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This is starting to sound like a bad comic book plot This character is non-canon to Spider-Man: The Animated Series.
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- Looking for another version of Piledriver? Check out the Piledriver disambiguation page.
Piledriver is a member of the Wrecking Crew.
History[]
When Wrecker and Bulldozer were captured by Spider-Man, they were reunited with Piledriver in prison.
In the comics[]
Brian Philip Calusky, though born in Brooklyn, New York, was raised on a farm and eventually became a farmhand. Life on the farm was too slow for Calusky and he decided to enter a life of crime for excitement. His criminal activities eventually landed him in prison, where he met and became cellmates with Dirk Garthwaite, who was known as the Wrecker.
Garthwaite, together with Calusky and two other inmates at Ryker's Island Prison, Dr. Eliot Franklin and Henry Camp, made a successful jailbreak and managed to locate his crowbar. Willing to share his power with his allies, the Wrecker had the three other convicts join him in holding onto the crowbar outside during an electrical storm. Lightning struck the crowbar, magically distributing the enchanted strength bestowed upon the Wrecker among the four of them. The Wrecker's three allies then adopted costumes and aliases as well: Franklin became Thunderball, Camp became Bulldozer, and Brian Philip Calusky became Piledriver. As a result of his new-found powers, his hands became over-sized in proportion to his body. Together the four superhumanly strong criminals became known as the Wrecking Crew, who were led by the Wrecker himself.
Through his time as Piledriver, Calusky has fought Spider-Man, the Avengers, the Defenders, and Thor.
Powers[]
Piledriver is super strong and can lift about ten tons.
Trivia[]
- Piledriver was mentioned in the end credits of the 1995 Spider-Man video game but he did not physically appear in the game.