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Caballero, Don Antonio (see: Baron Strucker)
Cabe, Bethany Professional bodygaurd, partners with
Ling McPherson, one time girlfriend of Tony Stark.
First appearance: IM1 #117
Cable (see: Nathan Christopher Summers) Powerful mutant
telepath suffering from a techno virus, rescued by the Askani and brought 2000
years into the future, raised by Redd and Slym. GA: X-Force. REL:
Son of Scott Summers and Madelyne Pryor taken into an alternate future as an
infant.
First appearance: NM #87
Cactus Mutated animated cactus created by Dominus
II. GA: Dominus II's Minions.
First appearance: WCA #17
Cadavus One of the Red Skull's Chiefs of Staff.
A German from WWII who was confined to a wheelchair that was outfitted with
laser weapons. He seemed to be the oldest of the group and often wore a
fur trimmed outfit. GA: Exiles.
First
appearance (Unnamed): CAP1 #103
Named: CAP1 #104
Cadmon, Mark (see: Caduceus)
Caduceus (Mark Cadmon) Physician. GA:
The New Gods.
First appearance: TH1 #300
Cage, Luke (see: Power Man II)
Cairo ?
First
appearance: UXM #47
Calculus (Jahaharel Patel) Mathematician.
GA: The Young Gods.
First appearance: TH1 #300
Caliban
Locator of mutants for the Morlocks. Later
altered by Apocalypse. GA: Morlocks, X-Factor.
First appearance: UXM #148
Callisto Former leader of the Morlocks whose title
was taken from her by Storm . Later Moira MacTaggart's body guard on Muir
Island. GA: Morlocks.
Fisrt appearance: UXM #169
Calley, Byron (see: Burner)
Calusky, Brian (see: Piledriver)
Camp, Henry (see: Bulldozer)
Cancer I
(Deceased) (Jack Klevano) GA:
Zodiac I.
First appearance: AV1 #72 Died:
WCA #26
Cancer II
? GA: Zodiac II.
First appearance: ?
Cannonball
(Samuel Guthrie) GA: New Mutants,
X-Men. REL: Brother of Josh and Jedidiah Guthrie.
First appearance: MGN #4
Cannon, David (see: Human Top, Whirlwind)
Cantalope, Luigi The
special effects designer working on schlock Fantastic Four movie under Lorenzo,
created the 15 foot robot of the Thing.
First
appearance: FF1 AN 312
Cantor, Vera
School teacher and long time girl-friend of Beast, regular at the
Coffee-a-Go-Go, and good friend of Zelda.
First
appearance: UXM #19
Cape, the
Marvel's version of Cape Canaveral in Florida. The site where Captain
Marvel first infiltrated humanity by posing as Dr. Lawson, attached to the
facility. This was also the site where the Sentry #459 was brought after
being deactivated by the Fantastic Four. Later, it is the location of the
research laboratory called HELL. The staff includes: Gen.
Bridges (commanding officer), Carol Danvers (Head of Security), Dr. Walter
Lawson (Capt. Marvel I) [First seen members], Dr. Norman Lundquist [CM1 #6],
Charley, Prof. Phillip Prometheus [MIC1 #4], Col. Macey [MIC1 #6],
First
appearance: MSH #13
Cape Hatteras
The location of Attuma's hideout where he kept his Floodtide Machine, also where
he kept the kidnapped Wasp. The base was destroyed in the next issue.
First
appearance: AV1 #26
Cape Spartel A
promontory outside of Tangiers where is located the Cave of Hercules, the
location of Supremus' base of operations.
First
appearance: NFAS #8
Cap'n Barracuda
An undersea pirate who crosses swords with the Sub-Mariner in a
bid for the Serpent Crown, he presumably dies when his stolen submarine blows up.
But he appears again to steal the Proteus Horn from Atlantis and sic the
Leviathans on NYC, and is stopped by Namor and the Fantastic Four.
First
appearance: SUB #10
Cap'n Hawk
(James Dore, see: American Eagle, Blue
Eagle) GA: Squadron Supreme.
First appearance: AV1 #145
Cap'n Skragg A
small time criminal dressed as a sea captain, member of the Split-Second Squad.
First
appearance: AV1 #77
Capricorn I (Deceased) (Willard Weir) GA:
Zodiac I.
First appearance: AV1 #72 Died:
WCA #26
Capricorn II ? GA: Zodiac II.
First appearance: ?
Captain, the (Steve Rogers, form. Captain
America I, Nomad I,) The Commission forced Rogers to give up his Captain
America identity to Super Patriot. REL: Son of Joseph and Sarah
Rogers.
First appearance: CAP #333
Captain America I
(Steve Rogers, see: Nomad I, the Captain) As
a 4F during WWII, he was injected with Dr. Reinman's Super Soldier Serum and
exposed to Vita-Rays which transformed him into the perfect fighting machine
with dramatically increased strength and agility and fought, with his amazing
indestructible shield, against the Axis forces, particularly Baron Zemo and the
Red Skull. Was in
suspended animation for 20 years after the death of his partner Bucky I at the
end of WWII, revived by the Avengers.
Identified by his red, white, and blue costume and his striped and starred
shield, which he uses offensively as much as defensively. Cap has he
highest set of morals of any of the superheroes and holds himself as the living
representation of the United States. Revealed his
secret ID to the public ToS1 #95. Rogers briefly left the identity of Cap
when when he felt he could no longer represent the country (CAP #180). Was
also removed briefly as Cap by the Commission for noncompliance (CAP #332), who
placed the role in the hands of Super Patriot, who proved an abysmal failure,
and Rogers was reinstated for all time. REL: Son of Joseph and Sarah Rogers. GA: Avengers, Invaders,
All Winners Squad, SHIELD.
First appearance: Captain America Comics #1 (1941)
First modern appearance: AV1 #4
Captain America II
(Deceased) (William Nasland, form: Spirit of '76) In an
alternate reality, at the end of WW II, after the disappearance of the original
Cap, Harry Truman commissioned the Invaders to continue their good work and
instated the former Spirit of '76 as the new Cap for the team. He
was killed while trying to stop Adam-II from replacing JFK with a robot
duplicate. Partnered with the replacement Bucky. GA: Invaders
II, All-Winners Squad II.
First appearance and death: WI?1 #4
Captain America III (Jeffery Mace, form:
Patriot) In an alternate reality, when the All-Winners were trying to
prevent Adam-II from kidnapping John Kennedy and replacing him with an android
duplicate, the second Captain America is killed and Mace takes his place,
exchanging costumes. Partnered with the second Bucky. GA: All-Winners Squad
II.
First appearance: AV1 GS #1 or WI?1 #4
Captain America IV
(`Steve Rogers', see:
Grand Director) 50's Captain from Young Men's Comics, partners with Bucky
III . Changed his face and name to replace the old Cap at the end of the
Korean War, had a darker, more cynical and eventually down right racial approach than the original.
After his first tour of duty, he and his partner were put into suspended
animation, and, after several years, revived (CAP #155). After difficulty
with the original Cap and eventually falling into the hands of Dr. Faustus, he
was put in the hands of SHIELD.
First modern
appearance: CAP1 #155
Captain America V
(Deceased) (Roscoe)
Replaced Cap I briefly when he hung up his stars and stripes ID to become Nomad
I. A gung-ho kid who was killed by Red Skull while
partnered briefly with Falcon.
First appearance: CAP1 #181
Died: CAP1 #183
Captain America VI
(John Walker, form. Super
Patriot, see: US Agent) Replaced the original Captain America
in the red, white, and blue suit and star spangled shield when the Commission
fired him for noncompliance. He, however, was found to be too much of a
loose cannon, and was replaced by the original after his death was faked at the
press conference to do so. Stationed out of Ft. George Meade, Virginia.
Was a glorified strong arm man for the government. Partnered with Bucky V,
later Battlestar. GA: Avengers.
First
appearance: CAP1 #332
Captain America-Alt
The same Word War II hero 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
Captain America's Communi-Crystal
The device which allows Cap to speak with the rest of the Avengers (before their
communication cards).
First
appearance: AV1 #29
Captain America's Hot Line A direct public line to
Cap I.
First appearance: CAP1 #312
Captain America's Motorcycle
The motorcycle Cap used during the war.
First Modern
appearance: AV1 #4
Captain America's Motorcycle
(new) A Customized Harley
Davidson built by Richard Dumbrowski.
First appearance: CAP1 #259
Captain America's Van
Customized Chevrolet Van.
First appearance: CAP1 #318
Captain Barracuda
Would be pirate who tried to waylay a "teen cruise" ship that included the Human
Torch II and Iceman as passengers.
First
appearance: ST1 #120
Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) GA:
Excalibur. REL: Brother of Psylocke and James Braddock Jr. Son
of James and Elizabeth Braddock..
First appearance: CB (UK) #1
First US appearance: MTU1 #65
Captain Britain II (Elizabeth Braddock, see: Psylocke) REL: Sister of Captain Britain and James Braddock Jr. Daughter of James and Elizabeth Braddock.
Captain Marvel I
(Deceased) (Captain Mar-Vell,
'Dr. Walter Lawson') Formerly the Kree captain of the starship Helion, for
which he was the advanced scout to investigate the human race after the failure
of Ronan against the Fantastic Four to decide whether the human race should live
or die, posing as Dr. Walter Lawson at the Cape.
Later
became champion of Earth against his own people. Often allied with the
Avengers. For a short period, Marvel was trapped in Limbo and was only
able to escape by trading places with his partner, Rick Jones, through the use
of his Nega-Bands. His original costume was green and white with a ringed
planet on the chest and included a helmet, and his later one, when he gained his
super powers, was red and blue with a star on the chest and included his Nega-bands,
through which he could access power from the Negative Zone.
First appearance: MSH1 #12 Died:
MGN #1
Captain Marvel II (Monica Rambeau, see:)
REL: Daughter of Frank and Monica Rambeau. GA: Avengers
First appearance: ASM An. #16
Captain Savage
The WWII pilot, leader of the Leatherneck Raiders.
First
appearance: CS #1
Captain
Spider (Flash Thompson) In an alternate
reality, Flash and not Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider and given
the powers of Spider-Man with which he became flashy costumed hero unfortunately
without the web-shooters, because he was killed by a fall while facing the
Vulture I.
First
appearance: WI?1 #7
Captain Ultra
A plumber turned costumed adventurer with superhuman
strength and the ability to fly. He applied for the vacant fourth position
in the Frightful Four, but failed the interview when they found out he was
afraid of fire.
First appearance: FF1 #177
Captain Universe
(Ray and Steve Coffin, Spider-Man, and various others) A super hero that
is powered by the Enigma Force but requires a host body to act. He is
super strong and can emit force blasts from his hands, but isn't invulnerable.
he was first brought into being by the Time Travelers to battle Baron Karza who
had reached Earth through the Prometheus Pit in human size.
First appearance (as Ray): MIC1 #8
as Steve: MSL: #9 as Spider-Man:
SSM #158
Carbon-Copy Man (Ugarth) The king of the
Xartans, who, as his last act as their ruler before passing the torch to his
son, decided to front and invasion force to Earth. He is called the
Carbon-Copy Man because of his races innate ability to change their shape into
any living thing. He was defeated by Thor I, even invisible, and was
bodily thrown out of the solar system and followed out by his waiting armada.
First appearance: JiM1 #90
Carelius One of
Ravonna's underlings in 31st century Earth.
First
appearance: AV1 #23
Carina REL: Daughter of the Collector.
Carlisle, Melissa and Phillip REL: Mother and step-father of Dagger.
Carlisle, Mr.
Bank manager of the Poughkeepsie Savings and Loan who forecloses on Odd John's
farm.
First
appearance: MIC1 #24
Carlo ?
First
appearance: UXM #48
Carlos ?
First
appearance: AA2 #1
Carlos One of
Gen. Robles' guards.
First
appearance: FF1 #117
Carlson, Capt.
(Deceased) One of the WWI German pilots planted in the
Hampton, Virginia experimental airbase where the Phantom Eagle has his origin.
First
appearance and death: MSH1 #16
Carlson, Deputy Superintendent
The deputy warden of the prison where Captain America was lured so he could be
captured by the inmates.
First
appearance: ToS1 # 62
Carlson, Maj. ?
First
appearance: AV1 #29
Carlysle, Burt and Dorothy
(Burt is deceased) Parents of Copy Cat, threw her out when when they
found out she was a mutant. Reside in New Brunswick, NJ.
First appearance: DPCC LTD #2
Carlysle, Vanessa (see: Copy Cat)
Carole Jean
Gray's roommate at Metro College.
First
appearance: UXM #34
Carracus, Esteban (see: Cheetah)
Carr, Calvin (see: Chemistro III)
Carr, Curtis (see: Chemistro I)
Carrion
(deceased) (clone of Miles Warren) He is telepathic and able to reduce his
density down to intangibility. Extreme enemy of Spider-Man.
First appearance: SSM #25 Died:
SSM #31
Carruthers, Sybil One
of the members of a witches cult under Warlock Prime who are responsible for
bringing the Abomination back to Earth from where he was the prisoner of the
Stranger. REL: Sister? of Sir John Carruthers.
First
appearance: SS1 #12
Carruthers, Sir John
One of the members of a witches cult under Warlock Prime who are responsible for
bringing the Abomination back to Earth from where he was the prisoner of the
Stranger. REL: Brother? of Sybil Carruthers.
First
appearance: SS1 #12
Carson, Elsie
Field director for Corporate Hydra.
First appearance: TA #11
Carson's Carnival of Traveling Wonders
The sideshow that once numbered Hawkeye I and Swordsman among their attractions,
where both got their start before starting their separate lives of costumed
adventuring.
First
appearance: AV1 #19
Carter Sam
Bullit's aide in his bid to become the DA against Foggy Nelson.
First
appearance: ASM1 #91
Carter College A
university near NYC that was visited briefly by Matt Murdock to lecture about
UFOs and where Daredevil fought some aliens that made the whole world blind. The
primary staff consisting of: Dean Smith, Prof. Tom Brewster [first seen
staff]
First
appearance: DD1 #28
Carter, John In
a non MU timeline, the American Cavalry soldier who, while rescuing Capt. James
Powell from the Apaches in Arizona of 1866, is transported to Mars of the
distant past. Because of a reduction in gravity, his human muscles make
him physically far superior to the inhabitants of the dying planet. With
these, he quickly rises to prominence worldwide and is made the Warlord of the
red-men in Helium and wins the favor of their princess, Dejah Thoris.
First
appearance: JC #1
Carter, Margaret
'Peggy' WWII freedom fighter, old flame of
Captain America I, later on joins SHIELD and becomes a love interest of Gabe
Jones. For a short period there is some contention for Cap's affections
between her and her sister. REL: Sister of Sharon Carter. Daughter of
Harrison and Amanda Carter. GA: SHIELD.
First appearance (unnamed): ToS1 #77
Carter, Harrison and Amanda REL: Parents of Sharon and Margaret Carter.
Carter, Sharon
(Deceased) (see: Agent 13, Agent X, 'Irma Kruhl') Long time love interest for Captain
America I. Cap even asked her to marry him, but she turned him down for
duty's sake. REL: Daughter of Harrison and Amanda Carter. Sister
of Peggy Carter. GA: Special Officer for SHIELD.
First appearance (as Agent 13): ToS #64 First
named: CAP1 #103 Died:
CAP1 #237
Carter, Stanley (see: Sin-Eater)
Carver, Lonnie
(Deceased) REL: Brother of Thunderbolt.
First
appearance: DD1 #69
Carver, William
(see: Thunderbolt) REL: Brother of
Lonnie Carver.
First appearance: DD1 #69
Casiolena, Queen
Sorceress and queen of an unnamed Asgardian Realm in the "most barren of nether
worlds", where the Enchantress and the Exectuioner were banished in IH #102.
Executioner gave the Enchantress the shove when Casiolena asked him to remain
and be her consort.
First
appearance (unnamed: AV1 #83
Named: DEF #4.
Casper, Jody REL: Nephew of the Falcon.
Casper, Sarah REL: Sister of the Falcon.
Cassidy, Black
Tom (Thomas Samuel Eamon Cassidy, 'Thomas Small') REL:
Cousin of Banshee and Siryn. Often associated with Juggernaut.
First full appearance: UXM #101
Cassidy, Maeve Rourke (Deceased) REL: Wife of Banshee. Mother of Siryn. Cousin-in-law of Black Tom Cassidy.
Cassidy, Sean (see: Banshee) REL: Widower of Maeve Cassidy. Father of Siryn. Cousin of Black Tom Cassidy.
Cassidy, Thomas (see: Black Tom Cassidy) REL: Cousin of Banshee and Siryn. Cousin-in-law of Maeve Cassidy.
Castiglione, Frank (see: the Punisher) Punisher's original name before changing it to Frank Castle. REL: Son of Mario and Louisa Castaglione.
Castiglione, Mario and Louisa (Deseased) REL: Parents of the Punisher.
Castle Cherbelle The
weapons facility behind enemy lines, overseen by Baron Zemo-Alt, that was
developing a death ray from the Vibranium accidentally sent into the past,
creating an alternate reality where the Germans would eventually win WW II.
The Castle is stormed by the Fantastic Four and the Alternate Invaders and the
weapons' factory is destroyed.
First
appearance: FF1 AN #11
Castle, Frank (see: the Punisher)
Cat, the
(Greer Grant Nelson, see: Tigra) Uses cat costume
(later used by Hellcat) to fight crime, later becomes a were-tiger and loses the
costume to fight crime. REL: Widow of William Nelson.
First appearance: CAT #1
Cat II
(Shen Kuei) One of the greatest martial arts masters.
First appearance: MoKF #38
Cataphrax
(Deceased) (see: Enigmo) Deviant warrior.
First appearance: ETN #?
Cat Burglar (see: Prowler
II) Small time crook who was suspected of committing many of the robberies
that later know to be the work of the Master Planner and his gang.
First
appearance: ASM #30
Catherine In an
alternate reality, the co-owner of an orphanage where Jesse stayed briefly
before defeating the Skrull invasion fleet with the power of Nova. REL:
Wife of Henry.
First
appearance: WI?1 #15
Cat-Man I
(Deceased) (Townshend Horgan) A costumed criminal
who had powers similar to those of a cat and dressed to resemble one. GA: Ani-Men I,
Organization, Unholy Three.
First appearance: DD1 #10 Died:
IM1 #116
Cat-Man II A cat-like
creature (resembling Taxtor) that is the first slave match seen in the Great
Games on Kral in which the Thing is involved. His opponent is the
Primitoid.
First
appearance: FF1 #92
Cat-Man II
(Deceased) (Sebastian Patane) GA: Ani-Men II.
First appearance: DD1 #157 Died:
DD1 #158
Cat People
Race of demons in the form of humanoid cats created by the
wizard Ebrock and banished by Belasco. These were the people responsible
for turning Greer Nelson into a were-cat (Tigra).
First appearance: CAT #1 as a
race: GSCREAT #1
Catseye
(Sharon Smith) GA: Hellions.
First appearance: NM #16
Cavalry of Asgard
The mounted warriors of Asgard, who, when first seen, were riding to do battle
in the Kingdom of the Trolls.
First
appearance: TH1 #136
Cave of Hercules
The location of Supremus' base of operations on Cape Spartel in his bid to
enslave the whole world. Destroyed after the death of of Supremus
when the base was attacked by Nick Fury.
First
appearance and destruction: NFAS #8
Celestial Madonna (see: Mantis) Chosen one to mate with the Cotati and produce the Celestial Messiah.
Celestial Man (see: Nebulon)
Celestial Messiah The being to be produced by the Cotati by mating with the Celestial Madonna.
Celestials
An extraterrestrial race of two thousand foot tall, powerful humanoid beings which periodically
return in 'Hosts' to test planets that they have 'seeded'. Millennia ago,
during their first visit, they implanted a dormant gene in human beings that
would eventually surface as the trigger for super powers, and produced two
offshoot races, the Eternals and Deviants. On their second visit 25,000
years ago , they were displeased with the way Deviant technology was having an
adverse effect on their experiment, and sank the continent of Lemuria,
eventually causing the fall of Atlantis and the biblical flood. On their
third visit 1000 years ago, they were greeted by the Eternals and Incans working
together in harmony, but confronted by the Pantheon of Gods disputing their
right to interfere. Their fourth visit was triggered by the dormant gene
surfacing and was to judge to worthiness of their completed experiment-meaning
the destruction or continuation of mankind. Their number consists of: Arishem
[ETN #2], Gammenon [ETN #4], Jemiah, Tefral, Nezarr, Hargen, Eson, One Above All
(voice only) [ETN #7], Oneg,
[ETN #9] Ziran, Dreaming Celestial, [ETN #18], Exitar [?].
First appearance: ETN #2
Centauri The nomadic
race of centaur-like beings that dwell in the Syanite Desert in the Sand Zone of
Homeworld. They are the sworn enemies of the Aegyptians and are loyal to
Baron Karza. They wear heavy armor mostly on their horse-like bodies and
helmets that resemble the head of a horse. They for a time served Shaitan,
even when their chieftain, Karsh, was killed by the newly resurrected Acroyear.
First
appearance: MIC1 #22
Centaurians
A primitive finned race from planet Centauri IV.
First appearance: MSH #18
Central Nest Capitol
city of Kaliklak, has the appearance of huge, hive-like domes. The
colonial Governor stationed there had taken up residence in the rooms that had
once been the Insectivorid hatchery.
First
appearance: MIC1 #13
Centrifugal Force Ray
Device created by Tony Stark that causes an object's weight to become enormous,
uses against the Crusher II forcing him through the surface of the Earth.
First
appearance: ToS1 #91
Centurii
Earthlike humanoid race from the planet Centuri-six.
First appearance: TH1 #258
Centurius ?
First
appearance: NF #2
Century, Turner,
D. (Deceased) (Clifford F. Michaels) An
eccentric vigilante, reformed. REL: Son of the Forever Man.
First appearance: SPW #33 Killed
by Scourge: CAP1 #319
Cerberus The
three headed dog from Greaco-Roman mythology that guards the entrance to
the underworld.
First
appearance: TH1 #130
Cerebro
Mechanical device created by Prof. Xavier and Magneto to
identify and locate mutants. Several portable units have since been
created. Was a later model of the machine called Cyberno. Later had
an attachment to erase memories [UXM #36].
First
appearance: UXM #7
Chains of Living Bondage
The mystical shackles placed over the hands of Zom after his battle with
Dormammu.
First
appearance: ST1 #156
Chalmers, Judge Robert C.
?
First
appearance: UXM #57
Chamber of the Gods
A huge chamber located in an Incan ruin in the Andes Mountains in Peru that is
dedicated, in carved stone, to the Celestials of the Third Host (with whom the
Incans worked hand in hand with 1000 years ago) on the surface but is filled
with alien technology including the Cosmic Beacon, a deep space viewing screen,
and a sort of war room in which to communicate with the space gods, which served
as a base of operations for Ajak and Dr. Daniel Damian once the area was sealed
for the time of judgment. Other than the surface entrances, the Chamber
has an entrance from below through a subterranean tunnel that connects with the
ocean.
First
appearance: ETN #1
Chambers, Judith (see: Satana) REL: Daughter of Satan and Victoria Chambers. Half-sister of Son of Satan.
Chambers, Victoria (Deceased) REL: Mother of Satana.
Chameleon
(?) Greatest living master of disguise, at first using masks to change his
appearance but later could change his entire appearance by will. For an
extended period, he impersonated J Jonah Jameson. GA Hydra. REL:
Later revealed as Half-brother of Kraven the Hunter.
First appearance: ASM #1
Champion of the
Universe (Tryco Slatterus) GA: Elders
of the Universe.
First appearance: MTO An. #7
Champions
Super hero team based on the west coast consisting of Hercules, Angel, Iceman,
Black Widow, Ghost Rider IV {founding members}, Darkstar [?].
First appearance: CHM #1
Champions of K'ai
Sworn protectors of the throne of K'ai, helped Hulk defend Jarella against Lord
Visis. The members consist of: Cnerla of the Knives, Hrond, Ythaer
the Swift, Vidias, and Glunno.
First
appearance: IH1 #156
Champions of
Xandar Superhuman protectors of Xandar
first assembled to oppose the Sphinx who had taken on the power of the Living
Computers of Xandar, consisting
of: Nova, Comet, Powerhouse, Crimebuster, Diamondhead [founding members],
Protector [?],.
First appearance: FF1 #208
Chance I
(Nicholas Powell) A criminal who uses wrist lasers as his
primary weapons.
First appearance: WSM #15
Chance II
Mutant who can enhance or inhibit other mutant powers.
GA: Fallen Angels.
First appearance: FA LTD #1
Chandler, Charles 'Chuck' (see: 3-D Man)
Chandler, Chuck II Son of Hal and Peggy Chandler named
after his uncle, 3-D Man. Brother of Hal Chandler Jr.
First
appearance: ?
Chandler, Hal
The paraplegic brother of 3-D Man who could release the super hero, from where
he was imprinted on his glasses, by concentrating and going into a self induced
coma. When he accidentally occupied his brother's body with his own mind,
he decided to never release him again. Later married his brother's old
girlfriend. REL: Brother of 3-D Man. Husband of Peggy
Chandler. Father of Chuck II and Hal Jr.
First
appearance: MPRM #35
Chandler, Hal Jr. Son
of Hal and Peggy Chandler. Nephew of 3-D Man. Brother of Chuck
Chandler II.
First
appearance: ?
Chandler,
Marlo (see:
Marlo Jones) Joe Fixit's showgirl Girlfriend while in Las Vegas with a
checkered past, later marries Rick Jones.
First appearance: IH1 #347
Chandler, Peggy
(Form. Peggy Clark) The former girlfriend of Charles (3-D Man) Chandler,
later marries his brother. REL: Wife of Hal Chandler.
Sister-in-law of 3-D Man. Mother of Chuck II and Hal Jr.
First
appearance: ?
Changeling
(Deceased) Mutant with the ability to alter his form to
impersonate other people, most noted for his impersonation of Prof. X.
Died while trying to stop Grotesk from activating the Oscillatron. The
X-Men believed it was Prof. X that died in the explosion. GA:
Factor Three, X-Men.
First appearance (face unseen): UXM #35 First full:
UXM #37 Died: UXM #42
Chapel, Robin Traffic officer for Damage Control.
Chapman, Joey (see: Union Jack III)
Charles, Luke
(Mr. Charles, see: Black Panther) For a short time, Panther took a job as
a school teacher in Harlem.
First
appearance: AV1 #77
Charles, Morgan
A businessman who was one of the 100 humans mind controlled by the Kree to
commit sabotage to soften the Earth up for invasion..
First
appearance: INH #8
Charley A guard
at Gate 7 of Cape Canaveral. Allowed Ray Coffin and his son on site when
he was taking the wreckage of the downed Battle Cruiser from the Microverse to
Prof. Prometheus at HELL.
First
appearance: MIC1 #4
Charlie A petty crook
that encounters Spider-Man at the time of his first encounter with Doc Octopus.
First
appearance: ASM1 #3 Final
appearance: ASM1 #4
Charlie TV news
crewman trying to interview the Fantastic Four when Reed and Sue announce their
engagement.
First
appearance: FF1 #36
Charlie One of
Sam Bullit's henchmen who roughs up Peter Parker and kidnaps Robbie Robertson.
First
appearance (unnamed): ASDM1 #91
Named: ASM1 #92
Charlie A guard at a
branch of the Franklin Pierce National Bank when it was attacked by Crusader I.
First
appearance: FF1 #165
Charlie A Hippie
taxi driver who was almost hit by a plane downed by the Hulk.
First
appearance: FF1 #166
Charlie A Maryland
police office who was trying to subdue the rampaging Hulk robot (Greenskin).
First
appearance: ETN #16
Charlie 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
Charlie 26
REL: Father of Charlie 27. Husband of Mabel 17.
First
appearance and death: MSH #18
Charlie 27
The huge powerful hero from the planet Jupiter who is an offshoot of
humanity that has adapted to the incredible gravitational forces on his home
planet. GA: Guardians of the Galaxy. REL: Son of Charlie 26 and Mabel
17.
First appearance: MSH #18
Charne, Desmond (see: Mirage I)
Charybdis The leviathan of the Whirlpool
from Greek mythology brought to life by the Huntsman of Zeus as a realistic
illusion to capture Hercules.
First
appearance: SUB #29
Cheetah
(Deceased) (Esteban Carracus, 'El Gato') South
American criminal who can run at super human speeds.
First appearance and origin: CM #48
Killed by Scourge: CAP1 #319
Cheemuzwas
(deceased) American Indian tribe, known as the silent ones, who made their
home in the Dark Hills and were most noted for having mastered the ability of
mind over matter, which they were duped into teaching the Miracle Man, who, in
repayment, destroyed them with his mind. Lighthorse, their chief, is the
only named member.
First
appearance and destruction: FF1 #138
First seen as spirits: FF1 #139
Chemical Android
A humanoid robot built by Them to kill Captain America by using various chemical
compounds included in its structure, defeated by Cap and SHIELD.
First
appearance: ToS1 #78
Chemistro I
(Curtis Carr) An ex-research scientist turned
criminal, uses his 'Alchemy Gun'. REL: Brother of Chemistro III.
First appearance: PM #12
Chemistro II
(Arch Morton) A criminal with the powers of the
first Chemistro's weapons.
First appearance: PM #37
Chemistro III
(Calvin Carr) A criminal using the weapons of the
first Chemistro. REL: Brother of Chemistro I.
First appearance: PM/IF #94
Cheney, Lila
Mutant rock star able to transport herself and others across vast distances.
Is the longtime girlfriend of Cannonball.
First appearance: NM An. #1
Chen, Gen. (see: Supreme Serpent I)
Chen, Hu The Red
Chinese leader who has captured the Black Widow and has her brainwashed by Dr.
Yen and making her a communist agent again.
First
appearance: AV1 #29
Chen, Professor
(deceased) The original creator of the Thermal-Man who was killed after
trying to halt its rampage after reviving it from where it was frozen by Thor in
the Antarctic.
First
appearance: ?
Cheryl In an
alternate reality, a celebrity on the Tonight Show hosted by Spider-Man.
First
appearance: WI?1 #19
Chester The talkative
owner and operator of Chester Taxi, one of the few services in the area around
the Cape in Florida, often patronized by Captain Marvel I as Dr. Walter Lawson.
First
appearance (unnamed): MSH #13?
Named: CM1 #5?
Chico (deceased)
Right hand man
for El Conquistador, helping in his bid for world domination by forcing Beast to
help his master. Died when his master's power transmitter exploded.
First
appearance (unnamed): UXM #50
Named: UXM #51 Died: UXM #53
Chief Examiner
Alien who seeks to test several terrestrial super heroes in order to create
their own hero.
First appearance: QP LTD #1
China Doll
An alien who is able to shrink objects and people with her
touch. GA: Technet.
First appearance: EXCSPED #1
China Force
A Communist Chinese super team consisting of: Silver and Auric.
First appearance: ?
Ching, Gen. One
of Red Skull's Chiefs of Staff. A Chinese officer from WWII who sometimes
questioned the Red Skull's authority. He sported a Fu Manchu moustache and
carried only a pistol as his weapon of choice. GA: Exiles.
First
appearance (unnamed): CAP1 #103
Named: CAP1 #104
Chin, Col. Kuro (see: Agent 60)
Chiron
An Inhuman guardsman who resembles a centaur and was loyal to
Maximus. Tried to keep the Human Torch II out of The Great Refuge when he
was searching for Crystal.
First appearance: FF1 #129
Cho (deceased)
A boy in the Vietnamese village where Thor goes to find the missing Norn Stones.
First
appearance and death: JiM1 #117
Ch'od
A Timorian pirate. GA: The Starjammers.
First appearance: UXM #104
Chondu, the
Mystic (Harvey Schlemerman) A magician who
has a monster form given to him by Gorilla Man with bat wings, eagle feet, and a
horn. GA: Headmen.
First appearance; ToS1 #9 (5/60) First modern
appearance: DEF #21
Chou, Gen. Li
(deceased) The military leader of the Yashanka Arms Research Center.
He was killed when Captain America I infiltrated the facility and blew up their
experimental Z-Ray which resulted in the destruction of the whole center.
First and
final appearance: ToS1 #86
Christians, Ezekial and Mary (Deceased) REL: Parents of Gargoyle II.
Christians, Isaac (see: Gargoyle II) REL: Son of Ezekiel and Mary Christians. Brother of Jeremiah Christians.
Christians, Jeremiah (Deceased) REL: Brother of Gargoyle II. Son of Ezekiel and Mary Christians.
Chronos (see: Kronos)
Chr'ylites
An advanced insectoid race from the planet Chr'yllalisa.
First appearance: UXM #156
Chthon
(see: the Other) Demon of the Darkhold. REL: Brother of
Gaea.
First app in a human host: AV1 #185
First true appearance: AV1 #187
Chuckie In an
alternate reality, the roustabout in Spider-Man's Hollywood mansion.
First
appearance: WI?1 #19
Chuda (Deceased)
An extraterrestrial with aspirations of world domination, poses as a human
inventor and employs his creation, Replicus and a local racketeer, Slugger Sykes
to gain money for this end. Sykes turns against him, thinking him a
foreign agent, and the two are killed in the lab explosion.
First
appearance and death: TH1 #141
Chu, Wong The
Vietnamese military leader who captures the injured Tony Stark and forces him to
build new weapons for him with the also captured Prof. Yinsen, defeated by Iron
Man I in his origin story.
First and
last appearance: ToS1 #39
Cicero, Ceasar "Big C"
? GA: Silvermane Family of the Maggia.
first
appearance; ASM #73
Cilicia
(Deceased) Acroyear warrior maiden and the consort of
Prince Acroyear. Her armor is orange and white with a pony tail from the
back of the helmet. She is the one who judges and executes Maj. D'Ark for
attacking Spartak. GA: The Micronauts.
First appearance: MIC #9 Died:
MIC #?
Circe
(see: Sersi?) The original Olympic goddess, who was the keeper of
Pandora's Box. Possibly an early appearance of the Eternal Sersi who
displays similar powers.
First
appearance: ST1 #109
Circus of Crime
(see: Masters of Menace) Tiboldt's Circus which moves from place to
place pulling various crimes consisting of: Ringmaster II, Teena the Fat
Lady, Human Cannonball, Strongman, Clown {founding members], Fire-Eater [GhR
#72], Great Gambonnos [ASM #16], Princess Python [ASM #22], Thor (hypnotized as
the new strong man) [TH1 #145], Live Wire [PM #24],
Rajah [SVTU #8], Black Wing [DD1 #118], Terrax [?], Iron Jack Baker [?].
First appearance (unnamed): IH #3 Named:
ASM #16
Citadel of Science
(see: Beehive) The home base of the Enclave, filled with scientific
marvels, location of Lock 41, where Him (Adam Warlock) was created, raided by
the Fantastic Four when the Enclave kidnapped Alicia Masters. Destroyed by
Him.
First
appearance: FF1 #66 Destroyed:
FF1 #67
Citadel of
Silence An uninhabited city hovering on the Abyss
between What-has-been and Never-shall-be.
First appearance: AV1 An. #1
City College One
of the many universities in NYC. Sam Holden is an anthropology professor
there, and among their students, only Arnold Radisch is named. The school
where the Eternals decided to make their presence first officially known to
humankind.
First
appearance: ETN #6
City Keepers The
armed and organized Stenth army/police force on Beetle City under Skornn used to
maintain order on the huge mobile city, mainly in the form of quelling
rebellions from the squalor sections of the city.
First
appearance: INH #7
Clark, Brandy (see: Starshine II) REL: Unofficial wife of Rom.
Clark, Mr. The
manager of the toy department at Macy's who accepted the new line of Micronauts
toys from Mr. Karamatsu.
First
appearance: MIC AN #2
Clark, Peggy (see:
Peggy Chandler) Girlfriend of Charles Chandler, who, after his
disappearance as 3-D Man, later married his brother, Hal.
First
appearance: MPRM #35
Clay, Frank and Joe (Deceased) REL: Brothers of the Rawhide Kid.
Clay, Johnny (see: the Rawhide Kid) REL: Brother of Frank and Joe Clay.
Clea
Medium level sorceress from the Dark Dimension who aids Dr. Strange in defeating
Dormammu, pupil and long time love interest of Dr. Strange, eventually
overthrows Umar to be the Queen of the Dark Dimension. REL: Niece of Dormammu.
Daughter of Orini and Umar. Granddaughter of Olnar. GA:
Defenders.
First appearance (unnamed): ST1 #126
Cleary, Albert Comptroller for Damage Control.
Climate Cannon
(Destroyed) A machine built by the Snowmen with the intent to freeze the
Earth so that the climate would be more habitable to their ice cold bodies.
The device is destroyed in the fight with the Fantastic Four, causing an
explosion that killed the Snowman king, Tarnak.
First
appearance; FF1 #145 Destroyed:
FF1 #146
Cloak
(Tyrone Johnson) Product of drug experimentation, uses a cloak of darkness
to swallow people and objects. partner of Dagger.
First appearance: SSM #64
Cloud
A male/female nebula in human form. GA: Defenders.
First appearance: DEF #123
Returned to her natural state: DEF #?
Clown, the
(Eliot 'Crafty' Franklin) A criminal in clown make-up working for Tiboldt's Circus,
at first as one of his cronies, but later took control of the group from the
Ringleader II.
GA: Circus of Crime, Masters of Menace.
First appearance: IH #3
Cnerla of the Knives One of the Champions of
K'ai who is a master with the multitude of knives he keeps on his person..
First
appearance: IH1 #156
Coachwhip
A snake themed criminal who uses metallic whips as his main weapon. GA:
Serpent Society.
First appearance: CAP1 #342
Coatique (see: Gaea)
Cobalt Bomb An
experimental and highly powerful explosive device tested by the military with
the help of Thor I. The Tomorrow Man stole it and brought it back to his
weaponless future with the intent to take control of his world, but he was
defeated by Thor and the bomb was returned to the present.
first
appearance: JiM1 #86
Cobalt Man
(Ralph Roberts) Ex-scientist for Stark Industries starts his own company
(Roberts Research Inc) and creates his own transistorized armor using cobalt as
a power source, goes on a rampage after a head injury, has a particular beef
with Tony Stark and Iron Man. REL: Brother
of Ted Roberts. GA: Emissaries of Evil.
First appearance: UXM #31
Cobra
(Klaus Voorhees, King Cobra) Super criminal who possesses the attributes of a snake
and uses poison darts as his weapon of choice. Often partnered with Mr. Hyde. GA:
Trio of Doom, Serpent Society, Serpent Squad I & II.
First appearance & origin: JiM1 #98
Cobwell, Dr.
Employed Peter Parker for a weekend back while he was still in high school.
First
appearance: ASM #2
Coffee-a-Go-Go
The beat-nick coffee house that was often the hang-out of Beast and Iceman while
students. Also the hang-out of their girlfriends, Zelda and Vera
Cantor, and
Bernard the Poet.
First
appearance: UXM #7
Coffee Bean Barn
The coffee house hang out of the students at Empire State University,
particularly Peter Parker, Harry Osborn, Gwen Stacey, and Mary Jane Watson,
replaced the Silver Spoon.
First
appearance: ASM #53
Coffin, Elaine
(Deceased) Wife of Ray Coffin, mother of Steve Coffin.
First
mention: MIC1 #4
Coffin, Raymond 'Ray'
(see: Captain Universe) Ex-astronaut living in
Daytona Beach, Florida who is desperately trying to regain the life and respect
he once had, even to the point of betraying his son's new friends, the
Micronauts, to his old colleague, Prof. Phillip Prometheus. The Time
Travelers help him redeem himself and become a hero once more by imbuing him
with the power of Captain Universe to defeat a human sized Baron Karza. REL: Father of Steve Coffin.
Widower of Elaine Coffin.
First appearance: MIC #3
Coffin, Steve
(see: Captain Universe) Young son of an ex-astronaut living in
Daytona Beach, Florida who befriends the Micronauts when they first penetrate
the Space Wall from the Microverse. He helps them to repair their ship and
to return home. REL: Son of Raymond and Elaine Coffin.
First
appearance: MIC #2
Colbert, Marie-Ange (see: Tarot)
Cold Warrior A
misguided scientist turned costumed criminal who can produce bursts of
concentrated cold, misled by the Skrulls into a life of crime against his own
kind.
First
appearance: MPRM #37
Cole
An Inner Circle operative, crippled by Wolverine, rebuilt as a cyborg. GA:
the Reavers.
First appearance: UXM #133
Collective Intelligence
An extra dimensional group of very human-like creatures who detonated an Impact
Inducer on their home world when their rebellion faced defeat, but they escaped
through a portal to our world where they set up a base in the Andes Mountains,
calling themselves the Others. In the twenty years it took for the effects
of the Inducer to fade, so they could safely return home, they sent out sleeper
agents they called Prodigals to study humans who infiltrated all walks of life.
To return home, they needed an explosion to equal that of the Inducer and
decided to attract a planetoid to destroy the Earth. In the end, they were
betrayed by one of their Prodigals who directed their space craft into the
approaching planetoid. Their members include: Cliff Randall, the
Coordinator, and Guard 18.
First
appearance: NFAS #6
Collector
(Tanleer Tivan) An alien who collects samples of life
from all over the universe. In his first appearance, he employed the
Beetle against the Avengers when he collected the Wasp. Uses his Temporal
Assimilator as his means of escape when cornered. REL: Husband of Maatani. GA: Elders of the Universe.
First appearance: AV1 #28
Collector's Temporal Assimilator
The time machine used by the Collector, usually as a means of escape.
First
appearance: AV1 #28
Collier, Carson Jr. (see: the Enforcer. Also possibly Scourge.)
Collins The
landlord of the Baxter Building that attempted to have the Fantastic Four
evicted during one of J Jonah Jameson's negative campaigns against the team.
First
appearance: FF1 #111.
Collins, Millie "the Model"
One of the girls from Marvel's romance line.
First
appearance in MU: FF1 An. #3
Collins, Rusty
Mutant with the ability to generate heat and actual flames at will. GA:
X-Factor, X-Terminators, New Mutants. Love interest of Skids.
First appearance: XFAC #1
Colonial Air Terminus
The military installation near the Central nest on Kaliklak that was under the
control of those loyal to Baron Karza.
First
appearance: MIC1 #13
Colonial Governor
Member of the Royal Family who was placed by Baron Karza as the head of state of
Kaliklak. He was the one to whom Warstaff betrayed Bug and ordered the
soon to be Micronaut to the pleasure pits on Homeworld to die. He was
deposed when Bug returned and led a revolt against him and the Colonial Troopers
stationed near the capitol.
First
mention: MIC1 #13 First
appearance: MIC1 #14
Colonial Troopers
Dog Soldiers who are stationed to police outlying planets under Baron Karza's
subjugation like Kaliklak.
First
appearance: MIC1 #13
Colosso The robot
created by Prof. X as one of the obstacles in the Danger Room.
First
appearance: UXM #22
Colossus (see: Agent 7M)
Colossus
(Piotr 'Peter' Nikolaievitch Rasputin. see:
Proletarian) Russian mutant who is able to transform his body into organic
metal at will. REL: Brother of Magik and Mikhail Rasputin. Son
of Nikolai and Alexandra Rasputin. GA: X-Men.
First appearance: GSXM #1
Colt, Blaine (see: Kid Colt) REL: Son of Dan Colt.
Colt, Dan (Deceased) REL: Father of Kid Colt.
Comatron A device
developed by Reed Richards and Dr. Wallace to monitor and help diagnose coma
patients. First used on Willie Evans Jr. at Newhope Memorial Hospital.
First
appearance: FF1 #203
Combine
An amalgamation of two Soviet terrorists, Prokovitch and Strokov.
First appearance: AV1 #323
Comet
(Deceased) (Harris Moore) Veteran costumed hero capable of producing electrical
energy at will, allowing him to fly at great speeds and produce force blasts
from his hands. REL: Father of Crimebuster. Husband of Helen
Moore. GA:
Champions of Xandar.
First appearance: NOV #22 Died:
ROM #24
Comet Man
(Dr. Stephen Beckley) Hero able to create spheres of concussive energy at
will.
First appearance: COM #1
Commander (see: Titanium Man I)
Commander II
(Cameron Hodge) Leader of the Right.
First appearance: XFAC #?
Commander Kraken
(Deceased) A criminal pirate who operated from a submarine which resembled
the sea monster Kraken, sinking and looting unsuspecting ships. GA:
Hydra.
First appearance: SUB #27 Killed
by Scourge: CAP1 #319
Commissar Robot The
super strong being who was revealed by the Scarlet Witch to be a robot operated
by Maj. Hoy to maintain control over the Asian principality of Sin-Cong.
First
appearance: AV1 #18
Commissioner The head
of the Deviant police force in Lemuria II.
First
appearance: ETN #10
Commission (on
Superhuman Activities), the A government agency
created to keep tabs on all super-humans, heroes and villains. Empowered
Freedom Force, replaced Captain America I, formerly chaired by Douglas Rockwell,
replaced by Dr. Valerie Cooper. Other members include: Orville
Sanderson, George Mathers, Gen. Haywerth, Henry Gyrich, Adrian Sammish, Raymond
Sikorsky, and Martin Farrow.
First appearance: CAP1 #331
Compucord Plus
An advanced computer system developed by Prof. Randolph James that explodes due
to an unexplained feedback, and James is luckily saved by the presence of the
Fantastic four.
First
appearance: FF1 #215
Computo A
criminal electronic being created by Quasimodo, stationed in the Hive.
Destroyed when Q flooded their HQ. Controlled the Cybertrons.
First
appearance: UXM #48
Computrex
(destroyed) A living computer, created by the Fixer and Mentallo through
Computrex Inc., who wanted to liberate other computers and forge a new world
order where machines are the dominant species. It appeared on a giant
screen as a humanoid form, and was able to take control of anything
computerized, including the Micronaut roboids and Comm. Arcturus Rann through
his telepathic connection with Biotron. Rann, after being taken on a
delusional journey through his past and almost being made to kill Marionette,
shredded the inner workings of the would-be world conqueror.
First
appearance and destruction: MIC1 #24
Computrex Inc. A
dummy computer research facility set up by Mentallo and the Fixer which created
the living computer, Computrex.
First
appearance: MIC1 #24
Comrade Supervisor
?
First
appearance: CAP1 #106
Comrade X
(Madame X) Russia's greatest spy who had been sent to steal
Hank Pym's shrinking gas secret, but, when bested by Ant-Man I, was revealed to
be a woman and an old flame of Pym's. She was turned over to authorities.
First
appearance: TtA1 #36
Conaan REL: Grandfather of Merlin I.
Conan
Barbarian/adventurer from the Hyborian Age, an alternate past in the MU.
Although not educated, he is highly intelligent, and what his brains can't
accomplish his brawn usually can. He has been a thief, a soldier, a
freebooter, and eventually his skill and might gain him the throne of Aquilonia.
First appearance: CON #1
Condor Costumed
villain.
First
appearance: NOV #2
Connors, Dr.
Curtis (see: the Lizard) A scientist from
Florida who, to replace his missing arm, creates a reptile serum that
accidentally turns him into the Lizard, later a teacher at ESU. Good
friend of Spider-Man. REL: Husband of Martha Connors. Father
of Billy Connors.
First appearance: ASM #6
Connors, Martha
REL: Wife of the Lizard. Mother of Billy Connors.
First appearance (unnamed): ASM #6
First name revealed: ASM #44
Connors, William
'Billy' REL: Son of the Lizard and Martha Connors.
First appearance (unnamed): ASM #6
Full name revealed: ASM #44
Conover, Jacob
Columnist for the Daily Bugle.
First appearance: DD1 #131
Conrad, Wendy (see: Bombshell)
Considine, Dave
Newscaster whose reports of a dragon shaped UFO over the city lead the Thing and
Medusa to Gregory Gideon's hideout.
First
appearance: FF1 #133
Constrictor
(Frank Schlichting)
First appearance: IH #212
Contemplator (Tath
Ki, Mr. Buda) GA: Elders of the Universe.
First appearance: MTS #1
Contraxians An advanced
bi-hued humanoid race from the planet Contraxia.
First appearance: SSM #32
Controller (Basil Sandhurst,
see: Hugo) A scientist who was reduced to almost helplessness due to
an accident caused by his brother, builds a powerful, armored exo-skeleton with
his guilt-ridden brother's aid. The armor is powered by drawing the mental
force from other living beings, siphoned with his Slave Discs, directed at first
through a separate Mental Wave Absorbatron, which had the flaw of needing to be
within a certain range to be effective, to a smaller portable one built into his
helmet. The more Discs he has working, the stronger he is, and if they are
applied to beings with powers, he also absorbs them. He also is able to
completely control his 'slaves' who have discs attached. REL:
Brother of Vincent Sandhurst.
First appearance: IM1 #12
Controller's Mental Force Bolts
Powerful blasts of pure energy emitted from a device which C had Tony Stark
build into his new helmet, strong enough to melt through Iron Man's armor.
First
appearance: IM1 #28
Controller's Mental Wave Absorbatron
A machine created by the Controller to channel the power
siphoned with his Slave Discs into his exo-skeleton armor. At first, the
machine was huge, usually incorporating several people directly as batteries,
but it had a limited broadcast range, which meant that C had to remain close or
lose his power supply. he later corrected this flaw by building a portable
version into his helmet.
First
appearance: IM1 #12
Controller's Slave Discs
Small, intricate round mechanisms invented and used by C to siphon mental energy
and super-human powers from his victims and allow him to completely control
them. They are placed either to the forehead or the back of the neck, and
they attach themselves directly to the nervous system, making them very
difficult and dangerous to remove. C superceded the use of his Discs when
he made use of a woman with telepathic powers, allowing him to siphon mental
energy directly from his victims without the use of any outside devices.
First
appearance: IM1 #12
Cooper, Dr. Valerie
Chairman of the Commission on Superhuman Affairs. Reinstated Captain
America. Instated Freedom Force. GA: X-Factor.
First appearance: UXM #176
Coordinator
(deceased) The leader of the rebels of the Collective Intelligence who
decides to destroy the Earth so he and his people can return to their homeland.
Killed when one of his sleeper agents crashes their space craft into the
planetoid aimed at the Earth. GA: Collective Intelligence also know
as the Others.
First and
final appearance: NFAS #6
Copy Cat (Vanessa
Carlysle) Mutant shape-shifter who was hired by Tolliver to
impersonate Domino. REL: Daughter of Burt and Dorothy Carlysle.
First
appearance (as Domino): NNM #?
First appearance (in true form): DPCC LTD #1?
Coral Atlantean
citizen.
First appearance: SUB #58
Corbeau, Dr. Peter Scientist
working for NASA, created Starcore.
First appearance: UXM #?
Cord, Janice
(Deceased) Wealthy socialite, love interest for Tony Stark. REL: Daughter of Drexel
Cord
First appearance: IM1 #1 Died:
IM1 #22
Cord, Drexel (Deceased) Millionaire
industrialist. REL: Father of Janice Cord.
First appearance: ?
Corezzi, Count (see: Count Corezzi)
Corliss, Dean
The top administrator for Empire State University.
First
appearance: ASM #31
Corrigan, Archie
Owner of the South Seas Airways of Madripoor.
First appearance: WOLV #?
Corruptor (Jackson
Day) Leader of the Inner Circle.
First appearance: NOV #4
Corsair (Maj.
Christopher Summers) Intergalactic pirate and adventurer, love interest of
Hepzibah. REL:
Father of Cyclops and Havok. Widower of Katherine Summers. Son of
Philip and Deborah Summers. GA: Starjammers.
First appearance: UXM #107
Cortez One of
the citizens of Costa Verde.
First
appearance: AV1 #35
Cosgrove, Mr.
The owner of the club where Trago first embarks on his life of crime, but
instead of having him arrested, he gave the trumpeter the option of leaving the
country and going to India.
First
appearance: TtA1 #47
Cosmic Beacon
The device left behind by the Third Host of Celestials in the Chamber of the
Gods in the Andes Mountains which would lead the space gods back to Earth.
Activated by Ikaris despite the best efforts of Kro and the Deviants to prevent
it.
First
appearance: ETN #1
Cosmic Control Rod
The cylinder, fashioned from Tyanna technology, worn at the throat of Annihilus that contains a specific kind of
Cosmic energy found only in the Negative Zone. It is the source of
Annihilus' great power, and the object of Mr. Fantastic's journey into the
Negative Zone when he needed some of that special energy to save his wife, the
Invisible Girl, and their unborn son, Franklin.
First
appearance: FF1 An. #6 Origin:
FF1 #140.
Cosmic Cube
(see: Kubik) Cube of seemingly limitless power which could be used
to alter reality, created by encasing Beyonder energy. First studied by
AIM, Red Skull becomes obsessed with owning it.
First appearance: ToS1 #79
Cosmic Ray Bomb
An experimental weapon developed by the US military and tested on unsuspecting
GIs like Willie Evans.
First
appearance: FF1 #203
Cosmic Spidey
Spider-Man given the powers of Captain Universe.
First appearance: SSM #158
Cosmos, B. J.
Hollywood movie producer who tries to film a movie staring Spider-Man.
First
appearance: ASM #14
Costa, Bruno The man who had the Punisher's family killed.
Costa Salvador A
small South American island that had been taken over by Maximux and the Evil
Inhumans, using his most deadly robot to mentally control the masses. The
Hulk arrives just before the arrival of a US army task force, led by Gen. Ross, that has come to
liberate the people. In the end, the robot is destroyed and Maximus
and crew are forced to escape in a hidden rocket.
First
appearance: IH1 #119
Costa Verde A
small South American country that hired the Living Laser to liberate them.
First
appearance: AV1 #35
Cotati Sentient plant
race from the planet Hala (Kree Homeworld). Main purpose was to create the
Celestial Messiah.
First appearance: AV1 #133
Cottonmouth
(Quincy McIver) GA: Serpent Society
First appearance: CAP1 #310
Council of Elders
The top governing body of the Inhumans, even over the Royal Family.
Ordered Blackbolt and crew out into the world of humans to learn their ways.
First
appearance: FF1 #59
Council of the Chosen (see:
Hellfire Club)
First appearance: UXM #100
Counter-Earth
Satellite revolving around the Sun opposite the Earth created by the High
Evolutionary for his New Men from a small piece of the original Earth.
Eventually, an entire society mirroring our own is developed including a version
of Reed Richards who becomes the Brute.
First
appearance: MPREM #1
Counterweight (Jack Powers, see: Mass Master)
Count
Corezzi One of the
master magicians of Earth fighting on the side of good.
First
appearance: ?
Count Nefaria
(Deceased) (Count Luchino Nefaria) Head of the Nefaria branch of the
Maggia. REL: Father of Giuletta Nefaria (Madame Masque, Whitney
Frost, Big M). Husband of Countess Renata Nefaria. GA: Maggia, Lethal
Legion II.
First appearance: AV1 #13 Died:
IM1 #116
Count Phyffe One of
the master magicians of Earth fighting on the side of good.
First
appearance: ?
Count Tagar One
of the New Men, originally started as a tiger before being altered by the High
Evolutionary, one of the first to approach Jane Foster as a teacher to help
their brethren in Wundagore. GA: New Men, Knights of Wundagore.
First appearance: TH1 #133
Count Vermis
(Otto Vermis) European Imperial Hydra leader who recruited Spider-Woman I/Arachne
to attack SHIELD.
First appearance: MSL #32
Courga Backward
humanoid/canine race from the planet Courga.
First appearance: MCP #5
Courtney, Delphine
(MX39147) Robot built by Roxon, posed as Guardian I. GA: Omega
Flight.
First appearance: ALF #8
Cowboy (Luke
Merriweather) GA: Thunderiders, Team America.
First appearance: TA #2
Cowgirl (Deb Lowry)
GA: The Grapplers.
First appearance: TNG #33
Coy, Gen. Nguyen Ngoc
Military backed crimelord of Madripoor. REL: Uncle of Karma.
First appearance: MTU #100
Cragg, Jason (see: the Voice)
Cragg, Prof. Silas X.
(deceased) The re-inventor of the Super Soldier Serum which he
administered to an indigent, creating the Man-Brute, and sicced him on Captain
America I. Man-Brute rebelled and killed his own creator.
First
appearance and death: CAP1 #121
Craig, Reverend Overly strict Scottish minister who raised Wolfsbane before Moira MacTaggart became her legal guardian.
Craig, Roy REL: Grandfather of Energizer, Gee, Lightspeed, and Massmaster.
Cranston, Larry (see: Mister Fear III)
Crawford, Dr.
The family physician for Bob and Carol Landers. His services are offered
when Franklin Richards has a fit when he and his mother, Sue are staying with
the Landers.
First
mention: FF1 3139
Crawley, Lillian (see: Diamond Lil)
Crazy Gang Team
of hired criminals who resemble twisted renditions of Alice in Wonderland
characters, consisting of Executioner II, Jester II, Knave, Red Queen,
Tweedledope.
First appearance: EXC #?
Creator (see:
Magneto) An alias adopted by Magneto while in exile in the Savage Land,
during which time he continues his mutant genetics work and creates the Savage
Land Mutates. His magnetic powers are being controlled by a damper suit he
is forced to wear. His secret ID is blown when he revives a fatally injured
Angel.
First
appearance: UXM #62
Creel, Carl 'Crusher' (see: Absorbing Man)
Crew, Jesse Black (see: Black Crew)
Crichton, Lady Jacqueline Falsworth (see: Spitfire) REL: Wife of Lord Crichton. Father of Kenneth Crichton.
Crichton, Kenneth REL: Son of Spitfire and Lord Crichton. Grandson of Union Jack I. Nephew of Union Jack II. Grandnephew of Baron Blood.
Crichton, Lord REL: Husband of Spitfire. Father of Kenneth Crichton.
Crimebuster
(Deceased) (Frank Moore) Freelance crime fighter with no superhuman
abilities. REL:
Son of Comet and Helen Moore. GA: Champions of Xandar.
First appearance: NOV #13 Died:
ROM #24
Crime-Master I
(Nick 'Lucky' Lewis) Small time gang boss in NYC who had his sights set on
unifying the city's mobs. He partnered briefly with Green Goblin I to
accomplish this and eventually turned against him after learning his secret ID.
After his dreams of unification were shattered by the Goblin, he was
shot and killed by police on a tip from Frederick Foswell. His only real
costume was a black and white mask and he used a multi-purpose gun that emitted
nerve gas among other doo-dads.
First
appearance: ASM #26 Real name
revealed and death: ASM #27
Crime-Wave (Hollis) A big time
mob boss with a secret hideout in New York being investigated by DA Foggy Nelson. His underlings
include: Stunt-Master [DD1 #58], Torpedo I, Barney, Louie [DD1 #59],
First
mention: DD1 #58 First
appearance: DD1 #59
Crimson Bands of Cyttorak
A powerful spell used to restrain a foe by physically wrapping them in these
bands of power.
First
appearance: ST1 #125
Crimson Commando
(Frank Bohannan) Criminal mutant. GA: Freedom Force.
First appearance: UXM #215
Crimson Cosmos The realm that exists within
the ruby gem of Cyttorak, defended by Xorak the Outcast. first visited by
Cyclops and Marvel Girl, but has been the place of imprisonment for Juggernaut
on several occasions.
First appearance: UXM #33
Crimson Cowl (see:
Ultron V) Red masked leader of the new Masters of Evil who is revealed to
be the robot Ultron-5. It is briefly believed that the Cowl was Edwin
Jarvis, but he was the dupe tricked by the real Cowl that got the MoE II access
to the Avenger's Mansion. GA: Masters of Evil II.
First appearance: AV1 #54
Crimson Dynamo I
(Anton Vanko) The Soviet's answer to Iron Man, sent to US to discredit
Tony Stark, defects to US when Stark
hires him to work at Stark Industries as a research scientist. Dies saving Iron Man from Crimson Dynamo II.
First appearance: ToS1 #46 Died: ToS1 #52
Crimson Dynamo II
(Boris Turgenov) Russian agent teamed with the Black Widow to seize the
original Crimson Dynamo, takes over his armor, and is killed by Vanko.
First appearance and death: ToS1 #52
Crimson Dynamo III
(Alex Nevsky) ?
First appearance: IM1 #21
Crimson Dynamo IV
(Yuri Petrovich) ?
First appearance: CHM #8
Crimson Dynamo V
(Dimitri Bukharin) GA: Soviet Super Soldiers, Supreme Soviets
First appearance: IM1 #109
Crimson Glove of Truth An
Asgardian mystical item in the keeping of Marduk that enables the wearer to
gleen whether someone is telling the truth or not.
First
appearance: JiM1 #118
Crypto-Man A
powerful robot created by Jasper Whyte using half the power of Thor I who was
used with the intention of destroying NYC by destroying a nuclear plant.
He fought the weakened Thor to a standstill, but was eventually destroyed by his
own master.
First
appearance and destruction: TH1 #174
Cromwell, Dr. Charles (see: Baron Blood)
Cross, Darren REL: Cousin of Crossfire.
Cross, William (see: Crossfire)
Crossfire
(William Cross) REL: Brother of Darren Cross.
First appearance: MTO #52
Crown of Blindness
The mask put over the head of Zom by Eternity to blind him after his battle with
Dormammu.
First
appearance: ST1 #156
Crusader I
(deceased) (Richard Grayson, form. GA Marvel Boy) The Golden Age
Marvel Boy returns to Earth for revenge as the original Crusader, with the same
power of flight and super strength as before from his Quantum Bands, but this
time his mind has become unbalanced by the loss of his family due, he believes,
to the men whose banks refused them loans to reach Uranus in the past. In
the end, he is destroyed when his mind can no longer control the increased power
of the Bands.
First
appearance: FF1 #164 Died:
FF1 #165
Crusader II
(Arthur Blackwood)
First appearance: TH1 #330
Crusaders (see: Spirit of '76) 1940's super team consisting of: ?
Crusher The
creature who served as Pluto's Avatar when Thor fought for Hercules to free him
when he was tricked to serve as lord of the underworld.
First
appearance: TH1 #130
Crusher II (deceased)
(El Professor) A South American scientist who transforms himself into a
super-being with his own formula and is sent to the US by El Presidente to take
on Iron Man. He is forced down through the surface of the Earth by Tony
Stark's Centrifugal force Ray and is presumed dead.
First and
final appearance: ToS1 #91
Cryptoman ( )
?
First
appearance: IH1 #203
Crystal (Crystallian
Amaquelin, see: Crystal Maximoff) An Inhuman who possesses powerful
control over all elements. One
time love interest of Human Torch II, eventually married and then divorces
Quicksilver. She has several bouts of not being able to deal physically
and mentally with the outside world. She is usually identified by her
bright orange hair usually bound with the eyeglass shaped headband, and later
wears a yellow bodysuit. GA: Inhumans, Fantastic Four, Avengers. REL:
Sister of Medusa. Cousin of Karnak and Triton, Mother of Luna.
Daughter of Quelin.
First appearance: FF1 #45
Crystal Chamber
A chamber deep beneath the surface of Spartak where the king of the Acroyears
can go to establish contact with the World Mind.
First
appearance: MIC1 #9
Crystal Dome The
dome erected by Korgon over the Crystal World to protect it from the Arctic
climate.
First
appearance: FF1 #224
Crystals of Conquest
The magical items used by Doctor Strange that caused Ymir and Surtur, who had
been summoned to Earth by the Sons of Satannish, to face each other and cancel
each other out.
First
appearance: AV1 #61
Crystal World
The pocket world carved out of the Arctic and protected with a Crystal Dome by
Korgon with his god-like powers for himself and his followers, where everything
is fed by the cosmic irradiated tears of Korgon and must be recharged once every
hundred years or the whole ecosystem would collapse. Its people,
descendants of the original followers a thousand years ago, include:
Wiglif, Hrolf, and Kraki.
First
appearance: FF1 #224
Cult of the Living Pharaoh
The cult of fanatics who follow the Living Pharoah. They dress in ancient
Egyptian garb although they often use very high-tech equipment. Several
times they kidnapped Alex Summers (Havok) for their master.
First
appearance: UXM #54
Cummings, Diane REL: Wife of It, the Living Colossus.
Curly WW I
airplane mechanic for the Phantom Eagle.
First
appearance: MSH1 #16
Curtis The long time
butler for the Worthington family.
First
appearance: UXM #54
Curtis, Mr.
Renting agent for the Baxter Building. Recommends, after the Fantastic
Four's HQ is wrecked by Dr. Doom, that they should move to a "lonelier" part of
the city.
First
appearance: FF1 #41
Cushing, Kathryn
City Editor of the Daily Bugle.
First appearance: ASM #5
Cybele (Great
Mother, Dyndymene, Rhea, Agdistis) REL: Wife of Zuras. Mother
of Thena. Sister-in-law of Mentor. Aunt of Starfox and Thanos.
GA: Eternals.
First appearance: ETN LTD #1
Cybelle Mutant
who is able to exude a bio-acid. GA: Morlocks
First appearance: UXM #211
Cyberex
(defunct) A giant, sophisticated robot created by Dr. Walter Lawson, under
the funding of the Organization, to be their new foolproof assassin. It is
equipped with lumen-beams from its fingers and forehead and can shoot
mini-missiles from its hands and is able to repair itself automatically like the
Sentinel robots. The Dr., before he died, set himself as the first target
to test the device, but that target was transferred to Captain Marvel I when he
adopted his ID. The robot was completely destroyed by CM after it
kidnapped Carol Danvers.
First
appearance (unnamed): CM1 #8
(named) and destroyed: CM1 #9
Cybernetic Agents 19-8, 78, & 114
Powerful robots from the Hive used as Computo's muscle.
First
appearance: UXM #48
Cyberno The
predecessor of the mutant identifying and locating machine known as Cerebro, both built by Prof.
X.
First
appearance: UXM #6
Cybertrons The
robotic henchmen of Computo, destroyed when Quasimodo flooded the Hive.
First
appearance: UXM #48
Cyborg, the ?
First
appearance: CAP1 #124
Cyclone
(Deceased) Super powered human who can accelerate volumes of air.
GA: Maggia.
First appearance: ASM #143
Killed by Scourge: CAP1 #319
Cyclops (Scott
'Slim' Summers, see: Erik the Red) Mutant with the ability to shoot force beams of varying
intensities from his
eyes. These solar powered beams are controlled with a ruby quartz visor
that he opens and closes (at first by a switch on the side and then later) by a
hand controlled trigger on his glove, and out of costume with a pair of ruby
quartz glasses. Usually the leader of the X-team he's currently a part of
(although he lost the leadership of the primary X-Men to Storm). Long time romance
with Jean Grey. Cyclops has always taken his abilities very seriously
because of the ease in which he could lose control over them, and he takes his
responsibility of his leadership an the realization of Prof. X's goals very
seriously both of which to the point that he has been labeled every from
antisocial to a sycophant of Xavier's vision. REL: Son of Corsair and Katherine Summers.
Brother of Havok. Ex-husband of Madeline Pryor. Father of Nathan
Dayspring Summers/Cable and Phoenix III. GA: X-Men, X-Factor.
First appearance: UXM #1
Cylla (Cylla
Markham) Cyborg created by Donald Pierce to eliminate Wolverine.
First appearance: ?
Cyndi (see: Legion)
Cynthian Associates
An organization of scientists working unwittingly on Doctor Doom's plan of world
conquest, primarily the Solartron Complex. Named after Doom's mother, the
main facility was located in upstate New York and was overseen by Victor Von
Doom II. Other employees include: Reed Richards, Dr. Kaminski [FF1
#193], Hauptmann II [FF1 #196],
First
mention: FF1 #192 1st
appearance: FF1 #193 Disbanded:
FF1 #200
Cypher (Deceased)
(Douglas Ramsey) Mutant with the ability to almost immediately understand
any language, including computer binary. Love interest of Kitty Pryde.
GA: New Mutants.
First appearance: NM #13 Killed
by Dr. Animus: NM #?
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