S.T.R.I.K.E.
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S.T.R.I.K.E. Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics First appearance Captain Britain Weekly #17 (February 2, 1977) Created by Gary Friedrich (writer)
Larry Lieber (editor)In-story information Type of organization Intelligence agency Roster See:List of S.T.R.I.K.E. members S.T.R.I.K.E. is a fictional, comic book counter-terrorism and intelligence agency in the Marvel Comics Universe. The organization, that often deals with superhuman threats, was introduced in Captain Britain Weekly #17, as the United Kingdom's version of the United Nations' S.H.I.E.L.D.
The acronym stands for Special Tactical Reserve for International Key Emergencies.
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[hide][edit] Publication and fictional history
A "Beetle" squad member guns down Tom Lennox in The Mighty World of Marvel #9 (February 1984). Art by Alan Davis.The organization was first mentioned when Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury came to a meeting with the British Prime Minister, James Callaghan, and was introduced to his United Kingdom counterpart, Tod Radcliffe. However, this is retconned the very next issue when its announced that Radcliffe is the Deputy Director of S.T.R.I.K.E.[1]
When it is revealed that Radcliffe is a traitor, working for the Red Skull, Commander Lance Hunter is introduced as S.T.R.I.K.E.'s director.
S.T.R.I.K.E. is later taken over by Captain Britain's enemy, the crime lord Vixen, and disbanded in the wake of Jaspers' Warp, where Mad Jim Jaspers became Prime Minister and used S.T.R.I.K.E.'s armored anti-superhuman "Beetle" squadron to hunt down superhumans within the British isles. S.T.R.I.K.E. was replaced by the Resources Control eXecutive (R.C.X.), Department of Unknown and Covert Knowledge (D.U.C.K.), and Weird Happenings Organization (W.H.O.).
[edit] Bases of operation
S.T.R.I.K.E.'s original headquarters, as seen in the organization's first appearances, was an undersea air base that contained several of S.T.R.I.K.E.'s planes which were considered superior to their American counterparts at the time.[1]
S.T.R.I.K.E.'s Psi division had their own headquarters.
Another headquarters was in a closed university, located in London, England; this headquarters was later used by D.U.C.K.[2]
[edit] Members
Like S.H.I.E.L.D., S.T.R.I.K.E. had hundreds of agents throughout several divisions.
[edit] Executive directors and deputy directors
- Tod Radcliffe[1] - Announced as Director of S.T.R.I.K.E., then retconned to Deputy Director.
- Commodore Lance Hunter[3] - Director of S.T.R.I.K.E. Even after the organization's disbanding, Hunter is shown to have good ties with S.H.I.E.L.D. and W.H.O. when he is seen alongside Contessa Valentina Allegro de Fontaine, and with Alistaire Stuart briefing British superhumans on the details of the British Superhuman Registration Act.[4]
[edit] Psi-division
- Elizabeth Braddock[5] - Twin sister of Captain Britain. Later joins the X-Men as Psylocke. Former member of the Exiles.
- Tom Lennox[5] - A telepath and a telekinetic; Betsy Braddock's lover. During the Jasper's Warp saga, Lennox is gunned down by S.T.R.I.K.E.'s armored anti-superhuman "Beetle" squad.[6]
- Alison Double[5]
- Kevin Mulhearn[7] - Telepath; he took an outside job as a mentalist using the name Doctor Destiny. He was performing his mind reading act at a theater in London, using his powers to tell what people had in their possession. He was killed by one of his volunteers from the audience who turned out to be Slaymaster, who had been charged with killing all of S.T.R.I.K.E.'s Psi-Division.[5]
- Vicki Reppion[5][7] - Killed by Slaymaster.
- Avril Davis[5][7] - Killed by Slaymaster.
- Dennis Rush[5][7] - Killed by Slaymaster.
- Andrew Hornby[5][7] - Killed by Slaymaster.
- Leah Mickleson[5][7] - Killed by Slaymaster.
- Stuart Hattrick[5][7] - Killed by Slaymaster.
[edit] Sci-Tech division
- "Matthew" (codename)[8] - Recruited telepath Betsy Braddock to join S.T.R.I.K.E.'s Psi-division. He later was recruited into R.C.X. as a regulator and given the new codename of Gabriel.
[edit] Other versions
[edit] Ultimate S.T.R.I.K.E.
S.T.R.I.K.E. in the Ultimate Marvel parallel universe was first introduced in Ultimate X-Men #15. Unlike its regular Marvel universe counterpart this version of S.T.R.I.K.E. is considered a British division of S.H.I.E.L.D., though that is an entirely United States-controlled organization. S.T.R.I.K.E. also has ties with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s sister organization in Europe, the European Defense Initiative.
[edit] Known members
- Colonel Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock[9] - A mutant telepath from the S.T.R.I.K.E. Psi-division who was possessed by Proteus and died in the ensuing conflict with the X-Men. Her consciousness came to reside in the body of a young comatose girl known as Kwannon.[10] Inhabiting her new body meant that Betsy was technically considered a minor and was thus unable to work for S.T.R.I.K.E. She worked undercover for Charles Xavier for a time, eventually joining the X-Men.[11]
- Dai Thomas[9] - A Welsh S.T.R.I.K.E. agent from Psi-division who was killed by Proteus. His Earth-616 (mainstream-Marvel) counterpart was a police inspector who often clashed with S.T.R.I.K.E. and its descendant organizations.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Friedrich, Gary (w), Trimpe, Herb (p), Kida, Fred (i). Captain Britain Weekly 17 (February 2, 1977), Marvel UK
- ^ Dakin, Glenn (w), Ferry, Paschalis (p), Hardy, Sean (i). Plasmer 1 (November 1993), Marvel UK
- ^ Captain Britain Weekly #19 (February 19, 1977)
- ^ Civil War: Battle Damage Report #1 (March 2007)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Moore, Alan (w), Davis, Alan (p). Daredevils 3 (March 1983), Marvel UK
- ^ Moore, Alan (w), Davis, Alan (a). "Among Those Dark Satanic Mills (or Madwar)" The Mighty World of Marvel 9 (February 1984), Marvel UK
- ^ a b c d e f g Hoskin, Michael, Stuart Vandal, Anthony Flamini, Eric Moreels (w), Brown, Eliot (a). Marvel Atlas 1 (November 2007), Marvel Comics
- ^ Captain Britain vol. 2, #1 (January 1985)
- ^ a b Ultimate X-Men #17 (June 2002)
- ^ Millar, Mark (w), Kubert, Adam (p), Miki, Danny (i). "Return of the King" Ultimate X-Men 32 (June 2003), Marvel Comics
- ^ Kirkland, Robert (w), Paquette, Yanick (p), Lapointe, Serge (i). "Sentinels" Ultimate X-Men 83 (September 2007), Marvel Comics
Thursday, May 12, 2011
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