Who Is Haywire? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Haywire is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Harold Danforth, with over 50 comic issue appearances. A former member of the Redeemers and Squadron Supreme, Haywire has the ability to make limitless steel-like wire come from his fingers and can entangle people in them.

Who is Haywire?

Origin Harold Danforth, known as Haywire, was discovered by the Redeemers and asked to join them in opposing the Squadron Supreme 's rule over Earth. Acting as an infiltrator in the Squadron Supreme on behalf of Nighthawk and the Redeemers, he eventually came to join the Squadron Supreme properly and fell in love with the Squadron's Inertia . Creation Haywire was created by Mark Gruenwald and Paul Ryan and first appeared in Squadron Supreme #10. Character Evolution Haywire was created for the original Squadron Supreme series but unlike many of the other Squadron Supreme characters, Haywire is not a nod to a DC character, rather he is an original creation. He was among the Squadron Supreme who they came to Earth-616 in Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe and continued to appear alongside them in books such as Quasar and Avengers . When the Squadron Supreme were sent back to their native reality, Haywire stayed behind on Earth-616 with the Avengers . Originally, Len Kaminski , writer of Squadron Supreme: New World Order , planned to kill Haywire off because he didn't want to use the character, however, Kurt Busiek suggested the character stay in Earth-616 rather than kill him off. .

Key facts

Haywire is of human origin and first appeared in "The Dark from Within". The character is published by Marvel. With 50 recorded issue appearances, Haywire ranks among the most featured characters in comics.