Corporation (comics)

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The Corporation
Publication information
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #23 (Apr 1976)
Created byJack Kirby
In-story information
Type of organizationOrganized crime

The Corporation is a fictional organization appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Publication history

The Corporation first appeared in Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #23-24 (April–May 1976), and was created by Bill Mantlo and Gil Kane.

A different version of the same organization first appeared in Captain America #213-214 (September–October 1977) by Jack Kirby.

Fictional organization history

The Corporation was a nationwide criminal-political organization run like a business. The Corporation has employed a large number of operatives in its schemes.

Employees

Leaders

Agents

  • Blue Streak
  • Carnation[2]
  • Coldfire
  • Conquer Lord
  • Constrictor
  • Contract
  • Doctor Faustus
  • Jonathan Hemlock[3]
  • Kangaroo (Brian Hibbs)
  • Manslaughter
  • Moonstone (Lloyd Bloch)
  • Night Flyer
  • Rocketeers
  • Stryke
  • Troubleshooter
  • Vamp/Animus
  • Agent 4
  • Agent 6
  • Agent 7
  • Number 12
  • Benedict Arnold (aka Sleeper Agent)
  • Harry Paul
  • Grant Henderson
  • Maris Collins
  • Jason O’Connor
  • Simon Granville
  • Tim Wender
  • Ainsley Wescott

Former members

References

  1. ^ Captain America #213
  2. ^ Marvel Two-in-One #47
  3. ^ Marvel Premiere #44

External links

  • Corporation at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe