was the unit devoted to deal with superhuman threats in hotwar situations. At some point, he began a relationship with Fahrenheit that they kept secret until Weatherman Battalion found out – it was contrary to regulations about fraternization between field officers. This was discovered when Battalion had to break into Hellstrike's quarters because neither he nor Lauren were responding to the radio calls. Hellstrike is one of the four super-powered beings slain during an attack by Xenomorphs on Skywatch in the WildC.A.T.s/Aliens crossover, along with Fahrenheit, Fuji, and others. Rebirth Hellstrike and his other dead teammates return, partly detailed in the series Stormwatch: Post Human Division. The four play a support role to the PHD team, a compressed version of Stormwatch deeply affected by budget cuts. Hellstrike is featured in a flashback in issue #2 as Fahrenheit fondly recalls his assistance in a fight against the criminal known as 'The Walking Ghost'. Hellstrike later helps the PHD team escape the ice-encased precinct house they use as a headquarters. In the Stormwatch PHD issue of Wildstorm: Armageddon, it is suggested that Hellstrike and his dead teammates were saved by a possible future version of Jackson King. Hellstrike is seen rescuing humans in need in a post-apocalypse Earth. He is being pessimistic because the place they are evacuating the humans to is also suffering problems. The New 52 In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, which merged the WildStorm and DC Universes, a version of Hellstrike having a different surname & ethnicity returns at the beginning of Jim Starlin's run (issue #19) of the third volume of Stormwatch. While not a member of the original team, Hellstrike appears as a member of the secondary group that forms after a time warp erases the original team from existence. Powers and abilities Hellstrike is a seedling (mutant), the people who were genetically affected by the Comet Effect of the 1960s. He is a living weapon of pure energy, what the scientist call a gaseous sentient posthuman entity. He can fire explosive plasma bolts, build a protective plasma shield and fly by means of his energy jet stream. Unfortunately, since one of his first missions, he has been bound to a containment suit that prevents him from dispersing. Hellstrike is immune to telepathy due to being more energy in nature than human. Formerly a Scotland Yard inspector, he also