HISTORY: A Latverian orphan who was experimented
on in the womb, Geldoff was born a mutant; unaware of this,
he grew up fearing mutants as the "devil's children".
Adopted and brought to America as a teenager, he eagerly
embraced American culture, especially football. While drunk
at a party, Geldoff showed off by blowing up random cars
with his mutant powers. The next day, the principal suspended
half the football team for their involvement in the destructive
party; Geldoff demanded the team be reinstated. When the
principal refused, Geldoff blew up the principal's car,
and then a car belonging to another teacher who called him
a name (presumably "mutant"). Aware of Geldoff's
rampages, Spider-Man confronted the youth, denounced his
irresponsible behavior, and tried to contain Geldoff's powers
with webbing; however, Geldoff simply exploded the webbing.
When police arrived, Spider-Man made to leave, and Geldoff
begged to go with him, relizing he had overstepped himself.
Spider-Man refused, but Geldoff clung on to the back of
his costume as Spidey swung away; he lost his grip high
in the air, and Spider-Man rescued him.
Taking Geldoff to a nearby rooftop, Spider-Man again tried
to makeGeldoff realize how irresponsible he had been. They
also discussed the nature of Geldoff's powers, but the mutant-phobic
Geldoff insisted he was a "magic man" rather than
a mutant. Spider-Man tried to convince him to use his abilities
to help people, but Geldoff couldn't see why. When Spider-Man
paused to foil a robbery in a shop below, Geldoff bled up
a vehicle outside the shop, injuring those inside indiscriminately.
Geldoff believed he had performed a good deed, and was shocked
when an enraged Spider-Man attacked him. Geldoff angrily
threatened to use pis powers directlyon the hero, but was
interrupted by the arrival of the X-Men. Confronted by actual
mutants who told him he was a mutant too, Geldoff fainted...twice
Geldoff was loaded on to the X-Men's jet, to be taken back
to their mansion for examination. Awaking in a panic en
route, Geldoff blew out the side of the plane. He and Spider-Man
were sucked out, but Jean Grey rescued them while Storm
saved the plane. Later, at the mansion, Professor Xavier
telepathically sedated Geldoff and detremined his experimental
origins. Horrified, Xavier decided to present Geldoff to
the scientific organizations and the U.N. as proof of immoral
and illegal genetic research. Spider-Man headed home, but
not before the woozy Geldoff apologized for threatening
him.
