Creation

Hermes first appears in House of Slaughter #6 by Sam Johns and Letizia Cadonici

Major Story Arcs

Edwin Slaughter's Totem

Hermes made a home for himself in the pool of an expensive housing complex. He was feeding on the residents' fear, but he quickly became bored with their flavorless fear until he came across young boy named Edwin and his mother. Hermes singled out Edwin for two reasons. His mother had a single, unique fear of losing Edwin, and Edwin was so introverted he lacked emotional bias, making the stories he told born from his memories instead of his imagination. Hermes killed his mom and set Edwin up to get the attention of The House of Slaughter. During his initiation, Hermes secretly killed the testing monster so that he could replace that monster as Edwin's totem, giving him the opportunity to continue nibbling at Edwin's tasty memories of his mother.

Camp Sturgeon

At Camp Sturgeon, the body of a nine year old girl washed up on the shore of Lake Michigan with her eyes missing. Common eye injuries among children started accumulating at the camp. The House of Slaughter does not believe it is the work of a monster, however, the suspicious frequency of these common injuries could spread fear through the kids and thus birth a new monster. Edwin is sent to investigate and report back.

Unfortunately, his presence at the camp ground starts gathering too much attention, so he takes a boat out to the middle of the lake where he cannot be watched. While contemplating some weird memories that are half-formed, he confronts his totem about stealing bits and pieces of it from him. Hermes comes clean about everything, just as the two are stalked by the dragon that lives in the lake. Edwin acts out of character and tries to kill the monster.

This prompts Hermes to reveal himself and attack the dragon to rescue Edwin. This gets the attention of the some of the campers, but they only get to see Edwin emerge from the bloody lake alone. Hermes was presumed dead, but some time later, he emerged from the lake having become a duplicitype of Edwin.