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| “ | I just want to thank you for showing me what I've been doing wrong for years. If I want to rule this city, I gotta modernise. Evolve. Now that I'm evolved, it's time for me be the boss I always shoulda been. Just as soon as I kill you both. | „ |
| ~ Hammerhead during this final fight with Spider-Man and Silver Sable. |
Hammerhead is a major antagonist in the 2018 video game Marvel's Spider-Man, as he was an unseen Bigger Bad in the main game's side mission Cat's Cradle, and later appeared as the main antagonist in the three-episode DLC pack, The City That Never Sleeps.
He is a ruthless crime lord and head of one of the criminal families of the Maggia organization, who aimed to overthrow his fellow dons and take over all of New York City with stolen Sable International technology.
He is voiced by Keith Silverstein.
History
Origins
Little is known about Hammerhead's life before becoming a member of the Maggia crime syndicate. What is known is that he was born in Russia and that he had a carbon steel plate placed into his head following an attempt on his life, which granted him increased strength and durability in his forehead.
Marvel's Spider-Man
Even though he never physically appeared in the main game, Hammerhead's plan was foreshadowed in the side mission Cat's Cradle when Spider-Man found Black Cat's hideout and her apparent plan to blackmail the other Maggia dons.
The City That Never Sleeps
The Heist
In the first DLC episode, he sends Black Cat to steal multiple data drives in order to blackmail the other Maggia dons. However, after learning that she betrayed him and stole the data for herself, Hammerhead rigs her apartment to explode and watches her "death" from a nearby building as Spider-Man attempted to save her, unaware that she survived.
Turf War
Following Cat's deception, Hammerhead changed his plans and shifted to instead kill the other dons. He also began stealing more of Sable International's hardware and declared open war on the rest of Maggia, as well as the N.Y.P.D. During a attack on Harlem Sanitarium by the N.Y.P.D., Hammerhead captured and killed Captain Yuri Watanabe's squadron, and even though Spider-Man arrived, he escaped in the confusion.
Going into hiding in the meantime, Hammerhead planned to assassinate the other dons and kidnapped them with Sable International's tech. While stealing more equipment, he even tricked Spider-Man away from a precinct so he can send his men into stealing crates containing "Project Olympus", killing numerous cops in process which infuriated Watanabe.
As a final stage in his plan to bring back the good ol' days, Hammerhead planned to his status by killing the other dons in a public and televised execution by burying them in a pit with cement at Hudson Yards. In the meantime, Hammerhead enhances himself with Project Olympus, an experimental battle armor. However, the execution of the dons was foiled by Spider-Man, who confronted Hammerhead on top of the construction site.
Shrugging off Spider-Man's interference, Hammerhead decided to kill Spider-Man, in order to get the fear and respect that he craved. Despite the power boost given by the armor, and the aid of several of his men, Hammerhead is ultimately defeated. But before the police could bring him into custody, Watanabe arrived, driven over the edge by Hammerhead's schemes and coldly shot him in the head before the Spider-Man and the other officers could stop her.
Hammerhead's body was placed in an ambulance, likely to be taken to the morgue. However, the transport was sabotaged by one of Hammerhead's men, who revived Hammerhead with a taser.
Silver Lining
Following Hammerhead's escape, his men continued stealing Sable International tech to enhanced his crime family. However, while Silver Sable returns to the city to reclaim her stolen tech, Hammerhead, angered that he wasn't powerful enough, forced Oscorp scientists to make him less human and more robotic, by removing his already-indestructible head and placing it on a gigantic super-enhanced robot body. He reveals his new powers by attacking Spider-Man and kidnapping Sable.
During the end of the episode, he confronts and battles Spider-Man and Sable on her secret base. Deducing that he is weak to heat, Spider-Man and Sable use this weakness against him by shooting heat lasers at his forehead before crashing him into the ship with a jet, therefore finally defeating the crime boss for good. It is unknown if he was killed in the process or is still alive and currently incarcerated.
Gallery
Trivia
- Interestingly, the full name of this version of Hammerhead is never revealed, though is presumably the same as his 616 version (Joseph Lorenzi).
- Hammerhead's character bio explains that he is 6'5" and weighs 290 lbs. It also says that his birthplace is Russia.
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