Cameron Hodge is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an opponent of the X-Men. Created by writer Bob Layton and artist Jackson Guice, he first appeared as a supporting character in X-Factor #1 (Feb. 1986). Later, under writer Louise Simonson, he was revealed to be secretly acting against X-Factor as the leader of an anti-mutant Right organization. After being killed, his head was later revealed to have been attached to a large cyborg, and later merged with the cybernetic extraterrestrial Phalanx race. Publication history He first appeared in X-Factor #1 (Feb.–March 1986), and was created by Bob Layton and Jackson Guice. The character subsequently appears in X-Factor #4-5 (May–June 1986), #7-9 (Aug.–Oct. 1986), The Amazing Spider-Man #282 (November 1986), X-Factor #10-11 (Nov.–Dec. 1986), Iron Man Annual #8 (1986), X-Factor Annual #1 (1986), X-Factor #13-14 (Feb.–March 1987), #16-18 (May–July 1987), #21-23 (Oct.–Dec. 1987), The New Mutants #60 (Feb. 1988), X-Factor #32 (Sept. 1988), #34 (Nov. 1988), #36 (Jan. 1989), The New Mutants #95 (Nov. 1990), X-Factor #60 (Nov. 1990), The New Mutants #96 (Dec. 1990), The Uncanny X-Men #271 (Dec. 1990), X-Factor #61 (Dec. 1990), The New Mutants #97 (Jan. 1991), The Uncanny X-Men #272 (Jan. 1991), X-Factor #62 (Jan. 1991), The Uncanny X-Men #306 (Nov. 1993), #313 (June 1994), Excalibur #79 (July 1994), Wolverine #85 (Sept. 1994), X-Factor #106 (Sept. 1994), Cable #16 (Oct. 1994), New X-Men vol. 2 #16-17 (Sept.–Oct. 2005), and X-Force vol. 3 #3 (June 2008). Cameron Hodge received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #3. Fictional character biography X-Factor and The Right Cameron Hodge was the college roommate of Warren Worthington III (also known as the superhuman Angel). Hodge then took a public relations job with a New York advertising firm. After Angel's former superhero team disbanded, Hodge and Worthington hatched a plan to reunite the original roster of the X-Men. Under Hodge's plan, the five mutants would pose as professional mutant hunters under the name X-Factor. They would use this cover to contact and teach young mutants. However, the plan backfired, as X-Factor's advertising campaign increased anti-mutant hysteria. In addition, the team suffered a series of major setbacks. After suffering severe injuries during the Mutant Massacre, Angel has his wings amputated, and then seemingly dies in a private jet explosion. Tensions arose between X-Factor members Cyclops and