Rampage (Marvel Comics)

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caption=Stuart Clarke Art by Howard Chaykin.
comic_color=background:#ff8080
character_name=Stuart Clarke
real_name=Stuart Clarke
species=Human
publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Champions #5" (April 1976)
creators=Tony Isabella Don Heck John Tartag
alliance_color=background:#c0c0ff
alliances=The Recession Raiders
aliases=Rampage, Capitan Action Figure
powers=No super powers as a human. Genius-level intelligence. Used to have a powered armor that granted him super-strength and durability.|

Stuart Clarke is a comic book character in the Marvel Comics universe, an ex-supervillain who first fought as Rampage against the short-lived Champions team. He is an ally of the Punisher, replacing Microchip.

Fictional character biography

His armor was involved in a Champions fight, and Clarke himself sought revenge on the Champions soon after their disbanding. He manages to entrap Iceman in one of the Rampage suits, forcing him to battle Angel and a visiting Spider-Man.

Clarke ends up homeless and his suits are stored away in a lab, their secrets pored over by profit-minded scientists. Clarke has secreted away a small device that allows him over the course of many weeks, to unlock the control protocols for the suit. Eventually they literally bust out by themselves. Clarke and several of his homeless friends put on the suit and soon get into a fight with Wonder Man and Beast. The fight gets dangerous when the suit hits Beast with a brick chimney. Enraged, Wonder Man subdues the entire squad. Beast recovers after a short hospital stay.

Wonder Man's enemy Lotus springs Clarke from jail and participates in the creation of the armored team "Armed Response". They become a private security force for Los Angeles. This falls apart when the media receives proof, from the super-powered group, the Crazy-Eight, that "Armed Response" is working with criminal elements in order to generate the need for themselves.

Punisher War Journal

Stuart is working with the Punisher during the Civil War [Punisher War Journal #1] . He is obsessed with Iron Man and is giving the Punisher the means to track down high tech super villains; after this Frank takes down Stilt-Man and Tinkerer. At least for the moment, Stuart seems to be serving in the capacity of the Punisher's former weapons expert and information gatherer, Microchip.

Powers and abilities

Stuart Clarke is a genius, with an advanced degree in engineering. As Rampage he possessed a power suit that gave him superhuman strength and durability.

References

External links

* [http://www.chronology.net/default.pl/cited/rd_champions Series index]
* [http://www.uncannyxmen.net/db/spotlight/showquestion.asp?faq=10&fldAuto=55&page=3 Brief description of his fight against Spider-Man]
* [http://www.comicboards.com/marvelguide/r.htm List of appearances]
* [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/armedresponse.htm Profile on Armed Response]
*http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/clarke_stuart_rampage.htm