Overview
Claude Starkowski, alias Claude Stark, was the penniless owner of Iron Man Auto Wreckers in Cleveland, and friends to Lee Switzler. Starkowski claimed to be a veteran of Vietnam War, where he suffered shrapnel wounds to the head, and ever since he obtained scrap transistors from the Stark Cleveland plant, as a part of their program to support veterans, which Starkowski used to create Iron Man armors as a secondary business, theoretically supplying the Avengers. Starkowski claimed that the real Iron Man did not mind Starkowski building other suits of armor for good causes, so he was building…
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Victor von Doom

Mister Mxyzptlk
Mr. Mxyzptlk
TACTICAL VERDICT: Mister Mxyzptlk triumphs with an estimated 63% win probability. Raw destructive energy projection (100 vs 24) proved insurmountable in prolonged exchanges.
3-Round Encounter Breakdown:
Mister Mxyzptlk dictates early tempo, utilizing superior speed and reflexes (100 vs 17) to evade initial advances and land decisive precision strikes.
Mister Mxyzptlk counters with devastating offensive potency (100 Power rating), breaking through A-Bomb's forward defensive perimeter.
Exploiting an opening in the late exchanges, Mister Mxyzptlk's elite martial execution (50 Combat) overwhelms A-Bomb, landing the closing blow to claim the battle.
Publication history
Howard the Duck Vol 1 30
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