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Nick Spencer, | 136 pages | 10 Feb 2015 | | 9780785191704 | English | New York, United States Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Who Were Marvel's Most Helpless Villains?

Jenkins started out as a gifted aircraft mechanic but grew frustrated with his boring, low-paying The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 and created an armor plated, mechanical suit and embarked on a criminal career as the "". He would later become a regular foe of Spider-Manoften as he worked as a henchman for various criminal organizations. Jenkins later organized his own group of criminals known as the Sinister Syndicate. When many costumed heroes seemingly died in a battle against OnslaughtHelmut Zemo recruited Jenkins and a number of other villains he had worked with in the past to form the . All members adopted new costumed identities, posing as super heroes to gain access to the technology of the or the Avengersgroups which had both seemingly perished. Jenkins became known as "Mach-1", using a modified version of his Beetle armor that was designed for faster flight and higher altitude. While the plan was originally to steal technology most of the members decided that they enjoyed the attention and adulation and decided to legitimately become heroes. Jenkins was convinced to give himself over to authorities to serve out an outstanding prison sentence in exchange for the Thunderbolts being granted immunity. During his time in jail Jenkins helped the authorities out, which led to him working for the government after his release from prison. He later began working at the Raft maximum security prison as head of security and worked with the Thunderbolts, who were now a team of criminals who tried to earn time off their sentence by carrying out missions for the government. After some time away from the team, he has appeared as a regular character in Thunderbolts since issueand has appeared as a supporting character since the title transitioned into Dark beginning with issue was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Abner Jenkins was a master mechanic at an aircraft parts factory who became dissatisfied with his boring, low paying job. Using his considerable mechanical knowledge, Jenkins built an armor-plated, strength-augmenting suit, a pair of -defying wings, suction-fingered gloves, and a cybernetic control helmet. Calling himself the " Beetle ", Jenkins decided to use his battle-suit for fame, wealth, and adventure. Believing a victory over half the Fantastic Four would make him an overnight sensation, the Beetle chose to lure the and the Thing into battle. However, Thing and Human Torch defeated him, and he was sent to prison. Paroled a short time later, he sought revenge on Human Torch, but found himself in battle with Spider-Man instead. Once again, with Human Torch's help, he was defeated after a cage of high-temperature flame was created around him. He was jailed once more. At one The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3, Beetle was mentally dominated and recruited by the to serve as his unwilling agent. Under the The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 domination, Beetle faced the Avengers. He later became a member of the group of who briefly posed as the in order to confuse the authorities and earn a bit of public trust. Losing every battle against costumed crime-fighters and failing to accumulate very much wealth, Beetle offered his services to underworld financier who kept various superhuman criminals on retainers. His offer accepted, Beetle was dispatched against the original The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3, as part of a battalion of costumed criminals. His Beetle armor was severely damaged by Iron Man during the fight. Abner then invested all of the capital he could acquire into the modification and refinement of his Beetle armor. With the 's assistance, he produced a new battle-suit with far greater capacities than his old one. Before launching his comeback, Beetle recruited the criminal to put Spider-Man through his paces. Beetle wished to study Spider-Man's fighting style and program it into The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 computer system so he could anticipate his opponent's moves. Despite his preparations and new battle-suit, Beetle was again defeated by Spider-Man. Beetle and other were defeated by the Avengers and arrested. Beetle organized his own team of super-villainous mercenaries called the Sinister Syndicatewhich ran afoul of Spider-Man. When most of Earth 's costumed adventurers, including the then-core membership of the Avengers and Fantastic Four, seemingly died battling OnslaughtBaron recruited Jenkins and a number of other villains to trick the world into believing they were heroes called the Thunderbolts. Jenkins adopted the guise of "MACH-1". When took over the group's leadership, he convinced Jenkins to serve out the remainder of his prison term as a show of good faith to the public, but another criminal used the Beetle guise to frame him. While at Seagate, Jenkins coped with resentment and occasional assaults from other The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 and refused a chance to participate in a mass escape organized by his old employer Justin Hammer. Instead, Jenkins foiled the breakout, an act which brought him to the attention of the government's Commission on Superhuman Activities CSA. They recruited Jenkins to participate in a sting operation aimed at Hammer. Jenkins agreed, using a newly designed armor to operate as the Beetle once more. The activities of the new Beetle attracted the attention of the Thunderbolts. Hawkeye blackmailed the CSA into allowing Jenkins to remain free, even though the government's records would list Jenkins as still being in prison, in exchange for keeping the CSA's exploitation of Jenkins's secret. When the Thunderbolts uncovered and thwarted a CSA-connected conspiracy to exterminate all superhumans, Hawkeye blackmailed the CSA into giving the Thunderbolts full pardons in exchange for the group's silence; however, CSA agent Henry Peter Gyrich insisted that he would not go along with the deal unless Hawkeye went to prison for his technically illegal vigilante activities as a member of the Thunderbolts. Hawkeye agreed, despite the protests of his teammates, and surrendered to federal custody. However, as part of the terms of their deal, they were forbidden from public use of superhuman or costumed identities. Ironically, Jenkins found himself employment with the Burton Canyon police department as a tech support specialist. Unfortunately, their quiet lives were shattered when the super-criminal launched his latest attempt at world conquest in Burton Canyon, imprisoning the world's superheroes and reshaping the planet in his own image. Despite their reluctance to risk their newfound freedom, Jenkins and agreed to join secretly controlling Citizen V's body in attacking Graviton as part of a new team of Thunderbolts. Graviton was defeated and the world was saved, but MACH-3 The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 the other Thunderbolts disappeared in an implosion created by the dying Graviton's power, with the The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 of Songbird who appeared left behind as the sole survivor. On Counter-Earththe team continued to band together, searching for a way to return to their own world and beginning to establish themselves as the leading superheroes of the troubled Counter-Earth. After a failed attempt to escape to the real Earth, the team entered into an uneasy alliance with their original , Baron Zemo, in an ongoing effort to save Counter-Earth from the various ills plaguing that alternate world. The Thunderbolts went on to revive the flying city of Attilan and populate it with refugees and survivors of the war-torn and nearly destroyed world. The Thunderbolts became renowned for their heroism and efforts to solve the world's problems. They were hailed by many to be the world's saviors. Nevertheless, Jenkins appeared to be going through the motions; his heart being elsewhere as his relationship with Songbird was thought to be lost. On Counter-Earth, Zemo's Thunderbolts had encountered the effects of a white hole spawned from an abandoned spacecraft, as its engine's radiation began eating Earth from the inside. The Thunderbolts embarked on a plan to combine their powers to punt the alien ship off the Earth and sever the link between the worlds. However, in order to complete this plan, the Thunderbolts needed to be inside the engine-spawned void The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 order to keep it clear of the real Earth as it closed. By so doing, they would reemerge from the void on the real Earth, forfeiting their roles and place on Counter-Earth. Emerging from the void, the Thunderbolts encountered their former teammates Hawkeye and Songbird who had formed their own version of the Thunderbolts who were similarly engaged with the void from the real Earth's counterpart of the spaceship. The two teams of Thunderbolts combined forces to plug the void and shunt the alien ship from Earth. Jenkins's reunion The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 Songbird was short-lived. Despite their feelings for each other, Jenkins left Songbird, once more remanding himself to police custody to serve the remainder of his sentence. He has since had his skin and face changed back to his original appearance, and has resumed contact with Songbird. Abe was recently approached by the Avengers on finding if they had been staying legit despite their suspicions. Abe told them they would have to stop Baron Zemo before he launched Project: Liberation, but that Moonstone was the one to really worry about. After Moonstone revealed her plans, Abe had contacted to help the Avengers and Thunderbolts stop her. Following the conclusion to the battle, Abe was finally paroled from jail and made an announcement that he was reforming the Thunderbolts and that any former villains or super- powered individuals who wanted a second chance would be allowed to join. He found himself the group's leader and lover to Songbird. Things continued to go crazy when the Thunderbolts kept being put into tough situations as Baron Wolfgang von Strucker threw new challenges to keep them busy, including adding to the team as a spy and allowing Fathom Five to attack New York City. Things finally came together when Abe revealed he always intended to take Strucker. He brings below sea level where they are introduced to Man-Thing who will serve as the Thunderbolts' mode of transportation. Songbird and Abe resist Zemo's offer to join up with him and the rising empire and, in the fallout of their confrontation, Songbird is left searching the snowy wasteland for Abe's missing body. Abner Jenkins has no superhuman powers, but has extensive knowledge of mechanics and engineering. As the Beetle, he designed and wore a suit of full body powered armor that granted him superhuman strength and durability and artificial winged flight. The suit's gloves contained pneumatic The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3, enabling him to cling to walls or lift things with his fingertips. The suit could also create an electrostatic energy discharge referred to as the "-bite". On the back of the suit are a set of ultra-tough mylar wings powered by super efficient micro-motors which enable him to fly. Antennae built into the suit's helmet allowed reception and ultra-efficient conversion of microwaves, providing the suit with a constantly replenishing power supply. A mini-computer built into the chest-plate feeds data to heads-up displays in the helmet, providing him with constantly updated tactical analysis of his opponent's movements. This new suit contains a variety of different weapon systems, however, instead of the insect-themed powers of the previous armor. Abner appears alongside the Thunderbolts in the Dead Days one-shot of the Marvel Zombies miniseries wearing an early version of his MACH suit, and alongside the rest of The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 group is seen attacking first and then . He is quickly killed by a blast of flame from the Human Torch. Abner Jenkins is a scientist secretly working for the Human Resistance along with Erik Josten who is part of an elite sapien military unit the and Jim Sanders. The three, along with General "Dum Dum" Duganare attempting to create a chemical weapon to wipe out all the on Earth, so the humans can strike an alliance with the Shi'Ar to overthrow the House of Magnus. He and the rest of the attack the secret S. Mach-X and the rest of the Thunderbolts betrayed Clint years before which The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 in the deaths of all of the other Avengers. Years later, Jenkins is now working in a factory in Kree Haven before Hawkeye arrives to kill him for revenge The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 his betrayal. Clint allows him to put on his Beetle outfit The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 Abner chose because he did not find it fitting to dress up as the heroic Mach-X and tells Clint that he sided with the Thunderbolts against the Avengers to protect Songbird. Clint kills him and takes his final love note to Songbird. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the AD character, see M. For other uses, see Mach 1 disambiguation. Art by Steve Lieber. This section needs expansion. You can help by The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 to it. August This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. The Superior Foes of Spider-Man, Volume 3: Game Over by Nick Spencer

No recent wiki edits to this page. Ex-professional baseball player Fred Meyers was one of the Mets, and now he's a different kind of loser--the kind who wears a on his forehead and gets punched by Spider-Man every other week. When the Chameleon contracts Boomerang to recover the head of the cyborg from the Owlwhat's a down-on-his-luck Australian super-villain to do? Get help, of course. Now Boomerang is at the helm of a new Sinister Six though there are only five members on the roster and doing his darnedest to keep his crew out of jail long enough to complete the job. His only obstacles seems to be a court-appointed parole officer and former Sinister Syndicate The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3, Abe Jenkinsthe distrust of his teammates, and the small matter of not having the leader's head. Will the Chameleon have his? Tune in, true believers. The series is written by Nick Spencer with art by Steve Lieber. It was released as part of Superior Spider-Month. Filling In: Driven; Trial and Terror! This edit will also create new pages on Comic Vine for:. Until you earn points all The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 submissions need to be vetted by other Comic Vine users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved. Tweet Clean. Cancel Update. What size image should we insert? This will not affect the original upload Small Medium How do you want the image positioned around text? Float Left Float Right. Cancel Insert. Go to Link Unlink Change. Cancel Create Link. Disable this feature for this session. Rows: Columns:. Enter the URL for the tweet you want to embed. This edit will also create new pages on Comic Vine for: Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Make sure this is what you intended. This will likely increase The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 time it takes for your changes to go live. Comment and Save Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Comic Vine users. Use your keyboard! Abner Jenkins - Wikipedia

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Steve Lieber Illustrations. Voted one of the best mainstream super hero comics of by the Onion A. Only five villains stand between New York and total chaos in the streets of Manhattan. The problem? Those villains are the Superior Foes. And now the world's most dangerous villains are up against the world's most dangerous thing - the truth! A year of duplicity and double crossing has led t Voted one of the best mainstream super hero comics of by the Onion A. A year of duplicity and double crossing has led to this The Gang War begins as everyone clashes in a big fight over Silvermane's head. Lives are lost, feelings are hurt, and car keys get misplaced as the Foes take on all comers! The hit of the year continues as Spencer and Lieber bring this rollicking tale of evil to its ultimate hour! Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. More Details Original Title. Other Editions 2. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Mar 25, Anne rated it really liked it Recommended to Anne by: Jeff. Shelves: graphic-novelscomicsjeff-is-an-assrecommended-by-a-not-stupid-friendkindlemarvel-unlimitedread-in I'm so sad this is over! Hold me, Jeffthank you so much for pestering me till I picked this up! Honestly, The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 has been one of the funniest titles I've ever read, and I'm planning on purchasing all the the volumes. All of you who know how cheap I am are probably picking yourselves up off the floor right now. I hope you didn't get hurt when you out of your chairs. Anyway, this was a good wrap-up for these characters. Like most great ti I'm so sad this is over! Like most great titles, when they come to an end, there's always bit of that letdown feeling. I mean, just look at this one's Daddy, Superior Spider-man. It's almost impossible to get everything perfect for the end of a beloved run. But, to Spencer's credit, he didn't shit the bed. There's still plenty of offbeat humor in Game Overand to me that makes up for most sins. And as The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 as you keep giving me the funny, I'm pretty content to overlook other problems. Not that I thought there were any real problems So, this The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 Boomerang's swan song. And The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 though he's a total douchebag, you just can't help but root for him to finally score big. Or at least not die. In fact, you want all of these guys to The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 a Happily Ever After You want something not horrible good to happen to each and every one of these lovable losers! Does that happen? Read it, and find out. Ok, so there's no moral of the story or lesson to learn in these books. It's just a straight-up watch the stupid people fuck themselves over kind of thing. And, really, you can't ask for anything more than that, can you? Highly The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 View all 16 comments. Jan 16, Jeff rated it really liked it Shelves: comix. Imagine being on the bottom of the pecking order in one of the worst super heh villain groups in the history of comics, the Sinister Six Five. This is where Herman Schultz, aka The finds himself. After years of getting kicked in the dome by Spider-man, the Shocker is also a little slow on the uptake as well. Poor, poor Shocker. Ooo Boy!! Things are looking up, right? Um, no. The cybernetic head of Silvermane is a profane, nasty, undermining, rude, ugly noggin with no off switch unless you have duct tape handy. Poor, poor Twinkler Shocker not only has to deal with countless demeaning versions of his name, but is unmanned at every turn by a head. This volume wraps up one of the more entertaining runs in recent comics. Well done, Nick Spencer! View all 13 comments. May 31, Sam Quixote rated it liked it. These supervillains, right? That said, I think Superior Foes worked well in that first book but over three volumes? Volume 3: Game Over IS superior to that scrappy second one though. Mostly though, it was just an ok read. And I liked that an obvious cash-grab from the bestselling Superior Spider-Man could be so unusual and its own thing. Compare this imaginative crime caper to the much darker -themed Forever Evil drek and its associated one- dimensional spin-offs DC The Superior Foes of Spider-Man: Volume 3 shovelling out and you can see why Marvel have the market share! Jan 03, Gavin rated it liked it Shelves: comics. My first read of the year! Opposite of dark and gritty! Not the Dark Comics fools at the other big company It was time to end this though Best stuff here? Mach VII somehow getting Tony Stark's number and annoying him until he pulls the "you're breaking up" routine, as well as the "this is your moment to be the best you, be a true hero Marvel rolling eyes in the panel. Then a cop saying "I thought you were called N My first read of the year! Then a cop saying "I thought you were called Nighthawk". taking an Uber Otherwise silly fun. Nice change of pace from too serious stuff. Dec 18, Sesana rated it really liked it Shelves: comicssuperhumans.