Corruptor
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Nova #4 (Dec 1976) |
| Created by | Marv Wolfman and Sal Buscema |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Jackson Day |
| Team affiliations | Inner Circle |
| Abilities | Ability to release a victim's inhibitions |
The Corruptor (Jackson Day) is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. He has fought Thor and Nova (Richard Rider). His sweat glands release a chemical that overrides the social inhibition center of the brain. He first appeared in Nova #4 in December 1976 and was created by Marv Wolfman and Sal Buscema.
Publication history
The Corruptor first appeared in Nova #4 (December 1976), and was created by Marv Wolfman and Sal Buscema.
The character subsequently appears in Nova #21 (September 1978), Incredible Hulk #264-265 (October-November 1981), Marvel Comics Presents #32 (November 1989), Nova #10 (October 1994), The Avengers #6 (July 1998), New Avengers #6 (April 2005), Spider-Man: Breakout #1-5 (June-October 2005), The New Warriors #6 (February 2006), Union Jack #1-3 (November 2006-January 2007), The Astonishing Spider-Man #1 (May 2007), New Avengers Annual #2 (February 2008), and Secret Invasion #6 (November 2008).
The Corruptor received an entry in the original Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #3, and The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #3.
Fictional character biography
Jackson Day was born in Smyrna, Delaware. An ordinary pharmaceutical factory worker, he was exposed to psychoactive chemicals from a fire. Thor rescued him from the fire, but he had already begun to mutate, causing Thor to go on a rampage just by his touch. Day was soon transferred to the Avengers' mansion for treatment. He escaped, abandoning his wife, and became the head of the criminal Inner Circle. With the Inner Circle, he recruited people in financial straits, supplying financial assistance requiring the victims to commit crimes on his behalf. Corruptor later abandoned the Circle.
He formed a new plan that started out by corrupting the Hulk, forcing the Hulk's best friend Rick Jones to summon the Avengers so that the Corruptor could corrupt them as well. The plan was foiled, as the Corrupter lost control of the Hulk who managed to capture the Corruptor.
Some time later he became a pawn of Imus Champion and somehow acquired mind control powers which he used to turn the Squadron Supreme against the Avengers shortly after they returned from the Franklin Richards version of Counter-Earth.
The Corruptor managed to escape to Japan where he was soon confronted by Sunfire who detained him in The Vault and eventually the Raft. He was one of the 46 villains to escape the Raft when Electro broke out Sauron.
Jackson has been hired by the Hood to take advantage of the split in the superhero community caused by the Superhuman Registration Act.[1]He helped them fight the New Avengers but was taken down by Dr. Strange. In Secret Invasion, he is one among many of supervillains who rejoined of The Hood's crime syndicate and attacked a Skrull force.[2]
Powers and abilities
The Corruptor's sweat glands exude psychoactive drugs which enable him to, by touch, subvert the will of any individual. His touch releases his victim's inhibitions, so that, if not given specific instructions, the victim will revert to uncontrollable behavior. Early in his career, he demonstrated such powers as super-strength, eye-beams, and teleportation, none of which he possesses today.