Jonathan Hive

Jonathan Hive
Biographical Information
Real Name	Jonathan Tipton-Clarke
Aliases	Bugsy, Jonathan Hive
Gender	Male
Class	Ace
Wild Card Traits	Metamorphosis, flight, poisonous sting
Social Information
Citizenship	United States citizen
Occupation	Blogger, Journalist, Committee investigator
Event Participant	American Hero
Base of Operations	New York
Affiliations	Team Hearts, the Committee, Aces!
Allies	Cameo, John Fortune, Lohengrin, Simoon
Origin
First Appearance	Inside Straight
Creator	Daniel Abraham

Jonathan Hive is a fictional character from the Wild Cards series of books.

Wild Card Traits

Jonathan "Bugsy" Tipton-Clarke is an ace, though some people consider him a joker, who can turn his body into a swarm of green wasps at will. He can either shift his entire body into wasps or simply spawn small numbers at a time. He can also see from the wasps' perspective, and is able to juggle multiple wasp perspectives concurrently.

When one of Jonathan's wasps die he feel as the pain as a small pinch, and he will eventually regrow the body parts the wasps made up. However, if Jonathan shifts completely into wasps and loses too many too quickly, he will not be able to reform his body. The wasps are also vulnerable to ambient temperature extremes, due to the vastly increased surface area of Jonathan's body when fragmented. Even a quick flight through freezing conditions can leave him hypothermic when he reforms.

Personality

Bugsy is a caring individual, but masks his positive qualities under a constant veneer of facetious wit. Always making wisecracks about things, he tends to be a source of irritation for others.

Selected Reading

• Wild Cards Volume XVIII: Inside Straight 2008 - The Committee Trilogy
• Wild Cards Volume XIX: Busted Flush 2009 - The Committee Trilogy
• Wild Cards Volume XX: Suicide Kings 2010 - The Committee Trilogy
• Wild Cards Volume XXIII: High Stakes 2016
• When We Were Heroes 2013
• Wild Cards Volume XXX: Full House 2022