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Heroes for Hire

Acotilletta2 — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 21:25:07 GMT

Acotilletta2: added members (hired for job in Villains for Hire .1)

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universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| base_of_operations = Secret location; formerly Oracle, Inc. corporate headquarters, New York City, Heroes for Hire, Inc. offices, Park Avenue; and Gem Theatre, Times Square
| debut = Power Man and Iron Fist #54 (1978)
| origin =
| significant_issues = Misty Knight forms new team (Heroes for Hire #1, 2006)
| current_members = [[Knight, Misty|Misty Knight]], [[Paladin]]; hired heroes: [[Black Panther (T'Challa)]], [[Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)]], [[Elektra]], [[Falcon]], [[Ghost Rider (John Blaze)]], [[Hellstorm]], [[Moon Knight]], [[Punisher (Frank Castle)]], [[Silver Sable]], [[Spider-Man (Peter Parker)]], [[Shroud]], [[Gargoyle (Isaac Christians)]], [[Stingray (Walter Newell)]]
| former_members = [[Ant-Man (Scott Lang)]], [[Black Cat]], [[Black Knight (Dane Whitman)]], [[Cage, Luke|Luke Cage]], [[Wing, Colleen|Colleen Wing]], [[Human Torch (Jim Hammond)|Jim Hammond]], [[Orka]], [[Hercules (Heracles)|Hercules]], [[Humbug]], [[Iron Fist (Danny Rand)]], [[She-Hulk]], [[Thena]], [[Shang-Chi]], [[Tarantula (Maria Vasquez)|Tarantula]], [[White Tiger (New Men)|White Tiger]]
| other_members = [[Johnson, Otis|Otis Johnson]] (former receptionist)
}}
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main_image=Acotilletta2--Heroes for Hire 3.jpg
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{{teamhistory|
bio_text = Heroes for Hire traces its roots back to the one-man "Hero for Hire" business founded by [[Cage, Luke|Luke Cage]], which offered superhuman security and investigation services for a fee. Cage later went into business with the martial artist [[Iron Fist (Danny Rand)|Iron Fist]] as Heroes for Hire, [[image:Acotilletta2--Heroes_for_Hire442.jpg|left|180px]] a profitable partnership that lasted for years until circumstances forced the duo to break up, though they remained good friends.

When most of New York's leading super heroes seemingly died during the [[Marvel Onslaught|Onslaught]] disaster, Iron Fist enacted a radical two-part plan: he secretly performed a ritual that would gradually merge the earthly plane with his other-dimensional childhood home [[K'un-Lun]], the mystical monarchy of which could impose new order on a chaotic Earth; at the same time, he also began to rebuild Heroes for Hire, feeling that the world needed inspirational heroes more than ever, with or without K'un-Lun. By this time, Rand's family business, Rand-Meachum, had been bought out by [[Sub-Mariner|Namor the Sub-Mariner]]'s [[Oracle Incorporated|Oracle, Inc.]], including [[Rand-Meachum Corporation|Rand-Meachum]]'s inactive Heroes for Hire subsidiary. Under the direction of Oracle executive [[Human Torch (Jim Hammond)|Jim Hammond]], an expanded Heroes for Hire reopened as a partly charitable, partly profit-driven enterprise.

[[image:Acotilletta2--Heroes_for_Hire_2.jpg|left|180px]]The initial roster included Iron Fist, the Olympian demigod [[Hercules (Heracles)|Hercules]] (who soon quit due to alcoholic excess) and the White Tiger, an actual tiger who had been evolved into a super-humanoid female form by the [[High Evolutionary]]. She was created to seek and destroy the Evolutionary's evil rogue creation, the [[Man-Beast]], and felt the Heroes for Hire might be useful allies; however, she had difficulty functioning in human society, especially after she developed an unrequited love for Iron Fist. Luke Cage refused to rejoin the business at first, but signed on after the self-styled [[Master of the World]] secretly urged him to act as a double agent within the group. While Cage sympathized with the Master's plans for a better world, he objected to the Master's ruthless methods and ultimately helped the Heroes for Hire destroy the Master's operation. By this time, the group had taken on several more recruits, such as team scientist the [[Black Knight (Dane Whitman)|Black Knight]], [[Ant-Man (Scott Lang)|Ant-Man]], [[Eternals|Eternal]] warrior-scholar [[Thena]] and corporate counsel [[She-Hulk]], plus various temporary operatives and civilian staff.

Later, the Heroes for Hire and mutant speedster [[Quicksilver]] intervened in a three-way war between the forces of the High Evolutionary, mutant terrorist leader [[Exodus]], and the Man-Beast; after that conflict, the Black Knight quit the team to mentor the victorious Evolutionary's [[Knights of Wundagore]]. Exodus and the Man-Beast were rendered harmless, and the White Tiger-no longer able to bear the burden of human emotion-had the Evolutionary de-evolve her back into an ordinary tiger. Shortly thereafter, Namor sold Oracle to the [[Stark-Fujikawa]] corporation, which fired Cage and Ant-Man because of their prison records and imposed tighter controls on the rest of the group, all of whom resigned in protest. In the meantime, most of the group's ex-members remain active as super heroes, and Iron Fist eventually thwarted the spell that would have brought K'un-Lun to Earth, having realized the folly of his one-time master plan.

[[image:HeroesForHire Head2.jpg|right|250px|thumb]] When the [[Civil War|Superhuman Registration Act]] was passed, [[Knight, Misty|Misty Knight]] decided to re-establish Heroes for Hire once again and recruited [[Wing, Colleen|Colleen Wing]], [[Humbug]], [[Shang-Chi]], [[Tarantula (Maria Vasquez)|Tarantula]], [[Black Cat]], [[Paladin]] and [[Orka]]. The first sortie of this new Heroes for Hire was against the newly reformed [[Mandarin]]'s [[Avatars]] who they managed to beat quite easily. In a few days time they also managed to subdue [[Shockwave]], [[Grindhouse]], [[Goldbug]] and [[Ghost Maker]] along with many others. Eventually an old foe, [[Ricadonna, Celia|Ricadonna]], escaped from prison to enact her revenge against Misty and Colleen, and Heroes for Hire had to use underworld contacts to find her - namely the [[Toddler]]. Ricadonna underwent surgery to become more powerful than before, but the team defeated her again. The group was hired for other jobs which led them into conflicts against the [[Headmen]], [[Grim Reaper]], the dangers of the [[Savage Land]] and more. In the end, the Heroes for Hire were destined to fail, mainly because members like Paladin and Humbug had their own agendas that didn't coincide with the others. The group disbanded, everyone going their separate ways.

[[image:Acotilletta2--Heroes_for_Hire_4.jpg|right|200px|thumb]] Despite her previous team's disintegration, Misty reorganized a non-profit Heroes for Hire, remaining behind the scenes as "Control" and hiring individuals with specific skills for select missions, mainly exchanging favors or information. [[Purple Man]] (Zebediah Kilgrave) intended to use Misty to covertly build a criminal empire by eliminating the competition and manipulated reformed villain [[Puppet Master]] (Philip Masters) to kidnap Misty early on in her endeavor, inducing her into a coma while controlling her team. Earpiece implants given to the heroes allowed Puppet Master to enslave them, and the cybernetics in Misty's prosthetic arm improved his control. He targeted [[Atlanteans|Atlantean]] drug dealers distributing ultra-addictive narcotic Hook, [[Baron Brimstone]] selling cursed Demonica Soulcutter guns, and Simon Serrati for trafficking women and exotic animals from the [[Savage Land]]. [[Paladin]] discovered Misty's disappearance and enlisted Iron Fist's help to find her. Meanwhile, Misty rejected Puppet Master's influence and was attacked by a mind-controlled [[Punisher (Frank Castle)]] upon waking, but she destroyed Puppet Master's equipment, freeing his servants, and Punisher shot Puppet Master, leaving him in a coma. Although Misty wanted to terminate Heroes for Hire, Paladin convinced her to carry on until they uncovered Puppet Master's employer. Attempting to earn her credibility back, she sent Paladin to trail a Hook shipment, attracting [[Spider-Man (Peter Parker)]]'s attention, whose help Misty also enlisted since he had a mutual interest to get Hook off the streets. Unknown to Misty, Purple Man restructured many criminal operations she shutdown, and when her hired heroes were trapped by [[Batroc]] and [[Scorpion (Mac Gargan)]], she entered the field, saved them and closed down Purple Man's enterprise. Mayor [[J. Jonah Jameson]] hired Misty's group to contain infected individuals during Manhattan's "Spider-Island" epidemic, and they aided disaster victims and quelled a superhuman breakout at the [[Raft]] penitentiary during the [[Asgardians|Asgardian]] [[Serpent (Cul)]]'s assault on Earth. In the Raft's infirmary, Purple Man tried to kill the comatose Puppet Master but was stopped by [[Elektra]] and [[Shroud]] (Maximilian Coleridge); he escaped after pretending to have been defeated by Elektra. Learning new Hook distributors established outfits in Los Angeles and San Francisco, sourcing directly from New Atlantis and shipping it to New York, Heroes for Hire persuaded Atlantean monarch [[Namor]] to dissolve the international, interspecies narcotics network. Misty later teamed with a revived, vengeful Puppet Master and hired several villains as a new team to counter Purple Man's similarly structured crew, with Paladin posing as [[Nuke|Scourge (Frank Simpson)]]. Their efforts led to Purple Man's incarceration.
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[[category:Heroes]]
[[category:Civil War]]
[[category:Marvel Knights]]

Streamsword

Acotilletta2 — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:02:31 GMT

Acotilletta2: reworked text

{{Objectbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| location = Formerly [[Giausar]]
| creator = [[Shadow People]]
| owner = Formerly [[Hiro-Kala]], [[Diemoas]]
| features = The Streamsword has the appearance of a regular sword.
| powers = The Streamsword is ancient Shadow technology which draws on the [[Glossary:O#Old Power|Old Power]], and the wielder can fire powerful energy blasts through the blade.
| debut = Son of Hulk #14 (2009)
| significant_issues =
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}}{{objecthistory|
object_text= The Streamsword is an ancient weapon that laid waste to vast armies by drawing upon the [[Glossary:O#Old Power|Old Power]]. When [[Hiro-Kala]] waged war on the inhabitants of the planet [[Giausar]], [[Diemoas]], King Consulate of City Fractus, challenged him to a duel; the loser would submit to his better. Knowing what a formidable weapon the Streamsword was, Diemoas chose it for himself, unaware Hiro-Kala commanded the same energies that made the sword unbeatable. Hiro-Kala quickly defeated Diemoas and gained possession of the Streamsword, enabling him to bring the walls of City Fractas crumbling to the ground.
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[[category:Cosmic]]

Scarab

Acotilletta2 — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:52:48 GMT

Acotilletta2: reworked text and fixed main image

{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| blurb =
| real_name = Scarab
| aliases = Deadly One
| identity = Secret
| occupation = Assassin
| citizenship = Unrevealed
| place_of_birth = Unrevealed
| relatives = Unrevealed
| groups = servant of [[Seth]]
| education = Unrevealed
| height = Unrevealed
| weight = Unrevealed
| eyes = Yellow
| hair = Unrevealed
| powers = Unrevealed
| abilities = Scarab is an efficient killer who relishes in her job by butchering anyone without a second thought.
| weapons = Unrevealed
| paraphernalia = Unrevealed
| debut = Thor Annual #1 (2009)
| origin = Unrevealed
| significant_issues = Dispatched to kill Thor but retreated with Seth (Thor Annual #1, 2009)
}}{{Headshot|
main_image= Acotilletta2--Scarab new.jpg
}}{{bio|
bio_text= After the [[Asgardians|Asgardian]] thunder god [[Thor (Thor Odinson)|Thor]] was banished from [[Asgard]] for mistakenly slaying his grandfather, [[Bor]], the Egyptian death god [[Seth]] believed Thor's spirit was weakened to the point where he was an easy target. Calling forth four of his servants including Scarab, he ordered them to hunt and kill Thor; however, Scarab was forced to retreat when Seth realized his assumption was incorrect upon witnessing his servant [[Grog]] fall before Thor's might.
}}
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[[category:Gods]]
[[category:Thor]]
[[category:Villains]]
[[category:Women]]

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Acotilletta2 — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:38:42 GMT

Acotilletta2: Foreground and background images taken from Thor Annual #1. Image composition by acotilletta.

Foreground and background images taken from Thor Annual #1. Image composition by acotilletta.

Bull (criminal)

Acotilletta2 — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:36:43 GMT

Acotilletta2: reworked text

{{Powerbox|
universe = Marvel
| blurb =
| real_name = Unrevealed
| aliases = None
| identity = Known to authorities
| occupation = Mob boss
| citizenship = Unrevealed
| place_of_birth = Unrevealed
| relatives = Unrevealed
| groups = Leader of his own gang
| education = Unrevealed
| height = Unrevealed
| weight = Unrevealed
| eyes = Brown
| hair = Brown
| powers = None
| abilities = Bull is a competent hand-to-hand combatant.
| weapons = Bull has access to a variety of conventional weapons.
| paraphernalia = None
| debut = Tales of Suspense #59 (1964)
| origin = Unrevealed
| significant_issues = Bull and his gang fought Captain America (Tales of Suspense #59, 1964)
}}{{Headshot|
main_image= Acotilletta2--Bull.jpg
}}{{bio|
bio_text= Seeking to steal important information from the [[Avengers]], the mob boss known only as Bull had a plan to strike at what he believed to be their weakest link, [[Captain America (Steve Rogers)]], since Captain America was only a "glorified acrobat" in Bull's opinion. After breaking into [[Avengers Mansion]], Bull's men kidnapped the Avenger's butler [[Jarvis, Edwin|Jarvis]], ensuring Captain America was alone. Taking him by surprise, Captain America was captured, but he escaped his bonds and showed the intruders what a lifetime of training could accomplish. After all his henchmen were defeated, Bull thought he could overpower Captain America, but he was defeated too. The police were called and all were hauled off to prison.
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{{person}}
[[category:Avengers]]
[[category:Villains]]

Byte

Acotilletta2 — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:22:35 GMT

Acotilletta2: reworked text

{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| blurb =
| real_name = Byte
| aliases = None
| identity = No dual identity
| occupation = Servant of the Mad Thinker
| citizenship = Inapplicable
| place_of_birth = A lab in Switzerland
| relatives = [[Mad Thinker]] (creator)
| groups = None
| education = Unrevealed
| height = Unrevealed
| weight = Unrevealed
| eyes = Red
| hair = None
| powers = Byte is sonic-powered and was created to be ten times stronger than other [[Gammadroid|Gammadroids]].
| abilities = Unrevealed
| weapons = Instead of hands Byte has a giant laser cannon attached to his left arm and a sonic cannon attached to his right arm.
| paraphernalia = None
| debut = She-Hulks #3 (2011)
| origin = She-Hulks #3 (2011)
| significant_issues = About to receive sonic powers from Klaw (She-Hulks #3, 2011); versus She-Hulks but was defeated (She-Hulks #4, 2011)
}}{{Headshot|
main_image= Acotilletta2--Byte442.jpg
}}{{bio|
bio_text= Byte was created by the [[Mad Thinker]] to be ten times more powerful than his [[Gammadroid]] predecessors after absorbing sonic energy from [[Klaw]] (Ulysses Klaw), who wanted to relinquish his powers, but the process was interrupted by [[Lyra]] and the [[She-Hulk]], looking to apprehend the last of the criminal [[Intelligencia]]. When the She-Hulks destroyed the Thinker's Switzerland lab, the unfinished Byte attacked but was defeated when She-Hulk forcibly used Klaw's power against it.
}}
{{person}}
[[category:Hulk]]
[[category:Villains]]

Kluh

Acotilletta2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:20:29 GMT

Acotilletta2: reworked text

{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| blurb =
| real_name = Kluh
| aliases = None
| identity = No dual identity
| occupation = Warrior
| citizenship = Unrevealed
| place_of_birth = Unrevealed
| relatives = [[Hulk (Bruce Banner)]] (genetic donor)
| groups = None
| education = The clone has Banner's intellect
| height = Unrevealed
| weight = Unrevealed
| eyes = Green
| hair = Black
| powers = Kluh possesses the strength, stamina and durability of the Hulk.
| abilities = Kluh has all the fighting skills of the Hulk.
| weapons = None
| paraphernalia = None
| debut = Hulk #30 (2011)
| origin = Hulk #30 (2011)
| significant_issues = Genetically engineered to be the Hulk's perfect opposition but was defeated (Hulk #30, 2011)
}}{{Headshot|
main_image= Acotilletta2--Kluh.jpg
}}{{bio|
bio_text= Created by the extraterrestrial [[Xemnu]], using [[Hulk (Bruce Banner)]]'s DNA, Kluh was designed to be the perfect opposition for Hulk, who Xemnu had an ongoing rivalry. When Xemnu returned to Earth, intending to kill Hulk before taking over the planet, he unleashed his creation. Kluh was initially stronger than Hulk, but a visiting [[Impossible Man]] merged Banner's Hulk with the [[Red Hulk]], making them a composite Hulk and combining their strength. The amalgamation of both Hulks proved too great for Kluh to overcome, and he was defeated and thrown back through the portal he arrived from, presumably returning to his point of origin.
}}
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[[category:Hulk]]
[[category:Villains]]

Ai Apaec

Acotilletta2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:02:36 GMT

Acotilletta2: updated profile

{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| blurb =
| real_name = Ai Apaec
| aliases = Spider-Man, the Decapitator
| identity = Known to authorities
| occupation = South American chimera god
| citizenship = Unrevealed
| place_of_birth = Unrevealed
| relatives = Unrevealed
| groups = [[Thunderbolts]]; formerly [[Avengers (Osborn's team)]]
| education = Unrevealed
| height = Unrevealed
| weight = Unrevealed
| eyes = White, no visible iris
| hair = Brown and entangled with serpents
| powers = Ai Apaec has a humanoid torso atop a giant spider's body and possesses heightened tactile and olfactory senses, super-strength, wall-climbing ability and a venomous bite. He can survive underwater indefinitely by spinning a web in the shape of a bell, and gases are exchanged through osmosis with the air collected from the hair on his legs and abdomen. The web can also be a sufficient shelter for digesting prey, molting, mating and raising offspring. He is vulnerable to extreme light as it will cause him pain and potentially blind him. When disguised as Spider-Man, Ai Apaec has six arms.
| abilities = Ai Apaec is prone to torture and bloodletting.
| weapons = None
| paraphernalia = None
| debut = Osborn #1 (2011)
| origin = Unrevealed
| significant_issues = Jailed in a classified detention center, tortured by guard (Osborn #1, 2011); killed the guard, escaped during prison riot (Osborn #2, 2011); captured Norah Winters (Osborn #3, 2011); helped escapees survive, went back to the jungle (Osborn #5, 2011); transformed into Spider-Man by Norman Osborn to be part of Osborn's Avengers (New Avengers #18, 2011); realizing he'd been tricked Ai Apaec rejected his new look, fought the Avengers and was captured (New Avengers #23, 2012); manipulated Bride of Nine Spiders to defeat other Immortal Weapons for him to feed on, defeated by Shang-Chi (Spider Island: Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #1-3, 2011)
}}{{Headshot|
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}}{{bio|
bio_text= Ai Apaec was imprisoned for an untold number of years within the federal government's Special Containment Center (SCC) underwater supermax prison, and his detest for those that worked there was clearly apparent, especially Officer Martin. He expressed that even the most psychotic among them was Martin's better, and Martin doused him in bright light, nearly blinding him. During a prison riot to free the criminally insane [[Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)|Norman Osborn]], Martin checked the prisoners in Ai Apaec's cell block and was seized by Ai Apaec through the cell's bars. Another cellmate, [[Covington, June|June Covington]], convinced Martin to radio a colleague to open their cells but when the other officer refused, Ai Apaec killed Martin without hesitation. Eventually they were all released by Osborn, and Ai Apaec became his temporary lackey, doing his bidding including capturing journalist [[Winters, Norah|Norah Winters]]; who was brought to the prison by former inmate [[Rives, Carl|Carl Rives]]. Ai Apaec and his allies, found a mini-sub to take them from the prison to the surface just before Osborn destroyed the jail to cover their escape, and Ai Apaec helped the others survive by creating a bubble of air around the submersible, made from his webbing, and towed them to the surface. Once freed, he went back to the Brazilian jungle to take his place at the top of the food chain.

After Osborn's second escape from Rykers Island, he journeyed to the Brazilian jungle to offer Ai Apaec a new life on the mainland as payback for his role in freeing him from the SCC. [[image:Acotilletta2--Ai Apaec as Spider-Man.jpg|left|200px|thumb|as Spider-Man]] Accepting, Ai Apaec was transformed through scientific means into a black-costumed version of Spider-Man to serve with Osborn's [[Avengers (Osborn's team)|Avengers]]. Although Osborn's campaign to turn the media against the true [[Avengers]] was succeeding, his team of imposters was undone by [[Skaar]], who was secretly a double agent working for [[Captain America (Steve Rogers)]]. Ai Apaec felt Osborn tricked him, rejected his Spider-Man identity but was still defeated by the Avengers. During the "Spider-Island" epidemic in Manhattan, Ai Apaec manipulated the [[Bride of Nine Spiders (Immortal Weapons)|Bride of Nine Spiders]] to capture the other [[Immortal Weapons]]. [[Iron Fist (Danny Rand)]] and [[Shang-Chi]] tracked and freed the Weapons, and Shang-Chi collapsed Ai Apaec's lair on top of him, incapacitating him until the Avengers arrived to arrest him. While incarcerated at the [[Raft]] penitentiary, he again assumed Spider-Man's identity and was recruited onto [[Cage, Luke|Luke Cage]]'s [[Thunderbolts]] after the previous group was seemingly lost in the time stream.
}}
{{person}}
[[category:Avengers]]
[[category:Gods]]
[[category:Thunderbolts]]
[[category:Villains]]

Covington, June

Acotilletta2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:54:37 GMT

Acotilletta2: added category

{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| blurb =
| real_name = June Covington
| aliases = Scarlet Witch, the Toxic Doxie
| identity = Known to authorities
| occupation = Chemical biologist and geneticist
| citizenship = Unrevealed
| place_of_birth = Unrevealed
| relatives = Unidentified father (deceased)
| groups = [[Thunderbolts]]; formerly [[Avengers (Osborn's team)]]
| education = Doctorate in biology
| height = Unrevealed
| weight = Unrevealed
| eyes = Blue
| hair = Blonde
| powers = June Covington experimented on herself with Genetic Plug-in Technology (her own creation to perfect a person’s genes) and received various enhancements from it. Some of her known abilities include antiseptic and poison breath, bones that soften to diffuse impact and glands that distribute megadoses of Relaxin to allow her joints to dislocate with ease. She adjusted her body's tolerance for pain, and has a neurotoxin in her blood that she is immune to, but it will cause paralysis and death to others she injects, using her razor-sharp fingernails as the delivery method. She can also create genetic plug-ins keyed to other specific DNA signatures. Recently, Covington somehow had new abilities activated where she can cast containment fields or shoot energy blasts from her hands.
| abilities = June Covington is a brilliant scientist whose work with biology, specifically genetic medicine, led to the creation of her Genetic Plug-in Technology. She may also possess basic fighting and gymnastic skills.
| weapons = Razor-sharp fingernails able to pierce flesh and deliver a powerful neurotoxin to paralyze and/or kill her enemies.
| paraphernalia = None
| debut = Osborn #1 (2011)
| origin = Osborn #1 (2011)
| significant_issues = Jailed in the Special Containment Center underwater supermax prison, origin story (Osborn #1, 2011); escaped during prison riot (Osborn #2, 2011); fought and killed another escaped convict (Osborn #3, 2011); finally freed she got a job as prison doctor, visited Osborn (Osborn #5, 2011); used Scarlet Witch’s identity in Osborn's second Avengers team, fought and was defeated by true Avengers (New Avengers #18-23, 2011-2012); recruited onto new Thunderbolts team (Dark Avengers #175, 2012)
}}{{Headshot|
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}}{{bio|
bio_text= June Covington was a disturbed young woman even in childhood, running her father over with a tractor when she was only twelve. Attending a university in New York, a post-grad student with a research grant for her studies in biology, she was both ambitious and directionless. While working on a potential break-through in genetic medicine, she couldn't find the missing piece of her puzzle until meeting Edward Wynne, a biologist at the top of his field born with a slight birth defect. June figured if biology was fallible, then it could also perfected. That realization led to the creation of her Genetic Plug-in Technology, and she used herself as her first test subject. Initially she was content to fix all the random genetic accidents she'd suffered since conception, but then she experimented on others, resulting in their deaths; she claimed it was because their DNA was inferior. However, a year after meeting Wynne, she believed she was ready to show him her work and help him achieve perfection.

Wynne was appalled she would have brought him something so monstrous that he called campus security, requested an emergency meeting with the dean to get her expelled, and suggested she seek professional help. June merely saw his effrontery as insight that not everyone deserved perfection. Remaining in New York and working in an underground laboratory with funding from various black market sources and corrupt businessmen, she eventually closed her lab after distributing a genetic plug-in that turned poor people into food. Appearing at an expensive fundraising party where she saw Wynne again for the first time in years, she pretended to be apologetic and respectful to convince him to accompany her to check over her new, "nicer," work. He went to her lab, and June injected him with a genetic plug-in, specific to his DNA, paralyzing him and locking him inside to die, enacting her revenge. She was ultimately incarcerated in the Special Containment Center (SCC) underwater supermax penitentiary for the deaths of eighteen people at a prayer meeting when their heads exploded from overproducing cranial fluid, most likely from another genetic plug-in, and was in jail for at least two years when the criminally insane [[Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)]] was sent there.

[[image:Acotilletta2--JC as SW.jpg|left|200px|thumb|as Scarlet Witch]]June was one of the five most dangerous criminals housed in the SCC, but she seemed to coexist well with the others in her cell block, showing concern over reportedly deceased inmate [[Rives, Carl|Carl Rives]] and expressing anger when Officer Martin tortured the murderous [[Ai Apaec]]. When a mysterious Goblin cult liberated Osborn, they incited a prison riot after releasing all the inmates. She was attacked by another prisoner and had her body broken, but because of the enhancements she gave herself, June repaired her body and killed her attacker. Staying with Osborn until they escaped the SCC, she inserted herself back into society, getting a doctor’s position at the [[Raft]] maximum security prison where she treated Osborn. Developing an intimate relationship with Osborn, she adopted the Scarlet Witch's identity in Osborn's second incarnation of his [[Avengers (Osborn's team)]] in an attempt to disgrace the heroic team with the same name. Betrayed by [[Skaar]], who only pretended to go along with Osborn’s plans until he could free [[Captain America (Steve Rogers)]], June was incarcerated at the Raft. Soon after, she became part of [[Cage, Luke|Luke Cage]]'s [[Thunderbolts]] when the previous team was seemingly lost in the time stream.
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{{person}}
[[category:Avengers]]
[[category:Thunderbolts]]
[[category:Villains]]
[[category:Women]]

Covington, June

Acotilletta2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:49:10 GMT

Acotilletta2: reworked text, updated profile and added inline image

{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| blurb =
| real_name = June Covington
| aliases = Scarlet Witch, the Toxic Doxie
| identity = Known to authorities
| occupation = Chemical biologist and geneticist
| citizenship = Unrevealed
| place_of_birth = Unrevealed
| relatives = Unidentified father (deceased)
| groups = [[Thunderbolts]]; formerly [[Avengers (Osborn's team)]]
| education = Doctorate in biology
| height = Unrevealed
| weight = Unrevealed
| eyes = Blue
| hair = Blonde
| powers = June Covington experimented on herself with Genetic Plug-in Technology (her own creation to perfect a person’s genes) and received various enhancements from it. Some of her known abilities include antiseptic and poison breath, bones that soften to diffuse impact and glands that distribute megadoses of Relaxin to allow her joints to dislocate with ease. She adjusted her body's tolerance for pain, and has a neurotoxin in her blood that she is immune to, but it will cause paralysis and death to others she injects, using her razor-sharp fingernails as the delivery method. She can also create genetic plug-ins keyed to other specific DNA signatures. Recently, Covington somehow had new abilities activated where she can cast containment fields or shoot energy blasts from her hands.
| abilities = June Covington is a brilliant scientist whose work with biology, specifically genetic medicine, led to the creation of her Genetic Plug-in Technology. She may also possess basic fighting and gymnastic skills.
| weapons = Razor-sharp fingernails able to pierce flesh and deliver a powerful neurotoxin to paralyze and/or kill her enemies.
| paraphernalia = None
| debut = Osborn #1 (2011)
| origin = Osborn #1 (2011)
| significant_issues = Jailed in the Special Containment Center underwater supermax prison, origin story (Osborn #1, 2011); escaped during prison riot (Osborn #2, 2011); fought and killed another escaped convict (Osborn #3, 2011); finally freed she got a job as prison doctor, visited Osborn (Osborn #5, 2011); used Scarlet Witch’s identity in Osborn's second Avengers team, fought and was defeated by true Avengers (New Avengers #18-23, 2011-2012); recruited onto new Thunderbolts team (Dark Avengers #175, 2012)
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}}{{bio|
bio_text= June Covington was a disturbed young woman even in childhood, running her father over with a tractor when she was only twelve. Attending a university in New York, a post-grad student with a research grant for her studies in biology, she was both ambitious and directionless. While working on a potential break-through in genetic medicine, she couldn't find the missing piece of her puzzle until meeting Edward Wynne, a biologist at the top of his field born with a slight birth defect. June figured if biology was fallible, then it could also perfected. That realization led to the creation of her Genetic Plug-in Technology, and she used herself as her first test subject. Initially she was content to fix all the random genetic accidents she'd suffered since conception, but then she experimented on others, resulting in their deaths; she claimed it was because their DNA was inferior. However, a year after meeting Wynne, she believed she was ready to show him her work and help him achieve perfection.

Wynne was appalled she would have brought him something so monstrous that he called campus security, requested an emergency meeting with the dean to get her expelled, and suggested she seek professional help. June merely saw his effrontery as insight that not everyone deserved perfection. Remaining in New York and working in an underground laboratory with funding from various black market sources and corrupt businessmen, she eventually closed her lab after distributing a genetic plug-in that turned poor people into food. Appearing at an expensive fundraising party where she saw Wynne again for the first time in years, she pretended to be apologetic and respectful to convince him to accompany her to check over her new, "nicer," work. He went to her lab, and June injected him with a genetic plug-in, specific to his DNA, paralyzing him and locking him inside to die, enacting her revenge. She was ultimately incarcerated in the Special Containment Center (SCC) underwater supermax penitentiary for the deaths of eighteen people at a prayer meeting when their heads exploded from overproducing cranial fluid, most likely from another genetic plug-in, and was in jail for at least two years when the criminally insane [[Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)]] was sent there.

[[image:Acotilletta2--JC as SW.jpg|left|200px|thumb|As Scarlet Witch]]June was one of the five most dangerous criminals housed in the SCC, but she seemed to coexist well with the others in her cell block, showing concern over reportedly deceased inmate [[Rives, Carl|Carl Rives]] and expressing anger when Officer Martin tortured the murderous [[Ai Apaec]]. When a mysterious Goblin cult liberated Osborn, they incited a prison riot after releasing all the inmates. She was attacked by another prisoner and had her body broken, but because of the enhancements she gave herself, June repaired her body and killed her attacker. Staying with Osborn until they escaped the SCC, she inserted herself back into society, getting a doctor’s position at the [[Raft]] maximum security prison where she treated Osborn. Developing an intimate relationship with Osborn, she adopted the Scarlet Witch's identity in Osborn's second incarnation of his [[Avengers (Osborn's team)]] in an attempt to disgrace the heroic team with the same name. Betrayed by [[Skaar]], who only pretended to go along with Osborn’s plans until he could free [[Captain America (Steve Rogers)]], June was incarcerated at the Raft. Soon after, she became part of [[Cage, Luke|Luke Cage]]'s [[Thunderbolts]] when the previous team was seemingly lost in the time stream.
}}
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[[category:Villains]]
[[category:Women]]

File:Acotilletta2--JC as SW.jpg

Acotilletta2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:28:20 GMT

Acotilletta2: Image taken from New Avengers #18.

Image taken from New Avengers #18.

Rives, Carl

Acotilletta2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:09:16 GMT

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{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| blurb =
| real_name = Carl "Carny" Rives
| aliases = None
| identity = Known to authorities
| occupation = Carnival worker
| citizenship = Unrevealed
| place_of_birth = Unrevealed
| relatives = Unrevealed
| groups = None
| education = Unrevealed
| height = Unrevealed
| weight = Unrevealed
| eyes = Solid black
| hair = Blond
| powers = Rives is a phasable entity able to render himself intangible at will or become invisible.
| abilities = Rives is a sharpshooter.
| weapons = None
| paraphernalia = None
| debut = (mentioned) Osborn #1 (2011); fully seen (Osborn #4, 2011)
| origin = Unrevealed
| significant_issues = Claimed to be deceased (Osborn #1, 2011); brought Norah Winters to see Osborn (Osborn #2, 2011); returned to liberate other prisoners (Osborn #4, 2011); back in the world and found a circus to visit (Osborn #5, 2011)
}}{{Headshot|
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}}{{bio|
bio_text= Carl Rives is a known felon that often traveled with carnivals or circus companies. His obsession with the sisters of two unidentified Senators resulted in three high profile deaths and his incarceration. It was said Rives died in the Special Containment Center underwater supermax prison, but the priest who initiated the rumor was part of a Goblin cult that worshiped [[Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)|Norman Osborn]] (also imprisoned there) and lied. Rives was actually set free to find [[Winters, Norah|Norah Winters]], a newspaper reporter for [[Front Line]], and bring her back to document Osborn's escape, orchestrated by the mysterious Goblin cult. Rives was unable to flee the penitentiary on his own because something in the walls caused his phasable body to dissolve on contact, so a mini-sub served as transportation. Osborn, Winters and three other convicts joined his second departure, speeding away before Osborn blew up the prison to cover their escape. Back in the outside world, Rives found a circus to visit.
}}
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[[category:Villains]]

Xirdal

Acotilletta2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:44:10 GMT

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{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| blurb =
| real_name = Xirdal
| aliases = None
| identity = Known to authorities
| occupation = Exterminator
| citizenship = Unrevealed
| place_of_birth = Unrevealed
| relatives = Unidentified children
| groups = Unidentified reptilian alien race
| education = Unrevealed
| height = Unrevealed
| weight = Unrevealed
| eyes = Yellow
| hair = None
| powers = Unrevealed
| abilities = Unrevealed
| weapons = Unrevealed
| paraphernalia = At one time Xirdal had a ship capable of interstellar flight
| debut = Osborn #1 (2011)
| origin = Osborn #1 (2011)
| significant_issues = Jailed in classified detention center (Osborn #1, 2011); apparently killed by Osborn after escape attempt (Osborn #2, 2011)
}}{{Headshot|
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}}{{bio|
bio_text= A member of an unidentified, cold-blooded reptilian alien race, Xirdal was in protective custody since 1952 after her ship collided with the first US top-secret exploratory space probe, causing the death of everyone aboard. Believing humans were a threat to her race's existence, she promised to wipe them out. However, she did not consider herself a murderer because she only killed in the defense of her offspring. After [[Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)|Norman Osborn]] was transferred to the Special Containment Center underwater supermax prison Xirdal was imprisoned, a mysterious Goblin cult orchestrated his escape, and in doing so started a prison riot. Xirdal was one of five of the most dangerous criminals held in the penitentiary, but when she expressed how she wouldn't follow an actual murderer into battle, Osborn tricked her into opening a hatch that flooded the compartment she stood in. Osborn locked her inside, leaving Xirdal to drown.
}}
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[[category:Cosmic]]
[[category:Deceased]]
[[category:Women]]

Walsh, Druid

Acotilletta2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:32:17 GMT

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{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| blurb =
| real_name = Walsh (first name unrevealed)
| aliases = None
| identity = Publicly known
| occupation = Former thug, wrestler, soldier
| citizenship = Unrevealed
| place_of_birth = Unrevealed
| relatives = Unrevealed
| groups = None
| education = High school drop-out, trained by US military
| height = Unrevealed
| weight = Unrevealed
| eyes = Blue
| hair = Bald
| powers = None
| abilities = Druid Walsh was a skilled wrestler and explosives expert.
| weapons = Druid Walsh carried a shotgun and a homemade bomb. He also had surgically implanted fangs, and although he never used them as a weapon they were potentially dangerous.
| paraphernalia = None
| debut = Moon Knight #33 (1983)
| origin = Moon Knight #33 (1983)
| significant_issues = Humiliated by newspaper article, Walsh sought revenge, stopped by Moon Knight (Moon Knight #33, 1983)
}}{{Headshot|
main_image= Acotilletta2--Druid_Walsh.jpg
}}{{bio|
bio_text= Druid Walsh was an illiterate, down on his luck Vietnam veteran, who tried to make it in professional wrestling after the war but was let go because the fangs he had surgically implanted were deemed too dangerous inside the ring. Walsh developed a bad reputation, making him something of a local legend; some claimed he lifted a grand piano over his head, carried it to a rooftop and tossed it off, crushing a police car on the street. Other stories claimed he beat six mob goons with bricks he tore out of the wall, ripped a street light from out of the ground and threw a car into a police station. [[Mercado, Joy|Joy Mercado]], a reporter for the Daily Times, was writing a series on "Exploding Myths," looking to expose Walsh as a fraud.

Living on the streets with no source of income, Walsh extorted money from local businesses and had just left one establishment when he bumped into Joy on the street. She asked to buy him dinner, and he mistook her proposal for genuine interest but soon discovered she wanted to write an article about him, promising him a second date. He was up front with her about his exaggerated exploits and showed a side that challenged his tough-guy reputation that everyone seemed to fear. After dinner, Walsh was disappointed when she left him standing alone on the sidewalk, not realizing she was merely using him for a story.

When the article was printed the following day, Walsh needed someone to recite it to him and was devastated to hear Joy's cruel and heartless words, publicly humiliating him. Enraged, he went to the Daily Times and saw the subject of her next "Exploding Myth" was [[Moon Knight]]. When Moon Knight placed himself between Walsh and Joy, Walsh pummeled him and took her back to the restaurant where they had their "date." Chasing everyone out, he set the timer on a homemade bomb while giving her the real story of his life most never heard. Moon Knight mounted a rescue, but Walsh fought him to a standstill. One lucky shot allowed Moon Knight to escape with Joy, but Walsh pursued and the two fought on the restaurant's skyscraper roof. Walsh collapsed from exhaustion, the bomb detonated, and Moon Knight was unable to save him. Both man and myth died that day, but truth was Druid Walsh was a dumb thug who never hurt anyone unless he was pushed first.
}}
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[[category:Deceased]]

Chernobog

Acotilletta2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:36:48 GMT

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{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| blurb =
| real_name = Chernobog
| aliases = God of chaos and night
| identity = No dual identity
| occupation = Devourer
| citizenship = Unrevealed
| place_of_birth = Unrevealed
| relatives = Unrevealed
| groups = [[Dievas]] (Russian gods)
| education = Unrevealed
| height = Unrevealed
| weight = Unrevealed
| eyes = Red
| hair = Unrevealed
| powers = Chernobog possesses [[Glossary:S#superhuman|superhuman]] strength and giant bat-like wings, possibly giving him the ability of flight. In addition, he can feed on the life-energies of others, but there is a limit to his consumption that has yet to be determined, and until he returns to full power Chernobog needs a host to take physical form.
| abilities = Unrevealed
| weapons = None
| paraphernalia = Chernobog wears battle armor.
| debut = Incredible Hulks #621 (2011)
| origin = Incredible Hulks #621 (2011)
| significant_issues = Chernobog fought Hulk for the souls of the innocent (Incredible Hulks #621, 2011)
}}{{Headshot|
main_image= Acotilletta2--Chernobog442.jpg
}}{{bio|
bio_text= Chernobog was a powerful Russian god that fell in an ancient war between good and evil. His spirit remained in the town where he met his defeat, looking for people to feed on to one day accumulate enough energy to return to his former glory and rejoin the war. He made a deal with a frustrated innkeeper to supply him with victims and act as a host body, and the innkeeper agreed as he despised tourists. Chernobog stalked three teenagers to feed on but was interrupted by [[Hulk (Bruce Banner)|Bruce Banner]], who was also visiting the area. Turning his attention to Banner, he soon had to deal with Banner's alter-ego, the Hulk. Attempting to absorb Hulk's energy, Chernobog's host was too weak to handle it all at once, forcing him to retreat, but he promised to return to face Hulk.
}}
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[[category:Gods]]
[[category:Hulk]]

Cobalt Men

Acotilletta2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:17:57 GMT

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{{teambox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| base_of_operations = Unrevealed
| debut = Avengers Academy #10 (2011)
| origin = Avengers Academy #10 (2011)
| significant_issues = Attacked Speedball and students from the Academy (Avengers Academy #10, 2011)
| current_members = Several unidentified members
|former_members =
|other_members =
}}{{Headshot|
main_image= Acotilletta2--Cobalt_Men new.jpg
}}{{bio|
bio_text= Although the [[Cobalt Man (Ralph Roberts)]] was killed in the tragedy at Stamford, several [[Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)|Norman Osborn]] supporters seeking to turn people against the heroes of the world got their hands on some cheap copies of Roberts' original armor, forming a group called the Cobalt Men. A statement from the group's ringleader told police they were watching the Stamford Memorial, hoping to make an example of any hero who showed their face at the site. [[Penance (Robert Baldwin)|Speedball (Robert Baldwin)]] took the students from [[Avengers Academy]] on a field trip to Connecticut to illustrate a worst-case scenario if they did not train regularly to expect the unexpected when the Cobalt Men ambushed them. The students fought back, but Speedball refused to have the memories of the deceased desecrated and unleashed an immense energy blast, defeating the entire gang at once. The commotion brought the police, and the Cobalt Men were arrested. No group member was actually from Stamford.
}}
{{team}}
[[category:Avengers]]
[[category:Villains]]

File:Acotilletta2--Cobalt Men new.jpg

Acotilletta2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:12:14 GMT

Acotilletta2: Image taken from Avengers Academy #10. Text removed by acotilletta.

Image taken from Avengers Academy #10. Text removed by acotilletta.

Mann, Adam

Acotilletta2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 06:27:01 GMT

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{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| blurb =
| real_name = Adam Mann
| aliases = None
| identity = Publicly known
| occupation = Head of Mann Industries, Mann Made Sportswear, Mannpower Energy Bars, Mannkind Electronics and Software and possibly more
| citizenship = Unrevealed
| place_of_birth = Unrevealed
| relatives = Unidentified parents
| groups = Employed Spartans strike force
| education = Unrevealed
| height = Unrevealed
| weight = Unrevealed
| eyes = Blue
| hair = Gray
| powers = Mann was tested for the [[Glossary:M#mutant|mutant]] gene because he performed many impressive feats throughout his lifetime, specifically at sports, but he was not a mutant. He believed an errant god fathered him, giving him special abilities. When his Mysticator bolstered his power by channeling the God Force throughout his body, Mann had super strength and durability, the ability to fly and was able to channel the energy through his armor, firing destructive energy blasts from his hands.
| abilities = Mann excelled in sports, winning more Olympic gold medals than any athlete in history and was an accomplished entrepreneur.
| weapons = Mann's engineers manufactured a golden suit of armor capable of harnessing mystical energy, allowing him to journey to destinations like [[Asgard]] or [[Olympus]] and battle the gods. The armor also had built-in sensors to detect mystical energy in various forms.
| paraphernalia = Mann's Mysticator supplied him with God Force by siphoning the power of ancient artifacts and objects of power like the [[Thunderstrike (mace)|Thunderstrike]] mace.
| debut = Thunderstrike #2 (2011)
| origin = Thunderstrike #3 (2011)
| significant_issues = Sent Spartans to claim the Thunderstrike mace (Thunderstrike #2, 2011); fought Thunderstrike and seemingly killed him (Thunderstrike #3, 2011); eaten by Mangog (Thunderstrike #4, 2011)
}}{{Headshot|
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}}{{bio|
bio_text= Adam Mann was raised by a single mother and never knew his father. As a boy, his head was filled with myths and legends of ancient gods through bedtime stories his mother read to him. As a man, he excelled in sports and went on to win more Olympic gold medals than any other athlete in history. His accomplishments were so great he was tested for the X-gene, but Mann was not a [[Glossary:M#mutant|mutant]]. Gaining several endorsements, he made a financial fortune, and then built a business empire. He always suspected his father was an errant god like [[Hercules (Heracles)|Hercules]] and began collecting ancient artifacts to harness their mystical energy, intending to amass so much energy that he could travel to places like [[Asgard]] or [[Olympus]] to find his father and slay him for abandonment.

When [[Captain America (Steve Rogers)|Steve Rogers]] gave the [[Thunderstrike (mace)|Thunderstrike]] mace to [[Thunderstrike (Kevin Masterson)|Kevin Masterson]], son of the heroic [[Thunderstrike (Eric Masterson)]], and Kevin called upon its power, Mann detected a new energy source to collect. He sent his private strike force to retrieve it which they did after a brief battle with Kevin and his [[Asgardians|Asgardian]] protector, [[Gruenhilda]]. Mann connected the mace to his Mysticator, a generator that supplied him with God Force, and donned his golden armor, which filled him with the power of a living god, as Kevin broke into his home to reclaim the mace. Mann fought Kevin (as Thunderstrike), blasting him through the chest with an energy beam that seemingly killed him, but once Thunderstrike transformed back into Kevin, his wounds were healed. Mann pursued Kevin to regain the mace but was interrupted by the villainous [[Mangog]], unintentionally summoned to Earth by the Mysticator. Mangog questioned both combatants as to whether or not they were gods, and Mann acknowledged this claim with pride; soon discovering his error as Mangog announced he detested the gods and devoured Mann, armor and all.

Mann's claim to be a descendant of the gods was never proven.
}}
{{person}}
[[category:Deceased]]
[[category:Villains]]

Gruenhilda

Acotilletta2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 06:05:01 GMT

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{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| blurb =
| real_name = Gruenhilda
| aliases = Hilda Grune, "Grunny"
| identity = Secret
| occupation = Valkyrie-in-training
| citizenship = Asgard
| place_of_birth = [[Asgard]]
| relatives = Unrevealed
| groups = [[Asgardians]], Valkyrior
| education = Unrevealed
| height = Unrevealed
| weight = Unrevealed
| eyes = Blue
| hair = Red
| powers = Gruenhilda possesses the conventional attributes of an Asgardian woman ("goddess"). Like all Asgardians, she is extremely long-lived (although not immortal like the [[Olympians]]), superhumanly strong (the average Asgardian female can lift about 25 tons), immune to all diseases, and resistant to conventional injury (Asgardian flesh and bone is about three times as dense as similar human tissue, contributing to all Asgardians' superhuman strength and weight). Asgardian metabolism gives Gruenhilda far greater endurance than humans during all physical activities.
| abilities = Gruenhilda is a skilled warrior, excelling in both armed and unarmed combat, and she is knowledgeable in Asgardian magic.
| weapons = Gruenhilda wields an enchanted sword enabling her to teleport and camouflage herself in a variety of disguises.
| paraphernalia = Gruenhilda wears Asgardian armor.
| debut = Thunderstrike #1 (2011)
| origin = Unrevealed
| significant_issues = Tasked by Sif to find and guide Kevin Masterson (Thunderstrike #1, 2011); fought mortal henchmen seeking to steal the Thunderstrike mace (Thunderstrike #2, 2011); adopted Hilda Grune identity, broke into Adam Mann’s home to retrieve Thunderstrike mace (Thunderstrike #3, 2011); saved Kevin from Mangog (Thunderstrike $4, 2011); helped Kevin and Thor defeat Mangog (Thunderstrike #5, 2011)
}}{{Headshot|
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}}{{bio|
bio_text= [[image:Acotilletta2--Hilda_Grune.jpg|left|125px|thumb|As Hilda Grune]]Gruenhilda was tasked to instruct [[Thunderstrike (Kevin Masterson)|Kevin Masterson]] how to properly wield the [[Thunderstrike (mace)|Thunderstrike]] mace by the [[Asgardians|Asgardian]] goddesses [[Sif]] and [[Hecara]] after [[Captain America (Steve Rogers)|Steve Rogers]] gave it to the boy; the Asgardians felt Kevin's father was owed a debt of gratitude for his courage and honor by first merging with, then briefly replacing [[Thor (Thor Odinson)]] after the thunder god was banished. When Thor returned, [[Odin]] created the Thunderstrike mace, gave it to Kevin's father, and he became the hero [[Thunderstrike (Eric Masterson)]] whose final act was to sacrifice himself to save the world. Now that the mantle had passed from father to son, the debt could be repaid.

On Earth, Gruenhilda found Kevin just as he was attacked by the Spartans strike force of the sports mogul [[Mann, Adam|Adam Mann]]. They were trying to secure the mace for their employer who sought to steal its power. Although a valiant warrior, Gruenhilda could not prevent them from taking the mace, but she saved Kevin's life and the life of his adoptive-father, Bobby Steele. Staying with Kevin in an adopted civilian identity of Hilda Grune, they infiltrated Mann's home to retrieve the mace, and Gruenhilda led the attack against [[Mangog]] after the demon was accidentally summoned through Mann's Mysticator; a machine meant to supply him with God Force by siphoning the power of ancient artifacts. Gruenhilda was not powerful enough to defeat the beast, but she saved Kevin from being devoured by it. Fighting side-by-side with the [[Avengers]] to prevent Mangog from destroying New York City, she helped Kevin (as Thunderstrike) and Thor exile the creature elsewhere. Afterward, Gruenhilda was with Kevin as he challenged the [[Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich)]] to a rematch.
}}
{{person}}
[[category:Gods]]
[[category:Heroes]]
[[category:Magic]]
[[category:Women]]

Captain (Unrevealed)

Acotilletta2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:35:08 GMT

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{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| blurb =
| real_name = Unrevealed
| aliases = None
| identity = Known to authorities
| occupation = Soldier
| citizenship = USA with criminal record
| place_of_birth = Unrevealed
| relatives = Unrevealed
| groups = None; formerly US military
| education = Trained by US military
| height = Unrevealed
| weight = Unrevealed
| eyes = Blue
| hair = Unrevealed
| powers = None
| abilities = The Captain is trained in both armed and unarmed combat
| weapons = Handgun
| paraphernalia = None
| debut = Secret Avengers #12.1 (2011)
| origin = Secret Avengers #12.1 (2011)
| significant_issues = Leaked list of government informants to enemy organizations resulting in hundreds of deaths, arrested by Steve Rogers (Secret Avengers #12.1, 2011)
}}{{Headshot| main_image= Acotilletta2--Captain (Unrevealed).jpg
}}{{bio|
bio_text= The Captain was a soldier in the US military and fought in Afghanistan and the extraterrestrial [[Secret Invasion|Skrull invasion]]. He watched friends die or be exposed as [[Skrulls]], and began questioning who should be trusted. As those in power debated over who should be in charge to protect the American people, it made him sick that no one wanted to be held accountable and felt citizens should really know what went on behind closed doors. Dedicated to serving his country, the Captain believed he was doing the right thing when he infiltrated the Swiss Fort Knox and stole a list of four hundred and nineteen high-level government informants, revealing them to the outside world; many of the informants were members of various criminal organizations and were still behind enemy lines. The [[Secret Avengers]] knew they couldn't save everyone, but they attempted to save the life of an [[A.I.M.]] scientist who seemed to cooperate with law enforcement out of genuine remorse and not because a deal was made to avoid jail time. They were too late, and the scientist was killed. The Avengers tracked the Captain to his secret base and [[Captain America (Steve Rogers)]] confronted him solo. The Captain labeled Rogers a traitor for collaborating with known terrorists, murderers and despots, and resorted to violence. Although trained by the US military, the Captain's fighting skills could not match Rogers, and he was arrested by federal troops.
}}
{{person}}
[[category:Avengers]]
[[category:Villains]]

Norrak

Acotilletta2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:21:41 GMT

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{{speciesbox|
universe = Marvel
| home_world = Unrevealed (destroyed)
| appearance = The Norrak were bilaterally symmetric, with four lengthy segmented legs terminating with claws on each end. Their heads had eight eyes in total, no visible ears and an elongated skull. Norrak had a brown exoskeleton, with a body type similar to an arachnid species.
| distinguishing_features = Elongated skulls, bodies and segmented limbs with claws at each end, eight eyes, brown exoskeleton with no visible ears
| technology = The Norrak had mastered space travel, advanced weaponry, and advanced genetic technology
| government = Unrevealed
| debut = Hulk #33 (2011)
| significant_issues = Last of their kind tried to kill Omegex but were wiped out (Hulk #33, 2011)
| significant_citizens = Kon
}}{{headshot|
main_image=image_not_available.gif
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{{sp_history|
specieshistory = The last of the Norrak species tracked the world-ender known as [[Omegex]] in deep space while it was traveling toward Earth, determined to destroy it for killing their home world ages ago; thereby fulfilling a vow their ancestors made to end its reign of terror for all time. Grown with incubators and armed with a massive battleship built specifically to annihilate Omegex, the Norrak attacked. Unable to defeat their foe, the Norrak sent out their final message in multiple languages apologizing for their failure and warning all those in range that nothing would stop Omegex from reaching Earth.
}}
{{species}}
[[category:Cosmic]]
[[category:Deceased]]

Corporation

Acotilletta2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:13:56 GMT

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{{teambox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| base_of_operations = Formerly Hart Island; Freighter el Tigre on the East Coast; Mid-State Tower, Central City, California on the West Coast; base beneath Alcatraz prison, San Francisco, California
| debut = Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #22 (1976)
| origin =
| significant_issues = Place where Ricadonna and her rogues received the shape shifting abilities of the Skrulls (Heroes for Hire #3, 2006); Destroyed after Ricadonna’s battle with Heroes for Hire (Heroes for Hire #5, 2007)
| current_members = None
|former_members = [[Ayala, Filippo|Filippo Ayala]], [[Blue Streak (Don Thomas)]], [[Carnation]], [[Coldfire (James Lucas, Jr.)]], [[Constrictor]], [[Contract]], [[Dekker, Lyle|Lyle Dekker]], [[Doctor Faustus]], [[Hemlock, Jonathan|Jonathan Hemlock]], [[Jackson, Curtiss|Curtiss Jackson]], [[Kangaroo]], [[Kickback (Richard Yurocko)]], [[Konik]], [[Machinesmith]], [[Malus, Karl|Dr. Karl Malus]], [[Manslaughter]], [[Maris]], [[Mr. Miracle]], [[Moonstone (Karla Sofen)]], [[Night Flyer]], [[Rocketeers]], [[Stivak, Eugene|Senator Eugene Kligger Stivak]], [[Stryke]], [[Troubleshooter]], [[Vamp (Denise Baranger)|Vamp/Animus (Denise Baranger)]], [[Veda (Corporation)|Veda]], [[Veil]]
|other_members =
}}{{Headshot|
main_image= The_Corporation.jpg
}}{{bio|
bio_text= The Corporation consisted of businessmen and politicians who sought control of the criminal underworld through acts of terrorism and espionage. They were especially interested in superhumans – both recruiting and creating them. Some of their earlier operations included funding [[Silvermane]] during his leadership of [[Hydra]], and the assassination of Phillip Hart, thereby obtaining his invention dubbed "zero fluid." Hart’s son, Jack, wanted revenge and took on the Corporation. During the battle, he was doused with the zero fluid and became [[Jack of Hearts]]. He set out to destroy them with the help of [[White Tiger (Hector Ayala)|White Tiger]], [[Shang-Chi]], [[Iron Fist (Danny Rand)|Iron Fist]] and others. The group discovered White Tiger's brother, [[Ayala, Filippo|Filippo]], was one of the ringleaders and the man who ordered Hart's death. Using a man named [[Stryke]] to lead their forces against the heroes, the Corporation gathered aboard a freighter they used as a base. Stryke was defeated, and instead of facing their accusers, Filippo, and other Corporation leaders, committed suicide.

Other factions of the Corporation were still fully functional, and their East Coast branch pit the [[Constrictor]] against the [[Hulk (Bruce Banner)|Hulk]], hoping to capture the man-brute by kidnapping Hulk's friend, [[Wilson, Jim|Jim Wilson]]. The operation failed. Once they discovered a traitor had defected to [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]], Corporation leaders sent another agent called [[Night Flyer]] to terminate him, but he was defeated by [[Captain America (Steve Rogers)|Captain America]] and [[Falcon]]. Later still, one of the leaders inside the Corporation had his nephew, [[Torpedo (Michael Stivak)|Michael Stivak]] design a suit for their agents to use, but once Stivak discovered his uncle was a criminal, he donned the suit to escape under the alias of Torpedo. Stivak was defeated by [[Daredevil (Matthew Murdock)|Daredevil]] over a misunderstanding, and the suit was passed to [[Torpedo (Brock Jones)|Brock Jones]] after he found Stivak buried under a pile of rubble. The Corporation sent the [[Rocketeers]] after Brock, but he evaded them.

Jack of Hearts was again target by the Corporation when they sent [[Hemlock, Jonathan|Jonathan Hemlock]] to kill him, but Hemlock accidentally killed himself by tearing open Jack's suit and was blasted by the uncontrollable Zero energy. Jack then helped [[Thing (Benjamin Grimm)|Thing]] defeat the [[Machinesmith]] after he was hired to steal the technology of the [[Fantastic Four]]. S.H.I.E.L.D. was again targeted as the Corporation planted two of their agents, [[Vamp (Denise Baranger)|Vamp]] and [[Blue Streak (Don Thomas)|Blue Streak]], into the new [[Super-Agents]] division alongside genuine heroes like [[Texas Twister]] and [[Marvel Man]]. They also attempted to use another agent, [[Veda (Corporation)|Veda]], to seduce and terminate Captain America. [[Fury, Nick|Nick Fury]] began to check into Veda’s background, but she was killed by her superiors when this action turned her into a liability.

The Corporation next set their sights on [[Machine Man]], intending to study and create more like him. His resistance prompted a hostile response in a hired assassin named [[Konik]], but Machine Man survived nevertheless. Their mission to capture the Hulk had not been abandoned either, but this time they sent [[Moonstone (Karla Sofen)|Moonstone]] to do the job. Using her superior psychiatric skills, Moonstone undid all of the rehabilitative breakthroughs [[Doc Samson]] achieved with the Hulk, and she cause [[Ross, Thaddeus|General Ross]] to suffer a nervous breakdown. In a second attempt to kidnap Jim Wilson, Vamp and Blue Streak were used to capture Wilson's uncle, the Falcon, but this led to Captain America suspecting a traitor within S.H.I.E.L.D. Blue Streak gave himself away, and Vamp beat him into a coma in order to protect her secret. Captain America and the Vamp went to free Falcon and found Hulk a captive as well. Vamp eventually revealed herself to be a traitor, but once the Hulk was freed, he was too powerful for the Corporation to handle.

The highest ranking member of the Corporation, [[Jackson, Curtiss|Curtiss Jackson]], wanted revenge against the Hulk and Machine Man, but even with assigning all his resources to the task, Jackson could not accomplish his goal. Eventually, [[Malus, Karl|Dr. Karl Malus]] arranged to create new super agents like [[Coldfire (James Lucas, Jr.)|Coldfire]] – the brother of [[Cage, Luke|Luke Cage]]. Malus went on to abduct Cage's father and the [[Agent (Rick Mason)|Agent]] which elicited a response from the Agent's father, the [[Tinkerer]]. He hired Luke Cage and [[North, Dakota|Dakota North]] to save his son, and Cage convinced Coldfire to destroy the Corporation's facilities.

During a time where those with special abilities were required to [[Civil War|register]] with the appropriate authorities, the Corporation gave them an alternative solution. Their surgeons were performing miracles by implanting organs of the alien [[Skrulls]] into human recipients, giving them shape shifting abilities – if they survived the process. Four of the Corporation's initial success stories were [[Ferocia]], [[Blue Streak (Jonathan Swift)|Blue Streak]], [[King Size]] and [[Flame (Dan Springer)|Flame]]. Unfortunately, a grudge held by [[Ricadonna, Celia|Ricadonna]] against [[Knight, Misty|Misty Knight]] and [[Wing, Colleen|Colleen Wing]] eventually ended with the [[Heroes for Hire]] discovering the location of the secret facility. A battle ensued with [[Ricadonna's Rogues]] and then Ricadonna herself, now a shape shifter as well, and The Corporation was destroyed as a result of an explosion when Ricadonna inadvertently blew up their Skrull organ generator.
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[[category:Villains]]

The Corporation

Acotilletta2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:12:30 GMT

Acotilletta2: made a redirect page

#REDIRECT [[Corporation]]

Coven (Karl Coven)

Acotilletta2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:04:13 GMT

Acotilletta2: reworked text

{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| blurb =
| real_name = Karl Coven
| aliases = None
| identity = Known to authorities
| occupation = Serial killer
| citizenship = Unrevealed
| place_of_birth = Unrevealed
| relatives = Unrevealed
| groups = None
| education = Unrevealed
| height = Unrevealed
| weight = Unrevealed
| eyes = Blue
| hair = Bald with tattoo of his forehead split open
| powers = Coven briefly received [[Glossary:C#cosmic|cosmic]] power from [[Photon (Genis-Vell)|Captain Marvel (Genis-Vell)]] through a psychic link, presumably giving him the same abilities on a lesser scale, but the only powers Coven displayed were super strength, invulnerability and the capability to share his memories with other minds.
| abilities =
| weapons = Coven had reportedly used skinning knives on his victims, but he was also a decent shot with a rifle.
| paraphernalia = Coven rode a cosmically-powered flying motorcycle.
| debut = Captain Marvel #9 (2003)
| origin = Unrevealed
| significant_issues = Executed in jail, revived himself and released for time-served, met Captain Marvel (Captain Marvel #9, 2003); took part in a mock court trial with Captain Marvel and Spider-Man, given power by Captain Marvel (Captain Marvel #10, 2003); kidnapped widow of murdered victim, attacked by Rick Jones (Captain Marvel #11, 2003); tried to kill Rick and briefly stole all of Captain Marvel's power, obliterated by alien Borozil Clan (Captain Marvel #12, 2003)
}}{{Headshot|
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}}{{bio|
bio_text= Karl Coven was a convicted serial killer, taking the lives of seventeen people including women and children. He claimed throughout his trial he was an alien from a far-off world and not subject to human laws; however, various medical procedures established he was a normal human, and his claims were deemed an attempt at an insanity plea. It was not accepted by the jury, and testimony from [[Jones, Rick|Rick Jones]] who witnessed one of Coven’s heinous acts sealed his fate, and Coven was sentenced to death by lethal injection. Moments after he was pronounced dead by two medical doctors, Coven miraculously revived himself, again attributing this to his alien physiology, and asked to be released from prison. The presiding judge declared Coven served his sentence and to detain him further would violate his eighth amendment rights. Soon after his release, Coven tried to enact his revenge on Rick for helping send him to prison, but he only grazed Rick's head with a bullet fired from a rifle on a rooftop across from Rick's apartment. Coven decided to finish the job up close and personal, but Rick switched places with [[Photon (Genis-Vell)|Captain Marvel (Genis-Vell)]] who he was molecularly bonded with at the time by hitting the [[Nega-Bands]] on his wrists together. Coven chose to hear what Marvel had to say, especially since Coven could not kill him and further violence would have only resulted in Coven’s immediate death.

Captain Marvel had become intrigued with Earth's legal system and wanted to perform an experiment with Coven's help. After witnessing [[Spider-Man (Peter Parker)]] save a seemingly distressed extraterrestrial named [[Tlaango]] from the much larger [[Caffrey]] of the [[Borozil Clan]], Marvel chose the two visiting aliens as plaintiff and defendant while kidnapping and forcing Spider-Man to act as defense attorney while Coven acted as prosecutor. Although Spider-Man played along, he could not end the mock trial before determining Caffrey was not trying to hurt Tlaango, or prevent Coven from snapping Caffrey's neck for talking out of turn. Rick then discovered through his mental link with Marvel that Marvel shared some of his [[Glossary:C#cosmic|cosmic]] power with Coven.

Coven no longer wanted to kill Rick because he did not want to risk severing his connection with Marvel and lose his powers. Lucy Harper, the widow of a police officer murdered by Coven, visited Rick unannounced, hoping she could convince him to call on one of his friends in the [[Glossary:S#super-hero|super-hero]] community to catch and kill Coven. Coven then abducted her from Rick's apartment. When Marvel refused to save her, Rick saved Lucy by causing a building to fall on Coven, but he knew this was only a temporary delay. Rick hid with Lucy in Ridley's No Freakin' Way Museum, but Coven found them and threatened to kill them until Marvel took back his power at Rick's demand. Coven surprised Marvel by stealing back the power he had and then some because his alleged alien physiology allowed him to do so through their psychic link. Immediately after Coven's apparent triumph, Tlaango returned with [[Ulzak]] of the Borozil Clan to mete out justice for Caffrey's unwarranted execution. Coven was given the choice to go peacefully, but he chose not to, believing his power made him unstoppable. Right before the aliens opened fire on Coven, his powers were stripped away by Marvel, leaving Coven to die a death he could not cheat.
}}
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[[category:Cosmic]]
[[category:Deceased]]
[[category:Villains]]

X the Marvel

Acotilletta2 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 02:31:47 GMT

Acotilletta2: minor edit

{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| blurb =
| real_name = Willie Dance
| aliases = "Willie the Dope," "Willie Dunce"
| identity = Publicly known
| occupation = Former professional wrestler
| citizenship = Unrevealed
| place_of_birth = Unrevealed
| relatives = Unrevealed
| groups = None
| education = Unrevealed
| height = Unrevealed
| weight = Unrevealed
| eyes = Blue
| hair = Brown
| powers = X temporarily had super strength and durability after drinking Dr. Klemph's version of the Super Soldier Serum.
| abilities = X was a champion wrestler.
| weapons = None
| paraphernalia = None
| debut = Power Man #27 (1975)
| origin = Power Man #27 (1975)
| significant_issues = Accidentally drank a version of the Super Soldier Serum, gained powers and fought Luke Cage (Power Man #27, 1975)
}}{{Headshot|
main_image= Acotilletta2--X (the Marvel).jpg
}}{{bio|
bio_text= [[image:Acotilletta2--Bernie.jpg|left|75px|thumb|Bernie Steinsinger]] Willie Dance used to be a professional wrestler until he had to retire because a blood clot formed in his brain as a direct result from being hit too many times in the head during his career. His manager, Bernie Steinsinger (who Willie regarded as a father), always took care of Willie but never told him about his condition or that the blood clot was slowly killing him. The clot hindered Willie's ability to think clearly, and he wanted to return to the ring. Training in a gymnasium adjacent to [[Cage, Luke|Luke Cage]]'s [[Heroes for Hire|Hero for Hire]] office, he accidentally put a hole in the connecting wall when he missed his punching bag. Cage was already in a bad mood due to financial hardships, and he irrationally assaulted Willie, in addition to insulting Willie's intelligence and weight. Cage was unrelenting until Bernie arrived and promised to pay for the damages. Meanwhile, a thug named Bruno Murphy killed Dr. Klemph, stealing Klemph's version of the Super Soldier Serum (similar to the formula that empowered [[Captain America (Steve Rogers)]]), and hid it in Willie's locker while being chased by police. Willie mistook the formula for a protein shake and drank it. The serum transformed him into a powerhouse, and he became X the Marvel. Drunk with power, he wanted revenge for Cage laughing and beating on him earlier and attacked. Bernie saw them fighting and tried to stop them, fearing for Willie's health, but when Willie threw a mass of bricks at Cage, they shattered on Cage's steel hard skin, and a chunk of debris struck Bernie in the head. Concerned for Bernie's injuries, Willie ignored Cage's retaliation and ran to his friend. The police arrived and the formula wore off, restoring Willie to normal, and they allowed him to ride in the ambulance with Bernie to the hospital.
}}
{{person}}

X the Marvel

Acotilletta2 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:53:27 GMT

Acotilletta2: New profile: X the Marvel, sources: Power Man #27

{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| blurb =
| real_name = Willie Dance
| aliases = "Willie the Dope," "Willie Dunce"
| identity = Publicly known
| occupation = Former professional wrestler
| citizenship = Unrevealed
| place_of_birth = Unrevealed
| relatives = Unrevealed
| groups = None
| education = Unrevealed
| height = Unrevealed
| weight = Unrevealed
| eyes = Blue
| hair = Brown
| powers = X temporarily had super strength and durability after drinking Dr. Klemph's version of the Super Soldier Serum.
| abilities = X was a champion wrestler.
| weapons = None
| paraphernalia = None
| debut = Power Man #27 (1975)
| origin = Power Man #27 (1975)
| significant_issues = Accidentally drank a version of the Super Soldier Serum, gained powers and fought Luke Cage (Power Man #27, 1975)
}}{{Headshot|
main_image= Acotilletta2--X (the Marvel).jpg
}}{{bio|
bio_text= [[image:Acotilletta2--Bernie.jpg|left|75px|thumb|Bernie Steinsinger]] Willie Dance used to be a professional wrestler until he had to retire because a blood clot formed in his brain as a direct result from being hit too many times in the head during his career. His manager, Bernie Steinsinger (who Willie regarded as a father), always took care of Willie but never told him about his condition or that the blood clot was slowly killing him. The clot hindered Willie's ability to think clearly, and he wanted to return to the ring. Training in a gymnasium adjacent to [[Cage, Luke|Luke Cage]]'s [[Heroes for Hire|Hero for Hire]] office, he accidentally put a hole in the wall when he missed his punching bag. Cage was already in a bad mood due to financial hardships, and he irrationally assaulted Willie, also insulting Willie's intelligence and weight. Cage beat on him until Bernie arrived and promised to pay for the damages. Meanwhile, a thug named Bruno Murphy killed Dr. Klemph, stealing Klemph's version of the Super Soldier Serum (similar to the formula that empowered [[Captain America (Steve Rogers)]]), and hid it in Willie's locker while being chased by police. Willie mistook the formula for a protein shake and drank it. The serum transformed him into a powerhouse, and he became X the Marvel. Drunk with power, he wanted revenge for Cage laughing and beating on him earlier and attacked. Bernie saw them fighting and tried to stop them, fearing for Willie's health, but when Willie threw a mass of bricks at Cage, they shattered on Cage's steel hard skin, and a chunk of debris struck Bernie in the head. Concerned for Bernie's injuries, Willie ignored Cage's retaliation and ran to his friend. The police arrived and the formula wore off, restoring Willie to normal, and they allowed him to ride in the ambulance with Bernie to the hospital.
}}
{{person}}

File:Acotilletta2--Bernie.jpg

Acotilletta2 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:35:23 GMT

Acotilletta2: Image taken from Power Man #27.

Image taken from Power Man #27.

File:Acotilletta2--X as wrestler.jpg

Acotilletta2 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:30:59 GMT

Acotilletta2: Image taken from Power Man #27.

Image taken from Power Man #27.

File:Acotilletta2--X (the Marvel).jpg

Acotilletta2 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:27:17 GMT

Acotilletta2: Background and foreground images taken from Power Man #27. Image composition by acotilletta.

Background and foreground images taken from Power Man #27. Image composition by acotilletta.

Cage, Luke

Acotilletta2 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:25:27 GMT

Acotilletta2: added links, other minor edits

{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| real_name = Carl Lucas; legally changed to Luke Cage
| identity = Publicly known
| occupation = Adventurer, bar owner, bodyguard, mercenary; formerly theater owner, private investigator, various odd jobs
| place_of_birth = New York City
| groups = [[Avengers]], [[Thunderbolts]]; formerly [[Marvel Knights|Daredevil's Unnamed Super-Hero Team]], [[Secret Defenders]], [[Heroes for Hire]], Nightwing Restorations, [[Fantastic Four]], [[Defenders]], Bloods
| citizenship = U.S.A., criminal record, later acquitted
| education = High school dropout; self-educated in many areas
| aliases = Power Man, Mark Lucas, Hero for Hire, Ace of Spades, others
| relatives = [[Jones, Jessica|Jessica Jones]] (wife), Danielle Cage (daughter), James Leonard Lucas (father), Esther (mother, deceased), James Jr. ([[Coldfire]], brother)
| height = 6' 6"
| weight = 425 lbs.
| eyes = Brown
| hair = Black
| powers = Cage is [[Glossary:S#superhuman|superhumanly]] strong, able to lift/press approximately 25 tons and punch through barriers as thick as four-inch steel plate. His skin is steel-hard and his muscles and bone tissue super-dense; he can withstand conventional handgun fire at a range of four feet and cannot be cut by the sharpest of blades, although in the event of required surgery his skin can be lacerated by an overpowered medical laser. He can withstand up to one-ton impacts or blasts of 150 pounds of TNT without serious injury, and is impervious to temperature extremes and electrical shocks. His recovery time from injury or trauma is usually one-third that of an ordinary human.
| weapons =
| paraphernalia = Cage owns a leather jacket which is, like his skin, impervious to virtually any injury; however, he wears it infrequently and is often left with shredded clothing in the wake of his adventures.
| abilities = Cage is a self-taught hand-to-hand combatant with years of street fighting experience; he is also a superb athlete despite his great height and weight. He is self-educated in the law and speaks several languages.
| debut = Hero for Hire #1 (1972)
| origin = Hero for Hire #1 (1972)
| significant_issues = Joined Avengers (New Avengers #2, 2005); married Jessica Jones (New Avengers Annual #1, 2006)
}}{{Headshot|
|main_image=Acotilletta2--Luke Cage.jpg
}}
{{bio|
bio_text= Born and raised in Harlem, Carl Lucas spent his youth in a gang called the Bloods. With his friend [[Diamondback (Willis Stryker)|Willis Stryker]], he fought the rival gang the Diablos and committed petty thefts, often on behalf of deformed crimelord Sonny Caputo, a.k.a. Hammer. In and out of juvenile homes throughout his teens, Lucas dreamed of becoming a major New York racketeer until he finally realized how his actions were hurting his family; he sought to better himself as an adult, finding legitimate employment. Meanwhile, Stryker rose through the ranks of crime, but the two men remained friends. When Stryker's activities angered the [[Maggia]] (a.k.a. the Syndicate), he was badly beaten in a mob hit, saved only by Lucas's intervention. When Stryker's girlfriend, Reva Connors, broke up with him in fear of his violent work, she sought solace from Lucas. Convinced that Lucas was responsible for the breakup, Stryker planted heroin in Lucas's apartment (that he stole from drug kingpin [[Cottonmouth (Cornell Cottonmouth)|Cornell Cottonmouth]]) and tipped off the police. Lucas was arrested and sent to prison; contact with his family was sparse due to the resentment of his brother James, Jr., who intercepted Lucas's letters to their father James and eventually led each to believe the other was dead.

In prison, Lucas was consumed by rage over Stryker's betrayal and his father's supposed death, engaging in frequent brawls and escape attempts. Eventually transferred to Seagate Prison off the coast of Georgia, he became the favorite target of sadistic guard Albert "Billy Bob" Rackham, whose brutality ultimately led to a demotion that he blamed on Lucas. Later, research scientist [[Burstein, Noah|Dr. Noah Burstein]] recruited Lucas as a volunteer for experimental cell regeneration based on a variant of the Super-Soldier process he had previously used to empower [[Warhawk (Mitchell Tanner)|Warhawk]]. Burstein immersed Lucas in an electrical field conducted by an organic chemical compound; when he left Lucas unattended, Rackham misused the experiment's controls, hoping to maim or kill Lucas. Lucas's treatment was accelerated past its intent, inducing body-wide enhancement that gave him superhuman strength and durability. He used his new power to escape Seagate and made his way back to New York, where a chance encounter with criminals inspired him to use his new powers for profit.

Adopting the alias Luke Cage and donning a distinctive costume, he launched a career as a Hero for Hire, helping anyone who could meet his price. He soon established an office in Times Square's Gem Theater, where he befriended film student D.W. Griffith. Burstein, aware of his friend's innocence, also relocated to New York and opened a medical clinic, assisted by Dr. Claire Temple, whom Cage began dating. Although Cage would have been content to battle strictly conventional criminals, he soon learned that New York was hardly the place to do so. Stryker himself had become a Maggia agent as Diamondback and died battling Cage. Subsequent opponents included [[Mace, Gideon|Gideon Mace]], an embittered veteran seeking a U.S. takeover who would become a frequent foe; [[Chemistro (Curtis Carr]]), whose Alchemy Gun would be a weapon later used by others, including his own [[Chemistro (Calvin Carr)|brother]] after Curtis reformed; and [[Discus]], [[Stiletto]], [[Shades]], and [[Commanche]], all criminals with ties to Cage's prison days who would face him repeatedly over the years.

Although Cage seemed to have little in common with most of New York's other superhumans, an ill-conceived attempt to collect a fee from a reneging [[Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom)|Doctor Doom]] led him to befriend the [[Fantastic Four]]. He was subsequently hired by [[Daily Bugle]] publisher [[Jameson, J. Jonah|J. Jonah Jameson]] to capture [[Spider-Man (Peter Parker)|Spider-Man]], the wisecracking adventurer who doubled as Jameson's personal demon, but Cage came to sympathize with Spider-Man and forcibly returned Jameson's deposit, earning a place on the publisher's lengthy list of superhuman personas non grata. Cage also befriended [[Jones, Jessica|Jessica Jones]], a.k.a. Jewel, a young woman whose super-strength and unconventional style matched his own. During a mission in which Orville Smythe duped him into stealing an experimental starsuit from [[Stark International]], Cage followed the example of his new peers and took the codename of Power Man.

Shortly afterward, Cage began associating with the loose-knit super-team known as the Defenders, alongside whom he fought the super-strong [[Wrecking Crew]] and the racist subversives known as the [[Sons of the Serpent]]. When the [[Thing (Benjamin Grimm)|Thing]] temporarily lost his superhuman powers, Cage was hired to replace him in the Fantastic Four, but his tenure proved brief after the [[Puppet Master]] took control of him to fight his new teammates. Meanwhile, Cage continued in solo action against an odd assortment of villains, including the maddened professional wrestler [[X the Marvel]], the uninspired Maggia agent [[Mister Fish]], mobsters [[Hamilton, Cockroach|Dontrell "Cockroach" Hamilton]] and [[Jones, Pirhana|Ray "Piranha" Jones]], the racist [[Wildfire]], the vengeance-seeking [[Mangler]] and [[Spear]] (whose brother had died under Dr. Burstein's treatment), rival crimelords Baron and Big Brother, the obsessive [[Goldbug]], and [[Zzzax]] the Living Dynamo.

Called to assist the Defenders against the [[Plantman]], Cage began to complain that his participation in their group was interfering with his paying work. Wealthy Defenders member [[Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)|Nighthawk]] solved this problem by placing Cage on retainer, giving Luke a steady paycheck for his Defenders activities. For some time thereafter, Cage served as a core member of the Defenders alongside the likes of [[Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)|Doctor Strange]], the [[Hulk (Bruce Banner)|Hulk]], [[Valkyrie|Brunnhilde the Valkyrie]], Nighthawk and the [[Starlight|Red Guardian]] (Dr. Tania Belinskya). Together, they defeated minor threats including the [[Eel (Leopold Stryke)|Eel]] and the [[Porcupine]], and major menaces such as the [[Headmen]], [[Nebulon the Celestial Man|Nebulon]], [[Egghead]]'s [[Emissaries Of Evil]] and the [[Red Rajah]]; but Cage felt out of place in the often-bizarre exploits of the Defenders and eventually resigned. He believed he was unsuited to teamwork, little realizing how wrong he would be proven months later.

[[image: lukecage02.jpg|left|200px|thumb]]Having obtained proof of Cage's innocence in his original drug charges, the criminal [[Bushmaster, John|Bushmaster]] abducted Burstein and Temple, using their safety and the hope of acquittal to blackmail Cage into abducting detective [[Knight, Misty|Misty Knight]], who had humiliated Bushmaster in an earlier encounter. Cage's efforts led to a fight with Knight's boyfriend, the martial artist [[Iron Fist (Danny Rand)|Iron Fist]], a native of the [[Glossary:E#extradimensional|extradimensional]] city of [[K'un-Lun]] and still a newcomer to [[Earth]] society; however, upon learning of Cage's situation, Iron Fist and Knight helped him defeat Bushmaster and rescue his friends. In the course of the encounter, Bushmaster forced Burstein to [[Glossary:M#mutate|mutate]] him as he had Cage, but was nonetheless defeated and soon became paralyzed by the process. Cleared of criminal charges, Cage briefly worked for Knight's detective agency Nightwing Restorations but soon elected to join Iron Fist in a two-man team, Heroes for Hire, founded by attorney Jeryn Hogarth and staffed by administrative wunderkind Jennie Royce. Although the streetwise Cage and the unworldly Iron Fist seemed to have little in common, they soon became the best of friends; however, Cage's relationship with Claire Temple proved less durable, and he instead began dating model Harmony Young.

Cage and Iron Fist achieved great success with Heroes for Hire, earning an international reputation and fighting a wide variety of criminals, including the genius [[Nightshade]], the international crimelord Montenegro, [[Sabretooth]] and the [[Constrictor]], Warhawk, and the druglord Goldeneye. They had several struggles involving the nations of Halwan and Murkatesh, including incarnations of [[Scimitar]] and the [[Black Tiger]]. They occasionally worked alongside fellow street-level heroes such as Spider-Man, [[Daredevil (Matthew Murdock)|Daredevil]] and [[Moon Knight]], but rarely participated in the larger-scale crises that occupied the likes of the FF and the [[Avengers]]; however, their adventures took occasional turns toward the [[Glossary:E#extraterrestrial|extraterrestrial]] or the extra-dimensional, areas which held little appeal for the down-to-earth Cage. Their partnership's downfall began when the mysterious government agency S.M.I.L.E. manipulated Cage and Iron Fist into the employment of Consolidated Conglomerates, Inc.; during their first CCI assignment, Iron Fist contracted radiation poisoning. Cage took him to K'un-Lun for treatment. While there, Iron Fist was, unknown to Cage, replaced by a [[Iron Fist (H'ylthri)|doppelganger]] of the plantlike [[H'ylthri]] race, K'un-Lun's ancient enemies. Soon after their return to the outside world, the doppelganger was destroyed, pummeled by the alien [[Super-Skrull]], as a result of a bizarre scheme engineered by Iron Fist's archenemy, [[Master Khan]]. Cage was blamed for the apparent murder of Iron Fist.

A fugitive again, Cage broke contact with his New York friends and relocated to Chicago; but, with Hogarth's help, he was cleared of criminal charges when the real Iron Fist turned up alive. Wanting a new start, Cage abandoned his Power Man guise and began operating out of Chicago as the plainclothes Luke Cage, Hero for Hire; he made arrangements with the Chicago Spectator for exclusive reports of his adventures and frequently worked with detective [[North, Dakota|Dakota North]]. He soon attracted the interest of the refined assassin [[Hardcore]], an employee of [[Bushmaster, Cruz|Cruz Bushmaster]], son of the very [[Glossary:S#super-villain|villain]] whose defeat had cleared Cage's name the first time. Cage learned that Cruz, following in his father's extortion footsteps, had abducted Noah Burstein's wife Emma to force the scientist to re-create the process that had empowered Cage, regardless of how many test subjects suffered in the process. Cruz underwent the procedure himself, but the elder Bushmaster drained the power from his son, reversing his near-catatonia and declaring himself the Power Master; however, Cage teamed with Iron Fist to thwart their plans, freeing the Bursteins while the Bushmasters apparently perished.

While Cage tried to locate his surviving family members with the aid of Dakota North, his brother kept moving his father around to keep Cage away from them. James, Jr. was eventually recruited by the criminal [[Corporation]], whose power-enhancing scientist [[Malus, Karl|Doctor Karl Malus]] mutated him into the superhuman Coldfire. As Coldfire, James, Jr. hoped to be a match for his super-powerful brother, whom he regarded as a threat, and he used his hatred of Cage as a focus for his energy powers. Though James, Jr. worked with the Corporation quite willingly, Malus had James, Sr. held hostage as extra insurance of Coldfire's cooperation. When Cage learned the Corporation was apparently holding his family, he invaded their headquarters and battled Coldfire; however, the brothers ultimately joined forces to rescue their father from Malus, and Coldfire apparently sacrificed himself to destroy the Corporation's headquarters.

A few months later, Cage investigated the murder of Harmony Young and fought her killer, the [[Glossary:D#demon|demon]] [[Darklove]], alongside [[Ghost Rider]]. Not long afterward, the mystic [[Doctor Druid]] recruited Cage to serve in his [[Secret Defenders]] against the sorcerer [[Malachi]]. Cage returned to New York and, deciding his heart was no longer in superheroics, became co-owner of the Gem Theater with his friend D.W. Griffith. Even an invitation from Iron Fist to join a new and expanded Heroes for Hire failed to interest him; yet when the would-be world conqueror called the Master tried to recruit Cage as a spy within Iron Fist's team, destroying Cage's theater in the process, a curious Cage played along. Cage joined Heroes for Hire and served with them for some time while reporting to the Master. Cage himself even began to sympathize with the more benevolent aspects of the Master's goals, and the Master and Cage seemed to become genuinely fond of each other; but in the end, Cage could neither betray his best friend Iron Fist nor reconcile himself to the tremendous loss of life the Master's plans of conquest would entail, and he ultimately helped Heroes for Hire destroy the [[Master of the World]]'s plans. Cage remained with the group thereafter, and dated a fellow member, the [[She-Hulk]]. When the Stark-Fujikawa corporation bought out Heroes for Hire, Cage and [[Ant-Man (Scott Lang)|Ant-Man]] were fired because of their prison records, and the rest of the team quit in protest.

[[image: lukecage01.jpg|left|200px|thumb]]Cage, bitten by the hero bug once more, continued to share adventures with Iron Fist and other heroes. Briefly resuming his Power Man identity, he was hired by Moon Knight to join the "Marvel Knights"; but mere days after he joined, the group dissolved following clashes with the forces of [[Tombstone]] and [[Fu Manchu]]. Deciding that a return to basics was in order, he re-established his Hero for Hire activities, intervening in a gang war between Tombstone and [[Hammerhead]], and soon learned that, despite his international fame, he was almost forgotten on the streets where he had originally made his reputation. He invested his money in a bar and set about ridding his immediate neighborhood of criminal elements, deciding that the business of world-saving was best left to others.

After a one-night stand with a drunken Jessica Jones, now a private investigator, Cage's life was briefly thrown into disarray by Jones's reaction to the fling; but the two made peace while working as bodyguards for Matt Murdock, whose public denial of his Daredevil costumed identity cost him a bit of Cage's respect. Shortly afterward, Cage extended emotional support to Jones when she was forced to revisit past abuses by the villainous [[Purple Man]], and Cage's feelings for her grew. When Jones revealed that she was pregnant from their tryst, she and Cage moved in together. Soon afterward, Jones became a superhuman consultant with the Daily Bugle, where Jameson's ire at Cage has by no means dwindled over the years. Cage was recently recruited into a new incarnation of the [[Avengers]], New York's premiere super-team, and he and Jessica had daughter and got married.

Since then, Cage became leader of his own Avengers team and was placed in charge of the [[Thunderbolts]] by commander of superhuman affairs [[Captain America (Steve Rogers)]].
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[[category:Marvel Knights]]
[[category:Avengers]]
[[category:Fantastic Four]]
[[category:Civil War]]
[[category:Thunderbolts]]

Cottonmouth (Cornell Cottonmouth)

Acotilletta2 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:04:28 GMT

Acotilletta2: New profile: Cottonmouth (Cornell Cottonmouth), sources: Power Man #19-20, Shadowland: Power Man #1-4 and H4H: Spider Island

{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| blurb =
| real_name = Cornell Cottonmouth
| aliases = None
| identity = Known to authorities
| occupation = Pimp, drug lord
| citizenship = USA with criminal record
| place_of_birth = Unrevealed
| relatives = Unrevealed
| groups = Partner of [[Nightshade (Tilda Johnson)]], his own mob
| education = Unrevealed
| height = Unrevealed
| weight = Unrevealed
| eyes = Gray
| hair = White
| powers = Cottonmouth has super strength equivalent to [[Cage, Luke|Luke Cage]].
| abilities = Cottonmouth is an intelligent businessman and an adequate unarmed combatant.
| weapons = Cottonmouth has a mouthful of razor sharp teeth, able to tear through flesh. Initially his teeth were presumably natural, but after most were broken in a fight, he had teeth made from surgical steel implanted then coated them with eighteen karat gold.
| paraphernalia = Cottonmouth sometimes walks with a decorative cane.
| debut = Mentioned (Power Man #18, 1974); shown (Power Man #19, 1974)
| origin = Unrevealed
| significant_issues = Offered Luke Cage a position in his drug organization (Power Man #19, 1974); fought with Cage after he called the cops to raid Cottonmouth’s office (Power Man #20, 1974); resurfaced as a pimp, had teeth broken by new Power Man (Shadowland: Power Man, 2010); as Nightshade’s partner, he attempted to kill Power Man (Shadowland #3, 2010); defeated by Power Man and Iron Fist (Shadowland: Power Man, #4, 2011)
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}}{{bio|
bio_text= When Cornell Cottonmouth ran what he claimed to be the most successful illegal drug trade in the nation, his hired muscle Mike and Ike were sent to procure [[Cage, Luke|Luke Cage]]; who was offered a position in the hierarchy of Cottonmouth's organization because he felt they were kindred spirits. [[image:Acotilletta2--Mike and Ike.JPG|left|150px|thumb|Mike and Ike]] Cage pretended to accept the job in order to get proof he was framed years earlier by his supposed friend, [[Diamondback (Willis Stryker)|Willis Stryker]], after Stryker hijacked one of Cottonmouth's heroin shipments and planted the drugs on Cage. Cottonmouth's assistant Mister Slick wanted Cage to prove his loyalty, so Cottonmouth had Cage retrieve drugs stolen from him a week earlier by Morgan's mob. Once Cage returned with the goods, Cottonmouth had Slick show Cage their operation in detail. Unable to find any documentation that would prove his innocence, Cage phoned the police so they could collect the evidence to arrest Cottonmouth and hopefully clear his name. Cottonmouth discovered Cage's betrayal and attacked him. During the fight, Slick interfered, was accidentally knocked out the window and was killed when he impacted the street. When Cage pressured Cottonmouth for any records concerning Stryker and the hijacked shipment, Cottonmouth told Cage that Slick was the only one who possessed knowledge of all his business dealings as Slick had a photographic memory. Enraged, Cage rendered Cottonmouth unconscious, and Cottonmouth was presumably incarcerated. [[image:Acotilletta2--Mister Slick.JPG|left|150px|thumb|Mister Slick]]

Later emerging as a pimp, Cottonmouth worked under the West Side Highway at a time the [[Hand]] was policing Manhattan's streets by order of their then leader [[Daredevil (Matthew Murdock)]]. Three ninjas attacked and were about to seriously injure one of Cottonmouth's girls, but she was saved by [[Power Man (Victor Alvarez)]], who then broke nearly all of Cottonmouth's teeth. Returning with a new set of dagger-like teeth made from surgical steel and coated with eighteen karat gold, Cottonmouth sought revenge but his partner [[Nightshade (Tilda Johnson)]] forbade it; she instead offered Power Man a job in her criminal organization but he refused. When [[Iron Fist (Danny Rand)]] arrived to rescue Power Man, Power Man destroyed Cottonmouth's teeth again. During Manhattan's "Spider-Island" epidemic, Cottonmouth may have orchestrated a prison break, bringing Nightshade's super villain [[Flashmob]] into conflict with [[Knight, Misty|Misty Knight]]'s [[Heroes for Hire]].
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[[category:Villains]]

File:Acotilletta2--Mister Slick.JPG

Acotilletta2 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:42:47 GMT

Acotilletta2: Image taken from Power Man #19.

Image taken from Power Man #19.

File:Acotilletta2--Mike and Ike.JPG

Acotilletta2 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:42:11 GMT

Acotilletta2: Image taken from Power Man #19.

Image taken from Power Man #19.

Flashmob

Acotilletta2 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:45:19 GMT

Acotilletta2: New profile: Flashmob, sources: Shadowland: Power Man #2 and H4H: Spider Island

{{teambox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| base_of_operations = None
| debut = Shadowland: Power Man #2 (2010)
| origin = Unrevealed
| significant_issues = Sent by Nightshade to capture Power Man (Victor Alvarez), but they were defeated by Power Man with help from Luke Cage and Iron Fist (Shadowland: Power Man #2, 2010); infected during "Spider Island" crisis, they tried to escape Manhattan but were captured by Heroes for Hire (Spider Island: Heroes for Hire #1, 2011)
| current_members = [[Cheshire]], [[Chemistro (Calvin Carr)]], [[Hamilton, Cockroach|Cockroach Hamilton]], [[Commanche]], [[Mister Fish (William Norris)]] and [[Spear]]
|former_members =
|other_members =
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bio_text= When [[Nightshade (Tilda Johnson)]] believed [[Power Man (Victor Alvarez)]] inherited an optic visor she gave to his deceased father, [[Shades]], she sent a super villain mob comprised of [[Cage, Luke|Luke Cage]]'s old enemies to retrieve it. Although they outnumbered Power Man, he defeated them with much help from Cage and [[Iron Fist (Danny Rand)]], who were searching for him too. Some of the Flashmob were released from jail while [[Cheshire]], [[Commanche]] and [[Chemistro (Calvin Carr)]] were detained for open warrants and/or parole violations. During Manhattan's "Spider-Island" epidemic, the infected Flashmob tried to escape over the Spuyten Duyvil Bridge to the Bronx, but all were captured by [[Knight, Misty|Misty Knight]]'s [[Heroes for Hire]].
}}
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[[category:Villains]]

Cage, Luke

Acotilletta2 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:38:28 GMT

Acotilletta2: fixed link

{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| real_name = Carl Lucas; legally changed to Luke Cage
| identity = Publicly known
| occupation = Adventurer, bar owner, bodyguard, mercenary; formerly theater owner, private investigator, various odd jobs
| place_of_birth = New York City
| groups = [[Avengers]], [[Thunderbolts]]; formerly [[Marvel Knights|Daredevil's Unnamed Super-Hero Team]], [[Secret Defenders]], [[Heroes for Hire]], Nightwing Restorations, [[Fantastic Four]], [[Defenders]], Bloods
| citizenship = U.S.A., criminal record, later acquitted
| education = High school dropout; self-educated in many areas
| aliases = Power Man, Mark Lucas, Hero for Hire, Ace of Spades, others
| relatives = [[Jones, Jessica|Jessica Jones]] (wife), Danielle Cage (daughter), James Leonard Lucas (father), Esther (mother, deceased), James Jr. ([[Coldfire]], brother)
| height = 6' 6"
| weight = 425 lbs.
| eyes = Brown
| hair = Black
| powers = Cage is [[Glossary:S#superhuman|superhumanly]] strong, able to lift/press approximately 25 tons and punch through barriers as thick as four-inch steel plate. His skin is steel-hard and his muscles and bone tissue super-dense; he can withstand conventional handgun fire at a range of four feet and cannot be cut by the sharpest of blades, although in the event of required surgery his skin can be lacerated by an overpowered medical laser. He can withstand up to one-ton impacts or blasts of 150 pounds of TNT without serious injury, and is impervious to temperature extremes and electrical shocks. His recovery time from injury or trauma is usually one-third that of an ordinary human.
| weapons =
| paraphernalia = Cage owns a leather jacket which is, like his skin, impervious to virtually any injury; however, he wears it infrequently and is often left with shredded clothing in the wake of his adventures.
| abilities = Cage is a self-taught hand-to-hand combatant with years of street fighting experience; he is also a superb athlete despite his great height and weight. He is self-educated in the law and speaks several languages.
| debut = Hero for Hire #1 (1972)
| origin = Hero for Hire #1 (1972)
| significant_issues = Joined Avengers (New Avengers #2, 2005); married Jessica Jones (New Avengers Annual #1, 2006)
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{{bio|
bio_text= Born and raised in Harlem, Carl Lucas spent his youth in a gang called the Bloods. With his friend [[Diamondback (Willis Stryker)|Willis Stryker]], he fought the rival gang the Diablos and committed petty thefts, often on behalf of deformed crimelord Sonny Caputo, a.k.a. Hammer. In and out of juvenile homes throughout his teens, Lucas dreamed of becoming a major New York racketeer until he finally realized how his actions were hurting his family; he sought to better himself as an adult, finding legitimate employment. Meanwhile, Stryker rose through the ranks of crime, but the two men remained friends. When Stryker's activities angered the [[Maggia]] (a.k.a. the Syndicate), he was badly beaten in a mob hit, saved only by Lucas's intervention. When Stryker's girlfriend, Reva Connors, broke up with him in fear of his violent work, she sought solace from Lucas. Convinced that Lucas was responsible for the breakup, Stryker planted heroin in Lucas's apartment and tipped off the police. Lucas was arrested and sent to prison; contact with his family was sparse due to the resentment of his brother James, Jr., who intercepted Lucas's letters to their father James and eventually led each to believe the other was dead.

In prison, Lucas was consumed by rage over Stryker's betrayal and his father's supposed death, engaging in frequent brawls and escape attempts. Eventually transferred to Seagate Prison off the coast of Georgia, he became the favorite target of sadistic guard Albert "Billy Bob" Rackham, whose brutality ultimately led to a demotion that he blamed on Lucas. Later, research scientist [[Burstein, Noah|Dr. Noah Burstein]] recruited Lucas as a volunteer for experimental cell regeneration based on a variant of the Super-Soldier process he had previously used to empower [[Warhawk (Mitchell Tanner)|Warhawk]]. Burstein immersed Lucas in an electrical field conducted by an organic chemical compound; when he left Lucas unattended, Rackham misused the experiment's controls, hoping to maim or kill Lucas. Lucas's treatment was accelerated past its intent, inducing body-wide enhancement that gave him superhuman strength and durability. He used his new power to escape Seagate and made his way back to New York, where a chance encounter with criminals inspired him to use his new powers for profit.

Adopting the alias Luke Cage and donning a distinctive costume, he launched a career as a Hero for Hire, helping anyone who could meet his price. He soon established an office in Times Square's Gem Theater, where he befriended film student D.W. Griffith. Burstein, aware of his friend's innocence, also relocated to New York and opened a medical clinic, assisted by Dr. Claire Temple, whom Cage began dating. Although Cage would have been content to battle strictly conventional criminals, he soon learned that New York was hardly the place to do so. Stryker himself had become a Maggia agent as Diamondback and died battling Cage. Subsequent opponents included [[Mace, Gideon|Gideon Mace]], an embittered veteran seeking a U.S. takeover who would become a frequent foe; [[Chemistro (Curtis Carr]]), whose Alchemy Gun would be a weapon later used by others, including his own [[Chemistro (Calvin Carr)|brother]] after Curtis reformed; and [[Discus]], [[Stiletto]], [[Shades]], and [[Commanche]], all criminals with ties to Cage's prison days who would face him repeatedly over the years.

Although Cage seemed to have little in common with most of New York's other superhumans, an ill-conceived attempt to collect a fee from a reneging [[Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom)|Doctor Doom]] led him to befriend the [[Fantastic Four]]. He was subsequently hired by [[Daily Bugle]] publisher [[Jameson, J. Jonah|J. Jonah Jameson]] to capture [[Spider-Man (Peter Parker)|Spider-Man]], the wisecracking adventurer who doubled as Jameson's personal demon, but Cage came to sympathize with Spider-Man and forcibly returned Jameson's deposit, earning a place on the publisher's lengthy list of superhuman personas non grata. Cage also befriended Jessica Jones, a.k.a. Jewel, a young woman whose super-strength and unconventional style matched his own. During a mission in which Orville Smythe duped him into stealing an experimental starsuit from [[Stark International]], Cage followed the example of his new peers and took the codename of Power Man.

Shortly afterward, Cage began associating with the loose-knit super-team known as the Defenders, alongside whom he fought the super-strong [[Wrecking Crew]] and the racist subversives known as the [[Sons of the Serpent]]. When the [[Thing (Benjamin Grimm)|Thing]] temporarily lost his superhuman powers, Cage was hired to replace him in the Fantastic Four, but his tenure proved brief after the [[Puppet Master]] took control of him to fight his new teammates. Meanwhile, Cage continued in solo action against an odd assortment of villains, including the maddened professional wrestler X the Marvel, the uninspired Maggia agent [[Mister Fish]], mobsters [[Hamilton, Cockroach|Dontrell "Cockroach" Hamilton]] and [[Jones, Pirhana|Ray "Piranha" Jones]], the racist [[Wildfire]], the vengeance-seeking Mangler and Spear (whose brother had died under Dr. Burstein's treatment), rival crimelords Baron and Big Brother, the obsessive [[Goldbug]], and [[Zzzax]] the Living Dynamo.

Called to assist the Defenders against the [[Plantman]], Cage began to complain that his participation in their group was interfering with his paying work. Wealthy Defenders member [[Nighthawk (Kyle Richmond)|Nighthawk]] solved this problem by placing Cage on retainer, giving Luke a steady paycheck for his Defenders activities. For some time thereafter, Cage served as a core member of the Defenders alongside the likes of [[Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)|Doctor Strange]], the [[Hulk (Bruce Banner)|Hulk]], [[Valkyrie|Brunnhilde the Valkyrie]], Nighthawk and the [[Starlight|Red Guardian]] (Dr. Tania Belinskya). Together, they defeated minor threats including the [[Eel (Leopold Stryke)|Eel]] and the [[Porcupine]], and major menaces such as the [[Headmen]], [[Nebulon the Celestial Man|Nebulon]], [[Egghead]]'s [[Emissaries Of Evil]] and the [[Red Rajah]]; but Cage felt out of place in the often-bizarre exploits of the Defenders and eventually resigned. He believed he was unsuited to teamwork, little realizing how wrong he would be proven months later.

[[image: lukecage02.jpg|left|200px|thumb]]Having obtained proof of Cage's innocence in his original drug charges, the criminal [[Bushmaster, John|Bushmaster]] abducted Burstein and Temple, using their safety and the hope of acquittal to blackmail Cage into abducting detective [[Knight, Misty|Misty Knight]], who had humiliated Bushmaster in an earlier encounter. Cage's efforts led to a fight with Knight's boyfriend, the martial artist [[Iron Fist (Danny Rand)|Iron Fist]], a native of the [[Glossary:E#extradimensional|extradimensional]] city of [[K'un-Lun]] and still a newcomer to [[Earth]] society; however, upon learning of Cage's situation, Iron Fist and Knight helped him defeat Bushmaster and rescue his friends. In the course of the encounter, Bushmaster forced Burstein to [[Glossary:M#mutate|mutate]] him as he had Cage, but was nonetheless defeated and soon became paralyzed by the process. Cleared of criminal charges, Cage briefly worked for Knight's detective agency Nightwing Restorations but soon elected to join Iron Fist in a two-man team, Heroes for Hire, founded by attorney Jeryn Hogarth and staffed by administrative wunderkind Jennie Royce. Although the streetwise Cage and the unworldly Iron Fist seemed to have little in common, they soon became the best of friends; however, Cage's relationship with Claire Temple proved less durable, and he instead began dating model Harmony Young.

Cage and Iron Fist achieved great success with Heroes for Hire, earning an international reputation and fighting a wide variety of criminals, including the genius [[Nightshade]], the international crimelord Montenegro, [[Sabretooth]] and the [[Constrictor]], Warhawk, and the druglord Goldeneye. They had several struggles involving the nations of Halwan and Murkatesh, including incarnations of [[Scimitar]] and the [[Black Tiger]]. They occasionally worked alongside fellow street-level heroes such as Spider-Man, [[Daredevil (Matthew Murdock)|Daredevil]] and [[Moon Knight]], but rarely participated in the larger-scale crises that occupied the likes of the FF and the [[Avengers]]; however, their adventures took occasional turns toward the [[Glossary:E#extraterrestrial|extraterrestrial]] or the extra-dimensional, areas which held little appeal for the down-to-earth Cage. Their partnership's downfall began when the mysterious government agency S.M.I.L.E. manipulated Cage and Iron Fist into the employment of Consolidated Conglomerates, Inc.; during their first CCI assignment, Iron Fist contracted radiation poisoning. Cage took him to K'un-Lun for treatment. While there, Iron Fist was, unknown to Cage, replaced by a [[Iron Fist (H'ylthri)|doppelganger]] of the plantlike [[H'ylthri]] race, K'un-Lun's ancient enemies. Soon after their return to the outside world, the doppelganger was destroyed, pummeled by the alien [[Super-Skrull]], as a result of a bizarre scheme engineered by Iron Fist's archenemy, [[Master Khan]]. Cage was blamed for the apparent murder of Iron Fist.

A fugitive again, Cage broke contact with his New York friends and relocated to Chicago; but, with Hogarth's help, he was cleared of criminal charges when the real Iron Fist turned up alive. Wanting a new start, Cage abandoned his Power Man guise and began operating out of Chicago as the plainclothes Luke Cage, Hero for Hire; he made arrangements with the Chicago Spectator for exclusive reports of his adventures and frequently worked with detective [[North, Dakota|Dakota North]]. He soon attracted the interest of the refined assassin [[Hardcore]], an employee of [[Bushmaster, Cruz|Cruz Bushmaster]], son of the very [[Glossary:S#super-villain|villain]] whose defeat had cleared Cage's name the first time. Cage learned that Cruz, following in his father's extortion footsteps, had abducted Noah Burstein's wife Emma to force the scientist to re-create the process that had empowered Cage, regardless of how many test subjects suffered in the process. Cruz underwent the procedure himself, but the elder Bushmaster drained the power from his son, reversing his near-catatonia and declaring himself the Power Master; however, Cage teamed with Iron Fist to thwart their plans, freeing the Bursteins while the Bushmasters apparently perished.

While Cage tried to locate his surviving family members with the aid of Dakota North, his brother kept moving his father around to keep Cage away from them. James, Jr. was eventually recruited by the criminal [[Corporation]], whose power-enhancing scientist [[Malus, Karl|Doctor Karl Malus]] mutated him into the superhuman Coldfire. As Coldfire, James, Jr. hoped to be a match for his super-powerful brother, whom he regarded as a threat, and he used his hatred of Cage as a focus for his energy powers. Though James, Jr. worked with the Corporation quite willingly, Malus had James, Sr. held hostage as extra insurance of Coldfire's cooperation. When Cage learned the Corporation was apparently holding his family, he invaded their headquarters and battled Coldfire; however, the brothers ultimately joined forces to rescue their father from Malus, and Coldfire apparently sacrificed himself to destroy the Corporation's headquarters.

A few months later, Cage investigated the murder of Harmony Young and fought her killer, the [[Glossary:D#demon|demon]] [[Darklove]], alongside [[Ghost Rider]]. Not long afterward, the mystic [[Doctor Druid]] recruited Cage to serve in his [[Secret Defenders]] against the sorcerer [[Malachi]]. Cage returned to New York and, deciding his heart was no longer in superheroics, became co-owner of the Gem Theater with his friend D.W. Griffith. Even an invitation from Iron Fist to join a new and expanded Heroes for Hire failed to interest him; yet when the would-be world conqueror called the Master tried to recruit Cage as a spy within Iron Fist's team, destroying Cage's theater in the process, a curious Cage played along. Cage joined Heroes for Hire and served with them for some time while reporting to the Master. Cage himself even began to sympathize with the more benevolent aspects of the Master's goals, and the Master and Cage seemed to become genuinely fond of each other; but in the end, Cage could neither betray his best friend Iron Fist nor reconcile himself to the tremendous loss of life the Master's plans of conquest would entail, and he ultimately helped Heroes for Hire destroy the [[Master of the World]]'s plans. Cage remained with the group thereafter, and dated a fellow member, the [[She-Hulk]]. When the Stark-Fujikawa corporation bought out Heroes for Hire, Cage and [[Ant-Man (Scott Lang)|Ant-Man]] were fired because of their prison records, and the rest of the team quit in protest.

[[image: lukecage01.jpg|left|200px|thumb]]Cage, bitten by the hero bug once more, continued to share adventures with Iron Fist and other heroes. Briefly resuming his Power Man identity, he was hired by Moon Knight to join the "Marvel Knights"; but mere days after he joined, the group dissolved following clashes with the forces of [[Tombstone]] and [[Fu Manchu]]. Deciding that a return to basics was in order, he re-established his Hero for Hire activities, intervening in a gang war between Tombstone and [[Hammerhead]], and soon learned that, despite his international fame, he was almost forgotten on the streets where he had originally made his reputation. He invested his money in a bar and set about ridding his immediate neighborhood of criminal elements, deciding that the business of world-saving was best left to others.

After a one-night stand with a drunken Jessica Jones, now a private investigator, Cage's life was briefly thrown into disarray by Jones's reaction to the fling; but the two made peace while working as bodyguards for Matt Murdock, whose public denial of his Daredevil costumed identity cost him a bit of Cage's respect. Shortly afterward, Cage extended emotional support to Jones when she was forced to revisit past abuses by the villainous [[Purple Man]], and Cage's feelings for her grew. When Jones revealed that she was pregnant from their tryst, she and Cage moved in together. Soon afterward, Jones became a superhuman consultant with the Daily Bugle, where Jameson's ire at Cage has by no means dwindled over the years. Cage was recently recruited into a new incarnation of the Avengers, New York's premiere super-team; but whether this venture into teamwork, perhaps the farthest from his roots yet, will fare any better than usual remains to be seen.

Jessica and Cage are now the parents of an unnamed daughter and have gotten married.
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[[category:Marvel Knights]]
[[category:Avengers]]
[[category:Fantastic Four]]
[[category:Civil War]]
[[category:Thunderbolts]]

File:Acotilletta2--Flashmob.jpg

Acotilletta2 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:35:29 GMT

Acotilletta2: Image taken from Shadowland: Power Man #2.

Image taken from Shadowland: Power Man #2.

Iron Fist (Danny Rand)

Acotilletta2 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:33:09 GMT

Acotilletta2: added link

{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| real_name = Daniel Thomas Rand-K'ai
| identity = Publicly known
| occupation = Adventurer; formerly co-owner of Rand-Meachum, Inc., bodyguard, private investigator, research assistant, warrior
| place_of_birth = Unrevealed
| groups = Formerly [[Avengers]], [[Heroes for Hire]], [[Secret Defenders]], "Defenders for a Day"
| citizenship = Dual citizenship in K'un-Lun and the U.S.A.
| education = High school equivalent of K'un-Lun
| aliases = Daredevil, Daniel Thomas Rand, the Living Weapon, Young Dragon
| relatives = [[Rand-K'ai, Wendell|Wendell Rand-K'ai]] (father, deceased), [[Silver Dragon|Heather Duncan Rand]] (Silver Dragon, mother, deceased), [[Death Sting|Miranda Rand-K'ai]] (Death Sting, half-sister), [[Yu-Ti]] (August Personage in Jade, adopted uncle), Lord Tuan (adopted paternal grandfather, deceased), Lady Ming (adopted paternal grandmother, deceased), Thomas Duncan (maternal grandfather)
| height = 5' 11"
| weight = 175 lbs.
| eyes = Blue
| hair = Blond
| powers = Through concentration, Iron Fist can harness his spiritual energy, or chi, to augment his physical and mental capabilities to peak human levels. By focusing his chi into his hand, he can tap the superhuman energy of Shou-Lao and temporarily render his fist superhumanly powerful, immune to pain and injury; however, this process is mentally draining, and he usually needs recovery time before he can repeat it. Iron Fist can heal himself of any injury or illness and project this power to heal others. He can sense mystic energy, particularly that which is related to K'un-Lun. He is capable of fusing his consciousness with that of another person, enabling each to perceive the other's emotions and memories. He has unusually keen eyesight, but it is unclear if it extends to superhuman level. His entire body is oriented to combat, enabling him to adapt to any environment with minimal exposure. At times, he has absorbed energy directed at himself and channeled it to augment his own power. Under certain circumstances, he can even focus his chi to create nexus points between dimensions.
| abilities = Iron Fist is an exceptional athlete, acrobat, and hand-to-hand combatant. He is a master of all of K'un-Lun's martial arts and many of Earth's, trained in the use of virtually all martial arts weapons. He has near-complete control over his nervous system, enabling him to deaden himself to pain. | features = Stylized dragon brand on chest
| debut = Marvel Premiere #15 (1974)
| origin =
| significant_issues =
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bio_text= Daniel Rand is the son of [[Rand-K'ai, Wendell|Wendell Rand]], who had, as a youth, visited the mystic city of K'un-Lun, which materialized in the Himalayas once a decade; founded roughly a million years ago by extraterrestrials, K'un-Lun was co-ruled by the aliens' descendants and powerful beings called the [[Dragon Kings]], who were themselves subject to the godlike sorcerer [[Master Khan]]. Rand had saved the life of K'un-Lun's ruler Lord Tuan, who adopted Rand as his heir, to the resentment of Tuan's son, [[Yu-Ti]]. During his time in K'un-Lun, Rand married a woman named Shakari and fathered a daughter, [[Death Sting|Miranda Rand-K'ai]]. At some point, Rand won ritual combat against Davos, son of K'un-Lun's greatest warrior, [[Lei Kung the Thunderer]], which entitled him to claim the power of [[Shou-Lao the Undying]], a man transformed into a mystic serpent over a thousand years ago by the [[Dragon King Chiantang]]; however, although great K'un-Lun warriors had periodically wielded Shou-Lao's power as the Iron Fist, Rand declined the power. Ten years after coming to K'un-Lun, Rand was showing Shakari the restored nexus when Yu-Ti's men attacked them. Shakari was slain, and the grief-stricken Rand returned to Earth. Within a year, he became a successful businessman and married Heather Duncan. In his absence, Lord Tuan died and became ruler of [[Feng-Tu]], abode of K'un-Lun's departed spirits, leaving Yu-Ti to rule K'un-Lun, while Lei Kung, shamed by [[Steel Serpent (Davos)|Davos]]' defeat, banished his son to Earth.

When Daniel Rand was nine, at roughly the time K'un-Lun was scheduled to materialize, his father decided to bring him and Heather to K'un-Lun. Accompanied by Rand's business partner [[Meachum, Harold|Harold Meachum]], they traveled to the Himalayas, but Wendell fell from a mountain ledge; clutching the edge, he called to Meachum for help, but Meachum, hoping to control Rand's business shares, caused Wendell to plunge to his death. Shortly afterward, Heather sacrificed her life to protect Daniel from a wolf pack, and her spirit ascended to Feng-Tu. The denizens of K'un-Lun found Daniel and took him in, while a frostbite-crippled Meachum learned of Daniel's survival and spent the next decade preparing elaborate defenses against future attack.

[[image: ironfist01.jpg|thumb|left|202px]]Vowing to avenge his parents, Daniel Rand studied martial arts under Lei Kung while growing up in K'un-Lun. His closest friends were Miranda Rand-K'ai, whom he did not know was his half-sister, and a K'un-Lun boy named [[D'hu Tsien, Conal|Conal D'hu-Tsien]]. At nineteen, Rand requested and earned an opportunity to win the power of the Iron Fist by confronting Shou-Lao the Undying, whose power resided within a flaming brazier. Rand slew Shou-Lao, a feat no other warrior had ever accomplished, and plunged his hands into the brazier, imbuing himself with the mystic energy of the Iron Fist. Unknown to Rand, Shou-Lao's death angered Chiantang, who sought to destroy K'un-Lun in response but was imprisoned by Master Khan. Shortly afterward, Rand fought off jealous peers with the aid of Conal and Miranda, whom Conal had taught martial arts in defiance of K'un-Lun law. Fleeing K'un-Lun, Miranda and Conal were captured by K'un-Lun's ancestral enemies, the plant-beings called the [[H'lythri]], and presumed dead. The dimensional nexus opened on schedule, and Rand, as Iron Fist, traveled to New York, seeking vengeance on Meachum. Meachum knew of Danny's return and placed a bounty of ten thousand dollars on his head. The open contract left Rand open to attacks from other costumed menaces such as the man called [[Scythe]]. Iron Fist eventually overcame Meachum's defenses, but on seeing Meachum was an invalid, he spared the broken man.

Meachum was instead slain by the ghostly Ninja, a servant of Master Khan. Blamed for the murder, Iron Fist eventually cleared himself with the help of two private detectives he befriended, samurai-trained [[Wing, Colleen|Colleen Wing]] and cyborg ex-cop [[Knight, Misty|Misty Knight]]. Nonetheless, Iron Fist often had hostile relations with his new business partners, Meachum's brother, [[Meachum, Ward|Ward]], and daughter, [[Meachum, Joy|Joy]]. Iron Fist's adventures continued against the likes of the [[Cult of Kara-Kai]], worshippers of the goddess Kali; [[Warhawk (Mitchell Tanner)|Warhawk]], a war veteran turned assassin empowered by a process similar to that of [[Cage, Luke|Luke Cage]]; and the alien robot known as the [[Monstroid]]. In the process, he learned that the Ninja was using Colleen Wing's father, Lee, as a host; Iron Fist ended this magical possession.

Soon afterward, Iron Fist fought the [[Steel Serpent (unrevealed)|Steel Serpent]], a master martial artist specializing in the delayed death touch. The Serpent had twice in the past been defeated by Yu-Ti in attempts to take over K'un Lun, and he fell victim to his own power during his assault on Iron Fist. Rand then encountered a woman named [[Jade (embodiment)|Jade]] and defended her from agents of [[Dhasha Khan]], a demonic warrior sorcerer who had conquered Feng-Tu; however, more of Khan's agents abducted Iron Fist and Jade, whom Iron Fist learned was the embodiment of humanity's nobility, her soul bonded with the cosmic Firebird. Iron Fist was defeated by Khan's enslaved warrior, the Silver Dragon, while Khan used his mystic Soulgem to rob Jade of the Firebird, which he used to transform Earth. Iron Fist defeated the Silver Dragon and discovered she was the spirit of his mother, Heather Rand. Iron Fist then defeated Khan in battle, using the Soulgem to restore Earth and return his mother to a peaceful afterlife. Although he had fallen in love with Jade and wished she could remain mortal, he knew that humanity needed the Firebird, and he used the Soulgem to restore Jade.

Over the next few months, Iron Fist became a noted crimefighter and clashed with enemies such as Master Khan, [[Scimitar (servant)|Scimitar]], [[Chaka (Robert Chao)|Chaka]], the [[Wrecking Crew]], [[Drom|Drom, the Backwards Man]] and [[Sabretooth]]. He sometimes worked with other heroic martial artists such as the [[Sons of the Tiger]], the [[White Tiger (Hector Ayala)|White Tiger]], and [[Shang-Chi]], the latter helping him save K'un-Lun from the sorcerer [[Quan-St'ar]]. Iron Fist then faced Davos, Lei Kung's banished son, who sought to steal the Iron Fist power. Also calling himself Steel Serpent, Davos briefly succeeded in usurping the power before losing it back to and being defeated by Iron Fist; his soul was imprisoned within the alien Contemplator's Anomaly Gem.

[[image: ironfist02.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]Iron Fist became Misty Knight's lover; he defended her from Luke Cage, a super-strong mercenary blackmailed into serving Knight's enemy, [[Powermaster|Bushmaster]]. Iron Fist, Knight, and Colleen Wing helped Cage break Bushmaster's hold, and Iron Fist soon formed a partnership with Cage as [[Heroes for Hire]], taking assignments as bodyguards and private investigators. While Iron Fist and the cynically down-to-earth Cage were very different, they shared a dedication to justice and became best friends. Soon, Iron Fist and Cage confronted Master Khan, whom they pursued to K'un-Lun. Reunited with Lei Kung, Iron Fist was appalled to learn that the population had been decimated by the H'ylthri, and he and Cage led K'un-Lun's remaining warriors against their foes; however, Iron Fist's time on Earth had changed him, and he became disillusioned by K'un-Lun's regimented culture. He was then captured by his adoptive uncle, Yu-Ti, who hoped to use him to appease Master Khan; however, even Khan feared the full power of the Iron Fist and was threatened into releasing his enemies. Iron Fist destroyed the mystic emerald that stabilized K'un-Lun's link to Earth, making future interfaces unpredictable, then returned to New York with Cage. Khan himself became trapped on Earth and was unable to prevent Chiantang from escaping and almost destroying K'un-Lun.

Khan later enlisted Ward Meachum, Cage's enemies [[Shades]] and [[Comanche]], and [[Ferocia|Fera]] in a plot against Iron Fist; Fera was actually one of the wolves who had slain Heather Rand, granted human form via the magical power of Shirrair and enslaved by Master Khan. Khan used the Power Gem of Quon to steal Iron Fist's power and life force, nearly killing him; but with the aid of Cage, Misty, Colleen, the vigilante [[Aguila (Alejandro Montoya)|el Aguila]], and policeman [[Scarfe, Rafe|Rafe Scarfe]], Iron Fist regained his power and banished Khan again. Many months later, Iron Fist and Cage befriended [[Super-Skrull|Bobby Wright]], a troubled boy who could transform into the superhuman Captain Hero; unknown to them, "Wright" was the Super-Skrull, a powerful alien whom Master Khan had mesmerized into befriending Iron Fist. Meanwhile, Khan himself usurped the form of police officer Tyrone King and began romancing Misty Knight to undermine his enemy.

Shortly afterward, Iron Fist was exposed to deadly radiation and, accompanied by Cage and Wing, he returned to K'un-Lun. Instructed in the use of his healing power by Lei Kung, Iron Fist learned that Chiantang's attack had been in response to Shou-Lao's death and became overwhelmed with guilt, but recovered with the help of his friends, who banished Chiantang. Preparing to return to Earth, Iron Fist was secretly ambushed by the H'ylthri, who sent a duplicate, believing itself to be Iron Fist, in his place. As for Chiantang, he too appeared on Earth, where Khan, as Tyrone King, slew him; however, even Khan was unaware of the H'ylthri's substitution. Shortly afterward, the Iron Fist duplicate attempted to heal "Bobby Wright", who was supposedly dying; the attempt seemed successful, but "Wright" suffered a relapse and, as Captain Hero, beat the duplicate to death in a rage. Khan, believing his enemy dead, then dismissed the Super-Skrull and eventually abandoned his King identity, leaving Cage to take the blame for the death of "Iron Fist".

For months the true Iron Fist remained the H'ylthri's captive, but when the Super-Skrull impersonated Iron Fist himself, Knight and Wing learned that the "Iron Fist" they had buried had reverted to plant-like remains. Following the Super-Skrull's defeat by [[Sub-Mariner|Namor the Sub-Mariner]], Knight and Wing brought Namor to K'un-Lun, where they rescued Iron Fist. Soon afterward, Iron Fist helped Cage defeat Bushmaster again, but while Cage was pleased to see his friend alive, he was uninterested in re-forming Heroes for Hire. When Master Khan vengefully rendered Namor amnesiac, Iron Fist helped Knight and others find Namor, restore his memory and confront Khan, whom Namor apparently slew.

[[image: ironfist03.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]Iron Fist went on to aid other heroes against threats such as the mystic [[Legion of Vengeance]], the feral mutant Sabretooth, and the forces of the mutated serial killer [[Carnage (Cletus Kasady)|Carnage]]. When Rand began to lose faith in himself, the [[Contemplator (Tath Ki)|Contemplator]] realized Iron Fist's inner turmoil was upsetting the cosmic balance through his link to Shou-Lao's power. He had Iron Fist reassemble the Anomaly Gem, shattered during the H'ylthri invasion; this resurrected the Steel Serpent, who stole Rand's power and tried to conquer K'un-Lun. Given new purpose per the Contemplator's plan, Iron Fist battled Steel Serpent and reclaimed his power, then renewed his relationship with Misty Knight. Months later, when New York's most prominent super heroes were seemingly slain by the psychic entity [[Onslaught (entity)|Onslaught]], Iron Fist resolved to give the world hope and mystically bound himself to K'un-Lun, hoping to bring it to Earth and remake the world.

After Namor the Sub-Mariner's Oracle, INC bought out Rand-Meachum, Iron Fist gained funding and formed an expanded version of Heroes for Hire to renew people's confidence in heroes. This team reunited him with Cage, though the group proved to be temporary; the members were less than pleased when Namor sold Oracle (and by extension Heroes for Hire) to Stark-Fujikawa. After their new employers fired Cage and [[Ant-Man (Scott Lang)|Ant-Man]] (Scott Lang) for their prison records, the remaining members disbanded. Weeks later, Iron Fist was manipulated into stealing the powerful [[Zodiac Key]] by Death Sting, actually Miranda Rand-K'ai, who, along with [[Conal]], had been pressed into H'ylthri service. Iron Fist fought the pair and their H'ylthri masters, and both Death Sting and Conal were believed slain, although Death Sting survived.

Meanwhile, the heroes supposedly slain by Onslaught had returned, and Iron Fist, belatedly realizing that humanity would reject rule by K'un-Lun, sought to stop the process he had begun; but young Hand assassin [[Iron Fist (Junzo Muto)|Junzo Muto]] stole his power in order to bring K'un-Lun to Japan. Heather Rand's spirit told Iron Fist that Muto could not succeed without him, leaving K'un-Lun to move on to an unknown fate. Unwilling to risk K'un-Lun's destruction, Iron Fist teamed with [[Wolverine (James Howlett)|Wolverine]], Yu-Ti and others to defeat Muto, but not before K'un-Lun began to merge with the city of Tokyo. Yu-Ti then stabbed Iron Fist, reasoning that his death would un-merge the cities. K'un-Lun indeed returned to its proper place, but Iron Fist was met in Feng-Tu by his proud parents, who restored him to life.

Back in New York, former Heroes for Hire foe Nightshade resurrected Chiantang to use him against her current enemy, the [[Black Panther (T'Challa)|Black Panther]]. Chiantang turned on her, re-empowered Iron Fist, and mentally enslaved him to fight the Panther, but Iron Fist regained his senses and helped defeat Chiantang. Returning to crime fighting, he found it unsatisfying and left New York to seek a new path. Yet all paths, it seemed, led back to K'un-Lun, for he soon faced Chi, a sorcerer exiled from K'un-Lun a millennium before, who hoped to use Iron Fist's unique bond to K'un-Lun for conquest. Iron Fist defeated Chi, accepting his heroic role anew.

Danny's recently come back into the spotlight, taking up the mantle of Daredevil while Matt Murdock was incarcerated.

[[image: Acotilletta2--Iron Fist modern green.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]With the recent passage of Superhuman Registration Act, Danny chose to not register and was considered an enemy of the state. When a Chinese business man showed interest in a contract with the Rand Company, Danny became suspicious and ended up badly battered after a fight with [[Hydra]]. He then felt someone else using the power of the Iron Fist, and met his predecessor, [[Iron Fist (Orson Randall)|Orson Randall]], who informed him that he not only knew his father, but taught him as well. He followed Orson down to his father's secret subway station, was given the Book of the Iron Fist and was told that the history and truth of his title was in this book, and that it would prepare him for the Tournament of the Heavenly cities. After battling the Steel Serpent, Orson sacrificed himself, but before dying, he allowed Danny to touch his heart and take his chi. Danny rose to fight the Steel Serpent as equals, now with the powers of Orson Randall within him, but Danny was summoned back to K'un-Lun by his master Lei Kung for the tournament.

The tournament consisted not only of K'un-Lun but also the six other cities of Heaven. Together these seven cities formed the [[Heart of Heaven]]; the arena where the tournament was held. Each city had an immortal weapon to represent it, each with their own unique abilities. Rand was chosen to first fight the enormous [[Fat Cobra]], but the blinding speed and fighting prowess of this opponent was too much for him. Iron Fist lost the match. However, losing benefited Rand for he was able to travel back to Earth and visit with a man named [[Lucky Pierre (Ernst Erskine)|Ernst Erskine]] to find out more about his predecessor, Orson Randall. During his stay, Danny saved Ernst and his associates, formerly known as the [[Confederates of the Curious]], from being killed by agents of Hydra. Upon his return to K'un-Lun, Danny found an ally in the [[Prince of Orphans (John Aman)|Prince of Orphans]], another immortal weapon also familiar with Randall. Together the two of them helped unite the other tournament combatants against Hydra and their newest benefactor, a man known only as [[Xao (HYDRA)|Xao]]. Xao wanted to destroy K'un-Lun, but in the process he would have destroyed the other cities as well. This new team of [[Immortal Weapons]] easily defeated Hydra and foiled Xao's plans. Meanwhile, Lei Kung and his [[Army of Thunder]] cast out the corrupt Yu-Ti, and Kung took his place. The Immortal Weapons decided to remain on Earth to assist Iron Fist in finding a rumored [[The Eighth City|Eighth Capital City of Heaven]], and after a near death experience for Danny at the hands of [[Cheng, Zhou|Zhou Cheng]], servant of the monstrous [[Ch'i-Lin]], they had.

He and the other Immortal Weapons journeyed to the Eighth City to free political prisoners exiled there by past rulers of K'un-Lun, but they were imprisoned by the city's ruler, ancient [[Iron Fist (Quan Yaozu)]]. After escaping with the other Weapons, Rand returned to Earth, learning his company had largely collapsed; he used his remaining funds to open the Rand Foundation, a philanthropic organization. He also learned his fiancée, Misty Knight, was apparently pregnant; both were unaware his chi energy had caused a false pregnancy. When Steve Rogers placed Cage in charge of a new team of Avengers based out of the rebuilt Avengers Mansion, Rand joined. Before long, the team was embroiled in a war with the mystical entity [[Agamotto]], who wished to reclaim [[Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)|Dr. Stephen Strange]]'s Eye of Agamotto amulet; during this, Iron Fist was drawn into Agamotto's dimension, where Agamotto marked Rand as his champion with a new white costume.

After his friend Daredevil (Matt Murdock) fell under the ninja cult the Hand's influence, building the massive Shadowland fortress in Hell's Kitchen and apparently executing his nemesis [[Bullseye]], Iron Fist and several of his vigilante allies confronted Murdock, but Daredevil, possessed by the Hand's demonic master the [[Beast (Hand)|Beast]], ignited a full-on war on the streets of New York. Iron Fist assisted in ending the situation by helping to cleanse Murdock of the Beast's influence with a burst of chi energy. During the crisis, Rand and Cage met [[Power Man (Victor Alvarez)]], a teenager with chi-absorbing abilities. Rand eventually befriended the boy and took him under his wing, teaching him to master his powers. Soon afterward, Danny and Misty discovered the truth behind her "pregnancy," ending their relationship; Danny subsequently began dating Joy Meachum.

[[image: Acotilletta2--Iron Fist Asgardian enhanced.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Asgardian-enhanced]]While under the control of Columbina, a member of the immortal bodiless assassins the [[Commedia Dell'Morte]], former Heroes for Hire employee Jennie Royce killed her abusive lover, Heroes for Hire associate [[Crime- Buster (Eugene Mason)]]. The murder was orchestrated by Joseph Duffy (secretly white supremacist leader Gerry Kammill), head of the for-profit prison operator Penance Corporation; Mason, one of several vigilantes Penance hired to burnish the company's image, had recognized Duffy as Kammill. Royce contacted Rand, asking for help; after encountering the Commedia, vengeful Darkforce-manipulating vigilante [[Noir (Sa'ida Zebari)]](whose father Duffy had murdered), and sociopathic gambler [[Pokerface]], Power Man and Iron Fist uncovered Duffy's guilt, but were unable to bring him to justice before Noir killed him. Iron Fist and the other Weapons were summoned to the Himalayas when the hammer of Greithoth, the Breaker of Wills, fell there and tore open the gate to the Eighth City, releasing demons into China. When they failed to prevent the [[Absorbing Man]] from possessing the hammer, they tried to close the gate to the Eighth City, but Agamotto reasserted his control over Iron Fist, who attacked his teammates. [[War Machine (James Rhodes)]] incapacitated him, allowing the other Weapons to close the portal, before Iron Fist joined the [[Avengers]] in stopping the [[Asgardians|Asgardian]] [[Serpent (Cul)]], using borrowed Asgardian-enhanced weaponry. Later, Dr. Strange recruited Iron Fist, [[Namor]], the [[Silver Surfer]] and [[Red She-Hulk]] to help him stop [[Nul]], the personification of [[Hulk (Bruce Banner)|Hulk]]'s negative emotions.
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Noir (Sa'ida Zebari)

Acotilletta2 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:30:13 GMT

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universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| blurb =
| real_name = Sa'ida Zebari
| aliases = None
| identity = Secret
| occupation = Employee at undisclosed Dark Force Project
| citizenship = Unrevealed
| place_of_birth = Unrevealed
| relatives = Muhammed Zebari (father, deceased)
| groups = None
| education = Unrevealed
| height = Unrevealed
| weight = Unrevealed
| eyes = Brown (as Sa'ida); solid white (as Noir)
| hair = Brown (as Sa'ida); black (as Noir)
| powers = Noir has command over [[Glossary:D#Darkforce|Darkforce]] energies, enabling her to transform into a silhouette at will. She can create Darkforce platforms, allowing her to run on air, and she can alter her density to pass through solid objects or avoid being hit physically by allowing them to pass through her.
| abilities =
| weapons = Noir uses two pistols that fire Darkforce bullets. The bullets envelope the target, immobilizing them, and in the case of a superhuman opponent, the bullets can temporarily nullify bio-electric energy powers.
| paraphernalia = None
| debut = Power Man and Iron Fist #1 (2011)
| origin = Unrevealed
| significant_issues = Ambushed Power Man while searching for her father's killer (Power Man and Iron Fist #1, 2011); attacked Iron Fist when she believed he discovered the person responsible for murdering her father (Power Man and Iron Fist #3, 3011); killed Aryan leader Gerry Kammill, the man who murdered her father (Power Man and Iron Fist #5, 2011)
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bio_text= Sa'ida Zebari is an employee of an undisclosed Dark Force Project, apparently manipulating [[Glossary:D#Darkforce|Darkforce]] energies, and at some point was exposed to them, gaining powers as a result. Her father, Muhammed Zebari was a former prison chaplain who founded the Penance Group; a private business seeking to take over prison security from the government. Muhammed was killed by Aryan prison gang Divine Right's leader Gerry Kammill, who then took the alias Joseph Duffy and placed himself as head of Penance Group, steadily replacing Penance Group's employees with Divine Right's members to control [[Ryker's Island]] penitentiary from the inside. Seeking to avenge her father, Sa'ida searched for his killer under the moniker Noir and had confrontations with [[Power Man (Victor Alvarez)]] and [[Iron Fist (Danny Rand)]], who were investigating a separate matter involving Kammill. She somehow learned of Divine Right's activities, discovering Kammill was responsible for murdering her father. As Kammill fled from Power Man and Iron Fist, Noir hid in his helicopter until it flew over the water, heading to New Jersey, and then she shot him, leaving Kammill to fall into the river. Although Iron Fist wanted to arrest Noir for her crimes, Power Man convinced him not to as her powers were needed to help protect Manhattan.
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Power Man (Victor Alvarez)

Acotilletta2 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:26:50 GMT

Acotilletta2: fixed link

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universe =
| blurb =
| real_name = Victor Hernan Alvarez
| aliases = None
| identity = Secret
| occupation = Student, Rand Foundation employee; former mercenary, pizzeria employee
| citizenship = USA
| place_of_birth = Unrevealed
| relatives = Mr. Alvarez (Shades, first name unrevealed, father, deceased), Reina Alvarez (mother), Ignacio Alvarez (uncle), Sofia Alvarez (cousin), unidentified aunt, unidentified twin cousins, unidentified grandmother (deceased)
| groups = [[Avengers Academy]] student body, partner of [[Iron Fist (Danny Rand)]]
| education = Ongoing studies at Avengers Academy; attended classes at The Alison Blaire School for the Performing Arts, trained at School of Thunder
| height = 5'9"
| weight = 160 lbs.
| eyes = Brown
| hair = Black
| powers = Victor can absorb chi (life force) from his environment, granting him superhuman strength (Class 25), generation of personal force fields and, accelerated healing; Victor glows when empowered. He can explode chi outward through punches, use chi to enhance the vitality or superpowers of others while in direct contact, and can channel messages through bioelectric frequencies. Victor once absorbed chi from multiple sources simultaneously, briefly growing giant-sized with increased strength. He sometimes experiences memories of those who died in the tenement explosion. Bioelectric jamming devices can temporarily inhibit Victor’s power.
| abilities = Through absorbing De Paz’s memories and from direct training from Iron Fist, Victor is a skilled martial artist.
| weapons = None
| paraphernalia = None
| debut = Shadowland: Power Man #1 (2010)
| origin =
| significant_issues =
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bio_text= While Reina Alvarez was pregnant with Victor, her criminal husband, "[[Shades]]," was imprisoned. Upon release, Shades became a costumed super-villain, frequently battled [[Heroes for Hire]] [[Cage, Luke|Power Man (Luke Cage)]] and [[Iron Fist (Danny Rand)]], and left Reina for another woman. Later, when teenage Victor was attempting reconciliation with now-reformed Shades, their old tenement building was destroyed in a super-hero battle between [[Daredevil (Matthew Murdock)]] and [[Bullseye]], killing all present except Victor, who survived because Shade's energy-projecting visor shattered, embedding Victor's skin with bioelectric energy absorbing crystal shards which let him permanently absorb every resident's chi (life force) and erect a force field; from Javier De Paz, former student at Iron Fist's School of Thunder, Victor absorbed mastery of [[K'un-Lun]] martial arts. Cage having long since abandoned the soubriquet, Victor later marketed himself as Power Man, Spanish Harlem's hero for hire.

When Daredevil (Matt Murdock) used [[Hand]] ninjas to police Manhattan, Victor saved a prostitute from [[Cottonmouth (Cornell Cottonmouth)|Cornell Cottonmouth]] and three ninjas that sought to punish her. The dishonored ninjas recognized Victor's fighting style as Iron Fist's and confronted Fist about it, alerting Fist to Victor's existence. Believing Victor was using Shade's optic visor, its creator [[Nightshade (Tilda Johnson)]] sent a super villain [[Flashmob]] to retrieve it, but Victor fought them off with help from Cage and Iron Fist. The ninja trio discerned Victor's identity from a news article and kidnapped his cousin Sofia to lure him to Daredevil's fortress for vengeance. At that time, Nightshade offered Victor a job in her criminal organization, but Victor rejected her then journeyed to Shadowland where the three ninjas sacrificed themselves to summon a giant demon warrior. Shade's spirit appeared and made Victor aware he could absorb chi from multiple sources simultaneously, which allowed him to grow to giant proportions, defeat the demon and save Sofia. Victor then accepted Fist's offers of martial arts training and employment at Fist's philanthropic Rand Foundation. Victor subsequently stopped advertising his services after helping [[Spider-Man (Peter Parker)]] defeat the [[Looter]] and a hostile extraterrestrial entity; and at some point, began attending the Alison Blaire School for the Performing Arts.

When Muhammed Zebari founded private prison security firm Penance Group, he assembled a super-hero board that included reformed criminal [[Crime-Buster (Eugene Mason)]]. Founder of Aryan prison gang Divine Right, Gerry Kammill, killed Zebari as part of a plot to expand his criminal empire through taking over Penance Group and running Rykers Island penitentiary through it. Crime-Buster recognized Kammill, who sent Crime-Buster overseas before he could reveal Kammill's identity to the board. There, Crime-Buster ran afoul of European assassins [[Commedia Dell'Morte]] but kidnapped member Columbina to escape back to the States. After somehow gaining possession of Columbina's enchanted mask, Kammill gave it to Jennie Royce, Heroes for Hire's former secretary and Crime-Buster's lover, possibly knowing Columbina's spirit would possess Royce and likely murder Crime-Buster; Kammill then gave the mask to crimeboss [[Pokerface]] to hide Kammill's involvement. While investigating Crime-Buster's death, Victor and Fist encountered Darkforce wielding [[Noir (Sa'ida Zebari)]], seeking to avenge her father. Victor learned of a black market auction for Columbina's mask at Pokerface's undersea casino some time before Kammill's Penance Group ambushed him and took him to Rykers. Fist allied with the Commedia Dell'Morte, who sought vengeance for the mask’s misuse, and worked with them to free Victor and defeat Kammill's organizations. Noir shot Kammill while he tried to escape, apparently killing him, but Victor convinced Fist to not turn her over to authorities, as her powers were needed to help protect Manhattan; Commedia Dell'Morte regained control of the mask. Victor later aided [[Cho, Amadeus|Amadeus Cho]] against the [[Asgardians|Asgardian]] fear god [[Serpent (Cul)]]'s forces in Hawaii and enrolled as a part-time [[Avengers Academy]] student in California.
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Pokerface

Acotilletta2 — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:37:34 GMT

Acotilletta2: New profile: Pokerface (sources: PM and IF #2-4)

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universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| blurb =
| real_name = Unrevealed
| aliases = None
| identity = Secret
| occupation = Professional gambler, Twilight Idol casino owner
| citizenship = Vietnam
| place_of_birth = Somewhere in Vietnam
| relatives = Unidentified wife (deceased)
| groups = Pokerface commands the Wild Cards
| education = Unrevealed
| height = Unrevealed
| weight = Unrevealed
| eyes = Brown (right); missing left eye
| hair = Brown
| powers = None
| abilities = Due to a furnace poker having been driven through the part of his brain that registered emotion, Pokerface became the greatest gambler in the world.
| weapons = None
| paraphernalia = Pokerface employs several Heart-Club-Diamond attendants.
| debut = Power Man and Iron Fist #2 (2011)
| origin = Power Man and Iron Fist #3 (2011)
| significant_issues = Invited Power Man and Iron Fist to his Twilight Idol casino (Power Man and Iron Fist #2, 2011); wagered with Iron Fist for Power Man's life and location of K'un-Lun (Power Man and Iron Fist #3, 2011); escaped Iron Fist but had poker ripped out of his face by Power Man (Power Man and Iron Fist #4, 2011)
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main_image= Acotilletta2--Pokerface.jpg
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bio_text= Previously succumbing to fits of rage, Pokerface murdered his wife and her lover, necessitating his departure from his home in Vietnam. On the ship to America, he was convinced others robbed him in a game of cards and sought to revenge himself by rigging the ship's boiler to detonate. The explosion drove a furnace poker through his brain, severing the area which processed emotion. Freed from that burden, he became the world’s greatest gambler and eventually opened his own undersea casino called Twilight Idol, employing several Heart-Club-Diamond attendants. In addition to gambling, Pokerface hosted an Auction of Silence where guests were forbidden to speak to prevent collusion between bidders, enforcing his rules with sonic dampeners. One of the items in his auction was the enchanted mask of Columbina, a member of the [[Commedia Dell'Morte]] assassin troupe; the mask was used in the murder of reformed villain [[Crime-Buster (Eugene Mason)]] and was later given to Pokerface by Aryan prison gang leader Gerry Kammill, but whether or not Pokerface had knowledge of the murder is unrevealed. [[Power Man (Victor Alvarez)]] and [[Iron Fist (Danny Rand)]]'s investigation into Crime-Buster's killing led them to Twilight Idol, and Pokerface calculated they wanted to know who gave him the mask. [[image:Acotilletta2--H-C-D.jpg|left|140px|thumb|Heart-Club-Diamond attendant]] [[image:Acotilletta2--Wild Cards.jpg|left|190px|thumb|Wild Cards]] Abducting Power Man to fight his Wild Cards (vagrants transformed into mindless killers through various hallucinogenic drugs), Pokerface bet Iron Fist how many opponents Power Man could defeat; if he lost, Iron Fist would reveal the location of his adopted home, [[K'un-Lun]], and if he won, he would get the information he came for. Although Iron Fist won the wager, Pokerface tricked him into revealing K'un-Lun's location in the Himalayas and fled. Pokerface was intercepted by Power Man, who pulled the poker out of his head, leaving him in incredible pain. When the casino was accidentally flooded by Iron Fist during another battle, Pokerface was swept away by ocean waters.
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[[category:International]]
[[category:Villains]]

File:Acotilletta2--Wild Cards.jpg

Acotilletta2 — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:12:29 GMT

Acotilletta2: Image taken from Power Man and Iron Fist #3.

Image taken from Power Man and Iron Fist #3.

File:Acotilletta2--H-C-D.jpg

Acotilletta2 — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:11:40 GMT

Acotilletta2: Image taken from Power Man and Iron Fist #2.

Image taken from Power Man and Iron Fist #2.

File:Acotilletta2--Pokerface.jpg

Acotilletta2 — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:10:32 GMT

Acotilletta2: Image taken from Power Man and Iron Fist #2.

Image taken from Power Man and Iron Fist #2.

File:Acotilletta2--Cornell Cottonmouth.jpg

Acotilletta2 — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:08:27 GMT

Acotilletta2: Background images taken from Power Man #19-20, and Shadowland: Power Man #1 and 4. Foreground image taken from Power Man #19. Image composition by acotilletta.

Background images taken from Power Man #19-20, and Shadowland: Power Man #1 and 4. Foreground image taken from Power Man #19. Image composition by acotilletta.

Avengers

Acotilletta2 — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:01:58 GMT

Acotilletta2: Reverted edits by Gemitchell (Talk) to last revision by Primecut

{{teambox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| base_of_operations = [[Avengers Tower|Stark Tower]], midtown Manhattan; [[Infinite Avengers Mansion]], created by Hank Pym and exists in Underspace; formerly [[Avengers Mansion]] (a.k.a. Avengers Embassy), 890 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York; a deep space monitoring station in the asteroid belt between the planets Mars and Jupiter; [[Avengers Headquarters]], Manhattan; [[Avengers Compound]], Palos Verdes, California; [[Avengers Island]] (a.k.a. Hydrobase); [[Avengers Park]], Manhattan; [[Avengers Emergency Headquarters]], somewhere outside New York City.
| debut = Avengers #1 (1963)
| significant_issues = [[OHOTMU:Bibliography-Avengers_2007#Avengers|Official Handbook Bibliography]]
| current_members = [[Cage, Luke|Luke Cage]], [[Winter Soldier|Captain America]] (Bucky Barnes), [[Cho, Amadeus|Amadeus Cho]], [[Iron Man (Anthony Stark)|Iron Man]] (Anthony Stark), [[Jocasta]], [[Mockingbird]] (Bobbi Morse), [[Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers)|Ms. Marvel]] (Carol Danvers), [[Quicksilver]] (Pietro Maximoff), [[Hawkeye (Clint Barton)|Hawkeye]] (Clint Barton), [[Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)|Spider-Woman]] (Jessica Drew), [[Spider-Man (Peter Parker)|Spider-Man]] (Peter Parker), [[Stature]] (Cassandra Lang), [[Thor (Thor Odinson)|Thor]], [[Vision]], [[Yellowjacket (Henry Pym)|Giant-Man]] (Ant-Man/Giant-Man/Goliath/Yellowjacket, Henry Pym), [[Wolverine (James Howlett)|Wolverine]] (James Howlett)
| former_members = [[Ant-Man (Scott Lang)|Ant-Man]] (Scott Lang), [[Ares]], [[Beast (Henry McCoy)|Beast]] (Hank McCoy), [[Black Knight (Dane Whitman)|Black Knight]] (Dane Whitman), [[Black Panther (T'Challa)|Black Panther]] (T'Challa), [[Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)|Black Widow]] (Natasha Romanova), [[Captain America (Steve Rogers)|Captain America]] (Steve Rogers), [[Lionheart|Captain Britain]] (Kelsey Leigh), [[Rambeau, Monica|Captain Marvel]] (Monica Rambeau), [[Crystal]] (Crystalia Maximoff), [[Darkhawk]] (Chris Powell), [[Demolition Man]] (Dennis Dunphy), [[Doctor Druid]] (Anthony Druid), [[Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)|Doctor Strange]] (Stephen Strange), [[Echo (Maya Lopez)|Echo]] (Maya Lopez), [[Falcon (Sam Wilson)|Falcon]] (Sam Wilson), [[Firebird]] (Bonita Juarez), [[Firestar]] (Angelica Jones), [[Forgotten One|Gilgamesh]], [[Hellcat]] (Patsy Walker), [[Hercules (Heracles)|Hercules]] (Heracles), [[Hulk (Bruce Banner)|Hulk]] (Bruce Banner), [[Human Torch (Jim Hammond)|Human Torch]] (Jim Hammond), [[Invisible Woman]] (Susan Richards), [[Iron Fist (Danny Rand)|Iron Fist]] (Danny Rand), [[Jack of Hearts]] (Jonathan Hart), [[Justice (Vance Astrovik)|Justice]] (Vance Astrovik), [[Living Lightning]] (Miguel Santos), [[Machine Man]] (X-51/Aaron Stack), [[Mantis]], [[Mister Fantastic]] (Reed Richards), [[Moon Knight]] (Marc Spector), [[Moondragon]] (Heather Douglas), [[Quasar (Wendell Vaughn)|Quasar]] (Wendell Vaughn), [[Rage]] (Elvin Holiday), [[Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)|Scarlet Witch]] (Wanda Maximoff), [[Loki|Scarlet Witch]] (Loki), [[Sandman (William Baker)|Sandman]] (William Baker), [[Sentry (Robert Reynolds)|Sentry]] (Robert Reynolds), [[Sersi]], [[She-Hulk]] (Jennifer Walters), [[Silverclaw]] (Lupe Santiago), [[Arachne (Julia Carpenter)|Spider-Woman]] (Julia Carpenter), [[Starfox]] (Eros), [[Stingray (Walter Newell)|Stingray]] (Walter Newell), [[Sub-Mariner]] (Namor McKenzie), [[Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne)|Swordman]] (Jacques Duquesne), [[Thing (Benjamin Grimm)|Thing]] (Benjamin Grimm), [[Thunderstrike]] (Eric Masterson), [[Tigra]] (Greer Nelson), [[Triathlon]] (Delroy Garrett Jr.), [[Two-Gun Kid]] (Matt Hawk), [[U.S.Agent]] (John Walker), [[Rhodes, James|War Machine]] (James Rhodes), [[Wasp]] (Janet Van Dyne), [[Wonder Man (Simon Williams)|Wonder Man]] (Simon Williams)
| other_members = [[Brandon, Moira|Moira Brandon]], [[Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)|Captain Marvel]] (Mar-Vell), [[Charlie-27]], [[Deathcry]], [[Iron Man (Timeslide)|Iron Man]] (alternate-timeline teenage Tony Stark), [[Jones, Rick|Rick Jones]], [[Magdalene]], [[Major Victory]] (Vance Astro, alternate future Vance Astrovik), [[Marrina]] (Marrina Smallwood), [[Martinex]] (Martinex T'Naga), [[Masque (Whitney Frost clone)|Masque]] ([[Madame Masque|Whitney Frost]], bio-duplicate, deceased), [[Nikki]] (Nicholette Gold), [[Ogord, Aleta|Starhawk]] (Aleta Ogord), [[Starhawk (Stakar Ogord)|Starhawk]] (Stakar Ogord), [[Swordsman (Phillip Jarvert)|Swordsman]] (Phillip Jarvert), [[Whizzer (Robert Frank)|Whizzer]] (Bob Frank), [[Yellowjacket (Rita DeMara)|Yellowjacket]] (Rita DeMara), [[Yondu]] (Yondu Udonta)
}}
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}}
{{teamhistory|
bio_text =
They are Earth's mightiest heroes, formed to fight the foes no single hero could withstand. The Avengers are the most prestigious and powerful super-hero team in the world, an ever-shifting assemblage of super-beings, adventurers and crime fighters devoted to protecting the planet from menaces beyond the scope of conventional authorities.
== Early Days ==
The group began with the random teaming of [[Thor (Thor Odinson)|Thor]], [[Iron Man (Anthony Stark)|Iron Man]], [[Yellowjacket (Henry Pym)|Ant-Man]], [[Wasp]] and [[Hulk (Bruce Banner)|Hulk]], who joined forces to thwart the [[Asgardians|Asgardian]] menace [[Loki]] in response to a call for help from Hulk's teen sidekick, [[Jones, Rick|Rick Jones]]. Pym suggested the heroes remain together as a team, and his partner Wasp suggested they call themselves "something colorful and dramatic, like...the Avengers." The name stuck, and a legend was born.

[[image:Avengersinline2.jpg|left|thumb]]Iron Man provided the group with financing and high-tech equipment in his dual identity as rich industrialist Tony Stark, donating his Manhattan residence to serve as their headquarters, [[Avengers Mansion]]. Stark's butler, [[Jarvis, Edwin|Edwin Jarvis]], stayed on as the mansion's principal servant and chief of staff, becoming a valued friend, confidant and advisor to the group. Stark also drew up a charter and by-laws to guide the team, and sought A-1 security clearance from the federal government, but he encountered resistance from the team's first National Security Council liaison, [[Murch|Special Agent Murch]], and the general public regarded the new team somewhat uneasily. Much of this early skepticism focused on the monstrous Hulk, who soon quit the team in a fit of rage, but the group's image improved dramatically after they recruited long-lost war hero [[Captain America (Steve Rogers)|Captain America]], who became the inspirational cornerstone of the Avengers. Thanks largely to his presence, the team won its A-1 security status and rapidly became the most respected super-hero team of its generation. This newfound prestige was sorely tested when the remaining founders retired from active duty for various personal reasons, leaving "Cap" alone to lead a roster of unlikely new recruits, all former criminals: the outlaw archer [[Ronin (Clint Barton)|Hawkeye]], and mutant terrorist twin siblings [[Quicksilver]] and the [[Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)|Scarlet Witch]]. The public was baffled, but Iron Man hoped that rehabilitating them might make up for the team's early failure with the Hulk. The new roster proved him right, and "Cap's Kooky Quartet" did the founders proud. All four of them went on to long service records with the Avengers. Hawkeye in particular became a valued mainstay of the team second only to his mentor, Cap.

== Rise to Prominence ==
Avengers membership proved very fluid over the years. Thor, Iron Man, Pym and Wasp would all return for further tours of duty, though the unstable Pym did so in a series of alternate identities as Giant-Man, Goliath (an identity also used temporarily by Hawkeye), Yellowjacket and Doctor Pym. The four returning founders would all serve stints as team leader, too, and the group produced a series of impressive leaders over the years, notably Captain America, Wasp, Hawkeye and Iron Man. New recruits during the team's early years included the [[Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne)|Swordsman]] (exposed as a double agent and expelled), [[Hercules (Heracles)|Hercules]], the [[Black Panther (T'Challa)|Black Panther]], the android [[Vision]], and the [[Black Knight (Dane Whitman)|Black Knight]]. Alien hero [[Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)|Captain Mar-Vell]] became one of the team's staunchest allies during the cosmic [[Kree-Skrull War]]. The [[Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)|Black Widow]] joined the team after years as an unofficial ally. A reformed Swordsman rejoined alongside his enigmatic lover [[Mantis]], though he died protecting her from [[Kang]] and she soon left Earth to fulfill her prophesied destiny as the Celestial Madonna. [[Moondragon]], [[Beast (Henry McCoy)|Beast]], [[Hellcat]] and [[Two-Gun Kid]] became members, though all but Beast opted for reserve status; the group attracted associates such as the aging speedster [[Whizzer (Robert Frank)|Whizzer]], [[Wonder Man (Simon Williams)|Wonder Man]], the robotic [[Jocasta]], the time-spanning 31st century [[Guardians of the Galaxy]], and [[Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers)|Ms. Marvel]] (later Warbird), all of whom helped the team oppose the mad man-god [[Korvac]] and his wife [[Walters, Carina|Carina]].

By this time, the paranoid and combative federal agent [[Gyrich, Henry Peter|Henry Peter Gyrich]] had become the team's new government liaison. He imposed reductions and modifications of the team's membership, during which time [[Falcon (Sam Wilson)|Falcon]] and Ms. Marvel joined, but he was eventually reassigned. The team worked more smoothly with subsequent liaisons such as [[Sikorsky, Raymond|Raymond Sikorsky]], who later betrayed them by aiding a government conspiracy against the Vision, and lifelong Avengers fan [[Freeman, Duane|Duane Freeman]], who was killed by Kang. A humbled Gyrich would later redeem himself by serving admirably as the Avengers liaison to the United Nations. Meanwhile, the team continued to add new members such as Wonder Man, [[Tigra (Greer Nelson)|Tigra]], [[She-Hulk]], a new [[Rambeau, Monica|Captain Marvel]], and [[Starfox]]. Rambeau in particular proved to be one of the team's most formidable and respected members.

== West Coast Expansion ==
[[image:Avengersinline.jpg|right|200px|thumb]]The group's expansion accelerated after they opened a second headquarters on the [[West Coast Avengers|West Coast]], [[Avengers Compound]], manned by both Avengers veterans and new recruits like Hawkeye's wife [[Mockingbird]], [[Rhodes, James|War Machine]] (who also served as an alternate Iron Man), [[Thing (Benjamin Grimm)|Thing]], [[Moon Knight]], [[U.S.Agent]], [[Firebird]], [[Human Torch (Jim Hammond)|Human Torch]], [[Living Lightning]], [[Arachne (Julia Carpenter)|Julia Carpenter]] as Spider-Woman, [[Machine Man]], and [[Darkhawk]]. The western roster was led first and longest by Hawkeye, but the expansion team gradually deteriorated under later leaders and was shut down after major losses of resources and personnel. Regardless, the original eastern roster continued to grow, adding recruits such as [[Sub-Mariner]], [[Doctor Druid]], The Captain (actually a temporarily re-costumed Captain America), [[Demolition Man]], [[Forgotten One|Gilgamesh]], [[Mister Fantastic]], [[Invisible Woman]], [[Quasar (Wendell Vaughn)|Quasar]], [[Sersi]], [[Spider-Man (Peter Parker)|Spider-Man]], [[Stingray (Walter Newell)|Stingray]], [[Rage]], [[Sandman (William Baker)|Sandman]], [[Crystal]], [[Thunderstrike]] (who also served as an alternate Thor), [[Justice (Vance Astrovik)|Justice]], [[Firestar]], [[Triathlon]], [[Silverclaw]], the new [[Ant-Man (Scott Lang)|Ant-Man]] and [[Lionheart|Captain Britain]]. Some of these served long stints, others only briefly, but all made some sort of mark with the team, as did more informal associates such as [[Marrina]], a new [[Yellowjacket (Rita DeMara)|Yellowjacket]] (Rita DeMara), a new [[Swordsman (Phillip Jarvert)|Swordsman]] (Phillip Jarvert), [[Magdalene]], [[Deathcry]], [[Masque (Whitney Frost clone)|Masque]], and an alternate-timeline teenage [[Iron Man (Timeslide)|Iron Man]].

The group suffered setbacks, going through many changes of leadership and several changes of headquarters, losing various members and even disbanding more than once (most notably following disastrous conflicts with [[Terminatrix]] and [[Onslaught (entity)|Onslaught]]), but the team always regrouped in some form or another, continuing to evolve and grow. Few heroes refused offers of Avengers membership, though allies who did decline the honor included [[Daredevil (Matthew Murdock)|Daredevil]], [[Jones, Jessica|Jessica Jones]], [[Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)|Spider-Woman]], [[Silver Surfer]], [[Angel (Warren Worthington III)|Archangel]], [[Iceman]], [[Dazzler (Alison Blaire)|Dazzler]], [[Black Cat]], [[Doc Samson]], [[Shroud]] and [[Songbird]].

== Avengers Disassembled and the New Avengers ==
[[Image:New avengers inline.jpg|left|thumb|205px]]It required a threat from within to ultimately vanquish the original Avengers. The Scarlet Witch, whose mind had slowly been damaged by her reality-altering powers, caused a series of events which resulted in the apparent deaths of Hawkeye, Vision, [[Jack of Hearts]] and Ant-Man. The Avengers Mansion was completely destroyed, and Tony Stark's fortune was, at the time, too depleted to rebuild, and the remaining members disbanded.

Months later, much like the original inception of the team, a random gathering of heroes sparked the reformation of the Avengers. After teaming with Iron Man, Spider-Man, Luke Cage, Spider-Woman (Drew), Daredevil and [[Sentry (Robert Reynolds)|Sentry]] to contain a mass breakout at the super-criminal prison known as the [[Raft]], Captain America invited his six allies to join him in rebuilding the Avengers. Most of them accepted, though Daredevil declined and the unstable Sentry had gone into seclusion. Leading intelligence agency [[S.H.I.E.L.D.]] was reluctant to sanction a new Avengers team, but Captain America reminded them that his "full champion license" status with the government gives him the authority to assemble any team he requires for any given mission, so he required no approval from the authorities to reassemble the Avengers. Iron Man offered the top floors of his new [[Stark Tower]] skyscraper to serve as the team's high-tech headquarters (staffed again by ever-faithful Jarvis), and the group resolved to capture the forty-odd Raft escapees-starting with [[Sauron]], the prisoner whose liberation by [[Electro (Maxwell Dillon)|Electro]] had touched off the jailbreak.

Capturing Electro and tracking Sauron to the [[Savage Land]], the new Avengers teamed with [[Wolverine (James Howlett)|Wolverine]] to oppose an illegal [[Vibranium]] mining operation run by Sauron's [[Savage Land Mutates]] and an apparently rogue S.H.I.E.L.D. faction. In the end, a retaliatory strike by the mainstream S.H.I.E.L.D. organization wiped out the entire mining operation except for a recaptured Sauron, conveniently eliminating almost all evidence and witnesses apart from the Avengers. Shaken by this, and by their discovery along the way that the Raft had been stockpiling supposedly deceased super-criminals held in reserve for unknown purposes, the Avengers have secretly dedicated themselves to rooting out the institutional corruption behind these events and have recruited Wolverine, whose espionage background and ruthless attitude are seen as assets for the team.

Realizing the potential danger of a loose canon Sentry, Iron Man held a secret conclave with the [[Illuminati]] and organized a large team to track down the hero. The Sentry warned the Avengers of his alter ego, the Void, who assaulted the Avengers and the other heroes. With the help of [[Frost, Emma|Emma Frost]], the Sentry gained control of the Void. The Sentry accepted membership into the Avengers, which they hoped would prevent him becoming another Scarlet Witch situation. Returning to Stark Tower, the Avengers were stunned to find the Sentry's [[Watchtower (Sentry's)|Watchtower]] located directly above theirs.

Tracking down the [[Silver Samurai]] (one of the escaped criminals from the Raft) to Japan with the help of [[Echo (Maya Lopez)|Ronin]], the Avengers found [[Hydra]] trying to strike a deal with the [[Hand]] and [[Clan Yashida]]. After defeating the forces of the Hand and Hydra, the Avengers confronted the Silver Samurai, who planned to stay in Japan to serve as a protector. Ronin returned to Japan to make sure that Samurai stayed out of trouble. Shortly after leaving, Spider-Woman freed [[Viper (Madame Hydra)|Madame Hydra]] and accidentally nearly killed Captain America. When the Avengers interrogated her, she revealed that long before the Avengers had recruited her, she had lost her powers. Hydra approached her with the chance to regain her abilities provided she become a double agent for them in S.H.I.E.L.D. When [[Fury, Nick|Nick Fury]] learned this, he agreed to reinstate Spider-Woman into S.H.I.E.L.D. provided that she play a double agent for him. Spider-Woman regained her powers and things went smoothly until Nick Fury went underground and left Spider-Woman with no one to trust. The Avengers realized the situation, but before they could act, they were forced to go public since the Watchtower had alerted the public to their presence.

== House of M and Civil War ==
[[image:Acotilletta2--Avengers_HoM.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]Soon after this, [[Professor X|Professor Charles Xavier]] and [[Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)|Dr. Strange]] called a meeting with the Avengers and the [[X-Men]] to determine the fate of the Scarlet Witch, ultimately triggering a [[House of M|reality-altering event]] after which the world's mutant population was largely de-powered. The Avengers subsequently fought a [[Collective|being comprised of the mutant energy]] of the de-powered mutants.

The [[Civil War|Superhuman Registration Act]] seems poised to split the team in twain, but, since the idea of the Avengers has always been particularly resilient, it seems unlikely that the current rift will be permanent.
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== Current Rosters ==
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team_name=Avengers
| leader = Iron Man (Tony Stark)
| members = Protector (Noh-Varr), Hawkeye (Clint Barton), Iron Man (Tony Stark), Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew), Thor (Thor Odinson) Wolverine (James Howlett), Red Hulk (Thaddeus Ross)
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team_name="New" Avengers
| leader = Luke Cage
| members = Squirrel Girl (Doreen Green), Iron Fist (Daniel Rand), Jewel (Jessica Jones-Cage), Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse), Spider-Man (Peter Parker), The Thing (Ben Grimm), Wolverine (James Howlett), Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers), Victoria Hand
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team_name="Secret" Avengers
| leader = Steve Rogers
| members = Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady), Beast (Henry McCoy), Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), Moon Knight (Marc Spector), Nova (Richard Rider), Sharon Carter, Valkyrie (Brunnhilde), War Machine (James Rhodes)
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[[category:Avengers]]
[[category:Civil War]]
[[category:Heroes]]
[[category:Hulk]]
[[category:Spider-Man]]
[[category:Thunderbolts]]
[[category:X-Men]]

Noir (Sa'ida Zebari)

Acotilletta2 — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:05:43 GMT

Acotilletta2: New profile: Noir (Sa'ida Zebari), sources: PM and IF #1-5

{{Powerbox|
universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| blurb =
| real_name = Sa'ida Zebari
| aliases = None
| identity = Secret
| occupation = Employee at undisclosed Dark Force Project
| citizenship = Unrevealed
| place_of_birth = Unrevealed
| relatives = Muhammed Zebari (father, deceased)
| groups = None
| education = Unrevealed
| height = Unrevealed
| weight = Unrevealed
| eyes = Brown (as Sa'ida); solid white (as Noir)
| hair = Brown (as Sa'ida); black (as Noir)
| powers = Noir has command over [[Glossary:D#Darkforce|Darkforce]] energies, enabling her to transform into a silhouette at will. She can create Darkforce platforms, allowing her to run on air, and she can alter her density to pass through solid objects or avoid being hit physically by allowing them to pass through her.
| abilities =
| weapons = Noir uses two pistols that fire Darkforce bullets. The bullets envelope the target, immobilizing them, and in the case of a superhuman opponent, the bullets can temporarily nullify bio-electric energy powers.
| paraphernalia = None
| debut = Power Man and Iron Fist #1 (2011)
| origin = Unrevealed
| significant_issues = Ambushed Power Man while searching for her father's killer (Power Man and Iron Fist #1, 2011); attacked Iron Fist when she believed he discovered the person responsible for murdering her father (Power Man and Iron Fist #3, 3011); killed Aryan leader Gerry Kammill, the man who murdered her father (Power Man and Iron Fist #5, 2011)
}}{{Headshot|
main_image= Acotilletta2--Noir.jpg
}}{{bio|
bio_text= Sa'ida Zebari is an employee of an undisclosed Dark Force Project, apparently manipulating [[Glossary:D#Darkforce|Darkforce]] energies, and at some point was exposed to them, gaining powers as a result. Her father, Muhammed Zebari was a former prison chaplain who founded the Penance Group; a private business seeking to take over prison security from the government. Muhammed was killed by Aryan prison gang Divine Right's leader Gerry Kammill, who then took the alias Joseph Duffy and placed himself as head of Penance Group, steadily replacing Penance Group's employees with Divine Right's members to control [[Ryker's Island]] penitentiary from the inside. Seeking to avenge her father, Sa'ida searched for his killer under the moniker Noir and had confrontations with [[Power Man (Victor Alvarez)]] and [[Iron Fist (Danny Rand)]], who were investigating a separate matter involving Kammill. She somehow learned of Divine Right's activities and then discovered Kammill was responsible for murdering her father. As Kammill fled from Power Man and Iron Fist, Noir hid in his helicopter until it flew over the water, heading to New Jersey, and then she shot him, leaving Kammill to fall into the river. Although Iron Fist wanted to arrest Noir for her crimes, Power Man convinced him not to as her powers were needed to help protect Manhattan.
}}
{{person}}
[[category:Women]]

Power Man (Victor Alvarez)

Acotilletta2 — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:05:04 GMT

Acotilletta2: fixed link

{{Powerbox|
universe =
| blurb =
| real_name = Victor Hernan Alvarez
| aliases = None
| identity = Secret
| occupation = Student, Rand Foundation employee; former mercenary, pizzeria employee
| citizenship = USA
| place_of_birth = Unrevealed
| relatives = Mr. Alvarez (Shades, first name unrevealed, father, deceased), Reina Alvarez (mother), Ignacio Alvarez (uncle), Sofia Alvarez (cousin), unidentified aunt, unidentified twin cousins, unidentified grandmother (deceased)
| groups = [[Avengers Academy]] student body, partner of [[Iron Fist (Danny Rand)]]
| education = Ongoing studies at Avengers Academy; attended classes at The Alison Blaire School for the Performing Arts, trained at School of Thunder
| height = 5'9"
| weight = 160 lbs.
| eyes = Brown
| hair = Black
| powers = Victor can absorb chi (life force) from his environment, granting him superhuman strength (Class 25), generation of personal force fields and, accelerated healing; Victor glows when empowered. He can explode chi outward through punches, use chi to enhance the vitality or superpowers of others while in direct contact, and can channel messages through bioelectric frequencies. Victor once absorbed chi from multiple sources simultaneously, briefly growing giant-sized with increased strength. He sometimes experiences memories of those who died in the tenement explosion. Bioelectric jamming devices can temporarily inhibit Victor’s power.
| abilities = Through absorbing De Paz’s memories and from direct training from Iron Fist, Victor is a skilled martial artist.
| weapons = None
| paraphernalia = None
| debut = Shadowland: Power Man #1 (2010)
| origin =
| significant_issues =
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}}{{bio|
bio_text= While Reina Alvarez was pregnant with Victor, her criminal husband, "[[Shades]]," was imprisoned. Upon release, Shades became a costumed super-villain, frequently battled [[Heroes for Hire]] [[Cage, Luke|Power Man (Luke Cage)]] and [[Iron Fist (Danny Rand)]], and left Reina for another woman. Later, when teenage Victor was attempting reconciliation with now-reformed Shades, their old tenement building was destroyed in a super-hero battle between [[Daredevil (Matthew Murdock)]] and [[Bullseye]], killing all present except Victor, who survived because Shade's energy-projecting visor shattered, embedding Victor's skin with bioelectric energy absorbing crystal shards which let him permanently absorb every resident's chi (life force) and erect a force field; from Javier De Paz, former student at Iron Fist's School of Thunder, Victor absorbed mastery of [[K'un-Lun]] martial arts. Cage having long since abandoned the soubriquet, Victor later marketed himself as Power Man, Spanish Harlem's hero for hire.

When Daredevil (Matt Murdock) used [[Hand]] ninjas to police Manhattan, Victor saved a prostitute from [[Cottonmouth, Cornell|Cornell Cottonmouth]] and three ninjas that sought to punish her. The dishonored ninjas recognized Victor's fighting style as Iron Fist's and confronted Fist about it, alerting Fist to Victor's existence. Believing Victor was using Shade's optic visor, its creator [[Nightshade (Tilda Johnson)]] sent a super villain mob to retrieve it, but Victor fought them off with help from Cage and Iron Fist. The ninja trio discerned Victor's identity from a news article and kidnapped his cousin Sofia to lure him to Daredevil's fortress for vengeance. At that time, Nightshade offered Victor a job in her criminal organization, but Victor rejected her then journeyed to Shadowland where the three ninjas sacrificed themselves to summon a giant demon warrior. Shade's spirit appeared and made Victor aware he could absorb chi from multiple sources simultaneously, which allowed him to grow to giant proportions, defeat the demon and save Sofia. Victor then accepted Fist's offers of martial arts training and employment at Fist's philanthropic Rand Foundation. Victor subsequently stopped advertising his services after helping [[Spider-Man (Peter Parker)]] defeat the [[Looter]] and a hostile extraterrestrial entity; and at some point, began attending the Alison Blaire School for the Performing Arts.

When Muhammed Zebari founded private prison security firm Penance Group, he assembled a super-hero board that included reformed criminal [[Crime-Buster (Eugene Mason)]]. Founder of Aryan prison gang Divine Right, Gerry Kammill, killed Zebari as part of a plot to expand his criminal empire through taking over Penance Group and running Rykers Island penitentiary through it. Crime-Buster recognized Kammill, who sent Crime-Buster overseas before he could reveal Kammill's identity to the board. There, Crime-Buster ran afoul of European assassins [[Commedia Dell'Morte]] but kidnapped member Columbina to escape back to the States. After somehow gaining possession of Columbina's enchanted mask, Kammill gave it to Jennie Royce, Heroes for Hire's former secretary and Crime-Buster's lover, possibly knowing Columbina's spirit would possess Royce and likely murder Crime-Buster; Kammill then gave the mask to crimeboss [[Pokerface]] to hide Kammill's involvement. While investigating Crime-Buster's death, Victor and Fist encountered Darkforce wielding [[Noir (Sa'ida Zebari)]], seeking to avenge her father. Victor learned of a black market auction for Columbina's mask at Pokerface's undersea casino some time before Kammill's Penance Group ambushed him and took him to Rykers. Fist allied with the Commedia Dell'Morte, who sought vengeance for the mask’s misuse, and worked with them to free Victor and defeat Kammill's organizations. Noir shot Kammill while he tried to escape, apparently killing him, but Victor convinced Fist to not turn her over to authorities, as her powers were needed to help protect Manhattan; Commedia Dell'Morte regained control of the mask. Victor later aided [[Cho, Amadeus|Amadeus Cho]] against the [[Asgardians|Asgardian]] fear god [[Serpent (Cul)]]'s forces in Hawaii and enrolled as a part-time [[Avengers Academy]] student in California.
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Acotilletta2 — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:51:53 GMT

Acotilletta2: Background images taken from PM and IF #5. Foreground image taken from PM and IF #2. Image composition by acotilletta.

Background images taken from PM and IF #5. Foreground image taken from PM and IF #2. Image composition by acotilletta.

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Acotilletta2 — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:58:57 GMT

Acotilletta2: uploaded a new version of "File:Acotilletta2--Nightshade TJ.jpg"

Glossary:D

Acotilletta2 — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 08:26:35 GMT

Acotilletta2: added character and rearranged into alphabetical order

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== Danger Room ==
The main training center for the [[X-Men]], located in a sub-basement of the [[Xavier Institute For Higher Learning]].

''Main article: [[Danger Room]]

See also [[Danger|Danger]].

== Dark Arts ==
Type of magic that draws on malevolent powers. It is used for malevolent acts or to deliberately cause harm in some way.

== Dark Dimension==
A mystic realm riddled with natural wraps into pocket universes within the universe itself. Its known inhabitants are [[Clea]], [[Umar]] and her brother [[Dormammu]].

== Darkforce ==
A form of extradimensional energy that manifests itself in our universe as a non-reflective, highly opaque, black substance. Certain adepts use psionic, or magical means to draw this energy into our dimension and use it in various ways. Known users include: [[Asylum (Henrique Gallante)]], [[Blackout (Marcus Daniels)]], [[Black Mamba]], [[Cloak]], [[Darkhawk]], [[Darkling]], [[Darkstar]], [[Doorman]], [[Ecstacy]], [[Gloom]], [[Left Hand]], [[Nightside]], [[Nocturne (Talia Wagner)]], [[Noir (Sa'ida Zebari)]], [[Quagmire]], [[Shroud]], [[Silhouette]], [[Smuggler (Conrad Josten)]], [[Spot]], [[Undercloaks]], and [[Vanisher (Telford Porter)]].

== death ==
(1) The cessation of all life functions in a living being, causing its life essence (also known as consciousness, spirit, or soul) to depart the physical body. Certain life essences have temporarily continued to exist in known realities after death clad in the astral body. An astral body whose physical form has died is called a ghost. The final fate of the life essence or soul after death is not known to science.

See also ''[[Glossary:A#astral body|astral body]]'', ''[[#death gods|death gods]]'', ''[[Glossary:E#ectoplasm|ectoplasm]]'', and ''[[Glossary:G#ghost|ghost]]''.

(2) The name of one of the four [[Horsemen of Apocalypse]].

(3) The quasi-physical being who embodies death.

See [[Death|separate entry]].

== death gods ==
Superhuman beings who generally dwell on extradimensional worlds and who have at least temporary control of certain ghosts. These beings are sometimes physical and sometimes ectoplasmic. Such beings include [[Hela]], [[Pluto]], and [[Mephisto]].

== deity ==
A being perceived by some to be a god.

== demon ==
A godlike being whose form and functions have degenerated so it preys upon the living in some way.

== Department H ==
A top secret branch of the Canadian Ministry of Defence named after its top employee, James MacDonald Hudson.

See [[Department H|separate profile]], and see also [[Alpha Flight]], [[Beta Flight]], [[Department K]], [[Flight, The]], [[Gamma Flight]], [[Epsilon Flight]], [[Hull House]], and [[Omega Flight]].

== Department K ==
The super-human branch of the Canadian military.

See [[Department K|separate profile]], and see also [[Department H]].

== deviant ==
(1) A diversion from the norm.

(2) A member of an evolutionary offshoot of humanity created through experiments performed by the alien [[Celestials]].

See [[Deviants|separate profile]], and also compare with ''[[Glossary:E#eternal|eternal]]''.

== dimension ==
A universe or realm containing space, matter, and energy which is separated from our own universe by some physical difference in the space, matter, and energy itself.

== dimensional travel ==
The process of leaving the space of our universe and entering that of another one, accomplished by physical, psionic, or magical means. The mechanics of dimension travel are known to all but a few.

== divergence ==
The process by which a single reality becomes more than one upon reaching a certain point in time. At this [[Glossary:P#point of divergence|point of divergence]], an event occurs differently in each diverging reality, leading to a radically different chain of events in each one.

== divergent Earth ==
A world resembling Earth in every way up until a single juncture in time where events occurred a different way than they did on our Earth. There is an infinite number of ''possible'' divergent Earths, but no one knows how many ''actual'' divergent Earths there are. Divergent Earths exist in the equivalent space to our Earth's in other dimensions. A divergent Earth is an [[Glossary:A#alternate Earth|alternate Earth]], but not a [[Glossary:P#parallel Earth|parallel Earth]].

== Doorway Between Worlds ==
A mystical portal in the Himalayas that opens onto other worlds.

== Dream-Time ==
An alternate realm where time passes at a different rate than in our reality and where the spirits of our ancestors dwell.

== Dyson Sphere ==
First theorised by physicist Freeman Dyson in the early 20th century, a race could take all of the mass of an entire solar system's planets and pulverize it into a thin layer of earth and atmosphere. This layer could be shaped into a sphere around the system's sun at a distance of one AU (astronomical unit - one Earth-Sun distance), creating an Earth-like habitat with over a billion times the surface area of Earth. The [[New Mutants]] encountered a Dyson Sphere when they were transported there by [[Cheney, Lila|Lila Cheney]], who uses it as a base of operations.

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Heroes for Hire

Acotilletta2 — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 07:36:52 GMT

Acotilletta2: updated members and info (sources: H4H #1-12, H4H: Spider-Island, and SC5 updates)

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universe = [[Marvel Universe]]
| base_of_operations = Secret location; formerly Oracle, Inc. corporate headquarters, New York City, Heroes for Hire, Inc. offices, Park Avenue; and Gem Theatre, Times Square
| debut = Power Man and Iron Fist #54 (1978)
| origin =
| significant_issues = Misty Knight forms new team (Heroes for Hire #1, 2006)
| current_members = [[Knight, Misty|Misty Knight]], [[Paladin]]; hired heroes: [[Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)]], [[Elektra]], [[Falcon]], [[Ghost Rider (John Blaze)]], [[Moon Knight]], [[Punisher (Frank Castle)]], [[Silver Sable]], [[Spider-Man (Peter Parker)]], [[Shroud]], [[Gargoyle (Isaac Christians)]], [[Stingray (Walter Newell)]]
| former_members = [[Ant-Man (Scott Lang)]], [[Black Cat]], [[Black Knight (Dane Whitman)]], [[Cage, Luke|Luke Cage]], [[Wing, Colleen|Colleen Wing]], [[Human Torch (Jim Hammond)|Jim Hammond]], [[Orka]], [[Hercules (Heracles)|Hercules]], [[Humbug]], [[Iron Fist (Danny Rand)]], [[She-Hulk]], [[Thena]], [[Shang-Chi]], [[Tarantula (Maria Vasquez)|Tarantula]], [[White Tiger (New Men)|White Tiger]]
| other_members = [[Johnson, Otis|Otis Johnson]] (former receptionist)
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bio_text = Heroes for Hire traces its roots back to the one-man "Hero for Hire" business founded by [[Cage, Luke|Luke Cage]], which offered superhuman security and investigation services for a fee. Cage later went into business with the martial artist [[Iron Fist (Danny Rand)|Iron Fist]] as Heroes for Hire, [[image:Acotilletta2--Heroes_for_Hire442.jpg|left|180px]] a profitable partnership that lasted for years until circumstances forced the duo to break up, though they remained good friends.

When most of New York's leading super heroes seemingly died during the [[Marvel Onslaught|Onslaught]] disaster, Iron Fist enacted a radical two-part plan: he secretly performed a ritual that would gradually merge the earthly plane with his other-dimensional childhood home [[K'un-Lun]], the mystical monarchy of which could impose new order on a chaotic Earth; at the same time, he also began to rebuild Heroes for Hire, feeling that the world needed inspirational heroes more than ever, with or without K'un-Lun. By this time, Rand's family business, Rand-Meachum, had been bought out by [[Sub-Mariner|Namor the Sub-Mariner]]'s [[Oracle Incorporated|Oracle, Inc.]], including [[Rand-Meachum Corporation|Rand-Meachum]]'s inactive Heroes for Hire subsidiary. Under the direction of Oracle executive [[Human Torch (Jim Hammond)|Jim Hammond]], an expanded Heroes for Hire reopened as a partly charitable, partly profit-driven enterprise.

[[image:Acotilletta2--Heroes_for_Hire_2.jpg|left|180px]]The initial roster included Iron Fist, the Olympian demigod [[Hercules (Heracles)|Hercules]] (who soon quit due to alcoholic excess) and the White Tiger, an actual tiger who had been evolved into a super-humanoid female form by the [[High Evolutionary]]. She was created to seek and destroy the Evolutionary's evil rogue creation, the [[Man-Beast]], and felt the Heroes for Hire might be useful allies; however, she had difficulty functioning in human society, especially after she developed an unrequited love for Iron Fist. Luke Cage refused to rejoin the business at first, but signed on after the self-styled [[Master of the World]] secretly urged him to act as a double agent within the group. While Cage sympathized with the Master's plans for a better world, he objected to the Master's ruthless methods and ultimately helped the Heroes for Hire destroy the Master's operation. By this time, the group had taken on several more recruits, such as team scientist the [[Black Knight (Dane Whitman)|Black Knight]], [[Ant-Man (Scott Lang)|Ant-Man]], [[Eternals|Eternal]] warrior-scholar [[Thena]] and corporate counsel [[She-Hulk]], plus various temporary operatives and civilian staff.

Later, the Heroes for Hire and mutant speedster [[Quicksilver]] intervened in a three-way war between the forces of the High Evolutionary, mutant terrorist leader [[Exodus]], and the Man-Beast; after that conflict, the Black Knight quit the team to mentor the victorious Evolutionary's [[Knights of Wundagore]]. Exodus and the Man-Beast were rendered harmless, and the White Tiger-no longer able to bear the burden of human emotion-had the Evolutionary de-evolve her back into an ordinary tiger. Shortly thereafter, Namor sold Oracle to the [[Stark-Fujikawa]] corporation, which fired Cage and Ant-Man because of their prison records and imposed tighter controls on the rest of the group, all of whom resigned in protest. In the meantime, most of the group's ex-members remain active as super heroes, and Iron Fist eventually thwarted the spell that would have brought K'un-Lun to Earth, having realized the folly of his one-time master plan.

[[image:HeroesForHire Head2.jpg|right|250px|thumb]] When the [[Civil War|Superhuman Registration Act]] was passed, [[Knight, Misty|Misty Knight]] decided to re-establish Heroes for Hire once again and recruited [[Wing, Colleen|Colleen Wing]], [[Humbug]], [[Shang-Chi]], [[Tarantula (Maria Vasquez)|Tarantula]], [[Black Cat]], [[Paladin]] and [[Orka]]. The first sortie of this new Heroes for Hire was against the newly reformed [[Mandarin]]'s [[Avatars]] who they managed to beat quite easily. In a few days time they also managed to subdue [[Shockwave]], [[Grindhouse]], [[Goldbug]] and [[Ghost Maker]] along with many others. Eventually an old foe, [[Ricadonna, Celia|Ricadonna]], escaped from prison to enact her revenge against Misty and Colleen, and Heroes for Hire had to use underworld contacts to find her - namely the [[Toddler]]. Ricadonna underwent surgery to become more powerful than before, but the team defeated her again. The group was hired for other jobs which led them into conflicts against the [[Headmen]], [[Grim Reaper]], the dangers of the [[Savage Land]] and more. In the end, the Heroes for Hire were destined to fail, mainly because members like Paladin and Humbug had their own agendas that didn't coincide with the others. The group disbanded, everyone going their separate ways.

[[image:Acotilletta2--Heroes_for_Hire_4.jpg|right|200px|thumb]] Despite her previous team's disintegration, Misty reorganized a non-profit Heroes for Hire, remaining behind the scenes as "Control" and hiring individuals with specific skills for select missions, mainly exchanging favors or information. [[Purple Man]] (Zebediah Kilgrave) intended to use Misty to covertly build a criminal empire by eliminating the competition and manipulated reformed villain [[Puppet Master]] (Philip Masters) to kidnap Misty early on in her endeavor, inducing her into a coma while controlling her team. Earpiece implants given to the heroes allowed Puppet Master to enslave them, and the cybernetics in Misty's prosthetic arm improved his control. He targeted [[Atlanteans|Atlantean]] drug dealers distributing ultra-addictive narcotic Hook, [[Baron Brimstone]] selling cursed Demonica Soulcutter guns, and Simon Serrati for trafficking women and exotic animals from the [[Savage Land]]. [[Paladin]] discovered Misty's disappearance and enlisted Iron Fist's help to find her. Meanwhile, Misty rejected Puppet Master's influence and was attacked by a mind-controlled [[Punisher (Frank Castle)]] upon waking, but she destroyed Puppet Master's equipment, freeing his servants, and Punisher shot Puppet Master, leaving him in a coma. Although Misty wanted to terminate Heroes for Hire, Paladin convinced her to carry on until they uncovered Puppet Master's employer. Attempting to earn her credibility back, she sent Paladin to trail a Hook shipment, attracting [[Spider-Man (Peter Parker)]]'s attention, whose help Misty also enlisted since he had a mutual interest to get Hook off the streets. Unknown to Misty, Purple Man restructured many criminal operations she shutdown, and when her hired heroes were trapped by [[Batroc]] and [[Scorpion (Mac Gargan)]], she entered the field, saved them and closed down Purple Man's enterprise. Mayor [[J. Jonah Jameson]] hired Misty's group to contain infected individuals during Manhattan's "Spider-Island" epidemic, and they aided disaster victims and quelled a superhuman breakout at the [[Raft]] penitentiary during the [[Asgardians|Asgardian]] [[Serpent (Cul)]]'s assault on Earth. In the Raft's infirmary, Purple Man tried to kill the comatose Puppet Master but was stopped by [[Elektra]] and [[Shroud]] (Maximilian Coleridge); he escaped after pretending to have been defeated by Elektra. Learning new Hook distributors established outfits in Los Angeles and San Francisco, sourcing directly from New Atlantis and shipping it to New York, Heroes for Hire persuaded Atlantean monarch [[Namor]] to dissolve the international, interspecies narcotics network. Misty later teamed with a revived, vengeful Puppet Master and hired several villains as a new team to counter Purple Man's similarly structured crew, with Paladin posing as [[Nuke|Scourge (Frank Simpson)]]. Their efforts led to Purple Man's incarceration.
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