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* WalkingArmoury: Tends to carry at least several guns in additions to grenades and knives to compensate for his lack of superpower.

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!!First Appearance: ''Tales to Astonish'' #42 (January, 1963)




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->''" Gather to me! Hear my words! I, Jason Cragg, speak truth! Truth!"''

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* Blade Enthusiast: He uses various knives and carries an adamantium edged blade as his weapon of choice.

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* Blade Enthusiast: BladeEnthusiast: He uses various knives and carries an adamantium edged blade as his weapon of choice.



!!First Appearance: ''Daredevil'' #49 (December, 1968)[[note]]As Starr Saxon[[/note]]; ''Daredevil'' #54 (July, 1969)[[note]]As Mister Fear[[/note]]; ''Marvel Two-In-One'' #47 (October, 1978)[[note]]As Machinesmith[[/note]]




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->''"Call me a born again visionary, but I'm just so happy to be a robot! Machine life is so much more beautiful and full of possibilities than human life."''



* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He became Tony Stark's assistant for a while, but returned to his villanous ways shortly after ''The Crossing''.

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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He became Tony Stark's assistant for a while, but returned to his villanous villainous ways shortly after ''The Crossing''.


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!!First Appearance: ''Captain America'' #123 (March, 1970)


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* HypnoticEyes: As a hypnotist Melvin could control the mind and actions of others.


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!!First Appearance: ''Captain America'' #123 (March, 1970)


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* ShoePhone: Mother Night utilized certain devices hidden in her jewelry, including a necklace designed by the Tinkerer that releases a gas that helps her subvert others' wills, and can project "dark light" to camouflage herself in shadows, or to temporarily blind an opponent.


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!!First Appearance: ''Tales of Suspense'' #72 (September, 1965)


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* EyeBeams: The Sleepers have repulsor-ray blasters mounted in their eye sockets.
* HeadBlast: The Sleeper originally could also generate "volcanic" thermal energy and project it through its face-place.
* {{Intangibility}}: Originally the Forth Sleeper could alter its density from its natural tempered steel form to total intangibility.
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!!First Appearance: ''Captain America'' #359[[note]]Shadow[[/note]]; ''Captain America'' #360 (October, 1989)[[note]]Full appearance; unnamed[[/note]]; ''Captain America'' #362 (July, 1989)[[note]]Named[[/folder]]

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!!First Appearance: ''Captain America'' #359[[note]]Shadow[[/note]]; #359 (October, 1989)[[note]]Shadow[[/note]]; ''Captain America'' #360 (October, 1989)[[note]]Full appearance; unnamed[[/note]]; ''Captain America'' #362 (July, 1989)[[note]]Named[[/folder]](November, 1989)[[note]]Named[[/note]]

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!!First Appearance: ''Daredevil'' #118 (November, 1974)



* NotQuiteFlight: Devices in his costume give him the power of flight for short distances, via directed motion hovering.
* OneSteveLimit: At least three other characters in the Marvel Universe have used the alias 'Blackwing'.



* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Originally appeared fighting Daredevil.



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!!Cutthroat (Daniel Leighton)
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A minor thug and assassin who is proficient in the use of edged weapons.
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* BeardOfEvil: Has a goatee.
* GreenAndMean: His hood is green and he's a villain.
* InTheHood: Wears a green hood, and he was also a member of the Hood's Gang.
* SiblingYinYang: While his sister Rachel has turned a new leaf and is no longer a villain, Daniel continues being a thug.
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!!First Appearance: ''Captain America'' #359[[note]]Shadow[[/note]]; ''Captain America'' #360 (October, 1989)[[note]]Full appearance; unnamed[[/note]]; ''Captain America'' #362 (July, 1989)[[note]]Named[[/folder]]




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->''" I consider myself an artist---a true craftsman who specializes in murder, destruction, and terror!"''



* HandBlast: After being exposed to the Terrigen Mist, Crossbones could expel energy from his hands with destructive force. However, this was only temporary and the effects wore off over time.



* TortureTechnician: He has some experience with torture and brainwashing, having effectively "reprogrammed" Sin and nearly so with Diamondback.



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!!Jack O'Lantern
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!!Cutthroat (Daniel Leighton)
!!First Appearance: ''Marvel Team-Up'' #89 (October, 1979)
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A minor thug and assassin who is proficient in the use of edged weapons.


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* BeardOfEvil: Has a goatee.
* Blade Enthusiast: He uses various knives and carries an adamantium edged blade as his weapon of choice.
* GreenAndMean: His hood is green and he's a villain.
* InTheHood: Wears a green hood, and he was also a member of the Hood's Gang.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: First appeared fighting Spider-Man and Nightcrawler before becoming a member of the Skeleton Crew.
* SiblingYinYang: While his sister Rachel has turned a new leaf and is no longer a villain, Daniel continues being a thug.
* SwissArmyGun: Carries a pistol that fires a variety of rockets, including "sonic screamers" and magnesium flares.
* TrickBullet: Carries a pistol that fires a variety of rockets, including "sonic screamers" and magnesium flares.


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* ShesGotLegs: Her outfit sure leaves her long legs exposed.
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* KnifeNut: Prefers knives at close range.
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* CampGay: The guy sure is flamboyant and confirmed to be gay.

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* CampGay: The guy sure is flamboyant and confirmed to be gay. Why he works for literal Nazis (or why they'd even employ him) is anyone's guess.
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* BadassNormal: Has no actual superpowers but takes on superpowered opponents, and holds his own in the Masters of Evil.
* BatOutOfHell: Blackwing is an expert trainer of bats, with which he has a highly developed empathic rapport. He has a number of specially mutated bats bred for abnormal strength, size, and intelligence.
* TheBeastmaster: He's a former animal trainer but mainly uses bats in his crimes.
* BondCreatures: The bats themselves.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: His gives him armor and short-term flight.
* ColorCharacter: Despite his costume not being all that black.
* {{Expy}}: When Blackwing joined the Masters of Evil, Creator/KurtBusiek seemingly noticed his similitude to Batman and ran with it.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With the second Jack O'Lantern.
* OverlordJr: His father is the minor Spider-Man villain Silvermane.


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* BeardOfEvil: Has a goatee.
* GreenAndMean: His hood is green and he's a villain.
* InTheHood: Wears a green hood, and he was also a member of the Hood's Gang.
* SiblingYinYang: While his sister Rachel has turned a new leaf and is no longer a villain, Daniel continues being a thug.


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* AscendedFanboy: A particularly ghoulish version of this trope, Crossbones was in fact a huge fan of the Red Skull before his idol offered him a job.
* AxCrazy: Crossbones is a threat to everyone around him, and takes joy in hurting others.
* BadassNormal: A good enough fighter to keep up with Captain America, despite his lack of superhuman powers. Averted for a bit while he was a member of the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}, gaining some sort of energy beam power from inhaling corrupted Terrigen Mists. It appears to have been only temporary, however.
* BaldOfEvil: Sometimes.
* CoolMask: Crossbones' skull mask apes his employer's face.
* TheDragon: To the Red Skull. The Skull is the brains, while Crossbones acts as the physical threat.
* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Wants a fascist dystopia ruled by Sin and The Red Skull.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Clearly cares about Sin, going to great lengths to keep her safe. There's also his obsessive loyalty to the Skull to take into consideration.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Possibly. It's hard to tell, due to the fact that it's written, not spoken, but Crossbones seems to have some issues with the way the Red Skull raised Sin.
* EvilCounterpart: Thematically, one could argue that Crossbones is similar to Bucky or Nomad in that they're both devoted sidekicks to the Skull and Captain America, respectively.
* EvilVersusOblivion: He helps the heroes defeat Sin upon learning she is planning to use the [[Comicbook/FearItself the Serpent's hammers]] to destroy the world instead of only terrorizing it.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Just another angry street kid who ended up enrolling in Taskmaster's school for supervillains. He got a job with the fake Red Skull, who sent him to attack Arnim Zola and the real Red Skull. He impressed the latter, and the rest, as the cliche goes, is history.
* GunsAkimbo: Regularly.
* HeelFaceTurn: A forced one as a member of the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}. He went back to being evil as soon as possible.
* HeroKiller: For the BadassNormal set. If Crossbones shows up it's time for you to start running. Taken to an unusually literal level when he fired the shot that killed Captain America.
* HeroWorshipper: Towards The Red Skull. He initially worked for Albert Malik, the Communist Red Skull, only to defect to the original when he found out he was following a fake.
* HairTriggerTemper: Crossbones doesn't have much of a rein on his temper. Though compared to his girlfriend he's downright stable.
* HateSink: At one point he was recruited into the Thunderbolts to be an in universe example so that the rest of the team could have someone they all agreed on to hate as a means to bring them together.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: The huge guy to Sin's tiny girl.
* KnifeNut: Prefers knives at close range.
* LightningBruiser: As big and as fast as you can get without superhuman powers.
* MisanthropeSupreme: Expresses the sentiment that HumansAreBastards and deserve to be oppressed on account of that.
* MusclesAreMeaningful: Crossbones is every bit as strong as his huge physique and heavily muscled frame would indicate.
* ObviouslyEvil: Just look at his costume.
* PatrickStewartSpeech: Horrifically inverted when the Red Skull is feeling depressed and Crossbones tries to cheer him up by reminding him of all his evil accomplishments.
* ProfessionalKiller: Became a hitman after graduating from Taskmaster's academy.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: What he did to Diamondback back in his gang leader days, when she wanted to join him.
* {{Sadist}}: Like Sin and The Red Skull himself, Crossbones derives far too much pleasure from killing and hurting others.
* SkeletonMotif: Wears a skull mask and bone patterns on his costume.
* TheSocialDarwinist: Shares his boss' belief that the strong have a right to prey on the weak.
* TeensAreMonsters: Got his start as a street gang leader.
* ThoseWackyNazis: A Neo-Nazi skinhead before he met up with The Red Skull.
* UndyingLoyalty: To the Red Skull.
* UnholyMatrimony: They aren't married, but Crossbones and Sin have a thing for each other.
* VillainousFriendship: Type III with The Red Skull. The Skull might not see Crossbones as anything other than useful muscle, but Crossbones worships the ground The Skull walks on, and has a full blown FreakOut when he dies.
* VillainousValour: Has twice stood his ground in fights with Wolverine, who outclasses him in just about every respect.


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* AlliterativeName: Samuel "Starr" Saxon
* BaldOfEvil: Completely bald.
* BigOlEyebrows: Which remain even after becoming more machine than man.
* CampGay: The guy sure is flamboyant and confirmed to be gay.
* {{Cyborg}}
* EmergencyTransformation: Back when he fought Daredevil, Saxon accidentally fell from a great height, and was only saved by his robots, who [[BrainUploading program-recorded his brain into a computer]]. Saxon wasn't happy about this development, going so far as to work around his [[ICannotSelfTerminate self-preservation protocols]] through SuicideByCop at the hands of Captain America.
* GadgeteerGenius
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He became Tony Stark's assistant for a while, but returned to his villanous ways shortly after ''The Crossing''.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: At one point, Machinesmith wanted to end his cybernetic existence, but found that he'd installed safeguards against it. So he devised an elaborate SuicideByCop plan to have Captain America do it instead. It didn't stick.
* RobotHair: He had BigOlEyebrows and mutton chops that both basically are spikes on his robotic body.
* RobotMaster: Robots are his specialty, especially {{Ridiculously Human|Robots}} ones that resemble other characters. They're advanced enough to copy his brain into a computer on their own accord.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: As Mister Fear, he was an enemy of Daredevil, but after turning into Machinesmith, he became mostly a Captain America foe.
* VirtualGhost: As a living program, Machinesmith is able to transmit himself along an infrared laser beam into virtually any electronics system at will, allowing him to transfer from one robotic body to another.
* WeCanRebuildHim


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* BaldOfEvil: Bald headed and just as amoral as his sister.
* BeardOfEvil: A fitting goatee.
* BrotherSisterTeam: With his sister Susan.
* SinisterMinister: Quite literally. His title is minister and he's loyal to the Red Skull.


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* AlliterativeName: '''S'''usan '''S'''carbo
* DarkMistress: Many stories with her revolve around her being Red Skull's abused lover.
* ExtremeDoormat: Red Skull once gave her a severe beating after she failed a mission for him and Mother Night begged him to kill her. Red Skull decided [[CruelMercy it would be more fun to keep her alive, so he could continue to humiliate and abuse her.]]
* MadLove: Is completely in love with the Red Skull, despite his horrible abusive attitude towards her.
* MasterOfIllusion: Her abilities as a hypnotist allow her to project illusions to confuse her enemies with.
* MindControl: Her main ability as a hypnotist.
* ParentalSubstitute: After convincing the Red Skull not to kill his own infant daughter, Red Skull tasked Mother Night with raising her as a suitable heir. Its safe to say Mother Night had more of a hand in raising Sin then Red Skull ever did.
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* BeardOfEvil: A full beard and mustache.
* CompellingVoice: Cragg was able to use his voice to make anyone who heard him believe anything he said. He was even able to make someone freeze on the spot just by ordering them to.
* FatBastard: Heavy set and a mind-controlling ass.
* GreenAndMean: Wore a green suit and he wanted to become the most powerful person in the world.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Introduced as an enemy of Hank Pym/Ant-Man, his association with the Skeleton crew brought him into conflict with Captain America.
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Group created by The Red Skull to preform missions for him. Lead at one time by Crossbones the crew was composed of other Red skull operatives. Ultimately they were defeated by Captain America.

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[[folder:Blackwing]]
!!Blackwing (Joseph Manfredi)
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Blackwing is the son of the crime lord Silvermane and member of the Circus of Crime, Masters of Evil, Skeleton Crew and many others criminal organizations.
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!!Cutthroat (Daniel Leighton)
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A minor thug and assassin who is proficient in the use of edged weapons.
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[[folder:Crossbones]]
!!Crossbones (Brock Rumlow)
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Brock Rumlow was a petty thug and hit man, the lowest trash imaginable. Then he was recruited by the Red Skull, and became even worse. A frequent enemy of Captain America, he was the man that shot Steve Rogers at the end of Civil War. A huge fan of the Red Skull, Crossbones is nearly as bad as his boss, and is utterly devoted to whatever Neo-Nazi cause the Skull and his daughter are embracing this week.
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!!Jack O'Lantern
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!!Machinesmith (Samuel "Starr" Saxon)
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A former criminal who became a cyborg after his death.
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!!Minister Blood (Melvin Scarbo)
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Minister Blood is the brother of Mother Night and he was also the instructor for the Sisters of Sin.
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!!Mother Night (Susan Scarbo)
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Originally a hypnotist, Susan Scarbo quickly became involved with the Red Skull, both professionally and romantically. Unfortunately, this often meant she was on the receiving end of Red Skull's [[DomesticAbuse abuse]].
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!!Sleeper
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The Sleepers are a series of five destructive robots created by the Red Skull.
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!!The Voice (Jason Cragg)
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Jason Cragg acquired his abilities when he accidentally breathed ionized atoms and gained the power to make anyone do anything he commanded. He would eventually become a member of the Skeleton Crew.
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