

Unbeknownst to Morgan, Tony has partially regained consciousness partially recharges his armor with the car's cigarette-lighter adapter. Morgan bluffs his way into the facility and has Iron Man loaded into his car. Morgan insists that he can use his familial credentials to sneak into the facility where Iron Man is recovering and bring him to Nefaria. Due to the armor's failsafes, the best hope is for it's life support systems to eventually revive him. Nefaria is about to have Whiplash "make an example out of him" when they see a news broadcast about detailing how Iron Man was rendered near comatose after a recent battle with the Grey Gargoyle. Whiplash gains a fearsome reputation as an enforcer and executioner for Giulietta Nefaria, then operating under the name "Big M." Whiplash was providing security on an floating casino owned by Nefaria when Morgan Stark ran up debts he couldn't pay. With a costume and a sophisticated metal whip of his own design, the character becomes Whiplash, a weapons designer, special agent, and assassin for the criminal organization the Maggia.
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Marco Scarlotti is originally a gifted electrical technician, but desires a life of luxury and becomes a professional criminal. Their identities were never revealed.Ī fourth Whiplash, heavily based on the MCU version, was introduced in a four issue miniseries titled, appropriately enough, Iron Man vs Whiplash. The pair are forcibly recruited into the team the Thunderbolts. She was primarily a foe of Spider-Man and Wolverine, and eventually changed her codename to Snake-Whip.ĭuring the Civil War storyline, two new villains called Whiplash and Blacklash appear, although neither has connections to Scarlotti or Foreman. 1998) and #26 (March 2000), before being killed in battle in #28 (May 2000).Īfter Scalotti's death, the name Whiplash was used used by a mutant named Leann Foreman, who first appeared in Marvel Comics Presents (Vol 1) #49 Unlike Scalotti, she had genuine superpowers. The character eventually reappeared in Iron Man vol. 1986) and featured as a mercenary in Iron Man #223-224 (Oct.-Nov. Blacklash joined supervillain team the Sinister Syndicate in Amazing Spider-Man #280 - 281 (Sept.-Oct.

1984) and reappeared in Spectacular Spider-Man #101 (Apr. The character battled both Iron Man and Spider-Man in Marvel Team-Up #145 (Sept. Scarlotti made a brief appearance as Whiplash in Marvel Two-In-One #96 (Feb. 1979), and then returned as the upgraded "Blacklash" in Iron Man #146 -147 (May-June 1981). Whiplash becomes a recurring foe for Iron Man, and appeared in Iron Man #62 (Sept. For much of his publication history, his civilian identity was Mark Scott. Marco Scarlotti first appeared as Whiplash in Tales of Suspense #97-99 (Jan.-March 1968), with the storyline resolved in Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1 (April 1968) and Iron Man #1 (May 1968).
