King Hiss was a character who appeared in the New 52 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Comic series.
History[]
King Hiss first appeared when during the quest for the new Sorceress, the quest lead He-Man and his allies through the realm of the dead. To the party's utter surprise, King Randor is driving their air ship deliberately into the ground. After He-Man digs his father out he asks what his reasoning was and Randor's arms suddenly split open and Hiss reveals himself.
Hiss then tells that Randor has been dead far longer than anybody will ever know and goes as far as taunting He-man that it is possible that Randor had been dead when Adam and Adora were born but he isn't telling. Hiss then orders the race of Snake Men to arise from the dead, since with He-Man in the realm of the dead, they will finally have the power to do so.
After a brief battle the Snake Men, now in their hundreds, take He-Man to the star seed with all intention of sacrificing him enabling the resurrection of the Snake Men as the dominant race on Eternia. But just before they can do so Stratos flies over and delivers Teela right in front of them. Teela proclaims that Hiss should face her first but Hiss swats her away like a housefly making her end up in the Star seed. Where the spirit of Teela-Na grants her the power which is her birthright, changing her into the Goddess. As the Goddess emerges from the star seed Hiss proclaims that after so many eons waiting for the opportunity to bring the snake men back under his rule, he isn't going to accept the Goddess. But with the other snake men bowing down in worship, Hiss has lost all control over his own people.
Hiss attempts to strike at the Goddess but is thwarted by He-man who punches Hiss making him fall into the abyss. Afterwards The Goddess takes the Snake Men to Snake Mountain their ancient home and crowns He-Man to be the new king.
But as Stratos and He-Man reflect on their chances of winning the battle against the Evil Horde with a whole army of Snake Men on their side, He-Man says that he doesn't accept the crown until the battle is won. He-Man says that with the loss of King Randor and with Teela having become the Goddess, even a victory over the Horde will be a hollow victory. He-Man then breaks down and says that the price of victory has been too great.
Meanwhile on Etheria, Adora is hailed by an old woman asking her for some water. After having received it, the woman wishes Adora well but also warns her to look out for what the future might hold after which her eyes turn into snake eyes, they haven't seen the last of King Hiss...