After his early experiences as a young boy in Harlem afraid of everything that went bump in the night, Dontrell soon learned to grow comfortable with his surroundings and even developed a sort of fondness for the cockroaches that shared his home. As he got older, he began to live a life of crime, becoming a hitman and enforcer for a man named Piranha Jones.

Cockroach Hamilton Meets Luke Cage

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Hamilton, a skilled marksman and hand-to-hand combatant, built "Josh" a six-barreled shotgun, capable of harming superhuman opponents and can even be modified to fire gas. With this weapon he was able to hold his own against his opponents, one of these opponents being Luke Cage.

Cockroach and his employer Piranha Jones had their eye on a shipment of a lethal bacteriological agent that was to be shipped through New York City. In order to get the details of the shipment Cockroach and Piranha bought information from a man named Harry Wentworth. Harry was employed by the Adonis Chemical Company; the same comapny that employed Luke Cage. Cage was hired by the company to find out who Wentoworth was selling the information to and showed up to find Hamilton Killing Wentworth. Hamilton did kill Wentworth, then shot Cage in the shoulder dislocating it.

Eventually Jones and Hamilton sent minions to hijack the shipment, but Cage was present at the sece with police chief Quentin Chase. Battles ensued and during one of the fights, a cannister of the bacteriological agent cracked. Cage pounded the cannister until it exploded leaving him unconscious....