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Religion: manifestly non-religious
Name: Batroc's Brigade
Other Names: Batroc's Brigade III; Batroc's Third Brigade
Classification: villains group
First Appearance: Captain America (vol. 1) #149 (May 1972): "All the Colors -- of Evil!"
First Appearance (Additional Details): (1st appearance of any group known as "Batroc's Brigade") Captain America (vol. 1) #105 (Sep. 1968): "In the Name of Batroc!"; (Batroc's Brigade III/hired muscle version 1st appears) Captain America (vol. 1) #149 (May 1972): "All the Colors -- of Evil!"
Creators: Gerry Conway, Sal Buscema, Jim Mooney
Number of Appearances: 5
Ally: Mister Hyde
Type of Organization/Group: henchman, mercenary
Worked for: Batroc the Leaper, Ward Meachum
Nation: USA
Note: squad of no-name hired muscle
The best known version of "Batroc's Brigade" is comprised of Batroc himself along with two other mercenaries: Machete and Zaran. But the original incarnation of "Batroc's Brigade" -- seen in Captain America (vol. 1) #105 -- was comprised of Batroc alongside Living Laser and Swordsman. A second incarnation of Batroc's Brigade appeared in Captain America (vol. 1) #130, comprised of Batroc alongside Porcupine and Whirlwind.
This all sets up a clear pattern: Batroc works alongside two costumed super-villains (or super-mercenaries), all of whom have distinct codenames, costumes, modus operandi, etc.
But a rather different incarnation of "Batroc's Brigade" first appeared in Captain America (vol. 1) #149. This "Batroc's Brigade" is a squad of hired muscle, all dressed similarly and none of whom have distinctive names, costumes, etc. This can be identified as "Batroc's Brigade III", or the third incarnation of the group.
When this version of Batroc's Brigade first appeared, they were a group of seven thugs, all quite large and muscular, all male, who were helping Batroc in his mission to deliver children kidnapped from around New York City to a mysterious client. Batroc did not realize that the children were to be turned over to an alien named Jakar, who intended to use them as a source of energy to cure his wife and other members of his race from a mysterious plague.
The fact that the mercenary henchmen who comprised this version of Batroc's Brigade were willing to participate in a kidnapping plot just to earn some money illustrates their coldly mercenary nature. These mens seemed to be deeply selfish and immoral, without any ideological motivations for their actions. There is nothing to indicate that they should be classified with regards to religious affiliation as anything but manifestly non-religious.
Batroc himself, once he knew the children would be turned over to the alien Jakar, was quite remorseful about his participation in the kidnapping plot, and he essentially switched sides and helped Captain America and the Falcon take down Jakar and rescue the children. But the men of Batroc's Brigade displayed no such remorse and continued to attack Captain America and the Falcon even after Jakar had revealed himself.
This incarnation of Batroc's Brigade later appeared in Marvel Premiere #20 and Captain America (vol. 1) #s 251-252.
Number of group members listed below: 9
Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.) |
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Batroc's Brigade; Doom's Brigade... | 129 | ||||||||
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[squad of no-name hired muscle] | 5 | |||||||
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Batroc's Brigade; Hood's Army... | 96 | ||||||||
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Batroc's Brigade; Doom's Brigade... | 23 | ||||||||
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Batroc's Brigade; Crime Wave... | 36 | ||||||||
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Batroc's Brigade; The French Foreign Legion | 16 | ||||||||
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Batroc's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Egghead)... | 73 | ||||||||
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Batroc's Brigade; Initiative... [ice skating competitor] |
113 | ||||||||
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Batroc's Brigade; Initiative... | 61 |
Suggested links for further research about this character and the character's religious affiliation:
- http://marvel.wikia.com/Batroc's_Brigade_(Earth-616)
- http://www.comicvine.com/batrocs-brigade/65-41314/
- http://marvel.com/universe/Batroc's_Brigade
- http://comicbookdb.com/team.php?ID=606
- http://www.marvunapp.com/master/basbaz.htm
- http://marvel.wikia.com/Captain_America_Vol_1_149
- https://www.comics.org/issue/25101/
- http://marvel.wikia.com/Captain_America_Vol_1_150