Real Name: Hogun

Occupation: Warrior, Adventurer, former bodyguard

Legal Status: Naturalized citizen of Asgard

Other Aliases: Hogun the Grim, Tyrone Hammer, Leo Kincaid (mortal guises),

Identity: The general populace of Earth is unaware of Hogun's existence; he is not a known figure in Norse or German mythology.

Place Of Birth: An unidentified land within the Asgardian dimension

Marital Status: Single

Known Relatives: None known

Group Affiliation: The Warriors Three, ally of the Gods of Asgard

Base Of Operations: Asgard

First Appearance: Journey into Mystery #119

History: Hogun is a member of an extra-dimensional race of beings known as the Asgardians, who were worshipped as gods by the Ancient Germanic and Scandinavian tribes of Western Europe. The Asgardians were among the major gods of the Vikings, but unlike several of the Asgardians, Hogun was not included as a god among the pantheons of the Norse or German gods. It is known the Gods of Asgard have gone through several incarnations of destruction and rebirth, and that Hogun might have been born during an incarnation of Asgard that occurred after the end of the worship of the Asgardian Gods on Earth, but this is unconfirmed.

It is known that Hogun was born in a land elsewhere in the Asgardian dimension that had been conquered by Mogul of the Mystic Mountain. Joined by Thor, Fandral and Volstagg, they defeated Mogul and liberated his homeland, but Hogun afterward decided to stay with Hogun and Volstagg under an oath of friendship and a love for adventure. The three of them became known as the Warriors Three, Asgard's most famous warriors, beyond Thor himself and Tyr, the god of war.

With Thor, Volstagg and Fandral, Hogun engaged in several adventures both within and beyond Asgard. Several of their exploits involved the treachery and lies of Loki, the god of deceit. They also battled the warrior king Harokin, King Fafnir of Nastrond and Mogul of the Mystic Mountain who had conquered Hogun's homeland. However, Hogun was soon found guilty of duplicity in the murder of Holth, the son of Grives, one of the Frost Giants. In order to rectify the death of the youth, Thor and the Warriors Three were forced to engage in several quests to bring back gifts for the beleaguered father. One of the gifts they pursued was Slaughter, the Spear of Culann, a mystical weapon kept brewing in the land of Tir Na Nog within Otherworld, the world of the Celtic Gods, to satiate its bloodlust. Upon claiming the spear, Hogun spurred the wrath of the elfin race on Tir Na Nog and battled Culann himself to a standstill, retreating Tir Na Nog to finish their quest.

The Warriors Three soon joined Thor, Sif and Hildegarde of the Valkyries to battle Ego-Prime, but upon learning the being had been a pawn in Odin's plan to awaken the power from three of the Young Gods, they fell out of favor with Odin and were exiled to Earth. They took up residency on Earth at the home of the Avengers, allies of Thor, and joined Thor in his battle with Mephisto. Odin eventually revoked their banishment after overthrowing Igron from the throne of Asgard, but they had more adventures on Earth against Zarrko the Tomorrow Man and the Time-Twisters.

The Warriors Three soon rose to defend Asgard from the armies of the dead led by Seth, the Egyptian god of death and to overthrow another of Loki's bids for power over the throne. Hogun traveled to Earth to find Thor who was in exile from Asgard and soon returned to help defend Asgard. Seth eventually returned to attack Asgard through Yggdrasil, but Odin had cast spells to protect the Asgardians by hiding them on Earth in mortal roles. Hogun became Tyrone Hammer, a high school football coach, but he retained enough of his memories to join several other Lost Asgardians, including Fandral, Volstagg, Sif and Hermod, to battle Seth and reclaim Asgard. The victory was short-lived as it left them unprepared by an attack by the Dark Gods, who claimed Asgard. During their imprisonment, Thor had been lost within another dimension, and on his return freed Hogun and the other Asgardians to overthrow the Dark Gods and reclaim Asgard.

After Odin vanished while battling Surtur, Thor took his place as his replacement and became king of Asgard and possessor of the Odin-Power. Thor's reign was briefly tempered by his choice to move Asgard into the Earthly dimension during which time the Warriors Three remained loyal to Thor.

Eventually, Loki set a revised version of Ragnarok into motion, and Hogun fell in battle alongside Sif and Fandral defending Asgard. Although he died heroically in battle, Thor faced off against mysterious beings known as Those Who Live Above In Shadow, and learned they were responsible for Asgard's cycles of destruction and rebirth. Giving his life to destroy these cycles, Thor initiated the Twilight of the Gods which claimed Asgard and all the lives in them.

Due to Odin's previous spells on Yggdrasil, Hogun, Volstagg and Fandral were reborn as mortals on Earth. Volstagg became Leo Kincaid, a San Francisco security guard stationed in Dahran, Africa. When Mjolnir returned from outer space, Thor reclaimed it in the form of his prior mortal incarnation of Donald Blake and recreated Asgard near Broxton, Oklahoma and regathered the Asgardians reclaiming their true identities. The Warriors Three eventually became loyal to Balder, who replaced Thor following the death of Bor, a previous king, a part of an elaborate plot Loki had to humiliate Thor. The Warriors Three soon followed Thor in exile on Earth, and joined Thor to defend Asgard under attack by HAMMER.

Alongside the Warriors Three and Thor, Hogun remains one of Asgard's staunchest champions, willing to lay down his life to defend it. Although much of his past is unrevealed, Thor considers him one of his staunchest comrades.

Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 670 lbs.
Eyes: Gray
Hair: Black

Strength Level: Hogun possesses superhuman strength and can lift (press) around 35 tons under optimal conditions.

Known Superhuman Powers: Hogun possesses the conventional physical attributes of the Asgardian gods. He is extremely long-lived, but he is not immortal like the Olympian Gods; he ages at an extremely slow rate since reaching adulthood and cannot die by any conventional means. He is immune to all Earthly diseases and is resistant to conventional injury. If he were somehow wounded, his godly life force would enable him to recover with superhuman speed. It would take an injury of such magnitude that it dispersed a major portion of his bodily molecules to cause him a physical death. Even then, it might be possible for a god of significant power, such as Odin or for a number of Asgardian gods of equal power working together to revive him. Hogun also possesses superhuman strength and his Asgardian metabolism provides him with far greater than human endurance in all physical activities. (Asgardian flesh and bone is about three times as dense as similar human tissue, contributing to the superhuman strength and weight of the Asgardian Gods.)

Hogun has greater strength, speed, agility and resistance to injury than any other Asgardian male, with the exception of Odin, Thor and Tyr. His advanced musculature generates considerably less fatigue toxins than the musculature of a human. He can physically exert himself at peak capacity for about twenty-four hours before fatigue begins to impair him. His skin, muscle and bone is much harder and more resistant to injury than similar human tissue.

Like all other Asgardians, Hogun ages at an extremely slow rate. He is not immortal, but he is exceptional long-lived. He is immune to terrestrial disease and frailties.

Abilities: Hogun is an excellent combatant in armed and unarmed combat. He is also trained to use all forms of Asgardian weaponry and is more skilled in using a mace.

Weaponry: Hogun's primary weapon of choice is his mace, Hridgandr, but he also has access to all sorts of other weapons such as swords, shields and spears.

Comments: Hogun is a character in the Marvel Universe; he is not a mythological character.

Hogun was played by Todanobu Asano in Thor (2012).

Theoretically, the Warriors Three (Fandral, Hogun and Volstagg) could represent Norse equivalents of Apollo, Ares and Dionysus. Their attire is reflecting of the Saxon, Hun and German worshippers of the Gods of Asgard with Thor representing the Vikings. Their personalities hearken to the film personalities of Errol Flynn, Charles Bronson and Orson Wells.

Last updated: 04/14/13