Who Is Mauler? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Mauler is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Brendan Doyle, with over 58 comic issue appearances. Former weapons manufacturer who fell victim to tough times and ended up becoming a bitter foe of noteworthy superbeings such as Iron Man, Daredevil, and the Taskmaster.

Who is Mauler?

Origin MAULER is a multi-purpose combat suit that stands for Mobile Armored Utility Laser-guided E-beam Revised developed by industrialist Edwin Cord , president of Cord Conglomerate for the United States Department of Defense. The suit was a prototype to be mass produced and used by the US Army. However the Defense Department cancelled the contract funding for the MAULER program because of a security breach. Major Story Arcs Versus Iron Man The Raiders Cord came very close to bankruptcy and risked his company's remaining money in a similar battle suit called Raider . Cord dispatched three mercenaries to attack Iron Man in order to demonstrate the Raider combat suit to Purchasing Agent Burke of SHIELD hoping that SHIELD would be impressed by the suit's ability and bail out Cord's company due to the MAULER failure. Agent Burke had Cord arrested and was convicted for reckless endangerment. Cord was in financial ruin and sold his company to Stark International. The MAULER battle suit was stored in a Long Island warehouse.

Key facts

Mauler is of human origin and first appeared in "... The Mauler!; Dark Secrets". The character is published by Marvel. With 58 recorded issue appearances, Mauler ranks among the most featured characters in comics.