(Wonder Man II#5 (fb) - BTS) - August was homeless and earned some money collecting bottles. At some point he befriended fellow vagrant Stuart Clarke. Clarke joined August often on his bottle collecting tour and they always passed Pactech where Clarke used a device he invented to gain control of his old suit, which was still stored in the building.

(Wonder Man II#5) - Clarke complained to his friend August about the state of the economy. They walked past Pactech and once again Clarke tried to gain control of his old Rampage suit. August asked him what this was all about and Clarke replied that it was his way off the streets. One of the technicians at Pactech heard Clarke's costume clicking, and they soon after turned it on to run a few tests. Clarke walked past Pactech again with August, who could hardly believe Clarke's story that he had been an inventor. Clarke tried his device again, and this time he gained control of the suit. Clarke had the suit break out of the building and August got mad at Pactech just dropping their trash on them, unaware it was all part of Clarke's plan. Clarke then donned the suit, returned to the research lab, and took the duplicated suits Pactech had designed.

(Wonder Man II#5 - BTS) - Clarke delivered the other exoskeletons to six of his homeless friends, including August. They became the Recession Raiders.

(Wonder Man II#5) - Clarke began to tear down the Pactech sign, at which point he was confronted by Wonder Man and the Beast, who had heard of his rampage. Wonder Man punched Clarke to the ground, but then one of Rampage's Recession Raiders hurled a chimney into the back of the Beast's head, knocking him out. Clarke flew off and joined his Recession Raiders and confronted Wonder Man anew.

(Wonder Man II#6) - Clarke struck Wonder Man, who--irate over the Beast's injuries--fought back savagely against him and the Recession Raiders. Clarke soon directed the others to assault the helpless Beast so Wonder Man would leave himself defenseless while protecting his friend. Wonder Man eventually recovered the Beast and took off with him, challenging Rampage and the Raiders to try to stop him. August wanted to go after him, but Clarke wisely realized they didn't need to risk defeat or capture. He instead encouraged them to follow him in a plan for economic justice.
    He led them into Pactech and discussed his plan to battle the approaching police to gain publicity so that he could then sell his inventions and the technology they were stealing from Pactech to the international black market; he delighted in the irony that the same countries who had ruined America's balance of trade would pay him for American inventions they had gobbled up through corporate piracy. Then, after he had turned his Raiders into a super-army, they could return, drive off the foreign investors, and lead Americans to retake their economic destiny.
    August and the other Raiders were a little uncertain of the soundness of Clarke's plan, and he tried to rally them with further discussions of becoming national heroes, the dream of technocracy, power to the fittest, and wealth to the inventors. Feeling they were in this deep, they accompanied Rampage out to attack the police helicopters, but they were soon assaulted by Wonder Man, who took down a number of the Raiders. Clarke exhorted the last two Raiders, August & Ronnie, to tackle Wonder Man, but they decided they'd rather escape with the suits than risk a beating from Wonder Man. Police swarmed the downed combatants, and Pactech technicians informed them how to deactivate the suits.

(Wonder Man Annual I#2/1) - Inside the hideout, Hitmaker pounded away on the gangsters, until his own brother, Mariano, held a gun to his head. But before too much could happen, Wonder Man and Beast busted into the building...but the two Recession Raiders who had escaped Wonder Man (back in Wonder Man#6) followed them in and grabbed Mariano, helping him escape the heroes. Wonder Man leapt after them, but Hitmaker grabbed his leg, sending him crashing to the ground. Hitmaker said that even though he wanted them caught too, it was still his brother.

--Wonder Man II#5 ([Wonder Man II#5 (fb)], 5, [5], 5-6, Wonder Man Annual I#2/1

(Wonder Man II#6 (fb) - BTS) - Paco played ball (I assume baseball or football) in High School. At some point he became homeless.

(Wonder Man II#5 - BTS) - Clarke delivered the other exoskeletons to six of his homeless friends, including Paco. They became the Recession Raiders.

(Wonder Man II#5) - Clarke began to tear down the Pactech sign, at which point he was confronted by Wonder Man and the Beast, who had heard of his rampage. Wonder Man punched Clarke to the ground, but then one of Rampage's Recession Raiders hurled a chimney into the back of the Beast's head, knocking him out. Clarke flew off and joined his Recession Raiders and confronted Wonder Man anew.

(Wonder Man II#6) - Clarke struck Wonder Man, who--irate over the Beast's injuries--fought back savagely against him and the Recession Raiders. Clarke soon directed the others to assault the helpless Beast so Wonder Man would leave himself defenseless while protecting his friend. Paco underestimated his own strength and tossed Beast too far allowing Wonder Man to recover his injured friend and take off with him, challenging Rampage and the Raiders to try to stop him. Clarke wisely realized they didn't need to risk defeat or capture. Clarke was glad everyone was learning to use the suit so quickly, but urged Paco to learn his own strength. Clarke then encouraged everyone to follow him in a plan for economic justice.
    He led them into Pactech and discussed his plan to battle the approaching police to gain publicity so that he could then sell his inventions and the technology they were stealing from Pactech to the international black market; he delighted in the irony that the same countries who had ruined America's balance of trade would pay him for American inventions they had gobbled up through corporate piracy. Then, after he had turned his Raiders into a super-army, they could return, drive off the foreign investors, and lead Americans to retake their economic destiny.
    August and the other Raiders were a little uncertain of the soundness of Clarke's plan, and he tried to rally them with further discussions of becoming national heroes, the dream of technocracy, power to the fittest, and wealth to the inventors. Feeling they were in this deep, they accompanied Rampage out to attack the police helicopters, but they were soon assaulted by Wonder Man, who took down a number of the Raiders. Police swarmed the downed combatants, and Pactech technicians informed them how to deactivate the suits.

--Wonder Man II#5 ([Wonder Man II#6 (fb)], [5], 5-6

(Wonder Man II#6 (fb) - BTS) - At some point Ronnie became homeless.

(Wonder Man II#5 - BTS) - Clarke delivered the other exoskeletons to six of his homeless friends, including Ronnie. They became the Recession Raiders.

(Wonder Man II#5) - Clarke began to tear down the Pactech sign, at which point he was confronted by Wonder Man and the Beast, who had heard of his rampage. Wonder Man punched Clarke to the ground, but then one of Rampage's Recession Raiders hurled a chimney into the back of the Beast's head, knocking him out. Clarke flew off and joined his Recession Raiders and confronted Wonder Man anew.

(Wonder Man II#6) - Clarke struck Wonder Man, who--irate over the Beast's injuries--fought back savagely against him and the Recession Raiders. Clarke soon directed the others to assault the helpless Beast so Wonder Man would leave himself defenseless while protecting his friend. Wonder Man eventually recovered the Beast and took off with him, challenging Rampage and the Raiders to try to stop him, but Clarke wisely realized they didn't need to risk defeat or capture. He instead encouraged them to follow him in a plan for economic justice.
    He led them into Pactech and discussed his plan to battle the approaching police to gain publicity so that he could then sell his inventions and the technology they were stealing from Pactech to the international black market; he delighted in the irony that the same countries who had ruined America's balance of trade would pay him for American inventions they had gobbled up through corporate piracy. Then, after he had turned his Raiders into a super-army, they could return, drive off the foreign investors, and lead Americans to retake their economic destiny.
    August and the other Raiders were a little uncertain of the soundness of Clarke's plan, and he tried to rally them with further discussions of becoming national heroes, the dream of technocracy, power to the fittest, and wealth to the inventors. Feeling they were in this deep, they accompanied Rampage out to attack the police helicopters, but they were soon assaulted by Wonder Man, who took down a number of the Raiders. Clarke exhorted the last two Raiders, August & Ronnie, to tackle Wonder Man, but they decided they'd rather escape with the suits than risk a beating from Wonder Man.

(Wonder Man Annual I#2/1) - Inside the hideout, Hitmaker pounded away on the gangsters, until his own brother, Mariano, held a gun to his head. But before too much could happen, Wonder Man and Beast busted into the building...but the two Recession Raiders who had escaped Wonder Man (back in Wonder Man#6) followed them in and grabbed Mariano, helping him escape the heroes. Wonder Man leapt after them, but Hitmaker grabbed his leg, sending him crashing to the ground. Hitmaker said that even though he wanted them caught too, it was still his brother.

(New Avengers I#35 (fb) ) - The Hood invited many villains to a Chinese restaurant in Brooklyn, where he offered each of them $25, 000 in seed money to join his villain army. Among the villains was the Recession Raider (probably Ronnie or a Skrull or Ronnie was a Skrull all along) Hood soon proofed himself to the others by beating up Tigra for Jigsaw, who filmed it. Hood showed the video to the other villains, who were mostly impressed enough, to join him. (see comments)

--Wonder Man II#5 ([Wonder Man II#6 (fb)], [5], 5-6, Wonder Man Annual I#2/1, New Avengers I#35 (fb) (possibly)

(New Avengers I#35 (fb) ) - The Hood invited many villains to a Chinese restaurant in Brooklyn, where he offered each of them $25, 000 in seed money to join his villain army. Among the villains was the Recession Raider (probably Ronnie or a Skrull or Ronnie was a Skrull all along) Hood soon proofed himself to the others by beating up Tigra for Jigsaw, who filmed it. Hood showed the video to the other villains, who were mostly impressed enough, to join him. (see comments)

(Secret Invasion#6) - As part of the Hood's army the Recession Raider joined the fight of Earth's heroes against the Skrull invaders in Central Park.

(Secret Invasion#7) - The Recession Raider was revealed as a Skrull and turned on Earth's heroes during the battle.

(Secret Invasion#8 - BTS) - The Skrull invaders were defeated by Earth's heroes.

--Secret Invasion#6 ( or New Avengers I#35 (fb)) (New Avengers I#35 (fb) (possibly), Secret Invasion#6-7, [8]