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History

Before transformation

Before transformation

Eli Hartman was one of many human subjects experimented on by Madame Monstrosity. Kept in the holding pens, he became friends with another boy Bailey. On the daily Madame Monstrosity transformed Bailey into a Human/Spider Hybrid, Eli tried to comfort him by cracking jokes. Bailey in turn joked about a elephant-rhinoceros hybrid called "Hellifino", which caught Madame's ear. She was delighted about such an experiment and picked Eli as her subject, to Bailey's horror. Eventually Bailey escaped, and both Madame Monstrosity and Eli would lose all memories about him after he was erased from existence.[2]

Eli Hartman (Earth-616) from Spider-Boy Vol 2 1 002
When the mysterious Spider-Boy resurfaced, Madame Monstrosity recognized him as one of her creations and sent Hellifino after him. During their fight, Eli removed Spider-Boy's mask enough for Madame to read the barcode on the back of his neck. To Eli's shock, Spider-Boy then called him by his real name and asked him not to be a monster. Affected by his words, Hellifino let him go and returned to the base at the Stillwell Farm, telling Madame that his target escaped by turning into a swarm of spiders.[2]

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Weaknesses

Hellifino is unable to change back into human form.

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