Abner Jenkins

Abner Jenkins
Abner Jenkins in his MACH-VII Armor. Art by Steve Lieber.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	As Beetle: Strange Tales #123 (August 1964) As Mach-1: Incredible Hulk #449 (January, 1997) As Mach-2: Thunderbolts #37 (April, 2000) As Mach-3: Thunderbolts #57 (December, 2001) As Mach-IV: New Thunderbolts #1 (December, 2004) As Mach-V: Thunderbolts #144 (July, 2010) As Mach-VII: The Superior Foes of Spider-Man #2 (October, 2013) As Mach-X: Thunderbolts Vol 3 #1 (July, 2016)
Created by	Stan Lee (Writer) Carl Burgos (Artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Abner Ronald Jenkins
Team affiliations	Commission on Superhuman Activities Thunderbolts Masters of Evil Sinister Syndicate
Partnerships	Collector Justin Hammer Gladiator
Notable aliases	Beetle, MACH-1, MACH-2, Abe Jenkins, Matthew Davis, MACH-3, MACH-IV, MACH-VII, MACH-X
Abilities	Highly intelligent Extensive knowledge of mechanics and engineering As Beetle and MACH-I/IV: Powered armor grants: Superhuman strength and durability Flight via artificial wings Variety of weapons systems

Abner Ronald Jenkins, formerly known as the Beetle, MACH-1, MACH-2, MACH-3, MACH-IV, MACH-V, MACH-VII) and currently known as MACH-X, and is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Jenkins, as the Beetle, made his debut in Strange Tales #123 (August 1964), created by writer Stan Lee artist Carl Burgos. He first appeared as MACH-1 in Incredible Hulk #449 (January, 1997), where the Thunderbolts made their debut.

Jenkins started out as a gifted aircraft mechanic but grew frustrated with his boring, low paying job and created an armor plated, mechanical suit and embarked on a criminal career as the "Beetle". On his first heist he was defeated by Human Torch and Thing from the Fantastic Four. He would later become a regular foe of Spider-Man, often as he worked as a henchman for various criminal organizations. Jenkins later organized his own group of criminals known as the Sinister Syndicate.

When a large number of costumed heroes seemingly died in a battle against Onslaught, Baron Zemo recruited Jenkins and a number of other villains he had worked with in the past to form the Thunderbolts. All members adopted new costumed identities, posing as super heroes to gain access to the technology of the Fantastic Four or the Avengers, groups which had both seemingly perished. Jenkins became known as "Mach-1", using a modified version of his Beetle armor that was designed for faster flight and higher altitude. While the plan was originally to steal technology most of the members decided that they enjoyed the attention and adulation and decided to legitimately become heroes. Jenkins was convinced to give himself over to authorities to serve out an outstanding prison sentence in exchange for the Thunderbolts being granted immunity. During his time in jail Jenkins helped the authorities out, which led to him working for the government after his release from prison. He later began working at the Raft maximum security prison as head of security and worked with the Thunderbolts, who were now a team of criminals who tried to earn time off their sentence by carrying out missions for the government.