Mauler (comics)

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Caption	The Brendan Doyle incarnation of Mauler as depicted in Iron Man #156 (March 1982). Art by Al Milgrom.
Character Name	Mauler
Real Name	Aaron Soames Turk Barrett Brendan Doyle Unnamed criminal
Species	Human
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Debut	Soames: Daredevil #167 (November 1980) Doyle: Iron Man #156 (March 1982)
Creators	Soames: David Michelinie Frank Miller Doyle David Michelinie John Romita Jr.
Alliances	Cord Conglomerate
Powers	Armored suit grants: Superhuman strength Flight via turbines Heavy resistance to injury Internal life support systems Laser cannon on left arm Electric shock generator on right arm

Publication history

The armor first appears in Daredevil #167 (Nov. 1980) and was created by David Michelinie and Frank Miller. The first character to use the armor received an entry in The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #18.

The second character to use the armor first appears in Iron Man #156 (March 1982) and was created by David Michelinie, John Romita Jr., and Pablo Marcos.

Fictional character biography

Aaron Soames

Aaron Soames is an elderly former employee of Cord Conglomerate deprived of his pension benefits by a computer error. Soames steals the prototype Mauler armor in hopes of punishing Edwin Cord, who is indifferent to Soames' plight. Soames has two skirmishes with Daredevil before being killed by Cord's men.

Turk Barrett

The Mauler armor reappears when small-time criminal Turk Barrett steals the armor and attempts to kill Daredevil. Barrett is defeated in seconds by Daredevil.

Brendan Doyle

Mercenary Brendan Doyle is hired by Edwin Cord to steal the armor from Stark International (the company of Iron Man's alter ego Tony Stark) and destroy all records of the suit design and history. Doyle is prevented from reaching the records by former comrade Jim Rhodes, and decides to keep the suit.

After his 5-year-old son Danny is killed in a car accident, Doyle kidnaps a young boy named Bobby Morris under the delusion that he is Danny. Doyle is found by Hyperion, who convinces him to surrender.

Fourth user

Roderick Kingsley sells one of the Mauler armors to an unnamed criminal. This version of Mauler is seen on Kingsley's side when the Hobgoblin (Kingsley's butler Claude) attacks the Goblin Nation. After Hobgoblin is killed by Norman Osborn, Mauler is among the villains who defect to the Goblin Underground.

Powers and abilities

The Mauler armor provides heavy protection from physical and energy-based attacks, boosts the wearer's strength and courtesy of turbines allows flight. In addition to internal life support systems, a laser cannon that doubles as an electron particle gun is mounted on the left arm. The right palm of the armor can also generate a high-frequency electric shock.

In other media

The Brendan Doyle incarnation of Mauler appears in Iron Man 2, voiced by Steve Blum.

References

• Rovin, Jeff, The Encyclopedia of Super-Villains, 1987, Facts on File, New York, 211–212, Jeff Rovin

External links

• Mauler (disambiguation) at Marvel.com