I have been reading comics for the past 30+ years, and one of things that never really made sense to me, is how is organizations like Hydra or AIM are able to recruit? Who really joins up with these guys? So my question is, if you really had to choose, which would it be and why. Below is a run down of some the organizations for your consideration.
Hand: Ancient Evil Ninja Clan.
Pros: Immortality and more immortality. You get to learn kung-fu.
Con: You die a lot.
Hydra: Ancient Evil Organization bent on political and world dominance
Pro: Good benefits, everyone who joins loves it. They are always recruiting.
Cons: Questionable hiring practices, One may die, two will take his place. This has be pretty rough on the HR department. Currently Led by ex-Nazi's and is heavily splintered between Red Skull, Baron Zemo, and Lady Hydra, beat up a lot by Nick Fury, brain washing.
Advanced Idea Mechanics (AIM). Evil mad scientists, bent on...well being evil mad scientists
Pros: You are among the most intelligent people in the world and you can do stuff you'd never be able to do with a government grant. You have your own country.
Cons: Led by a giant brain thing that is built only for Murder (but at least he's funny). Expect a 1/10 chance of any given experiment killing you.
Hammer: Corrupt Police Agency that does anything and everything they please
Pros: Lots of power, and political dominance
Cons: The leader is a former villain and psychopath that can snap at any moment and send you on an invasion of Asgard.
Serpent Society: Snake themed Thugs
Pros: You get snake themed powers.
Cons: Everyone beats you up. Stupid looking costumes.
Hellfire Club: Rich socialites that buy and sell powerful people
Pros: Money. Also the parties and skimpy clothing. Did I mention the parties?
Cons: Leadership is often determined by killing the last guy in charge.
Roxxon Energy Corps - corrupt energy company
Pros: Might get super powers in an industrial accident
Cons: its a 9 to 5.
Ozcorps - Evil tech company on the cutting edge of technology
Pros: Good Benefits and you might get super powers in an industrial accident
Cons: You'll likely just die in that industrial accident
Goblin Nation - Underground gang
Pros: Absolutely will get superpowers
Cons; live in a sewer
Maggia - Organized crime.
Pros: You can live like a boss in your criminal empire
Cons: The Punisher
Power Brokers - Organization that gives out superpowers
Pros: you get super powers. They also have a pretty cool app.
Cons: they own you.
Assassins Guild - Killers for hire
Pros: They live phat lives.
Cons: They have no problem knocking off their own.
Circus of Crime - Evil Circus
Pros: You get to live in a circus
Cons: Really bad powers and the leader is an idiot. One time he sowed a human head to a gorilla. Another evil plot was to glue people to their seats and then turn them upside down to collect the change that fell from their pockets.
Thieves Guild - Pirates
Pros: Pirate stuff
Cons: Always being killed by the assassins guild
Ravagers - Space Pirates
Pros - Space Pirates
Cons - always being busted by the Nova Corps, Kree and the Shiar. Also Star Lord is a member.
Weapon X - Superhuman experimentation
Pros: Government Job with great benefits, and you get super powers
Cons: They will probably really screw you up and then erase your memory.
Reavers - Cyborg killers for hire and anti-mutant
Pros: Immortality. Their brains are backed up to a computer
Cons: Loss of most your body to robotics.
Yancy Street Gang - Punk kids devoted to harassing the Thing.
Pros: Lots of fun pranks, punking Ben Grimm is hilarious.
Cons: Its a hard knocks life.
Murder Inc. - Organization that help's people commit murder and make it look like an accident
Pros: You get to explore your creativity.
Cons: Its got to be like working at GEICO
Y-Men - Humans that harvest mutant organs to get super powers.
Pros: You get super powers
Cons: Religious fanatics
Purifiers - Religious zealots who want to kill all mutants
Pros: Very patriotic and love their country
Cons: Religious zealots. Also Magneto or Wolverine will probably kill you. Honestly, these guys have a life expectancy of about 2 weeks.