Formerly a hero known as Eye-Score, John is a survivor of the parallel universe following the Cosmic Cataclysm. Eye-Score was a friend and contemporary of the original and current Rumble Bee. He continued to be a hero in the new universe, but in the 90s, he was injured during an alien invasion and was infected with HIV via a blood transfusion. When word of his condition got out, no hero wanted to be around him anymore, and he switched to henching for the medical insurance coverage.[1][2][7][8]