Fictional character biography
Robert Hunter was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was an electrical engineer. Due to genetic alteration performed by the Kree Lunatic Legion, Hunter gains the ability to explode and reform himself at will and becomes a professional criminal. [5] [6] In his first appearance, he exposes Captain Marvel to a carcinogenic nerve gas, which later causes him to develop cancer and die. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Since then, Nitro has clashed with Earth's superhumans, who have found creative ways to defeat him, such as preventing him from reforming his body after exploding.
Nitro later battles and is defeated by Omega the Unknown. [10] He escapes from Project Pegasus, and then battles Spider-Man. [11] [12] Nitro is later freed from his containment canister by the Vulture in Albany, New York. He battled Skids of the New Mutants, and is unable to re-form his body within Skids' force field. [13] He is recruited by Thanos to serve him in a mission alongside several other supervillains, [14] including Rhino, Super-Skrull, and Titanium Man. While Silver Surfer captures the other villains, Nitro decides to take a space craft and explore space. [15]
At the start of the Civil War storyline, Nitro escapes from Ryker's Island along with Cobalt Man, Speedfreek, and Coldheart. The New Warriors attack each villain, with Namorita going after Nitro. Nitro causes a massive explosion that kills Cobalt Man, Speedfreek, Coldheart, Namorita, Night Thrasher, Microbe, sixty children at a nearby elementary school, and 600 people in Stamford, Connecticut. [5] [6] [16] Soon afterward, Nitro is captured by Wolverine, who cuts off his right arm. [17]
In later appearances, Nitro joins the Hood's crime syndicate and Helmut Zemo's Army of Evil. [18] [19] [20]
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