The Spoiler, along with Jake "The Snake" Roberts and the 400-pound "King Kong" Bundy, joined forces with an upcoming tag team, the Road Warriors, to form the original "Legion of Doom". At this time, the media had long since reported Daredevil's death, All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z: Update, obsessive–compulsive personality disorder, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Masked_Marauder&oldid=960032950, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2013, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 31 May 2020, at 20:00. Enraged, he defeated Spider-Man and tried to kill him, but was stopped by Daredevil. The character appears again many years later in Punisher War Journal #4 (April 2007).

The Masked Marvel survives by jumping aside at the last second. His plans (with his new henchmen Pardee, Creach, and Strenk) involved creating the Tri-Animan (an android created by the merging of three animals instead of three men) to aid in his revenge against the Maggia. The Masked Marvel was budgeted at $157,110 (equivalent to $2,321,300 in 2019) although the final negative cost was $179,960 (equivalent to $2,658,909 in 2019)—a $22,850, or 14.5%, overspend. Whilst wrestling under "The Butcher" moniker, he teamed with both Mad Dog Vachon and Dutch Savage for a short time. [7], Still convinced there is some connection between Nelson and Daredevil, the Marauder teamed up with the Stilt-Man and kidnapped Nelson, his partner Matt Murdock (Daredevil's alter ego), and Karen Page, holding them captive in a helicopter surrounded by a force field that disintegrates anything it comes in contact with.

As a blinded Spider-Man succeeded in defusing the bomb, Daredevil defeated the Marauder. Pro Wrestling is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. [1], The Masked Marvel was one of twenty-six Republic serials re-edited into features for television release in 1966.

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The Spoiler also wrestled in All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling during the 1960s and 1970s. [6] With the Gladiator, he hatched a plan to take over the Maggia by publicly defeating Daredevil, and sent an android called the Tri-Man against him.

The Spoiler's matches against Chief Jay Strongbow and Sonny King were long-lasting feuds that enjoyed successful runs across the WWF circuit.

While fleeing the scene he overheard Foggy Nelson, a lawyer working out of an office in his building, insinuating to Karen Page that he is really Daredevil. In order to prevent Spider-Man from stopping him a third time, he ordered a half dozen of his men to impersonate Daredevil and attack Spider-Man, hoping to draw the two superheroes into conflict.

Jardine also wrestled as The Butcher in Los Angeles in 1964.

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Clues and red herrings about the hero's identity are unveiled throughout the serial. Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada Standing 6'4" and weighing 270lbs, "The Master of the Iron Claw", Jardine was best known for his masked gimmick as "The Spoiler". [2] Steele himself was doubled by a dummy in the scene in which the Marvel is thrown off the top of an enormous gas tank. Don Jardine (March 24, 1940 December 16, 2006) was a Canadian professional wrestler from Moncton, New Brunswick. In The Masked Marvel, a hero dressed in a business suit and a face mask fights the Japanese saboteur Sakima and his espionage organization. However, the Gladiator refused to continue fighting Daredevil after he saved him from the arena's lions. This scene is described as almost anticlimactic and "must have been just a little embarrassing. "I’ll probably get hurt going home in the car," he had joked.

Height The Masked Marauder is a costumed criminal scientist whose helmet projects "opti-blasts" which can temporarily or permanently blind a victim.

He first appeared as an already successful crime leader with men, money, and resources at his command. Rod Bacon who played Jim Arnold was murdered in 1948. December 16, 2006 (aged 66)

This version was 100-minutes in length. Instead, Sakima, sitting behind his desk in his secret basement, simply (although incorrectly) announces "So, Jim Arnold is the Masked Marvel."[2].

Frank Farnum was the manager of the Manhattan building in which the law offices of Nelson and Murdock reside. Despite this, Tom Steele was given no screen credit at all, even for the bit parts and stunts he performed in addition to the title role. The Masked Marauder is a costumed criminal scientist whose helmet projects "opti-blasts" which can temporarily or permanently blind a victim. He is also excessively arrogant, and always assumes that his opponents will be rendered completely helpless by his opti-blasts, despite being repeatedly proven wrong on this point.[17].

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"[2], Cline writes that the sight of seeing the hero "jump right into his own fights" rather than have the camera cut between an actor and a stuntman, more than compensated for the reveal in the final chapter when the actor playing the Masked Marvel removes his mask and is clearly not the same actor playing the part in every other scene.

[2] He later clashed with Spider-Man again, with the same result, when he launched a big attack on the World Motors Building in order to steal a new auto engine design, the XB-390, intending to modify it into a weapon.[2]. "[4] This was one of Republic's best serials. [1], The Masked Marvel is a reverse of the "old mystery villain theme."

[4] During this time he employed Nelson to draw up new leases for his building;[5] it is never revealed if this was genuinely a matter of business, or an excuse to more closely study the man that he believed to be Daredevil.

[10], Later, the Marauder again encountered Iron Man along with Jack Russell, the Werewolf by Night. [3], Chapter four has an unusual cliffhanger, especially for Republic, as it has no action or death involved. On the way down one of the dummy's arms gets caught in the rigging of the tank and is clearly ripped off. Yet when the Marvel lands in the back of the truck below, he has both arms intact. He was unmasked in Texas in 1972 by Billy "Red" Lyons and Red Bastein and identified as Don Jardine, still, he continued to wrestle under the mask as "The Spoiler" in Texas and Oklahoma.

Jardine died on December 16, 2006 due to complications from a heart attack and leukemia. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Trainer It was Republic's thirty-first serial, of the sixty-six they produced. However, in Steele's most visible secondary role, as a murderous assassin, he disguises his voice, apparently believing that his natural voice would be used for the Marvel.

He briefly served as the central villain of the Daredevil title.

In 1964, Jardine wrestled NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz on TV in St. Louis, but did not win the title. Ring names The Masked Avenger. Meanwhile, he ordered his men to attack Foggy Nelson in his office.

Don Jardine (March 24, 1940 – December 16, 2006) was a Canadian professional wrestler from Moncton, New Brunswick. He famously walked the top rope like the Undertaker would do in the 1990s, a move he actually taught Mark Calaway in the days at World Class Championship Wrestling in the mid-1980s.

While filming one of the serial’s big fight scenes, every actor but Bacon was seriously injured. Once again, all of his men were captured.

The Masked Marauder first appeared in Daredevil #16-19 (May-August 1966), and was created by Stan Lee, John Romita Sr., and Frank Giacoia.[1].

The mask was directly moulded from Steele's face. When this failed, he transported the Gladiator and Dardevil into a Colosseum movie set controlled by the Maggia.

[8], The Masked Marauder was presumed dead until he re-appeared in Detroit some years later. He also volunteered for the Literacy Program, teaching young children to read. Synopsis.

[2] The voice of the Masked marvel was dubbed in by radio actor Gayne Whitman, since Steele's natural voice was a light tenor, somewhat similar to Henry Fonda's, and did not record as particularly "tough."

The Spoiler once headlined against WWF Champion Pedro Morales in Madison Square Garden, wrestling maskless as there was a rule in Madison Square Garden at the time which barred masked wrestlers. The Masked Marvel (1943) is a 12-chapter film serial created by Republic Pictures, who produced many of the best known of the serials. 1994. The Masked Marvel was screenwriter George Plympton's only work at Republic. March 24, 1940(1940-03-24) In battle with Spider-Man and Daredevil, he "permanently" blinded the web-slinger and threatened New York with his "bombdroid", a Tri-Man carrying a nuclear device. Super Destroyer Sonny Cooper The Butcher The Spoiler Don Jardine The Spoiler appeared in a historic match against Mil Mascaras, the Mexican legend, marking the first time a wrestler (Mascaras) ever wore a mask into a ring in New York State. The Masked Marauder first came to the public's attention in a confrontation with Spider-Man; Spider-Man foiled his plans, but the Marauder himself escaped. He challenged Gene Kiniski for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in 1966. Whipper Billy Watson However, Page gave nothing away and collapsed into a faint during their conversation. 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

As stated above, he received no screen credit for this. Avengers with Masked Avenger (as Masked Avenger) Stables: Stud Stable [2] with Arn Anderson, Col. Robert Parker, Dick Slater, Kurasawa, The Mauler, Meng, Steve Austin and Terry Funk (as Bunkhouse Buck) Matches Fought [2] However, J. Jonah Jameson set a trap by announcing the XB-390 is useless without the formula for fueling it. [2], One stunt in Chapter 10 is particularly notable: to prevent a rolling handcar filled with explosives from destroying a train transporting aircraft parts, the Masked Marvel crashes his own car into the handcar. He is an engineering genius, and his inventions include the Tri-Man, the Tri-Animan, the Bombdroid, a truck with a "hydraulic hoist", a helicopter with a force field, and a teleportation device which can affect even unwitting targets who are far away. [1] The serial's production number was 1296. 270 lbs (122 kg) 171 likes. Weight