Publication history
Hybrid was featured in the comic book series Rom #17-18 (1981), and was created by writer Bill Mantlo and artist Sal Buscema.
The character subsequently appears in Rom #30-32 (1982), Rom Annual #3 (1984), and X-Man #31 (1997). He was seen (on a TV screen) in The New Avengers #18 (2006).
Hybrid received an entry in the All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z #5 (2006).
He reappeared in Avengers Academy #23-25 (Feb.-April 2012).
Hybrid appeared in New Warriors vol. 5 #1 (April 2014).
Fictional character biography
Hybrid was conceived when a male Dire Wraith (who lived in the fictional town of Clairton, West Virginia under the identity of "Jacob Marks") married a human woman named Marjorie with whom he had fallen in love, and allowed himself to be convinced by her to sire a son. The baby instinctively used his powers to assume a human form at birth, and was believed to be human.
Sometime before Jimmy turns 15, he is visited by Dire Wraiths who tell him the truth about his origin. They teach Jimmy to use his latent powers, as well as the ways of evil. Marjorie tries to run away with Jimmy, but he refuses and frightens her with a display of his powers.
Jimmy's Dire Wraith teachers are later banished to Limbo by Rom. This infuriates Jimmy, and in his anger he caused his mother to be scalded. Outraged at his son's cruelty, Jacob tries to kill him with a pitchfork, but is easily stopped. As punishment, Jimmy used his powers to rapidly age his mother.
That same night, Rom arrives at the Marks' farmhouse to investigate Jimmy. Jimmy reveals his true, monstrous form as Hybrid to Rom before battling him. Jacob begs his son to not disavow his human heritage, but Hybrid uses a pitchfork to kill him. The X-Men arrive at the farm, seeking a powerful mutant that they had detected with Cerebro. Jimmy reverts to his human form, giving the appearance that he is a normal child attacked by a robot. This leads to a battle between Rom and the X-Men. Eventually, Jimmy reveals his true form to the X-Men as well and battles them until Sprite uses Rom's Neutralizer to dematerialize him. [1] Jimmy's mother dies of old age during these events. [2]
Hybrid battles the X-Men on several occasions, repeatedly being destroyed and reforming his body. [3] [4] [5] He later appears as an apparently homeless telekinetic boy under attack by the anti-mutant Purifiers; rescued by faculty members of the Avengers Academy, Jimmy is recruited into the Academy's expanded student body. [6] However, Jimmy has secretly become Hybrid once more and intends to become the king of Wraithworld. [7] Together, the students and faculty of the Academy manage to banish Hybrid from Earth. [8]
Once again back on Earth, Hybrid is one of several unnatural beings captured by the forces of the High Evolutionary, who believes that their existence will cause humanity to be destroyed by an imminent Celestial judgment. [9]
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