Allies
Liberty Legion
Patriot I
Alter Ego: Jeffrey Solomon Mace
Notable Aliases: Captain America
First Appearance: Human Torch Comics #4 (March, 1941)
- "There's only one Captain America. I can never be him. But I can carry on in his name — with his name. That I can do. That would be an honor."
The Golden Age Patriot and third Captain America. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Jeffrey Mace found employment as a reporter at the Daily Bugle. During the Second World War he was inspired by the heroics of Captain America, and decided to become a costumed adventurer as well. To this end he created the identity of the Patriot. After the war, Patriot helps to save John F. Kennedy from a 1946 assassination attempt. During this attempt, Mace rescues the second man to call himself Captain America, William Naslund. Naslund dies in front of Mace, who, at the behest of two FBI agents, becomes the new Captain America,
- Battle Couple: With his wife Betsy Ross.
- Captain Patriotic: He's literally named Patriot.
- Killed Off for Real: Died of cancer after coming to terms with his past, with the original Captain America at his bedside.
- Legacy Character: Third person to become Captain America. He himself was succeeded as Patriot by Isaiah Bradley.
- Primary-Color Champion: His Patriot costume was also red and blue with some yellowish green.
Jack Frost
Alter Ego: Unknown
Notable Aliases: God in the Ice
First Appearance: U.S.A. Comics #1 (August, 1941)
- "I have no name...but mortals have called me — Jack Frost! This will show you why!"
Cast out of Asgard by the Frost Giants for being born puny, Jack Frost lives in the Arctic North unaware of his otherworldly past.
- Ambiguously Human: Thor believes he might be a long-lost Frost Giant that because of his minuscule size fled to Earth, but there's no way to be sure.
- An Ice Person: Jack Frost has the ability to generate sub-freezing temperatures. Combined with ambient water vapor, he can create snow, sleet, and ice for various effects such as propelling snow flurries at hurricane wind-speeds or fashioning ice into various simple constructs such as spheres, bridges, or walls.
- Mysterious Past: His true origins are shrouded in mystery.
- Walking Swimsuit Scene: Only wears a speedo thanks to his ice powers.
Red Raven
Notable Aliases: Heir Of Cheiros, Bat-Wing Man
First Appearance: Red Raven Comics Vol. 1, #1
- "Die at the hands of the Red Raven!"
Red Raven is a World War II era hero and a member of the Liberty Legion. In modern times, he has continued his career fighting alongside the Defenders and the X-Men among others.
- Color Animal Codename: Red Raven.
- Legacy Character: Several people have taken the Red Raven identity.
- No Name Given: Since his debut he hasn't had his name revealed, if he even has one.
- Winged Humanoid: Has Wings that allow him to fly.
Blue Diamond
Alter Ego: Elton T. Morrow
Notable Aliases:
First Appearance: Daring Mystery Comics #7 (April, 1941)
Elton Morrow was a professor exploring Antarctica when he discovered a glowing blue diamond. On his way back to the United States his ship was attacked and the box he carried was shattered. The diamond exploded and embedded itself into Elton's skin thus making him the Blue Diamond. He would later be transformed into a diamond hard body; now he travels through space with his lover Star-Dancer.
- Blue Is Heroic: His costume is blue and he's a hero.
- Color Character: Blue Diamond.
- Nigh-Invulnerable: He is invulnerable to most physical and energy attacks.
- Super-Strength: His body was permeated with shards of an exploding azure diamond. This granted him superhuman strength (he could press approximately 10 tons).
Crusaders
Ghost Girl
Alter Ego: Wendy Hunt
Notable Aliases:
First Appearance: Invaders #14 (March, 1977)
- All There in the Manual: Her real name was revealed in The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe.
- Alternate Company Equivalent: Can be seen as the equivalent to the Freedom Fighters' member Phantom Lady.
- Master of Illusion: Wore a belt that gave her the ability to generate a holographic "ghost" double of herself.
- One-Steve Limit: Has no relationship to Lilli Stephens from Alpha and Beta Flight.
Tommy Lightning
Alter Ego: Thomas Lovejoy
Notable Aliases:
First Appearance: Invaders #14 (March, 1977)
A member of the short lived British super hero team the Crusaders, Tommy Lightning served during World War II.- Alternate Company Equivalent: Can be seen as the equivalent to the Freedom Fighters' member the Ray.
- Purple Is Powerful: His costume is colored magenta.
- Shock and Awe: He could both absorb electricity and shoot electric bolts out of his hands.
Captain Wings
Alter Ego: Roger Dicken
Notable Aliases:
First Appearance: Invaders #14 (March, 1977)
- Alternate Company Equivalent: Can be seen as the equivalent to the Freedom Fighters' member Black Condor.
- Winged Humanoid: As his name implies, he has wings to fly.
Thunderfist
Alter Ego: Patrick Mason
Notable Aliases:
First Appearance: Invaders #14 (March, 1977)
A member of the short lived British super hero team the Crusaders, Thunderfist served during World War II.
- Alternate Company Equivalent: Can be seen as the equivalent to the Freedom Fighters' member the Human Bomb.
- The Big Guy: He was the biggest member of the group.
- Megaton Punch: Hence his codename of Thunderfist.
- Purple Is Powerful: His costume is purple and green.
V-Battalion
Kid Commandos
Golden Woman
Alter Ego: Gwendolyne Lou Sabuki
Notable Aliases: Gwen, Gwenny, Golden Girl
First Appearance: Invaders #26 (March, 1978)
A Japanese-American super-heroine from WWII, founder of The Kid Commandos. During World War II, Gwenny Lou Sabuki, the teenage daughter of Japanese-American scientist Dr. Sam Sabuki, was present at a stateside battle in which sidekicks Bucky and Toro of the superhero team The Invaders, fought the supervillain Agent Axis. There one of Dr. Sabuki's experiments accidentally gave Gwen and her friend, David 'Davey' Mitchell, superhuman powers.
- Affirmative-Action Legacy: She was Japanese-American and she took the Golden Girl identity from the caucasian Betsy Ross.
- Badass Family: Her son and granddaughters have all followed her footsteps to become heroes.
- Freak Lab Accident: Gained powers when one of her father's machines exploded during a superhero battle.
- Hand Blast: Has the ability to project radiant energy in the form of golden force beams from her hands.
Human Top
Alter Ego: David Mitchell
Notable Aliases: Davy Mitchell
First Appearance: Invaders #27 (April, 1978)
David Mitchell aka Human Top was a World War 2 hero and part of the group called the Kid Commandos. David Mitchell was an African-American civilian who was kidnaped by Agent Axis and placed in a machine as A.A.'s hostage. Through a series of events the machine ended up giving Mitchell the ability to spin at superspeed.
- Fountain of Youth: He was briefly restored to his prime by Mary Morgan, (who used an unnamed Asgardian relic) during the Incursion between Earth-616 and Earth-1610.
- Heroic Lineage: His son and grandson succeeded him as a heroes and members of the V-Battalion.
- One-Steve Limit: His codename and powers are similar to David Cannon's, who once used the Human Top alias before becoming Whirlwind.
- Retired Badass: David Mitchell reappeared as a resident of Valhalla Villas, a retirement home for ex-heroes and ex-villains that is located in Miami.
- Spectacular Spinning: The Human Top possesses the ability to spin at super speeds.
- Token Black: The only African-American on the Kid Commandos.
- Two First Names: David and Mitchell.
All-Winners Squad
Blonde Phantom
Alter Ego: Louise Grant
Notable Aliases: Louise Grant-Mason, Weezi, She-Hulk
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.
- Badass Normal: When she was a superhero. In Sensational She-Hulk, she lent a hand in saving the day from time to time.
- Domino Mask: A black one.
- Happily Married: To her husband Mark Mason.
- Her Heart Will Go On: She married Mark Mason and he passed away before her. Eventually starts a relationship with Morris Walters, Jennifer's father.
- Hero of Another Story: As the Blonde Phantom.
- I Was Quite the Looker: Louise is a bit more the homely side due to age. She is rejuvenated into a younger form later on.
- Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: Fought bad guys while wearing a pretty red dress.
- Medium Awareness: Like Jen in Sensational She-Hulk, Louise is aware that she is a character in a comic book.
- Red Is Heroic: Characterized by her nice red dresses.
- Supernaturally Young Parent: At one point, Louise was kidnapped by the Mole Man and was exposed to a mystic liquid which transformed a person into their innermost self. Ultimately, the liquid rejuvenated Louise to the physique and vitality of a forty-year-old woman, similar to her time as the Blonde Phantom.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: She was the Girly Girl to Namora's Tomboy during her time with Nick Fury's 1959 Black Ops. Initiative.
Angel
Alter Ego: Thomas Halloway
Notable Aliases: Mr. Taylor
First Appearance: Marvel Comics #1 (October, 1939)
- "I did what I could that night to protect my adopted home. I thought of old Matt Hawk and the stories he'd told me so many times... How he said it would all begin here in New York City. Was this the beginning? I wondered if he knew that it would begin in flames and destruction. And I wondered, not for the first time...why it seemed he'd known me even better than I knew myself. I had always valued knowledge more than action, but clearly that was changing. Because I had acted almost without thinking. Yes...it seemed clear that morning...that nothing would ever be the same again."
The Golden Age hero that had his debut in Marvel Comics #1 from Timely Comics. A doctor that became a costumed detective who had the "mystic cape of Mercury" that allowed him to fly.
- Badass Cape: Which allows him to fly.
- Faking the Dead: After the killing spree of the Scourge was stopped by Captain America, Halloway faked his own death to escape US Agent.
- One-Steve Limit: No relationship to Warren Worthington from the X-Men. Halloway debuted three decades prior but he's not as well known.
- Primary-Color Champion: A mostly blue outfit with a red cape.
- Retired Badass: Thomas Halloway retired and lived on a sprawling estate in Los Angeles.
- Superhero Packing Heat: Carries, and frequently used, a pair of automatic pistols.
- Vigilante Man: He created the Scourge organization to target C-List villains.
Other Allies
Destroyer I
Alter Ego: Kevin Marlow
Notable Aliases: The Mighty Destroyer, Keen, Keene, Marlowe, Louis Kramer
First Appearance: Mystic Comics #6 (October, 1941)
Keene Marlow was a Golden Age hero of Marvel's predecessor Timely Comics. In the 1970's Destroyer was retconned into Brian Falsworth, heir & successor to the title Union Jack. Marlow later appeared as an aged hero who set out to kill all supervillains before dying of heart failure.
Fin
Alter Ego: Peter Noble
Notable Aliases:
First Appearance: Daring Mystery Comics #7 (April, 1941)
Golden age character. Peter Noble was a Navy officer who was caught in a sinking submarine and was shocked to find that the immense pressure and lack of air did not kill him. He discovered an undersea civilization called Neptunia. Beating their leader Ikor in a battle to the death, the Neptunians believed that Noble might be the reincarnation of their savior, the Fin. Noble then made a costume and became a costumed adventurer, taking up the alias of the Fin.
- Absurdly Sharp Blade: The Fin is armed with a magical cutlass, able to cut through nearly anything.
- The Ageless: The cutlass's magic prevents him from aging.
- Battle Couple: With Nia Noble.
- Cool Sword: The Fin is armed with a magical cutlass, able to cut through nearly anything.
- Super Not-Drowning Skills: He can breathe underwater.
- Super-Strength: The Fin has twenty times normal human strength.
- Super-Toughness: Is able to survive the crushing pressures of the ocean's depths.
Nia Noble
Alter Ego: Nia Noble
Notable Aliases:
First Appearance: New Invaders #2 (November, 2004)
The daughter of U-Man and Lady Lotus. She is married to The Fin/Peter Noble, and ally of the New Invaders.
- Alliterative Name: Nia Noble
- Amazing Technicolor Population: Unlike Namor or Namora, she inherited the blue skin from her father.
- Apparently Human Merfolk: Other than blue skin she looks very similar to humans.
- Battle Couple: With her husband Peter Noble.
- Like Father, Unlike Son: She's a good person while her parents are villains.
- Half-Human Hybrid: Her father was the Atlantean Meranno/U-Man while her mother was the human Lady Lotus.
- Mind Control: With outside augmentation, is able to influence the minds of others to a limited degree.
- Psi Blast: Is able to project intensely painful mental attacks.
- Telepathy: Similar to her mother Lady Lotus.
Golden Girl
Alter Ego: Elizabeth "Betty/Betsy" Ross Mace
Notable Aliases: Agent R, Agent X-13, the "Old Crone", Agent 13, "Clementine", "G-Girl"
First Appearance: Captain America Comics #1 (March, 1941) note ; Captain America Comics #66 (April, 1948) note ; Tales of Suspense #63 (March, 1965) note
- "Yeah, I'm protecting my country...from Captain America."
Golden Girl was a Golden Age heroine who once served as Captain America's sidekick. Prior to and during World War II, Betty Ross served as an FBI agent and later as a member of the U.S. Army's Women's Auxiliary Army Corps. During the war, she was a friend and later girlfriend to Steve Rogers, unaware of his secret identity as Captain America. After Jeffery Mace's (the third Captain America) sidekick Bucky was shot and wounded, Mace revealed his civilian identity to Ross and trained her to be his new partner, Golden Girl.
- Badass Cape: Wore a bullet proof cape (which formerly belonged to The Spirit of '76).
- Badass Family: Her nephew is Thaddeus Ross/Red Hulk and her great-niece Betty is the Red She-Hulk/Red Harpy.
- Badass Normal: Had no powers beyond hand to hand combat skills.
- Battle Couple: With her husband Jeffrey, the third Captain America.
- Fountain of Youth: She was temporarily de-aged back to her prime by Mary Morgan, who used an unnamed Asgardian relic during the Incursion between Earth-616 and Earth-1610 in Secret Wars.
- Retired Badass: Long since retired, she became a resident of Valhalla Villas, a retirement home for ex-heroes and ex-villains that is located in Miami.
Major Mapleleaf
Alter Ego: Louis Sadler, Sr.
Notable Aliases: The Great White North, The Toronto Terminator
First Appearance: Alpha Flight #106 (March, 1992)
Canadian super hero during the second world war.
- Captain Patriotic: He's for Canada what Captain America is for the USA and Union Jack is for the UK.
- Legacy Character: His son Louis Jr. became the new Major Mapleleaf until his death fighting the Collective.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Alter Ego: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Notable Aliases: FDR
First Appearance:
The 32nd President of the United States of America.
Winston Churchill
Alter Ego:
Notable Aliases:
First Appearance:
Nick Fury
Alter Ego: Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury
Notable Aliases: Scorpio, Gemini, The Unseen
First Appearance: Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May, 1963)
See his own page for more info.
Howling Commandos
Alter Egos:
Notable Aliases:
First Appearance: Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May, 1963)
See their own page for more info.
