Secret Empire
 

A faction or phase of the "Secret Empire," which was featured in a number of Thunderbolts stories, seems in some ways distinct from the broader, better known Marvel "Secret Empire," which first appeared in Amazing Adventures #s 11 and 15. But this phase of the Secret Empire, funded by Baron Zemo (Helmut), is probably not a separate group. It is simply one manifestation of the ongoing, often-changing Secret Empire.

This faction of the Secret Empire oversaw or encompassed sub-groups such as "the Elite", the Imperial Forces, and the Brute Force, as well as many regular servants. It was first hinted at in Thunderbolts #s 19 and 30 and fully revealed in Thunderbolts #s 31 and 32.

Number of group members listed below: 77

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Berger		Secret Empire [wore Roman Centurion outfit]		1
Brodsky		Secret Empire [wore Roman Centurion outfit]		1
Bruiser		[his costume is labelled with logos of groups he works for]		7
Calvin Burlingame	anti-democracy terrorist	Imperial Forces; Secret Empire [father of Charcoal]		1
Cheer Chadwick	British Loyalist in U.S.	Royalist Forces of America; Secret Empire...  Sons of the Serpent; The Elite [Dr. Hesperus Chadwick's daughter]		7
Dr. Hesperus Chadwick	British Loyalist in U.S.	Royalist Forces of America; Secret Empire...  The Elite [invented Shriequencer]		7
Chain (Bannion)		A.I.M.; HYDRA...  Secret Empire; The Seekers [brother of Grasp and Sonic]		4
Chainsaw		Pretorians (leader)		1
Charcoal (Charlie Burlingame)		black; Brute Force...  Redeemers; Secret Empire; The Thunderbolts [belonged to Imperial Force, agents of Secret Empire]		41
Richard Cholmondely	British Loyalist in U.S.	Royalist Forces of America; Secret Empire...  The Elite		2
Lynn Church	manifestly non-religious	Secret Empire [cyborg; vied for control of Secret Empire]		14
Cloud ("Carol Faber")	sentient nebula	Secret Empire; The Defenders		31
Committee To Regain America's Principles	Committee To Regain America's Principles	Secret Empire [launched smear campaign against Captain America]		5
Mr. Farrell		Secret Empire [Valerie Cooper's boss in her early work with Wild Child]		2
Gargantua (Edward Cobert)		S.H.I.E.L.D.; Secret Empire...  The Masters of Evil		10
Thomas Gloucester	British Loyalist in U.S.	Royalist Forces of America; Secret Empire...  The Elite		2
Grasp (Bannion)		A.I.M.; HYDRA...  Secret Empire; The Seekers [Sonic's brother]		4
Griffin (Johnny Horton)		Hood's Army; Secret Empire		126
Hanson		Secret Empire [posed as CIB member]		1
Quentin Harderman	Committee To Regain America's Principles (leader)	Secret Empire (ally)		6
Harridan		Secret Empire [old woman; drained life force from others]		2
Mr. King		Secret Empire [worked under August Masters at corrupt mental hospital]		1
Kowalski		Secret Empire [wore Roman Centurion outfit]		1
Mad Dog (Buzz Baxter)	manifestly non-religious	Secret Empire; U.S. Air Force [ex-husband of Patsy Walker/Hellcat]		40
Carl Maddicks		Secret Empire [father of mutant Artie Maddicks]		3
Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Factor Three...  Secret Empire		140
August Masters		Secret Empire		11
Midnight (Jeff Wilde)	obsessed with Moon Knight	Secret Empire [Midnight Man's son; tried to be Moon Knight's sidekick]		23
Nefarius (Lloyd Bloch)	Committee To Regain America's Principles (temporary)	Secret Empire		10
Number 101		Secret Empire		1
Number 12 II		Secret Empire		1
Number 13		Secret Empire		3
Number 16	sadist; White Supremacist	HYDRA; Secret Empire...  Sons of the Serpent		5
Number 16 (Mr. Black)		Secret Empire		2
Number 3		Secret Empire [attended "Dead Man's Hand"; killed by Hammerhead]		7
Number 4		Secret Empire [Professor Power snapped his neck, killing him]		1
Number 41		Secret Empire		1
Number 43		Secret Empire		1
Number 49		Secret Empire		1
Number 6		Secret Empire		12
Number 82		Secret Empire		1
Number 9		Secret Empire		3
Number Eight		Secret Empire		4
Number Eight		Secret Empire; The Sanitation Unit [tried to bust Captain America out of jail]		3
Number Eight II		Secret Empire		3
Number Five I		Secret Empire		2
Number Five II		Secret Empire		8
Number Four		Secret Empire		5
Number Four		Secret Empire; The Sanitation Unit [tried to bust Captain America out of jail]		3
Number Nine (Linda Donaldson)		Secret Empire		7
Number Nine III		Secret Empire		5
Number One		Secret Empire; The Sanitation Unit [tried to bust Captain America out of jail]		3
Number One I		Secret Empire (leader)		5
Number One IV		Secret Empire (leader)		7
Number One (Richard Nixon)	Quaker	Secret Empire (leader)		4
Number Seven		Secret Empire		13
Number Six III		Secret Empire		2
Number Ten		Secret Empire		4
Number Three		Secret Empire [killed and impersonated by Punisher]		11
Number Three II		Secret Empire [killed and impersonated by the Punisher]		6
Number Twelve		Secret Empire; The Sanitation Unit		2
Number Twenty		Secret Empire; The Sanitation Unit		2
Number Two		Secret Empire [killed by Number 9]		1
Number Two		Secret Empire [armored; defeated Moonstone (Bloch) in staged fight]		2
Number Two II		Secret Empire		1
Professor Power (Anthony Power)	right-wing extremist; resurrected	Secret Empire [led an army of right-wing extremists]		21
Nurse Ratchid		Secret Empire [worked under August Masters at corrupt mental hospital]		1
Ronaldson		Secret Empire [wore Roman Centurion garb]		1
Secret Empire		[1st app: Tales to Astonish (vol. 1) #81 (July 1966)]		120
Seraph (Nancy Turpin)	religious	KGB; Secret Empire...  The Defenders (ally) [double agent]		11
William Taurey	British Loyalist in U.S.	Royalist Forces of America (founder); Secret Empire...  The Elite [tried to end democracy in America]		7
Torrance		Secret Empire [worked under August Masters at corrupt mental hospital]		1
Tumbler (John Robert Keane)	Committee To Regain America's Principles (temporary)	Secret Empire		5
Harcourt Vickers	British Loyalist in U.S.	Royalist Forces of America; Secret Empire...  The Elite		2
Viper (Jordan Dixon)	activist; Committee To Regain America's Principles (temporary)	Crime Wave; Secret Empire...  Serpent Squad		10
Martin Willis		Genetech; Secret Empire		1
Wyre		Alpha Flight; Secret Empire		17

This character is in the following 38 stories which have been indexed by this website:
The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #353 (Nov. 1991): "When Midnight Strikes!"
The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 1) #356 (Dec. 1991): "After Midnight!"

The Avengers and the Thunderbolts (1998) (mentioned)
Captain America

Captain America (vol. 1) #170 (Feb. 1974): "J'accuse!" (behind the scenes)
Captain America (vol. 1) #171 (Mar. 1974): "Bust-Out!" (behind the scenes)
Captain America (vol. 1) #172 (Apr. 1974): "Believe It or Not: The Banshee!" (behind the scenes)
Captain America (vol. 1) #173 (May 1974): "The Sins of the Secret Empire!"
Captain America (vol. 1) #174 (June 1974): "It's Always Darkest...!"
Captain America (vol. 1) #175 (July 1974): "..Before the Dawn!"
Captain America (vol. 1) #176 (Aug. 1974): "Captain America Must Die!"
Captain America (vol. 1) #268 (Apr. 1982): "Peace on Earth -- Good Will to Man" (behind the scenes)
Captain America (vol. 1) #285 (Sep. 1983): "Letting Go"
Captain America (vol. 1) #311 (Nov. 1985): "Working..." (cameo)
Captain America (vol. 1) #338 (Feb. 1988): "Power Struggle"
Captain America (vol. 1) #394 (Nov. 1991): "The Crimson Crusade"
Captain America (vol. 1) #442 (Aug. 1995): "Broad Stripes and White Stars" (cameo)

Daredevil

Daredevil (vol. 1) #307 (Aug. 1992): "Dead Man's Hand Part 1: Blind Openers" (cameo)
Daredevil (vol. 1) #308 (Sep. 1992): "Dealing from the Bottom"
Daredevil (vol. 1) #309 (Oct. 1992): "Cards on the Table"
Daredevil (vol. 3) #6 (Jan. 2012): "Daredevil vs Bruiser"

The Defenders

The Defenders (vol. 1) #123 (Sep. 1983): "Of Elves and Androids!"
The Defenders (vol. 1) #125 (Nov. 1983): "Hello, I Must Be Going. (or...Mad Dogs and Elvishmen!)"
The Defenders (vol. 1) #126 (Dec. 1983): "State of the Union!"
The Defenders (vol. 1) #127 (Jan. 1984): "Cloud Hidden!"
The Defenders (vol. 1) #128 (Feb. 1984): "Assault on the Empire"
The Defenders (vol. 1) #129 (Mar. 1984): "Countdown"
The Defenders (vol. 1) #130 (Apr. 1984): "And in the End!"

Five Decades of the X-Men (5 Mar. 2002): "Firm Commitments"
Hawkeye (vol. 4) #4 (Jan. 2013): "The Tape: 1 of 2"
The Rampaging Hulk (vol. 1) #8 (Apr. 1978): "Gallery of Villains"
Secret Warriors (vol. 1) #1 (Apr. 2009) (name seen in illustration (or on screen))
Tales to Astonish (vol. 1) #81 (July 1966): "The Stage Is Set!"
Thunderbolts

Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #19 (Oct. 1998): "Heat and Pressure" (behind the scenes)
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #30 (Sep. 1999): "Uh-Oh!" (behind the scenes)
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #31 (Oct. 1999): "A More Perfect Union"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #32 (Nov. 1999): "Blood Sports"
Thunderbolts (vol. 1) #53 (Aug. 2001): "The Parent Trap"

X-Factor (vol. 1) #142 (Feb. 1998): "Give Me Shelter"

Suggested links for further research about this character:
  - http://marvel.com/universe/Secret_Empire
  - http://www.comicvine.com/secret-empire/65-15136/
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/seasek.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/rosroz.htm
  - http://www.marvunapp.com/master/egek.htm
  - https://www.comics.org/issue/62987/
  - http://marvel.wikia.com/Thunderbolts_Vol_1_31
  - https://www.comics.org/issue/88479/

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