Corporation (comics)

The Corporation
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #23 (Apr 1976)
Created by	Jack Kirby
In-story information
Type of organization	Organized crime

The Corporation is a fictional organization in the Marvel Universe.

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.

The organization subsequently appears in Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #26-27 (July-August 1976), #29-31 (October-December 1976), and Incredible Hulk #211-212 (May-June 1977).

A different version of the same organization first appeared in Captain America #213-214 (September-October 1977) by Jack Kirby, and subsequently appears in Marvel Premiere #39-40 (February, April 1978), #44 (October 1978), Captain America #217-218 (January-February 1978), #220 (April 1978), #222-223 (June-July 1978), #225 (September 1978), Machine Man #7-9 (October-December 1978), Incredible Hulk #228-230 (October-December 1978), Captain America #228 (December 1978), Incredible Hulk #231-232 (January-February 1979), Captain America #229-231 (January-March 1979), Marvel Two-in-One #47-48 (January-February 1979), Captain America #236 (August 1979), Incredible Hulk #233-237 (March-July 1979), Captain America #281 (May 1983), Marvel Comics Presents #82 (1991), Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #36 (June 1992), Cage #13-14 (April-May 1993), and Heroes for Hire #1-5 (October 2006-February 2007).

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

• Senator "Kligger" Stivak^[1]
• Curtiss Jackson
• Filippo Ayayla
• Veda
• Karl Malus
• Veil

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

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