H.I.V.E. Mistress (New Earth)

H.I.V.E. Mistress
Mainstream Universe‎‎, 1950s-2011‎
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Real Name	Unknown
Main Alias	H.I.V.E. Mistress
Relatives	H.I.V.E. Master (deceased)
Affiliation	H.I.V.E.
Base Of Operations	H.I.V.E Undersea Base
Status
Alignment	Bad
Identity	Secret Identity
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Widowed
Occupation	Terrorist · Leader of H.I.V.E.
Characteristics
Gender	Female
Hair	White
Origin
Universe	Earth-One · New Earth
Creators	Marv Wolfman · George Pérez
First Appearance	Tales of the Teen Titans #46 (September, 1984)
Appearance of Death	Tales of the Teen Titans #47 (October, 1984)

We have met the enemy and they are dead. And knowing the Teen Titans are gone makes me feel warm all over.

— H.I.V.E. Mistress

The H.I.V.E. Mistress was the former leader of H.I.V.E., who murdered her husband and took control of the organization.

History

The woman known only as the H.I.V.E. Mistress began as the spouse of the H.I.V.E. Master, the original founder of the H.I.V.E. organization. Mild-mannered and sentimental by temperament, she was driven to pathological insecurity by her tendency to compare all her own actions against the example set by her husband and expressed a longing for his continued guidance. The H.I.V.E. Master may have contributed to this mentality in part, as the Mistress alleged that he accused her of indecisiveness. In spite of her seeming emotional dependency on the Master, the Mistress killed him at an indeterminate point to usurp control over the H.I.V.E. organization. From there, she supervised an operation to exterminate Atlantis using chemical weapons that would make the water unbreathable to Atlantean-kind. A test detonation of one of these weapons nearly killed Aqualad and Aquagirl, but the Atlantean heroes returned for the H.I.V.E.'s undersea base with the New Teen Titans to disarm the rest of the torpedoes. Not altogether without scruples, the Mistress relented from attacking the vulnerable Titans after they narrowly survived a sprung deathtrap, insisting that they deserved to make the next move, and while not above sacrificing her own men, she ensured that their families benefited from generous life insurance policies. Nevertheless, her questionable tactical decisions allowed the Titans to overrun her whole base, which the Mistress dealt with by committing murder-suicide with the Council of Seven and setting the base to self-destruct. In a prerecorded message left behind for the Titans to find, the Mistress commented on the irony that the H.I.V.E. was formed with the expectation of clashing with the Justice League, only to end up being unraveled by the younger generation of crimefighters.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• Leadership
• Animal Training

Weaknesses

• Mental Disorder

Related

• 3 Appearances of H.I.V.E. Mistress (New Earth)
• 3 Images featuring H.I.V.E. Mistress (New Earth)
• 1 Quotations by or about H.I.V.E. Mistress (New Earth)
• Character Gallery: H.I.V.E. Mistress (New Earth)

Footnotes

Titans Villain(s) This character has been primarily an enemy of the Teen Titans, the Titans, or any of the other various Titans incarnations. This template will categorize articles that include it into the "Titans Villains" category.

H.I.V.E. member This character is or was a member of H.I.V.E., a criminal organization that specializes in training assassins and mercenaries, in any of its various incarnations. This template will automatically categorize articles that include it into the "H.I.V.E. members" category.