Hounds (comics)

Hounds
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceUncanny X-Men #141 (Jan. 1981)
Created byChris Claremont
John Byrne
John Romita Jr.
In-story information
Type of organizationEnforcers
Leader(s)Ahab
Agent(s)Sabretooth
Rachel Summers
Caliban
Wolverine

Hounds are the name given to several fictional groups of mutant characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Hounds first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #141 (1981). They are mutants from a dystopian alternate future, brainwashed to hunt and capture other mutants for imprisonment in government internment camps.