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* MakeMeWannaShout: Eleven's power. Unfortunately for her, Mac was able to FightOffTheKryptonite.

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* BeneathNotice: Apparently the major players of the spy game thought they weren't worth bothering with, "amateur bourgeoisie playing the great game".



* BrokenPedestal: At least some of them eventually lost their admiration for Skorpion, and it's implied they became W.H.I.S.P.E.R..



* MookCarryover: They had a few defectors from A.I.M. who quit after Sunspot bought it out.

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* MookCarryover: They had a few defectors from A.I.M. who quit after Sunspot bought it out. ''Wasp'' also suggests they took the more intelligent members of W.E.S.P.E. as well.



* OrderReborn: ''Wasp'' reveals W.H.I.S.P.E.R. had actually existed since around the time of Ant-Man's origins, the Maker having simply seized control of the remnants and turned it into his own.

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* OrderReborn: ''Wasp'' reveals W.H.I.S.P.E.R. had actually existed since around the time of Ant-Man's origins, the Maker having simply seized control of the remnants and turned it into his own. Or possibly they let him do so for their own reasons.




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* YouHaveFailedMe: According to Fantasma, the new W.H.I.S.P.E.R. has no room for failures.

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* ObfuscatingStupidity: In 2023's ''Wasp'', Janet van Dyne wonders if their silly behavior was just an act.



* NukeEm: SHIELD dropped a big-ass nuke on their secret mountain base, courtesy of some misleading from Songbird.



* NukeEm: SHIELD dropped a big-ass nuke on their secret mountain base, courtesy of some misleading from Songbird.

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* NukeEm: SHIELD dropped a big-ass nuke on their secret mountain base, courtesy OrderReborn: ''Wasp'' reveals W.H.I.S.P.E.R. had actually existed since around the time of some misleading Ant-Man's origins, the Maker having simply seized control of the remnants and turned it into his own.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: [[spoiler:Their true founder was Nadia Pym's grandfather, who'd grown tired of the spy game and sought to retire. The new W.H.I.S.P.E.R. tracked him down and fed him to the Creature
from Songbird.Kosmos.]]
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* GangOfHats: As signified by their name, they have a loose theme of having heads incongruous to their bodies.

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* BeastWithAHumanFace: Arthur Nagan has a human head, but the body of a gorilla from the neck down.
* TheBlank: Ruby Thursday has a shape-shifting blob of red plastic for a head; its resting state is a featureless sphere. The closest she ever gets to having a face is a pair of glowing "eye" dots that only appear when she needs to indicate which direction she's looking.



* FanDisservice: Ruby Thursday's body is quite shapely, and her usual outfit features a NavelDeepNeckline...but her head is a featureless red orb with glowing spots for "eyes".
* KarmicTransformation: Arthur Nagan used to traffic the organs of gorillas to use for human organ transplants, until the gorillas turned on him and grafted his head onto the body of a gorilla.

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* FanDisservice: Ruby Thursday's body is quite shapely, and her usual outfit features a NavelDeepNeckline... but her head is a featureless red orb with glowing spots for "eyes".
* HeadBlast: Ruby Thursday had her head replaced with a red mass of "organic circuitry". The spherical mass can alter its shape so she can form tentacles or fire projectiles and energy blasts. She can also cause her head to explode and reform; she once generates an explosion so powerful that it knocks out ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk.
* KarmicTransformation: Arthur Nagan used to traffic the organs of gorillas to use for human organ transplants, until the gorillas turned on him and grafted his head onto the body of a gorilla. gorilla.
* NonHumanHead: Ruby Thursday replaced her head with a featureless sphere of red plastic that can change shape.


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* WetwareBody: Ruby Thursday has a malleable plastic computer replacing her head.
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* NotMeThisTime: In an issue of ''Avengers'', they're trying to fly a plane out of New York when it crashes into Jamaica Bay. As the Avengers clean up, they're attacked by a cocoon in the bay. When asked, Shinski explains it's nothing to do with them; their experiment was already destroyed in the crash.


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* TaughtByExperience: On the plus side, the debacle with Her taught them one thing; no more growing superhumans.
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Corrupt Church is when a legitimate religion with good/neutral intentions become worse overtime due to corruption from followers or supernatural entities. Path Of Inspiration is when the leaders already had ill-intentions from the start, but masks it as a good religion.


* CorruptChurch: Under the alias of the "Church of the New Darkness", the Cult of Knull established a temple and masqueraded as a legitimate religion.

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* CorruptChurch: PathOfInspiration: Under the alias of the "Church of the New Darkness", the Cult of Knull established a temple and masqueraded as a legitimate religion.

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* FaceHeelTurn: In his debut, Chondu was a mystic who used his power to purge a criminal of his evil thoughts.



* KarmicTransformation: Arthur Nagan used traffic the organs of gorillas to use for human organ transplants, until the gorillas turned on him and grafted his head onto the body of a gorilla.

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* KarmicTransformation: Arthur Nagan used to traffic the organs of gorillas to use for human organ transplants, until the gorillas turned on him and grafted his head onto the body of a gorilla.gorilla.
* NoodleIncident: It's never explained how Jerry Morgan became Shrunken Bones, nor how Chondu fell in with the Headmen.
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* TheBusCameBack: With the exception of Ruby Thursday, each member of the Headmen first appeared in stories from Marvel's pre-superhero era anthology comics.



* KarmicTransformation: Arthur Nagan used traffic the organs of gorillas to use for human organ transplants, until the gorillas turned on him and grafted his head onto the body of a gorilla.



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* CharacterFillibuster: Apparently Shinski had a habit of going on rants about how much the modern world was terrible, much to Morlak's exasperation.

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* CharacterFillibuster: CharacterFilibuster: Apparently Shinski had a habit of going on rants about how much the modern world was terrible, much to Morlak's exasperation.
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[[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.

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!!Salem's Seven
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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Brutacus, Gazelle, Hydron, Reptilla, Thornn, Vakume, Vertigo
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[[folder:Roxxon]]
!!Roxxon Energy Corporation

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Appearance:''' ''Fantastic Four'' #186 ''Captain America'' #180 (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.An American based energy conglomerate with a reputation for shady at best dealings, whose activities oft tend to bring them into conflict with superheroes.


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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The typical head of Roxxon.
* EvilInc: Typically. The tragic part is Roxxon executives seem to be more competent when they're deliberately evil than when they're not.
* {{Expy}}: Started off as a thinly-veiled knockoff of the real world company Exxon. In modern days they've branched out to also serving as evil knock-offs of things like Fox News and Facebook as well.
* IncompetenceInc: When they're not being evil, they tend to make staggeringly stupid decisions.
* KarmaHoudini: No matter what scandal they create or are involved in, up to and including trying to betray mankind to alien invasions, they always seem to bounce back.
* MegaCorp: Starting off as an energy company, their portfolio has expanded since the 1940s to include television, social media, space exploration, weapons development, private security, and world domination.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Starting off as adversaries in ''Captain America'', they've also tussled with just about everyone in the Marvel U.

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[[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.
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* CharacterFillibuster: Apparently Shinski had a habit of going on rants about how much the modern world was terrible, much to Morlak's exasperation.


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* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: From the massive pile of Kirbytech known as the Beehive in their first appearance, by their appearance in the 90s' ''Spider-Man Team-Up'' they're operating out of a converted dilapidated block in the Bronx, forced to scrounge up flunkies via mind-control. Shinski complains about that, too.


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* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Morlak and Shinksi talk about making the world a better place, but their behavior makes it clear benevolence isn't ''really'' their main drive, but rather supreme arrogance.


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* TheSpock: Zota is more calmly logical than the others, and chides Morlak and Shinski for their pretty blatant egomaniacal power lust. Admittedly, he too wants to take over the world, but simply because he feels he's the ''logical'' choice for it.

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* CaptainObvious: Shinski in their appearance in ''Marvel Team-Up''. It annoys Morlak no end.



* IControlMyMinionsThrough: A promise of the slice of the pie when they inevitably take over the world. Part of Morlak's panic about Him's turning on them was it would motivate the henchmen to turn on them as well.

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* IControlMyMinionsThrough: A promise of the slice of the pie when they inevitably take over the world.world, in their first appearance. Part of Morlak's panic about Him's turning on them was it would motivate the henchmen to turn on them as well. By their appearance in the 90s, it's by mind control.



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

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* RoguesGalleryTransplant: They started off bothering the Fantastic Four, but they've also tussled with Adam Warlock, Spider-Man, the Thunderbolts, and Golden Age hero the Thunderer (retroactively).
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* PowerTrio: As the Three [=Xs=]; Hamilton was the detective, Zota TheSmartGuy, and Morlak the fighting expert.

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[[folder:W.H.I.S.P.E.R]]
!!W.H.I.S.P.E.R.

An evil terror organization built by the Maker after the Incursions, supposedly for the purpose of scientific advancement, which brought them into conflict with Roberto Da Costa's version of A.I.M..

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!!W.H.I.E.S.P.E.R.

An evil terror
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A terrorist
organization built by the Maker after the Incursions, supposedly for the purpose of scientific advancement, which brought them into conflict with Roberto Da Costa's version operates largely out of A.I.M..Europe, occasional enemies of the Blue Marvel due to following on the teachings of his arch-nemesis Evald Skorpion.


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* AnimalMotif: Wasps. Their name is German for "wasp", and they attack people with wasp robots. As the captions for ''Mighty Avengers'' say, they're thematically consistent.
* BerserkButton: They really don't like being compared to HYDRA.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Childish and not terribly threatening to any moderately competent hero, but the ones employed by Jason Quantrell managed to summon a ''Beyonder''. And not one of the nicer ones.
* {{Expy}}: Basically "HYDRA if they were nihilists instead of fascists".
* FunWithAcronyms: The full meaning of their name has never actually been given.
* LoonyFan: Of the maniacal nihilist Evald Skorpion. The few members we see of W.E.S.P.E. seem especially childish, but still moderately dangerous.
* VillainOfAnotherStory: Their first appearance in Al Ewing's ''Mighty Avengers'' even labels them as a threat "you've never heard of", but they've been around a while.

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[[folder:W.H.I.S.P.E.R]]
!!W.H.I.S.P.E.R.

An evil terror organization built by the Maker after the Incursions, supposedly for the purpose of scientific advancement, which brought them into conflict with Roberto Da Costa's version of A.I.M..
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* NebulousEvilOrganization: Founded by the Maker for scientific advancement, but mostly what they seem to do is weird science stuff for the heck of it with no evident tangible benefit. When defeated, the Maker claimed WHISPER still existed and had another, actual purpose which would continue on without him.

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* NebulousEvilOrganization: Founded (Apparently) founded by the Maker for scientific advancement, but mostly what they seem to do is weird science stuff for the heck of it with no evident tangible benefit. When defeated, the Maker claimed WHISPER still existed and had another, actual purpose which would continue on without him.him.
* OddlySmallOrganization: Membership seemed to consist of the Maker, some insect men and one henchman operating out of a hidden base.




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* YouCannotKillAnIdea: The Maker claims W.H.I.S.P.E.R. was bigger than one base and that their true plans boggled even his mind.
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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.

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


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* FanDisservice: Ruby Thursday's body is quite shapely, and her usual outfit features a NavelDeepNeckline...but her head is a featureless red orb with glowing spots for "eyes".
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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Arthur Negan, Angar the Screamer, Jerry Morgan, Doctor Bong, Chondu, Ruby Thursday

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!!! '''Alter Egos:''' Arthur Negan, Angar the Screamer, Nagan, Jerry Morgan, Doctor Bong, Chondu, Ruby Thursday


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* ThemeNaming: The group's name comes from all of them having something unusual about their heads:
** Arthur Nagan had his head removed and attached to the body of a gorilla.
** Ruby Thursday's head is a plasticine computer.
** Chondu's head has been attached to multiple different bodies, including a clone of ComicBook/SheHulk.
** Jerry Morgan's skeleton and organs were shrunk inside his body. This left his head looking grotesquely saggy and deflated.
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[[folder:W.H.I.S.P.E.R]]
!!W.H.I.S.P.E.R.

An evil terror organization built by the Maker after the Incursions, supposedly for the purpose of scientific advancement, which brought them into conflict with Roberto Da Costa's version of A.I.M..
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* EvilCounterpart: With A.I.M. having temporarily reformed, W.H.I.S.P.E.R. filled the role of science bad-guys.
* FunWithAcronyms: '''W'''orld '''H'''eadquarters for '''I'''nternational '''S'''cientific / '''P'''hilosophical '''E'''xperimentation and '''R'''esearch.
* MookCarryover: They had a few defectors from A.I.M. who quit after Sunspot bought it out.
* NebulousEvilOrganization: Founded by the Maker for scientific advancement, but mostly what they seem to do is weird science stuff for the heck of it with no evident tangible benefit. When defeated, the Maker claimed WHISPER still existed and had another, actual purpose which would continue on without him.
* NukeEm: SHIELD dropped a big-ass nuke on their secret mountain base, courtesy of some misleading from Songbird.
* WasOnceAMan: Standard W.H.I.S.P.E.R. goons are made by taking humans, extracting some of their organs and turning them into insect-men.

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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.

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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. Their four main leaders are Carlos Zota, Maris Morlak, Wladyslav Shinski and Jerome Hamilton.



* 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.

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* ComicBookTime: Thanks to the retcons, they remain ageless, but broke off from mankind to try and create Adam a few years before "now".
* CompositeCharacter: ''Marvel Comics #1000'' reveals that Morlak, Hamilton and Zota were the Three [=Xs=], a trio of one-off characters from the early days of Timely, as well as the gentlemen from the Scientist Guild Professor Horton first unveiled showed the Human Torch to. Hamilton, meanwhile, is also Blind Justice, a vigilante Hawkeye tussled with during his LA days.days.
* CreatingLifeIsBad: Hamilton began to feel this way about Him... and decided the best solution was kill Him before he was properly born.



* EvilOldFolks: All of them, though they look much younger than they are. Shinski was elderly by the time he joined up with them.



* FamedInStory: The four head members were so distinguished Alicia Masters had heard of them before their disappearance.



* HeroKiller: They might've killed the Dark Avenger. They might also have killed Blind Justice, who was once one of their own.

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* HeroKiller: They might've killed the Dark Avenger. They might also have killed Blind Justice, who was once one of their own.own.
* IControlMyMinionsThrough: A promise of the slice of the pie when they inevitably take over the world. Part of Morlak's panic about Him's turning on them was it would motivate the henchmen to turn on them as well.



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

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


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* WithFriendsLikeThese: By the time they created Adam, Morlak was pretty casual about just killing Hamilton for being too soft-hearted.

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[[folder:Emissaries Of Evil]]
!!Emissaries Of Evil
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The Emissaries Of Evil are a minor group of villains. There have been three incarnations and were opposed by both Daredevil, Alpha Flight, and the Defenders.
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* LegionOfDoom: The first incarnation was made up of Daredevil's lesser foes.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: The first incarnation fought Daredevil, the second fought the Flight while the third one fought the Defenders.
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!!! '''First Appearance:'''

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!!! '''First Appearance:'''
Appearance:''' ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #340 (August, 1990)
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* AfroAsskicker: Vertigo

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* MeaningfulName: Several of the team members. Reptilla is a reptile, Vakume (vacuum) has air manipulation powers, Thornn is covered in thorns, and Hydron is a fish person that can fire blasts of water.

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* MeaningfulName: Several of the team members. Reptilla is a reptile, Vakume (vacuum) has air manipulation powers, Thornn is covered in thorns, Gazelle has enhanced speed and agility, and Hydron is a fish person that can fire blasts of water.



* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Brutacus can transform into a lion-like form.

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* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Brutacus can transform into a lion-like form while Gazelle can transform into a fast deer-like form.



* SnakePeople: Reptilla

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* SnakePeople: ReptillaReptilla.


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* SuperSpeed: Gazelle.

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