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Gordon "Monk" Keefer was a criminal who served time in prison for having tried to rob a Stark Industries facility, during which he was interrupted by Captain America and Rick Jones[3].

He was later broken out of jail by Cat-Man on behalf of the Organizer to join his Ani-Men. The Ani-Men were soon sent against Daredevil by the Organizer, after he had crossed the Organizer's plans on several occasions. After implicating Daredevil in a bank robbery, the Ani-Men were next sent to kidnap Debbie Harris. When Cat-Man was captured during the attempt, Keefer was sent to assassinate him before he could reveal the Organization's secrets[2]. He was defeated along with rest of the Ani-Men by Daredevil and sent to prison[4].

Later, Keefer escaped from prison alongside his fellow Ani-Men Bird-Man and Cat-Man. They started working for the Exterminator as the Unholy Three[5]. They were once again defeated by Daredevil[6]. They also fought both Daredevil and Spider-Man as the Unholy Three but were defeated[7].

Until this moment little more than a man in an ape suit, Keefer did possess super-human strength when working for Count Nefaria in the team's 3rd incarnation[8] Still in Nefaria's employ, but apparently returned to his original non-powered form, Keefer later fought Iron Man on his orders but was killed, along with the other three Ani-Men, when the Spymaster detonated a bomb inside Nefaria's base.

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  • Hand-to-Hand Combat: Ape-Man was trained in boxing and wrestling.[9]
  • Peak Physical Condition: Keefer possessed the speed, agility, durability and reflexes of an athlete while his strength was at the peak of human potential.[9]

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