H.A.M.M.E.R.

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H.A.M.M.E.R.
H.A.M.M.E.R. logo
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Secret Invasion #8 (January 2009)
Created by	Brian Michael Bendis
In-story information
Type of organization	Government intelligence agency
Leader(s)	Norman Osborn Deidre Wentworth Formerly: Victoria Hand
Agent(s)	Dark Avengers Dark X-Men Thunderbolts

H.A.M.M.E.R. is a fictional espionage and law enforcement agency appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The organisation is led by Norman Osborn and was formed in Secret Invasion #8 to replace S.H.I.E.L.D. The organisation plays a large part in Marvel's "Dark Reign" and Siege storylines that ran from 2008 to 2010.

What "H.A.M.M.E.R." stands for, or whether it stands for anything at all, has not been revealed. In Dark Avengers #1, Osborn told Victoria Hand that it does stand for something, but when she questioned him further, he told her to "get on that for [him]".^[1] Also, in the Captain America: Reborn Prelude, when Sin, who is captured by H.A.M.M.E.R, asks what it stands for, the agent present claims that it's classified information which she does not have the necessary security clearance to divulge.^[2]