Force is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. Clayton Wilson was a graduate student at Empire State University working as a research assistant to a scientist (Damon Walters) who had developed a prototype device for creating a protetctive force field. Wilson stole the prototype and made a battlesuit that incorporated the generator, and dubbed himself Force. Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to the date or issue of a characters first appearance. ... Namor the Sub-Mariner is a fictional character featured in the Marvel Comics Universe, and one of the oldest superhero characters. ... Steve Gerber (born 20 September 1947) is an American writer of comic books. ... Don Heck (January 2, 1929-1995) was a comic book artist best known for co-creating the character Iron Man, and for his long run penciling The Avengers in the 1960s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this comics-related article or section may require cleanup. ... Empire State University (ESU) is a fictional university in the Marvel Comics Universe. ...

He first attacked Namor the Sub-Mariner when the Prince came to speak to Walters to acquire his force field technology. Namor defeated him, however, and Force was unable to prevent him from gaining help from Walters. Namor the Sub-Mariner is a fictional character featured in the Marvel Comics Universe, and one of the oldest superhero characters. ...

Force was later employed by Justin Hammer to work as a mercenary, in exchange for providing improvements to his battlesuit. Force attacked Anthony Stark's yacht, but Stark (as Iron Man) was able to defeat Force's men. Force escaped with the yacht, and several prisoners including Bethany Cabe. Iron Man was able to track Force down and defeat him, freeing the prisoners. Justin Hammer. ... It has been suggested that Iron Maniac be merged into this article or section. ... Bethany Cabe is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. ...

Eventually, Force grew tired and disgusted with harming other people, and told Hammer so. Hammer tampered with Force's armor that would prevent him from communicating, and electrocute him if he tried to remove the armor. Force, however, sought help from Iron Man, who freed him from the battlesuit. Stark insisted that Wilson turn himself into the police, and Wilson agreed. Justin Hammer sent the Beetle, Blacklash, and Blizzard II to kill Wilson. Iron Man, Jim Rhodes, and Force fought the three mercenaries off. Stark told the authorities that Wilson had been killed in the fight, so that Hammer would no longer pursue him; meanwhile, Stark set Wilson up with a new identity and employment with a subsidiary of Stark Industries. MACH-IV (real name Abner Ronald Jenkins, formerly the Beetle and MACH-1, 2 and 3 ) is a fictional character, a former supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Blacklash (aka Whiplash) is a supervillain in the Marvel Universe. ... The Blizzard is the name of several supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe, all of whom are primarily foes of Iron Man. ... // Character history War Machine is a superhero in the Marvel Universe. ...