Hyperion (comics)

Marvel Comics fictional character

Comics character

Hyperion

Art by Tom Grummett

Publication information
Publisher| Marvel Comics
First appearance| Zhib-Ran:
The Avengers #69
(October 1969)
Mark Milton:
The Avengers #85
(February 1971)
Squadron Supreme's Mark Milton:
Supreme Power #1
(October 2003)
(Marcus Milton):
Avengers vol. 5 #1
(December 2012)
Created by| Roy Thomas (writer)
Sal Buscema (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego| Zhib-Ran
Mark Milton
Marcus Milton
Species| Eternal
Team affiliations| (Zhib-Ran)
Squadron Sinister
(Mark Milton)
Squadron Supreme
Thunderbolts
(Marcus Milton)
Avengers
Squadron Supreme
Abilities| (All)

* Superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability, reflexes, agility, and senses
* Heat vision
* Flight

(Earth-712)

* Regeneration
* Atomic vision
* Longevity

Marvel Comics alternate universes

Marvel stories take place primarily in a mainstream continuity called the Marvel Universe. Some stories are set in various parallel, or alternate, realities, called the Marvel Multiverse.
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universes 2005 designates the mainstream continuity as "Earth-616", and assigns other Earth numbers to each specific alternate reality.

* * *

In this article the following characters, or teams, and realities are referred to:
Character/team|  Universe
Zhib-Ran|  Interdimensional Space
Mark Milton|  Earth-712
Mark Milton|  Earth-31916
Hyperion|  Earth-13034

Hyperion is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, of which there are several notable versions. Created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Sal Buscema, the original Hyperion made his debut in The Avengers #69 (October 1969).[1] The alternate versions are each from a different dimension of the Marvel Multiverse, and consist of both heroes and villains. Thomas says that the character was intended as a pastiche of DC's iconic hero Superman.[2][3]

The first Hyperion, Zhib-Ran, was a member of Squadron Sinister, a team created by the Grandmaster to fight against a team of Avengers gathered by the time travelling Kang. Two years after the character's first appearance, a heroic version appeared as a founding member of the alternate-reality Squadron Supreme. This incarnation of the character was a major character in the 1985 series Squadron Supreme, which fleshed out the characterization of Hyperion and the other Squadron Supreme members. In 2003, Marvel Comics launched Supreme Power, a new take on the Squadron Supreme universe, where Hyperion is raised by the United States government to be a super-powered operative. Yet another alternate Hyperion joined the Avengers and later the Earth-616 version of the Squadron Supreme.

## Creation

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Thomas spoke in depth on the character's creation stating, "The first of the 4 members of the Squadron Sinister I designed for THE AVENGERS, to be an evil counterpart of Superman, kind of a parody/homage. I took the name from the Greek sun god, by way of the Shakespearean quote from Hamlet: "...that was to this, Hyperion to a satyr." I made sure that every costume line on Hyperion was different from those on Superman... boots, belt, length of sleeves, face mask, etc. And I gave him a cape that only attached to one shoulder, after the look of a 1940s character called Dyna-Man in a Harry Chesler comic."[4]

## Publication history

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The first iteration of Hyperion, created by Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema, debuted in The Avengers #69 as a member of the Squadron Sinister.[5]

Two years later, Thomas and penciller John Buscema created an alternate, heroic version of the Squadron Sinister called the Squadron Supreme, once again in the title The Avengers,[6] using characters with the same names as those of the Squadron Sinister (this caused confusion in Marvel's production department, as the covers of The Avengers #85 and #141 claimed the issues featured appearances by the Squadron Sinister when it was in fact the Squadron Supreme that appeared in both issues). In the 12-issue Squadron Supreme limited series (Sept. 1985-Aug. 1986) Mark Gruenwald picked up from where Earth-712 was last seen in The Defenders #114 and revealed this Hyperion's origins.

The character is re-imagined for Marvel's MAX imprint title Supreme Power, where he is an alien who has been raised by the government.[7] This iteration received a spinoff miniseries, Supreme Power: Hyperion, which showed a dystopian possible future.

Another Hyperion joins the Avengers in Jonathan Hickman's The Avengers vol. 5 #1 (Dec. 2012). Hickman described the decision to use a new Hyperion, rather than an existing one:

> This is yet another parallel universe Hyperion. This is not King Hyperion, or Supreme Power Hyperion, this is not Gruenwald's Hyperion. This is Hyperion without all that baggage. This is Hyperion with a fresh slate, for a very specific purpose. He comes out of what the big story is behind the whole Avengers three-year plan that I have. He's very important, very pivotal, and I think people are really going to dig where we go with that. He's not going to be our poor analogue for Superman.[8]

A pastiche of Hyperion, "Hyperius", appears in DC Comics' Final Crisis and The Multiversity, part of a group of recursive homages to other companies' pastiches of DC characters.[9]

## Fictional character biography

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### Squadron Sinister

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The Squadron Sinister are assembled by the cosmic entity the Grandmaster to battle the champions of the time-traveling Kang the Conqueror, the superhero team the Avengers. Hyperion (Zhib-Ran) is apparently brought from a microverse. The Avengers defeat the Squadron and thwart the Grandmaster, with Thor shrinking Hyperion and trapping him in a glass sphere.[10] The Squadron reappears in the title Defenders, reunited by the alien Nebulon. The villains receive greater power in exchange for the planet Earth, and create a giant laser cannon in the Arctic to melt the polar ice caps, which would cover the entire planet in water. The superhero team the Defenders prevent the scheme and defeat the villains (and Nebulon), with the Hulk overpowering Hyperion.[11] After this defeat Hyperion and his two remaining teammates are teleported off world by Nebulon, and later return to Earth. Acquiring an energy-draining weapon, the villains plan to threaten the Earth once again but are defeated by the Defenders and the Avenger Yellowjacket.[12]

The character battles Thor once again and encounters the Earth-712 version of Hyperion.[13] He becomes involved with Thundra, but the relationship ends when she discovers a means of returning to her own dimension.[14] The Earth-712 Master Menace transports Hyperion to his universe and informs him that he is an inorganic duplicate created by the Grandmaster modeled on the Earth-712 Hyperion. The Squadron Sinister Hyperion then impersonates the Squadron Supreme Hyperion for several weeks before dying in battle against the original.[15] The Grandmaster briefly resurrects the character as part of a group called the Legion of the Unliving to combat the Avengers.[16]

A new Hyperion is made when the Grandmaster reforms the Squadron Sinister. He is joined by a new Doctor Spectrum (Alice Nugent, former lab assistant of Henry Pym); the Whizzer (now called Speed Demon), and Nighthawk. This Hyperion originated from the Microverse, as the original Hyperion had believed himself to have been. The Grandmaster increases the Squadron Sinister's powers and they battle the New Thunderbolts. Thunderbolts team leader Baron Zemo defeats the Grandmaster, and in the ensuing chaos Hyperion and his teammates scatter and escape.[17]

### Squadron Supreme (Earth-712)

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Hyperion, also known as Mark Milton, is a founding member of his reality's Squadron Supreme and the last known Eternal left on his Earth.[18] Four Avengers from the Earth-616 universe accidentally arrive in this Squadron's reality, and the two groups first battle and then work together to stop the global threat posed by the mutant Brain-Child.[19]

Hyperion and the Squadron Supreme are manipulated by the Serpent Crown into battling the Avengers.[20] The Defenders travel to their world to fight the villain Overmind and his ally Null, the Living Darkness, who have placed the Squadron under their control.[21]

Following the societal instability caused by Overmind's takeover of the planet, Hyperion and other Squadron members resolve, against their teammate Nighthawk's advice, to assume control of their United States government, instituting programs aimed at increasing quality of life; for instance Hyperion helps establish a behavior modification program,[22] which the team uses to brainwash the Institute of Evil and numerous other criminals.[23] He becomes trapped in an inter-dimensional zone and is impersonated by the Squadron Sinister Hyperion (Zhib-Ran). Forced to ally himself with Master Menace to escape, Hyperion battles Zhib-Ran to the death; although he wins, he is blinded in the fight.[15] After a battle to the death with Nighthawk and the Redeemers, a team formed to stop the domineering Squadron, Hyperion relents and relinquishes power.[24]

Hyperion and the other surviving members of the Squadron Supreme travel into space to protect their planet from the expanding Nth Man, and are exiled to the Earth-616 universe.[25] The team encounters the hero Quasar, and take up residence at the government facility Project Pegasus.[26] Quasar and the Eternal Makkari rescue the Squadron when the team is captured by the cosmic entity the Stranger; Makkari realizes that Hyperion is an Eternal and teaches him how to restore his eyesight.[27] The entire Squadron later assists the Avengers against the villain Imus Champion before finding the means to return to their universe.[28] Once home, the team disbands, but Hyperion reunites them when he discovers a corrupt government has filled the power vacuum they left.[29] With the aid of inter-dimensional adventurers the Exiles, Hyperion and the Squadron expose the government to a global audience.[30]

Earth-712 was eventually destroyed by an Incursion, a collision between two realities. Hyperion and Power Princess were the last two survivors of their team. A fatally injured Hyperion urged Zarda to escape their reality before it was destroyed.[31]

### Supreme Power

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See also: Squadron Supreme (Supreme Power)

This Hyperion was sent to Earth in a spacecraft, and seized shortly after by U.S. government agents who raised him in a tightly controlled, isolated environment.[32] As an adult, he became a covert agent used in strict secrecy, but eventually a reporter came too close to the truth, and the decision was made to make his existence public,[33] largely so he could be used as a distraction from the government's even more closely guarded secret super-operative, Joe Ledger.[34] He briefly allies himself with Nighthawk and Blur to find and defeat the super-powered serial killer Michael Redstone.[35] As Hyperion discovers that he has been systematically lied to his entire life,[36] he becomes disillusioned with the government and eventually openly rebels.[37] When the government attempts to blackmail him into returning by revealing his alien status to the public, he responds by smashing into the North Pole from space, creating a 10.5 seismic event.[38][39]

In the Supreme Power: Hyperion miniseries, a hastily assembled team of superhumans is sent by the government to retrieve him, and the resulting battle—through an interaction of Hyperion's "flash vision" eye-beams, Nuke's radiation blast, and Arcanna's reality manipulation—sends the combatants into what appears to be an alternate timeline[40] where Hyperion and the Squadron Supreme rule a dystopian world. This causes Hyperion (on his counterpart's advice)[41] to rethink his ideas about power, humanity, and teamwork, leading him to surrender to the Squadron from his world.[42] Emil Burbank later deduces that it was not an alternate world they traveled to, but their own future; Burbank tells no one of his discovery.

Along with the rest of his team, save Nighthawk, Hyperion was killed by the Cabal during an Incursion.[43]

### Squadron Supreme (Earth-616)

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This Hyperion was sent to his reality's Earth as a baby, the only survivor of a race of Eternals from a dying world. He was raised by a man named "Father", who named him Marcus Milton and taught him the morals of society. As an adult, he became the superhero named Hyperion and protected the world alongside the Squadron Supreme. When his reality collided with another, Hyperion was the only survivor, floating around in the void that had been his universe until a group of A.I.M. scientists pulled him into the Earth-616 reality. Hyperion was in the captivity of A.I.M. until he was freed by the Avengers and offered a place amongst them.[44] Hyperion is among the superheroes that joined the Avengers due to the threat of Ex Nihilo on Mars.[45] Hyperion was with the Avengers when A.I.M. was sighted in the Savage Land trying to extract the formula from one of the Garden's evolution pods.[46] Hyperion later joins the Earth-616 version of the Squadron Supreme along with other various heroes who survived their home realities' destruction. This new incarnation of the Squadron Supreme are more dangerous than the Earth-712 and Supreme Power versions as they swear to protect Earth by any means necessary.[volume & issue needed] Their first public battle is the destruction of Atlantis, which Hyperion enacts himself as well as severing Namor's head with his atomic vision, killing him instantly in retaliation for the King of Atlantis' role in the annihilation of Doctor Spectrum's home reality.[47] After the public death of Namor the Squadron Supreme become a very controversial team which puts them at odds with the Avengers.[volume & issue needed] Hyperion is convinced to take on a secret identity and later decides to take a job as a truck driver.[48]

### Squadron Supreme of America

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A variation of the Mark Milton version of Hyperion appears as a member of the Squadron Supreme of America.[49] This version is a simulacrum created by Mephisto and programmed by the Power Elite. Hyperion was programmed to be a mild-mannered man raised by farmers who had the strength of an Eternal. In his personal time, he works as a history teacher at Buscema High School in Kensington, Maryland.[50]

In the team's first mission, Hyperion and the Squadron Supreme of America fought Namor and the Defenders of the Deep, when they targeted a Roxxon oil platform off the coast of Alaska.[51] Hyperion had Orka tied up in chains.[52]

Then, the Squadron Supreme visited another oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The Squadron Supreme then made short work of Namor and the Defenders of the Deep.[53]

During the War of the Realms storyline, Mark was teaching a class when a code red was issued. He and other members of the Squadron Supreme of America were summoned to Washington D.C., where Phil Coulson brought them up to speed with Malekith the Accursed's invasion. Hyperion and the Squadron Supreme of America fight an army of Rock Trolls and Frost Giants. After the Squadron Supreme caused the Frost Giants to retreat, Phil Coulson sends them to Ohio which has become a battleground.[50]

Hyperion was with the Squadron Supreme attempting to apprehend Black Panther, when he infiltrated the Pentagon to confront Phil Coulson. Hyperion states that the Squadron Supreme are the United States' sanctioned superhero team in light of the Avengers becoming an "anti-American" team.[54]

## Powers and abilities

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Hyperion is a member of the race of superhumans known as the Eternals.[55] As a result, he has superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability, agility, reflexes, and flight. All versions of Hyperion possess these superhuman attributes, and in a few cases powerful breath. Each also has greatly enhanced sensory perceptions which extends to being able to perceive the entire electromagnetic spectrum.[56][57] Their "atomic vision" allows them to fire beams of heat from their eyes.[58][59]

The heroic Earth-712 version of Hyperion also possesses the ability to use cosmic energy to augment his life force granting him great longevity and regenerative abilities. The powers of Hyperion and his alternative versions are drained when exposed to argonite radiation.[60]

## Reception

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### Accolades

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* In 2015, Entertainment Weekly ranked Hyperion 72nd in their "Let's rank every Avenger ever" list.[61]
* In 2017, Comic Book Resources (CBR) ranked Hyperion 5th in their "15 Most Overpowered Avengers" list.[62]
* In 2018, CBR ranked Hyperion 7th in their "25 Most Powerful Avengers Ever" list[63] and 14th in their "Marvel's 20 Strongest Villains" list.[64]
* In 2019, CBR ranked Hyperion 7th in their "10 Best New Avengers Of The Decade" list.[65]
* In 2021, CBR ranked Hyperion 5th in their "Marvel: The 10 Strongest Male Avengers" list[66] and 5th in their "Marvel: 10 Fastest Villains In The Comics" list.[67]
* In 2021, Screen Rant included Hyperion in their "10 Most Powerful Members Of The Squadron Supreme" list[68] and in their "16 Most Powerful Cosmic Characters In Marvel Comics" list.[69]
* In 2022, CBR ranked Hyperion 4th in their "10 Scariest Avengers" list[70] and 7th in their "Strongest Fighters In The Avengers" list.[71]

## Other versions

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### Exiles

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King Hyperion was a member of the reality-hopping team known as Weapon X. He is incredibly ruthless and seeks to conquer alternate Earths, but is eventually defeated by Blink and an alternate version of Gambit.[72] Although his body is blown to pieces, Hyperion survives, regenerating and eventually regaining his full power. He seeks revenge on the Exiles, only to be engaged in battle by two alternate versions of himself, including the Earth-712 version.[73] King Hyperion is then exiled to his home reality, where Earth was completely destroyed by nuclear weapons in an attempt to destroy him years prior.[volume & issue needed] He somehow escapes, and is later seen in the mainstream Earth-616 reality's Russia, battling the Winter Guard and the Blue Marvel.[74] He is imprisoned in the Raft, and Luke Cage nominates him for the Thunderbolts program.[75] King Hyperion tells the team that he is a heroic iteration, and that the Hyperion who fought Blue Marvel had switched places with him upon defeat. This is a lie, and he turns on the Thunderbolts during their first mission together.[76] He is soon brought down by Ghost, who uses the nanites in King Hyperion's spine to dose him with argonite. After that, Hyperion is subject to Man-Thing's touch, which burns anyone who feels fear.[77]

### Marvel Zombies Supreme

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Scientists in the mainstream 616 reality graft the DNA of the Earth-712 Squadron Supreme members to normal human corpses and zap them with radiation to create a Squadron Supreme for their reality in an attempt to attain disease-curing knowledge of genetics. The bodies are reanimated as zombies, and, believing themselves to be the original Squadron Supreme, they attempt to escape the lab facility. Hyperion is successful and goes on an eating rampage in Kansas, but eventually finds enough willpower to realize deep in his mind the immorality of his appetite-driven actions, and thus in turn stopping himself through eating cattle infected with mad cow disease to kill himself.[78]

### Paradise X

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In the Paradise X miniseries, a version of Hyperion is recruited by X-51 for his squadron of interdimensional heralds. in his reality, almost all superheroes perished in a nuclear attack by Earth's governments. He later kills Kulan Gath, who is responsible for the deaths of many of another reality's heroes.[79]

### Secret Wars 2015

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Another version of Hyperion appears on Battleworld during Secret Wars in the four issue mini-series Squadron Sinister. He and his Squadron have been annexing other domains of Battleworld. Nighthawk secretly works against Hyperion, framing the Whizzer for treachery so that Hyperion incinerates him, and causing Doctor Spectrum to flee when he is also framed. Nighthawk later shoots Hyperion with an argonite gun, and holds his own in a fight with him using Doctor Spectrum's power prism until Hyperion is so weakened by the argonite that Nighthawk strangles him to death with his bare hands.[80]

## In other media

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### Television

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* Hyperion appears in The Super Hero Squad Show episode "Whom Continuity Would Destroy!", voiced by Travis Willingham.[81] He, Nighthawk, and Power Princess are pulled from their reality by the Grandmaster to fight Iron Man, the Hulk, and the Scarlet Witch.
* Hyperion appears in Avengers Assemble,[82] voiced by Brian Bloom.[83] This version is an alien and member of the Squadron Supreme, who thought the only way to bring peace was to rule over their people like tyrants and destroyed their own planet when the population refused to blindly obey them. Hyperion first appears in a self-titled first season episode and became a member of the Red Skull's Cabal until the latter betrays them. In the second season, Hyperion reunites with the Squadron Supreme and attempt to subject the Earth to their tyranny, only to be defeated by the Avengers and remanded to the Vault.

### Video games

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* Hyperion appears as an unlockable character in Marvel: Avengers Alliance.[citation needed]
* Hyperion appears as an unlockable character in Marvel: Future Fight.[84]
* Hyperion appears as a playable character available via DLC in Lego Marvel's Avengers.[85][86]
* Hyperion appears as a playable character in Marvel: Contest of Champions.[87] Gwenperion, an alternate universe variant of Gwenpool who MODOK gave Hyperion's powers, appears as well.

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## External links

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* Hyperion at Marvel.com
* Hyperion from Marvel Wikia
* Hyperion of Earth-712 at Marvel Wiki
* Hyperion (Squadron Sinister version) Archived 2020-02-13 at the Wayback Machine at Marvel Wiki
* King Hyperion at Marvel Wiki
* Zombie Hyperion[permanent dead link] at Marvel Wiki
* Hyperion of Earth-13034 at Marvel Wiki
* Hyperion (Squadron Supreme of America version) at Marvel Wiki

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* Cyclone
* Dark Avengers
* Hiro-Kala
* Ragnarok
* Skaar
* Toxie Doxie
* Trick Shot
* Deadpool
* Doctor Octopus
* Elektra
* Ghost
* Ghost Rider
* Grizzly
* Harrier
* Headsman
* Hyperion
* Juggernaut
* Man-Thing
* Mister Hyde
* Mister X
* Nighthawk
* Ogre
* Paladin
* Penance
* Photon
* Punisher
* Radioactive Man
* Red Leader
* Dallas Riordan
* Satana
* Scourge
* Shocker
* Skein
* Smuggler
* Speed Demon
* Swordsman
* Troll
* Venom
* Mac Gargan

Antagonists|

* A.I.M.
* Arnim Zola
* Baron Strucker
* Blizzard
* Circus of Crime
* Count Nefaria
* Cyclone
* Doctor Doom
* Enforcers
* Grandmaster
* Graviton
* Justin Hammer
* Henry Peter Gyrich
* HYDRA
* Kingpin
* Knull
* Maggia
* Masters of Evil
* Plantman
* Purple Man
* Red Skull
* Skrull
* Speed Demon
* Squadron Sinister

Publications
and storylines|

* Thunderbolts
* Civil War
* Secret Invasion
* Dark Reign
* Siege
* Heroic Age
* Shadowland
* Fear Itself
* Infinity
* Devil's Reign

In other media|

* Thunderbolts* (2025)

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Avengers

* Members
* Enemies
* Titles
* Creators
* Stan Lee
* Jack Kirby

Affiliated teams|

* A-Force
* A-Next
* Avengers A.I.
* Avengers Academy
* Dark Avengers
* Force Works
* Great Lakes Avengers
* Illuminati
* Mighty Avengers
* New Avengers
* Members
* Secret Avengers
* Ultimates
* Members
* Uncanny Avengers
* U.S.Avengers
* West Coast Avengers
* Members
* Young Avengers

Locations|

* Avengers Mansion
* Avengers Tower

In other media|

| Television|

* United They Stand
* Earth's Mightiest Heroes
* Avengers Assemble
* Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers
* Marvel Future Avengers

|

Film|

* Marvel Animated Features
* The Avengers
* soundtrack
* accolades
* Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher
* Age of Ultron
* soundtrack
* Infinity War
* production
* soundtrack
* box office records
* accolades
* Endgame
* production
* soundtrack
* box office records
* accolades
* "Avengers assemble" scene

Video games|

* Captain America and The Avengers
* Avengers in Galactic Storm
* Marvel Avengers Alliance
* Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth
* Lego Marvel's Avengers
* Marvel Avengers Academy
* Marvel's Avengers

Attractions and
experiences|

* Avengers Campus
* Avengers: Quantum Encounter

Related|

* Avengers (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
* Rogers: The Musical

* Category

* v
* t
* e

Exiles

* Judd Winick
* Mike McKone
* Chuck Austen
* Tony Bedard
* Chris Claremont
* Jeff Parker
* Saladin Ahmed
* Javier Rodriguez
* Jordie Bellaire

Members|

| Team One|

* Blink
* Nocturne
* Morph
* Thunderbird
* Mimic
* Magnus Lehnsherr

| Replacements|

* Sunfire
* Sasquatch
* Magik
* Namora McKenzie
* Beak
* Sabretooth
* Holocaust
* Longshot
* Spider-Man 2099
* Power Princess
* Betsy Braddock/Psylocke
* Proteus
* Cat
* Anna Raven/Rogue
* Raphael-Raven Darkholme/Mystiq
* Remy LeBeau/Gambit
* Tessa/Sage
* Valeria Richards Von Doom

|

Weapon X|

* Kane
* Deadpool
* Sabretooth
* Mesmero
* Wolverine
* Maverick
* Daredevil
* She-Hulk
* Storm
* The Spider
* Vision
* Iron Man
* Gambit
* Archangel
* Colossus
* Ms. Marvel
* Hyperion
* Hulk II
* Firestar

Wolverine Squads|

* Patch
* Zombie Wolvie
* Albert Dee
* Elsie Dee
* Weapon X
* James Howlett
* Major Logan
* Hulk Wolverine
* Clown Wolverine
* Ben Grimm
* Laura Kinney
* Brother Xavier
* Wade Wilson

Quentin Quire's Exiles|

* Power Fist
* Nighthawk
* Quentin Quire
* Spitfire
* Wild Child

Team Zero|

* Kang the Conqueror
* Silver Surfer
* Iron Man
* Daredevil
* Spider-Man
* The Thing

| Replacements|

* Colossus
* Robert and Roberta Reynolds/Sentry
* Quentin and Quentina Quire
* Archangel
* Prodigy

|

Team Two|

* Blink
* Polaris
* Beast
* T'Chaka the Panther
* Witch
* Forge
* Scarlet Witch

Team Three|

* Blink
* Kamala Carrelli/Khan
* Iron Lad
* Valkyrie
* Wolvie
* Rikki Barnes
* Peggy Carter/Captain America

Backup teams|

| #1|

* Captain America
* Wolverine
* Spider-Man
* The Hulk
* The Timebroker
* Impossible Man

|

#2|

* M.O.D.O.K.
* The Lizard
* Deadpool
* Venom
* Selene
* The Timebroker
* Mojo

#3|

* The Thing
* Namor
* The Timebroker
* Howard the Duck

#4|

* Match
* Icarus
* The Timebroker
* Silver Surfer

Supporting characters|

* The Timebroker
* New Excalibur
* The Unseen
* Spider-Woman
* Hyperion
* Doctor Strange
* The Elderly Pair
* Roma
* Opal Luna Saturnyne
* Mad Jim Jaspers
* Rouge-Mort and her Squad
* Captain Britain Corps

Enemies|

* Mojo
* Sue Storm/Madame Hydra
* Slaymaster
* Wolverine
* Venger

Storylines|

* Exiles Volume 1 (2001–2007)
* X-Men: Die by the Sword (2007)
* New Exiles (2008–2009)
* Exiles Volume 2 (2009)
* Exiles Volume 3 (2018–2019)
* Marvel Legacy

In other media|

* Captain Carter
* What If...? (2021–present)

Related|

* Death games in fiction
* Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)
* Marvel Multiverse
* Age of Apocalypse
* House of M

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Avengers characters

Founding
members|

* Ant-Man (Hank Pym)
* Captain America
* Hulk
* Iron Man
* Thor
* Wasp (Janet van Dyne)

Recurring
members|

* 3-D Man
* Agent Venom
* Ant-Man
* Scott Lang
* Eric O'Grady
* Ares
* Beast
* Black Knight
* Black Panther
* Black Widow
* Claire Voyant
* Natasha Romanova
* Blade
* Blue Marvel
* Brother Voodoo
* Cable
* Cannonball
* Captain Britain
* Brian Braddock
* Kelsey Leigh Kirkland
* Captain Marvel
* Monica Rambeau
* Carol Danvers
* Crystal
* Daredevil
* Deadpool
* Doctor Druid
* Doctor Strange
* Echo
* Falcon
* Fantastic Four
* Mister Fantastic
* Invisible Woman
* Human Torch
* Thing
* Firebird
* Firestar
* Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes)
* Gilgamesh
* Hawkeye
* Clint Barton
* Kate Bishop
* Hellcat
* Hercules
* Human Torch
* Iron Fist
* Jack of Hearts
* Jocasta
* Justice
* Kaluu
* Luke Cage
* Manifold
* Mantis
* Mockingbird
* Moondragon
* Moon Knight
* Ms. Marvel
* Namor
* Namora
* Nebula
* Nova
* Richard Rider
* Sam Alexander
* Protector
* Quake
* Quasar
* Quicksilver
* Red Hulk
* Rogue
* Scarlet Witch
* Sentry
* Sersi
* Shang-Chi
* She-Hulk
* Spider-Man
* Peter Parker
* Miles Morales
* Spider-Woman
* Jessica Drew
* Julia Carpenter
* Starfox
* Stingray
* Storm
* Sunspot
* Swordsman
* Thor (Jane Foster)
* Tigra
* Thunderstrike
* U.S. Agent
* Valkyrie
* Vision
* War Machine
* Wasp (Nadia van Dyne)
* Winter Soldier
* White Tiger
* Wolverine
* Wonder Man

Other
characters|

| Supporting
characters|

* Agent 13
* Asgardians
* Balder the Brave
* Eitri
* Frigga
* Heimdall
* Lady Sif
* Odin
* Warriors Three
* Fandral
* Hogun
* Volstagg
* Aunt May
* Ben Urich
* Beta Ray Bill
* Betty Ross
* Daily Bugle
* Betty Brant
* J. Jonah Jameson
* Doc Samson
* Dora Milaje
* Nakia
* Okoye
* Edwin Jarvis
* Erik Selvig
* Fabian Stankowicz
* Guardsman
* Happy Hogan
* H.E.R.B.I.E.
* John Jameson
* Marrina Smallwood
* Mary Jane Watson
* Pepper Potts
* Rick Jones
* Shuri
* Wong

|

Allies|

* Alpha Flight
* Champions
* The Challenger
* Citizen V
* Defenders
* Eternals
* Ajak
* Druig
* Gilgamesh
* Ikaris
* Kingo Sunen
* Makkari
* Phastos
* Sersi
* Sprite
* Thena
* Fantastic Four
* Mister Fantastic
* Invisible Woman
* Human Torch
* Thing
* Guardians of the Galaxy
* Drax the Destroyer
* Gamora
* Groot
* Mantis
* Nebula
* Rocket Raccoon
* Star-Lord
* Inhumans
* Black Bolt
* Gorgon
* Karnak
* Lockjaw
* Medusa
* Triton
* Jessica Jones
* Ka-Zar
* Mar-Vell
* Midnight Sons
* Elsa Bloodstone
* Morbius, the Living Vampire
* Werewolf by Night
* New Warriors
* Red Raven
* S.H.I.E.L.D.
* Maria Hill
* Nick Fury
* Phil Coulson
* Silver Surfer
* Time Variance Authority
* Thunderbolts
* Atlas
* Fixer
* Ghost
* MACH-I
* Moonstone
* Songbird
* Uatu the Watcher
* Ultraforce
* Prime
* The Whizzer
* Robert Frank
* The Witness
* X-Men
* Angel
* Banshee
* Beast
* Colossus
* Cyclops
* Gambit
* Havok
* Iceman
* Jean Grey (Phoenix)
* Jubilee
* Kitty Pryde
* Nightcrawler
* Professor X
* Rogue
* Storm
* Wolverine

Neutral allies|

* Elektra
* Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)
* Henry Peter Gyrich
* Punisher
* Ronin
* Sandman
* Squadron Supreme
* Hyperion
* Thunderbolt Ross
* Venom
* Yelena Belova

Enemies|

| Central
rogues|

* Baron Zemo
* Heinrich Zemo
* Helmut Zemo
* Blood Brothers
* Collector
* Count Nefaria
* Doctor Doom
* Dormammu
* Dracula
* Enchantress
* Galactus
* Grandmaster
* Graviton
* Green Goblin
* Norman Osborn
* Grim Reaper
* High Evolutionary
* Hood
* Kang the Conqueror
* Loki
* Magneto
* Mephisto
* MODOK
* Onslaught
* Radioactive Man
* Ronan the Accuser
* Red Skull
* Super-Adaptoid
* Taskmaster
* Thanos
* Ultron

|

Other
supervillains|

* Annihilus
* Ares
* Arkon
* Attuma
* Baron Strucker
* Beyonder
* Carnage
* Crossbones
* Doctor Octopus
* Egghead
* Ghaur
* Grey Gargoyle
* Griffin
* Klaw
* Knull
* Korvac
* Leader
* Mandarin
* Master Pandemonium
* Maximus
* Mentallo
* Morgan le Fay
* Powderkeg
* Ravonna
* Super-Skrull
* Veranke
* Whirlwind

Organizations|

* Acolytes
* A.I.M.
* Black Order
* Brotherhood of Mutants
* Chitauri
* Dark Avengers
* Enclave
* Frightful Four
* H.A.M.M.E.R.
* The Hand
* Hydra
* Kree
* Legion of the Unliving
* Lethal Legion
* Maggia
* Masters of Evil
* Mindless Ones
* Secret Empire
* Serpent Society
* Sinister Six
* Skrulls
* Sons of the Serpent
* Squadron Sinister
* Symbiotes
* U-Foes
* Wrecking Crew
* Zodiac

Alternative
versions|

| Alternate versions
of the Avengers|

* A-Force
* A-Next
* Agents of Atlas
* Avengers A.I.
* Avengers Academy
* Dark Avengers
* Force Works
* Great Lakes Avengers
* Mighty Avengers
* New Avengers
* Members
* Secret Avengers
* Ultimates
* Members
* Uncanny Avengers
* U.S.Avengers
* West Coast Avengers
* Members
* Young Avengers

|

Marvel Cinematic
Universe|

* Bruce Banner
* Clint Barton
* Carol Danvers
* Nick Fury
* J.A.R.V.I.S.
* Scott Lang
* Wanda Maximoff
* Nebula
* Peter Parker
* James Rhodes
* Rocket
* Natasha Romanoff
* Steve Rogers
* Xu Shang-Chi
* Tony Stark
* Thor
* Vision
* Sam Wilson

Others|

* Captain America
* Hulk
* Iron Man
* Thor

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