Hellfire (J. T. Slade) is a fictional character appearing in

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. Hellfire was portrayed by

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'' in the third and fourth seasons.

Publication history

Hellfire first appeared in ''

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Fictional character biography

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's grandson, James Taylor James (also known as J. T. Slade), introduced in ''The Mighty Avengers'' #13, to be part of Fury's team against the "

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" of the shape-shifting alien

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s. The character roll call at the beginning of ''Secret Invasion'' #4 (Sept. 2008) refers to J. T. as "Hellfire". Hellfire goes on to make numerous appearances in the ongoing series, '' Secret Warriors''. He is later revealed to be a HYDRA double agent. Nick Fury allows Hellfire to fall to his death as a result of the character's double dealings.

Powers and abilities

Slade has superhuman reflexes and the ability to cause a chain to ignite in flame and cause massive damage.

In other media

J. T. James appears in ''

'', portrayed by

. This version is an

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seek him out for a

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device in his possession. In the episode " The Singularity", James joins forces with Hive and goes through Terrigenesis, receiving the power to ignite objects and make them explode on contact. James continues to work with Hive until he is defeated by

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", he has taken up work at a fireworks store and sold out his fellow Inhumans to the Watchdogs before he is defeated by

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and taken into

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References

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