John Garrett first appeared in Elektra: Assassin #2 (September 1986), and was created by Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz.

[1] In 1961, Leonardo da Vinci invited Garrett to the Pieta base in Rome to be a member of the Great Wheel.

[3] Garrett has been rebuilt as a cyborg with a six-inch removable portion on his skull (which a recorder can be placed in) and a cybernetic right hand.

[6] When Garrett attempted for unemployment, he left past employment empty and was thrown out when they thought he was lying about working as a S.H.I.E.L.D.

[7] Following the Civil War storyline, Tony Stark considered Garrett a potential recruit for the Fifty State Initiative.

Garrett went to the Department of Treasury to talk to Seth Waters who was surprised that he did not set off the metal detectors.

[9] After finding out that Seth Waters was working for Leviathan before getting sniped by Bullseye, Garrett and Fury escaped while evading the H.A.M.M.E.R.

They went to China to use magic to make two destroyed Helicarriers from a recent battle with HYDRA disappear and then sped up their corrosion.

Then Sebastian Druid created a magic bullet that Garrett used to kill Leviathan's leader Magadane as the magical component of the bullet was sprayed on HYDRA's sign in order sow dissension between HYDRA and Leviathan.. After Fury told him that the Secret Warriors would be broken up, Garrett congratulated Sebastian Druid for his hard work.

He has plastic skin and metal alloy bones, with his muscular system consisting of a combination of pneumatics, hydraulics, and internal electrical generators.

His cyborg body grants him enhanced strength, speed, stamina, durability, regeneration, and agility.