Jackhammer (comics)
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Daredevil #123 (July 1975) |
| Created by | Tony Isabella Bob Brown |
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| Alter ego | Matthew Banham |
| Team affiliations | HYDRA Power Tools Masters of Evil |
| Abilities | super-strength. |
Jackhammer (Matthew Banham)[citation needed] is a fictional character from the Marvel Comics universe. He first appeared in Daredevil #123 (July 1975) and was created by Tony Isabella and Bob Brown.
[edit] 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 of Foggy Nelson, Daredevil, Black Widow, and S.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 wrestler Poundcakes whose rebuff threatened the first date of Captain 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 the Masters 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.
He would participate in an attack on the Thames Tunnel, threatening many civilians inside. He was swiftly defeated by the superhero Union Jack.
