Mark Scarlotti was contacted by the Maggia crime syndicate while working for a degree in Engineering at Rennselaer Poly-Tech. Upon graduation; he went to work for the Maggia as a weapons designer. With Maggia funds, he developed several technological weapons, the greatest among which was a steel-fibre whip capable of penetrating virtually any substance short of Adamantium. A natural athlete, Scarlotti practiced with the whip until he became an expert at it. Then craving more excitement and money than weapons design afforded, Scarlotti asked to use his whips as a special costumed agent. He dubbed himself Whiplash and served the Maggia well. |