The Hand (comics)

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The Hand is a supervillain organization appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The organization first appeared in Daredevil #174 (cover dated September 1981) and was created by writer/artist Frank Miller; they were introduced shortly after Elektra, who infiltrates the group. Later in the 1980s, they appear in stories written by Chris Claremont as antagonists of Wolverine and the X-Men. The Hand is an order of evil ninjas, primarily based in Japan, who direct criminal activities, particularly assassination. According to later stories by D.G. Chichester and C.B. Cebulski, they were founded in the 16th century as a secret society of Japanese nationalists but were soon co-opted by the Snakeroot, an ancient ninja clan. The clan serves a primordial demon known as "the Beast of the Hand". Members of the Hand are practitioners of powerful occult magic; they can murder a person and resurrect the person as a servant of the Hand; Elektra has been able to reverse this programming...

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