Joey Gutierrez

Joey Gutierrez is a fictional altered human and a recurring character featured in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Played by actor Juan Pablo Raba, he made appearances on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., beginning with the season three episode, "Laws of Nature".

Overview
Joey Gutierrez is a second-generation Inhuman. He was one of the first to have his dormant Inhuman gene activated after the chemical known as Terrigen was released into the ecosystem. Joey possessed the ability to liquefy metal through tactile contact or with the power of his mind. Joey Gutierrez was one of the first Inhumans considered for membership in a group of Terrigen-enhanced agents working within S.H.I.E.L.D., which was being headed up by Daisy Johnson.

Biography
Jose "Joey" Gutierrez was a construction worker living in Washington, D.C.. In 2015, he was one of the first to undergo Terrigenesis, which activated a dormant alien gene within him, giving him superhuman powers. In Joey's case, the ability to melt metal with his mind. Initially, Joey had no control over his power and was terrified by it.

A newly formed government task force known as the Advanced Threat Containment Unit was sent out to sanction Gutierrez as he was found in a panic in the streets of New York. In his excited state, he began melting cars and guns and the ATCU agents were prepared to open fire. Fortunately for him, members of another response unit, S.H.I.E.L.D. arrived, and took him to safety aboard their mobile command jet, Zephyr One. One of the agents, Daisy Johnson, was an Inhuman just like him, and tried to keep him calm, but also told him that they had to keep him in containment until he could control his abilities. They kept him in quarantine at one of Nick Fury's secret safe house locations, the Playground, which served as S.H.I.E.L.D.'s de facto headquarters for a time.

Abilities

 * Ferromagnetic manipulation: Joey Gutierrez can dissolve metal through physical contact or being within close proximity to metal. When this power first developed, Joey had a great deal of difficulty in controlling it.

Notes & Trivia



 * Joey Gutierrez is homosexual. He once equated having to hide his abilities to having to hide his sexuality from those around him.


 * Joey underwent terrigenesis after consuming fish oil vitamin supplements.


 * Often skipped his yearly physical.