Key (Marvel Comics)

Key
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Cable vol. 2 #79
In-story information
Alter ego	unrevealed
Species	Human Mutant
Abilities	Skilled with computers

Key is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in Cable vol. 2 #79.

Fictional character biography

Key was a member of Randall Shire's small travelling carnival in Australia before Shire was possessed by the alien Undying known as Semijan and enslaved Key and his brother Wall with his mutant vocal power. Key was forced to serve Shire, but still managed to alert Clarity, an enigmatic source of the mutant hero Cable's journalist friend Irene Merryweather, of Semijan's plans for Shire.

After Cable stopped an assassination attempt on Shire by another Undying known as Aentaros and discredited Shire in the eyes of those he'd enslaved, thus freeing them from his control, Key and his brother aided Cable in breaking into the Undying's stronghold. It was Key who reprogrammed the Undying's artificial intelligence program causing them to be unable to possess anything except cockroaches for the rest of eternity. Key lost his mutant powers after M-Day.

Powers and abilities

Key is a low-level mutant who possesses an incredible affinity for computers. He is the ultimate hacker with access to information about anyone at his fingertips.

Bibliography

• Cable vol. 2 #78-84