Fabian Stankowicz

History

Fabian Stankowicz is a lottery winner who used his winnings to gain notoriety as a supervillain by using his engineering talent to invent powered armor suits. Under the alias of the Mecho-Marauder, Fabian arrives at the Avengers Mansion and challenges the Avengers. Unfortunately for him, the Avengers consider him a nuisance rather than a major threat.

After that defeat, Fabian Stankowicz attempts to attack the Avengers multiple times. Using a larger suit of armor, Fabian crashes an Avengers female recruitment tea party attended by Black Widow, Dazzler, Invisible Woman, She-Hulk, Spider-Woman, and Wasp. Fabian is easily defeated by Wasp.

Fabian attacks a group of Avengers when they appear on Late Night with David Letterman, only for David Letterman to hit him with a prop doorknob. Fabian tries to run away, but is caught by Mockingbird.

Wanting to reform, Fabian Stankowicz under the alias of Mechanaut joins Blue Shield, Gladiatrix, and Speedball in applying to join the Avengers. When the four witness the arrival of Darkstar, Ursa Major, and Vanguard, they mistake them as enemies and battle them. The fight ends when Captain America arrives and tells the applicants to call him again in six months.

During the "Acts of Vengeance" storyline, Avengers Island is attacked by Doctor Doom's robots. Fabian dons the Mecho-Marauder armor to help fight the robots and manages to defeat some of them before being rescued by Quasar. Fabian and the rest of the Avengers staff are evacuated from Avengers Island before it is destroyed by explosives that the robots had planted. Fabian assists Hank Pym in curing Namor when he is placed under the Controller's mind control.

Fabian began taking Ice, a drug from a dealer named Kid Gloves, to cope with the pressure of working for the Avengers. He loses weight and begins hearing voices in his head. After learning of Fabian's condition, Captain America prepares for him to enter rehabilitation. Fabian later receives a clean bill of health and returns to working for the Avengers.

Fabian is laid off when the Avengers are apparently killed fighting Onslaught. After salvaging Sentinel technology left behind from Onslaught's attack, Fabian designs a cybernetic helmet to control the Sentinels and have them form the Protectorate, a replacement for the Avengers. Edwin Jarvis informs Fabian that the Avengers survived, then has him destroy the technology that he had used to control the Sentinels.

Powers and abilities

Fabian Stankowicz has genius-level intellect. He has the talent at making armored battle-suits, robots, security devices, and accessories.

Fabian's Mecho-Marauder armor has enhanced strength and could fire energy blasts.

Fabian's Mechanaut armor is equipped with extendable limbs and knock-out gas.

References

References

1. ''[[The Avengers (comic book). The Avengers]]'' #239 (January 1984)
2. ''The Avengers'' #217 (March 1982)
3. ''The Avengers'' #221 (July 1982)
4. (May 20, 2015). "That time all those Avengers appeared on Late Night with David Letterman".
5. Moore, Matt. (January 23, 2025). "Late-night legends assemble: 5 hosts who appeared in Marvel comics".
6. Penagos, Ryan. (October 14, 2019). "This Week in Marvel History: October 11-October 17".
7. ''[[Captain America (comic book). Captain America]]'' #352 (April 1989)
8. ''The Avengers'' #311 (December 1989)
9. ''Captain America'' #366 (January 1990)
10. ''Captain America'' #367 (February 1990)
11. ''Captain America'' #372 (July 1990)
12. ''Captain America'' #380 (December 1990)
13. ''Avengers Annual'' (July 1999)