Long is married to a woman named Gloria Long. He served as a criminal psychiatrist at Sing Sing prison. One of his patients was Walter Kovacs, who'd been arrested by New York City Police after he'd attacked several SWAT team members at the former tenement of Edgar Jacobi who'd previously led a double life as Moloch, an underground criminal kingpin. Later Long and his wife have separated and are attempting to make amends when Malcolm witnesses Joey annd Aline fighting; they both are killed when Adrian Veidt's monstrous alien creature is teleported nearby.