Who Is Jonas Harrow? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Jonas Harrow is a Marvel comic book character, with over 54 comic issue appearances. Jonas Harrow is a criminal doctor who is responsible for Hammerhead's implant and the powers of Kangaroo, Megawatt and Will o' the Wisp.

Who is Jonas Harrow?

Origin Jonas Harrow was a former surgeon that would lose his medical license and practice for performing unsanctioned and illegal experiments on some of his patients. Some time later, Harrow would find a man barely clinging to life after being severely beaten in a seedy section of Manhattan called the Bowery. Harrow took this man from the alleyway into a secret location where he replaced broken bones from his skull with an unbendable steel alloy. Harrow wanted to rebuild his reputation and after three days of surgery, his patient emerged a new man and would become a powerful gangster known as Hammerhead . Creation Jonas Harrow was created by Roy Thomas and Jim Starlin in 1972 and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man # 114. Major Story Arcs The Kangaroo Bounces Back Jonas Harrow would resurface later and offer a proposal to a man named Frank Oliver aka the original Kangaroo who was living as a lowlife bum that didn't have the nerve to steal again after a prior defeat by Spider-Man . Oliver agreed to allow Harrow to use his unusual talents on him in exchange to fulfill his plan. After a painful but simple procedure, Oliver's physical attributes were enhanced after Harrow implante.

Key facts

Jonas Harrow is of human origin and first appeared in "Gang War, Schmang War. What I Want to Know is...Who the Heck is Hammerhead?". The character is published by Marvel. With 54 recorded issue appearances, Jonas Harrow ranks among the most featured characters in comics.