When television news reporter Jack Ryder antagonizes mafia boss Angelo Deville, the infuriated mobster orders his goons to kill him, but when Dr. Vincent Yatz uses his revolutionary "nanocells" therapy, an experimental mixture which enables the body to regenerate to the point of completely replacing the skin of a badly scarred burn victim, not to mention the ability to heal practically any injury of any kind to save his life, The regenerative substance of the nanocells interacted with his body chemistry, thus resurrecting him as the Creeper.
