| “ | I don't believe we've met. I'm Cameron Hodge, former liaison to the Genoshan government. Your mutant friends cost me an arm and a leg! Thanks to the Phalanx, I've made a complete recovery. In return, I am a kind of...guide for their operation on Earth. But enough about me, let's talk about you. Your healing factor poses quite a problem for us; you resist assimilation even more than other mutants. But your entire skeleton is bonded with Adamantium, a very good conductor. By assimilating your bones, the Phalanx will examine you from the inside-out. | „ |
| ~ Hodge's friendly act upon meeting Wolverine. |
Cameron Hodge is a minor recurring antagonist in X-Men: The Animated Series, serving as the main antagonist of "The Phalanx Covenant".
He is an anti-mutant politician who eventually became part of the Phalanx after losing an arm and a leg thanks to Cable.
He was voiced by Stephen Ouimette.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- He helps run Genosha like a concentration camp for mutants, forcing them to build a dam with depowering collars around their necks that'll explode if they try to remove it.
- While it is stated that the prisoners would be let go after the job was done, this was most likely a complete lie in order to get their spirits up for nothing, since Gyrich and Trask allowed Jubilee to start a riot for that exact same purpose.
- While he does show care for the Leader (threatening to shoot Cable if he doesn't let him go), this was likely out of fanaticism more than anything else, plus they were on the way to Switzerland so he probably didn't want to miss his trip.
- He knowingly and willingly aids the Phalanx in its plan to assimilate all living beings throughout the entire universe just to end mutations, starting with Earth. When Beast points out that this will end the very concept of individual thought and emotion, which is what makes life life, Hodge proudly calls it a small price to pay for "perfection".
- While this plan isn't full-on omnicidal like Apocalypse and D'Ken's were, it's a universal fate worse than death so comparing Hodge to those two is unfair.
- He even states his intention to assimilate Wolverine's Adamantium skeleton from the inside-out. This process would actually be very graphic if it happened as open wounds don't last long due to his healing factor, meaning that the Phalanx would have to enter through an orifice that's already there.
- At the end of the episode "Hidden Agendas", he's revealed to be the leader of a rogue military group trying to create an army of brainwashed mutant slaves.
