- Jackhammer (comics)
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comic_color=background:#ff8080
character_name=Jackhammer
real_name=Matthew Banham
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publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Daredevil" #123 (July 1975)
creators=Tony Isabella
Bob Brown
alliance_color=background:#c0c0ff
alliances=HYDRA Power ToolsMasters of Evil
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powers=super-strength.|Jackhammer (Matthew Banham)Fact|date=March 2008 is a fictional character from the
Marvel Comics universe.Publication history
Jackhammer was first mentioned as a
HYDRA leader in "Daredevil" #121; he first appeared in "Daredevil" #123 (July 1975) and was created byTony Isabella and Bob Brown.The character subsequently appears in "Captain America" #371 (June 1990), #373-378 (July-October 1990), "Guardians of the Galaxy" #28-29 (September-October 1992), "Captain America" #412-414 (February-April 1993), "Thunderbolts" #24-25 (March-April 1999), and "Union Jack" #1-2 (November-December 2006).
Fictional character biography
Jackhammer is a costumed agent/division leader of
HYDRA when it was under the leadership of the crimelord Silvermane. When they arranged a kidnapping ofFoggy Nelson , Daredevil, Black Widow, andS.H.I.E.L.D. pursued them. Jackhammer was among those who fought Daredevil and was defeated.Jackhammer later left HYDRA and gained superhuman strength from a treatment at
Power Broker , Inc. and started a relationship with female wrestlerPoundcakes whose rebuff threatened the first date ofCaptain America and Diamondback. Anaconda and Asp rendered Jackhammer and Poundcake unconscious.Dr.
Karl Malus of Power Broker, Inc. formed Power Tools with Jackhammer and other villains in their plot to capture Battlestar and other characters when they de-powered them. He was among the villains that fought Captain America.He left Power Tools once when there was an occasion that
Doctor Octopus recruited him to join his incarnation of theMasters of Evil during the "Infinity War ". He was among the villains that turned on Doctor Octopus causing him to take flight.The second Crimson Cowl later recruited Jackhammer to join her incarnation of the Masters of Evil. With them, he was defeated by the Thunderbolts. ["Thunderbolts" #24-25 (March-April 1999)]
He would participate in an attack on the Thames Tunnel, threatening many civilians inside. He was swiftly defeated by the superhero Union Jack. ["Union Jack" #1-2 (November-December 2006)]
References
External links
* [http://www.marvel.com/universe/Jackhammer Jackhammer]
*http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/jackhammerpt.htm
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