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Ba-Bani An Earthlike humanoid race from the planet Ba-banis.
First appearance: AV1 #219

Badoon (Brotherhood of) An advanced, lizard-like, humanoid race from the planet Lotiara, who are very conquest oriented and have the capability of turning themselves invisible. They are the oldest known race, older than the Kree and the Skrulls, but they took many millennia to reach technological maturity because of a genetic defect that caused the male to hate the female. The breeding time was thus reduced to one a year, and both were reduced to savage animals during the process. The males eventually enslaved the females and then, when the race had developed technologically, they left them behind to seek the stars, returning only once a year to spawn. The male eggs, after hatching are bred to be Badoon soldiers, and the females are retuned to the homeworld. They first came to Earth feigning friendship to mankind, but the Silver Surfer, who was not susceptible to their invisibility powers, learned of their real intentions and fought to save his adopted world. Unfortunately, because of their invisibility, the humans took the destruction to be the sole responsibility of the Surfer, but this backfired for the Badoon, when the military began to bombard the Surfer, forcing them to beat a hasty retreat. Later, they side with the Kree in the Second Kree-Skrull War and try to ambush Empress S'Byll in space and make an attempt on her on her home planet of Satriani. In the future, they have taken over the solar system and are using the humans, in various adapted forms, as slave labor. In the 31st century, they have invaded Earth and all of its holdings, and only small bands of freedom fighters, such as the Guardians of the Galaxy stand any chance of liberating the human race. Their number includes: Brother Royal (leader) [first seen member], Supreme Commander Drong, Maz, Yur (from year 3001) [MSH #18], Lordsire Droom, Koz [DEF #27],
First appearance: SS1 #2 Origin: DEF #28

Badoon, (Sisterhood of) The female, non-violent side of the Badoon race residing on the Badoon homeworld. they resemble their male counterparts, but they are fiercer and stronger (but lacking in the male cunning and slyness), and have hair all over their scaly bodies. They were enslaved by the males and left on the planet to their own devices, the males returning only one a year to breed and to return any female eggs that are produced. Both male and female seem to be unaware of what the other has accomplished since the male exodus from the planet. Members include: Tolaria (queen) [1st named member],
First appearance (unnamed): DEF #27 Named and origin: DEF #28

Badoon Elite Guard The crack platoon of Badoon troops in the 31st century and their Zom soldiers. They were thrown at the Guardians of the Galaxy, actually boarding the Captain America, to find the unknown power source that their sensors had detected there. It was in fact Dr. Strange, and after 'killing' him, they captured the rest of the Guardians to put them before a firing squad.
First appearance: DEF #27

Badoon High Command The headquarters of Lordsire Droom and the Badoon officers overseeing the defenses and prison camps of Earth in the 31st century. When the Defenders traveled to the future with the Guardians of the Galaxy to help free Earth, the five remaining members stormed the outpost and were soon joined by their missing members with the magical help of Dr. Strange. They were in the thick of it when Strange himself arrived and paralyzed the remaining troops before going around to the prison camps and freeing the inmates with jack Norris' help.
First appearance: DEF #29

Badoon Mento-Programmer An old helmet-like device employed by the Badoon to brainwash their soldiers into acting without reason and attacking any convenient target, all with war propaganda fed directly into the wearer's mind. Two ended up on Earth in the 20th century. One was unwittingly pawned to Milton Childs and was being hunted by the Guardians of the Galaxy, and the other ended up in the Hudson River and the radiation from it and a constant string of play back propaganda altered a normal eel into the creature, Eelar.
First appearance: GS DEF #5

Badoon, Monster of The Badoon's weapon of weapons that was sicced on Silver Surfer during their first invasion of Earth. It is a huge, incredibly strong, heavily armored creature that could not only fly but could emit force blasts from its hands. Worse yet, because it shared the invisibility of its masters, the Surfer was blamed for all the destruction wrought by their confrontation. It took a full burst of cosmic energy to defeat it.
First appearance: SS1 #2

Baggs, 'Harley' (deceased) The free-wheeling owner of Harley Baggs Cycle Shop who ends up befriending and hiring Johnny Blaze as his new mechanic when he repairs a bike for a customer that he had deemed unfixable. As his friend, he invited him to the local cycle rally where Blaze runs afoul of the Death Cyclists who were attempting to kidnap Karen Sterling. He was killed by some of the Cult of Death members when he was unable to tell them where Blaze had gone. They not only murdered him but burned down his shop as well.
First appearance and death: GHR2 #38

Baikal Lake The agrarian town in Siberia that is home to the Ust-Ordyinski Collective Farm. Prof. X came there to recruit Colossus to his new team of X-Men.
First appearance: GS UXM #1

Bailey, Shorty Co-owner of the Bones and Bailey Circus.
First appearance: FF1 #15

Baker, Jim A downed US pilot captured by the General, freed by Captain America.
First appearance: ToS1 #61

Baker, Mart A student at Manning College who was the foremost activist for student rights and was egged on by disguised AIM agents toward more and more violent acts until a riot ensued on campus, all to cover a plot to kidnap a renowned mathematician. When he realized he'd been duped, he helped Captain America I to help save the professor and capture the agents.
First appearance: CAP1 #120

Balder the Brave The Norse god of light. He is considered the best and brightest of the Norse gods, even above Thor, and is considered the proof that the bravest can also be the gentlest. His bravery came into question on the battle field when he stopped to put a bird back in its nest instead of accompanying the other warriors in pursuing routed Strom Giants and he was accused of being a coward and sentenced to undergo the Test of Mortal Death. He proved himself unflinching even in the face of certain death, and was rewarded by Odin by making him immortal. Often compatriot and loyal backer of Thor, he has followed the thunder god (and even stood in as protector of Earth) through some of his most daring adventures. Invulnerable to anything except to mistletoe. Has a long term love/hate relationship with Karnilla. In his first full appearance he was mistakenly shown to be the brother of Sif.
First partial appearance: JiM1 #85 First full appearance: JiM1 #102 Origin: JiM1 #106

Balderman One of Reptyl's Space Pirates. It is uncertain what the normal duties of this reptilian humanoid are, but back in their hideout, he was posted as a sentry outside the private quarters of his captain. The Contemplator, when the Cotati were trying to rescue the kidnapped Silver Surfer and Nova II, convinced him to, against direct orders, to interrupt his captain during his sleep cycle and was nearly killed for disobeying orders.
First appearance: SS3 #12

Baldini One of Red Skull's Chiefs of Staff. An Italian officer from WWII who ensnares his victims with a whip-like scarf. A large man who often wore a fez. GA: Exiles.
First appearance (unnamed): CAP1 #103 Named: CAP1 #104

Baldwin, Justin The ADA of Springvale, Conn., essentially a big fish in a small pond who wanted his son to follow in his footsteps, despite what he or his wife might want. He becomes a noted detractor against costumed vigilantes, even after he finds out his son is one. Later, he and his wife get a divorce (between the pages of NW #31-2). REL: Father of Speedball, husband of Madeline Naylor Baldwin.
First appearance: SPB #1

Baldwin, Justin FY In the Forever Yesterday alternate reality, he is evidently the same stiff neck lawyer that he is in our reality. REL: Father of Robbie Baldwin FY.
First appearance: NW #13

Baldwin, Madeline Naylor (see: Madeline Naylor) An ex-hippie and ex-famous stage actress who had semi-retired after she was married and had a child, becoming a great supporter of the arts in general, wanting her son to follow in her footsteps, despite what her husband or son might want. Later, she was recruited by Project: Earth as a famous booster and she joined them in Brazil with the intention of saving the rain forest (NW #5), but they turned out to be eco-terrorists who planned to use her death to hurt the company deforesting the area. She was saved by her son and his team mates on the New Warriors, but learned his secret identity in the process. Soon afterward, she and her husband split up, and Robbie opts to come live with her in the city, where she returns to her maiden name and the stage.
First appearance: SPB #1?

Baldwin, Robert FY In the Forever Yesterday alternate reality, he resembles his counterpart in our reality, but he never gained the powers of Speedball. When he and his friend Dave are nearly hit by the Hulk FY who was batted away when battling the Sphinx II, he wishes he could bounce like that and be a super hero fighting the evil tyrant.
First appearance: NW #13

Bale, Emerson The long time family friend and lawyer of the Worthington Family. He was doing his best to keep the family vultures from getting their hands on the Worthington fortune when it should rightfully go to the son, Warren (Angel) Worthington III. They wanted to keep him from the inheritance because he came out of the closet about his mutant alter ego.
First appearance: CHM #5

Balina The small town in County Mayo in Ireland where the X-men detrained and proceeded by car to Cassidy Keep.
First appearance: UXM #101

Ballinger, Prof. Peter Parker's physics professor at ESU who is familiar with his student's natural aptitude, but grew more and more dissatisfied with his performance due to spotty attendance and apparent lack of attentiveness.
First appearance: SSM #4

Ball of Doom The ultimate weapon created by the Mad Thinker as revenge toward the Thing and Human Torch II for thwarting one of his earlier plots. It is heat proof and nearly indestructible (being constructed of the same material as the nose-cone of a missile), but it couldn't survive the Torch's nova heat.
First appearance and destruction: ST1 #131

Baltag (deceased) One of Ravonna's underlings in the 31st century, the one that fired the fateful shot at Kang that hit his Princess.
First appearance and death: AV1 #24

Baluurians (see: Blastaar) Warlike humanoid race existing in the Negative Zone, placed Blastaar out in the Debris Belt to die.
First appearance: FF1 #62

Bambi A fawn who's mother was killed by hunters in a game reserve in the Ozarks and was adopted by the Hulk, who had been watching both deer when it happened) after settling the hash of the two drunken gunmen. Later, the mind of Chondu the mystic is transferred into the fawn's body by Dr. Strange to get it out of Nighthawk I, and it is soon afterward removed by the Headmen and placed in a body of their making.
First appearance: DEF #31

Banks, Jennie (deceased) A pretty young shop girl who got a flat tire on Culloden Muir in Scotland and thought she was being rescued by the timely arrival of a policeman but was simply the next victim of Proteus II in a chain that would lead him to Edinburgh.
First appearance and death: UXM #127

Banner, Bruce-A The Dr. Banner of Earth-A who never became the Hulk.
First mention: FF1 #162.

Banner, Elizabeth ('Betty' form. Betty Ross, and Betty Talbot) REL: Daughter of Gen. Ross. Wife of the Hulk. Ex-wife of Maj. Glenn Talbot.
First appearance: IH1 #319

Banner, Rebecca (Deceased) (see: Rebecca Walters) REL: Mother of the Hulk. Aunt of the She-Hulk. wife of Brian Banner.

Dr. Banner's Gamma Ray Machine Device created by Dr. Bruce Banner to change himself back and forth to the Hulk by bathing himself with Gamma Rays. The original one was kept in his hidden lab, but a second one was built at Gamma Base [TtA1 #90] where it is accidentally used to create the Abomination.
First appearance: IH1 #4

Dr. Banner's Hidden Lab The laboratory, hideaway, and restraining facility for the Hulk built by Dr. Bruce Banner out in the New Mexico desert near Gamma Base. It is later discovered by Gen. Thunderbolt Ross.
First appearance: IH1 #2

Dr. Banner's Indestructible Robot Not really a robot, more an armored battle suit created by Dr. Banner at Gamma Base, stolen by the Leader's Agent, who was operating it when it was destroyed by the Hulk.
First appearance: TtA1 #60 Dropped in a bottomless pit: TtA1 #61

Dr. Banner's Infinite Weapon Ray A weapon created by Dr. Banner for the purpose of repelling a Gamma Attack, but modifies it to emit Infra-Gamma Beams to attract and weaken the Abomination.
First appearance: TtA1 #91

Dr. Banner's T-Gun Device created by Bruce Banner that can send someone through time, accidentally sends the Hulk to the 25th century.
First appearance: TtA1 #75

Bannon, Lance Photographer for the Daily Bugle, always giving Peter Parker stiff competition.
First appearance: ASM #208

Banque, Louis The urbane director of direct directions at a genetic research facility 25 miles outside Angoulene, France owned by Tolliver and where Black Tom Cassidy was being treated after his near death experience with Cable.
First appearance: DPCC LTD #1

Banshee (Sean Cassidy) A retired member of the British Secret Service and a one time Irish Lord with the mutant ability to create and project powerful sonic blasts with his mouth, which can be used with incredibly destructive power or directed allowing him the semblance flight. In his early career, after leaving MI-5, he pursued a brief criminal career, starting as a reluctant agent of Factor Three against the X-Men. Later, he was recruited by Prof. X as a member of the new team of X-Men gathered together to rescue the old team from the menace Krakoa [GS UXM #1]. He almost didn't remain with the team after the operation was completed, worried about the age difference between he and the other members, but Xavier convinced him to stay. He became enamored with Moira MacTaggert right from her first appearance at the X-Mansion and the two paired off pretty mutually. Later, he and the team went to his ancestral home, Cassidy Keep, in Balina, County Mayo, Ireland and clashed with his brother for the first time, who was working for the Shi'ar to get at Xavier [UXM #101]. While the team was in Japan trying to stop Moses Magnum from sinking the whole island, Banshee made the ultimate sacrifice to stop him by setting up a counter resonance to his Magnum Force. So great was the strain to overcome the villain's power, that not only left Sean in a coma, but also stripped out his voice powers so that he could barely speak afterward [UXM #119]. Later, he becomes the headmaster under the White Queen at the Massachusetts Academy and later made the headmaster at the Xavier School. REL: Father of Siryn. Cousin of Black Tom Cassidy. GA: X-Men, Generation X.
First appearance: UXM #28 Full name revealed: UXM #96? Retired from active duty: UXM #129

Banshee FY In the Forever Yesterday alternate reality, he has the same appearance and presumably the same powers as his counterpart in our reality. He was a member of the army recruited by Magneto FY to overthrow the tyrannical empress, Sphinx II.
First appearance: NW #13

Banshee The horse ridden by the first Phantom Rider who was coated with the same meteorite dust that was used to make his master's costume glow so that he appeared to be ghostly as well. His spirit returned decades later to serve the great great grand nephew who had taken up the Phantom Rider mantle.
First appearance: GHR1 #1

Barbaric A huge heavily armored warrior (possibly a giant Forrest Troll?) protecting the borders of Nornheim under the thumb of Karnilla. Besides a thorn covered bow that shoots two pronged arrows, he sports a huge cleaver like blade. He was sent out to stop Sif and Balder, who had entered the Forest of the Norns to recover the mystic seeing crystal stolen by Loki, and was defeated by the Asgardian.
First appearance: TH1 #150

Barbarus A Savage Land Swamp person who was genetically altered by the Creator (Magneto) to have enormous strength. GA: Savage Land Mutates.
First appearance: UXM #62

Barker, Boss One of the mob bosses on Kral who purchases the Thing from the Skrull Slave Master to compete in the Great Games against his rival, Lippy Louie's Champion, Torgo II to defend his territory.
First appearance: FF1 #91

Barnett, Mr. The Attorney General who pardoned Johnny Blaze after his involvement in stopping the organization run by Dude (Roulette I) Jensen. Johnny, as Ghost Rider IV, was in trouble with the local police, and Roxanne Simpson cut a deal where they would infiltrate and snoop around Jenson's Demolition Derby. Afterward, he figured that GR owed him one and wanted his help in taking down what was thought to be a second team of Zodiac villains but was in truth Aquarius I impersonating the others. After a run in with Barnett's son, he agreed and with the help of Stunt-Master, took down the operation. REL: Father of Dave Barnett.
First appearance (unnamed) GHR2 #4 Named: GHR2 #6

Barnett, Dave An ex-FBI agent who had been captured and tortured by the original Zodiac team before their capture by the Avengers and his cheese had slipped from his cracker, forcing him to retire. When a second team appeared, he became manic to take them down, and, with his father's influence, he, by less than sane means (including trying to kill GR and kidnapping Roxanne Simpson), employed Ghost Rider IV to stop them. They turned out to be Aquarius I impersonating all the others' powers to put the kibosh to Cornelius Van Lunt (Taurus I)'s legal defense attempts, but Dave's mind was no longer in any condition to comprehend the truth. REL: Son of Attorney General Barnett.
First appearance and origin: GHR2 #6

Barnett, Dr. Michael The one time psychiatrist and love interest of Carol Danvers and one of the few non-costumed people that know her dual identity as the original Ms. Marvel.
First appearance: MsM #?

Barnett, Rhoda A gossip columnist in NYC who did a piece on the whirlwind romance of Kyle Richmond and Trish Starr.
First mention: GS DEF #4

Barney One of Crime-Wave's henchmen at his secret hideout.
First appearance: DD1 #59

Barney One of the police officers who tried their best to follow Ghost Rider IV after he sped by their hidden patrol car They followed him through a truck stop and up the side of a mountain, only losing them when he jumped across a collapsed bridge. Partner of Harvey.
First appearance: MSL1 #7

Barney One of the children who helped Captain America I learn the true meaning of being an American after he'd been on the time spanning journey of discovery with Mister (contemplator) Buda. He discovered that being an American means being able to dream and being allowed to realize that dream, whatever it is.
First appearance: MTS #2

Barney The driver of a truck hauling nuclear material to New Jersey who was side tracked by protestors to a side road by protestors and was robbed of his payload by Maggia thugs working for the new Big M.
First appearance: SSM #24

Barney A loud mouthed construction worker in Denver who frequents Dickie's Bar and Grill and didn't take kindly to the stranger in the place (Johnny Blaze) hogging all of the attention of the resident dancer, Debbie. There is a fight, and he gets put on his butt, but he's the type to not let it lie. Later that evening, he and his friends waylay the girl, her new beau, and her sickly sister on the way to the hospital, and beat the snot out of the stunt cyclist until he becomes Ghost Rider IV. GR would have killed him if not for the intervention of the girl, so they settled on taking his car to get the young girl to her kidney treatment.
First appearance: GHR2 #36

Barney A small time hood working for Dirk Varden in the Omaha area. He was one of the pair that came to Bob Farley to collect his payment for an overdue loan, and when it went unpaid, they sabotaged the motorcycles on the Flaming Cyclists, and both parents were killed while trying to best Johnny Blaze's jump record.
First appearance: GHR2 #37

Barok One of the young Fall People who became entranced with the appearance of the X-Men in their village, particularly Nightcrawler, who taught he and the others some German. REL: Son of Tongah.
First appearance: UXM #114

Baron Blood (Deceased) (Lord John Falsworth, 'Dr. Charles Cromwell') A vampire. REL: Brother of Union Jack I, Uncle of Union Jack II and Spitfire.
First appearance: INV #7 Died: CAP1 #254

Baron Karza (Deceased) 1000 years ago, he was the Chief Scientist of Homeworld and trusted friend and mentor of Commander Arcturus Rann, but in that time, twisted by visions of power, he became the half mechanical tyrant of the Microverse, subverting the people with promises of immortality through his Body Banks. In his all black armor, he is nearly invincible, and because he is more machine than human, he is super strong, can launch his hands like missiles, and can join together with an equine lower half and take on a centaur-like appearance. Always looking for new worlds to conquer, the only thing he fears is the unknown, including the Enigma Force.
First appearance: MIC1 #1

Baron Mordo (Karl Amadeus Mordo) One time pupil of the Ancient One. Arch nemesis of Dr. Strange. Often aligns himself with otherworld allies to defeat his nemesis, particularly Dormammu. REL: Grandson of Viscount Crowler Mordo.
First appearance: ST1 #111

Baron Strucker (Deceased) (Wolfgang Von Strucker, see: Supreme Hydra, 'John Bronson', 'Don Antonio Caballero', Emir Ali Bey', the Hood) WWII German nobleman whose original purpose was, charged by Adolf Hilter himself, to destroy and discredit Nick Fury and the Howling Commandos. His first attempt at this was to sucker Fury into a duel where he drugged his opponent before besting him at fencing, but his victory was reversed when the Howlers soon afterward blew up the rocket base under his command and Fury got a second chance at him with bare knuckles. This mutual animosity continued throughout the war, and later, now obsessed with world domination or destruction, he rose to the position of Supreme Hydra with the same moral guidelines, still pitting himself against Nick Fury, now the Director of SHIELD. He is a master with nearly every hand held weapon and can usually be identified by the long jagged scar running down from his forehead past his left eye. REL: Father of Fenris.
First appearance: SgtF #5 First Modern (as Supreme Hydra): ST1 #150 As himself: ST1 #156

Baron Zemo I (Deceased) ( Heinrich Zemo) WWII villain genius who was such a menace that he had to cover his face with a mask to hide his true identity, went insane after having his mask fuse to his face when Captain America I cracked open a vat of his Adhesive X during a fight, for which he has sworn to destroy Cap. Killer of Bucky I. After WWII he set himself up as a dictator down in the South American jungle, came out of retirement when he got word that Cap had been revived from suspended animation. formed the Masters to continue his evil work. Was killed when he set off a landslide while battling Cap and was buried. REL: Father of Baron Zemo II. GA: Masters of Evil I.
First modern appearance (in flashback): AV1 #4 First in current time: AV1 #6 Died: AV1 #15

Baron Zemo-Alt The same Word War II villain as in our world, but in an alternate reality where a sample of Vibranium had accidentally been sent back in time, and the Germans, with the new technology, would eventually win the war without the Alternate Invaders and the Fantastic Four to set things right. This Zemo is stationed in a weapons lab in Castle Cherbelle and is also splashed with Adhesive-X when it is destroyed.
First appearance: FF1 AN #11

Baron Zemo's Pilot (Deceased) (see: Baron Zemo Impostor) The unnamed pilot who had been bringing Zemo I supplies in his South American retreat since the end of WWII. Becomes his personal pilot (the Heli-Hovercraft) when Zemo formed the Masters of Evil I. Later posed as his master after his death.
First appearance: AV1 #6 Death: CAP1 #100

Baron Zemo II (Helmut Zemo, form. the Phoenix) Arch enemy of Captain America. REL: Son of Baron Zemo I. GA: Masters of Evil IV.
First appearance: CAP1 #276

Baron Zemo Impostor (Deceased) (from. Baron Zemo's Pilot) The man, who used to be Zemo's pilot, posed as Baron Zemoand set up a base in Wakanda attempting to hold the world ransom using his new Solar Heat Projector, but he was thwarted by Captain America, Black Panther and Agent 13 of SHIELD.
First part. appearance: ToS1 #98 First full app.: ToS1 #99 Death: CAP1 #100

Baron Zemo's Heli-Hovercraft The bullet-shaped, four-legged aircraft created by Zemo and flown by Zemo's Pilot that takes off and lands like a rocket but has helicopter blades on the top that allows it to hover. Downed by Captain America I with a canister of teargas.
First appearance: AV1 #6

Barrenos, Omar The charismatic Brazilian who put together a team of eco-terrorists to make the planet safe for future generations, and, although his intentions are good, his method of accomplishing his goals is sometimes more devastating than the problems he and his people are trying to remedy. He is the primary driving force behind the group, and he even suggested killing one of their members simply as the next step to stopping the deforestation of the Brazilian rainforest, but their plans were thwarted by the New Warriors. GA: Project: Earth.
first appearance: NW #8

Barrach'an Shovel Beast A huge alien quadruped known in the Shi'ar empire which has a massive under slung lower jaw which it uses for combat. Hobgoblin I became one when the Imperial Guard was fighting the X-Men and the Starjammers to protect their emperor, D'ken Neramani, even though his plan for power would mean the end of the universe. Although at first, he seemed unstoppable, until Nightcrawler got the idea to use his Image Inducer to match his beast for beast.
First appearance: UXM #107

Barrow, Dr. Thomas The senior physician at the Barrow Clinic who first treated James-Michael Starling after the death of his 'parents'. After the first attack from the Protars and he first showed his powers, Barrow became intrigued, but the hospital wouldn't allow him to stay, so he paid his nurse, Ruth Hart, to take the boy into her care.
First appearance: OMU #1

Barrow Clinic The private hospital in NYC where James-Michael Starling was brought for treatment while in a coma after the death of his 'parents' in a car crash. After the attack on the boy by the Protars and the first signs of the youth's powers, they refused to allow the boy to continue treatment there, even at the primary doctor's insistence. Staff incldes: Dr. Thomas Barrow, Ruth Hart [first seen staff],
First appearance: OMU #1

Barry One of the security guards at ESU who responded to the break-in of Meteor Man of the ESU Coliseum, which was sponsoring an exhibit dedicated to the applications of microwave energy. He and his partner went in cautiously, but they stood no chance against the power of the costumed criminal and thief.
First appearance: SSM #41

Barton, Bernard 'Barney' (Deceased) The ne'er do well brother of Clint Barton who signed on as hired muscle with Egghead when he set up his space death ray, but Barney redeemed himself by helping the Avengers against his boss before his death. REL: Brother of Hawkeye, Lucy Barton. Son of Edith and Harold Barton.
First appearance and death: AV1 #64

Barton, Flowers Drummer for the 1st Million Megaton Explosion.
First appearance: NFAS #11

Barton, Harold and Edith (Deceased) REL: Parents of Hawkeye, Lucy Barton and Barney Barton.

Barton, Lucy REL: Sister of Hawkeye and Barney Barton. Daughter of Harold and Edith Barton.
First appearance: AV1 #34 Final appearance: AV1 #35

Barton, Whitey Friend of Willie Lincoln while in the Army.
First appearance: DD1 #47

Bas-For, Lt. A Kree officer assigned to one of the Destructoids which was sent to attack Zenn-La. After surrendering to the Silver Surfer, the young lieutenant pulled a weapon on the cosmic powered victor and was placed under arrest by his commanding officer.
First appearance: SS3 #7

Bashur (Deceased) (see: Commcast) High level hired Assassin, hired by Niko Halfghanaghan via Jacob Gavin Jr. to kill Deadpool, Cable, and Copy Cat for killing his brother Pico. Shot by Weasel while rescuing Deadpool from Bashur's Synaptic Neural Scanner. GA: Executive Elite. Has been employed by Hydra.
First appearance: DPCC LTD #2 ? Died: DPCC LTD #3

Basilisk (Deceased) (Basil Elks) Super powered criminal. SP: Able to generate microwave energy.
First appearance: MTU1 #16 Killed by Scourge: FF1 #289

Baskerville, Sir An ex-disciple of Baron Mordo who Dr. Strange consults about the riddle of the word, Eternity. Although supposedly reformed, he betrays Strange to his former master.
First appearance: ST1 #135

Batroc (Georges Batroc, the Leaper) A French costumed criminal/mercenary who displays incredible gymnastic skills. Arch enemy of Captain America. Wears a distinctive purple costume, handlebar moustaches, and speaks with a very distinct French accent. His combat abilities, because of his physical prowess, are nearly that of the star spangled avenger. His first appearance was as a thief hired by an unnamed subversive organization to steal the dangerous, radioactive substance, Inferno 42. When Cap intercedes to aid the SHIELD transporter, Agent 13, the Leaper eventually backs down to Cap's superior prowess, setting the stage for his life long hatred of the avenger. GA: Batroc's Brigade I & II.
First part. appearance: ToS1 #75 First full: ToS1 #76

Batroc's Brigade I Criminal team originally assembled by Batroc to find the Seismo-Bomb, consisting of: Batroc, Swordsman, Living Laser [founding members], Porcupine {j ?}.
First appearance: CAP1 #105

Batroc's Brigade II Criminal team consisting of: Batroc, Zaran, and Machete.
First appearance: CAP1 #302

Batruel One of the Chained Ones, enemies of life and profaners of this humanity stained globe. The Agents of Fortune Cult made sacrifices to them of two archeologists (Marc and Sharon) leading to the Xenogenesis.
First mention: DEF #58

Battle Cruiser (see: Galactic Cruiser) One of the Microverse combat spacecraft that can separate into four completely self sustained attack ships. One of these, under the command of Prince Shaitan, followed the Endeavor through the Space Wall to Earth where it was defeated by the Micronauts.
First appearance: MIC1 #2 Correctly named: MIC1 #3

Battlestar (form. Bucky V) Powers boosted by Power Brokers, Inc. GA: Buckies.
First appearance: CAP1 #341

Battleworld Planet created by the Beyonder for the Secret Wars.
First appearance: SWI LTD #1

Baxter Building (see: Four Freedoms Plaza) Prominent building in NYC whose top five floor become the home and HQ of the Fantastic Four when they move to the Big Apple from California. The long time doorman was Sergius O'Hoolihan [FF1 #21]. For a short period, Collins was the landlord [Ff1 #111]. And other staff included: Donald [FF1 #177],
First appearance: FF1 #3

Baxter, Patricia 'Patsy' (form: Patsy Walker, see: Hellcat, Patsy Hellstrom) former teen fashion model has grown up and married her high school sweet heart Buzz Baxter.
First appearance: AA2 #?

Baxter, Robert 'Buzz' (see: Mad Dog) The Security head for the Brand Corporation. REL: Ex-husband of Hellcat.
First appearance: Miss America Magazine #2 (11/44) First MU appearance: AA2 #13

Baxu (Deceased) (Baxi) Originally one of Kala's staunches followers, suggested as a proper consort for her when Iron Man I refused the spot. REL: Husband of Kala.
First appearance: ToS1 #43 Death 1st mentioned: FF1 #127

Bay City A mid western city that was to put up a new community center at the behest of Lyle Bradshaw, ones of its city councilmen and spurred great civil demonstration.
First appearance: IM1 #27

Bay City Construction Company The company owned by Lyle Bradshaw slated to build a community center in a deal also brokered by his real estate company and ratified by him as a city councilman.
First mention: IM1 #27

B'Dlrg One of the four armed guards in the citadel in the capital city of Ogeon in Tunnel World who was discussing the coming rout of the rebellion with his co-worker.
First appearance: DEF #82

Beacon of the Brave The huge flame lit beacon mounted on stilt legs atop the Mount of Eternity that is used to call the heroes of Asgard together for the Tournament of Titans.
First appearance: TH1 An. #2

Beame, Abe Mayor of NYC when the Fantastic Four are being held by the Frightful Four for a billion dollar ransom, and, after consulting with Jimmy Carter, Gerry Ford, and Ronald Reagan, decides not to pay.
First appearance: FF1 #178

Beame, Anna (deceased) The mother of a powerful mutant who was killed when a mob came to destroy the creature she had just birthed. Her son then reanimated her corpse because as an infant he didn't understand the concept of death, and she was kept alive all these decades because it amused him to see her decaying corpse around and especially the affect it had on his father. She was destroyed when the boy was flaunting his power to the Ghost Rider IV, and the demon cyclist could not allow the abomination of life and death to survive. GR burnt her with Hell-fire and shattered her body on her son's protective bubble. REL: Mother of Nathan Beame. Wife of Jonathan Beame.
First appearance and death: GHR2 #34

Beame, Jonathan (deceased) The father of the mutant child who not only took control of him but has kept him alive for over a hundred years. He spends most of his days being an amusement for the amoral child, who does things like forcing him to put a loaded gun to his head and taunts him with the animated corpse of his dead wife, not to mention the actual physical abuse. After decades of being his son's play thing, he saw his way out in the form of his son's latest toy, the Ghost Rider IV. He pitted the demon cyclist against his son and he got his desired result. The mutant's base was destroyed in the battle when GR hit a vein of oil beneath the ground, and it ignited. The boy was killed, and so was the father, who got his release after all these years of imprisonment. REL: Father of Nathan Beame. husband of Anna Beame.
First appearance (unnamed): GHR2 #33 Named and death: GHR2 #34

Beame, Nathan (deceased) A powerful mutant born in the old west with the ability to not only control others with his mind but to alter the physical nature of organic beings (including reanimating the dead, warping people into other life forms, and keeping his father alive for well over a hundred years. When he was born, his glowing eyes scared the socks off the midwife and caused her to run for help, which came in the form of a torch bearing mob, who killed his mother. But, when the proceeded to finish the job, he used his power and warped them into hideous creatures for his own amusement. He then reanimated his mother and took control of his father, but his body, not equal to his mental abilities, grew ever more frail until he was forced to seal himself into a protective bubble. Then, for the next several decades, he bent his mind to creating a fantastic civilization around himself, peopled with his Cybernetic Dark Riders, a world he rules as an unforgiving iron-willed dictator. His main base, located near Last Chance, Nev. was hidden beneath a mountain in the desert and accessible only by his futuristic airship. In his first appearance, he had captured Johnny Blaze and the old prospector who had accidentally received some of his power, Woody Guthrie, and he began to play with them for his own amusement, introducing them to his decaying mother and changing Woody into a carnivorous tree. In his final battle with Ghost Rider IV, a vein of oil was opened beneath his base and it exploded, destroying all he had built and he and his entire family. REL: Son of Jonathan and Anna Beame.
First appearance (unnamed): GHR2 #33 Origin, named, and death: GHR2 #34

Beasly, Rocky A small time bully who pressed Bobby Drake (pre-X-Men) hard enough that he used his Iceman powers in public for the first time.
First appearance: UXM #44

Beast (Henry 'Hank' Peter McCoy) A super intelligent mutant with oversized feet that can find purchase on almost any surface, later accidentally mutated himself into the furry Blue Beast. GA: X-Men, Avengers, Champions, Defenders, X-Factor. REL: Son of Norton and Edna McCoy. Nephew of Robert McCoy.
First appearance: UXM #1 As the Blue Beast: AA1 #11

Beast FY In the Forever Yesterday altered reality, he appears the same and has the same abilities as in our reality, and, although the X-Men don't exist there, he is a member of the mutant rebellion under Magneto FY and still one of the good guys. He is instrumental in deactivating the Mutant Detection Field around Maqamam Island.
First appearance: NW #11

Beasts from Berlin Gorillas made super intelligent by a ray that was accidentally discovered by scientists in East Berlin and used to guard the facility. Defeated when Giant-Man I destroys the ray that he has deduced is needed to constantly maintain them.
First appearance: TtA1 #60

Beautiful Dreamer A mutant who can psionically alter memories. GA: Morlocks
First appearance: PP #12

Becky One of Namorita's friends and study partners at ESU.
First appearance: NW #3

Beechman, Frederic A nuclear scientist who worked at the Los Alamos atomic testing facility and, along with Gemma Sinclair, was caught in a nuclear accident that bathed them both in radiation. Shortly afterward, he conceived a son with his wife, and he was born a mutant with hair and a simian appearance. So repulsed was he by what he had created, he eventually left his son out in the desert to die. REL: Father of the Mandrill. Husband of Emily Beechman.
First appearance: DEF #90?

Beehive, the (form. Citadel of Science) Base of operation for the Enclave, where Him was created.
First appearance: FF1 #66 Destroyed by Him: FF1 #67

Beekman, Mr. The doorman on the front door of the building where Kyle Richmond I had the penthouse suite before his legal and financial troubles.
First appearance: DEF #89

Beeper Dogs An electronic bloodhound created by the Yahonka Arms Research Center, and first used to locate Captain America I who had infiltrated the facility.
First appearance: ToS1 #86

Beetle, the (Abner Jenkins) Jenkins started as a master factory mechanic and inventor who was envious of costumed heroes and created a suit with which he could could commit crimes and show the charlatans up. The original suit was equipped with wings, that enabled him to fly but slowly, could be used shields, were coated with asbestos, and were sharp enough to sheer things like ropes and such; had three fingered suction cup hands which could be extended hydraulically and lift great weights, and had a bucket shaped helmet that served as the suit's power source and a way to disguise his features. His first outing was to commit a series of crimes to befuddle the Human Torch I and the Thing, but after several near misses, he was caught and turned over to the police. Later, he beefs up the strength and durability of his suit making it actual body armor. GA: Masters of Evil III, Sinister Syndicate.
First appearance and origin: ST1 #123 In new battle armor: SSM #58

Beetle-City One of the Stenth mobile cities, this one shaped like a gigantic beetle, the legs of which are the ghettos of the city kept in perpetual squalor. It's only purpose is to travel from water hole to water hole so they can take on water to travel to the next water hole. Ruled by Skornn and his City Keepers, they accidentally shot down the Inhuman Space Ark while in the middle of a civil rebellion which is only conclude when one of the 'legs' is blown off, leaving the city only capable of traveling in circles and therefore doomed. Further immobilized by an attack from Spider-City for being loyal to the Kree.
First appearance: INH #7

Behemoth (deceased) (Behemoth from Below) The huge amphibious creature, originally created as a last ditch weapon in case of emergency, that attacks Atlantis and is defeated by Namor who reburies him with a whirlpool. It is red with brick-like scales and faintly humanoid, and it is summoned with one of the Ancient Atlantean horns. It's first attacks are thought to be quakes caused by Henry Pym's underwater laboratory. It is killed when it is unwittingly summoned by Nighthawk I when he was looking for some reinforcements against Presence, and after it scattered the Defenders like dolls, the nuclear powered Russian gave it a lethal blast of radioactive energy that made it explode like a bomb.
First mention: TtA1 #75 First appearance (partial): TtA1 #77 First full: TtA1 #79 Killed: DEF #55

Becky's Diner A small roadside diner where Johnny Blaze stopped to eat, and where Tabicantra arranged to meet him face to face for the first time while trying to steal his Ghost Rider powers for her master, Azmodeus.
First appearance: GHR2 #53

Belem A small town in Brazil where the New Warriors stayed overnight in their quest to locate Speedball's mother and rescue her from Project: Earth, who were operating in a section of rainforest nearby that was being deforested.
First appearance: NW #7

Belasco A sorcerer and chief disciple of the Dark Ones. He was banished to our plane of existence when he failed to open a gateway for his masters into this world. He was also responsible for the creation of Magik from the kidnapped Illyana Rasputin.
First appearance: KAZS #11

Belathauzer A humanoid demon with two faces who was one of the Chained Ones banished from Earth ages past by the Ancient One using the power of the Eye of Agamotto. Years later, the Agents of Fortune Cult, led by Vera Gemini, has put their long laid plan of Xenogenesis into action and they open the doorway for him and the others to return as the masters of this world. Almost immediately, he, like is planned for the others, is placed into a position of power in human guise to aid them in their eventual take over. He is the head of the military installation that orders the attack on the private aircraft that is owned by Kyle Richmond and being used by he and his team mates in the Defenders. Although it isn't specifically shown, it is assumed that he is drawn back to the other dimension when Dr. Strange regains the Eye and reverses the spell that had allowed the demon lords' return.
First appearance: DEF #59

Bel-Dann, Col. A Kree officer whose first seen duty was as the representative from his race at the planned execution of Phoenix II, supposedly as an observer for the Supreme Intelligence, but his duties expanded when he joined the Skrull ambassador, Warlord Raksor, on the surface of the moon during the duel of honor between the X-Men and the Imperial Guard. When the Skrull decided to interfere, he was forced to defend his life against Wolverine, and the Skrull took it as a slight and attacked him himself.
First appearance: UXM #137

Belgewater, Zeaklar Flatius An alien from Pyrofax who had been stranded in Dynamo City for three years unable to pay the exit fee. Unskilled for any skilled labor and too small for physical labor, he earned his keep mostly through the underground economy which paid primarily in food and goods. An inhabitant of the Tent City shanty town, he befriended the Silver Surfer who himself was trying to escape the crooked place. He finally escapes when he intentionally gets an execution order along with his friend so that he would be ejected into space with someone he knew could save him. He is a small humanoid with oversized black eyes and oversized mouth and thin wispy hair on his head.
First appearance: SS3 #41 Full name revealed: SS3 #43

Beliath An alien world that is home to the Fire-Beasts.
First appearance: MTU1 #125

Belladonna (Narda Ravanna, 'Madame Belladonna') A costumed criminal whose main goal is to get revenge on the man who ruined the world renowned cosmetic business owned by she and her sister, Roderick Kingsley. She wears an over sized hat and a full length trench coat, a veil over her face and used a gas gun she created herself that fires a mixture of belladonna gas. Her first attempt on him was at his penthouse apartment where she was going to steal some of his fashion designs with the help of her three hired thugs (Manny, Moe, and jack), but was stopped by Spider-Man, and the second was to sabotage his big fashion show, but was also stopped by Spidey. Some time passed before her next attempt, and this time she hired the Prowler II to lend a hand in her newest plan, which would eventually involve Kingsley killing the thorn in her side, Spidey. Everything fell apart when the Prowler was caught after accidentally causing the death of her sister's body guard while setting up the wall crawler and turned against her. In the end, Spider-Man stopped her and her gang, and despite there had been a death caused by her plans, all she could think about, as she was being trussed up for Det. Sgt. Snider was that she had failed to stop Kingsley. Although, after his target practice with the bogus Spidey, questions were being asked. REL: sister of Desiree Vaughn-Pope.
First appearance: SSM #43 Real name revealed and origin: SSM #48

Belladonna, Duchess An elderly of the Royal Family on Homeworld who is a staunch supporter of Baron Karza after his promise to supply her with a new young beautiful body.
First appearance: MIC1 #3

Bengal A well trained martial arts assassin who spent most of his adult life hunting down the soldier who wiped out his entire family to kill the man. His costume is black and orange with tiger-like stripes and his weapon of choice is a matching pair of sai. As a boy, his village was destroyed by American soldiers, and wounded, he was left to die with the others when the soldiers evacced out in a helicopter. But he didn't die, he spent the next several years training for the time when he could face the man that killed his family and kicked him loose from any possible rescue. When he located him in NYC, the man, Janes, had repented after spending years in jail following his court-martial and had become a priest. This didn't stop his revenge. He attacked the man in his church and was only stopped by the actions of Night Thrasher and Silhouette, but he didn't stop until finally he was made to see the error of his ways by the Punisher.
First appearance: NW #7 Origin: NW #8

Benn, Kelluk (deceased) During a session in one of the Fantascape Parlors, Silver Surfer relived the time in Zenn-La's distant past when science finally for the upper hand over barbarism. Kelluk was one of the warriors that was part of the strike force, led by Norrin Rad, to take out the Warlord's generals before they attacked Zenn-La City. He was killed by the Warlord herself during that endeavor.
First appearance (unnamed face unseen): SS3 #91 Named and death: SS3 #92

Benny One of Ed Pollard's henchmen who was helping him to blow the Little Thunderbird Dam just so they could loot the inundated homes below. He and his partners were caught by Ghost Rider IV and left for the authorities after a good dose of Hell-fire to sere their souls.
First appearance: GHR2 #49

Benson, Biggie (deceased) A small time hood who tries to frame Willie Lincoln with a false bribery charge, but he is caught and jailed by Willie's friend Daredevil. In an attempt to escape, he is accidentally crushed under the weight of Starr Saxon's Plastoid Robot.
First appearance: DD1 #47 Died: DD1 #51

Benson, Dr. A scientist at the Hammond Research Center in Springvale who was experimenting in extra-dimensional energy sources. It was one of these experiments that went awry and affected his employee, Robbie Baldwin, creating Speedball. He is also the owner of the cat, Niels.
First appearance: SPB #1

Benson's Department Store A prestigious store in NYC that carried a line of Wasp fashions.
First appearance: TtA1 #58

Bentley, Sir Clive (deceased) Old friend of Dr. Strange who lived in London. REL: Father of Victoria Bentley.
Impersonated by Baron Mordo but no actual appearance: ST1 #114

Bentley, Victoria The daughter of one of Dr. Strange's oldest friends who has latent magical abilities, rescues him from a trap by Baron Mordo, wants to be Strange's disciple. First romantic interest for Dr. Strange, gives up the pursuit when she realizes that he loves Clea, not her. REL: Daughter of Sir Clive Bentley.
First appearance: ST1 #114

Benton, Dr. Charles An old colleague of Stephen Strange's when he was a surgeon who, shortly after the accident that robbed him of the full use of his hands, offered him a consulting job to continue serving mankind. Years later, after the doctor returned to NYC as the Sorcerer Supreme, he continued to very persistently try to get his old friend to give up what he considered a charlatan life to be his medical consultant, in which way he could better serve humanity.
First appearance: DrST1 #169

Benton, Mr. A government agent who ruthlessly questions the captured Sub-Mariner about his part in the Stalker affair, particularly about the alien's deadly Space Funnel with which he was trying to drain Earth's oceans.
First appearance: SUB #19

Beresford, Mr. Heather Hudson's boss at Yukon Oil who gave her the day off after working a lot of overtime.
First mention: UXM #139

Berhert The home planet of the Sagittarians, a desolate world with twin suns.
First appearance (unnamed): IH1 #111

Bernard the Poet A beat-nick who hangs out at the Coffee-a-Go-Go, friend of Zelda.
First appearance: UXM #7

Bernie One of the thugs who were ordered by the Las Vegas casino bosses to take the welsher, stock car promoter, Dude Jensen, out to the desert and kill him and toss him into an abandoned quarry for unpaid gambling debts.
First appearance: GHR2 #5

Bernie The proprietor of the Beyond Forever Disco who, when he caught the night's act, Hypno-Hustler and the Mercy Killers robbing his safe for the box office receipts, was mesmerized by their special powers and left unconscious in his office. He had paid for the band's expenses and their publicity to get them there, and HH felt some remorse paying him back this way.
First appearance: SSM #24

Bernie's Bar and Grill A small tavern where the crew of the Sonny Tremont's Auto Circus Spectacular went to celebrate when they had hired Johnny Blaze to the show.
First appearance: GHR2 #57

Bert An NYC police helicopter pilot who is forced to abandon ship when the Hulk takes umbrage to being attacked when the police tried to take the green goliath into custody while he was trying to get medical care for the horse, Aragorn. The tiny chopper intercepted him as he was leaping away and opened fire, and the Hulk simply ripped them from the sky.
First appearance: DEF #37

Bert The Owner of Deadpool's favorite bar, Bert's.
First appearance: DP LTD #1 ?

Bertha One of the elephants in the Quentin Carnival who, employing a tent pole, felled Strongman when he and the Circus of Crime attacked the show.
First appearance: GHR2 #72

Bestia (Deceased) REL: Mother of Odin, Ve, and Vili. Wife of Borr. Grandmother of Thor and Vidar.
First appearance (unnamed): JiM1 #97

Beta A trained gorilla who was intentionally exposed to the rays of the experimental Cosmic Ray Intensifier by the Red Ghost which gave the beast augmented mental abilities, including mind control, which the Russian scientist used to help him get a foothold at a SHIELD tracking station in Africa to produce an army of Super Apes. But the plan was thwarted by Iron Man I, and the super ape, who didn't want his people subjugated by a madman, and used his powers to have his partner, Beta, destroy the Ultra-Intensifier. GA: Red Ghost's Super Apes.
First appearance (unnamed): IM1 #15 Named: IM1 #16

Beta Flight Members in training for Alpha Flight, consisting of: Puck, Box I, Marrina, Flashback, Laura Dean/Goblyn, Persuasion, Manikin, Diamond Lil,
First appearance: ALF1 #1

Beta-Gun Device used by Sentry #9163 to raise a hidden island in the Pacific where the Stimulator was placed by the Kree.
First appearance: FF1 #98

Beta Ray Bill (Beta Ray Thor, Thor II) A bionic extraterrestrial who cam to Asgard seeking help for his people. Defeated Thor I, and was granted powers by Odin.
First appearance: TH1 #337

Beta Ray Thor (Beta Ray Bill, Thor II) A bionic extraterrestrial, who, after defeating Thor I, was granted the ability to return to his original form (taken from Thor I) by Odin and given a mystical hammer, Stormbreaker. Briefly becomes the love interest of Sif.
First appearance: TH1 #339?

Beth   A young woman who lives in Denver with her sister and suffers from an undetermined ailment that requires regular treatments for her kidneys at the hospital. On one of these routine runs with her sister and her new beau (Johnny Blaze), they are attacked by some of the locals who don't appreciate her pairing off with the stranger. She and her sister are saved by the Ghost Rider IV, and Johnny gets her to the hospital in time, but the two women are more scared of him than they were of the toughs. REL: Sister of Debbie.
            First appearance: GHR2 #36

Bey, Emir Ali    (see: Baron Strucker)

Beyonder (Deceased) A vastly powerful entity which comprised all of the Beyonder Realm. Created Battleworld. GA: UCWF.
First appearance (voice only): SWI LTD #1 (in physical form): SWII LTD #1

Beyonders Extremely powerful extra-dimensional creatures. It was Beyonder energy that was used to create the Cosmic Cube.
First mention: MTO #63

Beyonder Realm An alternate reality, home of the Beyonder.
First appearance: SWI LTD #1

Beyond Forever Disco A trendy dance club proprietored by a man named Bernie in NYC where Peter Parker's friends took him to cheer him up after failing to graduate due to a gym credit. It featured the group Hypno-Hustler and the mercy Killers, and everything was going fine until the band decided to rob the establishment and then the patrons. Spider-Man was able to resist their hypnotic powers and mopped them up for the police.
First appearance: SSM #24

Bezukhov, Ivan Petrovich One time partner and body guard of the Black Widow.
First appearance: AA1 #1?

Bi-Beast Extremely powerful creature with a head that looks like two faces stacked one on top of the other.
First appearance: IH1 #169

Bifrost The Rainbow Bridge connecting Asgard with Midgard (Earth). It was built by Odin when he was pursuing Surtur, who had escaped to the then uninhabited planet of the All-Father's favor, and, when the Storm Giants and all the other enemies of Asgard started using it as a path for regular invasion, Odin posted a permanent guard, Heimdall.
First appearance: JiM1 #85 Origin: JiM1 #99

Big Albert A member of the Grady Gang captured while robbing a warehouse by the Avenging Angel in his brief solo career before the X-Men.
First appearance: UXM #55

Big Bertha (Ashley ?) A mutant circus fat lady. GA: Great Lakes Avengers.
First appearance: ?

Big Brain (Reed Richards) In an alternate reality the Fantastic Four received different powers from the cosmic rays, and Reed became a giant bodiless brain who could mind control others to do his bidding. He eventually took over the body of Doctor Doom and assumed the name, Mr. Fantastic. His teammates in the new FF are Ultra-Woman, Mandroid, and Dragonfly.
First appearance: WI?1 #6

'Biggs, Cain' (see: Juggernaut) Name used by Juggy to sneak aboard a Cairo airplane after stealing a disc from Deadpool .
First appearance: DPCC LTD #2

Big Herbie's Tavern A local hang out owned by the large, jovial Herbie, where Johnny Blaze first heard the challenge from Flagg Fargo to compete for his old records and titles. he wasn't going to take it seriously (particularly where he didn't have a bike), but several locals who were fans of his offered to put the money up from their sports club treasury if he would show the loud mouthed Flagg up.
First appearance: GHR2 #45

Big Joe Small time criminal who kidnapped the Infant Terrible and caused it to go on a rampage.
First appearance: FF1#24

Big Louie (deceased) A small time crime boss in NYC who was killed by the men of Vulture I as a message to those who weren't willing to join him in his bid to become the top crime boss in the city.
First mention: SSM #44

Big M (Countess Giuletta Nefaria, see: Whitney Frost, Madame Masque I) Faceless crimelord, who took over as head of the Nefaria branch of the Maggia after the incarceration of her father, once tried to take over Stark Industries through Morgan Stark, and then tried to cause the manufacturer's downfall by robbing its weapons vault. Using her adoptive name of Frost, she managed to cozy up to the head of security at SI, Jasper Sitwell, but his affection for her made her doubt the choices she had made in her past. After the end of her old socialite life, she was trained by her real father to be his successor. REL: Daughter of Count Nefaria and the Countess Renata Nefaria. Adoptive daughter of Byron and Loretta Frost. GA: the Maggia.
First Appearance: ToS1 #97 Origin: IM1 #8

Big M II (Frank Farnum, form. Masked Marauder) The new head of the entire Maggia, who after learning the secret identities of Moon Knight was doing his best to eliminate the thorn in his side as he was solidifying his base as he rose to the head of the crime organization. As his first act, he had his men steal nuclear materials being shipped through NYC, then he used his newly created Tri-Man II/Birdroid to steal a huge amount of cash from Citibank, then he used the cash to pay a foreign scientist to use the nuclear material to make a bomb with which he could hold the entire city ransom. He didn't count on the combined efforts of Spider-Man (whom he had struck blind earlier) and Daredevil putting a halt to his evil plans.
First mention: SSM #22 First partial: SSM #23 First full: SSM #25

Big Man (see: Frederick Foswell) Crime boss identity briefly adopted by Foswell. GA: Enforcers
First appearance : ASM #10

Big Rock A Maggia enforcer under the Top Man, involved in testing the Maggia's bullet-proof clothing.
First appearance: FF1 #101

Big Turk One of the gang leaders in NYC that voted to have Kingpin as their leader.
First appearance: ASM #51

Bill A SHIELD agent who was a member of the Metronome Unit, first seen drawing the fire of the Fixer and Mentallo who had taken over the SHIELD HQ.
First appearance: ST1 #143

Bill A police officer in NYC who was alerted to the attack on the house of George Stacy and took several pot shots at the Man Monster as he climbed a building after Spider-Man.
First appearance: SPEC #1

Bill One of the camera men filming the fight between Iron Man I and Titanium Man in Washington who feels helpless watching the abuse the golden avenger gets dished.
First appearance: ToS1 #83

Bill One of the police officers who pursue Captain America I (whose body had been traded with that of the Red Skull via the cosmic Cube) from the roadblock he tried to run, and then thought it strange when he thought the expert driving resembled that of the star spangled hero.
First appearance: CAP1 #116

Bill The pilot of a jet out of JFK that nearly sucked Angel into one of its engines.
First appearance: UXM #64

Bill An announcer at the first annual Dad County Drag Race.
First appearance: FF1 #192

Bill (deceased) The husband of Angela Vance who worked under her father at a top-secret nuclear facility as his assistant. When there was an accident, his wife, who was pregnant gave birth to a monster, and he was killed outright.
First mention: GHR2 #40

Bill An announcer at Claremonte Arena who was doing the play by play of Flagg Fargo's latest endeavor to match the stunts and records held by Johnny Blaze. He and his co-announcer Frank did everything they could to lionize this new comer.
First appearance (voice only): GHR2 #45

Bill One of the hired muscle working for the Smuggler during his first outing setting up a multi million dollar smuggling racket from his headquarters just outside JFK airport. He was captured by Spider-Man and left for the authorities.
First appearance: SSM #49

Bill A cyborg lobster belonging to Gomi. GA: Fallen Angels.
First appearance: FA LTD #2

Billy A boy who was saved by Thor I from being run over by a driverless cement truck when the thunder god struck the ground with his hammer at a distance and the shock waves carried the truck safely over the boy.
First appearance: JiM1 #108

Billy A sightseer in NYC who visit the Marvel Comics offices just when the Impossible man storms them to get his own book.
First appearance: FF1 #176

Billy One of the mutates of Dr. Edward Lansing and the finest product of his super soldier serum research. Although the serum made him incredibly strong and agile for an elderly man, his body was over sized and his brain was little more than that of a child. He attacked Hercules and Black Widow while they were walking on the shore near Angel's Malibu beach house. After Herc socked him for roughing up Natasha, he groveled on the round promising to be good if he didn't hit him again. After the mutates killed the good doctor, they were left for the police to be well looked-after.
First appearance: CHM #4

Billy-Boy One of the roustabouts at the Mr. Mike's One-Ring Traveling Tent Show who helped to hunt down and capture Beast when he came to try and free his friends who had been hypnotized by Mesmero into working there.
First appearance: UXM #111

Binary (form. Carol Danvers, Ms. Marvel) GA: Starjammers, X-Men.
First appearance: UXM #164

Biotron (Deceased) A thousand years ago, he was the first in the 6000 series of 'thinking' roboids, designed to be the pilot, via a telepathic link with Commander Arcturus Rann, of the millennia long exploration mission to study the far reaches of the Mircroverse. He became one of the Micronauts when Rann joined with the rebels of Homeworld, and, although obsolete, he was a valued member of the team and more often than not the pilot of the HMS Endeavor. GA: Micronauts
First appearance: MIC1 #1 Died: MIC1 #27

Biphasia An alien world divided into realms of darkness and light, sustained by the Half Queen.
First appearance: WWGS #5

Birch, Jason Hired gun of Cornelius Van Lunt who killed Thomas and Rebecca Talltrees when they refuses to sell him their property. He is presumably killed in the final battle between the Avengers, Red Wolf, and Van Lunt when the Scarlet Witch causes their helicopter to explode.
First appearance: AV1 #80 Final appearance: AV1 #81

Bird-Brain ('Bird-boy') Bird-like creature created by the Ani-Mator. GA: New Mutants.
First appearance: NM #56

Bird-Man I (Deceased) (Henry Hawk) A small time bookie in NYC who was recruited by by the Organizer as an enforcer for the original Organization. He was given a costume that resembled a bird and enabled him to fly. He was captured by Daredevil and sent to prison, but he and his compatriots returned as the animal themed group. GA: Ani-Men I, Organization, Unholy Three.
First appearance: DD1 #10 Died: IM1 #116

Bird-Man II (Deceased) (Achille DiBacco) GA: Ani-Men II.
First appearance: DD1 #157 Killed by Scourge: CAP1 #319

Bird People (see: Winged People) An offshoot of humanity that developed many of the attributes of birds, including wings and the ability to fly. After WWII, when their ambitions grew to take over the world, their adopted son, Red Raven, placed them in suspended animation for their own protection, and sunk their city, the Island in the Sky, in the ocean, only to rise to the surface once every twenty years. It was accidentally uncovered by Angel when trying to escape Magneto's Island, and the X-Man did battle with the slightly unhinged guardian, Red Raven himself. Their number died in their stasis tubes sometime between when they were entombed and when Raven tried to recover them and discovered the grisly truth. Their number includes: Aerivar XVIII (their king), Red Raven [First seen members],
First Appearance: RED RAVEN COMICS #1 (Aug. 1940) First mod.: UXM #44 Found dead: SUB #26

Birj Home planet of the Landlaks. Terran is its capitol city, once ruled by Tyros the Terrible.
First appearance: FF1 #211

Bison Bend The home of Carter Slade in the old west and the center of operation for his alter ego, Phantom Rider I.
First appearance: GHR1 #1

Black Alfred (Alfred Leroy) The man who took over as crime boss in Harlem after the arrest of Mr. Morgan and who was supposedly contending with Vulture I for the position of top dog in NYC. After a bloody back and forth between their rival gangs, he shows up at the Taylor Building with his proof of loyalty to V as he other bosses had, but when the 'old man' tells him that he's nothing but hired muscle and that he'd been simply used as a tool to get V where he wanted to go, he decides to go for the position himself. Despite the fact that he was powerfully built and worked out two hours a day, the superior strength of V proved to much for him. When V and his nephew were escaping the fire created by trying to cremate Spider-Man, Alfred tried to shoot him from behind a trash can, but he missed and hit Malachi Toomes instead, killing him. Furious, V nearly killed him in the alley except for the timely intervention of Spider-Man. When the police arrived, he admitted to killing Toomes and offered to go to jail and do anything they said if they kept the Vulture from him.
First appearance: SSM #44 Resal name revealed: SSM #45

Black Archer (Deceased) (Wyatt McDonald, form. Golden Archer II. see: Hawkeye II) GA: Squadron Supreme, Redeemers.
First appearance: SqS LTD #10 Died: SqS LTD #12

Blackball The evil doppelganger of Speedball created by Magus during the Infinity War affair to do away with and replace his original counterpart. His costume is similar to that of Speedball, except that instead of blue trimmed with gold, it was black trimmed with red, but his face is monstrous and his hair is a wild bright red. Instead of attacking Speedball directly, he went after his home town of Springdale, inflicting severe property damage and scaring the socks off of most of the inhabitants. When Speedball arrived on the scene, the militia, led by his own father, was ready to take him out. He caught up with his evil counterpart in the kitchen of his house menacing his mother, Maddie Baldwin. In an excessive output of his kinetic field, he vaporized his twin and had his secret ID outted to his dad. Robbie named his evil counterpart while kidding with Rage about his doppelganger.
First appearance and death: NW #27

Black Bishop (Harry Leland) The corpulent financial leader who happens to be a mutant with the ability to control the mass of the objects around him, making them gain weight exponentially. His main mistake was to make Wolverine, who had stormed the hellfire Club to rescue his team mates, incredibly heavy when he had leaped down on top of him. GA: Hellfire Club, Inner Circle.
First appearance (face and name unrevealed): UXM #129 First full and name revealed: UXM #132

Black Bolt (Blackagar Boltagon) King of the Inhumans who does not speak for fear of unleashing the devastating force created by his voice. Possesses super strength and the ability to fly, collects energy through the little tuning fork on his forehead. Dresses in a black body suit with glider wings under the arm. Inadvertently caused the insanity in his brother in their youth in an early use of his 'voice'. GA: Inhumans. REL: Husband of Medusa. Brother of Maximus. Cousin of Gorgon, Triton, and Karnak. Nephew of Korath. Son of Agon and Rynda.
First appearance: FF1 #45 First full appearance: FF1 #46

Black-Byrd (Nathaniel Alexander Byrd) A stiff-necked detective from Harlem who has been chummy with the White Tiger since he appeared on the scene and one of the few that knows his full origin and understands that he is a force for good. When Tiger's alter ego, Ayala, was attending ESU and a famous manuscript was stolen, Byrd not only cleared the young man's name but caught the villains who were actually behind the theft [SSM #10].
First appearance: DHKF #19?

Black Cat (Deceased) (Felicia Hardy, 'Felicia Harmon') Minor criminal turned short time partner and minor love interest for Spider-Man . Through Kingpin, she gained her 'bad luck' powers. REL: Daughter of Walter and Lydia hardy.
First appearance: ASM #194 Died: AV1 #277

Black, Cyrus A second rate sorcerer who has studied for years at the feet of long dead adepts to be the best magic slinger around, but can never seem to make the grade. His costume is red with a blue cape and wears a three pronged head piece. Somewhere in their past, he had a run in with Dr. Strange, and he became the focus of his inadequacies. He attacked him with his minions at his Sanctum Sanctorum and was easily repelled, but by accident he developed the ability to make his thoughts reality through his dreams. After siccing some mythological creatures at Strange and his team of Defenders, he then sent a more streamlined and nearly invincible version of himself to finish them off. He nearly did the job, but the Sub-Mariner, when he discovered that he wasn't weakening without water, realized that this was all artifice. The duplicate simply ceased to be, and a disconsolate Black, beaten even in his dreams, decides to take a closer look at his life before making another attempt. Black keeps a rat named Nebuchadnezzar as a familiar.
First appearance: DEF #6

Cyrus Black's Minions The non magical hired help of the second rate Wizard, who, although they are pretty much cannon fodder are fiercely loyal to their master. They wear green coveralls and pointed lighter green hoods and seem to adverse to employing anything but the simplest of weapons such as knives and maces. They were first used to attack Valkyrie III outside Dr. Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum and were easily repelled, and they were later used to make a direct attack on Strange's home on Bleeker Street, this time repelled by the whole team of Defenders. Members include: Hashid [first seen member],
First appearance: DEF #5

Black Deer One of the Keewazi tribe of American Indians.
First appearance (unnamed): FF1 #80 Named: FF1 #138

Black Dragons In an alternate reality, a motorcycle gang in San Francisco in the 1950's under the control of the Yellow Claw.
First appearance: WI?1 #9

Black Dragons The hand picked guard of King Conan when he ruled in Aquilonia. Their number include: Tarquin (their captain), Leonidas, Kepchoe, Hrolf, Syan-Lin.
First appearance: KCON #22?

Black Fox Veteran jewel thief. Often plays on Spider-Man's pity to escape.
First appearance: ASM #255

Black Galaxy (see: Black Nebula) The home of Ego, near Rigel-3. Thor traveled there with the Recorder to stop the living planet.
First appearance: TH1 #132

Black Goliath (form. Bill Foster, see: Giant Man II) Hero who was able to enlarge his body using an improved version of Henry Pym's technology. After becoming Tony Stark's west coast rep, he did a short stint as the technical advisor to the short lived Champions, designing their Champscraft and their internal security for the Champions Building [CHM #11].
First appearance: PM #24

Black Hand A criminal organization originally led by Snakeye and later by Turk. The members wear dark green body suits with lighter green accoutrements, including the head pieces with open faces. Although well-armed, they don't carry the extreme or experimental armament on which many of the other groups thrive. Later, after Turk had taken the reins of power, they had been involved in the attempted theft of the Erskine Manuscript at ESU, but the book was stolen by a professor imitating White Tiger. Even though they didn't get the book, they were hunted down by Black-Byrd and brought to justice [SSM #10].
First appearance: DHKF #10

Black Heart A new, shape changing creature of evil learning the ropes from his dad. REL: Son of Mephisto.
First appearance: DD1 #270

Blackie One of the hot rod enthusiasts that is a rival of the Human Torch II, hit on Crystal in Johnny's presence.
First appearance: FF1 #68

Blackie Small time criminal working with the Asbestos Man, captured by the Human Torch II in his solo career.
First appearance: ST1 #111

Blackie II One of Silvermane's hired thugs. GA: Silvermane Family of the Maggia.
First appearance: ASM #74

Blackie A patron in the coffee house where Rick Jones sings in public for the first time who heckles his performance and gets decked for his troubles.
First appearnce: CM1 #18

Black King (Sebastian Shaw) (Deceased) High level international businessman and chairman of the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club who also happens to be a mutant with the ability to absorb kinetic energy and convert it into bodily strength. He and his pals were doing everything they could to capture the X-Men. Killed by his own son and his ashes were buried under the site of Shinobi's house in Switzerland. GA: Inner Circle, Hellfire Club. REL: Father of Shinobi Shaw.
First appearance (face unrevealed and unnamed): UXM #129 First full app. and first name revealed: UXM #130

Black King II (Shinobi Shaw) The illegitimate son of the original Black King who killed his father and seized control o the Hellfire Club. GA: Hellfire Club, Upstarts.
First appearance:

Black Knight I (Deceased) (Sir Percy of Scandia) 6th century knight in the service of Arthur. First owner of the Ebony Sword. Died in the service of his king and passed the Sword to Black Knight III. REL: Distant relative of Black Knight II and III.
First modern and final appearance: MSH1 #17

Black Knight II (Deceased) (Nathan Garrett) Costumed criminal who dresses as a Medieval knight, using a power lance as his choice of weapons (which contains various gimmicks including power blasts and bolas), later acquired a flying mount named Aragorn, accidentally killed by Iron Man I. REL: Uncle of Black Knight III Distant relative of Black Knight I. GA: Masters of Evil I.
First appearance and origin: TtA1 #52 Death (unseen): ToS1 #73 Shown: AV1 #47

Black Knight III (form: Dane Whitman) Scientist turned costumed hero after inheriting his ancestral home, Garrett Castle, who at first was mistaken for a bad guy, dresses in helmet cape and armor like a medieval knight. Inherited the Ebony Sword from Black Knight I and Aragorn from BK II, but does not have any other enhanced abilities or powers. Had a very brief criminal career posing as the second BK to infiltrate the MoE II. Shortly afterward, before eventually joining the Avengers, he got tied up with the Enchantress in her scheme to get revenge on the wizard queen Casiolena, who had stolen her beau, Executioner from her. Once she had won him back, the disgruntled Whitman interceded and was changed to stone. Unable to change him back, Dr. Strange brought him back to his Sanctum Sanctorum for safe keeping, and the Valkyrie III took over use of Aragorn and the Ebony Blade [DEF #4]. When the Defenders, with the Evil Eye, went to reunite his spirit with is his body, they found him in the 12th century aiding Richard the I in the Crusades, and he opted to stay where he believed he belonged [DEF #11]. REL: Nephew of Black Knight II. Distant relative of Black Knight I. GA: Masters of Evil II, Avengers.
First appearance and origin: AV1 #48

Blacklash (Mark Scarlotti, 'Mark Scott', form. Whiplash.) Costumed criminal who uses a special bullwhip as his primary weapon. REL: Son of Anthony and Barbara Scarlotti. GA: Maggia
First appearance: IM1 #146

Black Leopard (T'Challa, see: Black Panther) T-Challa was erroneously called the Black Panther in his adventure in Rudyarda with Thing and Human Torch II trying to recover the Vibrotron, stolen from Wakanda by agents of Klaw.
First called the Leopard: FF1 #119.

Black Louie (Deceased) In an alternate reality, a rug dealer who was killed by Helen Taylor (as Nova) while looking for her husband's murderer.
First appearance and death: WI?1 #15

Black Mamba (Tanya Sealy, 'Tanya Sweet') GA: Serpent Squad III, Serpent Society.
First appearance: MTO #64

Black Nebula (form. Black Galaxy) The home of Ego, near Rigel-3.
Name changed: TH1 #?

Blackout (Marcus Daniels) GA: Masters of Evil IV.
First appearance: NOVA #19 Died: AV1 #277

Blackout Bomb A large device created by the Organization which, when detonated produces a localized blackout effect, making it impossible without special optical equipment, to see. Cat-Man I used one to break Monk Keefer (Ape-Man I) out of federal prison and he was able to see because of his special infra-red lenses.
First appearance: DD1 #10

Black Panther (T'Challa, 'Luke Charles'. Black Leopard) King of Wakanda, world class athlete and inventive genius on par with Tony Stark. Costumed hero who worked only in his native country until he had contact with the Fantastic Four, wears a simple black body suit and occasionally a mask. REL: Son of T'Chaka and N'Yami. Cousin of Ishanta, Joshua Itobo, Khanata. Half brother of Jakarra. GA: Avengers.
First appearance: FF1 #52

Black Panther Impostor The person hired by the Sons of the Serpent to commit several crimes while wearing the costume of the real Black Panther, getting him branded a criminal and a militant, but the impostor's ID was revealed on national TV, and the panther's name was cleared.
First appearance: AV1 #74

Black Queen ('Jean Grey', see: Phoenix II, Dark Phoenix) The telepathic X-Man corrupted by Jason Wyngarde through a series of Time Slip illusions and eventually turned to the dark side and inducted into the Hellfire Club as one of its Inner Circle. So far gone was she, wrapped up in Wyngarde's 18th century illusion, that she even was convinced to attack her old team mates, including her lover Cyclops. But it was her love for Scott and their psychic rapport that enabled her to gain control once again over her reality and break the spell cast on her by the mutant Mastermind. Although she escaped his control (intentionally breaking his mind in the process), he unknowingly also removed her own mental blocks keeping her from succumbing to the Phoenix Force and became Dark Phoenx as a result. GA: Hellfire Club, Inner Circle.
First appearance (as mental image of Wyngarde): UXM #125 Actual appearance: UXM #132

Black Queen II (Selena, form. Black Priestess) A beautiful but deadly soul-draining mutant. GA: Hellfire Club, Inner Circle
First appearance: NM #9

Black Racer A minor villain that runs at super human speeds. GA: Serpent Society.
First appearance: CAP1 #337

Black Rain A weapon from beyond our universe that was drawn here by Chondu (with the help of a formula devised by his partners Dr. Nagan and Dr. Morgan) and dissolved into this mystical substance which then rained down on NYC driving anyone who was asleep mad. Dr. Strange tried to counter it with his magic but was unable, and the effect had to run the course of the formula's potency.
First appearance: DEF #21

Black Rook (Friedrich von Roehm) A vampire servant of Selene (Black Queen II). GA: Hellfire Club, Inner Circle
First appearance: NM #22

Black Sea An other dimensional realm inhabited by the once rulers of Atlantis.
First appearance: SUB #40

Black Talon (Houngan [voodoo priest])
First appearance: ST1 #173 New: AV1 #152 Final: ToZ #6

Black Widow (Natalia 'Natasha' Alianovna Romanova) One time Russian spy (trained by the Commissar) and nemesis of Iron Man operating at first in street clothes and eventually in a specially made costume designed by Dr. Brushnov, she eventually rebelled against her Red masters and defected to the US, joining SHIELD as one of their undercover operatives, working often with the Avengers because of her love interest with Hawkeye. Soon afterward she broke away from the espionage business and began a solo career as a hero in an updated version of her original costume, assisted by her old friend Ivan Petrovitch (the man who had found her as a child and raised her, calling her his little Tsarina), during which time she became the partner and love interest of Daredevil. After this, to forget her love for DD, she applied as a language teacher at UCLA and became a founding member of the short lived Champions [CHM #1], and then joined as a long term member of the Avengers, becoming, for an extended period, its chairperson, during which time she changed her outfit one last time, opting for the lighter colored unitard with a spider emblem on the chest and shorter hair. Her original costume (ToS1 #64), designed by the Russian scientist specifically to help her best Iron Man, was a fishnet and boustiere deal with a horn-rimmed mask to match Hawkeye's, and equipped with special suction cup devices in her shoes and a retractable tether shooter, all to give her some of the abilities of her namesake. Her Widow Sting was added later. Her second costume (AA2 #1) was an adaptation of the first, lingerie giving way to an all over black body suit, no mask, and red hair instead of her original black, but with all the gimmicks from the first. The third costume (AV1 #?) was more of a refinement than a change to reflect her maturity, giving up the black costume for a gray one with a black widow emblem on the chest, and she cut her hair short. REL: Widower of Red Guardian I. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Romanov. GA: Liberators, Avengers, Champions.
First appearance: ToS1 #52

Blackwing (Joseph Manfredi, 'Joe Silvermane') GA: Circus of Crime, HYDRA, and the Maggia. REL: Son of Silvermane.
First appearance: DD1 #118

Blade A private investigator and vampire hunter, his mother was bitten by Deacon Frost making him a quasi-vampire.
First appearance: ToD #10

Blade Doppleganger (Deceased) A duplicate created by Deacon Frost.
First appearance: ToD #48 Destroyed by Hannibal King: ToD #53

Blair A Dartmouth College student who was on hand when Iceman, a visiting sophomore, thwarted the theft of a new computer built by Hank Pym by one of the staff, Professor Thatcher.
First appearance: BIZADV #27

Blaire, Alison (see: Dazzler II) REL: Daughter of Carter and Katherine Blaire. Stepsister of Lois London.

Blaire, Carter (Deceased) REL: Father of Dazzler II. Husband of Katherine Blaire.

Blaire, Katherine (see: Barbara London) REL: Mother of Dazzler II. Widow of Carter Blaire

Blake A soldier stationed at the Project who was ordered to shake Mister Machine's hand as he was released from the facility.
First appearance: 2001 #9

Blake, Dr. Donald (see: Thor I) Thor's first Earthly guise. His father Odin placed him in the lame body without any knowledge of who he really was to teach him some much needed humility. It wasn't until much later, after he'd established his medical practice, that he discovered the hidden Uru hammer and was transformed into his rightful form.
First appearance: JiM1 #83

Blanche A fisherman in the lake near the lab of Drexel Cord who witnessed the abduction of Tony Stark, Janice Cord, and Vincent Sandhurst by the Gladiator and the Maggia. REL: Wife of Harry.
First appearance: IM1 #7

Blandings, John Scientist captured by the Reds, rescued by Thor I.
First appearance: JiM1 #87

Blandon, Mr. The head of the Arad Corporation (a subsidiary of Richmond Enterprises) who was questioned by the Justice Department and Milton Rosenblum when everyone was trying to find Kyle Richmond I, who was facing all sorts of malfeasance charges caused by his underling Pennysworth.
First appearance: DEF #72

Blark, Mr. An outpatient at East Side Medical Pavilion who thought he was cured of hallucinations before he ran into the Thing.
First appearance: FF1 #124.

Blastaar Former monarch of Baluur in the Negative Zone before they place him out in the Debris Belt to die. Able to emit repeated powerful 'bomb blasts' from his fingers, which also allows him to 'fly'. His costume is primarily blue and gray, and because his mane of hair surrounds his whole face, he has a leonine appearance.
First appearance: FF1 #62

Blaze, Barton (Deceased) The star attraction of the Crash Simpson Daredevil Cycle Show who defied death once too often and was killed during one of his stunts. REL: Father of Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider IV. Husband of Clara Blaze.
First mention and death: MSL1 #5 First appearance: GHR2 #?

Blaze, Clara The wife of the star attraction of a motorcycle stunt show, she left her husband and their infant son for greener pastures. REL: Mother of Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider IV. Wife of Barton Blaze.
First appearance: GHR2 #?

Blaze, Johnny (see: Ghost Rider IV, 'Frank Ryder') A motorcycle stunt rider who sold his soul to Mephisto to save the life of his step-father and was bonded to the demon Zarathos to form the Ghost Rider, which, although it is in his body, takes on the flaming skeletal appearance of the demon. As a boy, his father had been killed performing stunts for the Crash Simpson Daredevil Cycle Show, and he was adopted by the proprietor and his wife and raised as their own, teaching him the business with the idea that he would one day take over the reins. However, a misfortunate accident caused the death of his 'mother', and she made him promise on her death bed never to ride in the show, a promise that estranged himself to the rest of his adoptive family, who thought him cowardly not to take up riding. He became a mechanic instead, until, after the show got it's first big gig at Madison Square Garden, he found out that his father was dying from terminal cancer. Willing to do anything to spare those he loved, he sold his soul to the devil (Mephisto) to cure his step father, but Crash, not realizing he'd been cured, went out with a band by trying to break the motorcycle jumping record. When he failed and was killed, Johnny broke his promise and set the record himself (22 cars), but his victory wasn't long lived. Mephisto came to collect on the debt and was going to turn him into his engine of vengeance by bonding the demon, Zarathos to him, but the process was interrupted by the pure souled Roxanne. She saved his life, but not before he was cursed to become the Ghost Rider by night. Afterward, she and Johnny shared joint ownership of the Show, and he became the star performer as himself and as the Ghost Rider. Later, Johnny began to loose control of the GR entity when Zarathos started gaining more and more of his own, until the two were in almost constant battle for dominance over his body. He also ended up joining the Quentin Carnival as their headliner, during which time he kept his alter ego a secret. The two were separated and he ceased to have the curse of Ghost Rider when they faced the soul stealing villain, Centurious one last time, a battle which ended with the spirit of Centurious and the spirit of Zarathos trapped in the Crystal of Souls. REL: Son of Clara and Barton Blaze. Step-son of Crash and Mona Simpson. Step-brother of Roxanne Simpson.
First appearance and origin: MSL1 #5 Ceased being Ghost Rider: GHR2 #81

Blaze, Siena Bored, wealthy mutant who can produce powerful concussive blasts from her hands. Her costume is red with gold bands and a V shaped shoulder piece, and her helmet covers just her eyes and the sides of her head, allowing her short, pale blond hair to show. GA: Upstarts.
First appearance: UXM #281?

Blinky The leader of a group of thieves who were robbing the town blind while everyone was at the Claremonte Arena to see the contest between Johnny Blaze and Flagg Fargo. Their main vehicle was a souped-up Mercedes van but they had an equally souped- up back-up lookout car. Their first job shown was robbing the Ajax Construction Co., and time after time they managed to just duck Johnny, who was investigating the robberies when he wasn't in the arena. Their trail kept leading back to the location of Flagg's trailer, but Blaze discovered to hidden side road that they had been using to escape him, and as Ghost Rider IV brought them to justice, collaring them in their own secret hideout.
First appearance: GHR2 #45

Bliss, Montgomery G. A NY adman who hires Medusa to sell his agency's latest client, Heavenly Hair Spray.
First appearance: ASM #62

Blixen A flying ant which Ant-Man II uses for transportation.
First appearance: MIC1 #19?

Blizzard (Deceased) (Gregor Shapanka, form. Jack Frost)
First appearance: IM1 #86 Died: ASM An. #20

Blizzard II (Donald 'Donny' Gil) SP: Uses a battle suit with cryogenic units.
First appearance: IM1 #223

Blob, the (Fred J. Dukes) Hugely obese mutant who had once been a circus performer. Arch enemy of the X-Men. When using his mutant power, the Blob can not be moved by any force and his skin is resilient against most physical attacks. After he, Vanisher, Unus and Lorelei attacked the Champions [CHM #19], he was put into the United States Maximum-X Security Penitentiary, where he remained until his lawyer (Mystique) taught him a trick that would allow him to escape and join the new team that she was putting together [UXM #140]. GA: Brotherhood of Evil Mutants I and II, Freedom Force, and Factor Three.
First appearance: UXM #3

Blob FY In the Forever Yesterday altered reality, he possesses the same powers that he does in our reality but there he is a member of the rebellion under Magneto FY and is one of the good guys. His costume is different there and he sports a beard and moustache.
First appearance: NW #11

Blockbuster (Deceased) A super strong mutant assassin. GA: the Marauders.
First full appearance: XFAC #10 Died: TH1 #374

Blonde Phantom (see: Louise Grant Mason) A 40's crime fighter. REL: Mother of Wanda Louise and Earl Paynter. Wife of Mark Mason.
First modern appearance: SH2 #4

Bloodarrow (see: M'Shulla Scott) REL: Son of Dorian and Hortense Scott. GA: Freeman.
First appearance: AA2 #?

Blood Feud An ancient Acroyear ritual, essentially their version of trial by combat, which can be invoked by a prisoner even if found guilty of high crimes by an Acroyear tribunal. Shaitan invoked the right when found guilty of treason and fought the king, his brother on the Shattered Plain on Spartak.
First appearance: MIC1 #12

Bloodscream A mutant enforcer for Gen. Coy in Madripoor. SP: Has powers similar to a vampire.
First appearance: WOLV #4

Bloodstone (Deceased) ('Ulysses Bloodstone') An immortal warrior from the Hyborian Age.
First appearance: MCP #1 Died: RMPH #8

Bloodstrike (Erik Conroy) A large incredibly strong and nearly invulnerable super powered youth who was recruited by Left Hand for his gang. He had been working as an enforcer for Mr. Kellington in Chicago and wasn't aware of his true potential until the guiding Hand released his from his duties a put him on the path to gaining his full powers, which involved making his first kill. When he has killed an innocent guard with his already augmented strength, the symbol for the Bloodstrike appears on his chest (first imprinted on his father years before), his powers are magnified, and his costume (a series of bands around his forearms, his lower torso and legs) appears as well. He, and his compatriots, were the product of years of selective breeding by the Dragon's Breadth Cult per their prophesies to create beings that would eventually rule the world. GA: Folding Circle. Back in '66, his father was a soldier in Cambodia, when he and his friends stumbled across the Temple of the Dragon's Breadth and was forced into the Pact, which involved marrying and mating with the chosen few who had been prepared for this time over the centuries. When the offspring reached a certain age, they were supposed to be gathered by the high priestess, Tai, and with their powers harness the Well of All Things and seize control of the world, but Left Hand jumped the gun and tried to seize the resultant power for himself. REL: Son of Mark Conroy.
First appearance (sans costume and powers): NW #17 In costume: NW #21 Real name revealed: NW #23 Origin: NW #23-4

Blow-Hard A mutant that can create strong winds. GA: the Morlocks.
First and last appearance: XFAC #11

Blue City Ancient city built by the Kree in the Blue area of the Moon. Also the site of the Watcher's HQ and later the home of the Inhumans.
First appearance: FF1 #13

Blue Eagle (Deceased) (James Dore, form. Cap'n Hawk. see: American Eagle) GA: Squadron Supreme, Redeemers.
First appearance: SqS LTD #2 Died: SqS LTD #12

Blue Streak (Deceased) Former SHIELD agent turned criminal. SP: Uses rocket skates.
First appearance: CAP1 #217 Killed by Scourge: CAP1 #318

Bluey One of the teenage drug addicts who occupied the old residence of the Munroe family which had since become a drug den. When Storm came to the tenement to revisit her childhood home, he and his friend attacked her with knives, but they didn't get far against her elemental powers or the timely assist from Luke Cage.
First appearance: UXM #122

Blythmerc In an alternate universe, the second in command of the Skrull invasion fleet sent to Earth.
First appearance: WI?1 #15

Bob The pilot of the ill-fated SHIELD Atomic Aircraft that was shot down by an Satan's Egg on its test flight.
First appearance (voice only): ST1 #143

Bobbie (deceased) The leader of the group of Death Cyclists who were responsible for the death of Harley Baggs. When Ghost Rider IV chased them down to wreak revenge for his friend's murder, they chose to kill themselves as a viable means of escape, nose diving into Thompson's Gorge. GA: Cult of Death.
First appearance: GHR2 #38 Died: GHR2 #39

Bobby A boy in the Food World parking lot terrorized by Odd John's insect army.
First appearance: MIC1 #20

Bob Farley's Super Circus A traveling carnival owned by Bob Farley who had hopes of getting out from under a loan to the gang czar, Dirk Varden, with their new headliners, the Flaming Cyclists, who were going to attempt to break the jumping record of Johnny Blaze. But the loan came due before the show, and when the owner couldn't pay, Varden's thugs arranged an accident that claimed the lives of the husband and wife cycle team and left their son an orphan.
First appearance: GHR2 #37

Bodoni-20 A planet in the Kree Empire which contains the warehouse where raw materials are kept frozen for future use. The body of the kung fu master Midnight was stored there until they had need of his superior motor skills in the project to create a weapon specifically aimed at the Silver Surfer.
First mention: SS3 #29

Bodybag A reptilian alien. SP: Emits a neuro-toxin that blanks minds. GA: Technet.
First appearance: EXCSPED #1

Body Banks The atomic pits beneath the surface of Homeworld where Baron Karza and his people conduct their genetic experiments, producing the Dog Soldiers and hybrid creations such as the Deathtank, and where the replacement parts are created allowing the inhabitants near immortality. The poor people of Homeworld can earn the service offered by the Banks by either earning Life Credits through the Life Machines or by selling them parts of their bodies. The facility is run by Karza's Shadow Priests, and powered by the Great Pit.
First mention: MIC1 #1 First appearance: MIC1 #2

Boggs, Mordecai P. The agent and promoter that manages Rick Jones' singing career. He was present at Rick's first appearance and recognized talent then, and after several failed attempts to secure what he guessed would be the new teen sensation, Rick agreed to take him on.
First appearance: CM1 #18

Bokk A Varraash Shocktrooper who was helping his comrade, Flegg, beat the snot out of Genis for cheating at cards on the planet Calculex. But, just when things were about to turn deadly, he and his friends were defeated by the unexpected appearance of the Silver surfer, who had been looking for the youth.
First appearance: SS3 AN #6

Bom, Big Bram A large, very strong, seemingly friendly humanoid who befriends the Silver Surfer in the employment line in Dynamo City. He's not so friendly when the Surfer, without his power cosmic, can't keep up his end of a girder on a construction site where they both land a job. Worse yet, when the Surfer was on trial to be executed, he testified that the Surfer, while at work, was always saying traitorous things about the city.
First appearance (unnamed): SS3 #41 Named: SS3 #43

Bonebreaker Legless cyborg, leader of the Reavers II.
First appearance: UXM #229

Bones Partners with Shorty in the Bones and Bailey Circus. REL: Cousins with Human Torch II and Invisible Girl.
First appearance: FF1 #15

Bones and Bailey Circus Circus run by Shorty Bailey and Johnny and Sue Storm's cousin Bones which Human Torch II joined briefly when the group was split by the Mad Thinker.
First appearance: FF1 #15

Book of Ages A bound volume kept in the care of the Asgardian Keeper of Antiquities that records all of the knowledge that Odin has collected over the years. It was consulted by the All-Father concerning the Incuba-Sphere and the origin of Galactus, but it was unable to assist him.
First appearance: TH1 #163

Book of Neptune The ancient tome that is that is the basis for the Atlantean society, laying down their traditions and history.
First mention: DEF #74

Book of Souls The mystical tome from which the wizard Azaziah gleaned the spell to separate Ghost Ricer IV from his human host and to join it with himself. After his demise, Johnny Blaze found the spell and used it himself to rejoin himself to the demon.
First appearance: GHR2 #44

Boom Boom (Tabitha Smith, see: Boomer) Mutant with the ability to create various intensity time bombs at will. GA: New Mutants, X-Factor, X-Terminators, Fallen Angels.
First appearance: SWII LTD #5

Boomer (Tabitha Smith, form Boom Boom) Mutant with the ability to create various intensity time bombs at will. GA: X-Force.
First appearance: X-FOR #?

Boomerang (Deceased) (Fred Meyers, 'Fred Slade') Ex-baseball player turned hired assassin, originally worked for the Secret Empire I to steal the Orion Missile. Wears a red and white costume covered with small red throwing disks that have various properties, including creating gas, explosions, and generally being razor sharp, and boomerangs that are highly explosive, it also has a jet-pack. He is unintentionally killed by the Hulk. GA: Secret Empire I, Sinister Syndicate. REL: Husband of Mrs. Myers.
First appearance: TtA1 #81 Died: TtA1 #88?

Boomslang SP: Throws snake boomerangs. GA: Serpent Society.
First appearance: CAP1 #341

Boopsie The name Wasp gave to he pet wasp that she uses as transportation. She controls him with the new cybernetic helmet that Giant Man I designed for her.
First appearance: TtA1 #68

Borr (Deceased) REL: Father of Odin, Vili, and Ve. Husband of Bestia. Son of Buri. Grandfather of Thor I and Vidar.
First appearance: JiM1 #97

Borers Creatures sicced on the Fantastic Four by Annihilus when they were trying to take the Cosmic Control Rod.
First appearance: FF1 An. #6

Borg, Gustav One of Doctor's Doom's guards who was entrusted with the transport of the statue of his master, carved by Alicia Masters, to the UN in NYC, the receiving end of the Solartron Complex.
First appearance: FF1 #200

Borgo (Deceased) The loyal hunchbacked assistant to the heir of Frankenstein through all of his master's attempts to duplicate his ancestor's work and even in the forbidden Experiment X where he produced the Replica of the Silver Surfer. But when his master opened fire on the villagers who had stormed his castle, it pushes him too far and he tries to stop him, precipitating both out the window and to their death.
First appearance and death: SS1 #7

Borgo, Lt. Leader of Doctor Doom's underground army after Zorba came to power. He and his team stole back Doom's armor sot that his master could be revived.
First appearance: FF1 AN #15

Boris The gypsy who was entrusted with the care of the young Victor Von Doom when his father was hunted down and killed by the Latverian Baron.
First appearance: FF1 An. #2

Boris A horror film actor from the past who was involved in the past with a production similar to the Creature from the Black Lagoon, when the filming was interrupted by Triton, on his first visit to the outside world, who mistook his acting as a real attack on a young woman.
First appearance; TH1 #150

Boris The Soviet agent working with the Commissar in the plan to dupe Yuri Petrovitch into believing that he was being rescued from American agents who had kidnapped him.
first appearance: CHM #10

Boss, the Small time crime leader in NYC who tries to use the death of the Masked Marauder as a bid for more power. He absorbs the remains of MM's gang in an attempt to kill Daredevil, but he and his men wind up behind bars.
First appearance: DD1 #29?

Boswell An agent of Feepers in an attempt to steal the Plunder family's secret supply of vibranium (Plunder-Stone). He accidentally kills his boss while struggling with Parnival the Plunderer.
First appearance (unnamed): DD1 #13 Named: DD1 #14

Boothroyd The SHIELD agent in charge of the Personal Effects Department who resembles a haberdasher more than a member of a secret spy agency. It is his duty to outfit the other agents in clothes equipped with the latest gadgets that look like ordinary clothes.
First appearance: ST1 #154

Bottomless Fountain The ornate fountain in the Great Refuge (Attilan) that supposedly has no bottom. Its depths are plumbed by Triton and Black Bolt trying to discover the root of the Somnotherm.
First appearance: FF1 #159

Bounty Hunter (Haskill) A spectral bounty hunter working for an unnamed demon who, using powers similar to those of Ghost Rider IV, collects souls for his employer to pay off his debt. Like GR, his face is a flaming skull and he wears all black in the style of cowboys from the old west (hat, jeans, long coat, boots), and rides a demonic stallion. His weapon of choice is a double barreled shotgun which now shoots Hell-fire instead of bullets, and when he uses it on a mark, it reduces them down to just bones. In the old west, he had been an amoral bounty hunter who had developed an infamous reputation for killing his marks, not in a fair fight or out of necessity, but because he liked it and because it was safer to kill a man while he's asleep or from behind. After bringing in his last mark as a human, he was accosted by the younger brother of the dead man, and, after back shooting the youth, he was killed himself before the boy died. He ended up in the domain of an unnamed demon, who chose to appear to him as a bartender in a saloon. The demon made him a deal, if he collected fifty souls of his choosing, he could have his own soul back. Haskill agreed and was granted his current powers and appearance, and for decades has been hunting down marks for his employer, using old style wanted posters to guide him. In the end, he was to collect the soul of Johnny (Ghost Rider IV) Blaze, but he failed when he was attacked by the spirits of some of his past marks when he was still alive. They took him with them back to Hell using Hell-fire lariats.
First appearance (unnamed) GHR2 #29 Named: GHR2 #31 Last name revealed, origin: GHR2 #32

Bova (Deceased) Cow woman created by the High Evolutionary, nursemaid of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.
First appearance: AV1GS #1 Died: ?

Bowers, Mr. (the Boss) The head of the Stark Industries branch in Lakani. Turns out to the the head of the Smashers, who he is using to drive Tony Stark off the island to cover the fact that he's been embezzling from the company. His deceit is discovered and he is arrested by Lakani authorities.
First appearance: IM1 #31

Box I (see: Roger Bochs) A powerful robot created by Bochs into which he can phase his own body. GA: Alpha Flight, Beta Flight.
First appearance: ALF1 #1

Box II (Deceased) (see: Jerry Jaxon) Jaxon takes over the Box robot in his successful bid to kill Guardian I. GA: Omega Flight.
First and last appearance: ALF1 #12

Box III (Deceased) (Walter Langkowski, form. Sasquatch) When Walter Langkowki is separated from his own body, his spirit is placed in the vacant Box robot, and then later placed in the vacant body of Snowbird. GA: Alpha Flight.
First appearance: ALF1 #24 Died: IH1 #313

Box IV Robot created with Madison Jeffries transmutative powers over metal. GA: Alpha Flight.
First appearance: ALF1 #?

Bozquip One of the Sputs who was befriended by the Defenders on their first sally into the Tunnel World. He resembles Stalwag greatly but runs a local tavern. He is the one that leads the heroes to their guide against the forces of the Unnamable One, Aeroika.
First appearance: DEF #78

Brackett One of the Soviet agents posing as Americans who kidnapped Yuri Petrovitch after arranging the auto accident that killed his mother and reportedly killed him as well. He and his partner were 'gunned down' in the charade that would make the boy more loyal to his mother country than ever when the Commissar came to 'rescue' him.
First appearance: CHM #10

Brad (see: Lamar Kwiat) The name erroneously given to Kwiat when the Lifeform (George Prufrock) came to his hospital room and killed him to save him from his own fate.
First misnamed: SS3 AN #3

Braddock, James and Elizabeth (Deceased) REL: Parents of Captain Britain, Psylocke.

Braddock, Ted Small time criminal who briefly turns the public against the Human Torch II.
First appearance: ST1 #112

Bradford, Mr. The government agent in charge of Station Four. Seems a bit overwhelmed by dealing with the Eternals first hand and grasping the magnitude of the Celestials his people are studying.
First appearance: ETN #18

Bradshaw, Lyle A crooked city councilman of Bay City who was pressing for a new community center for a predominantly African American neighborhood at great personal gain being the head f the real estate company brokering the deal (Northside Real Estate) and the construction company slated to build it (Bay City Construction Company).
First appearance: IM1 #27

Braggi An evil bounty hunter hired by Loki whose spirit was the first used to activate the Destroyer.
First appearance: JiM1 #118

Brahma Bill An itinerant motorcyclist who pairs up with Johnny Blaze for a short time in the mid west. Kind of sleazy looking, he wears tasseled leathers, a cowboy hat , and opaque red goggles. In their first encounter, on the desert, Brahma challenges him to a race and nearly beats him until the stunt rider jumps the ravine ahead of him, and the two part friendly enough. Later, although he helped Johnny (Ghost Rider IV) against the Orb, he couldn't really be considered a friend. When Roxanne Simpson came to town looking for Johnny, he not only misled her about knowing Blaze and hit on her, but, after she was struck with amnesia by the Orb, he let Johnny leave without knowing she was around and slid into the spot as her boyfriend.
First appearance: GHR2 #27

Brain Small time criminal mastermind who was used, in part, by the Masked Marauder to power the Tri-Man, defeated by Daredevil.
First appearance: DD1 #22 Final Appearance: DD1 #23

Brain II (deceased) (Slugger Johnson, see: Warhead) Small time hired muscle who is changed by the Shaper of Worlds into a "hybernetic genius" resembling Einstein, in the mini-universe taken from his dreams. He created the all-powerful weapon called the Warhead which was desired by both factions, the Youth party and the patriot party in the Nation. he died in the form of this great weapon when he was attacked by the Fantastic Four and both parties.
First appearance (cameo): FF1 #136 First full and demise: FF1 #137

Brainchild Savage Land Swamp person genetically altered by the Creator (Magneto) to have superhuman intelligence. GA: Savage Land Mutates.
First appearance: UXM #62

Brain Mine A Deviant invention shaped like a spider that, when places upon the forehead of an Eternal, shuts their mind down and renders them comatose.
First appearance: ETN #4

Brainwasher (Wilson Fisk, see: Kingpin) The alias used briefly by the Kingpin, when, with the help of Dr. Winkler, he hypnotized Capt. George Stacy and used hi as a pawn to get access to the NYC police records room. His base of operations was the Gloom Room A-Go-Go.
First appearance: ASM #59

Brand Corporation The center of Roxxon's covert activities division. At different times, has employed Buzz Baxter, the Beast, and Hawkeye I. They were the makers of the hellcat suit and the Manticore armor. At one time, they had sent the Manticore to capture and kill an Avenger (which turned out to be Hawkeye) in a plan to recover the Hellcat armor (now owned by Patsy Walker) but the operation failed because of the unexpected appearance of Ghost Rider IV [GHR2 #27].
First appearance: AA2 #11

Brand, Lucas (Deceased) Motorcycle gang leader turned vampire.
First appearance: ToD #9 Killed by Dr. Sun: ToD #21

Brant, Bennett (Deceased) Betty Brant's ne'er do well brother who gets involved with organized crime, including Doctor Octopus, involving his sister as well before he is killed for gambling debts. REL: Brother of Betty Brant (Leeds).
First appearance and death: ASM #11

Brant, Elizabeth, 'Betty' (see: Betty Leeds) J Jonah Jameson's secretary at the Daily Bugle. Minor romantic interest for Peter Parker, later marries Ned Leeds. REL: Sister of Bennett Brant.
First appearance (last name only revealed): ASM #4 Full name revealed: ASM #5

Braun, Herr Member of a Bavarian village saved by Dr. Strange.
First appearance: ST1 #118

Brazier of Living Flame The sacred fire in old Atlantis which is used to rekindle the Trident of Neptune.
First appearance: SUB #17

Brechner One of Doctor Doom's guards located in the control room of his castle in Latveria.
First appearance: FF1 #198

Breathren The savage race that served as executioners for the Arishem the Judge. To the worlds they visited, their coming was genocide. They fell out of favor with the Celestial and disappeared, and it was later revealed that the Collector had taken them into custody he said in order to preserve the universe, but it was to keep them from annihilating potential specimens. Unfortunately, the Collector's ship crashed on the Moon, and the escaped beings set upon the Earth, where they were defeated by the Avengers, with a little help from the elder of the Universe.
First appearance: ?

Brent A security guard working for the Van Lunt's Armored Car Service, who, while transporting funds that would go toward the defense of their boss (Taurus I) were robbed and savaged by Aquarius I, who had magically acquired the abilities of Leo I from the original team of Zodiac.
First appearance: GHR2 #6

Brent A helicopter pilot who was working for the Smuggler when he opened shop just outside JFK airport. When one of his co-workers was being pursued by Spider-Man, he gave him air support by shooting at the web slinger to get him off his roof and helped him get clean away.
First appearance: SSM #49

Brevlov, Col. Yuri A blood and guts soviet officer who had command of the Soviets' version of SHIELD's Helicarrier, sort of Nick Fury's opposite number. Captured the Hulk and the Missing Link for study, but together they destroyed his ship. After his capture by SHIELD, he teams up with Nick Fury against the Mandarin when he threatens to tip the world over the brink of nuclear war.
First appearance: IH1 #106

Brevlov's Helicarrier (destroyed) A huge flying fortress created behind the Iron Curtain, which greatly resembles the SHIELD Helicarrier. It has a Vortex Beam as does it's opposite number, but is able to fly higher in the atmosphere than the SHIELD version to evade detection. It was destroyed when the Hulk and the Missing Link were brought aboard and they decided they didn't like being studied. her crew consisted of: Col. Yuri Brevlov (captain), Alexi [only named members].
First appearance: IH1 #106

Brewster, Prof. Tom One of the faculty at Carter College who had some definite theories about extraterrestrials.
First appearance: DD1 #28

Bright Sword (Carter Dyam) Warrior. GA: Young gods.
First appearance: TH1 #203

Brimmer King of the Asgardian Storm Giants in Jotunheim. Fierce enemy of Odin and the Asgardians. He is extremely ugly, and is bald save for a long ponytail from the very top of his head. He and his wife, in a plot to gain access to the golden city, sent a Vanna to not only perplex the new guard of the Rainbow Bridge but to reconnoiter their defenses as well. REL: Husband of Queen Nedra.
First appearance: JiM1 #104

Brinkley, Bill One of the passengers on the Teen cruise ship waylaid by Captain Barracuda.
First appearance: ST1 #120

Brinkley, Chet One of the famous newscasters of Huntly/Brinkley. Often seen in the early MU.

Broadhurst, Dr. Oliver Chief scientist at the Project (Institute of Computer Robotics) which produced the X-Model robots. Responsible for the remote destruction of the malfunctioning robots that were suffering from severe and violent identity crises. Gave the orders to continue the experiment on the last, X-51, who was raised by Dr. Stack as a human and didn't suffer the identity problems of the others.
First appearance: 2001 #8 First name revealed: MM1 #?

Brock, Edward 'Eddie' (see: Venom) Former Daily Bugle journalist, sworn enemy of Peter Parker.
First appearance: ASM #298

Brodar One of Attuma's Atlantean men who served as second in command under Worta in attacking the SS Horton.
First appearance: SUB #31

Brogan, Bullwhip The top hired henchman in the Smashers. Is forced by Iron Man I to disarm the bomb he planted on the power reactor at the Lakani branch of Stark Industries. After which he was turned over to island authorities.
First appearance: IM1 #31

Brogin, Bull The muscle for the group the Terrible Trio. He was a strong arm man who was arrested for beating up 6 longshoremen for not joining his protection racket, bailed out by Dr. Doom who increased his already prodigious strength a dozen fold with his XZ-12 machine.
First appearance: FF1 #23

Brok A bald Asgardian strongman who challenges Thor I in the Tournament of Titans. Cheating, he and his friends, Tyr II, Drom and Galp, overcome Thor and the Warriors Three in combat.
First appearance: TH1 An. #2

Bromwell, Dr. Family physician for Peter and May Parker.
First appearance: ASM #9

Brona One of the three Enchanters in Ringsfjord, sought by Sif and Balder.
First appearance: TH1 #143

Bronson, John (see: Baron Strucker, Supreme Hydra, form. Emir Ali-Bey) An alias adopted by the Supreme Hydra when he infiltrated the SHIELD Heli-Carrier crew in order to kidnap Laura Brown. Managing to capture Nick Fury's ear, he arranges to frame the girl as being the real Supreme Hydra after she discovered his true ID.
First appearance: ST1 #153

Brood An advanced insectoid race from the Brood World that multiply by planting embryos in other beings bodies, which gestate by taking over their host. They also use the Aca'nti as star ships.
First appearance: UXM #155

Broop Brother Tode's stunted jester GA: Deviants.
First appearance (unnamed): ETN #3

Brother Brimstone (deceased) (Vince Sterling) Originally a character in a gothic TV series made famous by Ross Archer, but the persona was adopted by a small time actor playing a television magician when he killed the primadona. He was killed when he sank into the La Brea Tarpits after a fight with Daredevil.
First appearance: DD1 #65 Died: DD1 #66

Brotherhood of Evil Mutants I A band of criminal mutants, arch enemies of the X-Men and all non-mutant kind, assembled by Magneto for the furtherance of mutant kind and himself, not necessarily in that order. Team consisted of: Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Mastermind, Toad [founding members], Blob (briefly) [UXM #7], Unus (as a recruit) [UXM #8],
First appearance: UXM #4

Brotherhood of Evil Mutants II (see: Freedom Force) A band of criminal mutants assembled by Mystique with slightly more self serving ideals than those of the team created by Magneto. Their team made an attempt on Senator Robert Kelly when he was campaigning for the Mutant Control Act, and later they were sanctioned by the Commission under Valerie Cooper as legal operatives for the government. The team consisted of Blob, Avalanche, Destiny II, Pyro [founding members], Rogue [AV1 An. #10], Spiral [?], Arch enemies of the X-Men.
First mention: UXM #140 First appearance: UXM #141

Brotherhood of Evil Sorcerers A collection of evil magicians from Earth that have aided Mordo against Dr. Strange.
First appearance: ST1 #159?

Brotherhood of Hades A subversive organization led by the Mind Monitor that was for the furtherance of chaos, conflict, and disintegration with the ultimate goal of universal mind control of the whole human race. It is to this end that they captured Mister Machine and study the last of the X-Model robots. Other members include: Mr. Hotline, Kringe.
First appearance: 2001 #10

Brother Power (deceased) (Achmed Korba) A smuggler in Vietnam who was given great power by the being Mentor III and charged to begin his new cult, taking his word of light across the world and recruiting disciples. The power enables him to direct a concentrated beam of energy from his chest, with one drawback. To access the power, he must be in physical contact with a person with a spotless soul, in this case his now wife, to keep Korba from reverting to his old ways. His costume is a black tunic with a sun burst on the chest, orange cape and high collar, golden boots and wristlets, and a black half helmet. When the truth of the cult is revealed, he's been just as slimy all along working for who is revealed to be the Hate-Monger II, recruiting and hypnotizing innocents to be used in his army to conquer this world. When his master is dispensed by Spider-Man, Razorback and Flash Thompson, the resultant explosion of the Hate Amplifier carries through up to the stage killing the one time smuggler. GA: Legion of Light. REL: Husband of Sha-Shan/Sister Sun.
First appearance and origin: SSM #12 Died: SSM #15

Brother Royal The leader of the Badoon, the first to lead an invasion attack on the Earth. Defeated by the Silver Surfer.
First appearance: SS1 #2

Brothers Grimm (Percy and Barton Grimes) GA: Night Shift.
First appearance: SPW #3 New: IM1 #188

Brother Tode    (Deceased) The tyrannical ruler of the Deviants. He is green and very toad-like with an oversized head and huge mouth and diminutive limbs.
            First appearance: ETN #1

Brown, Abraham The African American member of the martial arts team who, teaming up with master Kee's other students to avenge his death, derived his power from the tiger claw pendant he wore around his neck. His costume, like the others consists of blue leggings, a yellow vest, withr ed bracelets and a red sash. The male members of the team, after a disagreement about their female member, broke up and disposed of their amulets. Shortly thereafter, Abe went missing and the team followed him to Africa. GA: Sons of the Tiger.
First appearance: DHKF #1

Brown, Arnold (Deceased) (see: Imperial Hydra) The head of Hydra posing as the unassuming secretary of the chairman of Imperial Industries Inc, Leslie Farrington. For a time, it was hinted that his boss was actually the Imperial Hydra and not him. REL: Father of Laura Brown.
First appearance: ST1 #137 Died: ST1 #141

Brown, Doug (Jonathan Storm, see: Human Torch II) The identity assumed by the Human Torch while helping NASA rout out a villain on a project to place special magnets in space to aid in the orbiting capabilities of satellites.
First appearance: ST1 #132

Brown, Laura (see: Agent H, Special Hydra Agent G) Originally, she was a bad guy working for her father, the Imperial Hydra, trained to be one of their top agents, but she became more and more defiant to her father and eventually aided Nick Fury in bringing down the whole organization. Later, she became a field agent working for SHIELD and a love interest for Fury. She helped in he downfall of the Supreme Hydra, and was offered a position in the organization but she turned it down. REL: Daughter of Arnold Brown.
First appearance: ST1 #135

Brown, Rev. The minister that presided at the funeral of the Changeling (who was thought to be Prof. X).
First appearance: UXM #43

Brown, Ronnie A boy that Barbara Denton used to hang around with in her younger tom boy days in Long Island.
First appearance (as photo): DEF #21

Bruindilda A strange humanoid alien who was attached to the fight game operation run by the Audience. She has a remotely human body but her head looks like a stretched pig's face. In a plot to lure the Silver Surfer into participating in the games, she was changed into the likeness of Shalla Bal by Algoc Demonstar's staff and placed in mock peril. Surfer was not pleased when he learned the truth and ended up routing the whole operation on that planet.
First appearance: SS3 #39

Brunnhilde (see: Valkyrie II, III, and IV) On of the Valkior of Asgard whose spirit has been placed over time in the bodies of at least two different mortal women by the Enchantress (Samantha Parrington [IH #164] and Barbara Norris [DEF #4]) but both unsuccessfully. It isn't until after Barbara's body is returned to its original host that her real body is recovered. Her personality goes hand in hand of one of her great power, untempered by humility, and she has a great disregard for all males.
First appearance (as Parrington): IH #164 As Brunhilde: DEF #109

Bruno One of the clowns at the Mr. Mike's One-Ring Traveling Tent Show who helped to hunt down and capture Beast when he came to try and free his friends who had been hypnotized by Mesmero into working there.
First appearance: UXM #111

Brushnev, Dr. A scientist and inventor working for the Russians who created the Black Widow's original costume and trained her in the use of its gadgets. It is uncertain whether he was working for the Reds willingly or under duress, and he bore a striking resemblance to the Widow's later assistant Ivan.
First appearance: ToS1 #64

Brushov, Gen. Yuri (deceased) The Soviet officer stationed in Asia who questions Black Widow's loyalty when she is working as an agent for SHIELD, springs her thought to be dead husband on her, Red Guardian I. Died in the explosion of his Asian base when Red Guardian is also killed.
First appearance: AV1 #43 Died: AV1 #44

Brutacus (Deceased) A New Salem Witch that was transformed into a super strong, leonine warrior by Nicholas Scratch to battle the Fantastic Four. REL: 'Son' of Nicholas Scratch. GA: Salem's Seven.
First appearance: FF1 #186 Died: V&SWII LTD #5

Brute (Reed Richards-C) A gray, apish powerhouse from Counter-Earth, who, because of a concussion in his human form, began to lead a life of vicious crime. For a period, he impersonated the Reed Richards of Earth, and, finally recovering from his head injury, gave his life to save his counterpart. GA: Frightful Four
First appearance: WAR1 #6 Origin: FF1 #178 Death: FF1 #183

Brutivac The ultimate piece of machinery to clear property owned by the Westman Construction Company first intended to clear a park to build a factory. Westman himself uses it to attack Sub-Mariner when he attempts to aid protestors of the project.
First appearance: SUB #28

Bubba A Dartmouth College student who was on hand when Iceman, a visiting sophomore, thwarted the theft of a new computer built by Hank Pym by one of the staff, Professor Thatcher.
First appearance: BIZADV #27

Buchanan's Butte The location in the mid west of Lucifer's Stronghold where he activated the first Dominus.
First appearance: UXM #21

Buckies (Bold Urban Commandoes) A group of vigilante heroes with enhanced abilities created by Power Broker Inc, led by Super Patriot in a bid to discredit Captain America I. Team consisting of: Lemar Hoskins, Hector Lennox, and Jerry Johnson.
First appearance: CAP1 #323

Bucky I (Deceased) (James Buchanan 'Bucky' Barnes) First partner of Captain America I during WWII. GA: Invaders.
First modern appearance: AV1 #4 Killed by Baron Zemo I: AV1 #4

Bucky I Robot A robot built to look and act exactly like the original Bucky Barnes by Doctor Doom and operated by MODOK, with the intent of having him kill Captain America I. As part of the plan, Baron Strucker (as the Hood) is duped into taking who he thinks is an orphan with no memories of his past and hypnotizing him into believing he is the real McCoy. In the end, his programming is too accurate, and he self destructs rather than hurt his old partner.
First appearance: CAP1 #131 Self destructed: CAP1 #132

Bucky II (Fred Davis) In an alternate reality, a former bat boy for the New York Yankees who once stood in for the original Bucky (MPRM #30), who, when Harry Truman commissioned the Invaders to continue their good fight, asked Davis to stand in again for the missing original Bucky and partnered him with the second Captain America. When he was killed, Davis partnered up with the third Cap. GA: Invaders II, All-Winners Squad II.
First appearance: WI?1 #4

Bucky III (Jack Monroe, see: Nomad III) 50's Bucky, partner of Captain America IV, who after serving his duty was placed in suspended animation for years. After being awakened (CAP #153) his training under the fourth Cap led him into difficulty and into the hands of Dr. Faustus. After a retraining and reorientation stint with SHIELD he was turned loose on the public and he sought out the original Cap for help (CAP #281), who gave him his original when he was Nomad I.
First modern appearance: CAP1 #153 Return: CAP1 #281

Bucky IV (Rick Jones) Brief modern side kick for Captain America I before he paired up with Captain Marvel I. Although he switched side-kicking from the Hulk way back in AV1 #4 to the whole team of Avengers, he didn't officially partner up with Cap until much later when he donned the original Bucky's costume. He stopped being his partner when, after weeks of being what he perceived as being brushed off by his partner, he was assaulted by the Red Skull, who had traded bodies with the real Cap. (CAP1 #116). This being the final straw, the gave up the Bucky persona and left the Avengers to strike out on his own, only to be joined with Captain Marvel I as his temporary ticket out of the Negative zone.
First appearance (briefly in costume): AV1 #7 First full as partner: CAP1 #110 Leaves: CM1 #17

Bucky V (Lemar Hoskins, see: Battlestar) One time partner of Super Patriot as one of his Buckies, becomes an actual Bucky when SP is made Captain America VI to replace the original by the Commission. After being told by a coworker that the name wasn't exactly kosher for an adult black man, he changed it to Battlestar. He is super strong (from Power Brokers Inc.) and carries a shield much like the original golden age Cap did. he and his partner operate out of Ft. George Meade in virginia.
First appearance: CAP1 #334

Bucky-Alt The same Word War II sidekick as in our world, but in an alternate reality where a sample of Vibranium had accidentally been sent back in time, and the Germans, with the new technology, would eventually win the war without the Alternate Invaders and the Fantastic Four to set things right. GA: Alternate Invaders
First appearance: FF1 AN #11

Bug (Galactic Warrior) Insectivorid warrior and master thief from the planet Kaliklak in the Microverse. His favorite weapon is his Rocket Lance, wears carapace-like green armor, and is usually less than serious about any situation he's in, no matter how dire. He became one of the Micronauts when he, prince Acroyear, and Arcturius Rann staged a jailbreak from Prince Karza's holding pens on Homeworld and escaped the planet with the Princess Mari. On his home planet, he was the leader of a band of thieves, but was betrayed by his own father to the Colonial Governor, which landed him in the holding pens to begin with. GA: Micronauts. REL: Son of Warstaff.
First appearance: MIC1 #1

Bulldozer (Henry Camp) A felon hired in by Wrecker III to break him out of prison, and in return, he used his newly recharged mystic crowbar to grant him a part of the Asgardian power as a member of his new super villain team. he increased in size and strength and the power made him nearly invulnerable. Add to that his costume of studded metal arm bands, belt, boots, and headpiece (which he uses to plow through objects like his namesake) and he's a formidable foe. Luckily, he's not too bright an requires direction, usually from his creator, Wrecker. In his first time out with his team mates, they tried to hold the city ransom as cover for knocking down Richmond Enterprises buildings looking for a stolen miniature gamma bomb. he and his pals were stopped by the Defenders with a little help from Luke Cage. GA: Wrecking Crew, Masters of Evil IV.
First part. appearance: DEF #17 First full and origin: DEF #18

Bullet Government agent with super strength. GA: Wildboys.
First appearance: DD1 #250

Bullit, Sam A crooked politician, backed by J Jonah Jameson, who is running for DA against Foggy Nelson on a platform of coming down harder on people like Spider-Man. For a time, even Gwen Stacy backed him, until he kidnapped Robbie Robertson and gets discredited in public.
First appearance: ASM1 #91

Bull's-Eye (deceased) A renowned assassin hired by Hydra to kill Nick Fury. He used a specialized rifle which he had invented himself, that could target on a recorded heartbeat and wore a costume with a bull's eye on the chest. At the last minute, after hitting his target, his employers cut him loose, and he was killed by Dum Dum Dugan. GA: Hydra.
First appearance and death: NFAS #15

Bullseye Hired assassin who can use anything as a weapon and who killed Electra. Had adamantium laced to his bones by Kenji Oyama, and is now paralyzed. Arch enemy of Daredevil.
First appearance: DD1 #131

Bundu A Pakistani servant of Omar Karindu who was sent to invite Dr. Strange back to his master's hotel suite concerning the Star of Capistan.
First appearance: DEF #42

Burglar (deceased) The unnamed criminal who was allowed to escape from a television studio by Spider-Man and a short time later ends up killing Peter's Uncle Ben when he attempts to rob their Forest Hills home, later revealed to be a search for Dutch Mallone's hidden treasure. He later died of a heart attack while fleeing from Spider-Man. REL: Father of Jessica Carradine.
First appearance: AF #15

Buri (Deceased) (Tiwaz) The first of the Aesir, who sprang from the ice covering the Well of Life. REL: Grandfather of Odin, Ve, and Vili. Great grandfather of Thor and Vidar. Father of Borr.
First appearance: JiM1 #97

Burke An officer in the Florida Sheriff's department near the Cape who was alerted by the first fight between Captain Marvel I and the Aakon scouts sent to kill him.
First appearance: CM1 #9

Burley, Mike School smart-alec at Harry S. Truman High in Hepstead who is often in competition with Richard Rider. It was one of his pranks that put Rick in line for the beam that gave him his Nova powers.
First appearance: NOV #1

Burner (Byron Calley) A mutant with the ability to create and direct vast amounts of flame with his own body. He is a normal sized man with long white hair and an Errol Flynn moustache ad wears a yellow and purple bodysuit with yellow gloves and boots. GA: Mutant Force.
First appearance: CAP1 An. #4

Burnett, Officer A beat cop assigned to the park in Springvale, a bane to the local bums.
First appearance: SPB #1

Burroughs, Mr. and Mrs. REL: Parents of Death Adder.
First appearance: CAP1 #319

Bushkin, 'Barney' Bernard The Editor-in-chief for the Daily Globe. The antithesis of J Jonah Jameson. Gives Peter Parker his first salary job when he switches from the Daily Bugle.
First appearance: ASM1 #27

Bushman (Raoul Bushman) Former mercenary and terrorist.
First appearance: MK #1

Bushwacker Ex-priest and CIA agent, mutant hunter. SP: Right arm altered to function as a gun. GA: Wildboys.
First appearance: DD1 #248

Burt A townie that came to see the Quentin Carnival and ended up going home with his best friend's girl, Shirley Watkins. Because she had gone on and on about one of the performers, Johnny Blaze, Harry Donovan assumed that she went with him when she didn't turn up the next morning. When his hatred turned to revenge, Burt and Shirley tried to stop him and the two were nearly killed in a car wreck.
First appearance: GHR2 #69

Butch In an alternate reality, one of the thieves who broke into the Guggenheim Museum and run afoul of Conan who is trying to return to his own time.
First appearance: WI?1 #13

Butte One of Dominus II's Minions created from rock.
First appearance: WCA #17

Butterfly A criminal from the 1940s who wore a costume that loosely resembled his namesake, with compound eyes and wings, that gave him the power of flight. He was one of the many that crossed swords with Captain America during WW II.
First modern appearance: CAP1 #112

Buzzard People The anthropamorphic buzzard race in Tunnel World that was beholden to the Unnamable One. Except for their gray scaly skin and vulture like heads, they could pass for human. It is uncertain whether their hatred for life twisted their bodies or whether their deformed bodies caused them to hate life, but they are the perfect stooges for the ultimate evil in their land. Although all races in Tunnel World were subservient to them, they took particular joy in causing their slaves, the Winged Ones, grief. Members include: Ytitnedion [only named member].
First appearance: DEF #79

Byrd, Sen. Harrington The outspoken US Senator that has always had it out for Tony Stark and Stark Industries (International), even to the point of accusing Stark of being a communist and having him arrested and closing his plant, simply because he didn't think that government contracts should be handled by someone with his playboy reputation. This was later changed after Iron Man I's battle with the Titanium Man in Washington which got so much positive press, and later he actually became a staunch backer of the industrialist.
First appearance (unnamed): ToS1 #46? Named: ToS1 #69

Byrrah An Atlantean warlord who resembles the original fishy appearance of the Atlantean people from the 40's and 50's. Long time nemesis of Sub-Mariner. Intent on usurping the throne of Atlantis from its rightful prince. REL: Cousin of Sub-Mariner, Namorita, Dorma.
First modern appearance: TtA1 #90

Byrulian System The life supporting planetary system around the sun, Byrulia. On one of the planets, there is a large spaceport, and in the port there is a seedy bar called Moore's. It was to this place that a Mondani child, infected with a deadly virus, fled when she escaped the clutches of the Collector, who ended up sending the Silver Surfer and the Collection Agency there to fetch the virus back.
First appearance: SS3 #61