Wade Eiling (Earth-9422)

"It's like a candy store in here, go ahead, go ahead. I had to teach you how to hold a gun, do you remember? Eighteen, and you'd never held a piece before."

- - General Eiling General Wade Eiling was a high ranking member of the United States Marine Corps and in secrecuy a powerful crime lord known as the Blacksmith. Illegally experimenting on Metahumans following the Particle Accelerator Explosion in Brooklyn, Eiling was the responsible for the creation of Gorilla Grodd and Plastique, as well as a inderect player that led to the death of Punisher's family. After unwillingly teaming up with the Metahuman Flash in order to capture them for his operations, Eiling was found and murdered by the Punisher, who after dealing with his former superior stole his guns.

Early Life and Career
During the War on Terror, Wade Eiling served as a high-ranking member of the United States Marine Corps, being the Commanding Officer of Frank Castle, whom Eiling deeply respected duo to his loyalty, respect and honor in the battlefield, holding a extreme hatred for terrorism just like him. During a operation in Iraq which went awry, Wade's right hand man was killed by a sniper, so Castle took his place, and single-handedly managed to clear the entire area out of enemies, which allowed them to be extracted to safety.

Later on, Gosnell, one of Eiling's most loyal soldiers, suffered a terrible injury by a grenade which damaged most of his face. After the end of the War, Wade and his surviving subordinates returned to the United States.

Life as the Blacksmith
With the appearing danger of vigilantes who though themselves above the law, such as the Batman, Eiling proposed to the United States government and S.H.I.E.L.D. a project in partnership with S.T.A.R. Labs which would benefit the country by producing their own sets of superhuman warriors. For this means he tested on multiple simians serums which would enhance their mental capabilities to the extreme, hoping it could be used in the future on humans. This led to the augmentations on the gorilla known as Grodd, whom he performed inhumane experiments into. After realizing the danger of such experience, Harrison Wells shut down the whole project before the worse could happen.