Hardwire is a comic book

Comic book

A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 villain that appears in the Malibu Comics

Malibu Comics

Malibu Comics was an American comic book publisher active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for its Ultraverse line of superhero titles. The company's headquarters was in Calabasas, California. Malibu imprints included Aircel Comics and Eternity Comics...

 Ultraverse

Ultraverse

The Ultraverse was the name given to a comic book imprint published by the American company Malibu Comics. The Ultraverse was a shared universe in which a variety of characters — known within the comics as "Ultras" — acquired super-human abilities.-History:...

 series Hardcase

Hardcase

Hardcase is a comic book series written by James Hudnall for Malibu Comics’ Ultraverse imprint, which lasted 26 issues. The series was about Tom Hawke, who became one of the first publicly known Ultras ....

. He first appeared in Hardcase #5 (October 1993)

Fictional character biography

The unnamed man that would become Hardwire received his powers from Rex Mundi

Rex Mundi (Malibu Comics)

Rex Mundi is a fictional immortal character from Malibu Comics' Ultraverse imprint. He has played important behind-the-scenes roles in most of the Ultraverse's major events, beginning with the downfall of the Fire People...

 and became a hitman for the crime lord, The Operator. Asked by Mundi to kill Hardcase

Hardcase

Hardcase is a comic book series written by James Hudnall for Malibu Comics’ Ultraverse imprint, which lasted 26 issues. The series was about Tom Hawke, who became one of the first publicly known Ultras ....

, the Operator offered Hardwire the job. He seriously wounds Hardcase with a surprise attack, but is unable to kill him due to the ultraheroine Choice's

Choice (comics)

Choice is a fictional character that appeared in Malibu Comics Ultraverse line of comic book series. Her first appearance was in Hardcase #2, and appeared mainly in that title.Amy Tran Kwitny was the young woman who went on to become Choice...

 intervention. Later that night, a recovered Hardcase defeats Hardwire by dislocating his shoulders. Hardwire is turned over to the police.

Months later, when Hardcase and Choice set out to invade Aladdin's

Aladdin (comics)

Aladdin was a fictional government organization from Malibu Comics' Ultraverse imprint.- Overview :Aladdin was a U.S. government agency apparently founded sometime in the 1960s to deal with the growing number of Ultras in their world. 1n 1970, their scientific division, using a synthesis of...

 Groom Lake facility, Aladdin offers Hardwire his freedom in exchange for killing the heroes. Teamed with Headknocker

Headknocker (comics)

Headknocker is a comic book villain that appeared in the Malibu Comic's Ultraverse book Hardcase.-Fictional character biography:Larry Price was a small time hood, who stole cars when he wasn't collecting unemployment. His world changed the day he was jumpstarted by the Entity, the damaged...

 and the Aladdin Assault Squad, Hardwire fails, but he and Headknocker used the opportunity to escape.

Unhappy about his unfinished business with Hardcase, Hardwire seeks him out. Hardcase once again defeats him. At that moment the creature NM-E

NM-E (comics)

NM-E is a comic book villain that appeared in the Malibu Comics' Ultraverse book Hardcase, created by James Hudnall.-Plot:NM-E, short for Nanotech Mechanized Entity, was created by Rex Mundi for one purpose...to destroy all Ultra-humans...

 attacked. Hardwire is rendered unconscious by the killing machine, and found by a man calling himself the Genius. The Genius helps Hardwire recover and augments his abilities, to the point where he would be more than a match for Hardcase.

Due to the effects of Black September Event changing reality, Hardcase was removed to limbo. Hardwire's whereabouts are unknown.