Fan Casting Beetle in Joe Carnahan's Daredevil: The Man Without Fear

Abner Jenkins was a mechanical genius with a Masters of Engineering degree who, due to an extended economic recession, was unable to land any position above that of an automobile mechanic. Feeling that this was degrading work, Jenkins turned his talents towards developing an armored battlesuit. At first, he intended to sell the suit's designs to the highest bidder. In the course of development, he turned to crime in order to obtain the cash required, primarily the theft of money from armored cars. Although he was caught a few times, he managed to keep the battlesuit's existence a secret. Because of his criminal record, most of his would-be clients would not return his solicitation calls once he'd completed the suit. In desperation, he decided to use the suit for his own gain. In his first outing as the Beetle, however, he encountered both Spider-Man and Daredevil when he attempted to use the suit to rob an armored car. Although he managed to escape, he was captured by Daredevil when attempting a second heist. Jenkins recently escaped prison during the massive jailbreak led by the Rhino, after which he added a new combat computer to the battlesuit. Since then, he has primarily been seen observing other criminals battling various superhuman crimefighters.