Who Is Payback? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Payback is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Kevin Franklin, with over 34 comic issue appearances. Payback was once Kevin Franklin, a member of Dakota's mayor's personal staff, who tried to save the young gangbangers at the Big Bag turf war from experimental tear gas. Once exposed to the Q-Juice, Kevin became the monstrous Bang Baby. Since he conflict with Icon and Rocket, Payback reformed and became a member of the Shadow Cabinet, and later joins the group Heroes.

Who is Payback?

Bio Dakotaverse Kevin Franklin was originally a scrawny member of Dakota 's mayoral personal staff. He tried to have the order for the usage of the experimental quantum juice tear gas revoked at the Big Bang turf war, but Mayor Thomasina Jefferson over ruled him. In a desperate act to warn the kids of the gas, Kevin went down to the Big Bang himself. He would witness the horrible deaths that took place, and walked away changed by the tear gas. It is through the gas that the skinny Kevin Franklin became the powerful bang baby called Payback. He tried to take the mayor hostage in order for her to confess her involvement of using the tear gas against the street gangs, but Payback was in conflict with Dakota's premiere superhero duo Icon and Rocket . Soon later Payback was defeated by Rocket. Icon convinced Payback willingly to surrender peacefully in exchange to investigate his claim about his conspiracy theory about the mayor and the Big Bang.

Key facts

Payback is of mutant origin and first appeared in "Police Action". The character is published by DC Comics. With 34 recorded issue appearances, Payback ranks among the most featured characters in comics.