Harvey Hackett

Harvey Hacket is the second husband of Mrs. Levin and the step-father of Kevin Levin, he first appears in Absolute Power: Part 2

History
After the death of Devin Levin, Kevin's mother was widowed. Some time later, Mrs. Levin met Harvey and the two fell in love, married and settled down. In a sense, this was just her part in giving Kevin another father figure, a decision that would later backfire. During that time, Harvey was made aware of the Levin's secret; that Kevin and his deceased father were aliens.

Kevin's relationship with Harvey was turbulent at best, as is natural between a step-father and step-son. Kevin not only saw Harvey as a replacement for his real father, but an obstacle for his mother's love. It was slightly implied that Harvey; despite accepting and raising Kevin as his own son, was afraid of him because of his powers, something that Kevin always suspected which only worsened their relationship.

The boiling point made its mark when Kevin; under obscure circumstances, somehow absorbed some energy and demolished their old home (possibly an accident, although Kevin doesn't seem to recall the incident that clearly). After that, Kevin became mentally unstable because of the energy and coupled with the destruction of their house, as well as his initial dislike of Harvey, made him believe that the latter convinced Mrs. Levin to reject him out of their lives. Taking this as a form of abandonment, Kevin ran away.

Harvey's activities after that incident remained unknown, although along the way Harvey might have regretted his earlier prejudice against Kevin. It is also unknown exactly when and how Kevin came back into their lives after the latter was restored to human form and escaped the Null Void. Even after reconciling with his mother, Kevin still wasn't that much fond of Harvey.

Kevin's dislike of Harvey was made even more clear when he was under the influence of his third mutation. When Harvey tried to intervene with his step-son's madness, Kevin vents his rage at him for taking his real father's place and convincing his mother to kick him out into the street after the accident years earlier. Although Harvey made it frankly clear that Kevin misunderstood everything that happened; further owing to the boy's instability at the time.