PANDORA

Real Name: Pandora

Identity/Class: Magic being

Occupation: Would-be world conqueror

Affiliations: Things in The Box (Fear, Greed, Hate, Hope, Spero, War, others)

Enemies: Dan Harper; George Ashton

Known Relatives: Zeus ("father")

Aliases: "All-Gifted"

Base of Operations: An unnamed tropical island; later Shadow Mountain

First Appearance: Captain America's Weird Tales#75 (February, 1950)

Powers/Abilities: Pandora has an incredibly long lifespan, although she is not entirely immortal. She does age, but at a rate much slower than a normal human. She also has the power to take on a form familiar to those near her through a form of hypnotization, and always takes on a form much younger than she really is. Pandora also has mind-control over the creature(s) that reside in her box.

HOPE

(Captain America's Weird Tales#75 (fb)/Incredible Hulks#627 (fb)/Myth) - Zeus gave Pandora a sealed box and instructed her to never open it. Curiosity got the best of her, and when she opened it, a multitude of plagues emerged to attack mankind. She closed the box too late, and only one thing remained in the box, Hope.

(Captain America's Weird Tales#75) - At some point the box got into the possession of a gypsy, who sold it in England during the year 1426 to theater group leader Ben Jackson. Jackson utilized the box as a prop in his Pandora's Box play with his love Nancy Terry in the leading role. Terry was abducted by one of the evils inside the box, but Hope aided Jackson in saving her from the box. Jackson tossed the box into a fire afterward to prevent something like this from ever happening again.

(Incredible Hulks#629 (fb) - BTS) - Hope stayed trapped in Pandora's box for millennia. It felt betrayed, abandoned and alone. (Incredible Hulks#629) - After Tyrannus shot Pandora's box the spirit of hope escaped, but it was so angry that it lashed out at everyone. Hulk inhaled and ate it, ending the threat. --Captain America's Weird Tales#75 (Captain America's Weird Tales#75 (fb)/Journey Into Mystery I#74 (fb)/Incredible Hulks#627 (fb)/Myth, Captain America's Weird Tales#75, [Incredible Hulks#629 (fb)], Incredible Hulks#629

PANDORA'S BOX

(Captain America's Weird Tales#75 (fb)/Journey Into Mystery I#74 (fb)/Incredible Hulks#627 (fb)/Myth) - Zeus gave Pandora a sealed box and instructed her to never open it. Curiosity got the best of her, and when she opened it, a multitude of plagues emerged to attack mankind. She closed the box too late, and only one thing remained in the box, Hope.

(Strange Tales I#109 (fb) ) - After Pandora had opened the box the sorceress Circe used her magic powers to force the evils back into the box.

(Captain America's Weird Tales#75) - At some point the box got into the possession of a gypsy, who sold it in England during the year 1426 to theater group leader Ben Jackson. Jackson utilized the box as a prop in his Pandora's Box play with his love Nancy Terry in the leading role. Terry was abducted by one of the evils inside the box, but Hope aided Jackson in saving her from the box. Jackson tossed the box into a fire afterward to prevent something like this from ever happening again.

(Uncanny Tales I#54) - Pandora's box was obtained by a "Mr. Dora" who collected all of the negative characteristics and thoughts of the town Midville and placed them in the box, turning the town into a virtual utopia. When crook Mort Lowman opened the box, the evils were released again, and Mr. Dora set out to find a new town.

BTS - Pandora regained possession of the box (or the above story took place later).

(Journey Into Mystery I#74) - Dan Harper landed on an uncharted tropical island, where he encountered a young woman who pleaded with him to open a large box of hers, promising jewels and clothes inside. When Harper did so, a creature climbed out, and the girl revealed herself to be the legendary Pandora. The Thing in the Box then grew to massive size, and Pandora sent it out to attack the world, which it conquered quite easily. Pandora eventually agreed to command the Thing back into its box. Thereafter, the box was buried and Pandora.

(Chamber of Darkness#3/3 - BTS) - Pandora and the box somehow managed to relocate to Shadow Mountain, in the United States.

(Chamber of Darkness#3/3) - George Ashton encountered a young woman who asked him to open her box, and when he obliged, a rotting corpse-like Thing crawled out of it, and began to turn everything it touched into rotting material. She eventually agreed to put the Thing back in the box.

(Strange Tales I#109) - Pandora's box came into the possession of the Sorcerer (Dorian Murdstone), who used it for his criminal endeavors.

(Incredible Hulks#626) - Pandora's box was stored in a mystically sealed vault at the Museo Della Mitologia Antica in Rome. Tyrannus and Red She-Hulk stole it by tricking the Hulk to smash the vault door.

(Incredible Hulks#627) - Bruce Banner and cryptomythologist Dr. Sofia di Cosimo tried their best to convince Tyrannus and Betty not to open Pandora's Box. The Knights of Rome abducted Dr. di Cosimo, Tyrannus and Pandora's box.

(Incredible Hulks#628) - Tyrannus knocked out the Knights of Rome's leader to retrieve Pandora's box from him while Hulk and Red She-Hulk defeated a bird consisting of Zeus' energies, which had been summoned by the Knights' leader. Tyrannus then took control over the Knights' flying fortress.

(Incredible Hulks#629) - While Tyrannus fought the Hulk by using the fortress Dr. di Cosimo took Pandora's box. He was ready to open eat after defeating the Hulk, but the green goliath returned to challenge Tyrannus again. Tyrannus dropped Pandora's box, Hulk caught it and gave it to Betty when Tyrannus kept attacking him with the fortress. Tyrannus shot Pandora's box with a gun while Betty held it and the angry personification of hope was released. Hulk inhaled and ate it, ending the threat.

--Captain America's Weird Tales#75 (Captain America's Weird Tales#75 (fb)/Journey Into Mystery I#74 (fb)/Incredible Hulks#627 (fb)/Myth, Strange Tales I#109 (fb), Captain America's Weird Tales#75, Uncanny Tales I#54, Journey Into Mystery I#74, Chamber of Darkness#3/3, Incredible Hulks#626-629

THE THINGS IN THE BOX

The evils inside Pandora's box take various forms.

(Captain America's Weird Tales#75 (fb)/Incredible Hulks#629 (fb) ) - Pandora accidentally released many evil spirits from the box given to her by Zeus, but Hope stayed trapped inside.

(Strange Tales I#109 (fb) ) - After Pandora had opened the box the sorceress Circe used her magic powers to force the evils back into the box.

(Captain America's Weird Tales#75) <1426> - One of the evil spirits from Pandora's box abducted English actress Nancy Terry when she opened the box during a play called Pandora's Box, wherein the box was used as a prop. The evil spirit tried to force Nancy to love him, but she denied him the wish. Eventually her lover and acting troup leader Ben Jackson, who had bought the box from a gypsy, came to save her, aided by the spirit of Hope.

(Incredible Hulks#629 (fb) - BTS) - Hope stayed trapped in Pandora's box for millennia. It felt betrayed, abandoned and alone.

(Journey Into Mystery I#74) - One of the evils appeared to Dan Harper as a giant monster which conquered the world. With Earth's defenses useless against it, only the command of Pandora herself could return it to the box.

(Chamber of Darkness#3) - Another evil appeared to George Ashton as a rotting corpse, and rotted all that it touched. It could only be returned to the box at Pandora's command.

(Incredible Hulks#629) - After Tyrannus shot Pandora's box the spirit of hope escaped, but it was so angry that it lashed out at everyone. Hulk inhaled and ate it, ending the threat.

--Journey Into Mystery I#74 ([Incredible Hulks#629 (fb)], Captain America's Weird Tales#75, Journey into Mystery I#74, Chamber of Darkness#3, Incredible Hulks#629