Earth-616 Hyperion (Squadron Sinister)
The first Hyperion makes his appearance as a member of Squadron Sinister, a group of supervillains assembled by the Grandmaster to battle the team of heroes known as the Avengers.
Years later, the Squadron Sinister is reunited when Hyperion encounters Nebulon, and in exchange for his freedom promises him the Earth. The Squadron Sinister then manufactures a giant laser cannon in the Arctic and plans to use it to melt the polar ice caps, covering the entirety of the Earth's surface with water. They, however, are foiled by the superhero team known as the Defenders. After this defeat the Squadron Sinister are teleported off the world by Nebulon, but later are returned to Earth. After acquiring an energy-draining weapon, the Squadron Sinister plan to threaten the Earth once again but are defeated once more by the Defenders and the Avenger Hank Pym.
Hyperion later has another encounter with several members of the Avengers, who at the time are seeking out a way to separate Dr. Spectrum's Power Prism from the Wasp. At this time it was revealed that Hyperion was involved with the warrior woman Thundra. Soon after Hyperion battles Thor once again and encounters the Earth-712 version of Hyperion from the Squadron Supreme when he becomes imprisoned in the Earth-712 universe. After being freed by the villain Master Menace he discovers he is actually an inorganic clone created by the Grandmaster modeled on the Hyperion from Earth-712. A bitter and angry Hyperion then impersonates the Squadron Supreme Hyperion for multiple weeks before eventually dying at the hands of the original Hyperion.
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