Corruptor

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Corruptor

Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Nova #4 (Dec 1976)
Created by	Marv Wolfman and Sal Buscema

Characteristics
Alter ego	Jackson Day
Affiliations	None, Inner Circle
Notable aliases	None
Abilities	Ability to release a victim's inhibitions

The Corruptor 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

[edit] 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 avenger's mansion for treatment. He escaped, abandonning his wife, and became the head of the criminal Inner Circle. He had used his power to cause people to commit crimes on his behalf. Corruptor 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 to the vault and eventually the Raft. He was one of the 46 villains to escape the Raft when Electro broke out Sauron.

[edit] 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.