Who Is Styx? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Styx is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Jacob Eishorn, with over 30 comic issue appearances. Styx is a killer for hire and half of the criminal duo Styx & Stone. Styx's touch drains the life from any living thing he touches.

Who is Styx?

Origin Jacob Eishorn was an average homeless man who was hard on his luck. That is until Stone and a group of scientist were trying to find the cure for the common cold, but Stone wanted other things, something bigger. Stone wanted to cure cancer. The theory was that the body could develop immunity to it by controlled exposure, similar to the way it can come to tolerate snake poison. In order to test his ideas, Stone needed someone to research on and so came about the duo's partnership came about. Jacob was injected with a mutated cancer compound but, in addition to developing immunity, he became a living cancer himself with a death touch that will steal the life from anything organic and it was at this point that he named himself Styx after the passage to Hades. Ever since then Styx and Stone have worked closely together. Creation Styx was created by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane in 1988 and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man # 309.

Key facts

Styx is of human origin and first appeared in "Styx and Stone". The character is published by Marvel. With 30 recorded issue appearances, Styx ranks among the most featured characters in comics.