William Taurens
(how original!) began his criminal career while he was still young, when
he was arrested for petty theft. He continued to engage in numerous petty
crimes, including grand larceny, arson, manslaughter and assault with a
deadly weapon. Taurens was eventually hired by the crime boss known as
Mister
Klein.
Mister Klein hired Taurens,
and a number of other thugs, to kidnap some people to be used as test
subjects for a serum that Mister Klein had
acquired. The serum was created from the extracted mutated
enzymes of bulls. The serum was supposed to
increase the strength of anyone injected with it. MB showed up as part of the
inappropriately dubbed "Death Squad"
at the 1974 San Diego Comicon,
alongside the Melter
and Whiplash. What
were they doing there? At the Black
Lama's bidding, to draw out Shellhead!
(IM was there
"killing time!" No kidding! Imagine -- a multi-millionaire can't find anything
to do but hit a convention!) Anyway, IM
takes out Man-Bull -- and the other two -- very quickly, and wins over
the con crowd in the process. How 'bout that?
First ever appearance: Daredevil #78.
First IM Appearance: Iron
Man #72. (Thanks to the Unofficial Handbook to the Marvel Universe for the info assist.)
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