Marcus Bench (Earth-4026)

"Yeah, the Navy didn't work out. Thought I'd come back and slum it with you, babe... only to find out you're with this loser? Nah, I don't think so."

- Hydro-Man

Marcus Bench was Mary Jane Watson's boyfriend before she moved next door to Peter Parker. He was later sent to the Naval Academy by his parents where he was exposed to an experimental chemical that transformed him into Hydro-Man.

Trivia

 * His parents originally wanted to name him Morris.
 * He is adopted. His real parents were alcoholic criminals who were shot dead in a police shoot-out when he was barely a year old. He was found by the police in the bath tub, where he had been for nearly four hours. This caused him to develop a fear of water that he didn't get over until he was 9.
 * In High School he was a member of a band with his three friends, and they only ever learned one song, Cold Hard Bitch by Jet.
 * He was 16 when he smoked crack for the first time.
 * He wanted to be a member of the Sinister Six.