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The Spaceknight, Rom, and his allies in the town of Clairton learn that several Dire Wraiths posed as humans in the town for decades and there might be one that he missed – a farmer called Jacob Marks, who has married a human woman and has had a child with her. Rom flies to the Marks farm to find Marjorie Marks horribly aged. Her husband, Jacob, indeed a Dire Wraith in disguise, surprises Rom with his tale. Stranded on Earth he actually threw off his Wraith heritage and learned compassion and love. However, he made a big mistake when he had a child with his human wife, fifteen years ago. While originally appearing to be human, Jimmy was eventually sought out and corrupted by other Wraiths. When they suddenly stopped visiting, he threw a tantrum, aging his mother fifty years. Rom seeks out Jimmy, finding that, beneath the human disguise, he is an unimaginable monster, calling himself Hybrid, who kills his father before Rom’s eyes. In the ensuing battle, Rom uses his Neutralizer, first in an attempt to banish him. When this fails, he tries to kill him. However, he is interrupted by a very angry group of X-Men, who were sent to Clairton to check out a strange signal by Cerebro. All they see is a murderous robot trying to kill a young boy.