Mauler (comics)

The second character 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 was an elderly, former employee of Cord Conglomerate deprived of his pension benefits by a computer error. Soames stole the prototype suit of Mauler armor in the hopes of punishing Edwin Cord who was indifferent to Soames' plight. Soames had two skirmishes with the hero Daredevil, and after humiliating Cord by symbolically erasing his existence as well by destroying his driver's license, credit cards and other means of personal identification (he did not intend to do him any actual harm), he was killed with advanced weaponry by Cord's men. Daredevil was one of the few mourners at Soames' funeral.^[2]

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.^[3]

Brendan Doyle

Later, mercenary Brendan Doyle was hired by the now imprisoned 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. Although successful in stealing the suit, Doyle was prevented from reaching the records by former comrade Jim Rhodes, and decided to keep the suit.^[4] As a soldier for hire, Doyle battled the heroes Spider-Man and Wonder Man,^[5] and encountered Spider-Man once again while trying to retrieve his infant son.^[6] Doyle reappeared during the Armor Wars when the Mauler armour was confiscated by Iron Man, who was tracking down technology based on his stolen designs.^[7]

Doyle eventually gained a new Mauler suit and battled the

Following the death of his 5-year-old son Danny, who had been placed for adoption, in a car accident, Doyle kidnapped a young boy named Bobby Morris under the delusion that he was Danny. Doyle was found by Hyperion, and attempted to use the Mauler suit to kill him until Hyperion managed to persuade him to stop and surrender to the authorities.^[13]

Fourth incarnation

• The Brendan Doyle version of Mauler appears in the PSP and Wii versions of the
  Steven Blum. Mauler appears on the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier initiating Kearson DeWitt
  's plan to down the aircraft using bombs. Iron Man disarms the bombs and eventually defeats Mauler. Mauler carries a bomb which Iron Man blasts to defeat Mauler. He then fights and defeats Mauler once again disarming multiple bombs in the process.