Terrible Trio (Marvel Comics)

:For the DC Comics team, see Terrible Trio.

The Terrible Trio was a Marvel Comics super-villain team. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, they first appeared in "Fantastic Four" #23 (1964). They made several appearances in the 1960s and then one appearance in the late 1970s in "Marvel Two-in-One" #60.

History

Bull Brogin, "Handsome" Harry Phillips, and Yogi Dakor were three career criminals brought together by Doctor Doom to help him destroy the Fantastic Four. The trio capture the Fantastic Four but Doom sent them to another dimension until he again needed their services. The Fantastic Four, however, defeated Doom and the trio was returned to Earth.

The trio faced the Human Torch two times after that. Both times they captured him but he was able to escape, the second time with the help of the Thing.

The trio then spent the better part of a decade in prison before Dakor gained the ability to project their minds into inanimate objects. They possessed Alicia Masters' statues and battled the Thing, who defeated them with the help of the Impossible Man.

Years later and allied with Latverian terrorists, the Terrible Trio were apphrended by the Thunderbolts during an arms deal. The trio were badly beaten by Thunderbolt's member Penance, and arrested for being in violation of the Superhuman Registration Act.

Powers and abilities

Each of the Terrible Trio has different powers:

* Brogin has strength twelve times a normal man.
* Phillips has increased hearing.
* Dakor is completely fireproof and has other lesser abilities. He sometimes rides a mechanical flying carpet. Dakor later develops the ability to possess inanimate objects, a power he can share with Brogin and Phillips.

The trio employ an asbestos blanket and rope against the Human Torch.

Appearances

* Fantastic Four #23
* Strange Tales #122
* Strange Tales #129
* Marvel Two-in-One #60
* Penance: Restless #1

References

* Christiansen, Jeff et al. "Marvel Legacy: The 1960s Handbook." Marvel Comics, 2006.
* Olshevsky, George "The Official Marvel Index to the Fantastic Four" Volume 2, Issue 2. Marvel Comics, 1986.