Frank Schlichting
was presumably a child of divorced parents, as he was raised by a single, if
abusive, father. Schlichting grew up to become a small-time hoodlum and
enforcer for the Chicago-area mobs. Eventually, he went to the west coast to
make a bigger name for himself. Applying to Eugene Kligger of the now-defunct
criminal organization known as the Corporation,
Schlichting was outfitted with the armor, equipment, and identity of the
Constrictor. As the Constrictior, Schlichting became a special operative and
hit man.
His main weapons are twin lengths of cybernetically-controlled,
electrically powered cables which eject and
retract from special appliances running from shoulder to wrist. The cables were
previously made of adamantium,
the strongest metal forged by man, but have been replaced by two constructed of vibranium, a virtually identical
substance. When extended, Schlichting uses the cables to constrict his victims
and/or deliver a powerful electrical charge
through them.
His first public mission brought him into
conflict with (and defeat by) the Hulk.
Schlichting then became a freelance criminal as the Corporation soon dissolved,
and he ran afoul of Captain America.
He sought employment from the criminal financier
Justin Hammer, and was ordered alongside other hired criminals (such as
Spymaster, Blacklash, Beetle,
and Blizzard) to take
out Iron Man (IM
#126). In the battle, Constrictor lassoed IM in his coils and attempted to
zap him with electricity. Unfortunately for him, IM
absorbed the energy, escaped his coils, and threw him into another
baddie, Man-Killer, knocking
them both silly.
First ever appearance: Incredible Hulk #212.
First IM appearance: Iron Man #126.
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