Caber es un personaje de Marvel Comics .
Caber es uno de los dioses celtas de Avalon , un dios guerrero. Caber es amigo de Leir y suele acompañarlo en batalla.
Danielle " Dani " Cage es un personaje de los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics . El personaje fue creado por Brian Michael Bendis y Michael Gaydos , y aparece por primera vez en The Pulse #13 (marzo de 2006). Es hija de Luke Cage y Jessica Jones .
Danielle lleva el nombre de Iron Fist (Danny Rand), el mejor amigo de Luke. [1] Danielle nació con la ayuda de Doctor Strange , después de que el hospital se negara a ayudar a Jessica con su parto. Después de que Danielle es secuestrada por un Skrull haciéndose pasar por Edwin Jarvis , Luke se une a Norman Osborn para rescatarla; Luke recupera a Danielle mientras Bullseye mata al falso Jarvis. [2] Luke y Jessica finalmente contratan a Squirrel Girl como niñera para Danielle. [3] Luke y Jessica descubren más tarde que alguien ha obtenido el material genético de Danielle para subastarlo en el mercado negro. [4]
En una línea de tiempo futura alternativa [ aclarar ] , Danielle Cage hereda las habilidades de sus padres y usa el título de Capitán América . [5] En esa línea de tiempo, Madame Natasha es su mentora . [6] Ella es sacada de esa línea de tiempo para luchar contra Ultron y luego contra un Doombot , y posteriormente se une a los Vengadores modernos para luchar contra Moridun, quien ha poseído a Wiccan . [7] Ella regresa al presente para ayudar a los Vengadores de los Estados Unidos a capturar a su némesis, el Cráneo Dorado. [8]
Caiera es un personaje de los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics . El personaje fue presentado durante la historia de " Planet Hulk ". Aparece por primera vez en The Incredible Hulk Volumen 3, #92 (abril de 2006) y fue creada por Greg Pak y Carlo Pagulayan . [9]
Caiera nació en Sakaar en una tribu de Gente de las Sombras, los creadores del Poder Antiguo, y fue criada por sus sacerdotes para ser una guerrera de las sombras. Cuando tiene 13 años, su aldea es atacada por los Spikes, una especie similar a una espora que muta a los otros aldeanos en monstruos. Caiera, la única sobreviviente, es rescatada por el Príncipe Rojo, más tarde conocido como el Rey Rojo , y se convierte en su lugarteniente. Cuando Hulk llega a Sakaar y obtiene el apoyo público como gladiador, protege al Rey Rojo de él. Después de enterarse de que el Rey Rojo es el líder de los Spikes, Caiera se vuelve contra él y ayuda a Hulk en un golpe de estado. Hulk se convierte en el Rey Verde y se casa con Caiera. Ella queda embarazada pero muere en una explosión del núcleo warp, que destruye gran parte del planeta. [10] [11] Hulk regresa a la Tierra en World War Hulk . [12] Póstumamente, Caiera, a través del Viejo Poder, da a luz a dos hijos, Skaar y Hiro-Kala , que surgen de debajo de la superficie del planeta. [13] [14] Ella sobrevive como un ser de energía, pero luego es asesinada por Galactus . [15]
Caiera aparece en Planet Hulk , con la voz de Lisa Ann Beley . [16] [17]
Caiman es un personaje creado por Chris Claremont y Aaron Lopresti , que apareció por primera vez en Excalibur vol. 3 # 1 (mayo de 2004). [18] Es un mutante con apariencia de reptil y súper fuerza, que se une a la pandilla de Unus después de la masacre de Genosha . Más tarde perdería sus poderes después del Día M. [19]
Lilia Calderu es un personaje ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics.
Lilia Calderu es la Reina Bruja de los Gitanos, descendiente de Cagliostro y media sobrina del Barón Mordo , ya que también es nieta del Barón Nikolai Mordo. Ella y su aquelarre fueron los encargados de la tarea de proteger los Libros de Cagliostro. [20]
Lilia Calderu aparece en Agatha All Along , interpretada por Patti LuPone . [21] Esta versión es una bruja siciliana de 450 años con capacidad de adivinación que operaba un negocio de adivinación en un espacio comercial propiedad de Three Star Rentals. Debido a los avisos de desalojo, Calderu se une al aquelarre establecido por Agatha Harkness y la "Adolescente".
La Sra. Campbell es un personaje de los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics . El personaje, creado por Brian Michael Bendis y Michael Gaydos , apareció en Alias #22 (julio de 2003).
La Sra. Campbell es la madre de Jessica Campbell, quien crece y se convierte en Jessica Jones . Mientras conduce hacia Walt Disney World , la Sra. Campbell discute con su esposo, lo que hace que se distraigan y se estrellen contra un convoy militar que transportaba productos químicos peligrosos. El auto se desvía de la carretera y aterriza en un terraplén, matando a todos excepto a su hija, Jessica.
Alisa Jones (née Campbell ), aparece en Jessica Jones , interpretada por Miriam Shor en la primera temporada y Janet McTeer en la segunda. Esta versión sobrevivió a su accidente automovilístico, pero quedó desfigurada y ganó fuerza sobrehumana gracias a los tratamientos posteriores utilizados para curar su cuerpo. [22] [23]
El Capitán América es una versión felina del Capitán América de Tierra-8311.
El Capitán Krakoa es un exoesqueleto motorizado ficticio y un alias utilizado por diferentes personajes que aparecen en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics. Fue adoptado por primera vez por Scott Summers en X-Men vol. 6 #6 (enero de 2022) de Gerry Duggan y Pepe Larraz. El traje y el alias serían adquiridos más tarde por Grant Rogers .
El traje del Capitán Krakoa fue diseñado originalmente por Forge para que lo usaran mutantes con poderes no combativos, y fue utilizado por Cíclope para mantener en secreto los Protocolos de Resurrección de Krakoa. Después de que los Protocolos se filtraran al público, Scott se retira del manto. [24]
Después de ser resucitado por Orchis , Grant Rogers roba el traje y toma el manto del Capitán Krakoa como parte del complot de Ochis contra los mutantes. [25]
Hecho con la arquitectura y tecnología vegetal de Krakoa, el traje del Capitán Krakoa posee habilidades físicas sobrehumanas y puede volar, repararse a sí mismo y hacer crecer enredaderas con fines ofensivos y defensivos.
Una variante de la línea temporal alternativa de Kamala Khan maneja el traje del Capitán Krakoa en Rise of the Powers of X. [ 26]
El Capitán Victoria es un personaje ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics.
La capitana Victoria es una espartaxiana que es la hija ilegítima de J'son y la media hermana de Star-Lord . [27]
La capitana Victoria aparece en Guardianes de la Galaxia , con la voz de Cree Summer . [28]
Rosalie Carbone es una gánster ficticia de los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics . El personaje, creado por Chuck Dixon y John Romita Jr. , aparece por primera vez en Punisher: War Zone #2 (abril de 1992).
Rosalie es la hija del notorio gánster Julius Carbone. Se enamora de Punisher mientras está comprometida para casarse con el hijo de uno de los socios de Julius. [29] El hombre con el que se supone que se casará y su padre son asesinados por su tío Sal, el supervillano Thorn . Punisher rescata a Rosalie y mata a Sal. [30] Rosalie se hace cargo por la fuerza del negocio de su familia y lanza un ataque contra Punisher; falla y Punisher la perdona. [31]
Rosalie se enfrenta a Lynn Michaels -Lady Punisher- mientras intenta recuperar el diario de Punisher. Sin embargo, un mercenario que Rosalie ha contratado la chantajea, amenazándola con revelar su romance con Punisher. [32] Carlos Cruz es enviado por Microchip para matarla. Ella escapa con la ayuda de Bullseye , matando a un mafioso rival y a un justiciero que acompaña a Cruz. [33] Intenta matar a Punisher nuevamente, dejándolo con amnesia después de una explosión, pero SHIELD la detiene. [34] Asiste a la reunión de las familias criminales y se indigna porque los Geraci se están asociando con Punisher. Se desata una intensa pelea, que termina con Rosalie siendo empujada desde un techo por su amiga de la escuela secundaria Leslie Geraci. [35]
Rosalie Carbone aparece en las series del Universo cinematográfico de Marvel Luke Cage y Daredevil , interpretada por Annabella Sciorra . [36] [37] [38]
Cardinal , también conocido como Harrier, es un supervillano de los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics .
Cardinal aparece por primera vez en New Warriors #28 y fue creado por Fabian Nicieza y Darick Robertson . Cardinal ha aparecido en las páginas de New Warriors , Night Thrasher y Thunderbolts .
Donald Joshua Clendenon es un veterano de la guerra de Vietnam . Mientras está en una misión en Rhodesia , concibe una hija llamada Valerie Barnhardt con su compañera mercenaria Amelia Barnhardt, también conocida como " Sprocket ". Clendenon está equipado con una armadura de poder y toma el nombre de Cardinal . Cardinal aparece por primera vez como guardaespaldas del contrabandista de armas Jeremy Swimming-Bear , también conocido como " Sea Urchin ", quien es frustrado por los Nuevos Guerreros . [39] La Fuerza Aérea saca a Cardinal de la prisión, y él y su equipo van tras los Nuevos Guerreros; son derrotados y enviados de regreso a prisión. [40]
Al intentar frustrar una misión humanitaria en Bosnia y Herzegovina , Cardinal resulta herido y su armadura se daña. [41] [42] Tras la disolución de la Fuerza Aérea, Clendenon repara la armadura de Cardinal y se convierte en mercenario. [43]
En apariciones posteriores, Cardinal se une a los Masters of Evil de Crimson Cowl y a los Thunderbolts como Harrier . [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50]
Clendenon no tiene poderes sobrehumanos. Como Cardenal, usa un traje de armadura potenciada que le otorga mayor fuerza, protección corporal, capacidad de volar y la capacidad de funcionar bajo el agua. El traje incorpora varias armas ofensivas, entre ellas, detonadores de energía, lanzagranadas y una pistola de alquitrán.
Cardinal aparece en el episodio "Command Decision" de The Avengers: United They Stand , con la voz de Peter Wildman . Esta versión es miembro de los Masters of Evil del barón Helmut Zemo .
John Carik es un personaje de los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics . Aparece como personaje secundario en la serie de mediados de la década de 1990 Blade: The Vampire Hunter y fue creado por Ian Edginton y Douglas H. Wheatley . Se lo menciona exclusivamente en las solicitudes y en el primer número como " Bible John "; sin embargo, ese nombre rara vez se usa en otros números. Es uno de los últimos cátaros, una orden de guerreros eruditos que han hecho votos para combatir las fuerzas malignas de lo sobrenatural . Carik aparece en todos los números de Blade (julio de 1994 a abril de 1995) excepto en el número 6. La serie fue cancelada después de diez números, dejando la historia de John Carik sin terminar.
Carik fue atacado por un ser sobrenatural de naturaleza no revelada, lo que le otorgó precognición , y se unió a los cátaros después de que lo contactaron. Carik está cubierto de sigilos que ha tallado en su carne, lo que le brinda protección contra los seres sobrenaturales.
Blade comienza con Carik teniendo una visión de Drácula regresando y destruyendo la ciudad de Nueva York , con Blade siendo el único que puede detenerlo. Carik escapa de la Clínica Psiquiátrica Nyman, le advierte a Blade y le da una brújula de bruja, un dispositivo para buscar lo sobrenatural.
Se incorporan elementos de John Carik en la encarnación de Abraham Whistler (interpretado por Kris Kristofferson ) de la franquicia Blade .
Luke Carlyle es un personaje de los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics . Fue creado por J. Michael Straczynski y John Romita Jr. , y aparece por primera vez en The Amazing Spider-Man Volumen 2, #43. [51] Es un ladrón y estafador que se ha abierto camino hasta la cima de la jerarquía corporativa. [51] Después de que el director ejecutivo descubre que es un fraude, Carlyle lo mata. Carlyle luego contrata a Otto Octavius , con la promesa de convertirlo en un investigador legítimo, y le roba sus apéndices mecánicos. Es derrotado por Octavius y Spider-Man . [52]
Luke Carlyle, bajo el alias de The Mad Bomber , aparece en Spider-Man 3 , con la voz de Neil Ross . [53] Esta versión es un hombre de negocios que usa secretamente su riqueza para proporcionar a su pandilla, los H-Bombers, equipo y armamento.
Frank Carpel es una versión antropomórfica de pez y animal de Frank Castle de la Tierra-8311.
Bruno Carrelli es un personaje que aparece en Marvel Comics. Es amigo de Kamala Khan . [54]
Bruno Carrelli aparece en Ms. Marvel , interpretado por Matt Lintz . [55]
Cat-Man es el nombre de tres personajes de los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics .
Townshend Horgan es un miembro fundador de los Ani-Men que luce un traje similar al de un gato y tiene una agilidad mejorada. Más tarde trabaja para el Conde Nefaria , quien lo transforma en un gato antropomórfico, antes de ser asesinado por el Spymaster . [56] [57] [58] [59] [60]
Sebastian Patane es el sucesor de Horgan, quien sirve al Acechador de la Muerte antes de ser asesinado por él. [61]
Una tercera encarnación no identificada de Cat-Man se presenta en Secret Wars , y luego aparece en Civil War como sirviente de Hammerhead . [62] [63]
Centennial, también conocido como Rutherford B. Princeton III , es un superhéroe de Marvel Comics, en particular Alpha Flight . Fue creado por Scott Lobdell y aparece por primera vez en Alpha Flight Volumen 3, #1 (2004). Durante la Prohibición , Rutherford, un oficial de policía canadiense, es enviado a los Estados Unidos para ayudar a las fuerzas del orden allí. En un momento, su novia Amelia Weatherly desaparece y se presume muerta. Rutherform la "entierra" y sigue adelante con su vida. Más tarde cae en un coma que dura casi dos décadas. Sasquatch , un miembro de Alpha Flight, recluta un nuevo equipo de héroes, incluido Rutherford, quien se despierta de su coma. Rutherford ayuda a rescatar al Alpha Flight original y lucha contra el equipo japonés Big Hero Six . Más tarde, luchan contra el criminal Manimator. Durante su última aventura conocida, viaja en el tiempo. Su compañera de equipo Némesis revela que ella es Amelia. Sus aventuras posteriores a Alpha Flight no se han mostrado. Una visión en Alpha Flight Volumen 3, #12 muestra a los dos enterrados uno al lado del otro.
Century es un superhéroe de los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics . El personaje fue representado como miembro del equipo Force Works en la serie del mismo nombre de 1994 a 1996. [64] Century aparece por primera vez en Force Works #1 y fue creado por Dan Abnett , Andy Lanning y Tom Tenney.
Century es una amalgama de las mentes de cien hodomurianos creada para derrotar a Lore, un ser Nexus que destruyó el mundo natal de los hodomurianos. Sin embargo, no puede recordar recuerdos de manera consistente y solo usa instintivamente la información que necesita. Lucha con un bastón de batalla, Parallax, que une sus múltiples personalidades en un yo unificado. Después de llegar a la Tierra, se convierte en miembro de Force Works. [65]
Century aparece en Iron Man , con la voz de James Warwick en la primera temporada, Jim Cummings en "The Beast Within" y Tom Kane en el final de la serie de dos partes "Hands of the Mandarin". [66] Esta versión es un miembro de Force Works con la identidad civil de Woody .
Chaka es un personaje de los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics . Fue creado por Chris Claremont y John Byrne y aparece por primera vez en Iron Fist #8 en octubre de 1976.
En el contexto de las historias, Chaka (Robert Hao) aprende artes marciales de su hermano mayor William. Con el tiempo se muda a Nueva York y se convierte en el jefe criminal de la banda criminal de Chinatown , The Golden Tigers, mientras que su hermano William se convierte en abogado. En sus batallas, utiliza nunchakus electrificados. También tiene el poder de controlar las mentes de los demás, que se amplifica mediante un cristal místico.
Challenger es el nombre de distintos personajes de los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics . La versión de Challenger de William Waring apareció durante la Edad de Oro de los cómics en los números publicados por Timely Comics .
El Challenger es un maestro de armas. Desafía a sus oponentes a luchar usando un arma de su elección. [67] Viaja por el mundo y se convierte en un experto en 1.000 armas diferentes después de que criminales del submundo mataran a su padre. [68] Su experiencia incluye química, "control de nervios" y pilotaje de aeronaves. [69] El historiador de cómics Jim Steranko ha calificado los antecedentes del Challenger como "una de las historias más débiles jamás contadas". [68]
El Challenger aparece por primera vez en Daring Mystery Comics #7 (abril de 1941) del predecesor de Marvel Comics, Timely Comics , debutando en una historia de texto de 2 páginas, "The Valley of Time", del escritor Ray Gill , y en una historia de cómic de 12 páginas, "Meet the Challenger", de Mike Sekowsky y George Klein , bajo el seudónimo de "Nick Karlton". [70] [67] Después de este número, Daring Mystery Comics tomó una pausa de nueve meses y el Challenger fue trasladado a Mystic Comics . [71]
En Mystic Comics , Challenger apareció desde octubre de 1941 hasta agosto de 1942 en los números 6 a 10. Sus historias tenían entre ocho y nueve páginas y fueron ilustradas por varios artistas, incluidos Al Bare y Sekowsky. Stan Lee escribió "Horror Mansion", Mystic Comics #9, en mayo de 1942. [72]
El Challenger no fue elegido para aparecer con sus compatriotas de Timely en el equipo nostálgico de la Edad de Oro de 1976, Liberty Legion . El creador de Legion, Roy Thomas, consideró incluir al Challenger en el nuevo equipo, pero decidió no hacerlo, afirmando que su "truco" de desafiar a los villanos a luchar contra él con un arma en particular no era propicio para una historia grupal, en lugar de individual. [73]
Challenger no volvió a aparecer hasta marzo de 2005, cuando apareció en She-Hulk #11, después de haber "rebotado hacia adelante" en el tiempo. En 2008, Challenger fue llamado al servicio durante la Iniciativa de los Cincuenta Estados para liderar la Fuerza de la Libertad , el superequipo estatal de Montana. [74] La versión demonio de Challenger aparece por primera vez en Ghost Rider Volumen 2, #17 y fue creada por Tony Isabella y Frank Robbins . La versión Elder of the Universe de Challenger aparece por primera vez en The Avengers #678 y fue creada por Mark Waid , Al Ewing , Jim Zub y Pepe Larraz.
El ex estudiante de derecho William "Bill" Waring, después de haber viajado por todo el mundo para aprender las habilidades necesarias para vengar el asesinato de su padre por entregar la evidencia del estado al fiscal de distrito, se pone un traje verde con una máscara facial completa para convertirse en el superhéroe de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Challenger. A través de circunstancias inexplicables, Challenger "rebotó hacia adelante" en el tiempo hasta el día de hoy, encontrándose sin bienes, habiendo sido dado por muerto y preguntando al bufete de abogados Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway sobre la reversión de su testamento. La firma lo pone en contacto con el superhéroe Capitán América , que se había encontrado en el futuro debido a la animación suspendida , para pedirle consejo y asistencia. [75] Más tarde se convierte en parte de la Iniciativa de los Cincuenta Estados del gobierno federal de equipos de superhéroes, uniéndose al grupo de Montana, Freedom Force. [76] [77]
La versión demonio de Challenger trabaja como agente de Mephisto , quien lo envía a arrastrar a Ghost Rider al infierno. Challenger aparece cuando Ghost Rider y Daimon Hellstrom están exorcizando a Legion del cuerpo de Katy Milner, y desafía a Ghost Rider a una carrera mortal por el destino de Katy. Derrota a Ghost Rider, pero es golpeado por el ataque de fuego infernal de Ghost Rider, lo que hace que el hechizo sobre Katy se rompa y revele que ella es la forma maldita de Roxanne Simpson . [78]
Cuando los Vengadores y los Nuevos Vengadores son desplazados a la era de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y colaboran con los Invasores , Peter Parker viste un traje verde y adopta el alias del Retador cuando lucha contra Cráneo Rojo y los nazis . [79]
La versión de los Ancianos del Universo del Challenger desafía al Gran Maestro a su regreso del vacío después de la recreación del Multiverso al final de la historia de " Secret Wars ". [80] Con la Tierra como campo de batalla, el Challenger reúne a la Orden Negra , resucitando a Black Dwarf , Corvus Glaive , Proxima Midnight y Supergiant como una proyección psíquica. El Challenger los enfrenta contra la encarnación del Gran Maestro de la Legión Letal . [81] [82] Durante la ronda final, el Challenger invoca al resucitado Hulk , quien destruye el Pyramoid en posesión de la Voyager en la Sede Auxiliar de los Vengadores. [83] El Challenger aparentemente desintegra al Gran Maestro y hace planes para destruir la Tierra bajo el alias de Gran Maestro Prime. Lucha contra Falcon , Hulk, Rogue y Wonder Man hasta que la Voyager llega con un ejército de Vengadores y lo derrota. Luego, el Voyager lleva al Challenger de regreso a Far Shore y lo encadena para que pueda observar a los Vengadores y, con suerte, reformar sus costumbres; Challenger acepta observar a los Vengadores hasta que pueda liberarse. [84]
La versión de Challenger de William Waring es un maestro de las armas, el jiu-jitsu , la química y la esgrima . También es un hábil tirador, boxeador y piloto. A través del entrenamiento indio de control nervioso, Challenger puede volverse inmune al dolor a voluntad. La versión de Challenger de Elder of the Universe posee el Poder Primordial, que le otorga superfuerza, mayor durabilidad, inmortalidad, manipulación de energía y la capacidad de resucitar a los muertos.
Chance es el nombre de dos personajes no relacionados en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics .
Nicholas Powell , un ex jugador profesional adinerado, decide convertirse en un criminal mercenario a sueldo, conocido como Chance . En lugar de solicitar un pago directo, apostaría sus honorarios contra cualquiera que lo contratara. Si tiene éxito, recibe sus honorarios; si no, pierde la "apuesta" y le debe esa cantidad a su contratista. Se describe a Chance como alguien que elige este método de pago para sentir la emoción de arriesgar su pago.
Chance es contratado por primera vez por el Extranjero para matar a un perista llamado Andre Boullion. Chance es contratado más tarde para matar a Spider-Man , y apuesta su tarifa al doble o nada, que pierde cuando Spider-Man lo derrota. [85] Chance es luego contratado por el funcionario corrupto de la ciudad Robert Phalen para matar a un testigo de asesinato. Su intento inicial es frustrado por Daredevil , y su contrato se rescinde tras la muerte de Phelan. [86] Chance es contratado por la Fundación Vida para robar un envío secreto de armas, pero la Fundación Vida lo captura. Chance une fuerzas con Spider-Man para derrotar a la Fundación Vida. [87] Chance es luego contratado por Mister Grouper para matar al dueño del casino Raymond Trask, pero Spider-Man lo frustra. [88] Trask luego contrata a Chance con el pretexto de proteger a Trask de un intento de asesinato. En cambio, Trask intenta sin éxito matarlo por venganza. [89]
Durante la historia de Spider-Island , Chance, junto con Scorcher y White Rabbit , se ve custodiando un laboratorio abandonado en la Empire State University cuando llegan Peter Parker y Carlie Cooper; Parker lo derrota. [90] Chance luego intenta matar al rejuvenecido Steve Rogers durante una conferencia de prensa, pero es derrotado por el Capitán América . [91]
La versión femenina de Chance es una niña surcoreana de 13 años que emigra a Estados Unidos y huye de una iglesia que la maltrata. El criminal mutante Vanisher la recluta para formar parte de los Ángeles Caídos , adolescentes que trabajan como ladrones. [92] Allí, se hace amiga de la mutante extraterrestre Ariel . [93]
Lila Cheney es una estrella de rock británica ficticia y mutante que hace apariciones como personaje invitado, generalmente en los cómics New Mutants y X-Men . Creada por Chris Claremont y Bob McLeod , hizo su debut en The New Mutants Annual #1 (noviembre de 1984). Cheney posee el poder de la teletransportación, pero solo a distancias interestelares. Durante una de sus pruebas, descubre una esfera Dyson abandonada , que usa como base de operaciones para sus teletransportes. [94] Mientras descubre sus poderes en su infancia, llega al planeta alienígena Aladna, donde se compromete con el príncipe Yan. [95]
Como adulta, Cheney usa su poder para ganarse la vida como ladrona, en un momento dado con la intención de vender la Tierra a una raza alienígena llamada Vrakanin. [94] Justo antes de que pueda ejecutar su plan, conoce a los Nuevos Mutantes cuando visitan uno de sus conciertos en Nueva York. Cuando los Vrakanin la traicionan, abandona su carrera de ladrona y entabla una relación romántica con Sam Guthrie , un miembro de los Nuevos Mutantes. [ 94] [96] Conserva sus poderes después del Día M. [97] Finalmente, regresa a Aladna para cumplir su promesa de matrimonio, aunque el Príncipe Yan finalmente elige a otra mujer como su esposa. [95] Cheney luego se convierte en ciudadana de la población mutante en Krakoa . [98]
En Days of Future Past , Cheney lucha contra el padre de Warlock , Magus , durante el cual Magik accidentalmente termina teletransportando a todo su equipo a dos líneas de tiempo futuras alternativas. [99] En una de ellas, donde los Centinelas han destruido a la mayoría de los mutantes de la Tierra, Cannonball, Mirage y Cheney establecen una operación guerrillera para llevar a los mutantes a un lugar seguro temporal en la esfera Dyson de Lila. [100]
Chewbacca Sassy "Chewie" Danvers [101] [102] es un extraterrestre de los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics . El personaje, creado por Brian Reed y Roberto De La Torre, aparece por primera vez en Giant-Size Ms. Marvel #1 (abril de 2006). Su origen extraterrestre fue inventado por Kelly Sue DeConnick y David López para Captain Marvel Volumen 8, #2 (junio de 2014).
Chewie es un gato de apariencia normal que quedó atrapado en una pelea entre Carol Danvers , entonces conocida como Ms. Marvel, y Sir Warren Traveler, dentro de un edificio en llamas. [103] Carol adopta al gato después de que aparece en su apartamento y la llama Chewie, en honor al personaje de Star Wars Chewbacca . [104] Desde entonces, Chewie ha hecho apariciones esporádicas como compañero de Carol durante su carrera como Ms. Marvel y Captain Marvel . [105] [106]
Cuando Carol lleva a Chewie al espacio con ella, y se encuentran con los Guardianes de la Galaxia , Rocket Raccoon identifica a Chewie como un Flerken, una peligrosa especie alienígena que se parece a los gatos de la Tierra. Rocket intenta matarla antes de que ponga huevos, pero Carol no le cree y lo detiene. [107] Chewie pone 117 huevos, que eclosionan, y Carol, Rocket y Tic llevan a Chewie y su descendencia a un centro de rescate. Chewie luego se teletransporta de regreso a su nave para estar con Carol, dejando atrás a su descendencia. [108]
Durante la historia de " Empyre ", la Capitana Marvel le ordena a Chewie que vigile a su recién descubierta media hermana Lauri-Ell. Cuando los Cotati atacan la Tierra, Chewie ayuda a la Capitana Marvel y a Lauri-Ell comiéndose a algunos de los Cotati. [109]
Personajes no relacionados con el nombre Chimera aparecen en varios cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics.
En los cómics de Wolverine , Chimera es una pirata interdimensional que se encuentra con Wolverine mientras obtiene información sobre él y su estado salvaje. Ella ayuda al autoproclamado heredero de Apocalipsis , Genesis, con la captura de Wolverine para que Genesis pueda convertir a Wolverine en su primer Jinete . Intentan volver a unir el adamantium que Magneto había extraído del esqueleto de Wolverine , pero fallan cuando el cuerpo de Wolverine expulsa violentamente el metal, matando a la mayoría de los seguidores de Genesis, los Dark Riders . Dirtnap, uno de los únicos Dark Riders que sobrevivieron, se une a Chimera para vengarse de Wolverine. [114] Chimera se encuentra con Wolverine nuevamente cuando él y Venom son atraídos a una trampa tendida por ella y Dirtnap.
Chimera y Dirtnap aparentemente mueren en una implosión , pero sobreviven y atacan la escuela de la Generación X en un intento de secuestrar a los gemelos M. Los gemelos se fusionan nuevamente con M y luego se fusionan con Emplate , formando M-Plate. Chimera captura a Synch y huye junto con M-Plate. La Generación X luego rescata a Synch. [115]
Quimera es vista luego en Madripoor, matando a traficantes de drogas. La Reina Roja se acerca a ella para unirse a su Hermandad de Mutantes. [116] Más tarde en Japón, Quimera y la Hermandad desentierran el cuerpo de Kwannon y se enfrentan a Domino , que está allí por otros asuntos. Domino hiere gravemente a Quimera, pero escapa con el resto de la Hermandad y el cuerpo de Kwannon. Después de que la Reina Roja la cura, la Hermandad realiza un hechizo que involucra el cuerpo de Kwannon y una Betsy Braddock cautiva , devolviéndola a su cuerpo original. [117] La Hermandad luego ataca a los X-Men . Quimera, junto con Martinica, ataca a Northstar , Cyclops y Dazzler . [118] Después de eliminar a los X-Men adultos, intenta atacar a Armor y X-23, pero Pixie los teletransporta. Pixie luego busca a los Stepford Cuckoos y Elixir. Quimera ataca a las Cuckoos, quienes responden golpeándola. [119] Spiral luego teletransporta a la Hermandad de regreso a su base, donde se separan, y Quimera va con la Reina Roja al lugar de entierro de Jean Grey. Allí, ataca a Domino, pero es derrotada por Coloso. Cuando la Reina Roja es derrotada, Spiral teletransporta a la Hermandad. [120]
Quimera aparece más tarde como miembro de un grupo de Merodeadores a los que les han lavado el cerebro para atacar a los X-Men. [121] Como parte de " All-New, All-Different Marvel ", Quimera aparece nuevamente como miembro de los Merodeadores. Ella ayuda a Aries , Azimuth y Coda a perseguir a Nightcrawler a través de las alcantarillas para capturarlo y convertirlo en el espécimen de Mister Sinister. [122]
Una versión no identificada de Quimera es miembro de las Femizons . Es una metamorfosis que puede desarrollar alas, garras y otras partes. [123]
La quimera de la mitología griega aparece en Marvel Comics. Se la representa como un monstruo parlante que escupe fuego con cabezas de león y cabra , patas delanteras de león, alas de dragón , cuartos traseros de cabra y cola con cabeza de serpiente. La quimera se describe como la descendencia de Equidna , que fue asesinada por Belerofonte . Más tarde, Hera devuelve la vida a la Quimera para proteger las cavernas debajo del Nuevo Olimpo, junto con un cíclope y guerreros esqueleto . [124] La Quimera se encuentra con los Agentes de Atlas , pero no los reconoció como olímpicos y les lanzó fuego, lo que provocó una pelea entre los héroes y los secuaces de Hera. [125] El Hombre Gorila obliga a la quimera a prender fuego a su segunda cabeza, lo que hace que se agite hasta quedar inconsciente. [126]
Chipmunk Hunk ( Tomás Lara-Pérez ) es un personaje ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics . Es amigo, aliado y breve interés amoroso de Squirrel Girl . El personaje, creado por Ryan North y Erica Henderson , apareció por primera vez en The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 (marzo de 2015).
Chipmunk Hunk es un superhumano parecido a una ardilla, estudiante de la Empire State University y amigo de Doreen Green / Squirrel Girl . [127] [128] [129] [130] Cuando Doreen se entera de que está saliendo con Mary Mahjan, una chica con la que ya se había hecho amiga, lo acepta como amigo platónico. [131] [132] [133] [134] [135] [136]
Chipmunk Hunk aparece en Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 .
El coro es miembro del equipo de superhéroes del Reino Unido The Union , que representa a Gales . [137]
Andrew Chord es un personaje de los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics . Es afroamericano. Su primera aparición fue en Thor #411. Chord es el mentor de Night Thrasher y los New Warriors . También es el padre de Silhouette y Midnight's Fire , y el yerno del villano de los Warriors, Tai .
Andrew Chord sirve como sargento del ejército durante la Guerra de Vietnam . Su unidad, conocida como "Half Fulls", se despliega en la meseta de Bolaven al norte del río Se Kong en Camboya , donde exploran ubicaciones para un aeródromo. La unidad está compuesta por seis soldados, incluido el padre de Night Thrasher, Daryl Taylor, Diego Cassaes, también conocido como la Mano Izquierda , y los padres de los miembros del Círculo Plegable , que se encuentran con el Templo del Aliento del Dragón, donde un geriátrico camboyano aparentemente de habla inglesa llamado Tai los retiene mediante magia. Tai les cuenta a los soldados la historia de su pueblo y les pide que se apareen con seis mujeres jóvenes de su culto. A los soldados se les hace creer que sus hijos algún día gobernarán el mundo. Cinco de los soldados están de acuerdo, incluido Chord; Daryl Taylor se niega porque está casado.
Chord se casa con la única hija de Tai, Miyami, a quien trae a casa en Estados Unidos. Miyami da a luz a sus hijos birraciales: Silhouette y Aaron ( Midnight's Fire ). Miyami finge su muerte y la de sus hijos en un accidente automovilístico para evitar que sean utilizados como peones de Tai. Deja a sus hijos para que se críen en el barrio chino de Manhattan y desaparece. Chord, creyendo que su esposa y sus hijos están muertos, se convierte en mercenario y viaja por el mundo. Conoce a Cable , un viajero en el tiempo, que también trabaja como mercenario.
Chord finalmente regresa al templo de Dragon Breath en Camboya, donde Tai le ordena que reanude su amistad con Taylor y su esposa Melody. Chord se convierte en el padrino de su hijo pequeño, Dwayne Taylor. Tai luego exige que Chord mate a Daryl y Melody para cumplir con su papel en el pacto. Chord lo hace de mala gana, disparando a sus amigos en un restaurante lleno de gente frente a Dwayne, de seis años; Tai luego borra el recuerdo de Dwayne del evento. [138]
Chord y Tai entrenan a Dwayne para luchar contra el crimen y vengar los asesinatos de sus padres, sin revelar nunca su papel en el incidente. También utilizan la Fundación Taylor, una organización benéfica que Dwayne heredó de su padre, para invertir en operaciones ilegales. Dwayne se hace amigo de sus compañeros luchadores contra el crimen Silhouette y Midnight's Fire. [139] Tai y Chord, que no saben que Chord es su padre, desaprueban la amistad de Dwayne con ellos y su romance con Silhouette. La asociación entre Dwayne y los hermanos termina cuando Silhouette recibe un disparo y resulta gravemente herido por un miembro de una pandilla coreana durante una operación encubierta fallida.
Dwayne se convierte en Night Thrasher a instancias de Tai y Chord, y reúne a un equipo joven de superhéroes llamado los Nuevos Guerreros . [140] Tai tiene la intención secreta de sacrificar a los Nuevos Guerreros en el pozo del culto Dragon's Breath en lugar de los miembros del Folding Circle (los niños de los apareamientos de los soldados y los miembros femeninos del culto) y absorber sus poderes. Mientras tanto, Chord acompaña a los Nuevos Guerreros a Brasil para investigar el Proyecto: Tierra. Lucha contra Force of Nature junto a ellos, [141] y trabaja con ellos cuando se une a X-Force, revelando que conocía al líder de X-Force, Cable, de sus días como mercenario en Vietnam. [142] En una historia relacionada, Chord es uno de los muchos héroes que se quedan atrapados dentro de la mente de Piecemeal cuando la entidad intentó convertir el mundo en una construcción matemática. El equipo de X-Factor convence a Piecemeal de que abandone su plan. [143]
Night Thrasher finalmente descubre el mal uso de los fondos de la Fundación Taylor por parte de Chord y lo confronta. Chord engaña a los otros Nuevos Guerreros para que piensen que Dwayne está siendo controlado por una fuerza externa, pero su engaño es descubierto. Chord se dispara en la cabeza en lugar de revelar la verdad. Marvel Boy lleva a Chord moribundo al hospital, [144] donde Chord admite haber asesinado a los padres de Night Thrasher. Miyami también viene de visita, [145] y Tai le revela a Silhouette que ella es la hija de Chord. [146] Tai luego asesina a Miyami cuando descubrió su engaño sobre el accidente automovilístico. Tai cura parcialmente a Chord usando su magia. [147] Chord se recupera durante varios meses. Tai es asesinada más tarde por Night Thrasher cuando intenta sacrificar a los Nuevos Guerreros y al Círculo Plegable. [148]
Poco después, Chord contrata a los Poison Memories para organizar su secuestro e incriminar a otros miembros corruptos de la junta de la Fundación Taylor, con la esperanza de que Dwayne investigue e intervenga en los tratos de la compañía. Después de someterse a una cirugía que le salvó la vida, Chord se reconcilia con Night Thrasher y Silhouette. [149] Chord luego es nombrado tutor legal de Elvin Haliday, también conocido como New Warrior Rage , después de que la abuela de Haliday es asesinada por los Poison Memories. [150]
Chord y su ex compañero mercenario Sprocket más tarde ayudan a Dwayne a descubrir la verdad sobre el hijo ilegítimo de su padre, Donyell . Cuando los Nuevos Guerreros son enviados a varios puntos en el tiempo por la Esfinge , Chord y Sprocket ayudan a Hindsight Lad a reclutar un nuevo equipo de Guerreros para luchar contra la Esfinge. [151] Desde entonces, Chord aún no ha vuelto a aparecer en los cómics, y después de la muerte de Night Thrasher y la Guerra Civil , [152] Donyell Taylor ha asumido el control de la Fundación Taylor. [153]
Chord es un hombre atlético, pero no tiene poderes sobrehumanos. Sabe combatir cuerpo a cuerpo, tiene entrenamiento de combate y experiencia militar. Es un buen tirador con armas de fuego convencionales. Chord también diseñó el traje de batalla original del Night Thrasher . Es experto en pilotar aviones y operar computadoras.
Chthon es un personaje de los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics . El personaje, que apareció por primera vez en Marvel Chillers (julio de 1975) y luego fue nombrado en Avengers #186 (mayo de 1979), fue creado por Marv Wolfman , Yong Montano y Bill Mantlo . Chthon usa magia del caos y puede deformar la realidad. Chthon es un dios anciano malvado que es el escritor de Darkhold y creador del Templo Oscuro en el Monte Wundagore . También maldijo a Scarlet Witch con magia del caos cuando era una niña. Chthon intenta poseer a Scarlet Witch por primera vez después de conducir a Modred the Mystic a secuestrar a los Vengadores. Chthon se enfrenta a Spider-Woman , Blade y otros personajes.
Vuelve a fracasar en su intento de poseer a Bruja Escarlata durante el Reinado Oscuro , cuando Chthon habitó el cuerpo de Quicksilver , después de lo cual es encarcelado en el mismo Darkhold por la Visión .
Después de su período de exilio, Chthon es liberado por la versión Cletus Kasady de Carnage , antes de ser desterrado nuevamente. [154]
Durante los eventos de Secret Empire , Chthon influye en Wanda para que se una a los Vengadores de Hydra. [155] Wanda es liberada por Doctor Strange durante la batalla final contra las fuerzas de Hydra. [156]
Cuando el Doctor Doom se apoderó del Darkhold, abrió un portal que le permitió a Chthon pasar. [157] Scarlet Witch y el Doctor Doom viajaron al Otro Reino para enfrentar a Chthon antes de que pudiera invadir la Tierra. Después de tomar el Darkhold, Scarlet Witch se fusionó con él y derrotó a Chthon. Él regresará si Scarlet Witch muere, ya que ella le hace saber a sus aliados. [158] Después del resurgimiento de Scarlet Witch después de que fue asesinada durante la Gala del Fuego Infernal , Chthon todavía estaba dentro de ella. Agatha Harkness luego se coló en el cuerpo de Scarlet Witch y robó el corazón de Chthon. [159]
Durante la historia del " Concurso del Caos ", los restos de Chthon son utilizados por Agatha Harkness para crear un nuevo Darkhold. [160]
Chtylok el Che-K'n Kau es un personaje de los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics . El personaje aparece por primera vez en The Sensational Spider-Man #13 (febrero de 1997). Chtylok es un monstruo de 25 pies (7,6 m) de altura parecido a un pollo con garras afiladas como navajas, patas y pezuñas parecidas a las de los bovinos y una cola grande, puntiaguda y prensil, que es capaz de volar. Habita en un área de la Antártida , justo en las afueras de la Tierra Salvaje . Hace milenios, la gente del otoño de la Tierra Salvaje adoraba a la bestia, hasta que entró en hibernación. [164]
El agujero en la capa de ozono ha comenzado a provocar que el hielo alrededor de la Tierra Salvaje se derrita, lo que despierta a Chtylok de su hibernación. Encuentra su camino hacia la superficie de la Isla de los Monstruos y sigue a varios monstruos que huyen hasta los Cayos de Florida , donde lucha contra Hulk. [165]
Caesar "Big C" Cicero es un personaje ficticio que aparece en los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics.
César Cicerón es miembro de la rama de la Maggia de Melena de Plata , donde actúa como su abogado . [166]
César Cicerón aparece en el episodio de Spider-Man "La ira del submarino", con la voz de Vic Perrin .
Clash , también conocido como Clayton Cole , es un supervillano de los cómics estadounidenses publicados por Marvel Comics . Clash aparece por primera vez en The Amazing Spider-Man Volumen 3, #1 (junio de 2014) y fue creado por Dan Slott y Ramon Perez. El personaje tiene una breve carrera criminal, se reforma y trabaja para Parker Industries , y luego regresa a sus raíces criminales durante la historia de " Civil War II ". [167]
As a child, Clayton Cole sees Peter Parker's Masked Marvel wrestle Crusher Hogan. He then begins to work on technology so that he can be like the "Masked Marvel", taking the name Clash.[168] During his first foray as clash, he comes into conflict with Spider-Man, is defeated, and sentenced to a youth detention center.[169] Upon being released on parole, Clash works as a henchmen for Owl and other supervillains.[170] He later reforms and begins working for Parker Industries before returning to crime.[171][172][173][174][175][176]
Cloud 9 a.k.a. Abigail "Abby" Boylen is a teenage superheroine in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.[178] Cloud 9 was created by writer Dan Slott and artist Stefano Caselli. She first appears in Avengers: The Initiative #1 (June 2007), and appeared until the end of its publication (issue #35, May 2010). She is also one of the protagonists of the 2011, six-issue limited series "Fear Itself".
Could 9 first demonstrates her powers while flying on a cloud in Evanston, Illinois. She is spotted by the Initiative program and recruited into it by War Machine. Cloud 9 is depicted as shy and self-conscious about her body. During a uniform exchange, Cloud 9 accidentally enters the boys' showers and is found by fellow new hero MVP. When Cloud 9 trains with Armory, Armory accidentally shoots MVP when he tries to protect Cloud 9 from harm. Armory is grounded from being a superhero and expelled from the base.[179]
Cloud 9 is later sent on an emergency mission to protect the United States president from an assassination attempt by HYDRA, during which she shoots down a HYDRA fighter with a pulse rifle. She becomes distressed when she realizes that the HYDRA pilot died in the explosion.[180] Later, in a fight with the group Warbound, she tries to kill Elloe Kaifi, but is talked out of doing so.[181]
During the "Killed In Action" story arc, Cloud 9 learns that the Initiative had secretly made clones of MVP. One of them, KIA, goes on a rampage. Cloud 9 travels to the Van Patrick home with other Initiative members to attempt to convince the first MVP clone to download his memories into a device that will transmit them into KIA's brain and reprogram KIA, but possibly leave the first clone mindless. Cloud 9 distracts KIA by playing on the latent memories of the original MVP and kissing him, allowing her to fill his lungs with her vapor. The MVP clone, rather than wipe his own mind, instead places the helmet on KIA, leaving him an empty shell. Cloud 9 and the clone decide to start things over, acknowledging that the clone is not the MVP she knew.[volume & issue needed]
When Cloud 9 completes her Initiative training, she is assigned to Freedom Force, where she fights alongside Challenger, Think Tank, Equinox, and Spinner.[182] When Equinox is revealed to be a Skrull infiltrator, Cloud 9 kills him.[183] Initiative instructor Tigra expresses concern that Cloud 9 has developed a detached attitude towards killing. Tigra worries that Cloud 9 may face psychological trauma if she is forced to confront her feelings.[184]
During the Dark Reign storyline, Norman Osborn orders Freedom Force to attack the Heavy Hitters after they secede from the Initiative. Cloud 9 is ordered to assassinate Night Thrasher, but she misses on purpose.[185] She then lies, but Taskmaster realizes that she is lying and places her on probation.[186] She then joins Hardball to battle the demon Nightmare after he possesses Trauma. Nightmare plagues Cloud 9 with visions of undead people who have been shot in the head. She fights them and yells at Trauma to fight off Nightmare. Trauma hears her, but Nightmare knocks her out.[187] Following the events of the Siege storyline, Cloud 9 assists a depowered Komodo in capturing Baron Von Blitzschlag.[188]
After Steve Rogers replaces Norman Osborn, Rogers offers Cloud 9 a spot as a trainer at Avengers Academy. She declines after he tells her that it is optional and that the Superhuman Registration Act has been abolished. She destroys her superhero registration card and removes her costume as she flies away, freed from the Act's requirements.[189] During the Fear Itself storyline, Cloud 9 refuses to attend a meeting held by Prodigy regarding magical hammers that have crashed to Earth. However, when Thor Girl is apprehended and accosted by men outside of her holding cell, Cloud 9 arrives to rescue her and subdues the men. After defeating Quicksand, who was on a murder spree, they fight against Juggernaut, who has been transformed into Kuurth: Breaker of Stone, and rescue civilians in Las Vegas.[190]
Cloud 9 later appears among the heroes allied with Jeremy Briggs. During a confrontation with the students of the Avengers Academy, she expresses contentment with her new job and expresses that she has no desire to act as a hero herself.[191] During the Secret Empire storyline, Cloud 9 appears as a member of the Underground after Hydra takes over the United States.[192]
Cloud 9 appears in Lego Marvel's Avengers, voiced by Laura Bailey.[citation needed]
Clown is the name of different characters in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Eliot Franklin was born in Orlando, Florida, the son of a man named Corky. At the start of his criminal career, he joins the Ringmaster's Circus of Crime, working as a circus clown, comedian, juggler, and unicyclist. He eventually decides to leave the Circus with the Human Cannonball, the Great Gambonnos, and Princess Python.[193] They call themselves the Masters of Menace and elect Clown as their leader. The Clown plans a robbery of an art gallery on Madison Avenue, New York City, which is eventually foiled by Spider-Man, resulting in their arrest.[volume & issue needed] They escape from jail and agree to rejoin the Ringmaster in the Circus of Crime. They attempt to recruit Hawkeye, Quicksilver, and Scarlet Witch to the cause, but fail when the Clown is defeated by Scarlet Witch. [volume & issue needed]
After a run-in with the Hulk, the Thing, Iceman, and Giant-Man, Clown leaves the group, wipes off the make-up, and joins the Quentin Carnival, where his father Corky is a clown. The Clown attempts to go straight, but the Circus of Crime harasses him. Fire-Eater burns down Corky's tent; Ghost Rider saves Corky, who is badly hurt. Facing high hospital bills, the Clown returns to the Circus of Crime, which eventually appoints him leader.[volume & issue needed] The Clown leads the Circus in robbing the Quentin Carnival and seeking revenge on Fire-Eater. Ghost Rider interrupts their attack and forces the Clown to confront his actions; the Clown sees his life as a hell and is reduced to near-catatonia.[volume & issue needed] Unblinking and robotic, Eliot is given the job of pushing a broom around the Quentin Carnival. Corky recovers, returns to the show, and works to help Eliot improve. By the time Johnny Blaze leaves the carnival, Eliot is once again able to communicate, soft-spoken and with a stutter.[volume & issue needed]
Sometime later, the Clown rejoins the Circus of Crime and they battle Namor, Shroud, Hulk, She-Hulk, Power Pack, Ben Reilly, Spider-Man, Howard the Duck, Generation X, Devil Dinosaur, and Moon-Boy.[volume & issue needed] The Clown, along with Princess Python, Cannonball, and the Gambonnos, eventually move to Hollywood and resort to armed robbery, but they are thwarted by the Hulk. [volume & issue needed]
The Clown later becomes a professional assassin. He steals his victim's televisions and stockpiles them in his room at the Hollywood Towne Hotel, where he watches every television channel to find mentions of the Ringmaster, who has gone straight and against whom Eliot has sworn revenge. At one point, he defeats an army of robot repo men attempt to steal his televisions. He battles the Jack Truman incarnation of Deathlok while attempting to kill Nick Fury, who he believes is a crime boss, but who is actually under the hypnotic effects of Ringmaster. The Clown finds the Ringmaster when he appears on television, running for elected office under the pseudonym Martin Thraller. The Clown shows up at a national political convention, where the Ringmaster is about to attempt to hypnotize television viewers into electing him President. The Clown battles with Deathlok, who eventually allows The Clown to flee rather than taking him into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody.[194]
In the "Civil War" storyline, the Clown, alongside the Ringmaster and the Gambonnos, is a member of Hammerhead's unnamed villain army when Iron Man and S.H.I.E.L.D. raid their hideout.[195] He later joins the Gamma Corps, which wass assembled by General Ryker to destroy the Hulk, under the name Griffin, with a mutation similar to Betty Ross' Harpy form.[clarify][196] Griffin fights with the Gamma Corps against the Hulk's Doc Green form. After Doc Green saves them from the Doc Green A.I., each of the Gamma Corps members have their powers removed by Doc Green.[197]
A second version of Clown appears in Brand New Day as a villains.[198] He is a member of Hood's crime syndicate.[199] The Clown is later contacted by Zodiac and Death Reaper, who ask him to join them. Together, they attack the Human Torch, hijack the Red Ronin to attack Times Square, and annoy Norman Osborn. The Clown, along with Paste-Pot Pete, rob a bank during Red Ronin's rampage; during the robbery, the Clown executes subdued security guards. The Clown later joins Manslaughter Marsdale in killing H.A.M.M.E.R troops at an old S.H.I.E.L.D. barbershop base, as Zodiac reveals the stolen Zodiac Key to Agent Murphy.[200] The Clown is eventually revealed to be Eliot Franklin's half-brother.[201] Boomerang and Owl later bring the Clown into the Sinister Sixteen, which is assembled to distract the Chameleon's forces while Boomerang steals from him.[202]
A third, unnamed version of Clown appears as a member of the Circus of Crime in the "Spiral" storyline.[203] During the "Opening Salvo" of the Secret Empire storyline, Clown is a member of the Circus of Crime and is recruited by Baron Helmut Zemo to join the Army of Evil.[204]
The Eliot Franklin incarnation of the Clown appears in The Marvel Super Heroes episode "Ringmaster" as a member of the Circus of Crime.
Cobalt Man a.k.a. Ralph Roberts is a character in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Roy Thomas and penciller Werner Roth, and first appears in X-Men #31 (April 1967).[205] He has been an antagonist to various superheroes.
An ex-employee of Stark Industries and the older brother of Ted Roberts, Ralph builds a weaponized suit armor powered by cobalt radiation. While giving a tour of his lab to Ted's girlfriend Jean Grey, he becomes unstable as a result of the radiation from his Cobalt Man armor. Cyclops, Marvel Girl, the Beast, Iceman, and Angel defeat him.[206][207] Tyrannus kidnaps Ralph who builds a giant robot version of Cobalt Man, before he is rescued by the X-Men.[208]
Roberts later develops a streamlined Cobalt Man armor and attempts to destroy himself and Sydney, Australia, to show the world the dangers of radiation. The Hulk defeats Cobalt Man who seemingly dies a safe distance from Earth.[209] Cobalt Man is then forced to join Egghead's Emissaries of Evil. He fights the Hulk again, until the Defenders restore his sanity and he seemingly sacrifices himself in a contained nuclear explosion alongside Egghead.[210] However, Cobalt Man survives and fight the Hulk for a third time.[211]
Cobalt Man later confronts the Avengers and is defeated by Iron Man and the Vision and imprisoned at the Raft; Tony Stark subsequently impersonates Cobalt Man to infiltrate the Thunderbolts.[212] Following his escape from prison with other villains, Roberts goes into hiding in Stamford, Connecticut. The New Warriors locate and attack the villains as part of a reality television show. During the fight, Nitro sets off a powerful explosion, killing hundreds, apparently including Cobalt Man and most of the New Warriors.[213]
At one point, a Skrull impersonating the original Cobalt Man is defeated by Ms. Marvel.[214]
Cobalt Man is among the dead in Erebus when Hercules travels to the Underworld.[215] After he is revived, Cobalt Man fights Deadpool and the Mercs for Money who capture him for Umbral Dynamics.[216]
Isadore "Izzy" Cohen is a character in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. His first appearance was in Sgt. Fury and the Howling Commandos #1 (May 1963). Cohen is an expert in mechanical devices, particularly automobiles. He uses grenades and machine guns in battle.
Cohen fights Nazis alongside Nick Fury during World War II. Cohen features in dozens of adventures, such as in Sgt. Fury and the Howling Commandos #32, where he resists Nazi brainwashing and helps to destroy a weapons plant.
After the war, Cohen goes home to Brooklyn, settles down with his wife, and runs his father's mechanic shop. He has two sons and one daughter. He turns the family business into a string of car dealerships, which he eventually passes down to his sons.[volume & issue needed]
Cohen signs up for a tour of duty in the Korean War, where he is promoted to sergeant.[volume & issue needed] He also fights in the Vietnam War. In 1972, he is shot at a reunion, and in the 1980s, he confronts a Life Model Decoy (LMD) of the Nazi war criminal Baron von Strucker.[volume & issue needed] He then serves in S.H.I.E.L.D. after it is nearly destroyed by an LMD.[volume & issue needed]
Colosso-Bug is an anthropomorphic insect version of Colossus and a member of the X-Bugs.
Comet a.k.a. Harris Moore is a character in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appears in Nova #21 (September 1978), and was created by Marv Wolfman and John Buscema.[220]
In the late 1950s, radiation from a gaseous entity resembling a tiny comet mutagenically alters Moore, giving him superhuman flying and electrical powers, which he uses as the Comet, a costumed crimefighter. Decades later, he goes to Xandar to aid its people in their war against the Skrulls as one of the Champions of Xandar. After his son Crimebuster dies, the Comet chooses to remain on Xandar. The Comet dies battling the forces of Nebula.[221]
Copycat (Vanessa Carlysle) is a character in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Copycat first appears in X-Force #19 (February 1993), where the character was retconned to the first appearance of Domino in The New Mutants #98 (February 1991). She was created by Fabian Nicieza and Greg Capullo.[222] The character has been depicted as a former member of X-Force. Copycat is a metamorph with the ability to duplicate another being down to the cellular level, including superpowers and mental imprints. Copycat requires only knowledge to duplicate a person's appearance, but needs physical contact to duplicate anything else. She is also capable of turning into animals.[223]
The daughter of Dorothy and the late Burt Carlysle, of New Brunswick, New Jersey,[224] she is kicked out of her home and becomes a sex worker in Boston, where she meets and falls in love with a mercenary named Wade Wilson. Zoe Culloden, a time-traveling agent of Landau, Luckman, and Lake, saves Carlysle when she travels into the past to prevent Wilson's eventual self-destruction. That night, Wilson breaks up with Carlysle after learning that he has a terminal illness. Carlysle becomes a mercenary and works for Mr. Tolliver, an arms dealer.
Under Tolliver's orders, Copycat infiltrates X-Force in the shape of Domino while she is imprisoned. She is tasked with blowing up X-Force's headquarters to kill Cable, but she becomes attached to the team members and falls in love with Cable. Tolliver sends Deadpool to force Copycat to set off a bomb. Deadpool reveals Copycat's double-cross to X-Force, and then blows up the complex without knowing that X-Force had already escaped.
Copycat then assumes the false identity of the twin of her friend Tina Valentino. Deadpool and his associate Sluggo kill Valentino, believing that she is Copycat. Copycat then moves in with and begins dating Garrison Kane in San Francisco.[225] She is subsequently captured by the emotion-manipulating Psycho-Man, who seeks Kane's advanced technology. She is rescued from the Microverse by Kane, Cable, Domino, and the Microns. She later breaks up with Kane and goes to live with Deadpool. Copycat then copies Deadpool's appearance after his feelings for Siryn grow, with the hopes of souring their potential relationship.
Copycat is later captured by Weapon X, which accelerates the rate at which she can duplicate others, with the side effects of memory loss and the inability to hold a solid form for a long period of time. Sabretooth recruits Deadpool to kill Copycat. After he attempts to warn her, Weapon X sends Kane to kill both of them. They fight at a local zoo, where Copycat shapeshifts and hides among the gorillas as Deadpool fights Kane. Upon his return, he finds the gorillas dead and Copycat dying from wounds inflicted by Sabretooth. She dies shortly after in Deadpool's arms.[223] However, Deadpool pours his own blood into Copycat's wounds, healing her. Copycat then takes on the identity of a chimichanga stand owner, later cheating Deadpool out of one of his past marriages.[clarify][226]
Gilberto "Gil" Corazon is a minor character in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Fiona Avery and Mark Brooks, first appears in Amazing Fantasy Volume 2, #1 (August 2004). He is Anya Corazon's father and Sofia Corazon's widower. He is an investigative reporter of Puerto Rican lineage.[232] During an investigation of crime lord Jamie Jade, Sofia is killed in a fire, and Gil and Anya flee to New York.[233][234] Gil eventually discovers that his daughter is the superheroine Araña (transl. Spider a.k.a. Spider-Girl, with the help of Carol Danvers. When Anya is wounded, Gil files a restraining order[clarify] to keep Anya safe.[235][236][237] Gil is also an acquaintance of the Fantastic Four.[238] Gil is later killed and the Red Hulk is framed as his killer by the Raven Society organization.[239][240][241]
Sofia Corazon is a minor character in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Fiona Avery and Mark Brooks, first appears in Amazing Fantasy Volume 2, #1 (August 2004). She is Anya Corazon's mother of Mexican descent, and Gil Corazon's wife. Sofia is a member of the Spider Society, and is killed by crime lord Jamie Jade while Gil is investigating him.[233][234] Sofia's ghost follows her daughter when she is Araña (transl. Spider) a.k.a. Spider-Girl, dissuading her from taking drastic actions.[232][234] She also passes Araña's exoskeleton on to Nina Smith.[242]
Thomas "Tom" Corsi is a character in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most often appearing in X-Men stories. Tom first appears in The New Mutants #19 (1984) and was created by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz.
Tom Corsi is a member of the Westchester County Police Department. After the Demon Bear carries out an attack on Dani Moonstar, the New Mutants bring her to the Mid-County Medical Center, where Corsi and Sharon Friedlander, an ER nurse, are kidnapped and possessed by the Demon Bear. The Demon Bear attempts to transform Corsi and Friedlander into his demonic slaves, but he is defeated the New Mutants. Tom and Sharon are returned to their human forms, but transformed to resemble Native Americans and enhanced in their abilities.[243]
Later, Tom and Sharon are mentally attacked by the Empath, causing them to fall into a sexual obsession with one another for several days.[244] Afterwards, Tom spends time at the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Tom later battles the Reavers on Muir Island while being manipulated by the Shadow King.[245]
As part of Charles Xavier's Mutant Underground, he is asked to work at Our Mother of the Sacred Heart, a school disabled children. When the school comes under attack by a group of Acolytes, Tom kills one of the Kleinstock Brothers and Sharon is slain by Joanna Cargill. The X-Men, summoned by Sharon before her death, defeat the Acolytes.[246]
Tom later becomes a teacher at Massachusetts Academy, a school for mutants run by the White Queen, where he teaches physical education to a small group known as Generation X. When the school is closed down, he moves back to the Xavier Institute, where Elixir is a student in his class. After M-Day, Corsi and Moonstar are both fired due to the loss of 90% of the student body.
Tom has enhanced strength, and claims he can lift twice the amount of the world weightlifting record with relative ease.
Delphine Courtney is a supervillain in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Delphine Courtney first appears in Alpha Flight #7 (February 1984) and was created by John Byrne. The character subsequently appears in Alpha Flight #11–13 (June–August 1984), Alpha Flight #22 (May 1985), and Alpha Flight #25–28 (August–November 1985). Delphine Courtney also appears as part of the "Omega Flight" entry in The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #9.
Delphine Courtney is a servitor robot, built by the Roxxon Energy Corporation to serve Jerry Jaxon. Courtney initially has a fully feminine human appearance, and is referred to by she/her pronouns by her creators.[247] On Jaxon's behalf, Courtney recruits several superhumans that were former members of Gamma Flight and Beta Flight, the Canadian government's training teams, who were dismissed after the government closed Department H.[248] She recruits them so that Jaxon can form a personal super-team, Omega Flight, and take revenge on James Hudson a.k.a. Guardian, the founder of Department H and leader of the still-active Alpha Flight. Courtney manipulates the recruits into seeking their own revenge on Alpha through an "influencer" device built into her systems.[249] Courtney is unable to influence Roger Bochs, the inventor of the Box robot, who remains loyal to Hudson and the Flight program, forcing Jaxon to directly involve himself by taking control of Box.[247]
Luring James and Heather Hudson to America with an offer of employment at Roxxon in New York City, Jaxon and Omega Flight ambush James while Heather is detained by Courtney. During an attempted escape, Heather damages Courtney's flesh-like facial covering, revealing that she is a robot. Although Omega Flight seemingly enacts revenge by apparently killing James, Courtney witnesses Jaxon's death from feedback caused by Box's destruction;[247] Omega's remaining members are turned over to the police.[250]
Escaping capture, Courtney frees Omega Flight from jail and employs the group in a new plot against Alpha Flight. Courtney's appearance is reconfigured to incorporate facsimiles of Guardian's battle-suit technology and infiltrates Alpha Flight posing as Guardian. Courtney lures the group into a second encounter with Omega Flight.[251] Beyonder defeats Omega Flight,[252] forcing Courtney and the team to flee. Their escape is blocked by Madison Jeffries, a former Flight trainee whom Courtney had not recruited because of his ability to control machines and his loyalty to James. Jeffries attacks using a construct created from an automobile, and Courtney uses one of the future duplicates of Omega Flight member Flashback as a human shield, resulting in Courtney's death and the mental breakdown of the original Flashback.[253] Bochs and Jeffries later salvage portions of Courtney's second incarnation to construct a new battle-suit functionally identical to James's original,[254] which is used by Heather as the Vindicator.[255]
Delphine Courtney possesses superhuman strength and has a high degree of resistance to physical damage. Courtney has better sight and hearing than a human being's, and possesses an "influencer" that can affect pre-existing psychological conditions in the human mind, allowing Courtney to manipulate individuals. Courtney could masquerade as either gender by altering its underlying structure and could also impersonate specific individuals. While impersonating James Hudson, Courtney also uses technology that can replicate the properties of his battle suits.
June Covington a.k.a. Scarlet Witch is a character in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Covington first appears in the first issue of the 2011 Osborn limited series and was created by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Rios. She began appearing as a regular character in the Dark Avengers series, beginning with Dark Avengers #175.
June Covington is introduced as a postgrad student who is bored with her life working at a university. She develops an interest in eliminating genetic imperfections and becomes a scientist. Eventually, after testing, she perfects her own genetics. After killing 18 people during a prayer meeting for special needs children, Covington is apprehended and incarcerated in a secret government base underwater.[256] While imprisoned, she meets fellow inmates Norman Osborn, Ai Apaec, Kingmaker, and Carny Rives, with whom she plans to break out.[257] After they secure an escape pod and make their way to the surface, Covington becomes Osborn's doctor.[258]
Covington becomes a member of the second incarnation of Norman Osborn's Dark Avengers as the Scarlet Witch.[259][260][261][262][263][264][265][266][267]
June Covington has antiseptic breath, bones that soften to diffuse impact, and glands that distribute megadoses of Relaxin to allow her joints to dislocate with ease. She has a neurotoxin in her blood to which she is immune, and which she delivers using her razor-sharp fingernails. She also possesses surgically implanted gills.
June Covington makes a minor appearance in the novel New Avengers: Breakout as an escapee of the Raft.
Cr'reee is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Cr'reee is mostly associated with the X-Men line of comics as a member of the intergalactic pirates, the Starjammers . Created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum, the character first appeared in X-Men #104 (January 1977). [268]
Cr'reee is a mammal-like alien who acts as a pet to fellow member, Ch'od.
H. Warren Craddock is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema, the character first appeared in Avengers #92 (September 1971). He is a politician.
A Skrull imposter, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, first appeared in Fantastic Four #2 (September 1961). The Skrull was among four Skrulls who impersonated the Fantastic Four who hypnotized three as cows, but one escaped.[269] The Skrull impersonated Craddock in order to be involved with the Alien Activities Commission to manipulate public views on Captain Marvel, and utilize political tactics against the Avengers and Fantastic Four.[270][271][272] Ultimately, the Skrull posing as Craddock was exposed by Rick Jones and beaten to death by an angry mob caused from his anti-alien instigations while his identity theft victim's located by Nick Fury.[273]
The Crime Master is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as an example of the professional-criminal type, and an enemy of Spider-Man.[274] Created and designed by artist and plotter Steve Ditko with writer and editor Stan Lee, he first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #26, published in July 1965.
Nicholas "Lucky" Lewis was a masked criminal who attempted to organize all non-Maggia New York City crime gangs under his control.[275] He was opposed by Spider-Man, Frederick Foswell, and especially his chief rival, the Green Goblin, whose real name of Norman Osborn he had found out. The Crime Master's attempt to build a criminal empire failed when Foswell informed the police about a large crime boss gathering the Crime Master had organized. Seeking revenge on Foswell, he prepared to assassinate Spider-Man, J. Jonah Jameson, and Foswell at the Daily Bugle, but he was instead killed by the police waiting for him there upon Foswell's tip-off.[276][277]
Nicholas Lewis Jr. is the son of the original Crime Master. He met Janice Foswell, the daughter of the original Big Man, during his education period in Europe and they became engaged. After learning that both their fathers died due to alleged involvement by Spider-Man, Lewis decided to take up his father's identity as the Crime Master to avenge his death. Unknowingly, Janice also had the same idea and disguised herself as the new Big Man. Both met and joined up to battle Spider-Man, the Human Torch and the Sons of the Tiger; but when they got into an argument about who was in charge, Janice was fatally shot by Nick. When their identities were revealed, Nick broke down in tears and was subsequently left to the police.[278] Since then, he has apparently remained in prison.
In his early life, Bennett Brant is the brother of Betty Brant. He ended up in a gambling debt with a gangster named Blackie Gaxton to pay for his mother's medical bills. With the help of Doctor Octopus, Blackie Gaxton kidnapped Bennett and Betty as insurance against anyone who wanted to prevent him from leaving the country. Bennett was double-crossed by Blackie Gaxton, who refused to free him of any debts. Blackie was fatally shot during a melee between Blackie Gaxton's gang, Doctor Octopus, and Spider-Man.[279]
Many years later, a new Crime Master appeared in the Venom series. He proved to be a shrewd planner, with substantial resources and many henchmen. His paths first crossed with Eugene "Flash" Thompson, the most recent host of the Venom symbiote, when Flash was sent to stop a mad scientist who had developed powerful Antarctic Vibranium bullets for the Crime Master.[280]
The Crime Master subsequently organized his own team to destroy Venom, which he called the Savage Six. It consisted of himself, Jack-O-Lantern, the Human Fly, the Death Adder, Megatak, and Toxin (which now has Eddie Brock as a host after losing the Anti-Venom symbiote back in the Spider-Island storyline).[281] When Betty Brant was brought before the Crime Master, she was shocked when the Crime Master revealed himself to be her own brother, Bennett Brant, who invited Betty to join him in killing Venom.[282] After his unmasking, Brant claimed that the Crime Master identity went back centuries, and that the bearer of it was chosen by an enigmatic criminal empire. After Venom arrived at his hideout, Bennett Brant almost killed him with a sonic pistol and a flamethrower, but he was shot and killed by Betty. When Venom began to make a comment on this, Betty stated that her brother "died a long time ago."[283]
Venom later came across another Crime Master who was smuggling weapons into the city. Venom fights this Crime Master and notices that he is acting differently. At the same time, the Superior Spider-Man (Doctor Octopus's mind in Spider-Man's body) gets a call from Spider-Island 2 about Venom and the Crime Master and proceeds to have a small army assemble outside the building in which they are fighting. The Superior Spider-Man breaks into the building just as the Crime Master takes off his mask. It is revealed that the man under the mask is an unnamed Maggia operative who had just bought the Crime Master identity and gear from Hobgoblin. The Maggia operative then surrenders.[284]
The Crime Master subsequently hires the Blood Spider, Death-Shield, and Jagged Bow to help him steal a damaged Rigellian Recorder from Deadpool and the Mercs for Money.[285] After the heist goes awry, the Crime Master attempts to buy the Recorder through an auction being held by Deadpool, but is outbid by the Ozarks Kingpin.[286]
During the Civil War II storyline, the Crime Master joins the Kingpin's organization and is killed by one of Fisk's enemies who defaces the corpse with a sign that reads "It's Not Your City".[287]
One of Mister Negative's Inner Demons later impersonates the Hobgoblin's Crime Master to manipulate the Black Cat and the Enforcers into helping him break into Ryker's Island, where he tries to assassinate Hammerhead and Tombstone. The plan is foiled by Spider-Man and the Wraith.[288][289]
An unidentified Crime Master worked closely with Madame Masque as they both share the struggle of Kingpin's mayoral rule over New York City. He is among the crime bosses that are tasked by Mayor Wilson Fisk to target Boomerang who is reported to have the Tablet of Life and Time parts.[290]
Crime Master is among the crime lords that attend the wedding of Randy Robertson and Janice Lincoln. When Shotgun crashes the wedding and shoots Tombstone, Spider-Man goes after him as the crime lords blame each other for calling the hit.[291]
During the "Gang War" storyline, Crime Master attended a crime lord meeting at Arthur Avenue. When Owl asked who ran him out of Red Hook, Crime Master denies any knowledge of it and reveals that he has started a partnership with A.I.M. as an A.I.M. Agent is seen with him.[292] Crime Master and some A.I.M. Agents fought against Ringmaster and his hypnotized civilians until Spider-Man's group showed up. Spider-Man and Spider-Woman defeated Crime Master while Elektra's Daredevil appearance defeated Ringmaster enough to free the hypnotized civilians from his control. Spider-Man then calls Luke Cage to arrange for the villains to be picked up and processed.[293]
Crimebuster is the name of three fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first version first appeared in Nova #13 (September 1977), and was created by Marv Wolfman, Sal Buscema, and Joe Sinnott. The character subsequently appears in Fantastic Four #206 (May 1979), #208-209 (July–August 1979), and was killed in ROM #24 (November 1981).
Frank Moore was born in Brooklyn, New York. Believing his father, the Comet, was killed by an assassin, Frank decides to follow in his footsteps and gain vengeance on the criminal underworld, fighting crime as the costumed Crimebuster. Later reunited with his father, Crimebuster joins the Champions of Xandar and aids them in their war against the Skrulls. Crimebuster is killed by a Skrull.[294]
Crimebuster had no superhuman powers, but was a gifted athlete and a master of various weaponry. Among his devices were a rope gun and a single-seated hover vehicle.
Crimebuster appeared as part of the "Champions of Xandar" entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #16.
Eugene Mason first appeared in Power Man and Iron Fist #105 (May 1984), and was created by Kurt Busiek and Richard Howell.
Mason was a criminal who encountered Power Man in Seagate Penitentiary. After escaping prison, Mason found Franke Moore's abandoned equipment and became the new Crime-Buster as a mercenary. He became a rival hero-for-hire to Power Man and Iron Fist for a short while.[295] Mason was later seen among a group of superheroes battling the Lethal Legion as they attacked the offices of Marvel Comics.[296]
Eugene is being considered as a "potential recruit" for the Initiative program.[297]
Mason was reported dead in Power Man & Iron Fist volume 3 #1. He was revealed to have been killed by former Heroes for Hire secretary Jennifer Royce.[298]
An unidentified third incarnation of Crimebuster appears in Avengers: The Initiative as a member of the Cavalry.[183]
The Crimson Cowl is an identity used by supervillains in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The first version of Crimson Cowl first appears in The Avengers #54 (July 1968),[299] and was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist John Buscema.[300] Ultron disguises himself as the Crimson Cowl to lead the Masters of Evil against the Avengers while controlling Edwin Jarvis as a body double.[301]
The second version of Crimson Cowl debuts in Thunderbolts #3 (June 1997), and was created by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley.[302] Fabian Nicieza later revealed the character's identity in Thunderbolts #67 (September 2002).
Justine Hammer is the daughter of industrialist and supervillain financier Justin Hammer. Justin disapproves of his daughter, and she constantly tries to prove her worthiness. She eventually follows in her father's footsteps and uses the supervillain community to accumulate power for herself as the Crimson Cowl.[303] Shortly after the Avengers and Fantastic Four's apparent deaths, the Crimson Cowl forms her own version of the Masters of Evil while working for Hydra, with the hope of winning the New York City crime families' favor. This enrages the Thunderbolts, who are led by Baron Helmut Zemo as Citizen V. When the Thunderbolts face the Masters of Evil in battle, the Crimson Cowl and her team escape when her teleportation ability creates a blinding flash. In a later fight with the Thunderbolts, the Crimson Cowl escapes again.[304]
After the Thunderbolts turn on Zemo and Techno, causing villains and heroes alike to hate them, the Crimson Cowl attempts to induct them into the Masters of Evil. She sends Cyclone to bait the Thunderbolts into an ambush. After defeating the Thunderbolts, she attempts to blackmail them into joining her, threatening to turn them over to their enemies.[305] The Thunderbolts decline her offer and are saved by Hawkeye disguised as Dreadknight.[306]
The Masters of Evil, outnumbering the Thunderbults with 25 members, then plan to use a weather machine to blackmail world leaders for one billion dollars. Hawkeye infiltrates the group, using Moonstone's reputation as a traitor for attempting to unmask the Crimson Cowl, who had teleported Dallas Riordan, the Thunderbolts' former liaison, into her costume before the unmasking.[307]
During a battle between the V-Battalion and the Thunderbolts, the Crimson Cowl teleports Riordan to her hideout on the border of Symkaria and Latveria and holds her prisoner. Riordan escapes and falls off a bridge during a fight with the Crimson Cowl, paralyzing and nearly unmasking her.[308]
Hammer is friends with Silver Sable, who allows her to stay in the country of Symkaria after inheriting her father's fortune, initially unaware that Hammer is a supervillain. The Crimson Cowl creates a new incarnation of the Masters of Evil, but Hawkeye, Songbird, and Plantman defeat most of its members and convince several of them that the Crimson Cowl would kill the group with a biotoxin. Hawkeye also inducts several members of the Masters of Evil into the Thunderbolts. The Crimson Cowl is defeated when Skein deconstructs her costume, leaving her naked and allowing the Thunderbolts to place her in a cell.[309]
During the "Civil War" storyline, Hammer forms a crew with Razor Fist and Diamondhead in an attempt to escape the Raft, a superhuman prison. She teleports to the security center, knocking out both guards and releasing all of the prisoners. Razor Fist holds Robbie Baldwin as a hostage and accidentally releases his kinetic energy, rendering most of the prisoners unconscious, maimed, or dead; Hammer is found knocked out.[310]
The Crimson Cowl is later hired by the Hood to take advantage of the superhero community split caused by the Superhuman Registration Act.[311]
Justine Hammer is later a recurring adversary to Iron Man, beginning with the 2010 storyline "Stark Resilient", in which she has left behind her Crimson Cowl identity to lead Hammer Industries with her daughter Sasha Hammer. They promote Detroit Steel, their own line of mechanized battle suits, to both military and private investors. Initially, the investors have little interest, until Stark announces that he is leaving the weapons industry and promoting using repulsor technology to give free energy to the world, which renews the military's interest in Detroit Steel. Justine also buys surplus H.A.M.M.E.R. equipment, which is sold after Norman Osborn's fall.[312] Hammer continues as an adversary alongside the Mandarin in subsequent Iron Man storylines, including "Demon",[313] "The Long Way Down",[314] and "The Future".[315] After Iron Man and Zeke Stane join forces to cescape captivity, the former contacts Justine to warn her that Sasha and Zeke will seek revenge against the Mandarin for harming Zeke. Justine ignores the warning, but finds Sasha and Zeke waiting to presumably kill her.[316]
Augustine Cross is a villain in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by David Michelinie and John Romita Jr., first appears in Iron Man #145 (April 1981). He is Darren Cross's son and Crossfire's second cousin.
Cross takes over as the CEO of his family business, Cross Technological Enterprises, after his father's death. He attends the 24th annual Conclave of Electronics Engineers and Innovators, rubbing shoulders with various representatives of Stark Industries, S.H.I.E.L.D., Cord Conglomerate, and Roxxon. Cross is thought to be connected with the Raiders' attacks, for which Edwin Cord is actually responsible.[319]
Cross later kidnaps Dr. Erica Sondheim to transplant a new heart into his father's cryogenically preserved body.[320] He enlists Crossfire's aid to kidnap Cassie Lang, believing that her Pym Particle-irradiated heart can sustain his father's condition.[321] Ant-Man and Darren fight while Sondheim transplants another heart into Cassie, and Augustine arrives to save Darren, whose body shrinks as a result of the Pym Particles.[322]
After Darren refuses to invest in Power Broker's Hench App, Augustine hires Machinesmith to hack into Power Broker's database so that the Cross family can steal an algorithm to create a Hench App knock-off, Lackey.[323][324] Augustine goes into a coma when Ant-Man and Stinger fight Darren and Crossfire.[325][326] His hospitalization leads his father to recruit Egghead and seek vengeance as Yellowjacket.[327]
Crossfire a.k.a. William Cross is a supervillain in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Crossfire first appears in Marvel Two-in-One #52 (1979) and was created by writer Steven Grant and artist Jim Craig. His next appearance in Hawkeye Volume 1, #4 (1983) shows his first of many encounters with the title character. Crossfire later faces off against Hawkeye in the pages of Captain America #317 (1986), Avengers Spotlight #24–25 (1989), Avengers West Coast Volume 2, #100 (1993), and Hawkeye & Mockingbird #1–6 (2010). Crossfire also battles Nick Fury in Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Volume 3, #40–41 (1992).
The character is one of the central villains in Spider-Man: Breakout #1–5 (2005). Flashback scenes reveal elements of Crossfire's life before his time as a supervillain. He appears as a central character in the limited series Villains for Hire #1–4 (2011–2012), a supervillain spin-off of Marvel's Heroes for Hire series.
Crossfire makes minor appearances in Agent X #6 (2002), Secret War #3–5 (2004), and Union Jack Volume 2, #1–2 (2006). He appears as a member of the Hood's criminal syndicate in New Avengers Volume 1, #35, 46, 50, 55–57, 60–61, 63–64 (2007–2010), New Avengers Annual #2 (2008), Secret Invasion #6, #8 (2008), Dark Reign: The Hood #1–2, 4–5 (2009), Marvel Zombies 4 #2 (2009), Dark Reign: The Cabal #1 (2009), Captain America: Siege #1 (2010), and New Avengers: Finale #1 (2010).
William Cross was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He becomes an interrogation expert for the CIA. While building his own rogue covert operation group, he romances federal corrections officer Rozalyn Backus, with whom he develops ultrasonic brainwashing technology. Backus, unaware of Cross's illicit activities, becomes engaged to him, until Cross steals the technology and disappears, faking his own death and framing Backus for murder. After surviving an attempt on his life, which costs him his left eye and his left ear, he replaces them with cybernetic implants and becomes a prosperous high-tech freelancer known as "Crossfire".[328]
Plotting to make the growing superhero community exterminate each other via ultrasonic mind control, Crossfire abducts the Thing to test his technology. Moon Knight (Marc Spector) interferes and Crossfire is defeated.[329]
Crossfire secretly rebuilds his operations at his first cousin Darren Cross's company, Cross Technological Enterprises (CTE). When Hawkeye and Mockingbird investigate, Crossfire hires Bombshell, Oddball, and Silencer to assassinate them. When they fail, Crossfire decides to make Hawkeye a test subject for his super hero mind control plot. Hawkeye thwarts Crossfire's brainwashing, captures the criminals and rescues Mockingbird, who he marries shortly thereafter.[330]
Crossfire subsequently stalks the newlyweds to the estate of former film star Moira Brandon.[331] The Death-Throws, a juggling supervillain team, frees Crossfire from police custody. When he is unable to pay the group, they hold him ransom until Captain America, Hawkeye, and Mockingbird capture them.[332] Crossfire escapes and places a bounty on Hawkeye's arm, hoping to destroy the hero's skills and break his spirit. An army of supervillains, including the Brothers Grimm, Mad Dog, Bobcat, Razor Fist, Bullet Biker, and the Death-Throws, are all defeated by Hawkeye, Mockingbird, and Trickshot. Hawkeye pursues Crossfire through the sewers, knocking him off an outfall dam's edge, which he hangs onto. Hawkeye contemplates letting Crossfire fall to his death, but he saves him and sends him to prison.[333]
Crossfire is later recruited by Lucia Von Bardas, along with other technology-based supervillains, to attack Nick Fury and a group of superheroes who were involved in a secret war in Latveria. The hired supervillains are each a component of a bomb designed to destroy the city. Fury and the heroes foil the plot and arrest the supervillains involved.[334]
During one of his prison stays, Crossfire befriends Vector of the U-Foes, whose secret power nullification technology he hopes to exploit. After an encounter with S.H.I.E.L.D., he is imprisoned in the Vault, where the exonerated Backus is a member of the Vault's Guardsman force. Backus pretends to aid, and then foils, an escape plot by the U-Foes and Crossfire, turning the criminals against each other. She then fakes her own death, and steals a fortune in cash and valuables from the criminals, including Vector's power nullification chamber, which Backus later claimed to have secretly destroyed. The criminals are later transferred to the Raft, a super-prison, but they escape during Electro's mass breakout, with Crossfire leading a gang of his fellow mind-manipulators: Controller, Corruptor, Mandrill, and Mister Fear. While pursuing Backus and the chamber, the U-Foes and Crossfire's gang fight a super-powered gang war in New York until Spider-Man, Captain America, and Iron Man's intervention. Crossfire and his gang, except for the Corrupter, are recaptured and Backus surrenders herself to the authorities.[328]
Along with the Death-Throws, Crossfire is hired by R.A.I.D. to take part in a terror plot in London, only to be foiled by Union Jack, Contessa Fontaine, Sabra, and the Arabian Knight. Crossfire is knocked from the top of Tower Bridge into River Thames, and is believed dead when he does not resurface.[335] Crossfire is revealed to have survived the fall and joins the Hood to take advantage of the superhero community's split over the Superhuman Registration Act.[336] As a member of the Hood's crime syndicate, Crossfire repels the Skrull invasion alongside the superheroes, and then battles the New Avengers.[337][338][339]
Crossfire later challenges Hood, who wants to use the zombie virus to gain power and influence, protesting that he was not interested in conquering the world.[340] Led by the Wrecking Crew and Dr. Jonas Harrow, Crossfire and the rest of Hood's crime syndicate rebel against their leader and attempt to strike a deal with Osborn. They attack and defeat the New Avengers and subdue the Dark Avengers.[341] Crossfire takes part in the siege of Asgard, an event orchestrated by Osborn. At the end of the battle, Crossfire evades capture.[342]
Crossfire begins to deal in illegal arms, but is thwarted by Hawkeye and Mockingbird. He forms an alliance with the Phantom Rider (Jamie Slade), and with his new robotic army of Death-Throws, they plot to destroy the lives of the two heroes. Crossfire almost succeeds in killing Hawkeye and Mockingbird, severely wounding Mockingbird's mother and killing Hamilton Slade. As a result, Crossfire is captured and viciously beaten by Hawkeye. Despite being imprisoned with numerous injuries, Crossfire believes that he has won a small victory in pushing Hawkeye to a breaking point.[343] Hawkeye later discovers that Helmut Zemo was the mysterious benefactor behind Crossfire's illegal arms dealing.[344] The Thunderbolts' leader, Luke Cage, tells Hawkeye that he will not allow Crossfire to join his team.[345] Steve Rogers also recommended against allowing him to join the Thunderbolts, worrying that his skill in technology could allow him to override the nanite system used to control the inmates.[346]
Crossfire is later hired as part of Misty Knight's "Villains for Hire" team in a battle against the Purple Man.[347] He is also recruited by Max Fury to join the Shadow Council's incarnation of the Masters of Evil.[348] In Bagalia, he is paid off by Nick Fury Jr. to let Taskmaster out of prison at the same time that the Secret Avengers raid Bagalia to recruit him.[349] Crossfire is hired by his second cousin Augustine Cross to capture Cassie Lang for Cross Technological Enterprises, out of a belief that Cassie's Pym Particle-irradiated heart could sustain his father's body.[350] Crossfire later accompanies Yellowjacket and Egghead in attacking Ant-Man and Stinger.[351] During the "Search for Tony Stark" arc, Crossfire rejoins the Hood gang and assists in the attack on Castle Doom.[352]
Crossfire has no superhuman powers. He is a former CIA operative with expert marksman abilities, proficient unarmed combat skills, and extensive espionage training. He is also a master of brainwashing techniques, for which he has developed technology. Crossfire is an expert in the field of robotics and cybernetics, and has specialized knowledge of applied ultrasonics. Crossfire creates the "undertaker" machine, a brainwashing device which employs ultrasonic waves to stimulate rage in the emotion centers of his victims' brains.[353] After an explosion causes Crossfire to lose his left eye and left ear, and sustain 85% loss of hearing in his right ear, he replaces his left eye with an infrared imaging device, which allows him to see in total darkness, and his left ear with an audio sensor that is more sensitive than the human ear.[354] As a result of the loss of natural hearing in his right ear, Crossfire is unaffected by his own ultrasonic technology. His costume is made of Kevlar and has hidden compartments containing various weapons and devices. Crossfire uses twin handguns and a sniper rifle as his weapons of choice.
Crule is a character in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appears in X-Force #12. Crule is an immortal mutant and one of the Externals. According to Gideon, during World War II he worked in a concentration camp, happily operating the gas chamber.[358] He is an ancient berserker, dressing like a barbarian and old enough to remember Mithras. Crule is sent by Gideon to attack X-Force after they rescue Sunspot. Crule is blasted out of X-Force's ship by Rictor and falls a few thousand feet, which puts him in a body cast.[359] Crule has enhanced senses, strength, speed, agility, reflexes, coordination, balance, and endurance. His body has natural weapons, including hair coiled into whip-like braids, fangs, and gauntlet-covered claws.
Cutthroat is the name of several characters in American comic books published by Marvel Comics
Danny Leighton was born in Austin, Texas. As a young man, he is a member of the Savage Crims, a New York street gang.[360] He becomes an assassin and is hired by Amos Jardine to kill Spider-Man in his first high profile job, replacing Arcade.[361] After Nightcrawler learns of the plan, Cutthroat battles him and Spider-Man; they defeat him with secret assistance from Arcade.[362]
Many years later, he defeats Mangler and Deathstrike in a fight to the death to be the Red Skull's new chief operative, replacing Crossbones.[363] He undergoes training by the Taskmaster.[364] He tries to persuade Blackwing and Jack O'Lantern to help him free Mother Night from the police,[365] and has a brief affair with Mother Night.[366] With the Skeleton Crew, he battles Crossbones and Diamondback. After learning that Diamondback is his sister, Rachel,[367] he reveals his true identity to her.[368]
When Crossbones returnes, Cutthroat fears that he will be replaced and plans to kill Crossbones in his sleep. However, Mother Night alerts Crossbones, allowing him to slit Cutthroat's throat.[369] The Red Skull inspects Cutthroat's corpse,[370] but Cutthorat lives through unknown circumstances. He becomes an inmate on the Raft, which he escapes with other convicts.[371] He is later recaptured.[volume & issue needed]
The Hood hires Cutthroat to fight superheroes in the wake of the Superhuman Registration Act.[volume & issue needed] He fights the New Avengers and is defeated by Doctor Strange.[volume & issue needed] He later joins the fight against the Skrull invading force in New York City.[372] He also joins the gang in attacking the New Avengers, who were expecting the Dark Avengers instead.[373] During the "Search for Tony Stark" storyline, Cutthroat rejoins Hood's gang and assists in the attack on Castle Doom.[352]
When working for the Power Elite, Cutthroat is ordered by Crossbones and Alexa Lukin to finish off Thunderbolt Ross. Cutthroat uses an electrical stick on Ross, but Ross is eventually able to turn into the Red Hulk and defeat Cutthroat.[374]
Roderick Kingsley sells one of Cutthroat's old costumes to an unnamed criminal to be his version of Cutthroat.[375]
Doctor Cyclobe is a supervillain in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character primarily appears as an antagonist of Machine Man or in his capacity as the head of Baintronics security. The character, created by Tom DeFalco and Mike Hawthorne, first appears in Machine Man.[volume & issue needed]
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