Marcus Lyman and his wife Judy Lyman are traders for a Wall Street firm in
New York City until an unhappy client plants a car bomb on their vehicle. The bomb kills Judy; Marcus survives, but is left with shrapnel penetrating his brain. The shrapnel is successfully removed, but has damaged Marcus' brain and left him unable to feel emotion. Marcus is sent to the
Ravencroft institute, where he is treated by
Ashley Kafka. Kafka is disturbed by Marcus and finds that there is nothing she can do to help his mental state, advising that he be held under observation indefinitely. During the
Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy storyline, Massacre is among the villains resurrected by
Jackal and his company New U Technologies, with his soul intact. ==Powers and abilities==