History Characters / MarvelComicsVillainousOrganizations

* SiblingTeam: While they aren't seen together all the time, they do work together and are siblings.

In the alternate future of Earth-712, the Femizons are a group of Amazonian women led by Thundra. A second version would be formed on Earth-616 by Superia, a super-powered feminist and the supposed ancestor of Thundra. Gathering a group of all-female supervillains, she would try and take over the world.

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: They started off bothering the Fantastic Four, but they've also tussled with Adam Warlock, Golden Age hero the Thunderer, and the Fantastic Four.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Jerome Hamilton was left for dead and turned on the others by becoming Blind Justice.

* DwindlingParty: Between various screw-ups and disasters, by 2019 only Zota is alive. [[spoiler:Assuming Korvak's left anything of him.]]

[[folder:Changelings]]
!!Changelings
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Centauria, Centaurio, Centauron, Dovina, Elephantine, Fury, Leoninus, Minotaurus, Neptunus, Pantherus, Siren, Viperus, Woodgod
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Marvel Premiere'' #31

A group of animal-men created by Woodgod who came across the Hulk and some of his friends after a fellow Changeling is wounded by General Thunderbolt Ross.

* ALizardNamedLiz: Their names were very descriptive of their appearances.
* TheBusCameBack: After being dead since the nineties, Elephantine reappears in Hell and decides to help Johnny Blaze become the new ruler of Hell.
* CruelElephant: Elephantine the humanoid elephant.
* KillEmAll: Only Woodgod remains alive, all others have been killed.
* OurCentaursAreDifferent: Centauria, Centaurio and Centaurion.
* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: Minotaurus is a minotaur.

[[folder:Corporation]]
!!Corporation
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A mysterious and powerful criminal organization centered in America that employs many supervillains. Though not as well-known as groups like HYDRA or AIM, it's proven to be a dangerous and recurring force that Captain America and company have faced many times. Known for disguising their supervillainy like your average big business.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Run by some execs and politicians of this type.
%%* NebulousEvilOrganisation
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: They were introduced antagonizing ComicBook/ShangChi, but Cap has become their usual enemy over time.
* VillainTeamUp: They're known for forming these, which isn't surprising given how many supervillains they hire.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Home Base]]
!!Home Base
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Sandra Verdugo, Jink Slater, Agent Pratt, Agent S-2, Agent S-3 (Betty Ross), Nadia Blonsky, Agent Baxter, Agent S-5 (Kelly), Olson
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Incredible Hulk'' Vol. 2 #36 (March 2002)

A Conspiracy aimed towards the Hulk.

[[folder:Hulkbusters]]
!!Hulkbusters
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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' General "Thunderbolt" Ross, General John Ryker, Colonel Glenn Talbot, Agent Clay Quartermain, Captain Thomas Bowman, Colonel Jack Armbruster, Dr. Edwin Maxwell, Agent Lindsay
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Hulkbuster Unit
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Incredible Hulk'' Vol. 1, #148

The Hulkbusters are a combination of US Army and Air force personnel headed by General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, intent on capturing and destroying the Hulk.

[[folder:Hulk-Hunters]]
!!Hulk-Hunters
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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Empress Daydra, Amphibion, Torgo, Dark-Crawler
!!! '''Known Aliases:''' Horror-Hunters
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Incredible Hulk'' Vol. 1, #269

The Hulk-Hunters are a team of fierce warriors consisting of Torgo, Amphibion and the Dark-Crawler.

[[folder:The Jury]]
!!The Jury
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!!!'''AKA:''' Orwell Taylor, Edwin Cord, Bomblast (Kenneth Parmenter), Firearm, Ramshot (Samuel Caulkin), Sentry (Curtis Elkins), Wysper (Jennifer Stewart), Screech (Maxwell Taylor)
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Venom: Lethal Protector'' #2

--> '''Orwell Taylor:''' I had a son--Hugh. Fresh out of the army, he became a guard at the federal prison called the Vault. He was the first man you killed when you escaped from that institution.
--> '''Venom:''' We... we didn't want to hurt anyone...!
--> '''Orwell Taylor:''' And that makes it all right?! You murdered my son! That's why I put together the Jury! These warriors--including the ex-Guardsman who holds you helpless--we're Hugh's friends in the military. But now they're sole purpose, like my own--is killing you!

During one of his escapes from the Vault, Venom murdered a guard named Hugh Taylor, having deemed the man "acceptable collateral." Hugh's grief-stricken father, General Orwell Taylor, proceeded to use his connections and resources to equip Hugh's brother and several of his comrades with enhanced Guardsman armor so that they could make Venom pay.

* ADayInTheLimelight: The ''Trial Run'' backup story from ''Sinner Takes All''.
* AmoralAttorney: Maxwell Taylor became the group's defence attorney.
* AntiHeroTeam: They're a squad of over-glorified prison guards aiming to kill Eddie Brock and the Venom symbiote.
* AtrociousAlias: Nobody takes "Screech" seriously.
* CrusadingWidower: Wysper applied for the Jury after her prison guard husband was murdered by the second Tarantula during a riot at the Vault that was instigated by Venom.
* DemotedToExtra: Despite all of their set-up, they only appeared thrice in Eddie's series, and two of those appearances were just in backup stories that did not involve Venom at all.
* HangingJudge: The role of the short-lived member "Gavel".
* KangarooCourt: After apprehending their target they try, sentence, and execute them without any real intention of finding them innocent.
* KnightTemplar: They aimed to "judge" Venom, Tarantula II, Spider-Man,[[note]]Ostensibly for bringing the symbiote to Earth, though this was later revealed to be a ruse to draw out Venom.[[/note]] and Abe Jenkins using lethal force, and while they've reformatted to be more representative of an American court of law they still use lethal force.
* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Sentry was the leader, so he got to have unique armor while the rest dressed nigh-identically.
* ManOfKryptonite: Their suits were designed with symbiote weaknesses in mind, which is reflected by most of their codenames ([[LoudOfWar Bombblast, Wysper, Screech]], [[FireBreathingWeapon Firearm]]).
* MotiveDecay: General Taylor eventually put the whole "gotta avenge my dead son" thing on the backburner and started caring only about the money that he could make whoring the team out as HiredGuns.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Firearm's real name is unknown.
* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: Their backup story in ''Sinner Takes All'' was obviously setting up a Jury series that never materialized.
* PoweredArmor: They all wear modified Guardsman armor, which itself was based on blueprints for Tony Stark's Iron Man armour.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: They were demoted to this status while working for the Life Foundation in ''The Arachnis Project''.
* {{Revenge}}: Their goal is to avenge the comrades who were killed during one of Eddie Brock's escapes.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Jennifer Stewart is the only female member.
* VillainHasAPoint: During his first run-in with the gang, Venom begrudgingly admits that General Taylor has every right to hate and want him dead, so he spends most of their fight doing evasive maneuvers and defending himself, rather than actually fighting them. He at some point got over this, though, going out of his way to try and kill them in ''The Arachnis Project''.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Screech (Max Taylor) was TheUnfavorite whose life revolved almost entirely around appeasing General Taylor.

[[folder:Legion of the Unliving]]
!!Legion of the Unliving
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The Legion of the Unliving has had many incarnations over the years. The Legion members have often been dead heroes and villains and have primarily fought the Avengers. The current team are all vampires.

[[folder:Life Foundation]]
!!Life Foundation
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--> '''Spider-Man:''' Oh, man! Five enemies with the power of Venom and Carnage? Maybe I should've stayed in New York...

The Life Foundation believed that the conclusion of the Cold War would bring about a nuclear holocaust that would result in the mutually assured destruction of modern civilization. To that end, they constructed a large fall-out shelter and provide a place for their wealthy clients to live comfortably. In order to protect their future Utopian society, they created five symbiotes (Scream, Agony, Lasher, Phage, and Riot) forcibly spawned from the Venom symbiote.

* AbandonedWarehouse: Their hideout in ''Separation Anxiety''.
* BackFromTheDead: The symbiotes were seemingly aged to dust and the hosts killed in an explosion, but they returned through unknown means.
* FusionDance: After their hosts were killed by Scream, the Agony, Lasher, Phage, and Riot symbiotes merged into Hybrid.
* HiredGuns: The hosts were mercenaries before being bonded to their symbiotes.
* JaggedMouth: The exceptions being Lasher, who had NoMouth, and Riot, who had normal teeth instead that looked like an extension of his face.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: They're symbiotes, so this is a given.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Four of the five, though two of those had {{Jagged Mouth}}s.

[[folder:Maggia]]
!!Maggia
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An international crime syndicate including three of New York's most prominent criminal families, the Silvermanes, the Hammerheads and the Nefarias.

* {{Expy}}: They're commonly used as a stand-in for UsefulNotes/TheMafia, which [[ExpyCoexistence also exists in the Marvel Universe]].
* TheMafia: The Maggia is an international crime syndicate aping off the real-life Mafia, with two of its most famous members being Silvio "Silvermane" Manfredi -- a cyborg Italian don, and Hammerhead -- who styles himself off Al Capone and the Mafioso of the Prohibition Era.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: While they have opposed several street-level heroes like Spider-Man, they have also faced the Avengers and Defenders as well.

[[folder:Mindless Ones]]
!!Mindless Ones
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A monstrous race of mindless slaves from the Dread Dimensions.

[[folder:Mutant Force]]
!!Mutant Force
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--> '''AKA:''' Burner (Byron Calley), Shocker (Randall Darby), Lifter (Ned Lathrop), Peeper (Peter Quinn), Slither (Aaron Solomon)
--> '''Debut:''' ''Captain America Annual'' #4

Former members of Magneto's second incarnation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Shocker, Burner, Lifter, Peeper and Slither reunited as the Mutant Force.

* DePower: With the exception of Slither, they all lost their powers during M-Day, but somehow regained them a few years afterwards.
* OneSteveLimit: Shocker shares codename with the better known Spider-Man foe Herman Schultz.
* SnakePeople: Slither looks like a humanoid snake.

[[folder:Power Elite]]
!!Power Elite
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The Power Elite was a secret trust of influence brokers formed after Hydra's takeover of the United States in response to the political climate of the country. Acting under the belief that America had become weak and plagued by parasites, the Power Elite intended to strengthen the country to mark a new beginning.

[[folder:The Redeemers]]
!!The Redeemers
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-> '''AKA:''' Doctor Shep Gunderson (Redeemer); Claude Cramer (General Wolfram); Jenni Pate (Eleven); Jonathan N. York (Doctor Everything); Mrs. Fluffy Lumpkins (Hippo); Richard Earle Amtower IV (Dementoid)
-> '''Debut:''' ''Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man'' #1

--> ''"All right, people! Let's go save Spider-Man!"''

A ragtag bunch of criminals and supervillains with one thing in common: a grudge against Mac Gargan for "[[IAmAHumanitarian amputating]]" one or more of [[AnArmAndALeg their limbs]]. Gathered together by the Redeemer, they swore to bring the Sinister Spider-Man to justice.

* AbsurdPhobia: Dementoid develops one towards buttocks and anuses after Gargan turns his rear end into a set of jaws and nearly eats him in reverse.
* AnArmAndALeg: With the exception of Doctor Everything, they all had a limb or two eaten by Venom.
* AffectionateNickname: In his diary-style [[PreviouslyOn summary of the previous issue]] in ''Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man'' #3, Mac has heart-shaped cutouts with photos of the Redeemers on them and little captions, referring to Redeemer as "Nerd", [[{{Foreshadowing}} Hippo as "Lunch", Eleven as "Dessert"]], Wolfram as "Midnight Snack", Dementoid as "Gassy", and Doctor Everything as "Naked. It's weird."
* BackFromTheDead: Despite being eaten by Venom, Hippo later reappears to fight Spider-Man and Luke Cage.
* BreakoutVillain: Hippo is apparently popular with someone, as he [[UnexplainedRecovery somehow]] recovered from being devoured by Mac, and went on to become a minor recurring villain for the real Spider-Man.
* CaptainErsatz: Doctor Everything is a blatant parody of [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Doctor Manhattan]].
* CatchPhrase: Hippo's is "Pachyderm Power!" ... which doesn't make any sense given that he's not an elephant.
* CensorBox: Doctor Everything's junk is obscured by a [[TeenyWeenie small black censor bar]].
* EatenAlive: Hippo and Eleven are eaten by Venom during their first showdown.
* EvilOldFolks: General Wolfram is a World War II veteran.
* FullFrontalAssault: Doctor Everything remarks he has no need for clothes to Eleven when she complains about his nudity.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Hippo is an anthropomorphic hippo created by the High Evolutionary, and wears a pair of Hulk-sized green pants.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Their cybernetic limbs were rentals, and their plan was to threaten Venom with legal action and kill him if he refused their list of demands, which were fairly reasonable if absurdly naive. To say they failed miserably was an understatement.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Eleven's power. Unfortunately for her, Mac was able to FightOffTheKryptonite.
* NemeanSkinning: Wolfram wears the skin of a wolf... with glowing red eyes.
* NoSell: Venom is [[InsanityImmunity immune]] to Dementoid's insanity-inducing touch, and when Doctor Everything covers his mouth with a metal plate he tries to use his ass to eat people.
* RealityWarper: Doctor Everything can warp reality, although his use of this power is limited to comedic effect, such as conjuring a metal plate over Venom's mouth. He's even arrested.
* SaveTheVillain: The Redeemer's professed goal is to save "Spider-Man"... by killing him.
* SinisterSchnoz: Doctor Shep Gunderson's nose was enormous.
* SkullForAHead: The Redeemer's mask is intended to invoke this.
* SmurfettePrinciple: Eleven is the only girl on the team.
* ThoseWackyNazis: General Wolfram was a Nazi scientist during World War II.
* TimeForPlanB: In the aftermath of their failed attempt to redeem or kill Mac, Dementoid and Wolfram visit the now quadriplegic Redeemer, who has them enact the backup plan - sending pictures of "Spider-Man's" [[IAmAHumanitarian innumerable crimes]] to J. Jonah Jameson.
* UnreliableNarrator: Wolfram claims to have been a wolf [[HumanityEnsues humanized]] by the Nazis, though the Redeemer points out that there are a lot of holes in that story. A much more competent and [[MadScientist science-oriented]] General Wolfram later appeared in a ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' story set during [=WW2=], and it's entirely possible this one based his persona off of the original or even that they are the same person since the original was subjected to Weapon X.
* UpliftedAnimal: Hippo is one of the High Evolutionary's New Men, or Beastials.
* VillainTeamUp: They're a self-help group for supervillains who lost limbs to Mac Gargan.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Eleven is introduced and killed within two issues, and none of the other members - except [[BackFromTheDead Hippo]] - have reappeared.

[[folder:Salem's Seven]]
!!Salem's Seven
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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Brutacus, Gazelle, Hydron, Reptilla, Thornn, Vakume, Vertigo
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Fantastic Four'' #186 (September, 1977)

A team of magical supervillains, children of Nicholas Scratch. Recently Salem's Seven have reformed and now protect the town of New Salem.

* BackFromTheDead: They have been killed and revived a couple of times.
* HeelFaceTurn: Eventually reformed and now protect their hometown.
* RuleOfSeven: They are a group of seven magicians.
* SiblingTeam: While they aren't seen together all the time, they do work together and are siblings.

[[folder:Savage Six]]
!!Savage Six
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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Vulture, Rhino, Cobra, Tarantula, Scorpion, Stegron (Kraven's), Crime-Master, Death Adder II, Jack O'Lantern, Megatak, Human Fly, Toxin (Crime-Master's)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''

* AnimalMotifTeam: Vulture's team is made up of only animal-themed villains.

[[folder:Secret Empire]]
!!Secret Empire
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This subversive organization has been headed by a number of different leaders, always known as "Number One", with each iteration's goals following the desires of its current leader. The Secret Empire was founded by a scientist who felt like an anonymous nobody. The organization began as a criminal enterprise, a subsidiary of HYDRA, which provided it with financial support. The Secret Empire served to distract the attention of authorities such as S.H.I.E.L.D. from HYDRA's activities, although the original Number One sought to break away from HYDRA.

[[folder:Sinister Syndicate]]
!!Sinister Syndicate
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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Lady Beetle, Scorpia, Lady Octopus, Electro II, White Rabbit (Current), Boomerang, Rhino, Constrictor, Electro, Dr. Octopus, Beetle, Tombstone, Shocker, Hydro-Man, Speed Demon, Hardshell (Original)
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #280 (September, 1986) (Original), ''Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol 5 #25 (September, 2019) (Current)

* AmazonBrigade: Lady Beetle's Syndicate is made up of only females.
* DistaffCounterpart: With the exception of White Rabbit, all members of Beetle's Syndicate are female versions of male villains.

[[folder:Sons of the Serpent]]
!!Sons of the Serpent
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!!! '''First Appearance''': ''The Avengers'' #32 (1966)
A white supremacist group with occult roots that have used various means to achieve their ends, including media manipulation, blackmail, and bio-warfare — all with the unifying theme of racism.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: They are white supremacists.

[[folder:Spider-Man Revenge Squad]]
!!Spider-Man Revenge Squad
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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Grizzly, Gibbon, Spot and Kangaroo
!!! '''First Appearance:'''

Group of bottom-list villains against Spider-Man.

* AnimalMotifTeam: With the exception of Spot, they're a group of animal-themed villains.
* GoldfishPoopGang: They're so terrible at getting revenge on Spider-Man he calls the Legion of Losers.

[[folder:Spider-Slayers]]
!!Spider-Slayers
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!!! '''Alter Egos:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:'''

[[folder:System Crash]]
!!System Crash]]
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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Technospike, Wirehead, Steel Collar, Bitmap, Killobyte, Infomorph
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Daredevil'' #326 (March, 1994)

System Crash was a group of informational terrorist or cyber criminals affiliated with HYDRA and led by Baron Von Strucker. The group consisted of Infomorph, Bitmap, Steel Collar, Kill-O-Byte, Wirehead and Technospike.
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* TheCracker: They are a group of techno-based criminals working for Hydra.
* LegacyCharacter: The first Killobyte was killed and replaced by his brother.
* TerroristsWithoutACause: They're terrorists with an affiliation with HYDRA, and as such they fight for whatever HYDRA needs at the moment.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: They appeared in about a dozen issues before being promptly forgotten.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: They haven't reappeared since 1994 besides being included in a Marvel's Character Encyclopedia.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Undying Ones]]
!!Undying Ones
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Doctor Strange'' #183

Ancient, non-humanoid demons from another dimension.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:United States Hulk Operations]]
!!United States Hulk Operations
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!!! '''Alter Egos:'''
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Shadow Base
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Immortal Hulk'' Vol. 1, #6

The United States Hulk Operations, also known as Shadow Base, is a clandestine U.S. Military organization tasked with hunting down the Hulk and his allies.
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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Dr. Clive is killed when the Hulk has his disected body parts reform around him.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Hulk takes command after Fortean is killed.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Watchdogs]]
!!Watchdogs
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The Watchdogs are dedicated to restoring and preserving traditional American culture and values, and fighting against indecency, immorality, and sexual perversion. The Watchdogs seek to impose their conservative moral views on the general public; they believe in strict enforcement of family values and are violently opposed to pornography, obscenity, sex education, abortion, homosexuality, and the teaching of evolutionary theory. Their terrorist activities, which include vandalism, arson, intimidation, assault, kidnapping, brainwashing, and murder, are targeted primarily at people who produce material that the Watchdogs consider pornographic, including nude art and sexually explicit music.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The Watchdogs are basically what happens when you take the KKK, Neo-Nazis, and every white supremacy group under the sun and put them all into a blender.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Children of the Vault]]
!!Children of the Vault
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''X-Men'' Vol 2 #188

A race of post-humans, created by a group of ambitious scientists using time dilation to speed up human evolution. Originally intending to wait out mankind's extinction, they were woken early by M-Day, and decided to speed up the process a little.

* TheBusCameBack: After being absent for some time, one of their number reappears in Jonathan Hickman's ''X-Men'', having been experimented on by Orchis.
* GratuitousSpanish: They have a tendency to pepper their speech with Spanish. And their names.
* GravityMaster: Perro has the ability to mess with gravity.
* LackOfEmpathy: One of the first things they're seen doing is obliterating a large city block just to clear out any evidence Sabretooth was there, long after he'd fled the scene.
* LotusEaterMachine: Serafina uses her powers to live out a domestic fantasy with Cannonball. It doesn't work because Sam starts noticing things aren't right.
* MakingASplash: Sangre's body is made of water.
* MySuitIsAlsoSuper: Their powers apparently derive from their clothing, and energy stored within it.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Serafina tried using a BrainwashedAndCrazy Northstar and Aurora as catspaws to eliminate the X-Men. In doing so, she helped undo Northstar's Hand-induced brainwashing, gave the twins a power boost, and allowed the X-Men a chance to cure Aurora's long-standing mental health issues (also, sending Northstar to recruit his sister also caused a case of InterruptedSuicide).
* OpeningACanOfClones: Hickman's ''X-Men'' hints that the various children are clones grown as the need arises, with each one serving a specific function.
* PlayingWithFire: Fuego's power. Unlike most pyromantic characters, he has to draw energy from other sources to fuel it, rather than just generating it himself.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Rana only wears red leather straps to cover her bits.
* ThoseWereOnlyTheirScouts: In their first appearance, Sangre points out to Rogue that the handful she and her team fight are obviously not going to be their ''entire'' race. The others were hiding in the jungles of Ecuador, in case their first plan failed.
* {{Transhuman}}: Thanks to several subjective generations of evolution and genetic drift, they're no longer ''homo sapiens sapiens''.
* TranshumanTreachery: Their original plan was to just sit at home and wait for mankind to die off on its own, but when they woke up early, they decided mankind would have to go so they could take over the Earth.
* YearInsideHourOutside: How they were created. The scientists who began the project put them in a tanker they'd acquired, and used time dilation to speed the whole thing up. The Children were in there for three decades, and might've stayed there even longer had M-Day not occurred.

[[folder:Church of Humanity]]
!!Church of Humanity
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A paramilitary organization of a religious bent (supposedly Catholic Christianity) who have the goal of wiping out Mutants. Despite the name, they have no relation to the ''Friends'' of Humanity.

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: A big part of their plan in Chuck Austen's run was trying to break the spirit of Catholics the world over by faking the Rapture.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Utterly over-complicated and poorly written though their plan is, they have managed to kill several Mutants (over two hundred, according to ''House of X''), including ''Generation X'' member Skin, and they nearly got Jubilee too.
* ChristianityIsCatholic: In theory, but see ArtisticLicenseReligion.
* ComplexityAddiction: Their plan with Nightcrawler is... yeah... they rig his installation as a priest, with the end goal of ''eventually'' getting him made Pope, so that when he is sworn in, they can reveal he's a Mutant by sabotaging his image inducer, thus inducing suicidal despair and anti-mutant hate everywhere (bwa-ha-ha-ha?)
* TheFundamentalist: Similar to Reverend Stryker and his Purifiers.
* GratuitousNinja: During ''X-Factor'' vol 3., they send a bunch of ninja over to attack X-Factor Investigations, as you do.
* ShoutOut: Their initial outing has a few references to the then-contemporary ''Film/XMen2'', with one of their main weapons being an illusion-casting mutant labelled "143".
* VillainDecay: When written by Chuck Austen, they were a credible physical threat to the X-Men. The ones in ''X-Factor'' manage to get horribly killed by Pip the Troll. ''Pip the Troll''.

[[folder:Coven Akkaba]]
!!Coven Akkaba

%%!!!'''Notable Aliases:'''
!!!'''Nationality:''' British
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''First Appearance:''' "Excalibur (2019)"

Coven Akkaba is a group of magic practitioners that boast descent from the original settlement of Akkaba, the birthplace of Apocalypse. Unlike Clan Akkaba, descendants of Apocalypse, Coven Akkaba is formed by baseline humans who boast descent from those who cast out Apocalypse after his birth. They are enemies also of Betsy Braddock once she becomes Captain Britain because they fear a mutant being the mystical champion of Britain.

* AssInAmbassador: In addition to being a witch who hates Excalibur, Reuben Brousseau is also the United Kingdom's ambassador. At the "Hellfire Gala" he arrived on Krakoa with diplomats from Russia and Madripoor, both of which are countries that are united in opposition to Krakoa.

[[folder:Corporation]]
!!Corporation
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A mysterious and powerful criminal organization centered in America that employs many supervillains. Though not as well-known as groups like HYDRA or AIM, it's proven to be a dangerous and recurring force that Captain America and company have faced many times. Known for disguising their supervillainy like your average big business.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Run by some execs and politicians of this type.
%%* NebulousEvilOrganisation
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: They were introduced antagonizing ComicBook/ShangChi, but Cap has become their usual enemy over time.
* VillainTeamUp: They're known for forming these, which isn't surprising given how many supervillains they hire.

[[folder:Cult of Knull]]
!!Cult of Knull
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''[[ComicBook/VenomDonnyCates Venom]]'' Vol. 4 #8

A cult dedicated to the worship of the dark god Knull and his symbiotes, dating back to sixth-century Scandinavia.

* ApocalypseCult: They are a cult dedicated to reviving the dark god Knull and facilitating the destruction of the cosmos.
* CorruptChurch: Under the alias of the "Church of the New Darkness", the Cult of Knull established a temple and masqueraded as a legitimate religion.
* IAmAHumanitarian: The Old Norse and North American branches were cannibals who ate the victims they sacrificed to Knull.
* ReligionOfEvil: They worship the ancient god of darkness Knull and seek to facilitate his revival so that he can destroy the universe.
* TheSymbiote: Old Norse stone carvings reveal that at least some of their members bonded to offshoots of the Grendel symbiote following its defeat by Thor.

[[folder:Enclave]]
!!Enclave
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The Enclave is a small band of scientists who have dedicated themselves to using technology to create a benevolent world dictatorship under their rule.

* CompositeCharacter: ''Marvel Comics #1000'' reveals that Morlak, Hamilton and Zota were the Three [=Xs=], a trio of characters from the early days of Timely, as well as the gentlemen Professor Horton first unveiled the Human Torch to. Hamilton, meanwhile, is also Blind Justice, a vigilante Hawkeye tussled with during his LA days.
* DwindlingParty: Between various screw-ups and disasters, by 2019 only Zota is alive. [[spoiler:Assuming Korvak's left anything of him.]]
* EyeScream: Hamilton was blinded as a result of Him's awakening.
* HeroKiller: They might've killed the Dark Avenger. They might also have killed Blind Justice, who was once one of their own.
* LongLived: They've been taking "longevity treatments", which is how three of them can still be around despite having been around in the 1930s.
* TheManBehindTheMan: They might have had a hand in the creation of Adam-II, and his subsequent insanity.
* MultiNationalTeam: The Enclave was founded by four scientists, each of whom had a different area of expertise. They were Maris Morlak, a Lithuanian nuclear physicist, Jerome Hamilton, an American medical biologist, Carlo Zota, a Spanish electronics technician, and Wladyslav Shinski, a Polish geneticist.
* ObliviouslyEvil: They just want to take over the world. What's so evil about that?
* RapidAging: A favored method of killing for them, which helps hiding attempts to trace them.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: They started off bothering the Fantastic Four, but they've also tussled with Adam Warlock, Golden Age hero the Thunderer, and the Fantastic Four.
* SomethingWeForgot: When Him made his destructive exit from the Beehive, Hamilton was presumed dead. Actually, he'd just been blinded and buried by debris, along with the Eternity Mask.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Happens to them an awful lot. First with Him, then Her. Proving they've learned nothing, the last time Zota was seen, he was tinkering with [[spoiler:Korvak, a cosmically-powered being who can kill the Avengers with a wave of his hands. Surprise, he turned against Zota about the minute he woke up.]]
* VisionaryVillain: Take over the world for the greater good. Also, inbetween, they've mucked around with trying to create the perfect human.

[[folder:Femme Fatales]]
!!Femme Fatales
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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Viper, Knockout, Bloodlust, Mindblast, Snake Whip, Sapphire Styx
!!! '''First Appearance:'''

* AmazonBrigade: They're an all-female mercenary group.

[[folder:The Grapplers]]
!!The Grapplers
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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Battleaxe, Letha, Poundcakes, Auntie Freeze, Cowgirl, Gladiatrix, Screaming Mimi (Melissa Gold), Screaming Mimi (Lanie), Sushi, Titania
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Marvel Two-In-One'' #54 (August, 1979)

The Grapplers were a group of mostly female wrestlers, led by Auntie Freeze. The original group worked for Roxxon, and the second were a division of the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation.

[[folder:H.A.M.M.E.R.]]
!!H.A.M.M.E.R.
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After the events of Secret Invasion, Norman Osborn disbanded S.H.I.E.L.D. and from the ashes, he founded H.A.M.M.E.R., a group built to cover Osborn's dirty schemes.

* EvilCounterpart: Serve as this for S.H.I.E.L.D. during the ''Dark Reign''.
* FunWithAcronyms: According to Norman Osborn, he didn't apply an acronym to the name H.A.M.M.E.R. He assigned his assistant Victoria Hand the task of defining what H.A.M.M.E.R. actually stood for, although it has never been revealed what the real name of the organization is.

[[folder:Headmen]]
!!Headmen
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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Arthur Negan, Angar the Screamer, Jerry Morgan, Doctor Bong, Chondu, Ruby Thursday
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Defenders'' #21

Most likely one of the strangest groups in the Marvel Universe. Consisting of deranged scientists, they bent on revenge against the world for outcasting them. Each of them has a strange feature with their heads.

[[folder:Home Base]]
!!Home Base
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Sandra Verdugo, Jink Slater, Agent Pratt, Agent S-2, Agent S-3 (Betty Ross), Nadia Blonsky, Agent Baxter, Agent S-5 (Kelly), Olson
!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Incredible Hulk'' Vol. 2 #36 (March 2002)

A Conspiracy aimed towards the Hulk.

[[folder:Hulkbusters]]
!!Hulkbusters
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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' General "Thunderbolt" Ross, General John Ryker, Colonel Glenn Talbot, Agent Clay Quartermain, Captain Thomas Bowman, Colonel Jack Armbruster, Dr. Edwin Maxwell, Agent Lindsay
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Hulkbuster Unit
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Incredible Hulk'' Vol. 1, #148

The Hulkbusters are a combination of US Army and Air force personnel headed by General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, intent on capturing and destroying the Hulk.

[[folder:Hulk-Hunters]]
!!Hulk-Hunters
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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Empress Daydra, Amphibion, Torgo, Dark-Crawler
!!! '''Known Aliases:''' Horror-Hunters
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Incredible Hulk'' Vol. 1, #269

The Hulk-Hunters are a team of fierce warriors consisting of Torgo, Amphibion and the Dark-Crawler.

[[folder:The Jury]]
!!The Jury
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!!!'''AKA:''' Orwell Taylor, Edwin Cord, Bomblast (Kenneth Parmenter), Firearm, Ramshot (Samuel Caulkin), Sentry (Curtis Elkins), Wysper (Jennifer Stewart), Screech (Maxwell Taylor)
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Venom: Lethal Protector'' #2

--> '''Orwell Taylor:''' I had a son--Hugh. Fresh out of the army, he became a guard at the federal prison called the Vault. He was the first man you killed when you escaped from that institution.
--> '''Venom:''' We... we didn't want to hurt anyone...!
--> '''Orwell Taylor:''' And that makes it all right?! You murdered my son! That's why I put together the Jury! These warriors--including the ex-Guardsman who holds you helpless--we're Hugh's friends in the military. But now they're sole purpose, like my own--is killing you!

During one of his escapes from the Vault, Venom murdered a guard named Hugh Taylor, having deemed the man "acceptable collateral." Hugh's grief-stricken father, General Orwell Taylor, proceeded to use his connections and resources to equip Hugh's brother and several of his comrades with enhanced Guardsman armor so that they could make Venom pay.

* ADayInTheLimelight: The ''Trial Run'' backup story from ''Sinner Takes All''.
* AmoralAttorney: Maxwell Taylor became the group's defence attorney.
* AntiHeroTeam: They're a squad of over-glorified prison guards aiming to kill Eddie Brock and the Venom symbiote.
* AtrociousAlias: Nobody takes "Screech" seriously.
* CrusadingWidower: Wysper applied for the Jury after her prison guard husband was murdered by the second Tarantula during a riot at the Vault that was instigated by Venom.
* DemotedToExtra: Despite all of their set-up, they only appeared thrice in Eddie's series, and two of those appearances were just in backup stories that did not involve Venom at all.
* HangingJudge: The role of the short-lived member "Gavel".
* KangarooCourt: After apprehending their target they try, sentence, and execute them without any real intention of finding them innocent.
* KnightTemplar: They aimed to "judge" Venom, Tarantula II, Spider-Man,[[note]]Ostensibly for bringing the symbiote to Earth, though this was later revealed to be a ruse to draw out Venom.[[/note]] and Abe Jenkins using lethal force, and while they've reformatted to be more representative of an American court of law they still use lethal force.
* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Sentry was the leader, so he got to have unique armor while the rest dressed nigh-identically.
* ManOfKryptonite: Their suits were designed with symbiote weaknesses in mind, which is reflected by most of their codenames ([[LoudOfWar Bombblast, Wysper, Screech]], [[FireBreathingWeapon Firearm]]).
* MotiveDecay: General Taylor eventually put the whole "gotta avenge my dead son" thing on the backburner and started caring only about the money that he could make whoring the team out as HiredGuns.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Firearm's real name is unknown.
* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: Their backup story in ''Sinner Takes All'' was obviously setting up a Jury series that never materialized.
* PoweredArmor: They all wear modified Guardsman armor, which itself was based on blueprints for Tony Stark's Iron Man armour.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: They were demoted to this status while working for the Life Foundation in ''The Arachnis Project''.
* {{Revenge}}: Their goal is to avenge the comrades who were killed during one of Eddie Brock's escapes.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Jennifer Stewart is the only female member.
* VillainHasAPoint: During his first run-in with the gang, Venom begrudgingly admits that General Taylor has every right to hate and want him dead, so he spends most of their fight doing evasive maneuvers and defending himself, rather than actually fighting them. He at some point got over this, though, going out of his way to try and kill them in ''The Arachnis Project''.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Screech (Max Taylor) was TheUnfavorite whose life revolved almost entirely around appeasing General Taylor.

[[folder:Legion of the Unliving]]
!!Legion of the Unliving
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The Legion of the Unliving has had many incarnations over the years. The Legion members have often been dead heroes and villains and have primarily fought the Avengers. The current team are all vampires.

[[folder:Life Foundation]]
!!Life Foundation
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--> '''Spider-Man:''' Oh, man! Five enemies with the power of Venom and Carnage? Maybe I should've stayed in New York...

The Life Foundation believed that the conclusion of the Cold War would bring about a nuclear holocaust that would result in the mutually assured destruction of modern civilization. To that end, they constructed a large fall-out shelter and provide a place for their wealthy clients to live comfortably. In order to protect their future Utopian society, they created five symbiotes (Scream, Agony, Lasher, Phage, and Riot) forcibly spawned from the Venom symbiote.

* AbandonedWarehouse: Their hideout in ''Separation Anxiety''.
* BackFromTheDead: The symbiotes were seemingly aged to dust and the hosts killed in an explosion, but they returned through unknown means.
* FusionDance: After their hosts were killed by Scream, the Agony, Lasher, Phage, and Riot symbiotes merged into Hybrid.
* HiredGuns: The hosts were mercenaries before being bonded to their symbiotes.
* JaggedMouth: The exceptions being Lasher, who had NoMouth, and Riot, who had normal teeth instead that looked like an extension of his face.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: They're symbiotes, so this is a given.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Four of the five, though two of those had {{Jagged Mouth}}s.

[[folder:Maggia]]
!!Maggia
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An international crime syndicate including three of New York's most prominent criminal families, the Silvermanes, the Hammerheads and the Nefarias.

* {{Expy}}: They're commonly used as a stand-in for UsefulNotes/TheMafia, which [[ExpyCoexistence also exists in the Marvel Universe]].
* TheMafia: The Maggia is an international crime syndicate aping off the real-life Mafia, with two of its most famous members being Silvio "Silvermane" Manfredi -- a cyborg Italian don, and Hammerhead -- who styles himself off Al Capone and the Mafioso of the Prohibition Era.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: While they have opposed several street-level heroes like Spider-Man, they have also faced the Avengers and Defenders as well.

[[folder:Mindless Ones]]
!!Mindless Ones
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A monstrous race of mindless slaves from the Dread Dimensions.

[[folder:Mutant Force]]
!!Mutant Force
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--> '''AKA:''' Burner (Byron Calley), Shocker (Randall Darby), Lifter (Ned Lathrop), Peeper (Peter Quinn), Slither (Aaron Solomon)
--> '''Debut:''' ''Captain America Annual'' #4

Former members of Magneto's second incarnation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Shocker, Burner, Lifter, Peeper and Slither reunited as the Mutant Force.

* DePower: With the exception of Slither, they all lost their powers during M-Day, but somehow regained them a few years afterwards.
* OneSteveLimit: Shocker shares codename with the better known Spider-Man foe Herman Schultz.
* SnakePeople: Slither looks like a humanoid snake.

[[folder:Power Elite]]
!!Power Elite
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The Power Elite was a secret trust of influence brokers formed after Hydra's takeover of the United States in response to the political climate of the country. Acting under the belief that America had become weak and plagued by parasites, the Power Elite intended to strengthen the country to mark a new beginning.

[[folder:The Redeemers]]
!!The Redeemers
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-> '''AKA:''' Doctor Shep Gunderson (Redeemer); Claude Cramer (General Wolfram); Jenni Pate (Eleven); Jonathan N. York (Doctor Everything); Mrs. Fluffy Lumpkins (Hippo); Richard Earle Amtower IV (Dementoid)
-> '''Debut:''' ''Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man'' #1

--> ''"All right, people! Let's go save Spider-Man!"''

A ragtag bunch of criminals and supervillains with one thing in common: a grudge against Mac Gargan for "[[IAmAHumanitarian amputating]]" one or more of [[AnArmAndALeg their limbs]]. Gathered together by the Redeemer, they swore to bring the Sinister Spider-Man to justice.

* AbsurdPhobia: Dementoid develops one towards buttocks and anuses after Gargan turns his rear end into a set of jaws and nearly eats him in reverse.
* AnArmAndALeg: With the exception of Doctor Everything, they all had a limb or two eaten by Venom.
* AffectionateNickname: In his diary-style [[PreviouslyOn summary of the previous issue]] in ''Dark Reign: Sinister Spider-Man'' #3, Mac has heart-shaped cutouts with photos of the Redeemers on them and little captions, referring to Redeemer as "Nerd", [[{{Foreshadowing}} Hippo as "Lunch", Eleven as "Dessert"]], Wolfram as "Midnight Snack", Dementoid as "Gassy", and Doctor Everything as "Naked. It's weird."
* BackFromTheDead: Despite being eaten by Venom, Hippo later reappears to fight Spider-Man and Luke Cage.
* BreakoutVillain: Hippo is apparently popular with someone, as he [[UnexplainedRecovery somehow]] recovered from being devoured by Mac, and went on to become a minor recurring villain for the real Spider-Man.
* CaptainErsatz: Doctor Everything is a blatant parody of [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Doctor Manhattan]].
* CatchPhrase: Hippo's is "Pachyderm Power!" ... which doesn't make any sense given that he's not an elephant.
* CensorBox: Doctor Everything's junk is obscured by a [[TeenyWeenie small black censor bar]].
* EatenAlive: Hippo and Eleven are eaten by Venom during their first showdown.
* EvilOldFolks: General Wolfram is a World War II veteran.
* FullFrontalAssault: Doctor Everything remarks he has no need for clothes to Eleven when she complains about his nudity.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Hippo is an anthropomorphic hippo created by the High Evolutionary, and wears a pair of Hulk-sized green pants.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Their cybernetic limbs were rentals, and their plan was to threaten Venom with legal action and kill him if he refused their list of demands, which were fairly reasonable if absurdly naive. To say they failed miserably was an understatement.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Eleven's power. Unfortunately for her, Mac was able to FightOffTheKryptonite.
* NemeanSkinning: Wolfram wears the skin of a wolf... with glowing red eyes.
* NoSell: Venom is [[InsanityImmunity immune]] to Dementoid's insanity-inducing touch, and when Doctor Everything covers his mouth with a metal plate he tries to use his ass to eat people.
* RealityWarper: Doctor Everything can warp reality, although his use of this power is limited to comedic effect, such as conjuring a metal plate over Venom's mouth. He's even arrested.
* SaveTheVillain: The Redeemer's professed goal is to save "Spider-Man"... by killing him.
* SinisterSchnoz: Doctor Shep Gunderson's nose was enormous.
* SkullForAHead: The Redeemer's mask is intended to invoke this.
* SmurfettePrinciple: Eleven is the only girl on the team.
* ThoseWackyNazis: General Wolfram was a Nazi scientist during World War II.
* TimeForPlanB: In the aftermath of their failed attempt to redeem or kill Mac, Dementoid and Wolfram visit the now quadriplegic Redeemer, who has them enact the backup plan - sending pictures of "Spider-Man's" [[IAmAHumanitarian innumerable crimes]] to J. Jonah Jameson.
* UnreliableNarrator: Wolfram claims to have been a wolf [[HumanityEnsues humanized]] by the Nazis, though the Redeemer points out that there are a lot of holes in that story. A much more competent and [[MadScientist science-oriented]] General Wolfram later appeared in a ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' story set during [=WW2=], and it's entirely possible this one based his persona off of the original or even that they are the same person since the original was subjected to Weapon X.
* UpliftedAnimal: Hippo is one of the High Evolutionary's New Men, or Beastials.
* VillainTeamUp: They're a self-help group for supervillains who lost limbs to Mac Gargan.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Eleven is introduced and killed within two issues, and none of the other members - except [[BackFromTheDead Hippo]] - have reappeared.

[[folder:Salem's Seven]]
!!Salem's Seven
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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Brutacus, Gazelle, Hydron, Reptilla, Thornn, Vakume, Vertigo
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Fantastic Four'' #186 (September, 1977)

A team of magical supervillains, children of Nicholas Scratch. Recently Salem's Seven have reformed and now protect the town of New Salem.

* BackFromTheDead: They have been killed and revived a couple of times.
* HeelFaceTurn: Eventually reformed and now protect their hometown.
* RuleOfSeven: They are a group of seven magicians.
* SiblingTeam: While they aren't seen together all the time, they do work together and are siblings.

[[folder:Savage Six]]
!!Savage Six
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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Vulture, Rhino, Cobra, Tarantula, Scorpion, Stegron (Kraven's), Crime-Master, Death Adder II, Jack O'Lantern, Megatak, Human Fly, Toxin (Crime-Master's)
!!! '''First Appearance:'''

* AnimalMotifTeam: Vulture's team is made up of only animal-themed villains.

[[folder:Secret Empire]]
!!Secret Empire
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This subversive organization has been headed by a number of different leaders, always known as "Number One", with each iteration's goals following the desires of its current leader. The Secret Empire was founded by a scientist who felt like an anonymous nobody. The organization began as a criminal enterprise, a subsidiary of HYDRA, which provided it with financial support. The Secret Empire served to distract the attention of authorities such as S.H.I.E.L.D. from HYDRA's activities, although the original Number One sought to break away from HYDRA.

[[folder:Sinister Syndicate]]
!!Sinister Syndicate
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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Lady Beetle, Scorpia, Lady Octopus, Electro II, White Rabbit (Current), Boomerang, Rhino, Constrictor, Electro, Dr. Octopus, Beetle, Tombstone, Shocker, Hydro-Man, Speed Demon, Hardshell (Original)
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #280 (September, 1986) (Original), ''Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol 5 #25 (September, 2019) (Current)

* AmazonBrigade: Lady Beetle's Syndicate is made up of only females.
* DistaffCounterpart: With the exception of White Rabbit, all members of Beetle's Syndicate are female versions of male villains.

[[folder:Sons of the Serpent]]
!!Sons of the Serpent
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!!! '''First Appearance''': ''The Avengers'' #32 (1966)
A white supremacist group with occult roots that have used various means to achieve their ends, including media manipulation, blackmail, and bio-warfare — all with the unifying theme of racism.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: They are white supremacists.

[[folder:Spider-Man Revenge Squad]]
!!Spider-Man Revenge Squad
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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Grizzly, Gibbon, Spot and Kangaroo
!!! '''First Appearance:'''

Group of bottom-list villains against Spider-Man.

* AnimalMotifTeam: With the exception of Spot, they're a group of animal-themed villains.
* GoldfishPoopGang: They're so terrible at getting revenge on Spider-Man he calls the Legion of Losers.

[[folder:Spider-Slayers]]
!!Spider-Slayers
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!!! '''First Appearance:'''

[[folder:System Crash]]
!!System Crash]]
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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Technospike, Wirehead, Steel Collar, Bitmap, Killobyte, Infomorph
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Daredevil'' #326 (March, 1994)

System Crash was a group of informational terrorist or cyber criminals affiliated with HYDRA and led by Baron Von Strucker. The group consisted of Infomorph, Bitmap, Steel Collar, Kill-O-Byte, Wirehead and Technospike.

* TheCracker: They are a group of techno-based criminals working for Hydra.
* LegacyCharacter: The first Killobyte was killed and replaced by his brother.
* TerroristsWithoutACause: They're terrorists with an affiliation with HYDRA, and as such they fight for whatever HYDRA needs at the moment.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: They appeared in about a dozen issues before being promptly forgotten.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: They haven't reappeared since 1994 besides being included in a Marvel's Character Encyclopedia.

[[folder:Undying Ones]]
!!Undying Ones
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Doctor Strange'' #183

Ancient, non-humanoid demons from another dimension.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:United States Hulk Operations]]
!!United States Hulk Operations
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!!! '''Alter Egos:'''
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Shadow Base
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Immortal Hulk'' Vol. 1, #6

The United States Hulk Operations, also known as Shadow Base, is a clandestine U.S. Military organization tasked with hunting down the Hulk and his allies.
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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Dr. Clive is killed when the Hulk has his disected body parts reform around him.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Hulk takes command after Fortean is killed.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Watchdogs]]
!!Watchdogs
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The Watchdogs are dedicated to restoring and preserving traditional American culture and values, and fighting against indecency, immorality, and sexual perversion. The Watchdogs seek to impose their conservative moral views on the general public; they believe in strict enforcement of family values and are violently opposed to pornography, obscenity, sex education, abortion, homosexuality, and the teaching of evolutionary theory. Their terrorist activities, which include vandalism, arson, intimidation, assault, kidnapping, brainwashing, and murder, are targeted primarily at people who produce material that the Watchdogs consider pornographic, including nude art and sexually explicit music.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The Watchdogs are basically what happens when you take the KKK, Neo-Nazis, and every white supremacy group under the sun and put them all into a blender.
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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''[[ComicBook/DonnyCatesVenom Venom]]'' Vol. 4 #8

* ALoadOfBull: Minotaurus is a minotaur.

* BaldWomen: Cadena appears to be bald.

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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Doctor Strange'' #183

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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''[[ComicBook/DonnyCatesVenom Venom]]'' Vol. 4 #8
A cult dedicated to the worship of the dark god Knull and his symbiotes, dating back to sixth-century Scandinavia.

* ApocalypseCult: They are a cult dedicated to reviving the dark god Knull and facilitating the destruction of the cosmos.
* CorruptChurch: Under the alias of the "Church of the New Darkness", the Cult of Knull established a temple and masqueraded as a legitimate religion.
* IAmAHumanitarian: The Old Norse and North American branches were cannibals who ate the victims they sacrificed to Knull.
* ReligionOfEvil: They worship the ancient god of darkness Knull and seek to facilitate his revival so that he can destroy the universe.
* TheSymbiote: Old Norse stone carvings reveal that at least some of their members bonded to offshoots of the Grendel symbiote following its defeat by Thor.
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!!Children of the Vault

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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''X-Men'' Vol 2 #188

A race of post-humans, created by a group of ambitious scientists using time dilation to speed up human evolution. Originally intending to wait out mankind's extinction, they were woken early by M-Day, and decided to speed up the process a little.
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!!Enclave

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The Enclave is a small band of scientists who have dedicated themselves to using technology to create a benevolent world dictatorship under their rule.

!! Church of the New Darkness

* NebulousEvilOrganisation

The Watchdogs are dedicated to restoring and preserving traditional American culture and values, and fighting against indecency, immorality, and sexual perversion. The Watchdogs seek to impose their conservative moral views on the general public; they believe in strict enforcement of family values, and are violently opposed to pornography, obscenity, sex education, abortion, homosexuality, and the teaching of evolutionary theory. Their terrorist activities, which include vandalism, arson, intimidation, assault, kidnapping, brainwashing, and murder, are targeted primarily at people who produce material which the Watchdogs consider pornographic, including nude art and sexually explicit music.

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Holy ''crap'' (sorry). A big part of their plan in Chuck Austen's run was trying to break the spirit of Catholics the world over by faking the Rapture.

* ChristianityIsCatholic: Supposedly. In theory. Assuming the writer has only heard of how Catholicism from someone who was going through a tunnel. While drunk.

* CompositeCharacter: Hickman's ''X-Men'' run merges them with his own creations, the Children of Tomorrow, from the Ultimate Universe.

!!Sinister Six

The Sinister Six is the name of various teams assembled with the purpose of defeating Spider-Man or pursuing criminal endeavors. Formed and recurrently led by Doctor Octopus, subsequent iterations of the Sinister Six have also been led by Hobgoblin, Sandman, Green Goblin and currently Boomerang.

* VillainTeamUp: They are a group of villains that teamed up together to defeat Spider-Man.

!!Sinister Syndicate

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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Lady Beetle, Scorpia, Lady Octopus, Electro II, White Rabbit (Current), Boomerang, Rhino, Constrictor, Electro, Dr. Octopus, Beetle, Tombstone, Shocker, Hydro-Man, Speed Demon, Hardshell (Original)
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #280 (September, 1986) (Original), ''Amazing Spider-Man'' Vol 5 #25 (September, 2019) (Current)

* AmazonBrigade: Lady Beetle's Syndicate is made up of only females.
* DistaffCounterpart: With the exception of White Rabbit, all members of Beetle's Syndicate are female versions of male villains.

!!Sons of the Serpent

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!!! '''First Appearance''': ''The Avengers'' #32 (1966)
A white supremacist group with occult roots that have used various means to achieve their ends, including media manipulation, blackmail, and bio-warfare — all with the unifying theme of racism.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: They are white supremacists.

!!Spider-Man Revenge Squad

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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Grizzly, Gibbon, Spot and Kangaroo

Group of bottom-list villains against Spider-Man.

* AnimalMotifTeam: With the exception of Spot, they're a group of animal-themed villains.
* GoldfishPoopGang: They're so terrible at getting revenge on Spider-Man he calls the Legion of Losers.

!!Spider-Slayers

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!!Undying Ones

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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Doctor Strange'' #183

Ancient, non-humanoid demons from another dimension.

!!United States Hulk Operations

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!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Shadow Base
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Immortal Hulk'' Vol. 1, #6

The United States Hulk Operations, also known as Shadow Base, is a clandestine U.S. Military organization tasked with hunting down the Hulk and his allies.

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Dr. Clive is killed when the Hulk has his disected body parts reform around him.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Hulk takes command after Fortean is killed.]]

!!Watchdogs

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!!Children of the Vault

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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''X-Men'' Vol 2 #188

A race of post-humans, created by a group of ambitious scientists using time dilation to speed up human evolution. Originally intending to wait out mankind's extinction, they were woken early by M-Day, and decided to speed up the process a little.

!!Skeleton Crew

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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.

!!Sons of the Serpent

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!!! '''First Appearance''': ''The Avengers'' #32 (1966)
A white supremacist group with occult roots that have used various means to achieve their ends, including media manipulation, blackmail, and bio-warfare — all with the unifying theme of racism.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: They are white supremacists.

!!Spider-Man Revenge Squad

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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Grizzly, Gibbon, Spot and Kangaroo

Group of bottom-list villains against Spider-Man.

* AnimalMotifTeam: With the exception of Spot, they're a group of animal-themed villains.
* GoldfishPoopGang: They're so terrible at getting revenge on Spider-Man he calls the Legion of Losers.

!!Spider-Slayers

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!!Undying Ones

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!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Doctor Strange'' #183

Ancient, non-humanoid demons from another dimension.

!!United States Hulk Operations

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!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Shadow Base
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Immortal Hulk'' Vol. 1, #6

The United States Hulk Operations, also known as Shadow Base, is a clandestine U.S. Military organization tasked with hunting down the Hulk and his allies.

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Dr. Clive is killed when the Hulk has his disected body parts reform around him.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Hulk takes command after Fortean is killed.]]

!!Watchdogs

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-> '''AKA:''' Orwell Taylor, Edwin Cord, Bomblast (Kenneth Parmenter), Firearm, Ramshot (Samuel Caulkin), Sentry (Curtis Elkins), Wysper (Jennifer Stewart), Screech (Maxwell Taylor)
-> '''Debut:''' ''Venom: Lethal Protector'' #2

The Legion Of The Unliving has had many incarnations over the years. The Legion members have often been dead heroes and villains and have primarily fought the Avengers. The current team are all vampires.

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* SiblingTeam: While they aren't seen together all the time, they do work together.

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