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TheMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is an Americanmedia franchise andshared universe centered onsuperhero films andother series starringvarious titular superheroes independently produced byMarvel Studios and based oncharacters that appear inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The shared universe, much like the originalMarvel Universe in comic books, was established bycrossing over common plot elements, settings, cast, and characters. Over the course of the films and related media (such asDisney+miniseries), several teams and organizations have been formed, each with different aims and purposes.
TheAvengers are the central team of protagonistsuperheroes of "The Infinity Saga" within theMarvel Cinematic Universe. Created byNick Fury and led primarily bySteve Rogers / Captain America, the team is a United States–based organization composed mainly of enhanced individuals committed to the world's protection from threats. The Avengers operate inNew York State; beginning atAvengers Tower inMidtown Manhattan, and subsequently, from theAvengers Compound inUpstate New York.
TheChildren of Thanos were an elite team of powerful people who servedThanos asgenerals and agents. Thanos adopted six known children—Ebony Maw,Proxima Midnight,Corvus Glaive,Cull Obsidian,Gamora, andNebula—and trained them in the ways of combat, turning each of them into a deadly warrior. Over the years, Gamora and Nebula would turn on Thanos, while the rest of his children continued to serve him faithfully.
In 2018, as Thanos began his crusade to acquire the sixInfinity Stones, he sent his children to Earth to retrieve the Time and Mind Stones. Maw and Obsidian attempted to remove the former from Doctor Strange'sEye of Agamotto while Glaive and Midnight attempted to steal the latter from Vision.[1] Five years later, alternate versions of the Children of Thanos from 2014 time-traveled to 2023 and participated in the battle between Thanos's forces and the Avengers,Guardians of the Galaxy,Masters of the Mystic Arts, andRavagers. Obsidian and Glaive were killed during the battle, while Maw and Midnight disintegrated after Stark gathered the Infinity Stones and snapped his fingers.[2] An alternate version shown inWhat If...? shows how Thanos lost the team to the Collector when he became good.
The team appeared in the filmsAvengers: Infinity War andAvengers: Endgame; as well as the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?, in which they are referred to as theBlack Order.[3]: 13:08–13:12
TheDora Milaje, also known simply as theDora, are an elite organization of female bodyguards and Wakanda's special forces. The current general isAyo.Florence Kasumba portraysAyo, a member of the Dora Milaje, inCaptain America: Civil War, as a guard of T'Challa.[5] They next appear inBlack Panther. Florence Kasumba reprises her role,[6]Danai Gurira portrays Okoye,[7][8] andSydelle Noel portrays Xoliswa[9] while the unnamed Dora Milaje are portrayed by Marija Abney,Janeshia Adams-Ginyard, Maria Hippolyte, Marie Mouroum, Jénel Stevens, Zola Williams, Christine Hollingsworth, andShaunette Renée Wilson.[10] AfterKillmonger takes over Wakanda and seemingly killsT'Challa, the Dora Milaje reluctantly stand by him as they must remain loyal to the throne. After T'Challa returns, the Dora Milaje fight Killmonger, though Xoliswa is killed in the process.In 2018, the Dora Milaje join theAvengers in defending Wakanda fromThanos's forces.,[11] whilst they fight Thanos's forces again in 2023.[12]In 2024, afterBucky Barnes breaksHelmut Zemo out of prison, the Dora Milaje pursue the latter,[13][14] and eventually capture him before sending him to theRaft. Ayo advises Barnes not to return to Wakanda for some time, though he is able to ask them to create a suit for Sam Wilson.
They appeared in the filmsCaptain America: Civil War,Black Panther,Avengers: Infinity War,Avengers: Endgame, andBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever; as well as theDisney+ television seriesThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier andWhat If...?.
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TheGuardians of the Galaxy are a band of outlaws who joined to protect the galaxy from threats. The group's founding members areStar-Lord,Gamora,Drax,Rocket, andGroot. The team's membership is later expanded with the addition ofYondu Udonta andMantis while temporarily aided byNebula in their fight againstEgo.Kraglin also assists the team in the final confrontation.[15] Four years later, they aidThor and theAvengers in confrontingThanos in his attempt to collect the sixInfinity Stones. Thanos succeeds in collecting all of Stones, murdering Gamora in the process, and disintegrates half of all life in the universe, with Star-Lord, Drax, Mantis, and Groot among his victims, with only Rocket and Nebula spared. After Thanos has destroyed the Stones and is executed by Thor, Rocket and Nebula become members of the Avengers. In 2023, they use theQuantum Realm to travel to alternate universes to retrieve Infinity Stones. They are successful, but an alternate 2014 Thanos variant becomes aware of the presence of this other Nebula, and has her captured, sending his Nebula to the present in the former's place. The alternate Nebula brings the alternate Thanos and his army to the main universe, where he destroys the Avengers Compound in order to acquire the Stones to kill the entire universe. Nebula successfully convinces an alternate Gamora to join her in opposing Thanos, and kills her alternate counterpart. The combined forces of the Avengers, the Guardians and all of their allies succeed in repelling his forces, and eliminating the alternate Thanos and his army. Afterwards, Nebula and Thor joins the Guardians, quipping that they are now the "Asgardians of the Galaxy", and jokingly argues with Quill over command of the team.
In 2024, the team help Thor get back into his fit and are joined by Kraglin, now sporting (though still adjusting) the late Yondu's "fin & yaka arrow". They go on several adventures throughout the galaxy. On the planet Indigarr, they are met byKorg. There, Thor decides to leave the Guardians in search for answers upon learning of gods being murdered across the universe.[16] In 2025, as depicted in "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special", the team has gained a large amount of money and resources by saving the universe and buy the former home of Knowhere from "The Collector", to be used as their base of operations.Cosmo the Spacedog then joins the team and helps them rebuild Knowhere. Mantis and Drax hold a Christmas celebration for Quill with the help of the other Guardians and residents of Knowhere. In 2026, Quill frequently gets drunk due to grieving Gamora, while the team has successfully built their headquarters. One night, they are attacked byAdam Warlock, who seriously injures Rocket, and is defeated by Nebula. The team leave in their new ship, tasking Cosmo and Kraglin to keep watch over Knowhere. They head to Orgocorp and are stopped by the Ravagers, where the alternate version of Gamora is tasked to help them. They retrieve Rocket's file and depart forCounter-Earth. Quill and Groot leave to meet with theHigh Evolutionary, while Nebula is forced to stay outside. Quill and Groot make their escape with one of the High Evolutionary's men and retrieve the code to save Rocket. Nebula, joined by Mantis and Drax, enter the ship to save Quill and Groot, but get captured instead. Gamora protects Rocket and picks up Quill and Groot. Quill provides the code, but Rocket flatlines, however he is resuscitated by Quill. After learning that the others are captured, Quill asks Kraglin to bring Knowhere to the High Evolutionary's ship. The team defeats the High Evolutionary and Cosmo uses her powers to stop the ship from crashing into Knowhere and provide a safe escape for the captured animals and children. Quill almost dies but is rescued by Warlock. Afterwards, Quill says goodbye to Gamora and tells the team he is leaving for Earth. Mantis announces she is leaving for self discovery, and Nebula asks Drax to help her raise the children on Knowhere. Quill then gives Rocket the title of Captain and lets him keep his Zune.
Sometime later, Rocket, leading a new team consisting of a massively grown Groot, Cosmo, Kraglin, Warlock, Warlock's pet Blurp, and Phyla, one of the rescued children, go on a mission on Krylor.
They appeared in the filmsGuardians of the Galaxy,Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,Avengers: Infinity War,Avengers: Endgame,Thor: Love and Thunder, andGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3; as well the Disney+ television specialThe Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special and the animated seriesWhat If...?.
TheGuardians of the Multiverse is a group consisted of superheroes and supervillains from across theMultiverse. The group was assembled by theWatcher with the goal of stopping an alternate version of Ultron from destroying the Multiverse. The group's members arePeggy Carter / Captain Carter,T'Challa / Star-Lord,Thor,Erik "Killmonger" Stevens,Gamora,Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, andStephen Strange / Doctor Strange Supreme. After a lengthy battle, the team defeats Ultron, but Killmonger enters into a duel withArnim Zola over theInfinity Stones. Strange Supreme then casts a spell which imprisons the two inside a pocket dimension before the team is disbanded, returning to their universes by the Watcher. However, Romanoff is transported toanother universe, as her own universe was destroyed by Ultron.
Sometime later, the surviving members of the team briefly reunited alongsideKahhori, Byrdie the Duck, andOroro Munroe / Storm the Goddess of Thunder.
They appeared in the animated seriesWhat If...?.
TheHowling Commandos are an elite combat unit that had been led byCaptain America (portrayed byChris Evans) during World War II. At the end of the war and after Captain America's apparent demise, their unit continued to be active and was led byDum Dum Dugan (portrayed byNeal McDonough). They are first introduced inCaptain America: The First Avenger. They were made up of men freed from a Hydra prisoner camp by Rogers. Their number also includedBucky Barnes,Gabe Jones,James Montgomery Falsworth,Jim Morita, andJacques Dernier (portrayed bySebastian Stan,Derek Luke,JJ Feild,Kenneth Choi, and Bruno Ricci respectively). Dugan and Morita appear in a flashback in the live-action television seriesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "Shadows", with McDonough and Choi reprising their respective roles. They assistPeggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) in capturing Hydra agents following the events ofThe First Avenger.[17]The Howling Commandos appear in the live-action television seriesAgent Carter episode "The Iron Ceiling", consisting of Dugan (reprised by McDonough) and new membersHappy Sam Sawyer (Leonard Roberts),Junior Juniper (James Austin Kerr), and Pinky Pinkerton (Richard Short).[18] While the team assists Carter on a mission to Russia, Juniper reveals he was the one who came up with the name "Howling Commandos" before he is later killed in action.
In the 2014 filmCaptain America: The Winter Soldier, the team is specifically identified as the Howling Commandos as part of aSmithsonian exhibit. InAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the team uses old Howling Commandos' equipment provided by Agent Antoine Triplett who is the grandson of one of the Howling Commandos.
Alternate timeline versions of the Howling Commandos appear in theDisney+ animated seriesWhat If...? episode "What If... Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?".
They appeared in the filmsCaptain America: The First Avenger andAgent Carter, as well as the TV seriesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. andAgent Carter as well as the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.
TheMidnight Angels are a pair of Wakandan warriors consisting ofOkoye andAneka, both equipped with advanced armor built byShuri.
They appeared in the filmBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever.
TheNew Avengers, originally nicknamed theThunderbolts, are a group of individuals that teamed up after being targeted byValentina Allegra de Fontaine and worked together to stop theVoid. Following their triumph, de Fontaine manipulated the situation to declare the team as the "New Avengers", a new iteration of theAvengers, which was met with a mixed reception from the public. The team consists ofYelena Belova,Bucky Barnes,John Walker,Bob Reynolds,Alexei Shostakov, andAva Starr.[19]
The team first appears in the filmThunderbolts* and will next appear inAvengers: Doomsday.[19]
TheRevengers is a team of ex-Sakaar prisoners assembled byThor to escape the planet and defeatHela. The team consists of Thor,Loki,Hulk,Valkyrie,Korg, andMiek. With the exception of Loki, who is choked to death byThanos, the team survivesRagnarok and the attack on theStatesman.
They appeared in the filmThor: Ragnarok and the Disney+ seriesLoki (archival footage).
TheSalem Coven was a witchcoven based inSalem, Massachusetts. In 1693, during theSalem witch trials, the coven brought one of its members,Agatha Harkness, to the woods. She begged to be spared but was tied to a wooden post with magic bonds. Evanora Harkness, her mother, inquired if she was a witch, which Agatha admitted to. Evanora responded by saying she had betrayed her coven and stole knowledge above her place and that she practiced the darkest of magic, which Agatha denied. The witches tried to kill Agatha with energy beams as Agatha pleaded with Evanora. Agatha continued to cry until her powers took over and she reversed the effect of the beams onto the witches and killed them. Agatha broke free of the post and killed Evanora before taking the brooch off her mother's corpse and flew away.
It appeared in the Disney+ seriesWandaVision.
TheStarforce is an elite military task force of skilled Kree warriors in the service of theKree Empire. Led byYon-Rogg (portrayed byJude Law in the 2019 filmCaptain Marvel), the group also includesVers,Korath,Minn-Erva,Att-Lass, andBron-Char (portrayed byBrie Larson,Djimon Hounsou,Gemma Chan,Algenis Perez Soto, andRune Temte, respectively). The group is first seen going to the planet Torfa to rescue a Kree scout named Soh-Larr. Vers is captured in a Skrull ambush led by Talos, but escapes to Earth and makes contact with Yon-Rogg. Following a parley with Talos and the discovery of the Skrull refugees hidden by Mar-Vell, Starforce arrives on Earth and takes prisoner theSkrulls,Nick Fury,Maria Rambeau, andGoose. Vers, in her regained identity of Carol Danvers, is placed in a transmission with the Supreme Intelligence. After breaking free and overheating the implant that limited her abilities, Carol Danvers fights Starforce and Kree soldiers to rescue Nick Fury, Maria Rambeau, and the Skrulls; most of the antagonizing Kree are killed or incapacitated.
They appeared in the filmCaptain Marvel.
TheStrategic Operations Command Center, also known by its acronymSOCC, was a specialtask force led byThaddeus Ross in order to hunt down theHulk. Part of theUnited States Army, the SOCC tracked Banner down inRio de Janeiro, Brazil and attempted to arrest him, but Banner transforms into the Hulk and manages to escape. The SOCC then confront the Hulk at Grayburn College and arrest Banner, but are forced to become temporary allies with him during his fight with theAbomination inHarlem.
It appeared in the filmThe Incredible Hulk.
TheValkyrie were a group of femaleAsgardian warriors who served underOdin. Described byThor as a "legend", the Valkyrie were sworn to protect the throne and fly onwinged horses. During one of their missions, they were sent by Odin toHel in order to prevent his daughter,Hela, from escaping. However, Hela single-handedly murderedall but one of the Valkyrie before Odin arrived and stopped her. Deeply traumatized by the experience, the sole surviving Valkyrie leavesAsgard and becomes abounty hunter, serving theGrandmaster onSakaar as "Scrapper 142".
They appeared in the filmThor: Ragnarok.
TheWarriors Three are a group of Asgardian warriors/adventurers, made up ofHogun,Fandral, andVolstagg, with Fandral initially portrayed byJoshua Dallas, Hogun portrayed byTadanobu Asano, and Volstagg portrayed byRay Stevenson.[20][21] They often fight alongsideThor andLady Sif.[20]Zachary Levi later replaces Joshua Dallas as Fandral.[22][23][24] Fandral, Hogun, and Volstagg are ultimately killed byHela during her takeover ofAsgard.
They appeared in the filmsThor,Thor: The Dark World, andThor: Ragnarok; as well as the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.[25]
Advanced Idea Mechanics, better known by its acronymA.I.M., was a scientific research and development company that was founded byAldrich Killian. In 1999, Killian attempted to recruitTony Stark, but failed and was instead approached byMaya Hansen, who agreed to join the organization and develop the Extremisgenetic manipulation technology. Over the years, A.I.M. gathered an army of Extremis soldiers, but many of them became unstable and exploded. To cover the accidents up, Killian hired failed actorTrevor Slattery to pose as theMandarin and claim responsibility for the "attacks". The Mandarin's actions eventually caught the attention ofTony Stark, whose mansion was later destroyed by A.I.M., while Killian kidnapped U.S. PresidentMatthew Ellis. Killian is ultimately stopped by Stark andJames Rhodes, and is then killed byPepper Potts.
It appeared in the filmIron Man 3.
Bestman Salvage was a company based in New York owned and run by Adrian Toomes. Other employees included Phineas Mason, Herman Schultz, Jackson Brice, and Randy Vale. This company went defunct following the Department of Damage Control taking over their contracts, leading to Toomes choosing a life of crime to support his family.
It appeared in the filmSpider-Man: Homecoming.
Food, Emergency Aid, Shelter & Training, better known by its acronymF.E.A.S.T, is an American non-profit charitable organization. In 2024,May Parker worked for F.E.A.S.T. to feed the poor and the hungry in New York. During one of her shifts, the recently displacedNorman Osborn seeks shelter at the F.E.A.S.T. Community Center, and is tended to by May until her nephewPeter Parker arrives to escort him to theNew York Sanctum, housing all the other displaced individuals from across themultiverse.
It appeared in the filmSpider-Man: No Way Home.
Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway, better known by its initialismGLK&H, is an Americanlaw firm operating in New York City and Los Angeles. Holden Holliway is a character in the series, played by Steve Coulter. The names of the other unseen partners are a reference toMartin Goodman (born Moe Goodman),Stan Lee (born Stanley Lieber), andJack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg).
It appeared in the Disney+ seriesShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
Hammer Industries is an American weapons manufacturing company formerly led byJustin Hammer, until his arrest at theStark Expo. FollowingTony Stark's unprecedented announcement thathis company would no longer manufacture weapons, Hammer Industries received the weapons contract for theUnited States Armed Forces. However, despite its claims, most of the weapons produced by Hammer Industries are defective or weak.
It appeared in the filmIron Man 2.
Murdock & McDuffie is a law firm founded byMatt Murdock andKirsten McDuffie.
It appeared in the Disney+ seriesDaredevil: Born Again.
Nelson, Murdock & Page is a law firm inHell's Kitchen, New York founded byFoggy Nelson,Matt Murdock andKaren Page. The firm was dissolved after Nelson's death.
It appeared in the Disney+ seriesDaredevil: Born Again.
Oscorp is a multibillion-dollar multinational corporation that was founded by noted industrialistNorman Osborn. The company typically deals with experimental science, military research and cross-species genetics. Norman offersPeter Parker an exclusive internship at the company, which Peter gladly accepts.
It appeared in the Disney+ animated seriesYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.
Pym Technologies was a multinationaltechnology andscientific research company founded byHank Pym and later taken over by his protégé,Darren Cross. Following his departure fromS.H.I.E.L.D., Pym founded the company to studyquantum mechanics, but was later voted out of his own company by Cross and his daughter,Hope van Dyne. Obsessed with recreating the fabledPym Particles, Cross eventually succeeded and created theYellowjacket suit, hoping to sell it to the military or terrorist organizations and planning to rename the companyCross Technologies. He is ultimately stopped by Pym, Van Dyne, andScott Lang, and the company's headquarters is destroyed. Sometime after theSokovia Accords were repealed, Van Dyne bought back her father's company and renamed it thePym van Dyne Foundation, to utilize the Pym Particles in new and innovative ways to help advance humanitarian efforts.[26][27][28]
It appeared in the filmsAnt-Man andAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Roxxon Corporation is a large industrial conglomerate that frequently comes into conflict withS.H.I.E.L.D. and other superheroes due to its willingness to use unethical methods.
The Roxxon Oil Corporation features in the television seriesAgent Carter, which takes place in the 1940s. In the episode "Now is Not the End", Roxxon employeeMiles Van Ert (portrayed byJames Urbaniak) collaborates withLeviathan agents to create more ofHoward Stark's destructive Nitramene chemical in a Roxxon refinery.Strategic Scientific Reserve (SSR) operativePeggy Carter infiltrates the facility, but Leviathan operativeLeet Brannis uses a Nitramene bomb to implode the refinery. In the episode "Bridge and Tunnel", Roxxon's presidentHugh Jones meets with SSR Deputy DirectorRoger Dooley and AgentJack Thompson regarding the implosion, concluding that the culprit would be emitting Vita-Rays and later has Van Ert arrested. In the episode "A View in the Dark", Jones and theCouncil of Nine convinceCalvin Chadwick to focus on a senatorial campaign instead of Isodyne Energy. In the episode "The Atomic Job", Peggy infiltrates Roxxon'sLos Angeles branch in search of atomic bombs they are holding. Once she discovers the location, she, her partnerEdwin Jarvis, and SSR agents infiltrate the facility and disable the bombs beforeWhitney Frost's group can get the devices.
In theMarvel One-Shot,A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer, AgentPhil Coulson stops at a Roxxon-branded gas station on his way toAlbuquerque,New Mexico. InIron Man 3,Norco, a Roxxontanker caused anoil spill, leading to Roxxon accountant Thomas Richards (portrayed byTom Virtue) being held captive byTrevor Slattery and seemingly executed on a live broadcast before later parting ways. The aforementioned tanker is later impounded in a shipping yard whereAldrich Killian planned to executePresident Matthew Ellis.Simon Krieger was originally slated to appear in early drafts, but was replaced by Killian.[29][30][31]
Roxxon's Cybertek division features in the television seriesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. In the episode "T.R.A.C.K.S.", they supplyIan Quinn with Project Deathlok technology to convertMike Peterson into a cyborg. In the episode "Ragtag", Coulson leads a S.H.I.E.L.D. team in infiltrating Cybertek to steal files on Project Deathlok, discovering S.H.I.E.L.D.-turned-Hydra agentJohn Garrett was its first test subject in the process.[32] In the episode "Beginning of the End", the Cybertek manufacturing facility's director Kyle Zeller prepares a team of Deathloks to combat Coulson's team. Following their defeat however, Garrett and Hydra push ahead with their plans while Coulson's team storm Cybertek and take Zeller hostage, believing he was working for Hydra. When AgentSkye discovers Hydra is holding Zeller's wife hostage, she frees her while the rest of the S.H.I.E.L.D. team defeat Garrett's forces. As of the episode "Principia", Cybertek was shut down following Garrett's defeat while ex-S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy studentTony Caine helped fake the Cybertek scientists' deaths to help them find new work, with one of them later providing information to AgentAlphonso "Mack" Mackenzie.[33]
Roxxon features in the television seriesDaredevil. In the episode "Nelson v. Murdock", a flashback depictsMatt Murdock andFoggy Nelson interning at the law firm Landman & Zack, who sued a man who developed cancer while working at a Roxxon plant and claiming the man revealed proprietary secrets.[34] In the episode "Kinbaku",Elektra Natchios breaks into Roxxon's systems to gain information, discovering the company is associated with theHand.
Roxxon appears inseason one of the television seriesCloak & Dagger. In the episode "Suicide Sprints", the Roxxon Gulf Platform's supervisorNathan Bowen receives an emergency call and attempts to have the facility shut down. However, the platform collapses, releasing energy that would go on to turnTandy Bowen and Tyrone Johnson as well asAndre Deschaine into superhumans.[35][36] In the episode "Princeton Offense", Roxxon's greedy Chief Executive of Risk Management Peter Scarborough (portrayed byWayne Péré) defames Nathan for the accident while Tandy meets with environmentalist employee Mina Hess (portrayed byAlly Maki).[37] In the episode "Funhouse Mirrors", Mina reveals her father Ivan Hess (portrayed byTim Kang) was a partner of Nathan who had become catatonic and was hospitalized following the platform's collapse.[38] In the episode "Lotus Eaters", Tandy and Tyrone eventually cure Ivan of the trauma and reunite him with Mina.[39] In the episode "Colony Collapse", Tandy and Mina confront Scarborough, who reveals he was well aware of the energy underneath the platform and hired an assassin called Ashlie (portrayed by Vanessa Motta) to eliminate anyone who got too close. Eventually, Tandy's powers put Scarborough in a catatonic state similar to Ivan’s and Scarborough is later found by Ashlie.[40]
A Roxxon service station appears in the first episode of the Marvel TV seriesHelstrom.[41]
Roxxon also appears in the filmsIron Man,Iron Man 2,Iron Man 3, the Hulu seriesRunaways, and the Disney+ seriesLoki andEcho.
Stark Industries is a company founded byHoward Stark and later handed over toTony Stark. DuringWorld War II, a young Howard Stark assists the Strategic Scientific Reserve in their Super Soldier program, and provides key assistance toSteve Rogers and AgentPeggy Carter. The Stark Industries logo is modified to fit in with the 1940s time period. When Tony becomes CEO, the company is featured with a logo similar to those ofNorthrop Grumman andLockheed Martin, and touted as developing many of the same weapons systems that Lockheed Martin is/was responsible for developing, such as theF-22 Raptor andF-16 Fighting Falcon. After Tony's father Howard dies,Obadiah Stane becomes the CEO and later abdicates when Tony grows old enough to run it. After Stark comes back from Afghanistan, he announces that he is closing the weapons division of the company, causing the company's stocks to fall by about 40.7%.
In 2010, Pepper Potts, Stark's lover and eventual wife, becomes the CEO of the company.[42] Stark Industries, for the first time since 1974, hosted the renowned Stark Expo inFlushing Meadows.[43] In 2012, Tony Stark opens the Stark Tower inNew York City. After theChitauri invasion, almost all the lettering forming the word 'STARK' on the side of the tower falls off, leaving only the 'A' – mirroring the logo of the Avengers that would replace the lettering later on. In 2013, Pepper is still the CEO of Stark Industries andHappy Hogan is the head of security. Happy calls out to an off-camera secretary named Bambi in reference to Bambi Arbogast.[44] The company is later stated to have designedSam Wilson's winged flight gear,[45] as well as the redesignedHelicarriers' propulsion systems. AfterS.H.I.E.L.D. is dissolved,Maria Hill is seen applying for a position at theHuman Resources department of Stark Industries.
The company also has a negative impact, withWanda andPietro Maximoff recalling their childhood in the fictional nation ofSokovia, where the apartment in which the Maximoff family was living was attacked with Stark Industries-manufactured mortar shells, killing their parents. This would prove to be the basis for their hatred of Stark.
A former Stark Industries warehouse later becomesthe new Avengers headquarters. It is revealed in 2016 thatDamage Control is a joint venture between Stark Industries and the U.S. government to clean up New York City in the aftermath of the invasion.
In 2024, a group of disgruntled former Stark Industries employees led by Quentin Beck create a fabricated superhero namedMysterio using the Stark Industries augmented reality technology "B.A.R.F." to wreak havoc while using drones to pose as the Elementals. They are stopped byPeter Parker, but William Ginter Riva managed to leak Spider-Man's identity to DailyBugle.com.[46]
It appeared in the filmsIron Man,The Incredible Hulk,Iron Man 2,Captain America: The First Avenger,The Avengers,Iron Man 3,Captain America: The Winter Soldier,Avengers: Age of Ultron,Ant-Man,Captain America: Civil War,Spider-Man: Homecoming,Avengers: Infinity War,Avengers: Endgame,Spider-Man: Far From Home, andSpider-Man: No Way Home; the Marvel One-ShotThe Consultant; as well as the ABC seriesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. andAgent Carter and the Disney+ seriesWhat If...?.
The Daily Bugle (formerlyTheDailyBugle.net) is asensationalist news outlet modeled onAlex Jones'InfoWars headquartered in New York City and hosted byJ. Jonah Jameson.[47] In 2024, the site released doctored footage incriminatingSpider-Man for the death ofMysterio and exposed hissecret identity as Peter Parker and also to his colleaguesNed Leeds andMJ.Betty Brant later joins the company under an internship as Jameson's correspondent. FollowingDoctor Strange's second successful attempt to erase the world's knowledge of Peter's civilian identity and Mysterio's victory, Jameson resumes his coverage of the vigilante Spider-Man's activity, while promising his viewers that he will one day discover the truth behind his secret identity. It appeared in the MCU filmsSpider-Man: Far From Home andSpider-Man: No Way Home, a series ofviral marketing videos onYouTube andTikTokof the same name, as well as in themid-credits scene of theSony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) filmVenom: Let There Be Carnage.
WHIH World News is atelevision network and subsidiary ofVistaCorp that reports political, scientific, and entertainment news. Its programWHIH Newsfront is anchored byChristine Everhart and Will Adams. Over the years, it has covered stories on the bombings of Sokovia,Tony Stark's "I am Iron Man" press conference, the opening ceremony of the 2011Stark Expo, a clash between theHulk and themilitary atCulver University, the aftermath of theHydra Uprising,Wilson Fisk's thoughts onDaredevil, theBattle of Sokovia,Scott Lang's break-in of VistaCorp, the creation of theAdvanced Threat Containment Unit (ATCU), the reemergence ofDanny Rand, an interview with Dr.Stephen Strange, the appointment ofThaddeus Ross asSecretary of State, the aftermath of the Lagos Incident, the signing of theSokovia Accords, the return of thePunisher, reported sightings of theInhumans, the activities of theRunaways, analien attack in New York City, worldwide celebrations followingthe Blip, the appointment ofJohn Walker as the new Captain America, and theFlag Smashers' attack on theGlobal Repatriation Council in New York.
It appeared in the filmsThe Incredible Hulk,Iron Man 2,Black Widow, andEternals;[48] the ABC seriesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. andInhumans, the Netflix seriesDaredevil,Jessica Jones,Luke Cage,Iron Fist, andThe Punisher, the Hulu seriesRunaways, and the Disney+ seriesWandaVision andThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier; and is the main focus of theweb seriesWHIH Newsfront, which served as aviral marketing campaign forAnt-Man andCaptain America: Civil War.
X-Con Security Consultants is a security company founded by Scott Lang,Luis,Dave, andKurt. While Scott is under house arrest for violating the Sokovia Accords, it is run by Luis.
It appeared in the filmAnt-Man and the Wasp.
TheBlack Widows are a group of assassins who are graduates of theRed Room, a program led by GeneralDreykov. The Red Room grew from a pre-World War II program that produced Soviet sleeper agentDottie Underwood.[49] By the 1980s, the Dreykov-led Red Room kidnaps young orphan girls to train as elite assassins by various individuals, including Madame B. andMelina Vostokoff. Graduates of the program includeNatasha Romanoff,Yelena Belova, andRuth Bat-Seraph.[50]
Following Romanoff's escape and defection toS.H.I.E.L.D., Dreykov implemented a mind-control technique to control the Widows and prevent their defection. The program was terminated in 2016 following the destruction of the Red Room's headquarters by Romanoff and Belova, and each surviving Widow went their separate ways. Belova went on to free other international Widows from Dreykov's mind control, while Bat-Seraph became security-advisor toPresident Thaddeus Ross.[51]
In an alternate universe whereCaptain Peggy Carter became the first Avenger,Steve Rogers was captured by the Red Room in 1953 and brainwashed to be one of their agents. In 2014, Melina Vostokoff (the Red Room's leader after Drekov's death at the hands of Natasha Romanoff) and several Widows use a brainwashed Rogers to lay a trap for both Carter and Romanoff. The Widows battle Romanoff who defeats them and Melina.
They appeared in the filmBlack Widow andCaptain America: Brave New World, as well as the Disney+ seriesWhat If...? andHawkeye. The program's precursor appears in theABC television showAgent Carter.
TheCouncil of Kangs is an assembly consisting of numerous variants ofKang the Conqueror across themultiverse, such asImmortus,Rama-Tut, andCenturion.[52]
They appeared in themid-credits scene of the filmAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.[53]
TheFlag Smashers[54] are a team of enhanced individuals who oppose all forms of nationalism, believing that life was better duringthe Blip. The group posts messages in online forums and leaves clues around the world with augmented reality. Led byKarli Morgenthau, its members received increased strength by taking the Super Soldier Serum given to them by thePower Broker. They eventually turn on the Power Broker, who is later revealed to beSharon Carter.
They appeared in the Disney+ seriesThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier.[55]
Hydra is the former science research division ofAdolf Hitler'sNazi Party and a covert terrorist organization responsible for infiltratingS.H.I.E.L.D. during the modern day.
Hydra was originally founded as anInhuman cult dedicated to worshippingHive and continued to exist throughout the centuries before it became part ofNazi Germany under Hitler. The modern incarnation was created by Hitler to pursue methods of creating advanced weaponry to help theAxis Powers winWorld War II. Initially led byJohann Schmidt, Hydra acquired theTesseract and conducted research on it to harness the energy it released to power weapons. Hydra's allegiance to its Nazi superiors grew to be only superficial; as Schmidt intended to harness the potential of the Tesseract to overthrow Hitler and eventually the world, believing that mankind could not be trusted with its own freedom. However, during the war, Hydra learned, particularly due toSteve Rogers' attacks on their operations, that humanity will always fight for its freedom. After Schmidt's disappearance and Rogers' successful efforts to botch Schmidt's plans to attack cities around the world, Hydra was defeated and fell. Following World War II, S.H.I.E.L.D. was founded by former members of theStrategic Scientific Reserve, and employedOperation Paperclip, recruiting former Hydra scientists with strategic value. As part of the process,Arnim Zola was recruited and then subsequently began to reform Hydra secretly from within S.H.I.E.L.D. Operating discreetly within S.H.I.E.L.D., Hydra staged political coups, wars (including theCold War), and assassinations (including those ofHoward andMaria Stark), intending to destabilize world governments and drive humanity to surrender its freedom in exchange for security. Hydra agentGideon Malick infiltrated theWorld Security Council. Hydra's operations were later exposed by Rogers once S.H.I.E.L.D. fell, and their remnants were pursued and defeated by theAvengers and by remaining S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
Hydra appeared in the filmsCaptain America: The First Avenger,Captain America: The Winter Soldier,Avengers: Age of Ultron,Ant-Man,Captain America: Civil War, andAvengers: Endgame; as well as the ABC seriesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. andAgent Carter, and the Disney+ seriesWandaVision via flashback andWhat If...?.
Intelligencia is an online criminal organization founded byTodd Phelps and other influential people that harass people belonging to discriminated groups.
They appeared in the Disney+ seriesShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
TheMarauders were a group ofspace pirates who took advantage of the destruction of the Rainbow Bridge inAsgard and wreaked havoc across the Nine Realms, until they were stopped byThor,Sif, theWarriors Three, and theEinherjar.
They appeared in the filmThor: The Dark World.
TheRavagers are an interstellar crime syndicate comprising thieves, smugglers, criminals, bandits, mercenaries, bounty hunters, and space pirates. There are nearly one hundred factions of Ravagers around the galaxy each led by an independent captain. Their moral code states that Ravagers do not steal from other Ravagers or deal in children.
They appeared in the filmsGuardians of the Galaxy,Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,Avengers: Endgame, andGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3; as well as the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.
Serpent, also known as theSerpent Society, is a criminal organization led bySidewinder. They came into conflict withCaptain America when he intercepted an illegal sale ofadamantium, which had been stolen fromJapan, inOaxaca.
They appeared in the filmCaptain America: Brave New World.
Stakar Ogord (portrayed bySylvester Stallone) led his own team of Ravagers. Other members includedYondu Udonta,Aleta Ogord,Charlie-27,Martinex,Mainframe, andKrugarr (portrayed byMichael Rooker,Michelle Yeoh,Ving Rhames,Michael Rosenbaum,Miley Cyrus (laterTara Strong) respectively, with Krugarr being portrayed through CGI). The team eventually disbanded, but was reunited following the death of their former teammate Yondu.
It appeared in the filmsGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 andGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
TheTen Rings is aclandestine criminal organization founded one thousand years ago by the immortalwarlordXu Wenwu and named after his mysticalten rings. The group's name is an homage to theMandarin'sten cosmic rings inMarvel Comics.[56] In 1996, Wenwu disbanded the organization after marrying and starting a family, but reactivated the Ten Rings following the death of his wife,Ying Li.
In 2010, the Ten Rings is hired byObadiah Stane to kidnapTony Stark in Afghanistan, with the cell led by a man namedRaza.[57]
The Ten Rings also help arrange forIvan Vanko to travel toMonaco to enact his revenge on Stark.
Years later,Aldrich Killian ofAIM hires actorTrevor Slattery to pose as Wenwu; unfamiliar with Wenwu's history, Killian invents "the Mandarin" persona for Slattery and has him unwittingly broadcast propaganda messages claiming credit on behalf of the Ten Rings for explosions caused by AIM's failedExtremis experiments. However, following his arrest, Slattery is confronted byJackson Norriss in prison, who reveals that he is a member of the group and that "the Mandarin" is real.
In 2015, a member of the organization was one ofDarren Cross' potential buyers of his Yellowjacket suit.
In 2024, Wenwu begins hearing his deceased wife's voice, telling him she is trapped in her former home,Ta Lo. Wenwu dispatches his Ten Rings warriors to capture his estranged childrenShang-Chi andXialing for their pendants that can lead him to Ta Lo. Wenwu and the Ten Rings arrive in Ta Lo and attack the village to free Li. Unbeknownst to Wenwu, Li's voice was that of the sealedDweller-in-Darkness, who manipulates him into releasing it and its minions. The Ten Rings form a truce with the villagers to fight the new threat. After Wenwu's death, Xialing becomes the new leader of the Ten Rings and starts restructuring it by incorporating more female recruits into the previously all-male organization.
The organization Ten Rings was an original creation of theMarvel Cinematic Universe. The organization resemblesSi-Fan from Sax Rhomer's books.[58] In the animated seriesIron Man: Armored Adventures, Gene Khan, the Mandarin leads the Tong;[59][60]tong is a name of a type ofcriminal organization ofChinese immigrants in the United States.[61]
It appeared in the filmsIron Man,Iron Man 2,Iron Man 3,Ant-Man, andShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings; as well as the One-ShotAll Hail the King and the Disney+ seriesWhat If...?.
The Ten Rings was later integrated intomainstream Marvel Universe.[62]
TheTivan Group is a powerful group led by theCollector. Responsible for the founding of the Exitar mining colony onKnowhere, the group wields enormous power and prestige in the criminal underworld of the cosmos.
It appeared in the filmsThor: The Dark World andGuardians of the Galaxy; as well as the Disney+ animated seriesWhat If...?.
TheTracksuit Mafia is a criminal organization operating in New York City working forWilson Fisk / Kingpin. In the comics, they were known as the Tracksuit Draculas.[63]
They appeared in the Disney+ seriesHawkeye.
TheWrecking Crew is a four-man criminal group wielding stolen enhanced Asgardian construction tools as weapons. The group's members consist ofWrecker,Piledriver,Bulldozer, andThunderball. They were hired by Todd Phelps / HulkKing to steal a sample ofJennifer Walters' gamma-irradiated blood, though she fights them off.[64]
They appeared in the Disney+ seriesShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
TheZealots were a separatist faction of theMasters of the Mystic Arts led byKaecilius. Kaecilius and his surviving disciples were given the immortality they had wanted all along from Dormammu. Unfortunately for them, the warnings they failed to heed turned out to be correct as the three were dragged into theDark Dimension upon Doctor Strange defeating Dormammu.
They appeared in the filmDoctor Strange.
TheUnited States Department of Damage Control (DODC), often referred to as simplyDamage Control, is a United States government agency, formerly a subunit ofS.H.I.E.L.D..
In 2012, it is set up with the aid ofStark Industries in order to clean up after theBattle of New York. This drivesAdrian Toomes' company out of business and leading the latter into his criminal life as the Vulture.[65]
In 2017, DODC agents arrive to clean up a destroyed bank and deli-grocery store.
In 2024, DODC agents, led byP. Cleary, arrive atPeter Parker's apartment. They bring him, his auntMay, and friends,Ned Leeds andMichelle Jones, to the NYPD precinct for interrogation after his identity as Spider-Man was made public and he was framed for the murder ofMysterio. Later, Cleary meets withHappy Hogan andMatt Murdock to discuss the missing Stark technology. DODC agents are then called in byThe Daily Bugle to Hogan's condominium and witness the fight going on between Parker andmultiversaldisplaced people, before opening fire on Parker when he is in view.
In 2025, after forgotten Parker's existence underStephen Strange's spell, DODC agents Cleary and Sadie Deever launch an investigation intoJersey City resident and emerging superheroKamala Khan, after she is suspected to have caused significant damages and injuries during the local AvengerCon exhibit. Their methods for tracking her draw significant controversy among the public, particularly garnering ire from the city'sMuslim-American community upon their attempt to (in Cleary's case, reluctantly) raid a mosque related to Khan's associates. Eventually, Cleary orders Deever to forfeit the operation as a result of the public backlash, with Deever opting to proceed with capturing Khan,Kamran, and their friends at Coles Academic High School. Deever's raid subsequently draws the attention of Jersey City locals, allowing them to intervene and stop Damage Control from capturing Khan, who eventually flees the scene after consoling Kamran. The ensuing events cause Deever to be fired from her position by Cleary for her inability to comply with orders and for putting children at risk.
That same year, DODC agents arrive at an annual Awards Gala inLos Angeles,California to apprehendJennifer Walters and put her in their supermax prison.
It appeared in the filmsSpider-Man: Homecoming andSpider-Man: No Way Home; as well as the Disney+ seriesMs. Marvel andShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
TheGlobal Repatriation Council, abbreviated as theGRC, is an international organization established by world governments followingthe Blip that is responsible for managing resources for refugees displaced by the Blip.
It appeared in the Disney+ seriesThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
TheNova Corps was the intergalacticmilitary and police force of the Nova Empire that was headquartered on the planetXandar. Led by theNova Prime,[66] the Nova Corps initially arrest theGuardians of the Galaxy on Xandar after they cause a public disturbance and send them to theKyln, a secure prison. Later, during the Battle of Xandar, the Corps defend Xandar fromRonan the Accuser along with the Guardians, but are almost completely obliterated by Ronan using thePower Stone. Following the battle, the Corps expunge each of the Guardians' criminal records in gratitude, while the Orb is placed in the Corps' possession for safekeeping. Four years later, the Nova Corps was presumed to have been annihilated byThanos during the decimation of Xandar in search of the Power Stone as mentioned byThor. Other notable members of the Corps includeRhomann Dey and DenarianGarthan Saal.[67][68]
The film version of the Nova Corps acts as a traditional police force, with no mention of the Nova Force. When asked about a Nova solo movie,James Gunn said "I think there is always a chance of a Nova movie."[69]
In an alternate universe,Nebula joined the Nova Corps after Ronan killed Thanos and Gamora, subsequently waging war on Xandar.
It appeared in the filmGuardians of the Galaxy and the animated Disney+ seriesWhat If...?.[70]
TheStrategic Aerospace Biophysics and Exolinguistic Response, better known by its acronymS.A.B.E.R., is a human-Skrull aerospace defense system founded in response to theInfinity War. Afterthe Blip, it was spearheaded byNick Fury and kept intel on current superheroes and new superheroes.
It appeared in the filmsSpider Man: Far from Home andThe Marvels; as well as the Disney+ seriesSecret Invasion.
TheStrategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division, better known by its acronymS.H.I.E.L.D., is an intelligence agency founded byPeggy Carter,Howard Stark, andChester Phillips followingWorld War II as the successor to theStrategic Scientific Reserve. High-ranking agents and scientists throughout S.H.I.E.L.D.'s early history includeHank Pym,Janet Van Dyne,Arnim Zola, andBill Foster; Pym and van Dyne operated covertly as the Ant-Man and the Wasp on behalf of S.H.I.E.L.D. from the 1960s until van Dyne's disappearance in 1987 and Pym's resignation in 1989, respectively. In the early 21st century,Nick Fury was promoted to the position of Director by SecretaryAlexander Pierce, who was secretly working forHydra. In 2010, AgentPhil Coulson was sent to speak withTony Stark andPepper Potts following his kidnapping inAfghanistan, but before he could do so Stark became involved in a battle withObadiah Stane in anadvanced armored suit. Later, in a press conference, Stark publicly declares himself as "Iron Man", prompting Fury to approach him on the "Avengers Initiative". S.H.I.E.L.D. was also involved in an attack by an army of unmanned drones at the Stark Expo, monitored the activity of Dr.Bruce Banner, witnessed the arrival ofThor in Puente Antiguo,New Mexico, and recovered the long-lost body ofCaptain America. In 2012, Fury assembled a team which consisted of six extraordinary individuals known as theAvengers in response to the theft of theTesseract byLoki, leading to theBattle of New York. Following the incident, Fury secretly revives Coulson (who was killed by Loki) via Project T.A.H.I.T.I.,[71] while Rogers joins S.H.I.E.L.D..
In 2014, during theHydra Uprising, Hydra was revealed to have been secretly infiltrating S.H.I.E.L.D. since the year it was founded, thanks to Zola, culminating in the destruction of theTriskelion, threeHelicarriers, andProject Insight, along with the collapse of both S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra.
In 2015, S.H.I.E.L.D. was secretly revived by Coulson and Fury, the latter assisting the Avengers during theBattle of Sokovia.
In 2024, S.H.I.E.L.D. created a stealth suit forPeter Parker and an agent gave it to him when he was in Europe.
It appeared in the filmsIron Man,The Incredible Hulk,Iron Man 2,Thor,Captain America: The First Avenger,The Avengers,Captain America: The Winter Soldier,Avengers: Age of Ultron,Ant-Man,Ant-Man and the Wasp,Captain Marvel,Spider-Man: Far From Home andBlack Widow; the Marvel One-ShotsThe Consultant,A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer,Item 47, andAgent Carter; as well as the ABC seriesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Disney+ seriesWhat If...?.
TheSpecial Tactical Reserve for International Key Emergencies, also known asS.T.R.I.K.E., is a unit of S.H.I.E.L.D. led bySteve Rogers, but also infiltrated by Hydramoles such asBrock Rumlow. A glimpse of S.H.I.E.L.D. records inThe Avengers show thatNatasha Romanoff andClint Barton were partnered together under S.T.R.I.K.E. Team Delta.[72]
It appeared in the filmsCaptain America: The Winter Soldier andAvengers: Endgame; as well as the Disney+ seriesWhat If...?.
TheStrategic Scientific Reserve, orSSR, was a top secretAllied war agency duringWorld War II, founded byChester Phillips,Howard Stark andPeggy Carter, on the orders ofFranklin D. Roosevelt. It was based in London. It was later replaced byS.H.I.E.L.D., with all operations taken over byNick Fury.
It appeared in the filmCaptain America: The First Avenger, the ABC seriesAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. andAgent Carter, and the Disney+ seriesWhat If...?.
TheSentient Weapon Observation and Response Division, better known by its acronymS.W.O.R.D., is an intelligence agency that was founded byMaria Rambeau. In 2020, Rambeau died from cancer, promptingTyler Hayward to succeed her by becoming the new acting director. Under Hayward's directives, S.W.O.R.D. obtained theVision's corpse and began the process of attempting to re-activate it. In 2023, two weeks followingthe Blip,Wanda Maximoff created an anomaly around the town of Westview,New Jersey, prompting S.W.O.R.D. to send one of its agents,Monica Rambeau, to assist FBI agentJimmy Woo in investigating it. After Rambeau is accidentally sucked inside the anomaly, Hayward and other S.W.O.R.D. members set up a temporary response base outside the town, bringing inDarcy Lewis to further investigate the anomaly. Later, Hayward successfully re-activates the Vision through exposure to Wanda's power from a drone, and sends it inside the anomaly to kill Maximoff and the Vision simulacrum. Following a tense confrontation between the Maximoff family, S.W.O.R.D., andAgatha Harkness, Hayward is arrested, and Monica meets with aSkrull posing as an FBI agent.
S.W.O.R.D. was originally intended to appear inThor, in a deleted post-credits scene wherein Erik Selvig tells Jane Foster and Darcy to "cross reference ... with the S.W.O.R.D. database". However, due to complications with20th Century Fox, which owned the film rights to S.W.O.R.D. membersLockheed andAbigail Brand at the time, the scene was cut.[73] The creative team behind the TV showAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. intended to incorporate S.W.O.R.D., but were refused permission by Marvel Studios.[74]
It appeared in the Disney+ seriesWandaVision.
War Dogs aresleeper agents responsible for covert operations and gathering intelligence forWakanda. They are branded with a tattoo on their lips to identify themselves when prompted. In 1992, KingT'Chaka visited his brotherN'Jobu inOakland,California, where he was stationed as a War Dog. Revealing that he had sentZuri to spy on him, T'Chaka demanded to know why N'Jobu had helped black-market arms dealerUlysses Klaue steal a cache of vibranium from Wakanda before killing him in order to save Zuri's life.
In 2016, War Dog memberNakia is rescued byT'Challa andOkoye whilst undertaking a mission inNigeria, and is taken back to Wakanda to attend T'Chaka's funeral. Later, afterN'Jadaka ascends to the Wakandan throne, he ordersW'Kabi to deliver vibranium to War Dogs stationed around the world, but this plot was thwarted by resistance fromT'Challa and his allies in Wakanda.
They appeared in the filmBlack Panther.
TheWorld Security Council is an international council formed of politicians from some of the world's most powerful countries that function as oversight forS.H.I.E.L.D. Its stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace.
It appeared in the filmsThe Avengers andCaptain America: The Winter Soldier as well as the Disney+ seriesWhat If...?.
TheDeadpool Corps is a team composed of many variants ofDeadpool who are sent tothe Void. Their leader isLadypool.
The Deadpool Corps appeared in the filmDeadpool & Wolverine.
TheEinherjar is the army ofAsgard who have been serving the Asgardian throne since the time of Odin's father, Bor. Over the millennia, they have fought theDark Elves, theFrost Giants, and theMarauders, as well asHela andThanos's forces. Their current leader isTyr.
The Einherjar appeared in the filmsThor,Thor: The Dark World,Thor: Ragnarok,Avengers: Endgame, andThor: Love and Thunder; as well as the Disney+ seriesWhat If...?.
TheIlluminati is an organization established by an alternate version ofStephen Strange inEarth-838. They are intended to monitor and apprehend potential threats to the widermultiverse. Joining Strange as council members areMaria Rambeau / Captain Marvel,Peggy Carter / Captain Carter,Blackagar Boltagon / Black Bolt,Professor Charles Xavier, andReed Richards. When Strange recklessly used theDarkhold to preventThanos's invasion of their world, he was deemed a threat to the multiverse by his peers, leading him to be executed by Boltagon and subsequently replaced by the succeeding Sorcerer Supreme,Karl Mordo. Some time later, the Illuminati arrest and imprison theStephen Strange ofEarth-616, as they fear he and his companionAmerica Chavez pose a similar threat. However, their attempt to decide his fate is interrupted by a corruptedWanda Maximoff from Earth-616, who infiltrates their headquarters and slaughters every member of the organization (except for Mordo) while Strange, Chavez and that reality'sChristine Palmer pursue theBook of Vishanti to subdue her.[75][76][77][78]
They appeared in the filmDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
TheMasters of the Mystic Arts are an order of sorcerers dedicated to protecting the world from mystical threats. They originated in the time of Agamotto, and through the centuries developed into their current form. Notable current and former members includeDr. Stephen Strange,Wong, theAncient One,Karl Mordo / Baron Mordo,Kaecilius,Jonathan Pangborn,Daniel Drumm,Hamir,Tina Minoru, Sol Rama andRintrah.
They appeared in the filmsDoctor Strange,Avengers: Endgame andDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, as well as the Disney+ seriesWhat If...?.
The Others is a resistance force in the Void againstCassandra Nova and her allies. The team consisted ofEric Brooks / Blade,Laura / X-23,Remy LeBeau / Gambit andElektra Natchios. It also consisted ofJohnny Storm / Human Torch,Frank Castle / Punisher,Matt Murdock / Daredevil,Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver andErik Lehnserr / Magneto before their deaths. The team is later joined byWade Wilson / Deadpool andLogan / Wolverine.
As of 2024, they appeared in the filmDeadpool & Wolverine (2024).
TheOrder of the Red Daggers,[79] or simplyRed Daggers, is an order of mystic warriors based in Pakistan and dedicated to protecting the world from inter-dimensional and supernatural threats. Specifically, they take interest in tracking down and eliminating the Clandestines,djinn who are trying to tear down the Veil of Noor in order to merge their home-world with Earth. Notable current and former members includeKareem and Waleed.
They appeared in the Disney+ seriesMs. Marvel.
TheTime Variance Authority, better known by its initialismTVA, is an organization located outside of space and time and was created byHe Who Remains to ensure the preservation of the "Sacred Timeline". He Who Remains created the TVA to stopevil multiversal variants of himself from coming into being after a Multiversal War waged between them led to him destroying the multiverse to stop them, by keeping the "Sacred Timeline" in check. In building the TVA, he pulled variants of various people from across time, erased their memories, made them believe they and the TVA were created by the Time-Keepers, and built androids to serve as the Time-Keepers.Miss Minutes is the TVA's animated anthropomorphic clock mascot,[80] and theAtlanta Marriott Marquis hotel was used to portray theTVA Headquarters.[81]
In an alternate 2012 visited by theAvengers during theirTime Heist,Loki escaped fromStark Tower with theTesseract following his defeat, leading TVA agents to take him into custody. It is later revealed bySylvie to Loki that all TVA agents are Variants taken from different timelines by He Who Remains. He Who Remains is murdered by Sylvie after she rejects his offer to run the TVA while Mobius and B-15 simultaneously shut down TVA operations after learning they are variants, reestablishing themultiverse. Loki seemingly finds himself in a new TVA before a stature of He Who Remains, with neither Mobius and B-15 or recognising him,[82] only for it to be revealed that Loki had actually started experiencing time slipping due to He Who Remains and had been sent 400 years into the past of the TVA. Loki slipped between the past and the present until Mobius and TVA technician Ouroboros "O.B." helped to stabilize him. However, the Temporal Loom at the heart of the TVA started overloading and Loki briefly slipped into the future where it was going critical and the TVA was being evacuated. Working with his friends, Loki attempted to stop the meltdown and save the TVA, believing it to be the only protection from thevariants of Kang that were coming.
After Loki reshaped the multiverse, including the Sacred Timeline, into aYggdrasil-like tree, the TVA followed Loki's path, committing itself to protecting the multiverse and hunting for variants of Kang.
It appeared in both seasons of the Disney+ seriesLoki and returned in the feature filmDeadpool & Wolverine. The TVA logo was seen in the Disney+ seriesShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
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