Bushmaster

"Life has taught me this. You can't drown sorrow with tears. If you want to erase sorrow, you must burn it."

- Bushmaster

John McIver, also called Bushmaster, is a charismatic enhanced individual with a mission of vengeance in Harlem.

Biography
To be added

Personality
"You can't talk tough if you can't breath, eh?"

- Bushmaster to Luke Cage To be added

Powers
"I'm just saying, anyone who can take you on barehanded can't be good for Harlem."

- Bobby Fish to Luke Cage


 * Nightshade Enhancement: After going though an Obeah ritual, Bushmaster gained superhuman abilities due to inhaling a lucid compound called Nightshade.
 * Superhuman Strength: Bushmaster possesses physical strength sufficient to knock down and injure Luke Cage, and even cause internal damage to his body.
 * Superhuman Durability: Bushmaster's body is far more resilient than a normal human. While not as durable as Cage, he is bulletproof to some extent, with bullets embedding into his skin rather than bouncing off him.
 * Superhuman Speed: To be added
 * Superhuman Agility: To be added
 * Superhuman Reflexes: Bushmaster was able to evade a bullet shot at him from close distance by Shades.
 * Regenerative Healing Factor: After inhaling the herb of smoke during the Obeah ceremony, his bullet wounds had completely healed in mere seconds.

Abilities

 * Master Martial Artist: McIver is an extremely skilled martial artist and combatant, able to easily incapacitate Nigel Garrison and kill him. He also utilizes judo, capoeira, and boxing in his fights. John is skilled enough to take down multiple men and Luke Cage, a highly skilled combatant. McIver also went to head to head with Luke, Misty Knight, and Shades at the same time, later losing do to Luke's more superior strength.
 * Master Acrobat: McIver is extremely skilled in acrobatics, able to take down Luke Cage with a flip kick and utilize his acrobatics in his fights.
 * Master Tactician: To be added
 * Bilingualism: McIver is fluent in both English and Jamaican Patois, often interspersing the two languages in conversation with other Patois speakers.

Equipment
To be added

Family

 * Quincy McIver † - Father
 * Gwen McIver † - Mother
 * Paul Mackintosh/Anansi † - Maternal Uncle and Mentor
 * Ingrid Mackintosh - Maternal Aunt

Allies

 * Stylers
 * Sheldon - Childhood Friend and Partner
 * Gideon Shaw - Childhood Friend and Partner
 * Tilda Dillard
 * Stephanie Miller †
 * Nandi Tyler

Enemies

 * Luke Cage - Temporary Ally
 * Mariah Dillard †
 * Hernan Alvarez/Shades
 * Yardies
 * Neville Barnwell †
 * Nigel Garrison † - Victim
 * Ray Ray † - Victim
 * Mark Higgins † - Victim
 * Dontrell Hamilton/Cockroach † - Victim
 * Raymond Jones/Piranha † - Victim
 * New York City Police Department
 * Misty Knight
 * James Lucas

Trivia

 * In the comics, John McIver is a powerful crime-boss who coerced Noah Burstein in replicating the experiment that gave Luke Cage his powers.