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Fury's Black Ops Initiative (1959)
Nick Fury
Alter Ego: Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury
Notable Aliases: Scorpio, Gemini, The Unseen
Team Affiliations: United States Army, Howling Commandos, C.I.A., "Avengers" (1959), S.H.I.E.L.D., Great Wheel, Team White ("Secret Warriors")
First Appearance: Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May, 1963)
Nicholas Joseph Fury served in World War II as the leader of the Howling Commandos. He later became an agent, and eventually director, of S.H.I.E.L.D. Fury is one of the greatest strategic minds in the world, a born leader and a master of espionage. He currently serves as a replacement Watcher.
Dum Dum Dugan
Alter Ego: Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader Dugan
Notable Aliases: Libra
Team Affiliations: S.H.I.E.L.D., Howling Commandos, U.S. Army, British Army, Flying Commandos, Great Wheel, "Avengers" (1959), Godzilla Squad, S.T.A.K.E, C.R.A.D.L.E.
First Appearance: Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May, 1963)
Dum Dum Dugan served with Nick Fury's Howling Commandos during WWII. He later became Fury's second in command at S.H.I.E.L.D. and one of his closest friends. Dugan, now struggling with identity issues since he was revealed to be a LMD.
Sabretooth
Alter Ego: Victor Creed
Notable Aliases: Slasher, El Tigre, Der Schlächter ("The Butcher" in German), Wolverine
Team Affiliations: Brotherhood of Mutants, X-Men, Team X, Marauders, X-Factor, Weapon X, "Avengers" (1959), Hand, Astonishing Avengers, Avengers Unity Squad, Lethal Legion
First Appearance: Iron Fist #14 (August, 1977)
Victor Creed is the feral mutant called Sabretooth. He was a member/subject of the Weapon X Project and is the arch-enemy of Wolverine. Unlike Wolverine, Sabretooth embraces his primal instincts, leaving death in his wake. Due to a spell gone wrong by Scarlet Witch, Sabretooth got inverted and became a more heroic person for a while.
Dominic Fortune
Alter Ego: Duvid Jerome "David" Fortunov
Notable Aliases: Davey Fortunov
Team Affiliations: Vanguard, World Counter-terrorism Agency, "Avengers" (1959)
First Appearance: Marvel Preview #2 (August, 1975)
David Fortunov was an adventurer, whom fought against the Nazi's during World War II. He was the first to use the Dominic Fortune identity, later his son Jerome took up the mantle. After the death of his son, David, now a senior, returned to his former identity.
Namora
Alter Ego: Aquaria Nautica Neptunia; later changed to Namora
Notable Aliases: Avenging daughter, The Sea-Woman, The Sea Queen, Sub-Mariner
Team Affiliations: Agents of Atlas, Renegades, Monster Hunters, "Avengers" (1959)
First Appearance: Marvel Mystery Comics #82 (May, 1947)
Daughter of an Atlantean man and a surface woman. The Golden Age hero Namora is cousin to Namor and, like him, is one of Marvel's first mutants. She is currently working under Jimmy Woo with the Agents of Atlas.
Kraven the Hunter
Alter Ego: Sergei Nikolaevich Kravinoff
Notable Aliases: Spider-Man, the Scarlet Spider, the Unhuntable Sergei
Team Affiliations: Sinister Six, Kravinoff Family, "Avengers" (1963), Army of Evil, Justice Pals
First Appearance: The Amazing Spider-Man #15 (August, 1964)
A famous big game hunter, who became a mercenary and later, developed an intense obsession with restoring honor to his name. Kraven has been known as a major threat for Spider-Man and leaving a legacy during his demise.
Ulysses Bloodstone
Alter Ego: Ulysses Bloodstone
Notable Aliases: Ulysses Bloodstone, Captain Achab, Redstone Kid
Team Affiliations: Monster Hunters, "Avengers" (1959)
First Appearance: Marvel Presents #1 (October, 1975)
Ulysses Bloodstone is the adopted name of an ancient hunter turned adventurer, soldier of fortune, and monster hunter after contact with a fragment of the mystic Bloodgem rendered him virtually immortal. He lived for well over ten thousand years.
Silver Sable
Alter Ego: Ernst Sablinova
Team Affiliations: Wild Pack, Intruders, Outlaws, Heroes for Hire
First Appearance: The Amazing Spider-Man #265 (June, 1985)
Father of Silver Sablinova (aka Silver Sable), Ernst Sablinova was the founder of the Wild Pack in its original mission to hunt down Nazi war criminals. He worked with the Symkaria government to do this.
Blonde Phantom
Alter Ego: Louise Grant Mason
Notable Aliases: Louise Grant-Mason, Weezi, She-Hulk
Team Affiliations: All-Winners Squad, Invaders, "Avengers" (1959)
First Appearance: All Select Comics #11 (September, 1946)
The Blonde Phantom is a masked crime-fighter and detective. She is one of the first costumed heroines to appear during the Golden Age of Marvel Comics.
Great Lakes Avengers
Avengers Resistance
Astonishing Avengers
A handful of reformed villains who Steve Rogers briefly recruited into the Avengers' ranks after the Inversion turned most of the Avengers and the X-Men into villains.Absorbing Man
Alter Ego: Carl "Crusher" Creel
Notable Aliases: "Crusher" Creel, 'Duplicating Man', Dynamite Davis, Greithoth, Harold, The Island Spirit, Lightningbolt, Prisoner #24957, Red Dog, Rocky Davis
Team Affiliations: Astonishing Avengers
First Appearance: Daredevil #1 (February, 1964) note Journey into Mystery #114 (March, 1965) note
An extremely violent boxer turned criminal, Loki bestowed his powers upon him, and he was transformed into the Absorbing Man, granting him powers to absorb any material and take on its properties. He is the on-again-off-again husband of Titania, and an enemy of Thor and Hulk.
Carnage
Alter Ego: Cletus Cortland Kasady
Notable Aliases: Carnage, 999th, Amazing Carnage, Apostle of Knull, The Bleeding King, Carnage-Man, Cleavon Kasady, Corrupter, Dark Carnage, Mass Carnage, Gore Emperor, Prophet of the Void, Red, Red Messiah, Red Slayer, Symbiote of Vengeance, Your Friendly Neighborhood Carnage, Eddie Brock
Team Affiliations: Astonishing Avengers
First Appearance: The Amazing Spider-Man #344 (March, 1991) note ; The Amazing Spider-Man #360 (March, 1992) note
Carnage is the offspring of the alien symbiote Venom. It bonded with the crazed serial killer, Cletus Kasady, thus creating one of Spider-Man's most murderous, brutal, and lethal adversaries.
Zenpool
Alter Ego: Wade Winston Wilson
Notable Aliases: Merc with a Mouth, Regenerating Degenerate, Deady-Pool, Jack, Wade T. Wilson, Mithras, Johnny Silvini, Thom Cruz, Hulkpool, Wildcard, Zenpool, Weapon XI
Team Affiliations: Astonishing Avengers (As Zenpool), Avengers Unity Squad, Great Lakes Avengers
First Appearance: The New Mutants #98 (February, 1991)
Wade Wilson is a former test subject of the Weapon X program, where he received his regenerative healing factor through the scientific experiments conducted upon him. Deadpool's powers and personality traits combine to make a wild, mentally unstable, and unpredictable mercenary. Deadpool has been a member of X-Force and the Thunderbolts, and a self-professed member of the X-Men and the Avengers. The "Merc with a Mouth" is infamous for breaking the fourth wall.
Doctor Doom
Alter Ego: Victor Von Doom
Notable Aliases: King Boss, Doombot, Rabum Alal, Infamous Iron Man
Team Affiliations: Astonishing Avengers
First Appearance: The Fantastic Four #5 (July, 1962)
The very mention of his name makes lesser men tremble! The brilliant scientist whose iron mask conceals his scarred (but once handsome) face! Master of science and sorcery, Victor Von Doom is the monarch of Latveria, attempting the betterment of humanity through world conquest! Unequaled and unrivaled in every manner, Doctor Doom has had many conflicts with both earthly and cosmic super-beings, but he will always be known as the eternal nemesis of Reed Richards and his accursed Fantastic Four!
Enchantress
Alter Ego: Amora
Notable Aliases: Amora Incantare, Amora Lorelei, Valkyrie, Leena Moran, Helen Eve, Idunn, Idun, Iduna, Mardöll ("Sea-Bright"), Freyja ("the Lady"), Gefn ("the Giver"), Christine Collins, Black Widow, numerous others
Team Affiliations: Astonishing Avengers
First Appearance: Journey into Mystery #103 (April, 1964)
Amora the Enchantress, an Asgardian Goddess and immensely powerful sorcerer. Being backed by years of experience, she is one of Thor’s greatest and most ruthless foes because of her immense power, and because he is her love interest.
Jack O'Lantern V
Notable Aliases: Jack
Team Affiliations: Astonishing Avengers
First Appearance: Venom Vol. 2 #1
A sadistic mercenary abducted as a kid by Crime-Master who raised him to be a stone-cold killer. He assumed the persona of Jack O'Lantern after killing all of the people who previously used this name.
Loki
Alter Ego: Loki Laufeyson
Notable Aliases: Loki Odinson, God of Mischief, God of Stories, Scarlet Witch, Lady Loki, Serrure, Ikol
Team Affiliations: Astonishing Avengers, Cosmic Avengers
First Appearance: Journey into Mystery #85 (October, 1962)
Loki is the Jötunn/Asgardian God of Mischief and Prince of Lies, the adopted son of Odin and typically nemesis of his brother, Thor, as well as the adoptive brother to former Guardian of the Galaxy, Angela. Loki has schemed against Thor and Asgard for ages and his cosmic meddling led to the formation of the Avengers. Recently reincarnated, he decided to reform. Going on to protect the realms as the agent of Asgard, then as the sorcerer supreme, to defeating Laufey and becoming king of Jotunnheim.
Magneto
Alter Ego: Max Eisenhardt
Notable Aliases: Magnus, Erik Lehnsherr, White King (later Grey King) of the Hellfire Club, Michael Xavier, Erik the Red, Henryk Gurzsky, White Pilgrim
Team Affiliations: Astonishing Avengers
First Appearance: The X-Men #1 (September, 1963)
Among the most powerful, recognizable, and infamous mutants to inhabit the planet Earth, Magneto was the X-Men's first major nemesis. Now known as a revolutionist and terrorist, Magneto has fought for the X-Men as many times as he’s been against them.
Mystique
Alter Ego: Raven Darkholme
Notable Aliases: B. Byron Biggs, Leni Zauber, Mallory Brickman, Ronnie Lake, numerous other aliases
Team Affiliations: Astonishing Avengers
First Appearance: Ms. Marvel #16 (April, 1978)
True to her name, the shape shifting Mystique is an enigma. Is she a mutant terrorist determined to bring about the end of humanity, or a misguided mutant with a good heart?
Sabretooth
Alter Ego: Victor Creed
Notable Aliases: Slasher, El Tigre, Der Schlächter ("The Butcher" in German), Wolverine
Team Affiliations: Brotherhood of Mutants, X-Men, Team X, Marauders, X-Factor, Weapon X, "Avengers" (1959), Hand, Astonishing Avengers, Avengers Unity Squad, Lethal Legion
First Appearance: Iron Fist #14 (August, 1977)
Victor Creed is the feral mutant called Sabretooth. He was a member/subject of the Weapon X Project and is the arch-enemy of Wolverine. Unlike Wolverine, Sabretooth embraces his primal instincts, leaving death in his wake. Due to a spell gone wrong by Scarlet Witch, Sabretooth got inverted and became a more heroic person for a while.
Hobgoblin
Alter Ego: Roderick Kingsley
Team Affiliations: Astonishing Avengers
First Appearance: The Amazing Spider-Man #238 (March 1983)
Roderick Kingsley became a worthy heir of the Goblin legacy, creating his own identity, of the Hobgoblin, rather than being just another Green Goblin clone.
Hydra Avengers
Avengers of 1,000,000 B.C
Cosmic Avengers
Loki
Alter Ego: Loki Laufeyson (Ikol)
Team Affiliations: Cosmic Avengers
First Appearance: Journey into Mystery #622(June, 2011)
Loki is the Jötunn/Asgardian God of Mischief and Prince of Lies, the adopted son of Odin and typically nemesis of his brother, Thor, as well as the adoptive brother to former Guardian of the Galaxy, Angela. Loki has schemed against Thor and Asgard for ages and his cosmic meddling led to the formation of the Avengers. Recently reincarnated, he decided to reform. Going on to protect the realms as the agent of Asgard, then as the sorcerer supreme, to defeating Laufey and becoming king of Jotunnheim.
Adam Warlock
Alter Ego: Adam Warlock
Notable Aliases: Warlock, Him, Golden Gladiator, Master of all Souls, Mr. Smith, Subject X-31, Jake Miller, Ultimate Avenger, God Slayer, Demon, Avenging Hand of Light, Avatar of Life, Adam Magus, Patient #6457987
Team Affiliations: Cosmic Avengers
First Appearance: Fantastic Four #66 (September, 1967) note ; Marvel Premiere #1 (April, 1972) note
Adam Warlock is a synthetic being created by human scientists named "The Enclave" to become their ideal template for a new race of humans who would rule the Earth. However, their creation, called "Him," rebelled, turned against them, and went on to become Adam Warlock.
Emma Frost
Alter Ego: Emma Grace Frost
Notable Aliases: White Queen, Perfection Phoenix, Black Queen, Storm (mind swapped), Ice Princess (Hellfire Club pole dancer name), Queen of Crystal Heart, Black King, Ice Queen, Diamond Lass
Team Affiliations: Cosmic Avengers
First Appearance: X-Men #129 (January, 1980)
Originally starting off as a supervillain and enemy of the X-Men, during which she was the White Queen of the Hellfire Club, Emma Frost is a powerful mutant telepath who can transform herself into organic diamond. She has become a prominent member of the X-Men. A gifted teacher, Emma is renowned for her beauty, wit, and revealing attire.
Kang the Conqueror
Alter Ego: Nathaniel Richards
Notable Aliases: Victor Timely, Pharaoh Rama-Tut, Blue Man, King of Kings, Master of Men, Lord of the Seven Suns, Victor Timely Jr, Victor Timely III, Kang, Conqueror of the Universe, Scarlet Centurion
Team Affiliations: Cosmic Avengers
First Appearance: Avengers #8 (September, 1964)
A time-traveling conqueror with vast powers and technological supremacy, Kang the Conqueror has taken every opportunity to torment the Marvel Universe, and is one of the Avengers' greatest foes. Kang has amassed an empire with a citizenry of millions, and cut a swath of terror through the ages.
War Avengers
Lady Sif
Alter Ego: Sif
Notable Aliases: The Dark-Haired Daughter of Asgard, Ericka Velez, Fairest of the Fair, Fair One, Fair Sif, Gentle Sif, Gentlest of the Gentle, Rose Chambers, Sif the Unstoppable, The Stunning Sif, Sybil, Tif, Tiffany
Team Affiliations: War Avengers
First Appearance: Journey into Mystery #102 (March, 1964)
The raven haired Shield-Maiden of Asgard and lover of Thor, and Beta Ray Bill. Sif is a skilled warrior and staunch defender of the innocent. And an ally to The Warriors Three.
Weapon H
Alter Ego: Clayton "Clay" Cortez
Notable Aliases: H-Alpha, Hulkverine, No Hablo
Team Affiliations: War Avengers
First Appearance: Totally Awesome Hulk #21(September, 2017)
A discharged ex-soldier by the name of Clayton who was kidnapped by the Weapon X program. With DNA of both the Hulk and Wolverine inside him, he has a healing factor ability and Adamantium claws and bones.
Avengers World
Bill the Lobster
Notable Aliases: Bill
Team Affiliations: Avengers World
First Appearance: Fallen Angels #2 (May, 1987)
Bill is a green lobster cyborg, endowed with super strength and intellect. Unlike Don he is a normal green lobster who is only enhanced by his cybernetic implants.
Gomi
Alter Ego: Alphonsus Lefszycic
Team Affiliations: Avengers World
First Appearance: Fallen Angels #2 (May, 1987)
A clever but quiet young man, Gomi received cybernetic implants which can create a devasting telekinetic force. With his two cyborg lobsters, he became a member of a group of young misfits, mutants, and runaways known as the Fallen Angels.
A.V.E.N.G.E.R.S. Initiative
First Appearance: Uncanny Avengers: Ultron Forever
A team of Avengers from an alternate future.
- 20 Minutes into the Future: Their future is identified as being in the year "20XX", somewhere roughly twenty-ish years from "now".
- Butterfly of Doom: Their reality diverged from the mainstream somewhere around the beginning Civil War II. In their universe, there was no warning about Thanos's attack on Project: Pegasus, and he effortlessly seized the Iso-8 fragment they were holding. Extremely bad things followed.
- Dead Guy Junior: Namorina's real name is Dorma, after Namor's long dead love interest.
- Early-Bird Cameo: They first appear at the end of Ultron Forever, followed by a brief appearance in two issues of New Avengers (2015).
- Flying Brick: Marvel Woman seems to have inherited her grandfather's powers as a living matter-antimatter reactor.
- Fun with Acronyms: A.V.E.N.G.E.R.S., though the full meaning has not been given.
- Future Badass: King Hulk is Hulking of the Young Avengers, having become "King of Space" in the interim.
- In Spite of a Nail: Their version of Thor never recovered the eye and arm he lost during Jason Aaron's run (or if he did, managed to lose them again).
- Legacy Character: Their numbers include; Namorina, the daughter of Namor, Iron Mariner, an Atlantean merman with the Iron Man armor, Collapsar, a tiny Nova centurion, and Marvel Woman, the granddaughter of Blue Marvel.
- Luke, You Are My Father: Their Marvel Woman is Songbird's daughter, as she reveals when they fight.
- No-Sell:
- Marvel Women is immune to Songbird's powers because she's her daughter.
- Iron Mariner is unaffected by the power of the Tiger God, because of his Atlantean heritage.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Collapsar is a tiny Nova, but still has all the abilities of a regular Nova.
Captain America / Danielle Cage
First appearance: Avengers: Ultron Forever
- Amazonian Build: She's got a bodybuilder's build.
- Catchphrase: "I am the shield!"
- Future Badass: It doesn't get much more badass than being Captain America.
- Hero of Another Story: Being as she is the Captain America of her time, she's got plenty of experience under her belt, including a team-up with three other versions of herself.
- Lamarck Was Right: She's inherited both sides of her parents's powers, making her a Flying Brick.
- Nice Gal: Despite being the daughter of Luke Cage and Jessica Jones, and the awfulness that occurred in her reality's past, her adolescence, she's actually very pleasant.
- Sleeves Are for Wimps: Her appearance in Ultron Forever has her outfit with no sleeves. In New Avengers and U.S. Avengers, she's got a slightly modified
Pet Avengers
Throg
Alter Ego: Simon Walterson
First Appearance: Thor #364 (February, 1986) note ; Mighty Thor #700 (October, 2017) note
Wielding the mighty Frogjolnir, Simon Walterson is Throg. Although he physically resembles the amphibian form that Thor was once trapped in, Throg is a different being who shares a portion of the Thunder God's powers.
Bats
First Appearance: Doctor Strange #381 (November, 2017)
When Dr. Strange was going through one of his BSOD phases, he worked as a veterinarian and befriended a basset hound named Bats, who suffered from a weak heart. While Bats eventually died, his spirit sticks around to help out Strange.
Lockheed
First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #166 (February, 1983)
Lockheed is a purple, winged, quadrupedal alien that resembles a small dragon. He is the longtime companion of Kitty Pryde with whom he shares a special bond. He is a valued member of the X-Men and founding member of The Pet Avengers.
Lockjaw
First Appearance: Fantastic Four #45 (September, 1965)
A large, dog-like companion of the Inhuman Royal Family. It is unclear if he is an Inhuman or from a different species. Looks like a giant (about the size of a sofa) bulldog with a glowing, tuning fork-shaped antenna on his head. Was originally said to be the only animal ever exposed to Terrigen Mist; a later story disputed this and claimed he was a full Inhuman, but it was quickly retconned away.
Huginn and Muninn
First Appearance: Thor #274 (August, 1978)
Huginn and Muninn are are a pair of ravens that travel the world bearing news and information they have collected to Odin. Huginn is the thought and Muninnis the memory. They are sent out at dawn to gather information and return in the evening. They perch on the god's shoulders and whisper the news into his ears. It is from these ravens that the kenning 'raven-god' for Odin is derived.
