User blog comment:LoveWaffle/We Didn't See It Coming - Iron Man 3 and the Future of the MCU/@comment-5977347-20130514020426/@comment-1895174-20130515031031

''In the comics Mallen was NOTHING like aldrich. Except for extremis.''

That's a big "Except". Mallen is the main antagonist of the Extremis storyline, and Aldrich Killian is the main antagonist of the film adapted from the Extremis storyline. Absorbing Man has nothing to do with Hulk's origin, they just gave David Banner the abilities of a random villain to make him a physical threat.

Mandarin + Mallen + Aldrich Killian = Guy Pearce.

It's more like: Mallen + Scientist Supreme = Aldrich Killian (Earth-19999) With shades of the Earth-616 Mandarin and Aldrich Killian.