Kill Or Be Killed

Can YOU

Name This Marvel Villain??

Judging by his villain name, our friend here--a mercenary with an excellent rep and a talent for gadgets--seemed to want to make it easy for his clients to find him in the phone book. Introducing--the Mercenary, a man who doesn't indulge in modesty when describing his talents:

The Mercenary has been contacted by a ship's captain who wants payback against an informant (Cheryl Porter) who's responsible for Iron Man taking action against his ship for smuggling in the Titanium Man. Cheryl has sought out Tony Stark for help--and, sympathetic to her, he offers her sanctuary at his hide-away hunting lodge, complete with an array of security devices. Little does he know that his plan has already been discovered:

It turns out that another is on his way to Stark's lodge--Vincent Sandhurst, an embezzler out to eliminate Stark in order to prevent him from testifying against him. Unfortunately, Sandhurst has become a witness to the activities of the Mercenary, who deals with him accordingly:

Upon reaching the lodge, Stark tucks Cheryl away in a below-ground, impregnable shelter. Meanwhile, the Mercenary makes his approach:

Despite his acrobatic skill, the Mercenary seems ill-matched against the likes of Iron Man. But, as something of a cross between the Trapster and the Spymaster, he manages to hold his own in a series of attacks:

Once the Mercenary pinpoints Cheryl's location, though, Iron Man realizes that he must bring this fight to an end, though still thinking he has an edge with Cheryl's secure status:

You'd think that would be game, set and match for the Mercenary--but he takes a licking and keeps on kicking, this time with a device that helps to floor Iron Man. And not even Stark's careful planning can withstand this man's guile:

Iron Man manages to disable the Mercenary's device--but is he too late?

Thanks to the surprise intervention of Sandhurst, Cheryl remains safe--while the Mercenary as well as the man he'd left for dead have terminated each other. Hopefully next time, Stark can come up with a little thing called a password for his shelter guests.