Bagheera is ablack panther, based uponThe Jungle Book character of the same name.

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Nakia Bahadir is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. She is a Turkish girl and friend ofKamala Khan.^[1]

Nakia Bahadir appears inMs. Marvel (2022), portrayed byYasmeen Fletcher.^[2] This version is a student at Coles Academic High School and Kamala Khan's close friend.

Bakuto is a fictional ninja inMarvel Comics. The character, created byAndy Diggle,Antony Johnston and Marco Checchetto, first appeared inDaredevil #505 (April 2010).

Bakuto, the head Daimyo of South America, meets with the other four Daimyos in Jigoku-Chu Castle in Japan. He shows some doubt inMatt Murdock leadingThe Hand and especially scoffs atWhite Tiger's involvement due to her being a woman. Beforehand, Bakuto killed his master, Izanagi, to showcase "[his] strength of will", even going so far as to not allowing himseppuku.

In the present, while having dinner, Bakuto's food is spiked causing him to hallucinate demons. Matt goes to check on him as Daredevil and are both immediately attacked by ninjas that were secretly sent by the other Daimyos. After defeating them, Matt is led to believe that someone is attempting to take Bakuto's life and ups the security. Despite this Bakuto believes that Matt was the one who sent the ninjas and begins plotting to kill him.^[3] He is later confronted by a possessed White Tiger and killed in combat.^[4]

Bakuto appears in theMarvel Cinematic Universe seriesIron Fist andThe Defenders, portrayed byRamón Rodríguez.^[5] This version is one of the leaders ofThe Hand andColleen Wing's former sensei.

Balthazar orBelathauzer in his first appearance, is ademon who has clashed withthe Defenders andDevil-Slayer.

Martine Bancroft is afictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. Created byRoy Thomas andGil Kane, she first appeared inThe Amazing Spider-Man #102 (November 1971). She is the fiancée ofMorbius, the Living Vampire.

Bancroft works as an assistant to Michael Morbius andEmil Nikos, whose experiments aim to cure his blood disease. They backfire and turn him into a vampire-esque individual.^[6][7][8] After being manipulated by acult,^[9][10] Bancroft personally assists in finding resources to cure Morbius's "pseudo-vampirism". She is interrupted and ultimately turned into a similar creature before Morbius andSimon Stroud inject her with the cure.^[11] After being killed byDavid Langford,^[12] she is resurrected but gets possessed by the Lilin Parasite ofLilith's group before being saved by Morbius.^[13] Bancroft's original personality returns albeit with a vampire-esque form,^[14] and even has a friendship withJack Russell / Werewolf.^[15] She ultimately acts spiteful towards her ex-fiancé.^[16] After turning herself into a true vampire, Bancroft is killed by Morbius while savingPeter Parker / Spider-Man.^[17]

Martine possessed the typical powers associated with vampires.

Martine Bancroft appears inMorbius (2022), portrayed byAdria Arjona.^[18] This version is a scientific colleague ofMichael Morbius. She personally assists in the experiment that creates his vampiric form and is later killed by Morbius' adoptive brotherMilo. Bancroft is later revived as a similar vampiric creature after unintentionally ingesting some of Morbius' blood.

Elaine Banner orElaine Walters is afictional andsupporting character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character appeared later in multiple spin-offs and dramatizations of theHulk andShe-Hulk comic book titles. She was created by writerDavid Kraft and artistMike Vosburg. She first appeared inThe Savage She-Hulk #15 of April, in 1981 and was created byDavid Anthony Kraft andMike Vosburg. She is the sister ofSusan andBrian Banner, the wife ofMorris Walters, and the aunt of Bruce Banner who would grow up to be the gamma-powered superhero known as the Hulk; while her daughter and Bruce's cousin, Jennifer, would become the super-heroine known as She-Hulk, when Bruce saved her life with ablood transfusion.

Elaine Banner is the sister of Susan Banner andBrian Banner. During their childhood, all three of them including their mother were physically and mentally abused by their alcoholic father, Bruce Banner. For years they suffered but eventually they pulled through until he died. Even though Elaine and Susan learned to put it behind them, their brother Brian was not so fortunate.^{[volume & issue needed]}

Susan, Elaine, and Brian all wanted to move on with their lives but Brian was still suffering from the trauma of their childhood together and would do everything he could to spend as little time with his siblings as possible because he didn't want to relive anymore bad memories, straining the relationship between them.^{[volume & issue needed]} Susan married a man by the name of Drake, and Brian ended up marrying a woman named Rebecca.

Elaine marriedMorris Walters, becoming Elaine Walters, and soon after gave birth to their daughter, Jennifer. Morris hoped that Jennifer would become a police officer like him, but Elaine supported her daughter's ambitions to become a professional dancer growing up instead.^{[volume & issue needed]}

Since Morris was the Sheriff of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department, he came across many enemies, the biggest one being the mobster Nicholas Trask.^{[volume & issue needed]} Trask planned to murder Morris by making his death look like a drunk driving incident, but his plan backfired when Elaine had been the one driving to see Jennifer's dance recital with two of her friends.^{[volume & issue needed]}

• Elaine Banner appears inThe Incredible Hulk episode "Down Memory Lane".
• Elaine Banner appears inShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law, portrayed by Tess Kincaid.^[19]

Bantam is a fictionalmutant. Created byJim Lee andJohn Byrne, the character first appeared inThe Uncanny X-Men #282.

Bantam is an assistant ofTrevor Fitzroy who uses his power as a chronal anchor to keep track of his master's time portals.^{[volume & issue needed]} When Fitzroy takes over a future timeline and renames himself the Chronomancer, Bantam accompanies him.^{[volume & issue needed]} Bantam realizes that Fitzroy had been driven mad by his dreams of power, and eventually betrays his master to the rebellion led byBishop.^{[volume & issue needed]} Bantam assists in the raising of the gate to the Chronomancer's keep, and is killed by Fitzroy's Chronotroopers.^[20]

Bantam kept track of all of Fitzroy's time portals still in stasis. He was sensitive to the bioenergy emissions of other superhumans, allowing him to locate the site where the energy was released.

Bantam appears in theX-Men: The Animated Series episode "One Man's Worth".

Eli Bard akaEliphas is afictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. Created byChristopher Yost,Clayton Crain andCraig Kyle, Bard is a member of thePurifiers and an enemy of theX-Men.

Eli Bard was born "Eliphas" at the height of theRoman Empire. He was recognized as an outstanding soldier until a spear injury ended his military career. For a while he worked unsuccessfully as a poet until he met Aurelia, one of the most powerful women in Rome. He soon married her and achieved a position in the Senate. As a well-respected senator, he was known as a great orator and a friend to the army. His wife left him for a general named Mascius and conspired to give Mascius his seat in the Senate.^[21]

Left with nothing, Eliphas was approached bySelene, who offered him immortality in exchange for helping her kill and absorb every soul in Rome. Eliphas drewpentagrams and performed rituals at several locations in the city, but warned a small girl to get her family out. The girl's father alerted the authorities and Eliphas and Selene were captured before the spell could be carried out. Just before they wereburned at the stake, Selene killed the guards. She cursed Eliphas for his perceived betrayal with an eternal life of torture, turning him into a vampire-like creature. Eliphas was buried alive for 700 years until a farmer discovered him in his field. Eliphas killed the farmer with a swift bite to the jugular. He spent the next several hundred years searching for Selene. He ran into the ancestralApache tribe ofWarpath. They recognized him as a vampire but could not stop him from wiping out almost the entire tribe.^[21]

Eliphas, having at some point in time changed his name to "Eli Bard," finally located Selene inNova Roma, where she was worshiped as a god. Still in love with her despite her curse, Bard realized that he must make an offering to her before approaching her. Bard later joined the Purifiers, an anti-mutant terrorist group. During this time, he worked diligently to further the Purifiers' goals. Secretly, he had hoped to sacrifice thousands of Purifiers' souls using the same ritual from Rome to gain Selene's attention. He assisted in the resurrection ofBastion but the android was suspicious of him, as he had no record on him. After seeing Bastion reprogram an offspring of Magus, he changed his plan and instead re-animated the corpses in the burial grounds of the Apache tribe that he had decimated decades earlier using theTechnarch transmode virus he had absorbed from an offspring ofMagus. Among the bodies reanimated were those of the mutantsCaliban andThunderbird. He presented Caliban to Selene and stated that he intended to use Caliban's mutant tracking abilities to track down deceased mutants and reanimate them to form an army for Selene, an offer which she accepted.^[21]

He uses the virus to resurrect a variety of mutants, includingCypher,Banshee, the originalHellions,Risque,Pyro, andDestiny.

When Bard returned to Proudstar's tribe's burial grounds to resurrect Caliban and Thunderbird, the spirits of the tribe rose to protect those buried there. Bard attacked them with Selene's mystical knife, transforming them into aDemon Bear. After fleeing the battle, Bard leaves the blade behind, unaware it was pivotal in Selene's plans. He is then dispatched to Utopia to retrieve it, taking Warpath hostage in the process.^{[volume & issue needed]} When he returns to Selene with the blade and the hostage, Selene kills him by stabbing him in the heart with the blade, reducing him to bones.^[22]

Baron Samedi is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

The A.I.M. agent version, created byLen Wein andGene Colan, first appeared inStrange Tales #171 (December 1973).

Within the context of the stories, Baron Rolando Samedi is a Haitian agent ofA.I.M. who creates pseudo-zombies while posing as the real Baron Samedi and confrontsBrother Voodoo.^[23]

WithinHaitian Vodou and related religions,Baron Samedi is one of theLoa.^[24]

The Vodou incarnation of Baron Samedi appears in thesecond season ofCloak & Dagger, portrayed by Justin Sams.^[25] This version resides in the Dark Dimension at FunArcade Games, an arcade house.

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Barrage is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Barrage is anInhuman with energy cannons for arms. He is among the Inhumans that sided withApocalypse and joined theDark Riders.^[26]

Base (Hiro Sokuto) is amutant who was born inHiroshima,Japan, and his powers surfaced at an early age. His father sold him and his brother to theYakuza to act as drug runners, but they were eventually captured by the Mutagenic Search Squad, and became a member ofGenetix.

Basilisk is the name of three fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

TheBasilisk is asupervillain who debuts inMarvel Team-Up #16 (December 1973).^[27] Basil Elks, a petty thief, breaks into a museum to steal what he believes is an ordinaryemerald—but is, in fact, an alienKree artifact called the Alpha Stone. Elks miscalculates the security guards rounds and is caught and fired upon when he reaches for a weapon. The guard's bullet accidentally hits and shatters the gem, causing an explosion that transforms Elks into a humanoid reptilian. Elks then flash-freezes the guard in place, and realizing that he now has superhuman abilities, decides to become a supervillain and calls himself the Basilisk. He faced off againstSpider-Man,Mister Fantastic,Captain Marvel and theMole Man which ended with him being imprisoned in another Kree artifact called the Omega Stone that ended up in lava.^[28][29]

InFantastic Four #289, Basilisk is killed by theScourge of the Underworld.^[30]The Hood resurrects Basilisk and several other victims of the Scourge during the "Dark Reign" storyline.^[31]

Upon absorbing the Alpha Stone, Basil Elks possessed enhanced physical strength, reflexes, and stamina. The Basilisk's main offensive weapon were his eye beams, which could be concussive force (these could also be directed at the ground for limited flight) or energy that manipulated temperature (to boiling or freezing extremes) or molecules.^[32] Upon absorbing the Omega Stone, Basilisk's powers increased to their full extent, allowing him to generate volcanoes worldwide, including in the Savage Land and New York City.^[33]

TheBasilisk is a lizard-like villain who first appears inMorbius, the Living Vampire #5 (Jan. 1993). Wayne Gifford is a dysfunctional man, turns to demon-worshipping to create an alternate persona, the Basilisk. Possessing a paralyzing stare, the Basilisk battles theanti-heroMorbius the Living Vampire.^[34]

Wayne Gifford was a normal human until becoming the Basilisk, a large humanoid reptile. The creature possesses superhuman strength and agility, and a paralyzing stare. The Basilisk's one weakness is sunlight. In an inversion of a common horror trope, when looking in a mirror the Basilisk sees his ordinary human form.

TheBasilisk is amutant who first appears inNew X-Men #135 (December 2002). Mike Columbus is a mutant and a student at theXavier Institute. (Basilisk is also the codename used by an alternate reality version of the X-ManCyclops in theAge of X crossover.) Possessing limited intelligence and persecuted in his youth due to his abnormal appearance (bald, abnormally large and with one eye), the character is extremely aggressive. Once the Basilisk's mutant power manifests, he suffers from brain seizures until given a device to help regulate the ability.

The Basilisk joins theBrotherhood of Mutants. They take overNew York City. While watching human prisoners march by, he makes a joke about a perceived bad smell. The Brotherhood's leaderMagneto attempts to deliver a punishment, but kills the Basilisk instead.

Mike Columbus possesses an overly fleshy head devoid of all features except for sunken ears, a slit-like mouth, and a single centered eye socket. A camera-like device is located in this socket that allows the Basilisk to control his superhuman mutant ability to emit a pulse of high-frequency strobe light from his brain. The light paralyzes any sentient being that views it, while the length of the effect varies depending upon the willpower of the onlooker.

Battleaxe (Anita Ehren) is a fictional character in theMarvel Comics Universe. She first appeared inThe Thing #33 (March 1986), and was created byMichael Carlin andRon Wilson.

An unlimited class wrestler, Battleaxe is a massive woman who carries an axe as her weapon of choice. DefeatingTitania in a wrestling match, she claims the title as champion of theGrapplers. However, when Titania is slain by theScourge of the Underworld, Battleaxe vows to avenge her former teammate. She takes out her aggression on theThing, battling him in a wrestling match. Realizing Battleaxe is taking her anger out on him, the Thing purposely loses the match.^[36] She later joinsSuperia'sFemizons and battlesCaptain America.^[37] She also fightsBAD Girls, Inc. while in a costumed bar.^[38]

Later, inMs. Marvel's own series, Battleaxe fights the titular heroine in front of William Wagner's closed restaurant.Puppet Master's mind-controlledChilean soldiers catch Battleaxe and try to take her with them. Ms. Marvel defeats them and takes the soldiers and Battleaxe on her minicarrier.^[39]

Battleaxe has superhuman strength and durability. She carries a set of two axes which are her weapons of choice.

Barnell Bohusk, also known asBeak andBlackwing, is a fictional character appearing in media published by Marvel Comics. He was created byGrant Morrison andEthan Van Sciver, and first appeared inNew X-Men #117 (September 2001).

Beak is a student at theXavier Institute who possesses a bird-like appearance and abilities.^[40] Despite his low power level and lack of experience, Beak becomes a member of theExiles and later enters a relationship withAngel Salvadore.^[41][42][43] The two have six children - Kara, Tito, Axel, Bobby, Sarah, and Miles.^[44][45]Beak, Angel, and their children are among the mutants who have their powers removed by theScarlet Witch during the "Decimation" event.^[46][41] Beak joins theNew Warriors and assumes the alias Blackwing, using a powered suit that grants him flight, superhuman strength, andVibranium claws.^[47] InX-Men Blue, Blackwing regains his powers after being exposed to Mothervine, a drug designed to trigger mutant abilities.^[48]

Beautiful Dreamer is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. Created byLouise Simonson andJune Brigman, the character made her first appearance inPower Pack #12 (July 1985). She belongs to the subspecies of humans calledmutants, who are born with superhuman abilities.

Beautiful Dreamer's real name and past prior to joining theMorlocks are unknown. She followed the Morlock leaderMasque for a time and committed criminal acts by manipulating others with her mental powers at his behest.^{[volume & issue needed]} However, Beautiful Dreamer's primary motivation for doing so, as with most of her fellow Morlocks, is presumed to be her desire for company and community.^[49]

Beautiful Dreamer was among the few members of theMorlocks to survive theMarauders' "Mutant Massacre", during which most members of her community were killed.^[50]

Beautiful Dreamer is one of the 198 mutants who retain their powers after the events ofM-Day.^[51] She is captured byBastion'sPurifiers and injected with theLegacy Virus, which causes her to kill those attending aFriends of Humanity anti-mutant rally and later kills her.^[52][53] Beautiful Dreamer is later resurrected bythe Five during theKrakoan Age.^[54]

Beautiful Dreamer possesses the ability to psionically alter the memories of others using her special "dream smoke" to implant false recollections.^[55]

A character based on Beautiful Dreamer namedSonia Simonson / Dreamer appears inThe Gifted, portrayed byElena Satine.^[56][57]

Beetle is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

The second Beetle isLeila Davis. Created by writerDanny Fingeroth and artistAl Milgrom, the character debuted inDeadly Foes of Spider-Man #1 (May 1991).

She was the widow of minorsupervillainRinger.^[58] Her husband was manipulated by Abner Jenkins into a life of crime that included multiple conflicts withSpider-Man, and was shot by the anti-heroScourge. Davis vows revenge on all three. She began her criminal career as a driver for the super villainSinister Syndicate team.^[59]

She began datingSpeed Demon once Boomerang was captured by Spider-Man on the first mission of the group. Eventually, theShocker engineers a breakout for Boomerang and the team fractures, with Boomerang, theRhino and Davis who is using her husband's old weapons battling the Beetle, Speed Demon andHydro-Man in the middle ofNew York City. After attempting to kill the Beetle, Davis is disarmed by Spider-Man and arrested along with Jenkins and Boomerang.^[60]

Sometime later, Leila is paroled from prison and immediately returns to her old ways. Donning a new red and black suit of weaponized armor and referring to herself asHardshell, she allies with Boomerang, the Rhino and theVulture. The group becomes involved in a massive fight that also involvesStegron,Doctor Octopus,Swarm, theAnswer, Jenkins and Spider-Man, with each party trying to gain control of an experimental gun. Spider-Man eventually stood victorious and most of the costumed criminals are taken into custody. Davis is teleported away by her husband who had survived being shot by Scourge, and had been turned into the cyborg Strikeback by the criminal organizationA.I.M.^[61]

She reappears years later taking on theThunderbolts team (which the reformed Jenkins helped found), ironically now referring to herself as the "Beetle". She is wearing a tank-like exoskeleton painted in the same paint scheme as both of her predecessor's previous Beetle costumes which Jenkins himself had designed while working for theCommission on Superhuman Activities.^[62]

As the second Beetle, Leila eventually joins the group known as the Redeemers, which includes former members of the Thunderbolts.^[63] Her true identity is revealed to the rest of her teammates, revealing that her husband died some time earlier due to his body breaking down due to his cyborg enhancements.^[64] The group soon encounters the powerful super villainGraviton who kills Leila with the former's gravity powers.^[65]

Roderick Kingsley (aka the Hobgoblin) had sold one of Abner Jenkins's old Beetle armors and gear to an unnamed criminal. He was seen at the Bar With No Name attending the wake ofElectro's servantFrancine Frye. The Beetle was later seen at the Bar With No Name among the patrons who want theBlack Cat to be the Queen of the Criminal Underworld.^[66]

The Hobgoblin later regained the Beetle's services.^[67]

TheUltimate Marvel equivalent of the Beetle is a mysterious unnamed mercenary fromLatveria with a completely revamped armor.

Spider-Man first finds the Beetle robbing a sample of theVenomsymbiote fromRoxxon, and ultimately stops him.^[68] The Beetle later breaks intoBolivar Trask's lab whereEddie Brock is held, leading to Venom chasing after the Beetle. Just as the Beetle is cornered, Venom is stopped by Spider-Man. When the Venom symbiote leaves Brock and attaches to Spider-Man, the Beetle escapes in the confusion.^[69] Disguised as a civilian which Brock least expected, the Beetle later captures Venom inCentral Park and flies off to deliver Venom to Latveria.^[70]

The Beetle's suit is later seen being repaired by theTinkerer.^[71]

• The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of the Beetle appears inUltimate Spider-Man (2005), voiced byTucker Smallwood.^[72] This version works for Latverian agents, collecting genetic information from superhumans to genetically-engineer super-soldiers.
• The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of the Beetle appears inUltimate Spider-Man (2012), voiced bySteve Blum.^[72]
• An unidentified Beetle appears in theMoon Girl and Devil Dinosaur episode "Ride Along", voiced byChuck D.
• The Ultimate Marvel incarnation of the Beetle appears as a playable character inLego Marvel Super Heroes.^[73]

Bei the Blood Moon is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writersJonathan Hickman andTini Howard and artist Pepe Larraz, she first appeared inX of Swords: Stasis #1 (December 2020).

Bei was amutant fromArakko. For the first few decades of her life, she did not speak. The first time she did, she inadvertently leveled a mountain with her powers.^[74] She became renowned on Arakko as a huntress and warrior of great skill.^[75]

Bei was recruited to participate in theX of Swords tournament arranged bySaturnyne.^[75] Her first challenge was againstKrakoan mutantCypher, but rather than battle, the two were made to marry each other.^[74] Bei later participated in two more challenges: a dance contest and a duel withCable, both of which she won.^[76][77] DuringAnnihilation's invasion of Krakoa at the end of the tournament, Bei chose to ally herself with her new husband and the Krakoans to repel the Amenthi Daemons.^[78] She remained married to Cypher after the battle and moved to Krakoa to live with him.^[79][80]

Bei joinedExcalibur in the fight againstKing Arthur andMerlyn's invasion ofOtherworld. When the Starlight Citadel fell, she retreated to Krakoa with the rest of the team (saveCaptain Britain) before the gate linking the two realms was destroyed.^[81]

When Cypher intervened inMystique andDestiny's attempt to killMoira MacTaggert, Bei came with him as backup, along withWarlock and Krakoa.^[82] She later joined the Knights of X in the quest for theSiege Perilous and helped overthrow Merlyn and Arthur's anti-mutant regime in Otherworld.^[83]

After Cypher was swallowed by Krakoa^[84] and her numerous attempts to locate him with telepaths and scent trackers were unsuccessful, a distraught Bei fought againstGenesis on Planet Arakko during the Genesis War, both to defend her people and distract herself from her grief.^[85] When the war ended, she remained on Arakko to assist with recovery efforts untilApocalypse invited her to reunite with her beloved husband, now freed from Krakoa.^[86] Bei was reunited with Cypher during his transformation into Revelation, the heir of Apocalypse.^[87]

Bei does not use language to speak, but rather the Doom Note, a sound which reverberates in her chest. She can use it to produce destructive sound waves strong enough to level a mountain. The Doom Note also psionically translates itself to be universally understood by whoever hears it.^[74]

This ability to communicate without language conflicts with her husband Cypher's own language-based powers and makes him incapable of understanding her.^[74] As Bei is unable to communicate with him verbally, they converse by writing, reading physical cues, or interpretations from any third parties present.^[88]

Bei is also renowned for her hunting and fighting skills. She wields a bladed weapon named Seducer.^[75]

Bei received aHeroClix figurine, as did her sword Seducer.

Belladonna (Narda Ravanna) is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics.

She first appeared inThe Spectacular Spider-Man #43 (June, 1980). She was created byRoger Stern andMike Zeck. The character also appeared inSpectacular Spider-Man #47 and 48 (October–November 1980). Belladonna received an entry in the originalOfficial Handbook of the Marvel Universe #2.

Narda Ravanna was born inBoston, Massachusetts. She is a chemist and former co-owner of Vaughn-Pope Cosmetics with her sister, Desiree Vaughan-Pope. When they refuse to sell their company to billionaire and fashion designer Roderick Kingsley, he used the media to smear their products and ruin their career. Narda entered New York and took the identity of Belladonna to gain vengeance. She gathered a team of criminal allies, and incurred the wrath of theProwler.^[89] Her assault on Kingsley was interrupted bySpider-Man, who handed her, her gang and Prowler over to the police.^[90]

Belladonna wields a gun that fires neo-atropine gas for knocking out foes.

Bellona is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Bellona is a white-haired female who was among the different clones ofX-23 alongsideGabby Kinney that were created by Robert Chandler ofAlchemax Genetics. Bellona did not have the same mutations as X-23. After the revenge on Robert Chandler, Bellona went to work forKimura.^[91]

During the "Gang War" storyline, Bellona was hired to provide weapons to theHeat after rescuingRafael Scarfe fromElektra'sDaredevil appearance. While tending to Scarfe's arm, Bellona provided him with a prototype arm cannon. As Elektra attacks the Heat, Scarfe demands that Bellona have her benefactor hook the rest of the Heat up with the same arm cannons. After slicing off Scarfe's broken arm, Bellona had a brief fight with Elektra before retreating. Bellona later meets up with her benefactorMadame Masque who gives her a new mission to take out Elektra. Madame Masque summoned Bellona to her side to deal with Owl who fought Bellona until she brought out her claws. Then she threw Owl in the same cell asCount Nefaria,Hammerhead, andSilvermane. Bellona later fought Elektra and mentioned some of her backstory. Even though Bellona fell off the building after being injured by Elektra, her body was no longer at the site where she landed, following Elektra's chat with Spider-Man.^[92]

Berserker is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character first appeared inThe Avengers #207 (1981).^[93]

The Berserker was an ancient man who became immortal when he was empowered by the Cave of Glowing Walls, and fought theAvengers when he was freed in modern times, and was banished to the Shadow Realm.^[94]

Berzerker is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Ray Carter was the electrokinetic leader ofThe Tunnelers, an offshoot group ofMorlocks who hatedCallisto's main group and dubbed them Drain Dwellers. Initially a group of ten, six of the Tunnelers were killed when theMarauders were sent to kill the Morlocks. Berzerker and three others survived the attack, only to get in another battle withBeast andIceman, thinking they were Marauders too. The battle ends when the Tunnelers figure out that theX-Factor members are not their enemies.

Joining X-Factor at their base, the Tunnelers find out about their hosts' mock mutant hunter identities. The Tunnelers eventually leave hoping to find a new home inNew Jersey. They ran into a human street gang called the Savage Wolf Gang who tried to rob them. The Tunnelers fought back, ending in the deaths of the TunnelerBlowhard and two of the three gang members. They then got in a confrontation with the police where fellow Tunneler and Berzerker's love interestScaleface was killed.Cyclops andJean Grey arrived to save the remaining two Tunnelers, but it was too late; Berzerker was enraged by the loss of Scaleface and vowed revenge on all humanity. Before Cyclops could reason with him, Berzerker let out a giant energy attack, blaming X-Factor for the Tunnelers' destruction. Cyclops fired back, overpowering Berzerker's initial shot. The optic blast from Cyclops knocked Berzerker into a river, electrocuting himself with his own powers resulting in his death.^[95]

Berzerker has remained dead since, but was temporarily resurrected via theTransmode Virus in theNecrosha event.^[96]

• Berzerker, renamedRay Crisp, appears inX-Men: Evolution, voiced byTony Sampson. This version is a pacifistic student at the Xavier Institute who is uninvolved with the Morlocks.
• Berzerker appears inWolverine and the X-Men, voiced byNolan North. This version is a member of a possible future version of the X-Men.

Big Wheel is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Big Wheel is a supervillain appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. His secret identity is Jackson Weele, who rides around in a large metal wheel vehicle.

Jackson Weele is a businessman who has embezzled from his company. Fearing that he might be caught, he hires a youthful criminal namedRocket Racer to steal the evidence that incriminates him. However, Rocket Racer opts to use the evidence to blackmail Weele instead. Despairing, Weele tries to commit suicide, but Rocket Racer prevents him from doing so. However, Racer is not particularly kind to Weele, disparagingly referring to him as "Big Weele". Humiliated by Rocket Racer's taunts, Weele visits the mechanical genius and underworld supplierTinkerer, who the Rocket Racer boasted had upgraded his equipment. At Weele's urging, the Tinkerer creates a large metal wheel that can climb up buildings, complete with guns and waldo-arms.^[97]

With this new vehicle, Weele becomes the supervillain known as "Big Wheel". Newly empowered, Big Wheel hunts down and chases Rocket Racer across the city. In the process, he ends up fighting the title character,Spider-Man. Spider-Man is also seeking Rocket Racer, whom he had battled in a previous issue. Unfortunately, Weele lacks practice in using his new device and, in the heat of battle, the Big Wheel topples off a high rooftop and plunges into the Hudson River. Spider-Man tries to save him, but comes up empty-handed. He presumes Jackson Weele died when the Big Wheel vehicle sank to the bottom of the river.^[97]

Big Wheel did not appear in another comic book for more than twenty years. However, the story was picked up again by writer Cristos Gage. Weele survives his seemingly deadly encounter, turning up again with his Big Wheel vehicle while Spider-Man is in combat withStilt-Man. This time, Big Wheel attempts to help Spider-Man. However, due to his interference, Stilt-Man escapes. Confronted by Spider-Man, Weele reveals that, in the interim since their last meeting, he went to jail for embezzlement and joined Vil-Anon, an analog of Alcoholics Anonymous for super-villains. In fact, his attempt to help the hero was part of his twelve-step program. Out of pity, Spider-Man lets Big Wheel accompany him for the rest of the day. While foiling a bank robbery, the pair confronts theShocker. Although they defeat him, Jackson Weele finally realizes that he is not cut out for super-heroics. He now makes his living using his Big Wheel rig in demolition derbies and speaking at events for Vil-Anon.^[98]

During theCivil War storyline, Big Wheel is shown being chased by the Harbor Patrol, implying that he returned to villainy despite the doubts he harbored inSpider-Man Unlimited.^[99]

An unnamed operator of the Big Wheel was on a crime spree until he was defeated by Spider-Man.^[100]

In 2022,CBR.com ranked Big Wheel 8th in their "Spider-Man's 10 Funniest Villains" list.^[101]

• The Jackson Weele incarnation of Big Wheel appears in theSpider-Man (1994) episode "Rocket Racer", voiced byMichael Des Barres.^[102] This version is anaeronautics expert who leads a gang of high-tech thieves and relies on proper timing and planning.
• The Jackson Weele incarnation of Big Wheel appears in theMoon Girl and Devil Dinosaur episode "Make It, Don't Break It", voiced bySam Riegel. This version is aRobotWarz player who sought revenge after losing a match.
• Big Wheel appears inSpider-Man: Mysterio's Menace.
• Big Wheel appears as an assist character in thePSP version ofSpider-Man: Web of Shadows.
• AMarvel 2099-inspired incarnation of Big Wheel appears in theNintendo DS version ofSpider-Man: Edge of Time,^[103] voiced bySteve Blum.^[104]

Bird-Man is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Henry Hawk was a known criminal. Along withApe-Man,Cat-Man, andFrog-Man, Henry Hawk was recruited by a man named the Organizer to form the originalAni-Men where the Organizer supplied Henry with a bird-like costume with wings that enabled him to fly and dubbed him Bird-Man. The Organizer was secretly Abner Jonas, a candidate for mayor of New York City, who sent the Ani-Men on missions to undermine the current administration.Daredevil defeated them and the Ani-Men and Organizer all went to prison.^[105] Later, Ape-Man, Bird-Man, and Cat-Man formed a team called the "Unholy Three" with theExterminator, and fought Daredevil again.^[106] The Unholy Three, as a team of independent thieves, fought Daredevil andSpider-Man and were defeated.^[107]

Ape-Man, Bird-Man, and Cat-Man later rejoined the Ani-Men, and the Ani-Men went to work forCount Nefaria. Count Nefaria's scientists submitted the unwitting Ani-Men to processes that gave them superhuman powers and animal-like forms. The Ani-Men invaded the Cheyenne Mountain missile base for Count Nefaria, and fought theX-Men.^[108]

The Ani-Men lost their superhuman powers and reverted to normal. Count Nefaria sent the four original Ani-Men to killTony Stark, however theSpymaster detonated a bomb with which he had intended to kill Stark, and the resulting explosion killed the Ani-Men instead.^[109]

TheDeath-Stalker sometime later recruits a new team of Ani-Men, with a new Ape-Man, Bird-Man, and Cat-Man. This Bird-Man isAchille DiBacco who was given Hawk's Bird-Man costume. He sends the new Ani-Men to captureMatt Murdock. TheBlack Widow defeats Bird-Man, and the Death-Stalker murders Ape-Man and Cat-Man upon the completion of their mission, effectively ending the Ani-Men.^[110]

Bird-Man is later murdered by theScourge of the Underworld, along with many other villains in the infamous "Bar with No Name" incident.^[111]

Arnim Zola later created a proto-husk of him only for it to be killed byDeadpool.^[112]

Bird-Man was among the eighteen criminals (that were murdered by the Scourge) who were resurrected byHood using the power ofDormammu as part of a squad assembled to eliminate thePunisher. As a side-effect of his revival, Bird-Man was revived with a more bird-like appearance.^[113] Bird-Man was seen flying around New York alerting Punisher to him being back from the dead.^[114] Bird-Man is seen rescuing theHuman Fly from being beaten by the Punisher.Letha later ordered Bird-Man to take the injuredMirage andBlack Abbott to safety.^[115] Bird-Man was later sent to retrieveLascivious and Letha from the crime scene.^[116]

Bird-Man was seen atAvengers Towers with the other villains whenNorman Osborn says that the bounty is offTony Stark's head.^[117]

During theCivil War storyline, a third Bird-Man alongside a third Ape-Man and a third Cat-Man were among the villains inHammerhead's supervillain army.^[118]

Biri is a female blackleopard whose mother, Julani, was shot by a guard at the Central Park Municipal Zoo, veterinarian Shanna O'Hara was asked to take her cubs Ina and Biri to Dahomey, Africa to release them into the wild.

Shanna stayed with the animals and they became her allies, but they were both killed when the sorcerer, Raga-Shah, transferred their life forces into the blood beast, Ghamola, which Shanna was forced to destroy.

Derek Bishop is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created byAllan Heinberg andJim Cheung, first appeared inYoung Avengers #2 (March 2005). He is the father ofKate Bishop / Hawkeye and Susan Bishop, and the husband ofEleanor Bishop, who secretly conspired with supervillains (such as theKingpin andMadame Masque) to put a hit on Kate andClint Barton / Hawkeye.^[119][120]

Derek and Eleanor later appear as members of Masque's West Coast incarnation of theMasters of Evil.^[121]

TheUltimate Marvel version of Derek Bishop is a sleeper agent for the terrorist groupHydra. He capturesMiles Morales / Spider-Man while kidnappingBlack Widow,Jefferson Davis andGanke Lee, but he's defeated by Spider-Man.^[122][123]

Derek Bishop appears inHawkeye, portrayed byBrian d'Arcy James.^[124] This version was killed during theBattle of New York.

Eleanor Bishop is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character, created byKelly Thompson and Leonardo Romero, first appeared inHawkeye (vol. 5) #7 (June 2017). She is the mother ofKate Bishop and Susan Bishop, and the wife ofDerek Bishop. Although she was presumed deceased, Eleanor is revealed to be alive as avampire while working asMadame Masque's silent partner.^[125]

Eleanor and Derek later join Masque's West Coast incarnation of theMasters of Evil.^[121]

Eleanor Bishop appears inHawkeye, portrayed byVera Farmiga.^[124] This version is Bishop Security's CEO andJack Duquesne's ex-fiancé. In 2024, she hiredYelena Belova to eliminateClint Barton and keep her silent business dealings secret, knowing that Kate could be in danger. Her decision to stop her deal with theKingpin made her theTracksuit Mafia's target, but she was saved by her daughter before she was arrested for the crimes that she had committed.

Bison is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Billy Kitson was a championbasketball player who won a college scholarship and planned to become a professional basketball player, until another player accidentally tripped him resulting in Billy getting a broken leg. This ended his dreams and his relationship with his girlfriend Shimari Asbery. Billy later made contact with theEgyptian GodSeth who turned Billy into the man-bull creature Bison to serve Seth in exchange for his leg being healed.^[126] Seth sent Bison to capture a sample of the Inferno-42 weapon fromS.H.I.E.L.D. This resulted in Shimari turning toLuke Cage (who was an old neighborhood friend of Billy) andThunderstrike to help Billy. Bison also ran afoul of Seth's other minionsQuicksand andMongoose, whom Bison later teamed up with to fight Luke Cage and Thunderstrike. However, Billy later turned on his partners, and after saving agent Alex DePaul from hisMandroid armor, Bison was let go. Cage and Thunderstrike left the scene with Bison and Shamari back together again.^[127]

Later on, Bison joined the 7th incarnation of theMasters of Evil led byCrimson Cowl where they installed numerous weather modulators all around the globe. Bison's motive for joining the Masters of Evil was to get enough money for his own cure and reunite with Shimari. Bison was defeated in combat by theThunderbolts.^[128]

It is revealed in theGuardians of the Galaxy series that Bison is one of the inmates left behind in theNegative Zone's Prison 42 where he,Condor, andGorilla-Man are involved in a fight withStar-Lord who, with the help ofJack Flag, is trying to stopBlastaar and his horde from invading Earth via the closed portal.^[129]

During the "Hunted" storyline, Bison was among the animal-themed characters captured byTaskmaster andBlack Ant forKraven the Hunter's "Great Hunt" sponsored byArcade's company Arcade Industries. He was shot in the chest by the Hunter-Bots.^[130] While working to avoid the Hunter-Bots,Spider-Man came across the bodies of Bison and the other victims of the Hunter-Bots.^[131]

Black Ant is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

AfterEric O'Grady was killed by Father's henchman while defending a child, Father created aLife Model Decoy of him called Black Ant who helped him in a yet unknown plan.^[132] Black Ant is ultimately defeated alongside the other Descendants.^[133]

As part of the "All-New, All-Different Marvel," Black Ant appears as a member ofHood'sIlluminati.^[134]

During the "Secret Empire" storyline, Black Ant appears as a member ofHydra's Avengers.^[135] During the battle in Washington DC, Taskmaster and Black Ant witness their teammateOdinson having enough of working for Hydra and striking them down. The two of them defect from Hydra and free the captive Champions. When Taskmaster and Black Ant asks for them to put in a good word for them,Spider-Man webs them up anyway.^[136]

Black Ant and Taskmaster later attack Empire State University whereCurt Connors was teaching a class. As the inhibitor chip prevents Connors from turning into Lizard, Peter Parker sneaks off to become Spider-Man. During his fight with Black Ant and Taskmaster, Spider-Man is exposed to the Isotope Genome Accelerator that splits him from his Peter Parker side.^[137]

In the "Hunted" storyline, Black Ant and Taskmaster work withKraven the Hunter andArcade to hunt various animal-themed characters.^[138]

After a fragment of Hank Pym's consciousness broke free upon Ultron's defeat and reconstructed his body, Black Ant was recruited by Pym to assemble theLethal Legion and prepare for Ultron's return.^[139]

Black Catfish is an anthropomorphiccatfish and animal version of Black Cat.

Black Dwarf is a fictionalsupervillain appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. He is a prominent member of theBlack Order, a team of aliens who work forThanos. Black Dwarf first appeared in a one panel cameo inNew Avengers (vol. 3) #8 (September2013) and was created byJonathan Hickman andJerome Opeña.^[140] His full appearance, along with a number of the other members of the Black Order, takes place inInfinity #1 (October 2013).

Black Dwarf is a member ofThanos'Black Order where he is the powerhouse of the Mad Titan's army.^[141]

When Thanos targetedEarth as the next planet he would raze during theInfinity, Black Dwarf arrived inWakanda.^[142] To his surprise, Black Dwarf found great resistance in that country and was forced to retreat. For his failure, Thanos expelled Black Dwarf from the Black Order.^[143]

Thanos gave Black Dwarf one more chance to prove himself by sending him to protect The Peak and keep it from being reclaimed by theAvengers following their fight against the Builders.^[144] During the fight against the Avengers, Black Dwarf was killed byRonan the Accuser.^[145]

During the "No Surrender" arc, Black Dwarf is resurrected by theChallenger, who reassembles the Black Order to battleGrandmaster'sLethal Legion.^[146]

• Black Dwarf makes non-speaking appearances inAvengers Assemble as a member of Thanos' Black Order.^[147]
• Black Dwarf appears inGuardians of the Galaxy, voiced byJesse Burch.^[147]
• A variation of Black Dwarf, renamedCull Obsidian, appears in media set in theMarvel Cinematic Universe, portrayed byTerry Notary.^{[148][149][147]}
  • Introduced inAvengers: Infinity War,^[150]Thanos sends Cull Obsidian andEbony Maw to Earth to retrieve theInfinity Stones. While attempting to retrieve theTime Stone fromDoctor Strange, Obsidian fightsIron Man andSpider-Man beforeWong sends Obsidian toAntarctica, severing his left arm in the process. After being picked up byCorvus Glaive andProxima Midnight and receiving a cybernetic prosthetic off-screen, Obsidian joins them in attacking theAvengers inWakanda to retrieve theMind Stone. However,Bruce Banner uses Iron Man'sHulkbuster armor to send Obsidian flying into Wakanda's force-field, killing him.
  • An alternate timeline variant of Obsidian appears inAvengers: Endgame.^[151] He joins Thanos in traveling through time to stop the Avengers from foiling Thanos' plans, only to be crushed byScott Lang / Giant Man in the ensuing fight.^[152]
  • Alternate timeline variants of Obsidian appear inWhat If...?.^[147]
• Black Dwarf appears as a mini-boss and boss inMarvel Avengers Alliance.^[153]
• Black Dwarf, as Cull Obsidian, appears as a boss and unlockable playable character inMarvel Future Fight.^[154]
• Black Dwarf, as Cull Obsidian, appears as an unlockable playable character inLego Marvel Super Heroes 2 via the "Marvel'sAvengers: Infinity War Movie Level Pack"DLC.^[155]
• Black Dwarf, as Cull Obsidian, appears as a support character inMarvel Puzzle Quest.^[156]
• Black Dwarf, as Cull Obsidian, appears as an unlockable playable character and mini-boss inMarvel Contest of Champions.^[157]
• Black Dwarf, as Cull Obsidian, appears as a boss inMarvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, voiced again by Jesse Burch.^[147]

Black Fox is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Black Fox is a fictional villain appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character's primary appearances have been inSpider-Man titles. His first appearance was inThe Amazing Spider-Man #255 (August 1984), and he was created byTom DeFalco andRon Frenz. The inspiration for the character comes from safari cards bought by Tom DeFalco.^[158] The character subsequently appears inThe Amazing Spider-Man #265 (June 1985), #304 (September 1988), #348–350 (June–August 1991),Web of Spider-Man Annual #10 (1994), andThe Irredeemable Ant-Man #7–12 (June–November 2007). The Black Fox received an entry in theOfficial Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #1 and in theOfficial of the Marvel Universe A-Z Update #1.

Black Fox is a jewel thief with a long international career. In his sixties, he yearns to pull off one last big heist so that he can retire for good to the French Riviera. However, his retirement plans continue to be deferred due to unfortunate encounters with super-beings. In each of his encounters the Fox, having no super-human powers of his own, is in way over his head. The thief's usual response when caught by a superhero is to surrender and negotiate release, which he accomplishes with fabricated stories about his poor wife and children or his poor deceased mother. However, in his last encounter withSpider-Man, the Fox was unable to pull the same trick and was carted off to jail.

In addition to coming into conflict with Spider-Man, Black Fox has been forced to lead theRed Ghost's super-apes on a robbery mission. He has also been pursued bySilver Sable andDoctor Doom, and had his fiancée murdered by the assassinChance.

He was defeated bythe Eric O'Grady incarnation of Ant-Man, who took the jewels Fox stole to apawn shop and sold them himself. Black Fox, however, tracked down O'Grady and forced the Ant-Man to repay him for the botched heist. Ant-Man and Black Fox then returned to the pawn shop together and held up the place. Since then, Ant-Man and Black Fox have become partners in crime of sorts. Black Fox can often be seen at O'Grady's apartment playing on aWii console.

Black Panda is an anthropomorphic panda and animal version of Black Panther.

Black Tiger (Abraham "Abe" Brown) is a fictional martial arts superhero inMarvel Comics. The character, created bySteve Englehart andJim Starlin, first appeared as Abe Brown inDeadly Hands of Kung Fu #1 (April 1974), and as Black Tiger inDeadly Hands of Kung Fu #1 (April 1974).

He's the brother ofHobie Brown (aka the Prowler).^[159] Abe took up martial arts and befriended fellow martial artists Lin Sun and Bob Diamond. Together they found three jade tiger amulets and became the Sons of the Tigers.^[160] The Sons of Tigers would team up with other heroes such asSpider-Man,Iron Fist and theHuman Torch.^[161] Abe and the Sons of Tigers broke up when Lin and Bob started fighting over a woman, throwing their amulets away in the process.^[162]

Abe later took a vacation and had his suitcase was switched by a mysterious woman named Brillalae. The suitcase contained the Black Tiger costume and Abe's plane was hijacked by men who were looking for it. The plane crashed, but Abe managed to survive. Abe chased one of the hijackers, named Mole, and both ended up getting captured by the Bedouins who forced them to fight for the title of Black Dragon.^[163] Abe defeated Mole and won the costume, becoming Black Tiger.^[164][165] Abe was last seen having helped form the Penance Corps.^[166]

• Abraham Brown appears inSpider-Man (2017), voiced byOgie Banks.^[167] This version is a technology expert and maintains his brother Hobie Brown's equipment.
• Abe Brown appears inSpider-Man: Homecoming, portrayed byAbraham Attah.^[168] This version is a classmate ofPeter Parker and part of the decathlon team.

Blackout is the name of two characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Dr. Donald "Don"Blake is the fictional human identity ofMarvel Comics characterThor. The character, created byStan Lee andJack Kirby, first appeared inJourney into Mystery #83 (August 1962).

Donald Blake is a construct ofOdin, created for the purpose of giving a weak and powerless identity for Thor. After removing his memory, Thor started his life as the crippled Don who chose to be a doctor after sympathizing with the sick. Don finds the hammerMjolnir and transforms into the God of Thunder. Later, Don regains his memory as Thor and soon learns the whole truth from Odin.^[169] The Blake identity has been used here and there before Odin opted to erase him from existence. After Thor was killed by the Serpent, Donald Blake suddenly came into existence as a separate entity fully aware that his whole life had been a lie. Under the alias of the Dragon, Blake conducted a deadly campaign against Odin, the former All-Father of Asgard, and targeted all those blessed by Odin's magic. After an epic battle, Blake is defeated, but demands that Odin kill him, declaring that he will never allow himself to be imprisoned again. While Odin is ready to carry out the deed, Loki and Thor work together to stop him, recognizing Blake as their brother and, like Loki, someone who has suffered from being brought into their dysfunctional family. Nevertheless, Blake caused a huge amount of suffering and remains dangerous, so Thor hands him over to Loki, who accepts the responsibility of dealing with the brother that their father forgot. Blake is chained in a dungeon, with a venomous serpent forever hovering above him, dripping its venom into his eyes, the same punishment that Loki has suffered in the past. Loki then officially renounced his title as the God of Lies, passing it on to Blake.

• In theUltimate Marvel Universe, Donald Blake is the human reincarnation ofBalder.
• A non-powered version of Donald Blake appears as a resistance fighter in an alternate history timeline wherethe Nazis won World War II.^[170]

• Donald Blake appears inThe Marvel Super Heroes, voiced byJack Creley.^[171]
• Donald Blake appears in theSpider-Man episode "Wrath of the Sub-Mariner", voiced byJack Angel.
• Donald Blake appears inThe Incredible Hulk Returns, portrayed bySteve Levitt. This version is a separate entity who can summon Thor using his hammer.
• Donald Blake appears inThe Incredible Hulk episode "Mortal Bounds", voiced byMark L. Taylor.^[171]
• Donald Blake makes a cameo appearance inDoctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme.

Siena Blaze is asupervillain appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character has appeared only in theX-Men line of comics. Her power is to manipulate theelectromagnetic spectrum, but she has a very crude level of control, so every usage of this power causes an explosion massive enough to destroy a building. Introduced as a villain in theMarvel Universe, she later became ahero during her brief period in theUltraverse. Following a long absence, the character returned inX-Force vol. 3, #22.

Siena Blaze starts out as a member of the thrill-seekingUpstarts, a group of mutants who hunt other mutants for sport. She participates in a single confrontation with members of theX-Men, specificallyCyclops,Professor X, andStorm inAntarctica.^[172] She confrontsNightcrawler,Shadowcat, andRachel Summers ofExcalibur.^[173] Blaze proves formidable in both encounters, fighting to a draw each time, before parting ways.

She attempts to kill the villainReaper for the relatively small number of points it would bring her in the 'Upstarts' mutant-slaying competition. The fight is broken up byAmber Hunt, a being from another dimension. Her problems suck in Reaper and Blaze to her home world, where she discovers her powers have somehow been diminished to half of their normal strength. The two join up with theExiles. Other members include the Juggernaut and Warstrike, a mercenary who dreams of the future.^[174] Blaze adapts to the role of hero. For example, she helps rescue two strangers from the grip of an energy entity.^[175] She feels a strong attraction to team leader Warstrike. Later, she participates in the battle against the Alien robot Maxis.^[176] When the Tulkan armada arrives to Earth, they reveal that they were the ones who caused the damage in New York attributed to the Exiles. The Exiles andUltraforce defeated the Aliens. After the battle, the robot Maxis opens a portal and she, the Black knight, and Reaper return to the Marvel Universe, where Siena Blaze regains her full power.^[177]

Blaze meets her apparent death at theWeapon X Neverland mutantconcentration camp.^[178] InX-Force #22, Blaze is resurrected by means of theTransmode virus to serve as part ofSelene's army of deceased mutants. Under the control of Selene andEli Bard, she takes part in the assault on the mutant nation ofUtopia.^[179]

Siena Blaze appears as a boss inX-Men: Gamesmaster's Legacy.

Bling! (Roxanne "Roxy" Washington) is afictional character, amutant appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. She attended theXavier Institute before its closing and is a member of the X-Men's training squad. Her first appearance was inX-Men, vol. 2 #171.

Roxy Washington is the daughter of a celebrity couple Roy "Daddy Libido" Washington and Angel "Sexy Mutha" Depres, who are purportedly both popularhip hop artists in theMarvel Universe. Appearing in her parents' rap videos from a young age, Washington was often targeted by would-be kidnappers and assassins.

Determined not to follow in her parents' footsteps, Washington turns her back on the music industry as a teenager and enrolls as a student at theXavier Institute under the tutelage ofGambit. At the Institute, Washington carries a strong academic record and responsibility, and is more interested in improving herself and her mutant abilities rather than participating in the social conflict between humans and mutants, of which the X-Men are typically involved.^{[volume & issue needed]}

As a member of Gambit's squad, the Chevaliers,^[180] Washington is forced to deal with the arrival of a new student, Foxx, and her infatuation with their squad instructor, despite being attracted to Foxx herself, indicating that Bling! isbisexual (confirmed in theX-Men: The 198 Files handbook). Bling!'s attraction toward Foxx ends after Foxx is revealed to be the shapeshiftingMystique, attempting to sabotage Gambit andRogue's relationship.^{[volume & issue needed]}

Bling! retained her powers afterM-Day, an event in which theScarlet Witch casts a magic spell depowering over 90 percent of the mutant population. She later assistsHavok's squad whenO*N*E, a squad of government-runSentinels arrive to protect the remaining mutant population seeking refuge at the Institute. She is also called upon to assist the senior X-Men teams whenApocalypse returns, particularly due to a lack of senior X-Men at the time. Despite being highly recommended by Rogue and Havok and having been offered a position on theNew X-Men squad, Roxy reveals that although she has a knack for field missions, she is intimidated by the idea of being a full-time X-Team member, feeling uneasy about the danger involved. She also contemplated leaving the institute with fellow studentOnyxx for fear that the O*N*E* will soon be ordered to turn the school grounds into a mutantinternment camp.^[181]

However, Roxy and Onyxx stay at the institute. Bling! is among the students captured byBelasco inLimbo during his attempt to locateIllyana Rasputin. She is returned to the school after he is defeated.^[182] When the school is shut down and the X-Men disband after the events ofMessiah Complex, the X-Men move toSan Francisco and set up a new base inCalifornia. Bling! follows and rejoins the school, helping to control rioting surrounding "Proposition X," legislature attempting to limit mutant reproduction that is being pushed by Simon Trask and his anti-mutant group, the Humanity Now! Coalition.^[183] During the final fight on Utopia, Bling! teams up withFrenzy andNekra in taking onMs Marvel.^[184]

After an attack byEmplate, everybody living on Utopia is warned to stay close together and report anything out of the ordinary. Roxy, sick of watching Rockslide and Hellion fooling around decides to go check out an amphitheatre to which Onyxx warns her not to go alone but says she will stay in sight. While looking out into the water she notices a lighthouse which suddenly starts moving towards the shore before disappearing. After it reappears behind her, she is pulled in and greeted by Emplate, who claims dinner is served.^[185]

After being held as his prisoner, Roxy attempts to fight back against him only to fail until Rogue shows up to save her.^[186] After a long battle that destroys his home and briefly anchors him to the X-Men's plane of existence, they drive him away. Later during a conversation with Surge, Mercury and Trance, Roxy reveals she has a crush on Rogue.^[187]

After the X-Mansion moves to New York City, Bling again has to deal with a version of Emplate. She also has to deal with the X-Men wanting to train her for diplomacy and a growing revulsion over her non-human aspects.^[188]

Bling!'s bone marrow is able to produce diamond shards of varying quality, giving her skin a crystalline appearance and the ability to expel shards from her body at high velocity and grants her enhanced durability.

Blitz is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Jamie Zimmerman was created byTerry Kavanagh andAlex Saviuk, and first appeared inWeb of Spider-Man #99 (April 1993). A female member of the New Enforcers, she possessed super-human strength and agility as well as a heavily armored costume, andSpider-Man was initially unaware of her capabilities.^[189] Blitz was ultimately defeated by Spider-Man andBlood Rose.^[190]

Blitzkrieg is a fictional character in theMarvel Universe. He was created byMark Gruenwald,Bill Mantlo,Steven Grant, andJohn Romita, Jr., and first appeared inMarvel Super-Heroes: Contest of Champions #1 (June 1982).

Franz Mittelstaedt was born inBacknang,Germany. He was inspecting an electrical power plant when a stray bolt of lightning struck a faulty generator and bathed him in electricity. When he emerged from his coma weeks later, he found that he could summon lightning at will to wield as a weapon. He decided to use his powers in the name of democracy.

Later he was teleported away by theGrandmaster, along with hundreds of other heroes of Earth, so that the Grandmaster andDeath could choose champions from among them. Blitzkrieg was chosen for the Grandmaster's team, fighting alongside fellow heroesCaptain America, the aboriginalTalisman III,Darkstar,Captain Britain,Wolverine,Defensor,Sasquatch,Daredevil,Peregrine,She-Hulk, and theThing. When the Grandmaster's team won the contest, the heroes were returned to Earth.

Blitzkrieg later joined the German superhero teamSchutz Heiliggruppe, along withHauptmann Deutschland andZeitgeist. The team intended to arrest theRed Skull for his World War II war crimes, assaultingArnim Zola's castle and fighting and defeating theSkeleton Crew.

Blitzkrieg later traveled to Buenos Aires to investigate the deaths of a number of South American superheroes, including his former ally Defensor. Blitzkrieg was confronted by his teammate Zeitgeist, who turned out to be the serial killer Everyman. Everyman killed Blitzkrieg, adding him to his long list of murdered superheroes, but Blitzkrieg was later avenged by Hauptmann Deutschland, now known as Vormund, who killed Everyman.

Blitzkrieg possessed the ability to summon lightning mentally, at up to 15 million volts. He can manipulate all forms of electrical energy, using them to allow him to fly, create electrical energy shields and cages, and electrical tornadoes. He is also immune to electricity, and can sense electrical transmissions and track them to their source.

Blockbuster is the name of two characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

TheMan-Brute first appeared inCaptain America #121 (January 1970), and was created byStan Lee andGene Colan. The character subsequently appears asBlockbuster inOmega the Unknown #7 (March 1977), and #9 (July 1977), in which he is killed.

The man originally known as the Man-Brute was an ex-convict whose strength was boosted by a factor of twelve by Professor Silas X. Cragg. Cragg was an enemy ofCaptain America from the World War II era who had developed a variant of the Super Soldier Serum which he used to empower the Man-Brute. Cragg sent the Man-Brute to attack Captain America at a charity event, but when the Man-Brute ran into his own estranged son he became upset at what he had become. Man-Brute attacked Cragg, who backed into a high voltage machine and was electrocuted.^[191]

Renaming himself Blockbuster, he sought to acquire wealth for his son Robert, to give him a better life and keep him from becoming a criminal like himself. He robbed a bank, leading to conflict with the NYPD and thenOmega the Unknown. Omega felt empathy for Blockbuster and his son, and let the man escape with the money. After Blockbuster robbed a diamond store, the owner offered a thousand dollar reward to which Omega responded. After struggling with Omega a few times, Blockbuster was incinerated by the secondFoolkiller.^[192]

Blockbuster possessed superhuman strength, durability, endurance, etc. He was an experienced street fighter, although he did not demonstrate any advanced fighting skills.

Bloodshed (real nameWyndell Dichinson) is a fictionalsupervillain appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. It is also the name of a supervillain in Marvel'sRazorline imprint, as well as a character in comics from an acquired company,Malibu Comics. Bloodshed first appeared inWeb of Spider-Man #81 (October 1991), and was created byKurt Busiek andSteven Butler.

Wyndell Dichinson and his 16-year-old brother are caught in a car theft by the heroicSpider-Man and apprehended by the police. Ricky goes to jail but Wyndell manages to escape and flee the country before his court date takes place. He becomes a mercenary somewhere in the Far East. He begins work inThailand, where he is approached and employed by Mr. Bazin.^[193]

Wyndell fails an American drug smuggling operation for Bazin and ends up deep in debt. He approaches his brother to ask for money; at that point he has only three days left to pay. Bazin became impatient and decided he wanted Bloodshed dead. Wyndell and his brother are confronted by gangsters, which catches the attention of Spider-Man. In the meantime, Bazin had placed a bomb in Ricky's home. It explodes, seemingly erasing all traces of the brothers. Spider-Man presumes them to be dead.^[194]

Bloodshed is revealed alive during theCivil War event and when the registration law is announced, he decides to leave the country again. He contactsVienna to make him a new fake identity, but he did not know Vienna is secretly working for theHeroes for Hire, who later apprehend Bloodshed and several other supervillains.^[195]

Later inCivil War: War Crimes, he is visible among an army of super-villains organized byHammerhead. Although this grouping is captured byIron Man andS.H.I.E.L.D. agents, Bloodshed's fate in the ensuing melee is unknown.^[196]

Bloodshed is part ofHood's crime syndicate during an attack onMister Negative.^[197]

Bloodstorm is a fictionalmutantvampire from an alternative universe within the Marvel Comicsmultiverse.^[198] She is analternative reality version of theX-Men'sStorm. Though introduced as asupporting character inMutant X, she quickly became thebreakout character of the series. Editors reported that the majority of fan mail toMutant X was focused on her.^[199]

Bloodstorm's history branches from hermainstream counterpart during the events ofThe Uncanny X-Men #159, in that she was not saved from the bite ofDracula and was transformed into a vampire. As she still retains her oath not to kill (in mainstream continuity she did not break that oath untilThe Uncanny X-Men #170, after her encounter with Dracula), Bloodstorm employsForge andKitty Pryde as food sources, draining from them enough to sustain herself but not to kill them.^[200] She leaves the X-Men and joins the teamThe Six.^[201] She was killed inExtermination.

Bloodstrike (Eric Conroy) is a fictionalsupervillain appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics.

Eric Conroy's father, Lt. Mark Conroy, served in the Vietnam war. Lt. Conroy's unit, calling themselves theHalf-Fulls, discovered an ancient temple deep in the jungles ofCambodia and met a mystic namedTai, who convinced most of them to marry the six daughters of theDragon's Breadth cult. The soldiers returned home with their new brides, and Mark and his wife had Eric soon after.^[202]

Eric was once the enforcer for a mobster inChicago, until theLeft Hand killed his boss and recruited him to join theFolding Circle.^[203] The Left Hand is Diego Casseas, one of the members of Conroy's unit, who had stolen the mystical power inherent in his own child. Eric Conroy is now recruiting the Dragon's Breadth children to take control of theWell of All Things. This ancient fountain of power exists deep inside the Cambodian temple. In one of his first missions, Eric Conroy kills a security guard. This action transforms Eric Conroy's body; unbreakable pink material wraps around his arms, legs, and waist.^[204]

The Folding Circle arrives at the temple, along with theNew Warriors, and discovers that Tai wants to sacrifice everyone but herself so she can gain the Well's powers. The teams work together to save their own lives, and Tai is seemingly slain byNight Thrasher. The Folding Circle escapes, stealing the New Warriors'quinjet. The Folding Circle crashes inMadripoor and tries to become a player in the Madripoor underworld, taking over a drug organization.^[205] Later, Night Thrasher andSilhouette defeat the entire Circle.^[206]

TheBlood Spider (Michael Bingham) is afictionalsupervillain appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. He first appeared inThe Amazing Spider-Man #367 (October 1992), created by writerDavid Michelinie and artistJerry Bingham.

Blood Spider is a mercenary trained byTaskmaster under contract by theRed Skull to create a team of mercenaries who would be capable of defeatingSpider-Man. The trio were patterned after the superheroesCaptain America,Hawkeye and Spider-Man, and the characters were calledDeath-Shield,Jagged Bow and Blood Spider.^{[volume & issue needed]}

Solo joined the fray on the side of the wall-crawler and helps to defeat the three villains and thwart Red Skull's machinations who was using the mercenaries to guard private files sought by Spider-Man in reference to his parents.^{[volume & issue needed]}

Years later, Blood Spider appears with Death-Shield and Jagged Bow among the criminals vying for the multi-million dollar bounty that was placed onAgent Venom's head by Lord Ogre. The trio's attempt on Agent Venom's life is interrupted by competing mercenariesConstrictor and Lord Deathstrike.^[207]

Crime Master, with the help of Blood Spider, Death-Shield and Jagged Bow, later tries to steal a damaged Rigellian Recorder fromDeadpool and the Mercs for Money.^[208]

Of the trio, Blood Spider was the only character who displayed any superhuman abilities. He was able to shatter a solid concrete wall with a very powerful move, indicating he possessed some degree of superhuman strength. He was not as powerful as Spider-Man, and not nearly as fast. He carried a back pack and wrist devices capable of shooting webbing similar to that of Spider-Man, but much weaker. An ordinary human in peak physical condition, such as Solo, was able to tear through it, which would not have been possible with Spider-Man's webbing. Blood Spider's costume has several design elements that Bagley would later incorporate into the redesign ofBen Reilly's Spider-Man costume. The most prominent of the traits is the use of a larger, symmetrical spider emblem on the front and back, the legs of which meet on the shoulders.

• Blood Spider appears inUltimate Spider-Man, voiced byBenjamin Diskin.^[209] This version is analternate universe counterpart of Peter Parker who hails from a universe wherevampires led by theLizard King have taken over most of Earth.
• Blood Spider appears as a playable character inSpider-Man Unlimited.
• Blood Spider appears in theSpider-Man prequel novelSpider-Man: Hostile Takeover. This version was subjected to experiments byNorman Osborn, which exacerbate his preexisting mental health issues. Afterwards, Blood Spider comes to believe that he is the real Spider-Man andPeter Parker is an imposter.^[210]

Bloodtide is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Bloodline is aAtlantean and a member of theFathom Five. Bloodtide's body was "ravaged by pollutants," mutating her, giving her superhuman powers.^[211]

Bloodwraith (Sean Dolan) is a fictional character in theMarvel Comics universe. He was created byMark Gruenwald,Dann Thomas,Roy Thomas andTony DeZuniga, and first appeared inBlack Knight #2 (July 1990).

Bloodwraith is the murderous enemy ofBlack Knight and theAvengers. While Sean Dolan was known as Bloodwraith, Bloodwraith is made up of the souls of those theEbony Blade has slain. He is an expert swordsman compelled to take lives, especially innocent lives. The blade is indestructible and able to cut through almost any material. The blade was forged from a meteorite andMerlin's magic. The blade can trap dead souls and absorb or deflect all kinds of energies and mystical power. Bloodwraith can sense the ebony blade and control it like a telekinetic. If separated, Bloodwraith can teleport to the Ebony Blade or teleport the blade to himself. Bloodwraith rides awinged horse namedValinor.

Sean Dolan was an amateur swordsman with no special abilities. When Sean drew the ebony blade, he found himself overwhelmed and controlled by all the souls of those the sword had slain, and became the Bloodwraith. The Bloodwraith was dark black in color and appeared in costume. The sword constantly craved new blood to add, and those it slew found their souls locked in an eternal battle of good vs. evil in a dimension inside the sword. Bloodwraith rides his winged horse, Valinor, and is an expert swordsman. He can control the ebony blade rather like a telekinetic. When separated from the blade, he can sense its presence and instantaneously teleport to its location. The ebony blade could slice through anything and, previously, would curse its wielder with petrification if its wielder used the blade to draw blood. When he wielded Proctor's sword, the Bloodwraith and Valinor appeared much more skeletal and could channel powerful blasts through the sword. When powered by the Slorenian souls, Bloodwraith became composed of an energy unknown to man, and both he and the sword grew to gigantic size.

TheBlue Blade (real nameRoy Chambers^[212]) is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. Created by an unknown writer and unknown artist,^[213] his only appearance was inUSA Comics #5 (cover-dated Summer 1942), published by Marvel forerunnerTimely Comics during the period known as theGolden Age of Comic Books.

After the 1940s the character disappeared into obscurity until 2007, when he reappeared in thelimited seriesThe Twelve.^[214] a Blue Blade is a very powerful weapon of the mystic oceans of the Baru Triangle

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Blue Blaze (real nameSpencer Keen) is a superhero granted enhanced strength, dense skin, increased endurance and an increased life span by a mysterious blue energy source, and appeared inMystic Comics #1–4.

Blue Streak (sometimes spelledBluestreak) is the name of two characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Blue Streak first appeared inCaptain America #217–218 (Jan.–Feb. 1978), created byRoy Thomas,Don Glut, andJohn Buscema.

S.H.I.E.L.D. decides to put together a group of Super-Agents, of which Blue Streak becomes a member.^[216]

Later, Captain America outed Blue Streak as a spy for theCorporation.^[217]

After the events of issues #217–218,Justin Hammer re-designed Blue Streak's equipment and funded his operations.^[218]

After leaving prison, the Blue Streak led a successful career as a professional criminal in the American Midwest. Blue Streak was contacted byGary Gilbert about theserial killings of super-villains. Blue Streak was invited to join an underground network to locate and eliminate the killer, but he refused. Shortly afterwards, Blue Streak had a run-in withCaptain America, and while making his escape, was killed by theScourge of the Underworld.^[219]

The shape-shifter Dead Ringer obtained samples of dead tissue from Blue Streak's body so he could impersonate him.^[220]

Blue Streak appeared as one of the eighteen criminals, all murdered by the Scourge, to be resurrected byHood using the power ofDormammu as part of a squad assembled to eliminate thePunisher.^[221] Blue Streak wound up fighting the Punisher's partner Henry instead, who broke Blue Streak's neck and apparently killed him.^[222]

Blue Streak (Jonathan Swift) first appeared during the height of the "Civil War" storyline. He is the successor of the original Blue Streak.^[224]

Using money from one of his heists, Blue Streak forms a team of similarly garbed thieves called Fast Five, consisting of Gold Rush, Silver Ghost, Green Light, and Redline.^[225]

During the "Avengers: Standoff!" storyline, Blue Streak and the rest of the Fast Five appear as inmates at Pleasant Hill which secretly serves as a S.H.I.E.L.D. Prison.^[226]

During the "Secret Empire" storyline, Blue Streak appears as a member of the Army of Evil.^[227]

An original incarnation of Blue Streak appears inMoon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, voiced byManny Jacinto.^[228] This version is a skating enthusiast namedBrian Glory. Following his introduction in the episode "Roller Jam", he helps found the Felonious Four in "Moon Girl, Grounded". In the series finale, "Shoot for the Moon", Blue Streak reforms after attendingMoon Girl's Good Word Program.

Ahura is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published byMarvel Comics. He appeared inMarvel Graphic Novel #39, created byAnn Nocenti andBret Blevins.^[229]

He is usually depicted as a member of theInhumans species. Ahura was created byAnn Nocenti and Bret Blevins and first appeared inMarvel Graphic Novel: The Inhumans (1988). Ahura was created to be the son ofBlack Bolt andMedusa. After disappearing from publications for many years,Silent War reveals he was banished to a prison since he shared his uncleMaximus the Mad's mental instability, and all mention of him was forbidden. As a result of Maximus manipulating a war between the United States of America and the Inhumans, Ahura is freed. Maximus states Ahura had nothing wrong with him. The apparent madness was a telepathic illness Maximus had inflicted on him.^[230] During the Skrull infiltration, Ahura was abducted by the Skrulls to be used as emotional leverage against his father, Black Bolt. Ahura and Black Bolt were soon freed by their fellow Inhumans.^[231] On the Inhumans's return to Earth, Medusa allowed him to join theFuture Foundation, but then Black Bolt allowed Ahura to be taken into the past byKang the Conqueror.^[232] Black Bolt returns him^[233] and he becomes the new CEO of Ennilux Corporation.^[234] Ahura took a fleet of Ennilux zeppelins to help the Inhumans in their clash with the X-Men, and provided them with a device to destroy the Terrigen Mist cloud.^[235] In an alternate timeline, Ahura becomes the newKang.^[236]

Bombshell is the name of two characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Wendy Conrad is a mercenary specializing in explosives hired to killHawkeye while in service ofCrossfire before ultimately joiningMisty Knight's group.

Mother/daughter criminal duoLori andLana Baumgartner, who originally existed in theUltimate Marvel Universe, worked together as the Bombshells until Lana dissociated from her mother and began acting as a full-time superheroine. AfterSecret Wars (2015), Lana / Bombshell is now currently displaced to Earth-616, and is a member of theChampions led byKamala Khan /Ms. Marvel.

• Wendy Conrad appears inHawkeye (2021), portrayed by Adetinpo Thomas.^[237] This version is aLARPer nicknamed "Bombshell" by her wife who is recruited byKate Bishop to assist her andClint Barton in their fight against theTracksuit Mafia.
• The Lana Baumgartner incarnation of Bombshell appears as a playable character inSpider-Man Unlimited.^{[citation needed]}

B.O. is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

B.O. was an alien who arrived on Earth-8311 and was discovered initially by Orson Whales, who sent him to the Daily Beagle.

Boomerang is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics.

Fred Myers was born inAlice Springs, Northern Territory,Australia, and was raised in the United States. As a young boy he developed a love forbaseball, and spent years training and perfecting his pitching arm. By the time he was a young adult, Fred had realized his dream ofpitching for a major league team. However, he foolishly began accepting bribes and was drummed out of the major leagues after being discovered. Shortly thereafter, Myers was contacted by theSecret Empire, an international criminal organization that saw the potential of his skills. Myers agreed and was given a new costume and an arsenal of deadlyboomerangs, from which he derived his new code name. He battled theHulk after takingBetty Ross hostage to get plans, but the Hulk rescued Betty. Boomerang fell off a cliff, seemingly to his death.^[238]

After the Secret Empire collapsed, Boomerang returned to his native Australia and laid low for a few years, perfecting his deadly aim and making modifications to his weapons. Once he was ready, he returned to America and began offering his services as a freelance assassin-for-hire. His first mission was to assassinateIron Fist, though he was defeated.^[239] He was next hired as part of a large group of superhuman criminals employed byLibra to battle theDefenders.^[240] He was hired byViper to participate in a plot againstS.H.I.E.L.D., and battledSpider-Man,Nick Fury,Shang-Chi, and theBlack Widow.^[241] Boomerang next sought to kill Spider-Man to impress theKingpin and thus gain employment, but he was defeated and apprehended by the police.^[242] He was seen next helping thePunisher escape from prison.^[243] Boomerang was eventually released from prison. He was hired by Max Stryker to coerce Bruce Banner into using an experimental cancer cure that uses gamma rays on Stryker, but wound up battling theHulk, Banner's alter ego, instead.^[244]

Boomerang was then recruited byJack O'Lantern into theSinister Syndicate.^[245] As part of that team, he battled Spider-Man,Silver Sable, and theSandman.^[246] Then, he was hired by Louis Baxter III to attack a yacht, and again battled Spider-Man.^[247] He then battledHawkeye at the instigation of a disguisedLoki.^[248] Next, he teamed withBlacklash andBlizzard II to helpIron Man battle theGhost.^[249] He was then employed byJustin Hammer, and battledCardiac and Spider-Man.^[250] With the Sinister Syndicate again, he participated in a crime spree. During these events, Boomerang vied withSpeed Demon forLeila Davis's affections.^[251] Boomerang was among several of the hired killers who responded to an open bounty onMatt Murdock that was put out bySamuel Silke as part of an elaborate plan to usurp the Kingpin's empire. After defeatingShotgun, Daredevil detects Myers on an adjacent rooftop. Boomerang in hand, Myers hesitates when he realizes Daredevil has discovered him, and then runs away. Daredevil follows him, beats him, and threatens him when he finds the picture of Matt Murdock in Myers' pocket. Myers subsequently tried to sue Murdock for $1,000,000 over the beating.^[252]

Around this time he also worked for the villain theOwl. He teamed up with the super-powered villainGrizzly. Both created new stylish outfits for themselves, Boomerang's resembling a three-piece business suit.^[253] This did not last long, however, and he soon returned to his old costume.

Boomerang has been a member ofCrimson Cowl'sMasters of Evil and battled theThunderbolts.^[128] He has also been a member of theSinister Twelve.^[254]

Boomerang plays a small role in the "Secret War" crossover event.^[255]

During the "Civil War" storyline, Boomerang is briefly shown as a captive ofBaron Zemo, captured before Zemo's team was given official sanction to take down villains.^[256]

Despite this, he appears withHydro-Man andShocker, on the rooftop of Bailey's auction house. Their robbery attempt is cut short byWar Machine andKomodo's attempt to capture Spider-Man; the three villains escape but are pursued by the Scarlet Spiders.^[257] He gathered a group of villains together and tried to extort money from the new Thunderbolts directorNorman Osborn, but was viciously beaten by Osborn and is now forced to secretly work for him.^[258] Boomerang was seen at the Bar With No Name when Spider-Man and Daredevil crash the place.^[259]

During the "Dark Reign" storyline, Boomerang is added toFifty State Initiative team theHeavy Hitters, using the name "Outback". When Nonstop tries to quit and escapes, the other team members chase her and capture her. When a news crew arrives, Outback attempts to frame Nonstop as a thief, butProdigy reveals "Outback" as Boomerang and punches him out.^[260]

During the "Siege" storyline, "Outback" is part of the forces at Camp HAMMER that battle the Avengers Resistance when the group attacks. He is knocked out byUltra Girl andBatwing.^[261]

Boomerang appeared as a hired goon of theRose and came into conflict withJackpot, where he discovered her secret identity. He tracks Sara down at her house and murders her husband in front of her and her daughter.^[262]

Boomerang appears later as a member ofBella Donna Boudreaux'sAssassins Guild and confrontsWolverine,Domino andX-Force.^[263]

After being imprisoned at the Raft, Boomerang was selected to be a part of the "beta team" of theThunderbolts, alongsideShocker,Troll,Mister Hyde, andCenturius.^[264]

In "Marvel NOW!", Boomerang appears in the latest incarnation of theSinister Six. The Sinister Six was defeated by theSuperior Spider-Man (Doctor Octopus' mind in Spider-Man's body) and Boomerang was nearly beaten to death until Peter Parker's consciousness restrains Superior Spider-Man.^[265] Boomerang was seen in the Raft's infirmary withScorpion andVulture where they are enhanced byAlistair Smythe's mini Spider-Slayers after accepting the offer to kill Superior Spider-Man.^[266] While Scorpion goes after MayorJ. Jonah Jameson and Vulture targets the other civilians, Boomerang engages Superior Spider-Man who wounds Boomerang by webbing up his Bomb-o-Rangs.^[267]

In the seriesSuperior Foes of Spider-Man, Boomerang assumes leadership of the Sinister Six.^[268] In the final issue, it is revealed that a drunk Boomerang was recounting the events of the series to an unseen barfly. After admitting that he may have exaggerated or outright fabricated many of the details, Boomerang asks his companion what his name is. The man responds with "Peter".^[269]

During the "Secret Empire"' storyline, Boomerang is operating as a crime boss of Newark. After Captain America was turned into a Hydra agent byRed Skull's clone using the powers ofKobik and take over the world after killingRed Skull's clone, Boomerang offers a shelter forMaria Hill,Black Widow, and herChampions to devise a plan to rebel against Hydra's regime. Later on, his safehouse is attacked byPunisher who is now apparently in the employ of Hydra.^[270]

Boomerang later becomes the roommate of Peter Parker.^[271][272]

• Boomerang appears inThe Marvel Super Heroes,^[273] voiced byEd McNamara.^{[citation needed]}
• Boomerang appears inThe Avengers: United They Stand, voiced by Rob Cowan.^[274] This version is a member ofHelmut Zemo'sMasters of Evil.
• Boomerang appears inUltimate Spider-Man, voiced byRob Paulsen.^[275]
• An alternate universe-displaced incarnation of Boomerang appears inSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.^{[citation needed]} Additionally, a female version known as Cavewoman Boomerang was intended to appear, but did not make the cut.^[276][277]
• Boomerang appears as the first boss ofThe Uncanny X-Men.^[278] This version is amutant with near-perfect throwing accuracy.
• Boomerang appears as a boss inThe Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge!.^[279][280]
• TheUltimate Marvel incarnation of Boomerang appears as a boss inUltimate Spider-Man.^[281]
• Boomerang appears inMarvel Trading Card Game.^[282]
• AMarvel Noir-inspired incarnation of Boomerang appears as a boss in theNintendo DS version ofSpider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, voiced byJim Cummings.^[283]
• Boomerang appears as a boss and as an unlockable playable character inMarvel: Avengers Alliance.^{[citation needed]}
• Boomerang appears inMarvel: Avengers Alliance 2.^[284]
• In 2014,Hasbro released a Boomerangaction figure as part of theMarvel Legends action figure line.^[285][286]

Bor Burison is anAsgardian in theMarvel Universe. The character, created byStan Lee andJack Kirby and named forBorr fromNorse mythology, first appeared inJourney into Mystery #97 (October 1963).

Bor, son of Buri, became the ruler ofAsgard where under his rule he created the universe. He eventually married the giantess Bestla and had four sons with her namedCul, Vili, Ve andOdin. Out of all of his sons, Bor paid special attention to Odin, whom he groomed to become the next king. However, Bor was angered by Odin's decision to create humans, which he was unable to reverse. Nevertheless, Bor strongly sided with Odin and the two went into battle against theFrost Giants. Bor went up against one giant, who was actually a time travelingLoki in disguise, and battled him, but was killed.^[287]

Loki would impersonate Bor's ghost to get Odin to defeatLaufey and adopt the boy that would become Loki.

During the "Dark Reign" storyline, Loki resurrected Bor in modern day, but affected his mind making him think that monsters were everywhere. He encountered his grandsonThor and the two fought in a destructive battle that involved theDark Avengers. Bor was killed by Thor, who only found out about his identity afterwards by Loki andBalder.^[288]

Hela later brings Bor back to life to liftMjolnir. When he was unable to, Hela reduces him to dust. She then uses him to battle Thor once again.^[289]

Bor once again returns to halt the wedding between Asgardian Sigurd and Valkyrie Dísir, causing much ire with the two as well asDanielle Moonstar, Hela, and Loki.^[290]

Bor appears inThor: The Dark World, portrayed byTony Curran.

Melissa Bowen is the mother ofTandy Bowen (the superhero known as Dagger) inMarvel Comics. The character, created byBill Mantlo andRick Leonardi, first appeared inCloak and Dagger #4 (January 1984). The character, a wealthy socialite, was depicted as being very emotionally distant from Tandy.^[291] When Tandy runs away, Melissa is irritated at her daughter due to the cost of hiring people to search for her.^[292]

Melissa Bowen appears inCloak & Dagger, portrayed byAndrea Roth.^[293] This version is an alcoholic and drug pusher and has been working low paying jobs that she keeps getting fired from.

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Boy-Spider is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics, primarily in association withSpider-Boy. He was created by writerDan Slott and artist Paco Medina, and first appeared inSpider-Boy #4 (February 2024).

Boy-Spider is a clone of Spider-Boy who was created byMadame Monstrosity from the DNA sample of Bailey Briggs. Initally resembling a humanoid spider with fangs, multiple eyes, and back-mounted spider legs, Boy-Spider later gains the ability to assume a humanoid form.^{[294][295][296][297][298]}

Christopher Bradley, formerly known asBolt andMaverick, is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics, in particular those featuring theX-Men. He is a youngmutant who first appeared inX-Men Unlimited #8.^{[citation needed]}

Chris Bradley was first introduced as a young boy who began suffering from increasingly painful headaches. The headaches resulted from his electrical mutant powers, which manifested and grew out of control in the middle of a class at school, leaving him unconscious. He was rescued byJean Grey andGambit, who had been sent byProfessor Xavier to keep an eye on him and approach him should his powers reveal themselves. After taking him home, theX-Men offered him training at theXavier Institute for Higher Learning. At first Chris was reluctant, but after being shunned by his best friend, agreed to join the school.

Chris spent several weeks at the school, quickly developing close friendships with the X-Men, particularlyIceman, whose own youthful personality seemed to connect well with Chris'. However, when theBeast ran a medical test on Chris, it was revealed that he was infected with theLegacy Virus, which would eventually kill him. Chris was afraid of what his future would hold, but Iceman and the other X-Men offered him aid should he ever need it.^[299] Chris eventually dies from the virus and has remained dead since, though he was temporarily resurrected by theTransmode Virus during the "Necrosha" storyline.^[300][179]

Chris Bradley appears inX-Men Origins: Wolverine, portrayed byDominic Monaghan.^[301] This version is an English mutant and a member of andpilot forMajorWilliam Stryker'sTeam X with the ability to remotely control and power electricity-powered objects as well as telepathically send and receive radio transmissions. Six years after Team X disbands, Bradley finds work with a circus inSpringfield, Ohio, but is later murdered byVictor Creed for use in Stryker's experiments.

Ellen Brandt is a supporting character inMarvel Comics. The character, created byRoy Thomas,Gerry Conway andGray Morrow, first appeared inSavage Tales #1 (May 1971). She is the love interest of theMan-Thing.

Brandt grew up in a loveless, emotionless household which she had hoped to escape.^[302] She later meets Ted Sallis and the two ran away together so they could elope. The two visited afortune teller for fun who informed them that tragedy would soon befall them.^[303] Sallis soon began working forS.H.I.E.L.D. and became lost in work, causing her to see Sallis as cold as her father. Brandt then joinedA.I.M. and plotted against her husband. When she revealed her true colors, she chased Sallis into a swamp where the latter used an untested recreation of theSuper-Soldier Formula, crashed his car into the swamp, and turned into the Man-Thing. Brandt was frightened of her husband's new appearance and abilities which burned off half of her face.^[304][305]

• Ellen Brandt appears inIron Man 3, portrayed byStéphanie Szostak.^[306] This version is a war veteran who lost her arm in battle before A.I.M. founderAldrich Killian injects her with theExtremis virus, which grants enhanced regenerative capabilities. She works withEric Savin to attackTony Stark before being killed by him.
• TheIron Man 3 iteration of Ellen Brandt appears as a playable character inLego Marvel's Avengers.^{[citation needed]}

Britannia is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Britannia is a member of the new UK Marvel superhero teamThe Union. It has been released that Britannia is the leader of The Union; however, Britannia's powers have not yet been released to the public.^[307]

Carl Brock is a character inMarvel Comics. He was created byDavid Michelinie andMark Bagley, and first appeared inTheAmazing Spider-Man #375 (March 1993). He isEddie Brock's father.

Carl was a businessman who lacked any form of emotion, until he met his love Jamie. They soon married and decided to have a family, but Jamie died when giving birth to their son Eddie. Carl would be cold and unloving towards Eddie, generally ignoring and only giving half-hearted compliments to his son. Eddie tried everything to gain his father's affection but it was never enough. Things only became worst after the teenaged Eddie got drunk and accidentally ran over a neighbor's young son while driving with friends to which Carl went near bankrupt when he used most of his money to cover the incident, causing his resentment towards his son to increase.^[308] Carl ultimately disowned Eddie after journalist was fired due to theSin-Eater hoax.^[309] His son bonded with theVenom symbiote and turned into an anti-hero which wasn't enough to impress Carl asPeter Parker / Spider-Man tried to question Carl about Eddie but Carl refused to give any information.^[310]

Anne Weying had gotten mysteriously pregnant with Eddie's child, leaving their son Dylan Brock with Carl who raised the boy as his own. Despite providing Dylan with a degree of love, Carl was abusive and even injured his grandson.^[311] When Eddie returned to his father, Carl didn't attempt to help his son and ordered Dylan to go inside home as theMaker's agents recaptured Eddie.^[312] Eddie came back and again tried to seek amends with his father, but Carl angrily told Eddie to leave as he didn't consider Eddie as his son.^[313] Dylan thought that Eddie was an older brother and went to Eddie to know but Dylan sent Eddie to the hospital; however, Carl arrived and forced Dylan to get in the car. When Dylan tried to argue and saw Eddie as a great person, Carl was about to lash out, but Venom's humanoid form confronted Carl inside their minds and Venom left Carl in the desert all alone.^[311]

TheUltimate Marvel version of the character isEdward Brock Sr., an expert in bio-engineering and father of Eddie Brock Jr. He was a close friend withRichard Parker, with the two working together on the Venom project underBolivar Trask's employment.^[314] He along with Richard,Mary Parker and his wife died from the plane crash orchestrated by Trask to gain the project's full ownership.^[315] But unbeknownst to Bolivar, Brock had kept a portion of the organism hidden for his son to inherit.^[316]

InMarvel Mangaverse, the character isShinji,May Parker's first husband and father ofVenom. When the Shadow-Clan came to claim May's sister, they shot multiple poisonous arrows, killing Shinji but with his son surviving.^[317]

InVenom: Beyond, Carl attended his son's funeral from a distance after the latter went through with suicide. Carl had a depressed look on his face while Anne was the only one to attended in person.

Edward Brock Sr. appears inUltimate Spider-Man, voiced by Terrence Stone. This version tested the Venom suit personally while on the plane that he lost control of, which led to his and Richard Parker's deaths.

Dylan Brock is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created byDonny Cates andRyan Stegman, and first appears inVenom (Vol. 4) #7. Dylan is the son of Anne Weying, theVenom symbiote, andEddie Brock.^[318][319] Left with Eddie's abusive father Carl Brock as an infant,^[320] Dylan was raised to believe he was Carl's son and Eddie's younger half-brother.^[321] After a falling out with the Venom symbiote over it manipulating his memories, Eddie took Dylan with him to protect him from Carl's abuse while keeping their relationship a secret.^[322]

However, duringAbsolute Carnage it was revealed that Dylan possessed powers similar toKnull's,^[323] and was not Eddie's biological son but a human-symbiote hybrid created by Anne Weying's symbiote codex impregnating her.^[324] Dylan attempted to conceal these powers from Eddie, befriending Normie Osborn while he and Eddie were staying with Liz and Harry, but was forced to use his abilities to save Eddie and the Venom symbiote from being corrupted by Carnage.^[325] After being attacked byVirus, Dylan and Venom were stranded on Earth-1051, an alternate universe where Eddie Brock had committed suicide, Anne Weying became Venom and later Agent Venom, and Dylan Brock had been corrupted by Knull and become the tyrannical Codex—conquering the Earth and enslaving almost all of its inhabitants with symbiotes. Rescued by Anne's team of rebels, Dylan helped Eddie and Anne sever Codex's connection to Knull and spent a year recuperating on Earth-1051.^[326] Retuning to Earth-616 to find Knull's invasion immanent, Dylan was secured in the bunkerEzekiel Sims had built to hide Peter Parker andCindy Moon.^[327] After Knull killed Eddie, Dylan took to the battlefield using his powers to free heroes who'd been taken over, attempting to helpThor fight Knull before being overpowered.^[328] Knull revealed that the Symbiote Hive had created Dylan to destroy and replace him as the King in Black, but declared his intent to claim Dylan as his son and apostle.^[329] Resurrected by the Enigma Force, Eddie killed Knull and stopped his essence from taking over Dylan's body, seemingly rendering Dylan a normal human.^[330] After Dylan was fatally injured trying to stop a mugging, the Venom symbiote bonded to him to save his life and Dylan received Eddie's blessing to become his successor as Venom.^[331]

Several months later, Dylan was manipulated into witnessing Eddie die at the hands of a mysterious organization called the Absent Throne.^[332] Betrayed by an old colleague of Eddie's, Dylan was captured and torturously experimented on by Alchemax, Liz Allan wanting to study his human/symbiote hybrid biology.^[333] Rescued by the Venom symbiote, which was itself being hunted by the resurgent Life Foundation, Dylan learned that Eddie's codex had survived but was stranded in the far future;^[334] and went into hiding in Baywater, California.^[335] Attacked by Bedlam, an evil King in Black, Dylan was fatally wounded and horrified to see that Bedlam was a version of Eddie Brock.^[336] With help from the Venom symbiote, Dylan recovered from his injuries and regained his King in Black powers, gaining the ability to temporarily transform into a version of Codex and manifest a copy ofAll-Black the Necrosword.^[337] Swearing revenge, Dylan gave Normie Osborn a symbiote, turning him into the Red Goblin. As Codex, Dylan nearly slew Bedlam in what he believed was a rematch, but was interrupted by Ms. Marvel and thwarted byMadelyne Pryor--who had turned Eddie into Bedlam by tampering with his memories with help fromChasm.^[338] Recruiting the World War 2-era symbiote Flexo the Rubber Man,^[339]Toxin,^[340] and the newly symbiote-augmentedBlack Widow to his team,^[341] Dylan was attacked byCarnage, who killed him after revealing Eddie and the Venom symbiote's past as a murderous supervillain. Encountering the Eventuality, the ultimate form of Eddie Brock as the King in Black, Dylan was shown a vision of Eddie being corrupted by the power of the King in Black if he reunited with the Venom symbiote and resurrected due to his symbiote hybrid nature, but found the Venom symbiote had fled in shame.^[342][343]

DuringBlood Hunt, Dylan was attacked by a priest who'd once fallen victim to Venom and been turned into a vampire, but managed to kill him.^[344] Encountering a time-travelling future version of himself, duringVenom War Dylan learned that Eddie had returned to the present and confronted him; Spider-Man—who had bonded to the Venom symbiote in the meantime—intervening to try to stop them from fighting.^[345] When Eddie was fatally wounded by Flexo under the control of a vengeful Doctor Doom, both Dylan and Eddie re-bonded to the Venom symbiote to defeat a copy of Bedlam created by Eddie's time-travelling.^[346] When Agent Anti-Venom arrived to warn them of a rampaging horde of undead symbiotes, Dylan reclaimed the Venom symbiote so that Eddie could bond to the Anti-Venom symbiote and stop them. However, Eddie was corrupted by Meridius—an evil alternate version of Eddie who'd masterminded the Absent Throne—and Carnage using the power of All-Blood the Necrospear, forcing Dylan to impale him with All-Black to sever him from the power of the King in Black.^[347] Confronted by Meridius, Dylan was rescued by his time-travelling future self, who imbued the Venom symbiote with a substance called Eganrac to empower it. Taking All-Blood, Dylan slew Meridius, but the Eganrac reacted to the Carnage symbiote's presence in the spear and began self-destructing, poisoning the Venom symbiote. Ejected, Dylan was unable to stop Alchemax forces from seemingly killing the Venom symbiote.^[348]

Taken in by Mary Jane Watson and Paul Rabin, some time later Dylan learned that the Venom symbiote had survived and bonded to a new host, becoming determined to track it down and reclaim it.^[349]

InVenom (Vol. 4)'s "Venom Beyond" arc, Earth-616's Eddie Brock and Dylan Brock are sent to Earth-1051, a universe whose variant of Eddie committed suicide while Anne Weying became Venom. Anne eventually became mysteriously pregnant and gave birth to a son named Dylan. However, Dylan fell under the sway of the dark god Knull and was corrupted into his apostle, Codex. Under Knull's influence, Dylan conquered the Earth using a horde of cloned symbiotes but was ultimately defeated when his Earth-616 counterpart severed his connection to Knull.^[350] InDeath of the Venomverse, the Earth-1051 version of Dylan—erroneously drawn as a child—dons Mac Gargan's cast-off Virus armour to aid his Anne in fighting the Earth-616 incarnation of Carnage, who had attained godhood and was travelling the Multiverse killing variants of Venom. However, Dylan was fatally injured by Carnage, surviving just long enough to send the surviving Venoms back to their home dimensions.^[351]

InCarnage: Black, White & Blood #4, a version of Earth-1051's Dylan who had been taken over by the Carnage symbiote is introduced, seeking revenge on a variant of the Earth-616 version of Dylan. This Carnage-ized Codex almost succeeds in killing Dylan, but is defeated using his King in Black powers.

InExtreme Venomverse #3, a female cavewoman variant of Dylan named Dilann is introduced. Exiled from her tribe due to being seen as cursed, she bonded to the Venom symbiote to become the Black Fang and was eventually recruited by Anne to help fight the Carnage of Earth-616. However, Dilann was ultimately slain.^[352]

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Nicholas Bromwell is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a doctor, and friend ofPeter Parker andMay Parker.

Nicholas Bromwell appears inThe Spectacular Spider-Man, voiced byDorian Harewood.^[353] This version is African-American.

Broo is a fictional character fromMarvel Comics. He is a mutant from theBrood extraterrestrial race, but unlike his feral brethren he is intelligent and compassionate. Broo was born in the lab on aS.W.O.R.D. orbital research station called Pandora's Box.^[354] He joined the X-Men as a student inWolverine & the X-Men #1.

He has been the object of bullying because of his odd behavior; however, he does not seem to understand teasing and even takes it as a compliment. He has developed a relationship withIdie,^[355] and was at the top in his class behindQuentin Quire.

Kid Omega, who wanted to prove himself to Broo, Idie and Kid Gladiator who told him they never heard of him, reasoned with Krakoa who then joined Wolverine's X-Men.^[356]

After discovering a robot placed there by theHellfire Club to manipulate Oya, Kade Kilgore and Max Frankenstein tell Broo about their plans, but he is shot and left for dead before he can tell anyone else.^[357]Beast saves his life with assistance by Brand,Peter Parker,Reed Richards, andTony Stark.^[358] Broo was treated and put into a coma, and once he awoke, he had reverted to his feral brood instincts and acted like that of an animal.^[359] He spent some time as an unwilling student in Kade Killgore'sHellfire Academy mutant school.^[360] Idie comes with him for supervision, and Quentin Quire comes to rescue them both.^[361] Quire advances the theory that Idie has fallen in love with Broo pre-trauma.^{[volume & issue needed]}

Broo was often seen attacking fellow students and support staff at Killgore's school, random, brutal violence being fully supported and encouraged by the teachers.^{[volume & issue needed]} He was kidnapped by the genocidal alien Xanto Starblood, who was going to teach Broo thehard sciences and feed him unique beings.^{[volume & issue needed]} While on Xanto's ship, Broo bit a Bamf and was healed, restoring his self-aware, intelligent, and compassionate self, and the staff returned him to the school.^[362]

During theBattle of the Atom, Broo babysat Shogo Lee.^[363]

Broo later appears as a member of theAgents of Wakanda.^[364]

When Wolfsbane of the New Mutants comes into possession of a Brood King egg, Broo informs her of the object's significance, just as the Brood attack Krakoaen masse to retrieve it. Broo journeys into space along with the rest of the X-Men to lure the Brood away, and eventually ends up eating the egg's contents, making him a Brood King.^[365]

Broo is a Brood mutant because he can feel compassion and has high intelligence. Like the rest of the Brood, Broo has several powers, including enhanced strength, enhanced speed, enhanced agility, ability to breathe in space, and insect-like wings that allow him to fly. His increased intelligence has resulted in funding for his beloved school; Broo has developed a line of pastries that cause the consumer to lose weight.^[366]

Tara Vanessa Cross-Brooks is a character inMarvel Comics. Created byMarv Wolfman andGene Colan, the character first appeared inTomb of Dracula #13 (July 1973). She is the mother ofEric Brooks / Blade. Brooks was an heiress seeking sanctuary with Madame Vanity of the Order of Tyrana. During childbirth,Deacon Frost (posing as a doctor) killed her by drinking all of her blood while turning the boy into a part-vampire.^{[367][368][369]} Brooks is later resurrected as avampire byDracula to use against Blade but is destroyed.^[370]

• A character inspired by Vanessa Brooks namedMiriam the Vampire Queen appears in theSpider-Man episode "The Vampire Queen", voiced byNichelle Nichols.^[371] She is an ambitious vampire who incurs the wrath of Blade andMorbius. After draining people of plasma, she assembles the Neogenic Recombinator to turn everyone in New York into vampires. However, her plan is foiled by Blade, Morbius,Spider-Man,Black Cat, Terri Lee, andAbraham Whistler, though Miriam manages to escape.
• Vanessa Brooks appears inBlade (1998), portrayed bySanaa Lathan.
• Vanessa Brooks makes a flashback appearance inMarvel Anime: Blade.

Brute is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Brute is a member of theMorlocks and the brother of Hump. The two are mutants who possess green skin and hair and superhuman strength.^[372] InDark X-Men (vol. 2), Brute and Hump are killed by members ofOrchis.^[373]

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An unnamed female Brute is a personality construct with super-strength and a minion of Bagdal.^[374]

Bullet (Buck Cashman) is a character appearing inMarvel Comics. He first appeared inDaredevil #250 (January 1988), and was created byAnn Nocenti andJohn Romita Jr. A covert agent of the United States government, he wears a facemask while acting as a mercenary.

He participates in a scheme on theKingpin's behalf. Bullet has the environmental protection organization "Save the Planet" bombed in a terrorist fashion then "arrested" the supposed saboteur who is released through legal maneuvering, and killed a man in toxic waste and framed the Save the Planet environmentalists.Matt Murdock / Daredevil confronted Bullet both times, and the two fought. Bullet realized that Daredevil was the man who fought him previously but does not know the costumed crimefighter's true identity. Bullet confessed to his crimes to the police but made a single phone call to which all charges against him are dropped and he's released. He is also the father of Lance Cashman who he supports despite his activities and usually leave at his place alone, and has Lance frequently lie to alibi his father.^[375]

Bullet joined criminals recruited byTyphoid Mary in an assault alongsideBushwacker, Ammo and the Wildboys that nearly killed Daredevil.^[376] Daredevil later decided to get revenge on Bullet, tracking Lance and helped against some bullies, earning Lance's trust. Lance managed to convince Daredevil to not fight his father, but Bullet misunderstood and believed Daredevil threatened Lance and the two fought before Lance stopped the fight. Bullet admitted actually liking Daredevil, attacking previously only because he had been hired to.^[377] Bullet is later hired for the Kingpin's interests to buy land that would rise in value with a highway's construction, intimidating constructor Mr. Zeng to not helpBen Urich to which Daredevil is asked to help and publicly fought Bullet who relinquished the fight. Bullet is also having contempt for Gloria, Lance's mother who rarely accepts responsibilities to stay with Lance.^[378]

After his citizenship revoked due to his mercenary actions at some point, Bullet works withShotgun while hired by Agent Joy Jones of the F.B.I. to track downBullseye, nearly getting killed by a drug cartel yet surviving and getting arrested byS.H.I.E.L.D. and managing the silently view Lance doing well.^[379] However, Bullet is tortured by Bullseye for information on Vendetta and Shotgun; his son Lance is also abducted and murdered by Bullseye despiteOld Man Logan's efforts.^[380]

Bullet is hired alongside theRhino,Crossbones,Stilt-Man, and Bullseye by Quinn Stromwyn and Una Stromwyn to go on a rampage through Hell's Kitchen, but is defeated by Daredevil.^[381]

He acted as thePhage symbiote's unwilling host.^[382][383]

Bullet survived and is imprisoned in the Myrmidon prison which he was broken out of by Daredevil to join the Fist alongsideSpeed Demon,Fancy Dan, Stilt-Man,Wrecker,Stegron, andAgony. It is also revealed that his son is secretly still alive and that he had put his son into hiding.^[384]

Bullet was among the villains that were killed byBlack Ant andHank Pym, and revived to join theLethal Legion.^[385]

Buck Cashman appears inDaredevil: Born Again, portrayed byArty Froushan.^[386]

TheBumbler is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created byCody Ziglar and Natacha Bustos, and first appeared inMiles Morales: Spider-Man #25 (April 2021).

The Bumbler is ahoney bee-themed criminal who encountersMiles Morales several times throughout his career.^[387][388]

During the events of "Gang War", Bumbler gains control ofBedford–Stuyvesant withinNew York City's criminal underworld.^[389] Bumbler and his gang called the Buzz Boys, which includes another wannabe criminal named Vespa, engage in a destructive turf war with theFrost Pharaoh and his Ankh-Colytes. They are defeated by Spider-Man and theDaughters of the Dragon.^[390]

The Bumbler possesses bee-themed gadgets and weapons, including armor equipped with flight wings and can produce electric shocks, "Honeybombs" that generatehoney and high-tech firearms.^[387][388]

Sonny Burch is a minor character inMarvel Comics. The character, created by writerJohn Jackson Miller and artistJorge Lucas, first appeared inIron Man (vol. 3) #73 (December 2003).

As chairman ofCross Technological Enterprises, he acquiresIron Man's technology patents to be sold to various companies to improve his own political position.^[391][392] However, Burch had neither the knowledge nor care to fully understand that even Iron Man's outdated technology is too sophisticated for adapting; examples of Burch's incompetence include a submarine where Iron Man andCaptain America save the military personnel,^[391] a missile defense system for the U.S. Government,^[393] andOscorp's imperfect battlesuits and military drones.^[391][394] Technological mistakes threaten a cargo plane carrying Iron Man'svarious armors (which were salvaged after blackmailingCarl Walker^[395]) to crash intoWashington, D.C., resulting in Burch taking a gun and committing suicide.^[396] Fortunately, Iron Man saves the plane's personnel and guides it into a controlled crash-landing.^[397]

• Sonny Burch appears in media set in theMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), portrayed byWalton Goggins.
  • First appearing inAnt-Man and the Wasp,^[398] this version is a black market dealer and restaurant owner.
  • AnAmerican frontier-themed alternate timeline variant of Burch appears in theWhat If...? episode "What If... 1872?".^[399] This version is a servant ofthe Hood who killedKate Bishop's parents and possesses a hypnotic watch.
  • Burch will appear inArmor Wars.^[400]

The Burglar is a character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. Created by writerStan Lee and artistSteve Ditko, the characterfirst appeared inAmazing Fantasy #15 (August1962).^[401] The character was left unnamed in most of his appearances. He is the first criminal faced bySpider-Man. The Burglar is the killer of the hero's uncle and surrogate father figureBen Parker.^[402]

Little of the Burglar's early history is known, but it is mentioned that even in his younger years he was a robber. Caught at some point in his life, the Burglar became the cellmate of an elderly gangster named Dutch Mallone. The Burglar learned from Dutch, who talked in his sleep, about a large possession of money the aged gangster had hidden in a suburban home, which the Burglar planned and schemed to get (ironically as Peter Parker'sUncle Ben andAunt May would accidentally discover, the possession had since been devoured bysilverfish).^[403]

Wanting to find out the location of the home where Mallone's possession was, the Burglar successfully robs a television station for information. Peter Parker, who had become a minor celebrity as Spider-Man, did not bother to stop him despite having the opportunity to do so. Learning that the house where Mallone's money had been hidden was the Parker house, the Burglar breaks into it searching for the money, killing Peter's uncle Ben Parker when he surprised the Burglar. Fleeing the scene, the Burglar is chased by police to an abandoned warehouse. A police officer outside Peter Parker's house told Peter Parker what happened and that his Aunt May is with a neighbor next door. Upon being told where the Burglar is, Spider-Man heads to the abandoned warehouse. Wanting to avenge the death of his Uncle Ben, Spider-Man attacks and knocks out the Burglar. It is then that Spider-Man realizes that the man is the thief he had encountered earlier at the television station. The Burglar was later left to be captured by the authorities by Spider-Man who upon realizing that he could have prevented Ben's death by simple humanitarian behavior in the earlier encounter decided to use his powers more responsibly, never again ignoring a crime if he could help it.^[404]

Years later, the Burglar had served his time and was released from prison despite being deemed mentally unstable by psychiatrists.^[405] Still searching for Mallone's treasure, the Burglar rented the old Parker home. After tearing it apart and finding nothing, he instead decided to interrogate Ben Parker's widow May Parker who now resided in a nursing home. The Burglar partnered with the nursing home's owner and head doctor Ludwig Rinehart, who was actually the supervillainMysterio. The two took May captive and faked her death. The partnership later soured and the two criminals turned on each other, with Rinehart revealing his true nature before beating and imprisoning the Burglar. Escaping Mysterio, the Burglar retreated to the warehouse where he was first captured by Spider-Man—and where he has been holding May Parker captive. Spider-Man soon tracked down and confronted the Burglar to whom he revealed his true identity as Ben Parker's nephew. Believing that Spider-Man was about to kill him as revenge for murdering Ben, the Burglar suffered a fear-inducedheart attack and died.^[403]

The Burglar had a daughter named Jessica Carradine, a photographer who had a brief relationship with Spider-Man's cloneBen Reilly. She believed the murder her father committed was an accident—that the gun Ben Parker was shot with was his own, which went off by accident during a fight—and that Spider-Man had murdered him to stop him from revealing the truth about his "innocence". After learning that Ben Reilly was Spider-Man,^[406] she first threatened to expose him with a photograph she took of him unmasked. Having witnessed Ben risk his life to save innocent people in a burning skyscraper, Jessica decided against it and gave him the photograph. She later visited Ben Parker's grave to apologize for her previous poor perception of him.^[407]

• The Burglar appears in theSpider-Man (1967) episode "The Origin of Spider-Man,"^[408] voiced by an uncredited actor.
• The Burglar makes a non-speaking appearance in aflashback in theSpider-Man (1981) episode "Arsenic and Aunt May".^[409]
• The Burglar appears in a flashback in theSpider-Man and His Amazing Friends episode "Along Came Spidey",^[410] voiced by an uncredited actor.
• The Burglar makes a non-speaking appearance in a flashback in theSpider-Man (1994) episode "The Menace of Mysterio".^[411]
• The Burglar appears in the opening sequence ofSpider-Man Unlimited.
• The Burglar, amalgamated withWalter Hardy, appears inThe Spectacular Spider-Man, voiced byJim Cummings in the episode "Intervention" andJames Remar in the episode "Opening Night".^[412]
• The Burglar makes a non-speaking appearance in a flashback in theUltimate Spider-Man episode "Great Power". After killing Ben Parker, he is cornered by Spider-Man, who intends to kill him, but is unable to bring himself to do so and leaves him for the police instead.
• The Burglar appears in theSpider-Man (2017) "Origins" shorts, voiced byBenjamin Diskin.^[413] This version was caught by Spider-Man at an abandoned warehouse. Spider-Man attacks him, but stops upon recognizing him. Using the opportunity to break free from Spider-Man's grip, the shaken Burglar runs out of the warehouse and immediately surrenders to the police that were waiting outside.^[414]
• The Burglar appears inSam Raimi'sSpider-Man trilogy, portrayed byMichael Papajohn.^[415]
  • InSpider-Man (2002), he is credited as "Carjacker."^[416] He robs a fight promoter who had cheatedPeter Parker out of a cash reward. Wanting to get even, Peter lets the robber go despite having the chance to stop him. After his Uncle Ben is killed, Peter chases who he believes is the murderer and discovers the robber he let go earlier. The carjacker attempts to shoot him, but ends up tripping and falling to his death.
  • InSpider-Man 3, he is credited asDennis Carradine.^[417] The Parker family learn that the carjacker was not Ben's killer. Instead, it was Carradine's partner,Flint Marko,^[418] who accidentally shot Ben when the former startled him.
• The Burglar appears inThe Amazing Spider-Man, portrayed by Leif Gantvoort.^[419]
• The Burglar appears as the firstboss of theSpider-Man film tie-in game, voiced byDan Gilvezan. This version, also known asSpike, is the ringleader of the "Skulls", a notorious gang specializing in stealing and selling automobiles on the black market. When Spider-Man seeks out his Uncle Ben's murderer, Spike and the Skulls fortify their warehouse hideout, but Spider-Man infiltrates the building and defeats the Skulls before confronting Spike. The gang leader fights back, but is defeated and attempts to back away as Peter realizes his actions of letting Spike escape caused his uncle's death. Spike stumbles and fall through a nearby window to his death.
• The Burglar appears inThe Amazing Spider-Man 2 film tie-in game, voiced byChris Edgerly. Two years after his Uncle Ben's death, Spider-Man resumes his hunt for his uncle's killer, starting by interrogatingHerman Schultz, who reveals his identity as Dennis Carradine, a low-level thug who has been selling advanced weaponry to gangs. Spider-Man later tracks down Carradine, who takes a driver hostage. After Spider-Man rescues the driver, Carradine crashes the car and is killed byCletus Kasady.

Noah Burstein is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character, created byArchie Goodwin andGeorge Tuska, first appeared inHero for Hire #1 (June 1972).

Noah Burstein is a scientist who worked on recreating the super soldier serum that createdCaptain America, and in the process createdWarhawk. Years later, Burstein would hireLuke Cage to capture Warhawk.^[420] He landed a job at Seagate Prison experimenting on inmates one of them beingCarl Lucas. He left Lucas in an "Electro-Biochemical System" when racist guard, Billy Bob Rackham, came to sabotage the experiment only for it to increase Lucas' strength and durability.^[421] He later gets a job at the Storefront Clinic withClaire Temple as his assistant. He reunites with Lucas, who had changed his name to Luke Cage, and asks him to rescue Claire when she is kidnapped byWillis Stryker who now went by Diamondback.^[422]

Burstein and Claire are later kidnapped byJohn McIver, who demanded that a similar treatment be done to him as was done to Luke Cage, becomingBushmaster. He and Claire are later rescued by Cage.^[423] At one point Bushmaster returns to force Burstein to work for him even kidnapping his wife, Emma, as leverage. Both he and his wife are saved byIron Fist this time. He would continue to be kidnapped by criminals only for Luke Cage and Iron Fist to come and rescue him.

Noah Burstein appears inLuke Cage, portrayed byMichael Kostroff.^[424]

Butane is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character, created byAlan Davis, first appeared inExcalibur vol. 1 #64 (February 1993).

Butane was transformed byMad Jim Jaspers' powers and became a fiery humanoid. Like other "Warpies", he was tracked down by government agencyR.C.X. (the Resources Control Executive); supposedly this was for their own safety, but in truth R.C.X. head Nigel Orpington-Smythe intended for them to be trained to become a superhuman army.

Butane appears in theYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man episode "The Parker Luck", voiced by Jake Green.^[425][426] This version is a human arsonist who wields high-tech flamethrowers he received fromOtto Octavius.

Butterball is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Emery Schaub is a superhero in theMarvel Comicsuniverse. The character, created byChristos N. Gage andSteve Uy, first appeared inAvengers: The Initiative #13 (2008).

An invulnerable overweight fry cook, Schaub is recruited to the Initiative program and given the codenameButterball. Despite Schaub's invulnerability, his lack of physical strength, skill, and wits make him an inappropriate candidate for the superhero program.^[427]

WhenNorman Osborn takes control of the Initiative, Schaub is part ofHenry Peter Gyrich's Shadow Initiative assembled to retake control of Negative Zone Prison Alpha from the forces ofBlastaar.^[428] In spite of heavy losses, the team completes their mission.^[429] Schaub has subsequently been referred to as a hero by Norman Osborn and used as an everyman figure for propaganda purposes byH.A.M.M.E.R., Osborn's military arm.^[430] During theSiege on Asgard, Butterball helps theAvengers Resistance.^[431] Later, Butterball is a founding member of a new superteam in North Carolina.^[432] He later joins theAvengers Academy.^[433]

The Emery Schaub incarnation of Butterball appears inLego Marvel's Avengers, voiced byPatrick Seitz.

The Buzz (Jack "JJ" Jameson) is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. The character appeared in theSpider-Girlcomic book series. JJ is the grandson ofJ. Jonah Jameson and the son ofJohn Jameson. First appearing in theMC2 comic book seriesSpider-Girl, Buzz went on to have his own limited series.

Jack Jameson, or JJ to his friends, accompanied his grandfather, J. Jonah Jameson, C.E.O. of Jameson Communications (publisher of theDaily Bugle) to a demonstration of Project Human Fly. The project's goal was to create body armor that would grant the wearer superpowers. The staff of the project included Marla Jameson (Jonah's wife),biophysicist Dr. Sonja Jade and Robert Douglas, grandson ofRobbie Robertson. It was then that JJ first met Buzz Bannon, a formerNavy SEAL and thetest pilot for the Human Fly armor. They quickly became friends. While JJ and Buzz were in the gym, Buzz received a message that he needed to attend a meeting about the Human Fly project, but it was a trap.

Sonja Jade turned out to be a traitor who took Marla, Jonah Jameson and Buzz Bannon hostage and was stealing the project files and armor. While her minions went to retrieve the armor, JJ and Richie Robertson discovered what was happening and triggered a fire alarm. Buzz used the distraction to overcome most of his guards, but he was shot in the abdomen during the fight, while Richie was beaten unconscious. Buzz and JJ manage to escape and get to the armor. A few moments later, the Human Fly rescues thehostages and went after the villains, but Dr. Jade got away due to an explosion. Later on that evening Buzz Bannon's body was discovered. JJ had donned the armor, but he could not tell his grandfather (who, in a fit of rage, accused the Human Fly of killing Bannon). JJ knew that the body armor was the only way he could get revenge for Buzz's death. He kept the armor a secret from his grandfather and, in memory of his friend, called himself the Buzz. Richie, having seen Buzz die, agreed to help JJ with his armor from an electronics equipped van. With Richie's help, the Buzz was able to find and defeat Dr. Jade. The Buzz soon metSpider-Girl, but she was leery of him since she read in theDaily Bugle that he was a murderer. Buzz managed to convince her that he wasn't, and later helped her form a new team ofNew Warriors.

Buzzard is an anthropomorphic opossum and animal version of Vulture.

Byrrah is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Byrrah was a member of the Atlantean royalty, and a citizen ofAtlantis. Byrrah andNamor were close friends at childhood though they became rivals.^[434] Byrrah considered Namor a "half-breed" and unfit to rule Atlantis. Byrrah vied with Namor for the Atlantean throne when Emperor Thakorr was injured.^[435]

Byrrah was possible heir to the throne while Namor was gone. When Namor did return, Byrrah used a mind-control device to force the Atlanteans to choose him as ruler and exile Namor. Byrrah allied with Namor's enemiesAttuma andWarlord Krang to defeat him, but failed and was exiled from Atlantis.^[436] With Krang andDoctor Dorcas, he unsuccessfully attempted to turn Atlantean public sentiment against Namor.^[437] He next formed alliances withLlyra and theBadoon, and battled Namor andNamorita.^[438] The two cousins later reconciled, and Namor pardoned Byrrah's crimes.

Byrrah brought word to Namor ofAttuma's takeover of Atlantis.^[439] Alongside Namor, Byrrah battled Attuma's forces but they were defeated.^[440] AlongsideAlpha Flight, Byrrah aided Namor and theAvengers against Attuma again.^[441] With his fellow Atlanteans, Byrrah helped Namor establish the new kingdom of Deluvia.^[442]

• Byrrah appears inThe Marvel Super Heroes, voiced byChris Wiggins.
• Byrrah appears as a mini-boss inMarvel: Ultimate Alliance, voiced byJames Horan. This version is a member ofDoctor Doom'sMasters of Evil.

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