Dark Reign Files #1 (Apr. 2009)
by Chad Anderson, Ronald Byrd, Madison Carter, Markus Ettlinger, etc.

Dark Reign Files #1

Medium: comic

Cover date: Apr. 2009

Publisher:
Written by: Chad Anderson, Ronald Byrd, Madison Carter, Markus Ettlinger, etc.

266 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Norman Osborn (lead character)	manifestly non-religious	Cabal of Scrier (leader); Dark Avengers (leader)...  Dark X-Men (leader); H.A.M.M.E.R. (leader); Sinister Twelve (leader); The Cabal (leader); The Thunderbolts (leader)		417
The Hulk (Bruce Banner)	Catholic (lapsed)	Hulkbusters; Pantheon...  Secret Defenders; The Avengers; The Defenders; The Order; The Ultimates; Warbound; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Saviours		4,551
The Sub-Mariner (Namor)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Atlantean; Dark X-Men...  human; Illuminati; The All-Winners Squad; The Avengers; The Cabal; The Defenders; The Invaders; The Order; X-Men		1,864
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)	Gypsy/Roma; ethnic half Jewish; sometimes mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Avengers...  The Ultimates; X-Factor		944
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady)	manifestly non-religious	Damage Control; Initiative...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Thunderbolts		48
Doctor Doom (Victor Von Doom)	Gypsy/Roma; magic/mysticism	Fearsome Four; The Cabal		1,176
Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur)	Clan Akkaba; Transhumanist / Social Darwinist	Arab; Dark Riders (leader)...  Horsemen of Apocalypse (founder); The Alliance of Evil (founder)		315
White Queen (Emma Frost)	Episcopalian (nominal); mutant supremacist	Academy of Tomorrow; Dark X-Men...  Generation X (teacher); The Cabal; The Council of the Chosen; The Inner Circle; X-Men		3,409
Red Hulk (Thunderbolt Ross)	Catholic; atheist	Code Red; Control...  Hulkbusters (U.S. Military); The Avengers; The Offenders; U.S. Air Force		350
Ares	Greco-Roman deity	Dark Avengers; Olympian...  The Avengers; Warhawks (leader) [god of war; Gods of Olympus]		440
Sentry (Bob Reynolds)	angel	Dark Avengers; The Avengers		260
Moonstone (Karla Sofen)	Buddhist	Dark Avengers; Femizons...  The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		235
Venom (Mac Gargan)	manifestly non-religious	Dark Avengers; Initiative...  Sinister Twelve; Spider-Man Revenge League; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		315
Bullseye (Benjamin Poindexter)	Catholic (nominal); nihilist	Dark Avengers; The Thunderbolts [former baseball pitcher]		243
Daken (Daken Akihiro)	Shinto (raised); later "non-religious"	Asian; Dark Avengers...  Dark X-Men [son of Wolverine]		72
Captain Marvel (Noh-Varr)	Kree religion (former missionary)	Dark Avengers; Kree [was operative of 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt]		100
A.I.M.	Scientism	[terrorist]		390
HYDRA	HYDRA	[largest worldwide subversive organization]		283
Taskmaster	manifestly non-religious	Agency X; HYDRA...  Initiative; Shadow Initiative; The Cabal; The Frightful Four; The Thunderbolts		128
Typhoid Mary (Mary Alice Walker)	Catholic	Shadow Initiative		136
Constrictor (Frank Payne)		S.H.I.E.L.D.; Shadow Initiative...  Sinister Syndicate; Six Pack; The Frightful Four; The Masters of Evil		124
Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo)		Redeemers; The Masters of Evil...  The Thunderbolts; Thunderbolts (Counter-Earth)		142
Techno (Norbert Ebersol)		HYDRA; Initiative...  New Enforcers; Redeemers; The Masters of Evil; The Thunderbolts		136
Paladin		Heroes for Hire; Intruders...  Outlaws; The Thunderbolts; Wild Pack		136
Ghost (Johnny)	anti-corporate activist	A.I.M.; The Thunderbolts		36
Headsman (Cleavon Twain)		The Thunderbolts		28
Wrecker (Dirk Garthwaite)		Hood's Army; Lethal Legion...  The Masters of Evil; Wrecking Crew (leader)		190
Bulldozer (Henry Camp)		Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil...  U.S. Army; Wrecking Crew		125
Piledriver (Brian Calusky)		Hood's Army; The Masters of Evil...  Wrecking Crew		137
Thunderball (Eliot Franklin)		black; Hood's Army...  The Masters of Evil; Wrecking Crew		151
Elektra (Elektra Natchios)	Greek Orthodox; Ninjutsu	Code Red; The Hand		331
Red Skull (Johann Schmidt)	Nazi	Axis Mundi; HYDRA...  The People's Militia; THEM [Captain America's arch-nemy]		298
Skrulls	Skrull religion	[alien race]		344
Mystique (Raven Darkholme)	mutant supremacist; manifestly non-religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Dark X-Men...  Freedom Force; The Marauders; The Mutant Underground; X-Corps; X-Factor; X-Men; Xavier Institute: Gambit's squad		451
The Hood (Parker Robbins)	demonolatry	Hood's Army; The Cabal		159
Sentinels	anti-mutant robots	[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #14 (Nov. 1965)]		245
Vanisher (Telford Porter)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Factor Three...  Fallen Angels; The Enforcers		90
Nekra (Nekra Sinclair)	former priestess of Black Spectre; Kali worshipper/Thugee; Dry Academy	Black Spectre; black...  Lethal Legion		49
Juggernaut (Cain Marko)	Christian (denomination unknown)	Brotherhood of Mutants; Excalibur...  Exemplars; The Exiles; X-Men		387
Deadpool (Wade Wilson)	Catholic (lapsed); One World Church (lapsed)	Code Red; Heroes for Hire...  Secret Defenders; Six Pack; The Frightful Four; Weapon X		1,256
Sandman (Flint Marko)		Intruders (leader); Next Wave...  Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve; The Avengers; The Frightful Four; Wild Pack		388
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)		Sinister Six; The Masters of Evil...  Thunderbolts Army		1,006
Electro (Max Dillon)		Doom's Brigade; Emissaries of Evil (Electro)...  Hood's Army; Sinister Six; Sinister Twelve; The Frightful Four		274
Hydro-Man (Morrie Bench)		Sinister Syndicate; Sinister Twelve		84
Loki	Norse/Teutonic deity	Asgardian; Mighty Avengers (founder)...  The Cabal; The Liberators		696
M.O.D.O.K. (George Tarleton)	Scientism	A.I.M. (leader)		199
Tiger Shark (Todd Arliss)		Deep Six; Hood's Army...  Initiative; The Masters of Evil; The Offenders		112
Lady Mastermind (Regan Wyngarde)		The Hellfire Club; The Marauders...  X-Men		43
The Mad Thinker (Dr. Jose Santini)		Triumvirate of Terror (leader)		108
Dormammu	Faltine energy being; extra-dimensional mystic entity/powerful magic user	The Cabal		170
Harry Osborn	resurrected	[Peter Parker's best friend; Green Goblin's son]		607
Maximus (Maximus Boltagon)	Inhuman religion	Inhuman Royal Family; Inhumans...  Inhuman; The Horsemen of Apocalypse		136
Baron von Blitzschlag (Wener von Blitzschlag)	Nazi	Initiative		35
Hardball (Roger Brokeridge)		Initiative		12
Vertigo		Femizons; Savage Land Mutates...  The Marauders		82
Scalphunter (John Greycrow)	Native American	Native American; The 198...  The Marauders		106
Malice		The Marauders		52
Arclight (Philippa Sontag)		Femizons; The 198...  The Marauders		82
Blockbuster (Michael Baer)		The Marauders		24
Harpoon (Kodiak Noatak)	Inuit	Native American; The Marauders		19
Prism (Robbie)		The Marauders		33
Exodus (Bennet du Paris)	Catholic (lapsed); mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	Brotherhood of Mutants; The Acolytes...  The Marauders		102
Tempo (Heather Tucker)	mutant supremacist	black; Mutant Liberation Front...  The Acolytes; The Marauders		43
Unuscione (Carmella Unuscione)	mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	Hispanic; The Acolytes...  The Marauders [daughter of Unus]		46
Frenzy (Joanna Cargill)	mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	black; Femizons...  The Acolytes; The Alliance of Evil; The Marauders; X-Men		44
Toad (Mortimer Toynbee)	mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutants; Misfits...  The 198		310
The Black Queen (Selene)	Greco-Roman classical religion (nominal); Cult of Fire (high priestess); sorceress	Externals; The Inner Circle...  The Upstarts		67
The Kingpin (Wilson Fisk)	Catholic (lapsed)	HYDRA		619
Galactus (Galan)	cosmic entity	Heralds of Galactus (leader)		537
Enchantress (Amora)	Norse/Teutonic deity (Asgardian)	Asgardian; Lady Liberators (founder)...  Mandarin's Minions; The Masters of Evil		264
Molecule Man (Owen Reece)		[nuclear plant worker]		76
Titania (Skeeter MacPherran)		Femizons; The Frightful Four...  The Masters of Evil		100
Vulcan (Gabriel Summers)		X-Men		55
Viper (Ophelia Sarkissian)	nihilist	Fangs (leader); HYDRA...  Serpent Society; Serpent Squad; The Inner Circle [former servant of Chthon]		153
Druig	Eternals religion (apostate)	Eternals; Eternal...  KGB		28
Omega Red (Arkady Rossovich)	Communist	KGB; Republican Guard...  The Upstarts		98
Boomerang (Fred Myers)		Doom's Brigade; Initiative: Heavy Hitters...  Initiative; Sinister Syndicate; Sinister Twelve; The Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts Army [played professional baseball]		130
Wizard (Bentley Wittman)		Hood's Army; The Frightful Four (founder)...  Wizard's Warriors (leader)		202
Mephisto	Devil	Six-Fingered Hand; The Cabal		381
Black King (Sebastian Shaw)		The Council of the Chosen; The Inner Circle		122
Dracula (Vlad Tepes)	Romanian Orthodox; Catholic convert; vampire lord	[ 1st app: (Marvel, mentioned) Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #30 (Sep. 1964): "The Dreaded Diablo!"; (seen) The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #1 (Apr. 1972): "Dracula" ]		1,363
The Leader (Samuel Sterns)	manifestly non-religious	Headshop (founder); Home Base (leader)...  Riot Squad (leader)		167
Baron Mordo (Karl Amadeus Mordo)	sorcerer	The Offenders [Ancient One's former disciple; minion of Dormammu]		106
Morgan Le Fay	Celtic goddess-worship/Druidism (former priestess); half faerie; Darkholders cult (leader)	[1st app: Black Knight (vol. 1) #1 (May 1955)]		157
Nightmare	demon	[haunts dreams of others]		149
Silver Samurai (Kenuichio Harada)	Bushido	Asian; Big Hero 6...  HYDRA [Clan Yashida]		126
Arcade	murder as sport	[1st app: Marvel Team-Up (vol. 1) #65 (Jan. 1978)]		68
Sauron (Karl Lykos)		Brotherhood of Mutants; Savage Land Mutates...  Weapon X		100
Mesmero (Vincent)	mutant supremacist	The Demi-Men; Weapon X [stage hypnotist]		54
Mister Negative (Martin Li)	Taoist	Asian [runs FEAST charity homeless shelters; Aunt May's boss]		20
Batroc the Leaper (Georges Batroc)		Batroc's Brigade; Doom's Brigade...  Initiative; The Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts Army		129
Mole Man (Harvey Elder)		[ruler of much of Subterranea]		297
Black Widow (Yelena Belova)		GRU; HYDRA...  S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Thunderbolts		47
The Foreigner		NYPD; The 1400 Club (founder) [head of 1400 Club; masqueraded as police captain]		40
The Hand	Ninjutsu	[1st app: Daredevil (vol. 1) #174 (Sep. 1981)]		155
Madame Masque (Whitney Frost)		Hood's Army; Maggia (leader)		146
Whirlwind (David Cannon)		Batroc's Brigade; Initiative...  Lethal Legion; The Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts Army [ice skating competitor]		113
Mandrill (Jerome Beechman)		Black Spectre (leader); Crossfire's Mind Control Gang...  Hood's Army; Mutant Force		61
Roxxon		[company]		36
Blastaar		Baluurian; The Frightful Four		97
Bastion (Sebastion Gilberti)	anti-mutant A.I.	Friends of Humanity; Humanity's Last Stand...  Operation: Zero Tolerance; Purifiers [mystical fusion of Master Mold and Nimrod]		95
Tyrannus (Romulus Augustilus)	Greco-Roman Classical Religion	They Who Wield Power		56
Fin Fang Foom	Buddhist (convert)	Makluan		63
Hela	Norse/Teutonic deity	The Cabal [Goddess of death, ruler of Hel and Niffelheim]		169
Nitro (Robert Hunter)		Hood's Army; Lunatic Legion...  The Untouchables		37
Chondu the Mystic (Harvey Schlemerman)	occult; yoga	Headmen		25
Gorilla-Man (Dr. Arthur Nagan)		Headmen; Lethal Legion		25
Ruby Thursday (Thursday Rubinstein)	Jewish	Headmen		39
Shrunken Bones (Dr. Jerold Morgan)		Headmen		22
Menace (Lily Hollister)		black [Harry Osborn's girlfriend]		20
Titanium Man (Boris Bullski)	Communist	Green Liberation Front; KGB...  Republican Guard; Titanic Three		49
Trapster (Peter Petruski)		Lethal Legion; The Frightful Four		176
Terrax the Tamer (Tyros)		Heralds of Galactus; Lanlaki...  Legion of Unliving; The Offenders		115
King Cobra (Klaus Voorhees)		Initiative; Scavengers...  Serpent Society (leader); Serpent Squad; Thunderbolts Army		87
Ringmaster (Maynard Tiboldt)		Circus of Crime		106
Grim Reaper (Eric Williams)		HYDRA; Lethal Legion...  Maggia		98
Diablo (Esteban Diablo)	Alchemist; demonolatry	[1st app: Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #30 (Sep. 1964)]		47
Ronan the Accuser (Ronan)	Kree religion	Kree [former supreme public accuser]		170
Psycho-Man	alien religion	[chief scientist; invoked Microverse deity Suvius]		64
Lady Bullseye (Maki Matsumoto)		Asian; The Hand		32
Tinkerer (Phineas T. Mason)		[serves the underworld]		104
Machinesmith (Samuel Saxon)		Skeleton Crew; The Masters of Evil		50
Modred the Mystic (Modred)	sorcerer	Darkhold Redeemers [emissary of Chthon]		39
Karl Malus		[scientist; surgeon]		7
Count Nefaria (Luchino Nefaria)		Ani-Men (leader); Lethal Legion (leader)...  Maggia (leader)		61
Marvel Boy (Bob Grayson)	Jewish	Agents of Atlas		35
Shockwave (Lancaster Sneed)	Golden Dagger Sect	Hood's Army; Initiative...  MI-6; Oriental Expediters; S.H.I.E.L.D.; The Masters of Evil [Was one of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Deltites.]		35
Jimmy Woo		Agents of Atlas; FBI...  S.H.I.E.L.D. [former U.S. Secretary of State]		101
Namora (Aquaria Nautica Neptunia)	Atlantean Greco-Roman classical religion	Agents of Atlas; Renegades...  The Monster Hunters		163
Power Broker		[empowered Roger Brokeridge (Hardball) and his brother Roger]		2
Venus	Greco-Roman Classical Religion	Agents of Atlas; Siren		85
Ancestor	Chinese traditional religion; ancestor veneration	Avatars of the Mandarin		7
Confessor (Yuri Medvedev)	Russian Orthodox; Communist Party member	[1st app: Maverick (vol. 2) #2 (Oct. 1997)]		4
Firebrand (Russell Broxtel)	fundamentalist Environmentalist	Force of Nature [eco-terrorist]		10
Neophyte (Simon Hall)	mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	The Acolytes		14
Amelia Voght	mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	The Acolytes		50
Gargouille (Lavinia LeBlanc)	mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	The Acolytes		9
Projector (Zachary Williams)	mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	The Acolytes		7
Vindaloo (Venkat Katregadda)	mutant supremacist worshipper of Magneto	The Acolytes		6
Michelle Scicluna		Black Air		6
U-Man (Merrano)	Atlantean/Greco-Roman Classical Religion (lapsed) / Nazi	Axis Mundi; Super-Axis		38
Diamondhead (Arch Dyker)		Terrible Trio; The Champions of Xandar		32
Bombshell (Wendy Conrad)		Death-Throws; Femizons		22
Ion (Voletta Todd)		Femizons		7
Nightshade (Tilda Johnson)		Femizons; MODOK's 11		43
Llyra (Llyra Morris)	Set worship (high priestess)	Lemurian; The Frightful Four [Lemurian mutant]		55
Dreadknight (Bram Velsing)		The Frightful Four; The Masters of Evil		10
Man-Bull (Bill Taurens)		Death Squad; The Frightful Four		35
The Destroyer	N.A.	Heralds of Galactus		58
Quagmire (Jerome Myers)		Institute of Evil; Squadron Supreme		18
Shatterfist		The Masters of Evil		4
Eel (Edward Lavell)	Latter-day Saint (lapsed)	Maggia; Serpent Squad...  The Masters of Evil; Thunderbolts Army [probably named after football coach Lavell Edwards]		26
Lodestone (Andrea Haggard)		Mafia; The Masters of Evil		7
Leslie Dean	Gibborim	The Pride		18
Alice Hayes	Gibborim	The Pride		6
Gene Hayes	Gibborim	The Pride		19
Robert Minoru	Catholic (lapsed); Gibborim	The Pride		16
Tina Minoru	Catholic (lapsed); Gibborim	The Pride		16
Victor Stein	Gibborim	The Pride [father of "Talkback" (Chase Stein)]		19
Catherine Wilder	Gibborim	The Pride		18
Geoffrey Wilder	Gibborim	The Pride		31
Dale Yorkes	Gibborim	The Pride [father of Gertrude Yorkes (Runaways); time traveler]		22
Stacey Yorkes	Gibborim	The Pride [mother of Gertrude Yorkes (Runaways)]		21
Human Robot (M-11)		Agents of Atlas		52
Aquarius		Zodiac (World Trust)		3
Aries		Zodiac (World Trust)		2
Cancer		Zodiac (World Trust)		2
Capricorn		Zodiac (World Trust)		2
Gemini		Zodiac (World Trust)		2
Libra		Zodiac (World Trust)		2
Pisces		Zodiac (World Trust)		2
Sagittarius		Zodiac (World Trust)		2
Scorpio		Zodiac (World Trust)		4
Virgo		Zodiac (World Trust)		2
Butterfly		Avatars of the Mandarin		5
Deluge		Avatars of the Mandarin		3
Knickknack (Nick Grossman)		Death-Throws; Hood's Army		12
Tenpin (Alvin Healey)		Death-Throws		2
Oddball (Elton Healey)		Death-Throws; Doom's Brigade...  The Masters of Evil		21
Gorilla-Man (Ken Hale)		Agents of Atlas; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Howling Commandos		45
The Advisor	occult	black		8
Underworld (Jackie Dio)	manifestly non-religious	[assassin]		8
Flame (Dan Springer)		Ricadonna's Rogues		4
Griffin (Eliot Franklin)		Circus of Crime; Gamma Corps...  Masters of Menace		72
The Scavenger (Robert Nicolle)	demonolatry	[costumed mind-pirate; agent of the demon Thog]		4
Miek	Sakaarian Hive insectoid religion	Sakaar Hive insectoid; Warbound		46
Black Spectre (Carson Knowles)	demonolatry (agent of Set)	[politician; criminal]		17
The Hellfire Cult	anti-mutant	[anti-mutant group]		8
Maximus Lobo	mutant supremacist	[led Dominant Species, group of werewolf-like mutants]		9
Centurious	Native American religion; Satanism	Firm (leader)		8
Copperhead (Lawrence Chesney)	demonolatry	Gang of Four		15
Doctor Demonicus (Douglas Birely)		Hood's Army; Pacific Overlords (leader) [former ruler of Demonica (sunken)]		28
Scimitar	Muslim	[warrior]		5
Ecstasy (Renee Deladier)		[crime boss; drug lord]		8
Favor Banker (Giscard Epurer)		[1st app: Nomad (vol. 2) #1 (May 1992)]		3
Griz (Mac Garrity)		[transit worker]		5
Harlequin Hitman (Sheila Hollister)	manifestly non-religious	[assassin]		2
Harlequin Hitman (Herb Hollister)	manifestly non-religious	[assassin]		2
Headlok (Arthur Goddard)		Chain Gang		14
Lenz		A.I.M. [seeks method of prolonging his race]		3
Lightmaster (Edward Lansky)	One World Church	Hood's Army; The Enforcers (ally)		7
Master Pandemonium (Martin Preston)	demonlatry	D.O.A. [demon commander]		43
Midnight's Fire (Aaron Chord)	Dragon's Breadth	Folding Circle [Silhouette's brother]		1
Mister Magic	sorcerer	Mayhem Organization		1
Mister Mayhem		Mayhem Organization (leader)		1
Mister Mind		Mayhem Organization		1
Mister Muscles		Mayhem Organization		1
Plunderer (Parnival Plunder)		[Ka-Zar's brother]		3
Quasimodo (Quasi-Motivational Destruct Organism)	N.A.	[former computer]		9
Shotgun (J.R. Walker)		black; CIA...  U.S. Army		2
Sons of the Serpent	White Supremacist: Sons of the Serpent	[ 1st app: Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty #8 (Apr. 1999) ]		42
Tracer (Richard Bloom)		Tailor Group		1
Ulik	Norse/Teutonic paganism (Asgardian); rock troll	Rock Trolls		97
Warhawk (Mitchell Tanner)		U.S. Army		4
White Wolf (Hunter)		Haute Zeraze (leader)		36
Xemnu the Titan	had devoted worshippers	[ruler of home planet]		7
Yeti		[1st app: Black Panther (vol. 1) #5 (Sep. 1977)]		1
Cauldron the Scalding Man		[criminal]		2
The Living Shadow (Kaa)	alien	Shadow People		6
Sugar Man		[formerly Secret Ruler of Genosha]		29
Yi Yang		National Executive [leader of the Dragon Tong]		30
Death's Head 3.0		A.I.M.		9
Gemini		Zodiac		1
Cancer		Zodiac		1
Wendigo	Native American (Algonquian) legend/mystic curse	[generic listing for Wendigo]		46
Halloween Jack (Jordan Boone)	Norse/Teutonic paganism	Aesir 2099 [mutated by Alchemax to become one of Aesir]		2
The Isolationist (Joseph Huber)		[1st app: X-Factor (vol. 1) #89 (Apr. 1993)]		7
Phalanx	anti-mutant	[alien race]		49
Dire Wraiths	alien	[alien race]		77
Sunstreak (Andrea Roarke)		Force of Nature; Initiative...  Stockpile		32
Go-Devil (Go Ishimori)		Asian		4
Ezekiel Stane	futurist	Men from SHADOW [Obadiah Stane's son; sociopathic megalomaniac]		17
Miss Sinister (Claudine Renko)		The Hellfire Club [female clone of Mister Sinister]		12
Black Air		[government agency]		15
Cobweb	demon	[1st app: Sleepwalker #3 (Aug. 1991)]		19
Mainframe (Ian Wajler)		[agent]		10
Mountjoy (Mountebank)		The Hellfire Club [mutant with ability to merge with/possess others]		12
Lucas Cross	vampire	NSA [Blade's father; sought prophecy to restore his soul]		10
Cardiaxe (Chris Paxton)		[industrial spy]		3
Triage (Nigel Blacque)		[CEO]		6
Khult	Deviant religion	Deviants		7
Mauler (Brendan Doyle)		[as soldier fought alongside Jim Rhodse; later stole armor]		10
Slaughter (Vic Slaughter)	vampire	[led Hardcases group]		11
Mys-Tech	Sect of Chasidm	[dedicated to taking over world via mystic/tech means]		53
The Highwayman (Jefferson Archer)		[U.S. Archer's brother]		16
Cardinal Raker	Universal Church of Truth (cardinal)	[high-ranking leader in Universal Church of Truth]		9
The Consultant		[arranges powers, promotion for super-villains]		5
Universal Church of Truth	Universal Church of Truth	[1st app: Strange Tales (vol. 1) #178 (Feb. 1975)]		40
Facade		[unknown person who wore exo-skeleton]		4
Sisterhood of the Wasp	Sisterhood of the Wasp	[religious sect; longtime enemy of Spider Society]		18
Calico (Pania Panapa)		Stockpile [killed during first published mssion]		1
Joust (Boudica Gorman)		Stockpile		2
Unicorn (Aaiden Blomfield)		Stockpile		2
Brass (Morgan Stark)	compulsive gambler	Stockpile (founder) [Tony Stark's cousin, rival]		34
Snarks	alien	[alien race]		35
Hellfire	alien; worshipped as deity	Elementals (leader)		11
Hydron	alien; worshipped as deity	Elementals		11
Magnum	alien; worshipped as deity	Elementals		11
Zephyr	African primal-indigenous religion; worshipped as deity	black; Elementals [banished from Earth thousands of years ago; returned]		13
East Wind (Higashi)	Ninjutsu	Asian; Four Winds		9
North Wind (Kita)	Ninjutsu	Asian; Four Winds		2
South Wind (Minamiyori)	Ninjutsu	Asian; Four Winds [brother of Agent-X]		1
West Wind (Manishi)	Ninjutsu	Asian; Four Winds		1
Mengo Brothers (Grigori Mengo)		[mercenary]		10
Mengo Brothers (Stanislaus Mengo)		[mercenary]		10

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