant Ones) by a sadistic prison warden. Putting their "differences" aside long enough to bust out of prison, they escaped only to be encountered by a dying alien who granted them both superhuman strength but made it so the two were linked both physically and mentally through their chain.
Hammer and Anvil were two thieves who had a whole load of Marvel superheroes in a spin. They stole some precious alien technology and were evading Spider-Man masterfully. That was until the Guardians of the Galaxy popped by to help the good old neighborhood-friendly Spidey. Hammer and Anvil run with the important technology and data not knowing what's coming for them. Along with the Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Man helps keep a couple of S.H.I.E.L.D secrets from the world.
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