With THE CORPORATION, Marvel played with the interesting idea of a powerful group with agents secreted within all aspects of American society, manipulating events to their own nefarious ends and clashing with costumed heroes. This had been achieved before with Hydra, AIM and the Secret Empire (during T.H.E.M.), subtly pitting heroes against these organisations with an overarching goal that you wouldn't necessarily be aware of it you didn't pick up every title. Of course if you read everything, you'd have a greater understanding of the impact.
This would go on to be repeated with less subtlety in the future in major Marvel events, featuring a gathering of major villains (during ACTS OF VENGEANCE), disguised Skrulls (during SECRET INVASION) and Hydra (during SECRET EMPIRE).
THE CORPORATION isn't required reading and has its fair share of odd moments, but it does introduce new characters like Quasar and the Constrictor, as well as turning Dr Karla Sofen into Moonstone.
[THE CAPTURE OF X-51 - Machine Man escapes the US Army]
[FOLLOW THE LEADER - Hulk agrees to psychotherapy]
- Captain America #213
- Captain America #214
- Captain America #215 (tie-in)
- Incredible Hulk #211 (tie-in)
- Incredible Hulk #212
- Marvel Premiere #39
- Marvel Premiere #40
- Captain America #217
- Captain America #218
- Captain America #219
- Captain America #220[1/2]
- Captain America #221[1/2]
- Captain America #222
- Captain America #223
- Captain America #225
- Captain America #226 (tie-in)
- Captain America #227 (tie-in)
- Marvel Premiere #44
- Machine Man #7 *
- Machine Man #8 *
- Machine Man #9 *
- Incredible Hulk #227 (tie-in) (also see FOLLOW THE LEADER)
- Incredible Hulk #228 *
- Incredible Hulk #229 *
- Marvel Two-in-One #47
- Marvel Two-in-One #48
- Incredible Hulk #230 (tie-in)
- Captain America #228 *
- Captain America #229 *
- Incredible Hulk #231 *
- Captain America #230 *
- Incredible Hulk #232 *
- Incredible Hulk #233 *
- Captain America #231 (tie-in)
- Incredible Hulk #234 *
- Incredible Hulk #235 *
- Incredible Hulk #236 *
- Incredible Hulk #237 *
- Incredible Hulk Annual #8 (tie-in) (also see PARTNERS IN DECEPTION)
- Machine Man #10 (tie-in)
Captain America's last confrontation with the Red Skull has left him blind and experiencing intense nightmares. A rogue SHIELD agent is sent to kill the Defector; the heavily bandaged patient in the next bed to Cap in the military hospital. Even blinded, Cap manages to overwhelm the agent. The Corporation's east coast boss, Kligger, demands another attempt on the Defector's life so his agent, Veda, hires the Night Flyer to kill him. Night Flyer fights his way past Falcon, but only ends up shooting a dummy 'Defector' before being apprehended by SHIELD.
Captain America #214
Night Flyer fights his way through Falcon, the blinded Captain America and a host of SHIELD agents to make his escape. As Cap's sight slowly returns, he takes down the rogue SHIELD agent and rescues Falcon from the Night Flyer. The assassin appears to die when his glider is destroyed.
Captain America and the Falcon head to the Empire State Building to clear their heads. As Cap recaps his origin - as well as the stories behind the men who picked up the 'Captain America' mantle after his disappearance during World War II, he comes to the realisation that he has no recollection of his life before the experiment that transformed him into a super-soldier. He knows his real name, but who actually is Steve Rogers?
Incredible Hulk #211 (tie-in)
One of the Hulk's few friends, Jim Wilson, is looking for his big green buddy, unaware that the organisation who want him dead have followed him to Manhattan. Unfortunately for Jim, the Hulk is imprisoned on the planet Sandt with Doctor Druid, after battling the Maha Yogi and his minion, Mongu. Reverting to Bruce Banner helps the behemoth break free, then beat Mongu as the Hulk. The green goliath then crushes the Jewel of Jeopardy, removing the source of the Maha Yogi's powers and reducing him to a shrivelled mess. On Earth, Thunderbolt Ross discovers a note from his daughter telling him she's left Gamma Base to find her own identity...
A hitman called the Constrictor pursues Jim Wilson through Manhattan, just after he puts out a call to Bruce Banner who's back on Earth. The Constrictor accidentally electrocutes himself while fighting the Hulk, allowing the beast to get his only friend to safety. Elsewhere, Betty Ross-Talbot gives herself a new look and SHIELD send a mystery capsule to Gamma Base.
Marvel Premiere #39
Brock Jones is trying to live out a normal life and has a job selling insurance. But the return of the Rocketeer Gang gives him a reason to put his Torpedo costume back on in the hope of taking them down. Little does he realise, the Gang are under orders to retrieve the costume on behalf of their mystery employer. Their fight ends in a power plant where he gets the truth from one Rocketeer, but the damage to the planet might well end his life. Meanwhile, Brock's wife discovers she's pregnant again...
Torpedo fixes the powers cables and prevents a nuclear explosion, but the cops now see him as a threat. Torpedo tracks the evidence to Senator Eugene Stivak who he discovers is the Rocketeer Gang's boss, 'Kligger'. Torpedo escapes Kligger's mansion after he causes it to self-destruct. Kligger crawls from the wreckage, promising that the 'assassination attempt' on him, a US senator, will paint Torpedo as a criminal. Brock returns home to receive the good news from Lorraine Jones about their growing family...
Captain America #217
As well as his self-identity, Captain America begins to question his role with SHIELD when Nick Fury asks him to lead the SHIELD Super-Agents (Blue Streak, Marvel Boy, Texas Twister & Vamp). Cap puts Falcon forward for the position instead, while he focuses on the world's newest threat. Fury reveals that the rogue SHIELD agent and the Night Flyer were sent by a powerful underground criminal organisation called the Corporation. Elsewhere, the Corporation's east coast boss, Eugene 'Kligger' Stivak reveals that one of the Super-Agents is a Corporation operative. He sends Veda to lure Cap into a trap, which she starts by having Steve Rogers rescue her from muggers and revealing that she holds secrets from his past. Sharon Carter sees Veda kiss Cap and thinks the worst...
Sharon Carter expresses her fears to the Falcon as he trains the Super-Agents (and Marvel Boy is revealed to have changed his codename to Marvel Man). Back at Avengers Mansion, Veda reveals that her mother worked on the Super-Soldier Program. Leaving Veda in the mansion, Cap plays back the tapes that still contains the recordings of his rescue in the Avengers' submarine. When he realises he was discovered in Newfoundland, it doesn't marry up with him falling into the English Channel when he disappeared in World War II. Immediately heading to Canada, Cap discovers criminal agents under the leadership of Lyle Dekker. Dekker, an old foe of Captain America from the war, has been building a criminal empire as well as a 3.5 metre android of Captain America in preparation for this day...
Captain America #219
Captain America flashes back to World War II when he was on the set of the 'Captain America' TV series and the star was injured on set. Unknown to the audience at the time, Cap actually filled in and played the role of himself for a short time. Lyle Dekker - an agent of the Red Skull - was working on the series' special effects and tried to assassinate Cap. Dekker's attempt on Captain America's life was discovered by Bucky and Dekker seemingly died while trying to escape justice. Now, Dekker blasts Cap into unconsciousness and prepares him for the experiment he's waited decades to complete...
Dekker reveals to the bound Captain America how he found him in the waters of the English Channel during World War II and took him prisoner, taking him to Newfoundland where he revealed his plan for world domination using a new kind of nerve agent. Cap escaped after destroying the nerve agent, but his plane crashed into the nearby waters where he remained until he was discovered by the Avengers. Now, Dekker transfers Captain America's powers and abilities into his Ameridroid to bring it to life, then leaves his own body mindless as he uploads his own consciousness to the giant robot and proclaims a new world order. Elsewhere, Kligger orders Vega to remain at Avengers Mansion while Cap's away...
Captain America #221[1/2]
Captain America escapes his bonds, but can't defeat the giant robot version of himself. It's only the realisation that his plan was insane that defeats the Ameridroid as Dekker realises he's now an 'inhuman freak'. Cap forgives Dekker and sends him on his way to consider his actions. Hours later, Cap returns to his New York apartment and passes out...
A VW Beetle attacks Captain America's apartment, destroying pretty much all of his belongings and upsetting his neighbours (though one is Veda in disguise). In his civilian guise, Steve Rogers travels to the Pentagon to follow another lead about his youth. As Captain America, he heads to the Lincoln Memorial looking for inspiration, but the stature of Abraham Lincoln rises up and attacks him. No sooner has he regretfully destroyed the statue is he attacked by a bulbous-headed man-monster with a crystal club...
Captain America #223
The creature disappears just before Captain America comes close to killing it. He returns to his hotel room and discovers two trackers in his shield. Later, Steve Rogers catches up with Veda and discusses his recent flashbacks to his early life. She continues to undermine Cap on Kligger's orders. Captain America's train home is derailed by the bulbous-headed creature, the Animus, killing a number of innocent passengers. He violently defeats him again but, surrounded by death in his name, Captain America's spirit is broken...
Against Nick Fury's wishes, Captain America visits Madbomb creator Nathan Harding to ask him to probe his mind and discover the secrets of his past. The device Harding uses allows Cap to remember his childhood and his difficult relationship with his father, but the process somehow neutralises the Super-Soldier Serum in Cap's system. Elsewhere, displeased with Veda's progress and believing she seeks to usurp him, Kligger reduces her to ashes...
Captain America #226 (tie-in)
The weaker, powerless Captain America insists on training against violent SHIELD robots that would put his abilities to the test even if he still had the Super-Soldier Serum. The SHIELD Helicarrier soon comes under attack, transforming agents faces so they look and act like the Red Skull. Under the Skull's control, the training robot tries to kill the weakened Cap, but his will appears to return the Serum to his system. The robot is defeated, though the Red Skull has already successfully claimed the Helicarrier...
Cap fights his way through an army of Red Skulls, unable to harm them because they're transformed SHIELD agents. He manages to free the agents from the Skull's control, rescue Nick Fury (despite him being a little singed by magnified rays from the sun) and thwarts the Red Skulls plan to transform the rest of the Earth's population into Skull slaves.
Marvel Premiere #44
Jack of Hearts returns to his family mansion where he's greeted by a new butler and a message from a man called Hemlock, warning him that he's only destroyed one branch of the Corporation and another still plans to kill him. Hemlock plans to draw Jack of Hearts out, defeat him and learn the secret of the Zero Fluid that gives him his powers. Jack tracks Hemlock down but is defeated by him. Hemlock's attempt to open Jack's armour backfires, unleashing an energy burst that takes the villain down.
Machine Man awaits trial to see if he should be shut down or treated as a human and allowed to live. His only friend, Dr Peter Spalding, is kidnapped while Machine Man is in shutdown mode. He gives chase, missing his court date and giving fuel to the idea that he's just a rogue robot. Congressman Miles Brickman aims to capitalise on bringing Machine Man to 'justice' to further his career. Colonel Kragg, however, seems convinced that Machine Man is more human than human. Machine Man is dropped into a disused military base where the Corporation's west coast boss addresses him on screen. Splding calls a warning out to Machine Man that they intend making copies of him...
Machine Man #8 *
As agreed, Curtiss Jackson releases Dr Spalding. Machine Man's initial escape attempt fails, but his second attempt sees him disabling the Corporation's goons with relative ease. Jackson uses an underground escape shuttle to flee the scene and Machine Man gives chase. Kragg retrieves Spalding in time to watch helplessly as the base self-destructs...
Machine Man narrowly escapes the explosion and reunites with Kragg and Spalding, revealing the existence of the Corporation. Having failed to obtain their robotic foe, the Corporation send a master assassin called Konik to destroy him. He disguises himself as a lawyer, offering to defend Machine Man and convinces him to disarm his weapons systems. Despite this, Konik fails to assassinate Machine Man who gets the better of him. Konik escapes but Machine Man knows he hasn't heard the last of the Corporation...
Incredible Hulk #227 (tie-in)
The Hulk agrees to psychiatric evaluation by Doc Samson using an experimental technique. A drug administered to Bruce Banner keeps him in Hulk form, but sedate. Inside Hulk's mind, the behemoth repeatedly gets angry as he remembers fairly inane parts of Banner's childhood. Hulk finds himself fighting the Avengers then Banner himself, destroying the machine in the real world that enabled their psychic connection. Samson realises they messed up the sedation dosage and the Hulk will now in control for a full week...
Three days later, Doc Samson continues to experiment on the Hulk, this time testing the boundaries of his power. Thunderbolt Ross unleashes his anger at the press outside Gamma Base as they look into the rumours of Samson's experiments. Dr Karla Sofen offers her psychiatric expertise to Doc Samson, landing a job at Gamma Base, but her true intent is to steal Gammavator components for the Corporation. When an alarm is tripped, Sofen switches to her costumed persona, Moonstone, and comes face-to-face with the Hulk. Their fight smashes through Gamma Base and she finds herself defeated, switching to her civilian guise as the Hulk holds her aloft for the staff and press to see...
Incredible Hulk #229 *
Doc Samson spins events, making the Hulk out to be a hero but secretly believing he attacked Dr Sofen for no reason. Sofen slyly shoots Hulk with a laser beam, sending him on a rampage and ruining Samson's plans. As Moonstone, Sofen makes herself out to be a hero ready tp oppose the Hulk and defend innocents (recalling how she stole the gem that gave powers to the original Moonstone, killing him in the process). Only Thunderbolt Ross is present when the fight causes Moonstone to drop her disguise, causing Ross to have a breakdown.Samson arrives in time to see Hulk attacking Sofen again. Hulk bounds away, with everyone believing him to be the villain of the piece...
The Yancy Street Gang are taken prisoner by gangsters attempting to lure the Thing into a trap on his birthday. Thing takes the bait, anyway, and finds himself defeated by robots built by the Machinesmith. Acting on behalf of the Corporation, Machinesmith intends brainwashing the Thing and using him to destroy the Fantastic Four...
Marvel Two-in-One #48
Machinesmith decides to test his control over the Thing by summoning another of the Corporation's enemies, Jack of Hearts. While he pits the two heroes against each other, the Yancy Street Gang break free and overpower the gangsters. Jack of Hearts beats the brain-washed Thing, freeing him from Machinesmith's control in the process. The Yancy Streeters knock out Machinesmith and Jack of Hearts discovers he's a robot.
Forgetting he's on the run, the Hulk stops off to raid a cornfield in New Mexico. Despite his peaceful demeanour, the local farmers try to capture the Hulk themselves and incite his rage. He's beamed up to a starship by an alien Sm'ggani who intends to study him and find a way to increase food production on his war-torn planet. After a fight between them, the Hulk breaks free of the ship after the Sm'ggani gets the data he needs from the Hulk's fingernails. Back at Gamma Base, Dr Karla Sofen plans to personally oversee Thunderbolt Ross' recovery...
Captain America #228
Iron Man advises Captain America to stop moping over his past and look to the future. He goes in search of the Falcon who's been missing for days, eventually finding himself in a barbershop above a secret SHIELD base. The base looks like it was abandoned suddenly and a video call with the SHIELD Super-Agents only makes him more suspicious. The Constrictor emerges from the shadows and attacks Cap, but explosives set to destroy the base in an emergency bury the combatants. In Washington, Kligger prepares for a trip to Gamma Base...
Cap drags the Constrictor out of the rubble, but he won't give any information about the Corporation other than falling to kill 'that Wilson kid'. Short on cash, Captain America catches a bus to Los Angeles where he confronts the SHIELD Super-Agents, proclaiming one of them is a spy! Cap tackles all four agents and discerns that Blue Streak is the spy, leading to Vamp almost beating him to death. Texas Twister quits SHIELD and Marvel Man agrees to accompany Captain America to Alcatraz where the Corporation are holding the Falcon...
Incredible Hulk #231
Senators Eugene Stivak and Andrew Hawk arrive at Gamma Base, demanding answers over the mishandling of the Hulk situation and the recent security breach. Later, Stivak takes Jim Wilson and Dr Karla Sofen back to California by jet, gassing Jim on the flight and and revealing himself as Kligger to Dr Sofen. Hulk wanders into Gilbert, California where he saves long-haired Fred Sloan from a beating in a bar fight. Fred Sloan befriends the Hulk and the two of them go on the run in Fred's camper van, pursued by the police. When they find themselves cornered, Hulk smashes a cop car, terrifying Fred. Hulk orders Fred to drive them both out of there...
Bruce Banner and Fred Sloan are arrested by Corporation agents disguised a cops. Kligger fakes his death by destroying his jet and leads Moonstone (Dr Karla Sofen) and Jim Wilson to Alcatraz. Captain America, Marvel Man and Vamp arrive on the island and find the unconscious Falcon and Bruce Banner prisoners of Corporation boss Curtiss Jackson. Kligger arrives and reveals Vamp to be a traitor. Hulk, Marvel Man and Captain America start taking the Corporation's armed agents apart, but Hulk becomes too violent. Hulk smashes Cap and Marvel Man, then Kligger turns Vamp into the Animus who knocks out the Hulk. Jackson opens the floodgates with the intention of drowning the chained Falcon and the other unconscious heroes...
Incredible Hulk #232
While Kligger negotiates trading Jim Wilson for Captain America with Curtiss Jackson (still behind the island base's control panel), Cap wakes up and frees Falcon while the Hulk regains consciousness and attacks Moonstone and Animus. He smashes Animus' crystal club, turning him back to Vamp and leaving her mindless. With the tide turning, Kligger acts Jackson to open fire on him and dies rather than face prison. Jackson escapes into San Francisco Bay in a sub, pursued by the Hulk. Cap surveys the damage and decides it's time for everyone else to go home...
Marvel Man joins the chase for Curtiss Jackson, but both he and the Hulk are delayed by armed Corporation agents and in rescuing Fred Sloan from a hangar. Marvel Man orders the Hulk to come with him and tries to subdue him using his wristbands' link to quasars, only to be swatted all the way back to San Fransisco where a kid makes fun of his codename. SHIELD's Jasper Sitwell sends an update to Gamma Base, revealing Eugene Stivak to be a Corporation boss and is now dead. Andrew Hawk decides to continue the investigation into the base's activities. Betty Ross-Talbot is reunited with her estranged husband, Glenn Talbot. And the Hulk and Fred Sloan drive to Berkley to lay low with Fred's friend, who turns out to be an old ally of the Defenders... Trish Starr!
Captain America #231 (tie-in)
Jim Wilson's uncle, the Falcon, decides to fly solo for a while, parting ways with Captain America. Cap protects Vamp from abuse by an angry SHIELD agent and decides to quit working for the spy organisation. Back in Manhattan, Cap cleans up his apartment after it was wrecked by the Corporation and is asked by Peggy Carter to find Sharon Carter who's gone undercover to investigate a white supremacist group called National Force, led by a man calling himself the Grand Director. Sharon has been swept up in the Director's hate-filled message. Cap goes in search of Sharon while Peggy's car is blown up by National Force.
Marvel Man updates Andrew Hawk, announces he's leaving SHIELD to work security for Project PEGASUS and renames himself Quasar. Glenn Talbot reluctantly agrees to divorce Betty Ross. One of Trish Starr's communal housemates alerts the Corporation to the Hulk's presence in Berkley, inspiring Curtiss Jackson to send an agent disguised as Machine Man to kidnap Trish Starr...
Incredible Hulk #235
In a surprise move, Miles Brickman announces Machine Man's court case has been indefinitely postponed, making him a free man under the care of Peter Spaulding. Brickman still intends to ruin Machine Man one way or another. Hulk and Fred Sloan follow the directions left by 'Machine Man' to Peter Spaulding's house. When Spaulding and Machine Man arrive home, the Hulk smashes Machine Man to pieces...
Curtiss Jackson reveals his plans to become head of the Corporation to Trish Starr. Machine Man reassembles himself and retaliates against the Hulk, destroying Dr Spaulding's house in the process. Spaulding and Fred Sloan rush to Colonel Kragg for help in subduing the Hulk. Machine Man realises he's been manipulated by the Corporation. Hulk rips electrical cables up from the street and tries to fry Machine Man, setting off a gas main and causing an explosion that appears to consume them both...
Incredible Hulk #237
Machine Man uses his flight powers to take the Hulk out of the fire, but Central City is burning out of control. He uses a mind-probe to learn the Hulk's true motivation, waking the Hulk who bounds through the city and causes chaos on his path to Curtiss Jackson's office building. Machine Man picks up the pieces, but arrives at Midstate Tower in time to save Trish Starr from Jackson. The Hulk smashes the building, reducing it to rubble. Curtiss Jackson is arrested. Machine Man hypnotises the Hulk and levitates him away from the city and launches him as far away as possible before collapsing...
The Hulk lands face-first in the woods British Columbia, Canada. A woman named Maureen Friesen digs out the dirt around him to make sure he can breathe. Department H - the secret section of the Canadian government - send Alpha Flight's Sasquatch to investigate. He arrives in the woods after the Hulk reverts back to Bruce Banner. Sasquatch provokes Banner into turning into the Hulk to test his strength against him, angering Maureen. The two beasts fight it out, causing a landslide that Sasquatch has to save Maureen from. He emerges from the rubble having saved her, but the Hulk gives him a back-handed slap and leaps away...
Machine Man #8 (tie-in)
Dr Oliver Broadhurst carries out immediate repairs on Machine Man, removing many of his technological abilities in order to save him. Machine Man ponders his possible humanity and unlocks a pre-recorded message from his 'father', Abel Stack, telling him he's his own man. Machine Man is pursued by three jets who try to destroy him. Miles Brickman arrives on the scene with Broadhust, Colonel Kragg and Peter Spaulding when one of the jet pilots causes a landslide that traps them in a cave. Machine Man saves them all, but Brickman swears he'll see the robot destroyed.
SHIELD transport their capsule to Gamma Base where it's revealed to contain the Bi-Beast; Bi-Beast escapes but is defeated by Hulk and Jack of Hearts.
Super-Villain Team-Up #16-17 (1979-1980)
The Red Skull resumes his plans for world domination.
Spider-Woman #7 (1978)
Nick Fury is revealed to have recovered from the injuries caused by the Red Skull.
Captain America #232-236 (1979)
The Grand Director is revealed to be former Captain America, William Burnside, having been brainwashed by Doctor Faustus; Burnside is appears to commit suicide by blowing himself up; Peggy Carter survives, but Sharon Carter blows herself up while under Faustus' control.
Incredible Hulk #238 (1979)
Hulk gets lost in Canada, pursued by They Who Wield Power; Andrew Hawk continues to investigate Gamma Base; Betty Ross and Glenn Talbot get divorced; Talbot blames the Hulk for his failed marriage and swears revenge during PARTNERS IN DECEPTION.
Incredible Hulk #240 (1979)
The government ask Fred Sloan to write a book about the Hulk; Trish Starr offers to help Fred work on the book during PARTNERS IN DECEPTION.
Machine Man #11 (1979)
Dr Peter Spaulding helps Machine Man feel more human by finding him a job; Kublai Khan is revealed to be behind the jets that attacked Machine Man; Miles Brickman continues to rally against Machine Man.
Machine Man #13 (1980)
Machine Man confront Kublai Khan directly; Khan's base of operations, Xanadu, is destroyed, taking Khan with it.
Avengers #183-184 (1979)
The Falcon and Captain America are quickly reunited when Falcon finds himself fighting alongside the Avengers; Falcon ends up joining the Avengers.
Marvel Two-in-One #53 (1979)
Marvel Man is officially revealed to have changed his name to Quasar, having established himself in his role as Security Chief at Project PEGASUS.
Captain America #247 (1980)
Captain America's belief that his parents were Walter & Elizabeth Rogers and he grew up in Washington are revealed to be false implants; Cap's real memories start to return; Machinesmith returns, attacking Captain America and confirming his status as a human consciousness uploaded into a robot body.
Marvel Team-Up Annual #3 (1980)
Hulk next meets Machine Man and remembers him being an enemy.
Captain America #255 (1981)
Captain America's true history is first revealed, including the first appearance of his mother, Sarah Rogers.
Incredible Hulk #260 (1981)
Glenn Talbot dies while pursuing the Hulk.
Captain America #261-263 (1981)
The Ameridroid is captured by the Red Skull who brainwashes Dekker into believing his mind being transferred into a giant robot is all Captain America's fault; the Ameridroid fights Cap but learns of the Red Skull's ruse and dies trying to kill him.
Incredible Hulk #263-264 (1981)
The Night Flyer is revealed to have been resurrected by the Corruptor; Night Flyer dies again when the Hulk crushes his glider.
Incredible Hulk #265 (1981)
Texas Twister is revealed to have joined a southwestern super-team called the Rangers.
Rom #21 (1981)
Brock and Lorraine Jones' third child, Nell Jones, is revealed to have been born; Torpedo becomes a regular ally of Rom.
Marvel Team-Up #114 (1982)
Jim Wilson calls on his uncle, the Falcon, for help in taking down a group of vigilantes called the Young Watchers.
Captain America #272 (1982)
The Falcon comes to the rescue again when his nephew, Jim Wilson, is shot trying to prevent a robbery.
Avengers #222 (1982)
Moonstone joins the Masters of Evil.
Captain America Annual #6 (1982)
The Contemplator grants Jeff Mace gets another shot at being Captain America when the former hero learns he's dying of cancer; as Captain America, Mace battles Adam II of Earth-8206.
Giant-Size Incredible Hulk #1 (2008)
Fred Sloan fails to get an interview with the Hulk for his book; the publishers create a cover and title for the book, calling it 'Hulk Encounter; A Survivor's Story'.
Avengers #230 (1983)
Fred Sloan accompanies his friend, Trish Starr, when she scatters the ashes of her uncle, the criminal known as Egghead.
Captain America #285 (1983)
Former Patriot/Captain America Jeff Mace dies of cancer; Steve Rogers sits at his bedside.
Rom #50 (1984)
Torpedo (Brock Jones) is killed by the Dire Wraiths during TOTAL WAR!
Marvel Team-Up #134 (1983)
Jack of Hearts begins to lose control of his powers during HEARTBREAK.
Jack of Hearts #1-4 (1984)
Jack of Hearts learns of his alien origins during HEARTBREAK.
Avengers #244-245 (1984)
The Rocketeers return, woking on behalf of the Dire Wraiths during TOTAL WAR!
Alpha Flight #11 (1984)
Sasquatch is revealed to have met Bruce Banner before, working alongside him at Pennsylvania State University while he was just Walter Langkowski; when Langkowski later learned Banner had become the Hulk, he focused his research in Gamma radiation to transform himself, turning into Sasquatch.
Incredible Hulk #312 (1985)
The Hulk is revealed to be the embodiment of the Bruce Banners' inner child, having witnessed his abusive father beat his mother to death when he was a boy, during SECRET WARS II / AND THE GRAVES GIVE UP THEIR DEAD.
Incredible Hulk #319 (1986)
Bruce Banner and Betty Ross get married during HULKBUSTERS.
Thing #35 (1986)
Curtiss Jackson emerges as the Power Broker, giving powers to anyone who pay him enough including members of the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation and Sharon Ventura during THE SEARCH FOR THE THING.
Captain America #318 (1986)
Blue Streak and the Vamp are murdered by the Scourge of the Underworld during SCOURGE OF THE UNDERWORLD.
Avengers Annual #18 (1989)
Quasar joins the Avengers, fighting alongside Captain America during SUPER-NOVA SAGA / THE COSMIC AVENGER.
Quasar #1-2 (1989)
Wendell Vaughn's origin is revealed, from his membership in the SHIELD Super-Agents up to becoming a member of the Avengers; Quasar meets Eon and becomes Protector of the Universe during THE COSMIC AVENGER.
Captain America #258-362 (1989)
Afraid he was about to be killed by the Scourge of the Underworld, the Power Broker augmented his own body but became so muscular that he couldn't physically move.
Captain America #375-378 (1990)
Power Broker is revealed to be using an exo-skeleton to enable him to move.
Incredible Hulk #377 (1991)
Doc Samson makes a successful attempt at psychoanalysing the Hulk, merging his split personality into one, creating a 'smart' Hulk (though it's later revealed that this is just another persona).
Quasar #19-25 (1991)
Quasar fails to save Eon from his cosmic assassin.
Quasar #27 (1991)
Quasar's role as Protector of the Universe continues with him taking responsibility for Eon's offspring, Epoch, during THE INFINITY GAUNTLET.
Captain America #394 (1991)
The Power Broker is revealed to have allied himself with the Red Skull.
Incredible Hulk #388 (1991)
Jim Wilson calls on his uncle, the Falcon, the Hulk and Rick Jones when he's threatened by crime boss Paul Lang and his assassin, Speedfreek; Hulk and Rick answer the call and defeat Speedfreek, but Jim is seriously injured; it's revealed that Jim Wilson has AIDS.
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #36 (1992)
Flashbacks reveal how Nick Fury sent SHIELD agent Frank Payne to infiltrate the Corporation, only for him to accidentally kill some thieves on an operation; when Fury refused to take him off the mission, Frank lost his mind, defected to the Corporation operative and was transformed into the Constrictor.
Avengers Annual #22 (1993)
The Maha Yogi is revealed to have regained his youth and returns with Mongu, attacking Avengers Mansion in search of Doctor Druid; the pair are defeated by the Black Widow and Lockjaw.
Incredible Hulk #420 (1994)
Jim Wilson asks for a blood-transfusion to save his life and cure him of AIDS, but the Hulk refuses; Jim Wilson dies with the Hulk at his bedside.
Star Masters #1 (1995)
Quasar is relieved of his role as Protector of the Universe.
Captain America #444-449 (1995-1996)
Sharon Carter is revealed to be alive and working for the Red Skull; she's reunited with Captain America and abandons the Skull.
New Warriors #73 (1996)
The Dire Wraith Queen Volx disguises herself as Brock Jones' son, Danny Jones, in order to steal the Torpedo armour from Brock's nephew, Mike Jeffries.
Incredible Hulk #449 (1997)
Hulk clashes with the Thunderbolts, but notices something familiar about Meteorite during JUSTICE LIKE LIGHTNING / SURVIVOR'S GUILT.
Thunderbolts #1 (1997)
Meteorite is actually Moonstone (Dr Karla Sofen); the Thunderbolts are the Masters of Evil in disguise with a plot to take advantage of the 'dead' Avengers and Fantastic Four by acting as the heroic Thunderbolts during JUSTICE LIKE LIGHTNING.
Deadpool #6 (1997)
A clone of the Vamp emerges during WHOMSOEVER FIGHTS MONSTERS.
Thunderbolts #12 (1998)
Meteorite is among the Thunderbolts who turn against Baron Zemo, setting her on the path to becoming a hero during HEROES REBORN.
Uncanny X-Men #371 (1999)
Against his will, SHIELD use X-51 to create a new Deathlok cyborg during RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE.
Cable & Deadpool #8-12 (2004-2005)
The Constrictor goes back to work for SHIELD when he gets a chance to reform.
Captain America #14 (2006)
Bucky is revealed to have survived the explosion that was previously believed to have killed him; he continued to operate as a brainwashed Russian assassin called the Winter Soldier.
2006-??? Heroes For Hire #3 (2006)
A second Blue Streak (Jonathan Swift) emerges during CIVIL WAR.
Ms Marvel #18 (2007)
Despite his past dealings with the US Government and SHIELD, Machine Man agrees to join Ms Marvel's Operation: Lightning Storm team, a specialist SHIELD unit.
Thunderbolts #117-121 (2007)
A third Bluestreak emerges, but is soon killed by Bullseye.
Captain America #37 (2008)
William Burnside's suicide is revealed to have been faked; he pursues the 'resurrected' Bucky Barnes (now Captain America, himself) over him killing Nomad while operating as the brainwashed Winter Soldier.
Punisher #5 (2009)
The original Blue Streak is resurrected by the Hood during DARK REIGN.
Punisher #9 (2009)
The original Blue Streak is killed again by the Punisher during DEAD END.
Captain America #2-3 (2011)
The Ameridroid returns, this time working with Baron Zemo; Jimmy Jupiter transports him to Nowhere where he finds he's young and human again; before he can make the most of his second chance, he's shot dead by Codename: Bravo for his past activities as a Nazi minion.
Punisher #13 (2012)
It appears the Power Broker may have been killed by the Punisher.
Avengers: Standoff - Assault on Pleasant Hill Omega #1 (2016)
After losing control of the Quantum Bands, Wendell Vaughn passes the bands and his codename to a new Quasar (Avril Kincaid), training her to take his place during AVENGERS: STANDOFF.
Infamous Iron Man #7 (2017)
After the Constrictor retires, his son (Frank Payne Jr) becomes the new Constrictor, beginning a criminal career.
Iron Fist #75 (2018)
The original Constrictor is revealed to have died from a terminal illness during MARVEL LEGACY.
Immortal Hulk #3-5 (2018)Walter Langkowski tracks Bruce Banner down in the hope of gaining his assistance in getting his Sasquatch side under control; Langkowski's increased periods as Sasquatch have allowed Brian Banner's spirit to access and control Sasquatch; Hulk drains Sasquatch of Gamma radiation, leaving Langkowski powerless.
Captain America and the Falcon: The Swine
Captain America by Jack Kirby Omnibus
Marvel Masterworks: Captain America vol.11
Include Captain America #213-214.
Essential Hulk vol.6
Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk vol.13
Include Incredible Hulk #211-212.
Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil vol.13
Includes Marvel Premiere #39-40.
Essential Captain America vol.6
Includes Captain America #213-215, 217-223, 225-230 and Incredible Hulk #232.
Captain America vs the Red Skull
Includes Captain America #226-227.
Thunderbolts: Marvel's Most Wanted
Includes Incredible Hulk #228-229.
Essential Marvel Two-in-One vol.2
Includes Marvel To-in-One #47-48.
Essential Hulk vol.7
Includes Captain America #230, Incredible Hulk #227-237 and Incredible Hulk Annual #8.
Essential Captain America vol.7
Includes Captain America #231.
Machine Man by Kirby & Ditko: The Complete Collection
Includes Incredible Hulk #235-237 and Machine Man #7-10.
Not yet collected:
Marvel Premiere #44
Avengers #183-184 (1979)
The Falcon and Captain America are quickly reunited when Falcon finds himself fighting alongside the Avengers; Falcon ends up joining the Avengers.
Marvel Two-in-One #53 (1979)
Marvel Man is officially revealed to have changed his name to Quasar, having established himself in his role as Security Chief at Project PEGASUS.
Captain America #247 (1980)
Captain America's belief that his parents were Walter & Elizabeth Rogers and he grew up in Washington are revealed to be false implants; Cap's real memories start to return; Machinesmith returns, attacking Captain America and confirming his status as a human consciousness uploaded into a robot body.
Marvel Team-Up Annual #3 (1980)
Hulk next meets Machine Man and remembers him being an enemy.
Captain America #255 (1981)
Captain America's true history is first revealed, including the first appearance of his mother, Sarah Rogers.
Incredible Hulk #260 (1981)
Glenn Talbot dies while pursuing the Hulk.
Captain America #261-263 (1981)
The Ameridroid is captured by the Red Skull who brainwashes Dekker into believing his mind being transferred into a giant robot is all Captain America's fault; the Ameridroid fights Cap but learns of the Red Skull's ruse and dies trying to kill him.
Incredible Hulk #263-264 (1981)
The Night Flyer is revealed to have been resurrected by the Corruptor; Night Flyer dies again when the Hulk crushes his glider.
Incredible Hulk #265 (1981)
Texas Twister is revealed to have joined a southwestern super-team called the Rangers.
Rom #21 (1981)
Brock and Lorraine Jones' third child, Nell Jones, is revealed to have been born; Torpedo becomes a regular ally of Rom.
Marvel Team-Up #114 (1982)
Jim Wilson calls on his uncle, the Falcon, for help in taking down a group of vigilantes called the Young Watchers.
Captain America #272 (1982)
The Falcon comes to the rescue again when his nephew, Jim Wilson, is shot trying to prevent a robbery.
Avengers #222 (1982)
Moonstone joins the Masters of Evil.
Captain America Annual #6 (1982)
The Contemplator grants Jeff Mace gets another shot at being Captain America when the former hero learns he's dying of cancer; as Captain America, Mace battles Adam II of Earth-8206.
Giant-Size Incredible Hulk #1 (2008)
Fred Sloan fails to get an interview with the Hulk for his book; the publishers create a cover and title for the book, calling it 'Hulk Encounter; A Survivor's Story'.
Avengers #230 (1983)
Fred Sloan accompanies his friend, Trish Starr, when she scatters the ashes of her uncle, the criminal known as Egghead.
Captain America #285 (1983)
Former Patriot/Captain America Jeff Mace dies of cancer; Steve Rogers sits at his bedside.
Rom #50 (1984)
Torpedo (Brock Jones) is killed by the Dire Wraiths during TOTAL WAR!
Marvel Team-Up #134 (1983)
Jack of Hearts begins to lose control of his powers during HEARTBREAK.
Jack of Hearts #1-4 (1984)
Jack of Hearts learns of his alien origins during HEARTBREAK.
Avengers #244-245 (1984)
The Rocketeers return, woking on behalf of the Dire Wraiths during TOTAL WAR!
Alpha Flight #11 (1984)
Sasquatch is revealed to have met Bruce Banner before, working alongside him at Pennsylvania State University while he was just Walter Langkowski; when Langkowski later learned Banner had become the Hulk, he focused his research in Gamma radiation to transform himself, turning into Sasquatch.
Incredible Hulk #312 (1985)
The Hulk is revealed to be the embodiment of the Bruce Banners' inner child, having witnessed his abusive father beat his mother to death when he was a boy, during SECRET WARS II / AND THE GRAVES GIVE UP THEIR DEAD.
Incredible Hulk #319 (1986)
Bruce Banner and Betty Ross get married during HULKBUSTERS.
Thing #35 (1986)
Curtiss Jackson emerges as the Power Broker, giving powers to anyone who pay him enough including members of the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation and Sharon Ventura during THE SEARCH FOR THE THING.
Captain America #318 (1986)
Blue Streak and the Vamp are murdered by the Scourge of the Underworld during SCOURGE OF THE UNDERWORLD.
Avengers Annual #18 (1989)
Quasar joins the Avengers, fighting alongside Captain America during SUPER-NOVA SAGA / THE COSMIC AVENGER.
Quasar #1-2 (1989)
Wendell Vaughn's origin is revealed, from his membership in the SHIELD Super-Agents up to becoming a member of the Avengers; Quasar meets Eon and becomes Protector of the Universe during THE COSMIC AVENGER.
Captain America #258-362 (1989)
Afraid he was about to be killed by the Scourge of the Underworld, the Power Broker augmented his own body but became so muscular that he couldn't physically move.
Captain America #375-378 (1990)
Power Broker is revealed to be using an exo-skeleton to enable him to move.
Incredible Hulk #377 (1991)
Doc Samson makes a successful attempt at psychoanalysing the Hulk, merging his split personality into one, creating a 'smart' Hulk (though it's later revealed that this is just another persona).
Quasar #19-25 (1991)
Quasar fails to save Eon from his cosmic assassin.
Quasar #27 (1991)
Quasar's role as Protector of the Universe continues with him taking responsibility for Eon's offspring, Epoch, during THE INFINITY GAUNTLET.
Captain America #394 (1991)
The Power Broker is revealed to have allied himself with the Red Skull.
Incredible Hulk #388 (1991)
Jim Wilson calls on his uncle, the Falcon, the Hulk and Rick Jones when he's threatened by crime boss Paul Lang and his assassin, Speedfreek; Hulk and Rick answer the call and defeat Speedfreek, but Jim is seriously injured; it's revealed that Jim Wilson has AIDS.
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #36 (1992)
Flashbacks reveal how Nick Fury sent SHIELD agent Frank Payne to infiltrate the Corporation, only for him to accidentally kill some thieves on an operation; when Fury refused to take him off the mission, Frank lost his mind, defected to the Corporation operative and was transformed into the Constrictor.
Avengers Annual #22 (1993)
The Maha Yogi is revealed to have regained his youth and returns with Mongu, attacking Avengers Mansion in search of Doctor Druid; the pair are defeated by the Black Widow and Lockjaw.
Incredible Hulk #420 (1994)
Jim Wilson asks for a blood-transfusion to save his life and cure him of AIDS, but the Hulk refuses; Jim Wilson dies with the Hulk at his bedside.
Star Masters #1 (1995)
Quasar is relieved of his role as Protector of the Universe.
Captain America #444-449 (1995-1996)
Sharon Carter is revealed to be alive and working for the Red Skull; she's reunited with Captain America and abandons the Skull.
New Warriors #73 (1996)
The Dire Wraith Queen Volx disguises herself as Brock Jones' son, Danny Jones, in order to steal the Torpedo armour from Brock's nephew, Mike Jeffries.
Incredible Hulk #449 (1997)
Hulk clashes with the Thunderbolts, but notices something familiar about Meteorite during JUSTICE LIKE LIGHTNING / SURVIVOR'S GUILT.
Thunderbolts #1 (1997)
Meteorite is actually Moonstone (Dr Karla Sofen); the Thunderbolts are the Masters of Evil in disguise with a plot to take advantage of the 'dead' Avengers and Fantastic Four by acting as the heroic Thunderbolts during JUSTICE LIKE LIGHTNING.
Deadpool #6 (1997)
A clone of the Vamp emerges during WHOMSOEVER FIGHTS MONSTERS.
Thunderbolts #12 (1998)
Meteorite is among the Thunderbolts who turn against Baron Zemo, setting her on the path to becoming a hero during HEROES REBORN.
Uncanny X-Men #371 (1999)
Against his will, SHIELD use X-51 to create a new Deathlok cyborg during RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE.
Cable & Deadpool #8-12 (2004-2005)
The Constrictor goes back to work for SHIELD when he gets a chance to reform.
Captain America #14 (2006)
Bucky is revealed to have survived the explosion that was previously believed to have killed him; he continued to operate as a brainwashed Russian assassin called the Winter Soldier.
2006-??? Heroes For Hire #3 (2006)
A second Blue Streak (Jonathan Swift) emerges during CIVIL WAR.
Ms Marvel #18 (2007)
Despite his past dealings with the US Government and SHIELD, Machine Man agrees to join Ms Marvel's Operation: Lightning Storm team, a specialist SHIELD unit.
Thunderbolts #117-121 (2007)
A third Bluestreak emerges, but is soon killed by Bullseye.
Captain America #37 (2008)
William Burnside's suicide is revealed to have been faked; he pursues the 'resurrected' Bucky Barnes (now Captain America, himself) over him killing Nomad while operating as the brainwashed Winter Soldier.
Punisher #5 (2009)
The original Blue Streak is resurrected by the Hood during DARK REIGN.
Punisher #9 (2009)
The original Blue Streak is killed again by the Punisher during DEAD END.
Captain America #2-3 (2011)
The Ameridroid returns, this time working with Baron Zemo; Jimmy Jupiter transports him to Nowhere where he finds he's young and human again; before he can make the most of his second chance, he's shot dead by Codename: Bravo for his past activities as a Nazi minion.
Punisher #13 (2012)
It appears the Power Broker may have been killed by the Punisher.
Avengers: Standoff - Assault on Pleasant Hill Omega #1 (2016)
After losing control of the Quantum Bands, Wendell Vaughn passes the bands and his codename to a new Quasar (Avril Kincaid), training her to take his place during AVENGERS: STANDOFF.
Infamous Iron Man #7 (2017)
After the Constrictor retires, his son (Frank Payne Jr) becomes the new Constrictor, beginning a criminal career.
Iron Fist #75 (2018)
The original Constrictor is revealed to have died from a terminal illness during MARVEL LEGACY.
Immortal Hulk #3-5 (2018)Walter Langkowski tracks Bruce Banner down in the hope of gaining his assistance in getting his Sasquatch side under control; Langkowski's increased periods as Sasquatch have allowed Brian Banner's spirit to access and control Sasquatch; Hulk drains Sasquatch of Gamma radiation, leaving Langkowski powerless.
Captain America by Jack Kirby Omnibus
Marvel Masterworks: Captain America vol.11
Include Captain America #213-214.
Essential Hulk vol.6
Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk vol.13
Include Incredible Hulk #211-212.
Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil vol.13
Includes Marvel Premiere #39-40.
Essential Captain America vol.6
Includes Captain America #213-215, 217-223, 225-230 and Incredible Hulk #232.
Captain America vs the Red Skull
Includes Captain America #226-227.
Thunderbolts: Marvel's Most Wanted
Includes Incredible Hulk #228-229.
Essential Marvel Two-in-One vol.2
Includes Marvel To-in-One #47-48.
Essential Hulk vol.7
Includes Captain America #230, Incredible Hulk #227-237 and Incredible Hulk Annual #8.
Essential Captain America vol.7
Includes Captain America #231.
Machine Man by Kirby & Ditko: The Complete Collection
Includes Incredible Hulk #235-237 and Machine Man #7-10.
Not yet collected:
Marvel Premiere #44
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