Antonio Rodriguez was a small-time crook and had a short stay in a federal penitentiary. When he returned home, Antonio found his wife Bonita had fallen ill. His wife was stricken with an unknown disease and she was stricken with paralysis. Bonita was given certain treatments but none of them did any good. Their savings began to run out and some doctors refused to see her. The ones that agreed to see her said Bonita's paralysis was incurable. Antonio refused to accept that and sought out help from an experimental medical scientist named Dr. Karl Malus. Malus agreed to cure his wife but Antonio told him that they had no more money and had no way to pay him. Malus told Antonio that he could pay for his wife's treatment by working for him. Antonio agreed to become a test subjlity.ect for a process called gene-splicing and when he woke up, Malus had changed him into a human armadillo. Malus had a specific assignment for Armadillo which would lead him into conflict with Captain America at the West Coast Avenger's facility.

Powers & Abilities

Armadillo has superhuman strength and durability. He has a thick, armored plated hide that protects him from most conventional injury enabling him to withstand the force of ballistic weaponry up to light anti-tank weapons without penetration. His skin can withstand brief exposure to flame, ice and acid without damage. Armadillo also has superhuman endurance, enabling him to exert himself at peak capacity for over an hour before fatigue begins to impair his performance. Despite his mass, he can move as quickly as a normal size athletically incline man.


SCULPTED BY STUDIOGENESIS ARTIST LYNDON NUYLES ALOJADO, PAINTED BY PAUL ARMAND ALMENDAREZ, PHOTOGRAPHY BY TOYMAN!!!!