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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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