Raiders (Marvel)
The Raiders are a group that features in Marvel Comics.
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History
The Raiders were a group of three mercenaries employed by Edwin Cord who was the head of Cordco and a corporate rival of Stark Industries. Each was given a battle armor with which Cord intended to recover from the disaster of his previous Mauler Armor. They were first seen during the 24th annual Conclave of Electronics Engineers and Innovators in Dallas, Texas. At the event organizations such as Cordco, S.H.I.E.L.D., C.T.E. and Roxxon Oil Corporation showed the latest development in technology. Cord knew that Iron Man, as Stark's bodyguard, would follow him to the trade show, and used this opportunity to demonstrate the capabilities of the Raider suits to S.H.I.E.L.D.. Under orders of Edwin Cord, the Raiders attacked the technology trade show and cause property damage until the arrival of Iron Man and Scott Lang. The Raiders skirmished with Iron Man for a moment, with one of the Raiders using acid to damage the hero's armor. During a second battle at a live boxing match, Iron Man defeated all three Raiders. The Raiders were tricked when Iron Man used his image inducer to create holograms of himself to distract all three of them. Iron Man sucker punched the group and took the fight outside where there would be a less chance of harming innocent people. After an intense battle, Iron Man prevailed and all three Raiders were apprehended. Cord later showed a film of the Raiders' exploits to S.H.I.E.L.D Agent Burke to try and get a weapons contract they formerly offered to Stark, but they were aghast at Cord's illegal means and arrested him. (Iron Man v1 #145)
The Raiders reappeared with upgraded suits during the Armor Wars. Tony discovers his armor designs had been stolen and decided to retrieve or neutralize the technology, leading to a brief confrontation with the Raiders, in which their suits are rendered defunct. (Iron Man v1 #225) When the Avengers West Coast battled Kearson DeWitt, members Hawkeye, Wonder Man, and Living Lightning defended Stark Enterprises against the invading Raiders, Seekers, and Hunters. (Iron Man Annual v1 #13) The Raiders were later part of an army of armor-wearing mercenaries hired to attack Stark Enterprises. (Avengers: West Coast Annual v1 #7) A version of the Raiders employed by the Chinese government. These Raiders consisted of a set of three remotely-piloted drones. When Iron Man traveled to Taipei to survey the wreckage of Starkdynamics, these Raiders approached Iron Man to alert him that he did not have any authority on Chinese soil and that he was to surrender himself. After quickly scanning the Raiders armor, Iron Man realized that these are drone suits operated via remote control. He lured the Raiders to international waters, which allowed him to destroy the drones without risk of igniting an international incident. (Invincible Iron Man v2 #3) The original Raiders resurfaced years later during the worldwide release of Tony Stark's latest invention, the eScape. The Raiders intercepted a truck transporting eScape merchandise, but they were stopped by the combined effort of Iron Man, Wasp and Jim Rhodes. (Tony Stark: Iron Man v1 #6)
Overview
Each of the Raider suits provide the wearer with greater durability and flight, and offer varying weapons systems.
Members
- David Gomez :
Notes
- The Raiders were created by David Michelinie, Bob Layton and John Romita, Jr. where they made their first appearance in Iron Man v1 #145 (April, 1981).
Alternate Versions
- In Marvel's The Avengers: The Avengers Initiative v1 #1 (2012), an alternate version of the Raiders appeared in the comic tie-in to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Raiders were hired by a Saudi businessman to defeat Iron Man in a race around Dubai. Their armors were stated to be high-tech gliders provided by the Global Incorporated company, but Iron Man dismissed them as cheap knock-offs.
In other media
Films
- In Iron Man: Rise of the Technovore, the Raiders appeared as minor villains that only feature in the initial part of the anime film. Unlike their comic appearances, they did not have individualized weapons in their armors. They were hired by Ezekial Stane to attack the launch site of the Stark Industries H.O.W.A.R.D. satellite leading to a battle with Iron Man and War Machine.
Appearances
- Iron Man v1: (1981)
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