Hobie Brown was born the youngest of nine siblings, one of which was Black Tiger. His father, the Tiger, left when he was a baby, and his mother soon succepted to alcoholism, leaving him and his siblings to essentially raise themselves. Although a clever inventor, Hobie found himself working as a window cleaner to pay the bills. While he was a window washer, he was caught in a battle between the Stilt-Man and Daredevil and was rescued by the latter. He was inspired by the Stilt-Man's Suit enough to make his own secret identity.
When the symbiote god Knull invaded Manhattan, Hobbie debuted his new costume, adopting the identity of Hornet. He helped fend off the symbiote invasion using hacked Starkphones to broadcast high-frequency music to repel the symbiotes away.[2] This crisis prompted Hobie to plan the expansion of Fairgray's operations beyond normal crowdfunding and set out to use his own intellect and his contacts in the superhero community to help people affected by such crises. Hobie's plans were halted when the giant Beyond Corporation bought out and terminated Fairgray on the same day. Brown became suspicious of the egregious severance package all employees received, so he investigated Beyond to find their true intentions. His search was interrupted when the former Slinger Dusk sought his help to find her former teammate, Ricochet. They tracked him down to a Beyond facility but were surprised to learn he had voluntarily joined Beyond's superhero division. After Hornet proved vital in helping Ricochet stop an outbreak of inter-dimensional monsters, he was offered a job at Beyond by one of the facility's operators.
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Significant comic book appearances featuring Hornet
