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| Aliases: | Behemoth Man-Elephant Manfred Ellsworth Haller |
| Continuity: | Marvel Universe |
| Notability: | Antagonist |
| Type: | Business owner |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Altered human |
| Location: | Clayton, Georgia |
| Associations: | Haller Hydraulics |
| Relatives: | None |
| Status: | Alive |
| First: | Savage She-Hulk #17 |
Manfred Ellsworth Haller is a fictional businessman and a mildly incidental antagonist featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is associated with the She-Hulk line of titles and first appeared in Savage She-Hulk #17 in June, 1981 in a story called "Make Way for the Man-Elephant".
Biography[]
Manfred Ellsworth Haller was an entrepreneur and philanthropist and the founder of Haller Hydraulics. His company had developed a super-suit, which he referred to as the "Man-Elephant", which could uproot trees, withstand blows from a pile-driver and monitor communication signals. Haller designed the device for the purpose of supporting energy companies. Haller proposed the usage of the suit to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department sheriff Morris Walters. When Walters learned that the fugitive from justice known as She-Hulk was at large, Haller offered him the "Man-Elephant" super-suit to help him with the situation, and volunteered to operate it at no extra cost.
Manfred issues a televised challenge to the She-Hulk, and as it turned out, she happened to confront him in the middle of a busy street as a throng of reporters gathered around. As it turned out, the Man-Elephant suit proved to be surprisingly effective against She-Hulk. He briefly rendered her unconscious with gas from his trunk, but She-Hulk quickly revived and drove him back with a powerful punch. They continued to trade blows until She-Hulk grabbed him by the trunk and delivered a power-slam onto the pavement.
It was during the course of this incident that it was publicly announced that She-Hulk had been cleared of the charges that made her a fugitive. With this new information, Manfred surrendered and told the attending press corps that he was retracting the Man-Elephant suit from production, citing that the potential for abuse was too dangerous to market. [1]
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- ↑ Savage She-Hulk, Volume 1 #17 (June, 1981) "Make Way for the Man-Elephant". Written by David Anthony Kraft. Artwork by Mike Vosburg & Frank Springer.