This team appeared in the filmsCaptain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) andAvengers: Endgame (2019). This version of the team were actually undercoverHydra agents. In various MCU film and television appearances, S.T.R.I.K.E. is a unit within S.H.I.E.L.D., not an independent organization.
S.T.R.I.K.E.'s original headquarters, as seen in the organization's first appearances, was an undersea air base which contained several of S.T.R.I.K.E.'s planes that were considered superior to their American counterparts at the time.[1]
S.T.R.I.K.E.'s Psi division had their own headquarters.
Another headquarters was in a closed university, located inLondon, England; this headquarters was later used by D.U.C.K (Department of Unknown and Covert Knowledge).[2]
Tom Lennox (Ghast)[5] - Atelepath and atelekinetic; he was Betsy Braddock's lover. During the Jasper's Warp saga, Lennox is gunned down by S.T.R.I.K.E.'s armored anti-superhuman "Beetle" squad.[6] He was revived onKrakoa.[7]
Alison Double (Albedo)[5] - An albino telepath, clairvoyant, and aura reader. She later resided in Switzerland before dying in a car crash. She was revived on Krakoa.[7]
Kevin Mulhearn (Xanth)[8] - A telepath; he took an outside job as amentalist using the name Doctor Destiny. He was performing his mind reading act at a theater in London, using his powers to tell what people had in their possession. He was killed by one of his volunteers from the audience who turned out to beSlaymaster, who had been charged with killing all of S.T.R.I.K.E.'s Psi-Division.[5] He was revived on Krakoa.[7]
Vicki Reppion (Rubedo)[5][8] - Killed by Slaymaster. Revived on Krakoa.[7]
"Matthew" (codename)[9] - Recruited telepath Betsy Braddock to join S.T.R.I.K.E.'s Psi-division. He later was recruited into R.C.X. as a regulator and given the new codename of Gabriel.
S.T.R.I.K.E. in theUltimate Marvelparallel universe was first introduced inUltimate X-Men #15. Like its Marvel Universe counterpart, this version of S.T.R.I.K.E. is the British division of S.H.I.E.L.D. S.T.R.I.K.E. also has ties with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s sister organization in Europe, the European Defense Initiative.
Colonel Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock[10] - amutanttelepath from the S.T.R.I.K.E. Psi-division who was possessed byProteus and died in the ensuing conflict with the X-Men. Her consciousness came to reside in the body of a young comatose girl known asKwannon.[11] While inhabiting her new body Betsy was technically considered a minor and was thus unable to work for S.T.R.I.K.E. She worked undercover forCharles Xavier for a time, eventually joining the X-Men.[12]
Dai Thomas[10] - AWelsh S.T.R.I.K.E. agent from Psi-division who was killed byProteus. HisEarth-616 counterpart was apolice inspector who often clashed with S.T.R.I.K.E. and its descendant organizations.
S.T.R.I.K.E. agents appear as playable characters inMarvel Strike Force.[15][16][17] This version of the organization's acronym stands for the Special Tactical Reserve for Interdimensional Key Events.
