Abner Jenkins

Abner Jenkins is the Marvel villain known as the Beetle, a mechanic who donned a suit of stolen, armored battle-armor to become a recurring foe of Spider-Man, here published in French for Francophone readers by Editions Lug.

Abner Jenkins made his French-language debut in Une Aventure de l'Araignée #1 back in 1977, part of the Bronze Age wave of Marvel comics brought to Francophone readers by Editions Lug — a publisher whose titles like Strange, Ombrax-Saga, and Marvel Heroes became beloved fixtures on European newsstands. Across nearly five decades of catalog appearances, he keeps genuinely marquee company, sharing pages with the likes of Iron Man, Captain America, and Peter Parker himself. With a key issue already to his name and a presence stretching all the way to 2025, Jenkins is a rewarding find for collectors who love tracing how Marvel's rich character tapestry traveled across the Atlantic and took on a life of its own.