Steven Hudak Steven Hudak is a research
chemist who was wrongfully accused of embezzlement by his employer. Swearing revenge, he creates an armored suit containing flame-throwing equipment and assumes the alias Scorcher, attacking his former place of employment. Hudak is thwarted by
Spider-Man. It is later revealed that Hudak had been an agent of
Norman Osborn. Hudak eventually escapes prison to pursue an arson career but was defeated by Spider-Man a second time. When Matt Murdock's identity as
Daredevil is publicly revealed, Hudak and
Diamondback confront Murdock, but are driven off by Daredevil and Spider-Man. Scorcher encounters Daredevil again in the series
Secret War, where he is forced by
Lucia von Bardas to attack
S.H.I.E.L.D.'s headquarters. During the
Dark Reign storyline, Scorcher,
Living Laser,
Griffin, and
Razor Fist are sent by the
Hood to retrieve
Tigra and
Gauntlet after they flee from Osborn. They attack the heroes, who are ultimately saved by
Counter Force.
Boomerang and
Owl hire Scorcher onto the
Sinister Sixteen, assembled to distract the
Chameleon's forces while Boomerang steals.
Sarah Garza Sarah Garza is an agent of
S.H.I.E.L.D. from
Park Slope, Brooklyn and one of the many latent
Inhumans whose powers were activated by
Black Bolt's Terrigen Mist bomb. She is a rookie member of the black ops superhero team, the
Secret Avengers, and uses her abilities against
Thanos's forces as well as the Junkman's technopathic abilities. She resigns after seeing how violent her abilities are in combat, and is placed in confinement until she learns to control her powers and return to her old job as a
technician. Garza is later seen alongside fellow Inhumans
Daisy Johnson and
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