Hazard (comics)
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Hazard is a fictional mutant
character in the Marvel Comics
Universe. His first appearance was in X-Men vol. 2 #12.
However, when Carter saw a news report of his father's death, he went berserk and lashed out with his powers. Although he was successfully brought under control, that night he dreamt of an earlier sedation at his father's own orders, a nightmare that woke him with tremendous energies cascading around him. He was so out of control that when the medical team tried to stun him with tasers, which had always worked on him before, Ryking shrugged off the tasers' charge and used the taser wires now connected to him to route his plasma charge back to the med staff, frying them to the bone.
Wearing a battle-suit that incorporated the taser wires at his father's funeral, Carter, now calling himself Hazard, attacked his father's funeral and taunted Professor Charles Xavier
, whom he had known as a child. Xavier had come because Hazard's father had worked with his own father, and because a folder of files that had recently come into his possession intimated that the research at Almagordo was not what it appeared to be.
Hazard revealed that he sent Xavier the file, and then kidnapped Xavier and took him to Almagordo to reveal its secrets to him. Hazard implied to Xavier that Almagordo's purpose was mutant research, not nuclear research, and intimated that he, and presumably Xavier, were purposely mutated. The X-Men
arrived to free Xavier and in the battle, Hazard unleashed a blast that destroyed the facility. Ryking was captured and returned to his father's clinic.
Hazard was later contacted by the woman known as Fontanelle
through his dreams. Fontanelle was gathering information about Gambit
for her employer, the New Son, but the nature of the link between Hazard and Gambit is unknown.
Hazard lost his mutant powers after the M-Day
.
Ryking was later seen as a patient at the Ryking Secure Psychiatric Facility. While there, Carter receives a visit from Charles Xavier, who had lost portions of his memory after being shot in the head by Bishop
. The staff at the facility informs Xavier that since his depowerment, Carter has become more mentally unstable. Carter helps Xavier recover a part of his memory by allowing him to read memories of when they were children. After helping Charles, Carter predicts that his death is close, and he reveals that he has been counting down towards it. Later, while the staff attempts to sedate him, Carter mutters the words "One. One. One. Zer--" and promptly dies.
It is revealed that Mister Sinister, posing as Milbury, had implanted his own DNA into Carter and Xavier (along with Juggernaut and Sebastian Shaw) so that upon his death the machine would trigger the implants, turning one of them into Sinister. Because he had lost his powers, Carter died.
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character in the Marvel Comics
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Universe. His first appearance was in X-Men vol. 2 #12.
Fictional character biography
Carter Ryking's father worked at the Alamogordo Nuclear Research facility alongside Brian Xavier and Kurt Marko. When Carter's mutant powers first manifested themselves, his father placed him under heavy sedation because the power was uncontrollable. Unfortunately, no measures to cure or assist Carter worked, and he spent most of his life under tranquilizers. It is later revealed that he and Charles Xavier were experimented on by Dr Milbury who injected them with a substance.However, when Carter saw a news report of his father's death, he went berserk and lashed out with his powers. Although he was successfully brought under control, that night he dreamt of an earlier sedation at his father's own orders, a nightmare that woke him with tremendous energies cascading around him. He was so out of control that when the medical team tried to stun him with tasers, which had always worked on him before, Ryking shrugged off the tasers' charge and used the taser wires now connected to him to route his plasma charge back to the med staff, frying them to the bone.
Wearing a battle-suit that incorporated the taser wires at his father's funeral, Carter, now calling himself Hazard, attacked his father's funeral and taunted Professor Charles Xavier
Professor X
Professor Charles Francis Xavier, also known as Professor X, is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero known as the leader and founder of the X-Men....
, whom he had known as a child. Xavier had come because Hazard's father had worked with his own father, and because a folder of files that had recently come into his possession intimated that the research at Almagordo was not what it appeared to be.
Hazard revealed that he sent Xavier the file, and then kidnapped Xavier and took him to Almagordo to reveal its secrets to him. Hazard implied to Xavier that Almagordo's purpose was mutant research, not nuclear research, and intimated that he, and presumably Xavier, were purposely mutated. The X-Men
X-Men
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arrived to free Xavier and in the battle, Hazard unleashed a blast that destroyed the facility. Ryking was captured and returned to his father's clinic.
Hazard was later contacted by the woman known as Fontanelle
Fontanelle (comics)
Fontanelle is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. Her first appearance was in Gambit vol. 3 #1.-Fictional character biography:...
through his dreams. Fontanelle was gathering information about Gambit
Gambit (comics)
Gambit is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero that has been a member of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Jim Lee, the character first appeared briefly in Uncanny X-Men Annual #14 , weeks before a more comprehensive appearance in Uncanny X-Men #266...
for her employer, the New Son, but the nature of the link between Hazard and Gambit is unknown.
Hazard lost his mutant powers after the M-Day
Decimation (comics)
Decimation is the late 2005 Marvel Comics storyline spinning off from the House of M limited series. It focuses on the ramifications of the Scarlet Witch stripping nearly all of the mutant population of their powers, thereby reducing a society of millions to one of scant hundreds.This event, which...
.
Ryking was later seen as a patient at the Ryking Secure Psychiatric Facility. While there, Carter receives a visit from Charles Xavier, who had lost portions of his memory after being shot in the head by Bishop
Bishop (comics)
Bishop is a fictional comic book superhero, appearing in books published by Marvel Comics, in particular the X-Men family of books...
. The staff at the facility informs Xavier that since his depowerment, Carter has become more mentally unstable. Carter helps Xavier recover a part of his memory by allowing him to read memories of when they were children. After helping Charles, Carter predicts that his death is close, and he reveals that he has been counting down towards it. Later, while the staff attempts to sedate him, Carter mutters the words "One. One. One. Zer--" and promptly dies.
It is revealed that Mister Sinister, posing as Milbury, had implanted his own DNA into Carter and Xavier (along with Juggernaut and Sebastian Shaw) so that upon his death the machine would trigger the implants, turning one of them into Sinister. Because he had lost his powers, Carter died.