PUNISHER's
EXO-ARMORPUNISHER's
EXO-ARMOR
Classification: Exo-skeleton
Creator: Elliot; modified by Microchip (Linus Lieberman)
User/Possessors: Punisher (Castle)
First Appearance: Punisher I#34 (June, 1990)
Powers/Abilities/Functions: Strength-enhancing
(enhanced human to Class 10), resistance to injury, arm-mounted
cannons or machine guns, rapid user eject function;
Damages easily repeated trauma.
The first exo-skeleton was perhaps 10-12 tall,
while the second was closer to human size. The second also had an
extensible cable for scaling walls.
History:
(Punisher I#34) - Microchip had unwittingly tapped into the
computer system of the Reavers, prompting Pierce to send
Prettyboy, Reese, and Skullbuster after he (and by association,
the Punisher). Outmatched and outgunned, Micro led Castle to his
cousin Elliot, who supplied the Punisher with a suit of armor
that he had obtained when an unspecified think tank went bankrupt.
Micro overhauled the suit and Castle put it on an attacked the
Reavers when they arrived. He succeeded in destroying
Skullbuster's tank tread and severing Pretty Boy's hands, but the
Reavers repaired themselves, ganged up on him, and disabled the
armor.
Castle used the rapid eject function to
escape, then detonated the armor, disabling the trio to the point
that they decided to cut their losses and return to their
Australian base.
(Punisher War Journal#56) - Unable to match the
power of foes taking a PCP variant that granted superhuman
physical abilities, Castle had Micro dig out Elliot's spare Exo-Armor.
Micro had dramatically rebuilt it using spare parts and the
Punisher wore it to Killer B's apartment, where he found B hopped
up on the drug, battling a similarly monstrous Bosephus. Castle
used the armor to blow a hole through the wall, through which
Killer B tossed Bosephus. Killer B then leapt on top of Castle,
cracking the armor with each blow. Killer B hurled him down the
stairs, where he crushed Mitch and Gig, and was then left without
power. Castle could still activate his shoulder gun, however,
which he did, pumping 600 rounds per minute into the drug-frenzied
Killer B, leaving him a blood-spattered mess.
Castle left the disabled armor behind.
Comments: Created by Mike Baron and Bill Reinhold.
Clarifications:
No known connection to:
Last name possibly
Lieberman.
Cousin of Microchip and
owner of Elliot's Auto Salvage in Queens. He also collected
various assault weapons, buying them from anyone on the East
Coast, and selling them to anyone who wanted them--except Arabs.
In addition to the Exo-Armor he gave the Punisher, he used remote
controlled miniature cars packed full of gelginite, and various
other weapons. He expressed interest in working with Micro and
the Punisher further, but was killed when the Reavers assaulted
his yard.
The Punisher didn't understand what Micro was
so upset about, because if Elliot hadn't been killed by the
Reavers, he'd have had to kill them himself.
--Punisher II#34
images:
Other appearances:
Punisher War Journal#56 (July, 1993)
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Last Updated: 09/07/03
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