Hellfire

James Taylor James better known as J.T. James was the descendant of famed western hero Carter Slade better known as the Phantom Rider. He inherited the the power to manipulate Hellfire, first discovering this power when he was attacked with a chain, caught it, and transformed it into a Hellfire Chain. Before the Skrulls' Secret Invasion started, Nick Fury tasked Daisy Johnson with recruiting select individuals that he had files on for what would become his secret strike force team. She found J.T. working in a convenience store and watched as he demonstrated his powers with a flaming chain. When she first approached him and told him she was aware he had powers, he asked her "Who the @#$% are you?"

As a member of the "Secret Warriors" He was excited at having powers and hoped Nick Fury paid well, he was given the code name Hellfire and was trained alongside Stonewall (Jerry Sledge), Phobos, Yo-Yo Rodriguez, and Sebastian Druid.[3] One of the first missions was to take out the Dard'van the religious sect of the Skrulls leading the invasion.

Fury's Secret Warriors are sent to an old S.H.I.E.L.D. base in Texas to observe activity there. They discover Hydra operatives there. In defiance of their orders to observe only, Slingshot, The Druid, and Stonewall engage the terrorists. When they got back, Fury chastised them for getting seen. Hellfire expected a pat on the shoulder. Fury asked where's the lesson in that; Hellfire quotes his lesson of the difference with luck or discipline; he also points out that Fury got that quote from William Westmoreland. Fury shoots back that he might have stolen it from someone else. He told his team that they deserve a break.