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Nakia Bahadir is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is a Turkish girl and friend of Kamala Khan.[1]

Bakuto is a fictional ninja in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Andy Diggle, Antony Johnston and Marco Checchetto, first appeared in Daredevil #505 (April 2010).

Bakuto, the head Daimyo of South America, meets with the other four Daimyos in Jigoku-Chu Castle in Japan. He shows some doubt in Matt Murdock leading The Hand and especially scoffs at White Tiger's involvement due to her being a woman. Beforehand, Bakuto killed his master, Izanagi, to showcase "[his] strength of will", even going so far as to not allowing him seppuku.

In the present, while having dinner, Bakuto's food is spiked causing him to hallucinate demons. Matt goes to check on him as Daredevil and are both immediately attacked by ninjas that were secretly sent by the other Daimyos. After defeating them, Matt is led to believe that someone is attempting to take Bakuto's life and ups the security. Despite this Bakuto believes that Matt was the one who sent the ninjas and begins plotting to kill him.[3] He is later confronted by a possessed White Tiger and killed in sword combat.[4]

Balthazar or Belathauzer in his first appearance, is a demon who has clashed with the Defenders and Devil-Slayer.

Martine Bancroft is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane, she first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #102 (November 1971). She is the fiancée of Morbius, the Living Vampire.

Bancroft works as an assistant to Michael Morbius, whose experiments aim to cure his blood disease. They backfire and turn him into a vampire-esque individual.[13][14][15] After being manipulated by a cult,[16][17] Bancroft personally assists in finding resources to cure Morbius's "pseudo-vampirism". She is interrupted and ultimately turned into a similar creature before Morbius and Simon Stroud inject her with the cure.[18] After being killed by David Langford,[19] she is resurrected but gets possessed by the Lilin Parasite of Lilith's group before being saved by Morbius.[20] Bancroft's original personality returns albeit with a vampire-esque form,[21] and even has a friendship with Jack Russell / Werewolf.[22] She ultimately acts spiteful towards her ex-fiancé.[23] After turning herself into a true vampire, Bancroft is killed by Morbius while saving Peter Parker / Spider-Man.[24]

Elaine Banner or Elaine Walters is a fictional and supporting character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character appeared later in multiple spin-offs and dramatizations of the Hulk and She-Hulk comic book titles. She was created by writer David Kraft and artist Mike Vosburg. She first appeared in The Savage She-Hulk #15 of April, in 1981. She is the sister of Susan and Brian Banner, the wife of Morris Walters, and the Aunt of Bruce Banner who would grow up to be the Gamma-Powered superhero known as the Hulk; while her daughter and Bruce's cousin would become the super-heroine known as The She-Hulk, when Bruce saved her life with a blood transfusion.

The character appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022), portrayed by Tess Malis Kincaid.

Bantam is a fictional mutant. Created by Jim Lee and John Byrne, the character first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #282.

Bantam is an assistant of Trevor Fitzroy who uses his power as a chronal anchor to keep track of his master's time portals. When Fitzroy takes over a future timeline and renames himself the Chronomancer, Bantam accompanies him. Bantam realizes that Fitzroy had been driven mad by his dreams of power, and eventually betrays his master to the rebellion led by Bishop. Bantam assists in the raising of the gate to the Chronomancer's keep, and dies at the hands of Fitzroy's Chronotroopers.

Bantam kept track of all of Fitzroy's time portals still in stasis. He was sensitive to the bioenergy emissions of other superhumans, allowing him to locate the site where the energy was released.

Eli Bard aka Eliphas is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Christopher Yost, Clayton Crain and Craig Kyle, Bard is a member of the Purifiers and an enemy of the X-Men.

Eli Bard was born "Eliphas" at the height of the Roman Empire. He was recognized as an outstanding soldier until a spear injury ended his military career. For a while he worked unsuccessfully as a poet until he met Aurelia, one of the most powerful women in Rome. He soon married her and achieved a position in the Senate. As a well-respected senator, he was known as a great orator and a friend to the army. His wife left him for a general named Mascius and conspired to give Mascius his seat in the Senate.[26]

Left with nothing, Eliphas was approached by Selene, who offered him immortality in exchange for helping her kill and absorb every soul in Rome. Eliphas drew pentagrams and performed rituals at several locations in the city, but warned a small girl to get her family out. The girl's father alerted the authorities and Eliphas and Selene were captured before the spell could be carried out. Just before they were burned at the stake, Selene killed the guards. She cursed Eliphas for his perceived betrayal with an eternal life of torture, turning him into a vampire-like creature. Eliphas was buried alive for 700 years until a farmer discovered him in his field. Eliphas killed the farmer with a swift bite to the jugular. He spent the next several hundred years searching for Selene. He ran into the ancestral Apache tribe of Warpath. They recognized him as a vampire but could not stop him from wiping out almost the entire tribe.[26]

Eliphas, having at some point in time changed his name to "Eli Bard," finally located Selene in Nova Roma, where she was worshiped as a god. Still in love with her despite her curse, Bard realized that he must make an offering to her before approaching her. Bard later joined the Purifiers, an anti-mutant terrorist group. During this time, he worked diligently to further the Purifiers' goals. Secretly, however, he had hoped to sacrifice thousands of Purifiers' souls using the same ritual from Rome to gain Selene's attention. He assisted in the resurrection of Bastion but the android was suspicious of him, as he had no record on him. After seeing Bastion reprogram an offspring of Magus, he changed his plan and instead re-animated the corpses in the burial grounds of the Apache tribe that he had decimated decades earlier using the Technarch transmode virus he had absorbed from an offspring of Magus. Among the bodies reanimated were those of the mutants Caliban and Thunderbird. He presented Caliban to Selene and stated that he intended to use Caliban's mutant tracking abilities to track down deceased mutants and reanimate them to form an army for Selene, an offer which she accepted.[26]

He uses the virus to resurrect a variety of mutants, including Cypher, Banshee, the original Hellions, Risque, Pyro, and Destiny.

When Bard returned to Proudstar's tribe's burial grounds to resurrect Caliban and Thunderbird, the spirits of the tribe rose to protect those buried there. Bard attacked them with Selene's mystical knife, transforming them into a Demon Bear. After fleeing the battle, Bard leaves the blade behind, unaware it was pivotal in Selene's plans. He is then dispatched to Utopia to retrieve it, taking Warpath hostage in the process. When he returns to Selene with the blade and the hostage, Selene kills him by stabbing him in the heart with the blade, reducing him to bones.[27]

Baron Samedi, given name Rolando Samedi, is a subversive agent in the Marvel Universe. The character, created by Len Wein and Gene Colan, first appeared in Strange Tales #171 (December 1973).

Within the context of the stories, Baron Samedi is a Haitian agent of A.I.M. who creates pseudo-zombies while posing as the real Baron Samedi and confronts Brother Voodoo.[28]

Base (Hiro Sokuto) is a mutant who was born in Hiroshima, Japan, and his powers surfaced at an early age. His father sold him and his brother to the Yakuza to act as drug runners, but they were eventually captured by the Mutagenic Search Squad, and became a member of Genetix.

The Basilisk is a supervillain who debuts in Marvel Team-Up #16 (December 1973).[30] Basil Elks, a petty thief, breaks into a museum to steal what he believes is an ordinary emerald—but is, in fact, an alien Kree artifact called the Alpha Stone. Elks miscalculates the security guards rounds and is caught and fired upon when he reaches for a weapon. The guard's bullet accidentally hits and shatters the gem, causing an explosion that transforms Elks into a humanoid reptilian—his skin becomes green and scaly and his eyes are now large and red. Elks then flash-freezes the guard in place, and realizing that he now has superhuman abilities, decides to become a supervillain and calls himself the Basilisk. He faced off against Spider-Man, Mister Fantastic, Captain Marvel and the Mole Man which ended with him being imprisoned in another Kree artifact called the Omega Stone that ended up in lava.[31][32]

The Omega Stone he was imprisoned in was found in a lava river by some Moloids who worshiped it.[33] After absorbing the Omega Stone into himself (thus increasing his power to its fullest potential) and breaking free, he fought the Thing and defeated him until Spider-Man arrived.[34] After hearing the Basilisk's origin, Spider-Man manages to help the Thing regain consciousness and they fight the Basilisk. During the fight, the Basilisk disappeared during a cave-in.[33]

The Sphinx pulled the Basilisk from his timeline and paired him up with Moonstone, Ulysses Bloodstone, the Man-Wolf and Gyre to compete against the Sphinx's elder self and his team consisting of Black Bolt, Darkhawk, Mister Fantastic, Namorita, and Nova.[35]

The Basilisk reappeared in the crossover storyline involving the Scourge of the Underworld, a vigilante who assassinated numerous minor supervillains. Seeking retaliation against the Thing, the character tunneled his way to the headquarters of the Fantastic Four which was undergoing construction, but was murdered by the Scourge of the Underworld disguised as a construction worker.[36]

Dead Ringer later acquired a tissue sample from the Basilisk's body and assumed his form.[37]

During the "Dark Reign" storyline, the Basilisk was resurrected—along with 16 other criminals murdered by the Scourge—by master criminal the Hood using the power of the entity Dormammu. The revived characters form a squad to attempt to eliminate the Punisher; the Basilisk completed the mission by capturing the Punisher.[38]

During the "Fear Itself" storyline, the Basilisk is among the villains that escape from the Raft after the Juggernaut takes the form of Kuurth: Breaker of Stone and damages the facility heavily. He assists the Man-Bull, the Griffin, and another escaped inmate in a bank robbery. When Hercules arrives, he recognizes that the fourth person with them is actually Hecate. The Basilisk joined the Man-Bull and the Griffin in fighting Hercules until Hecate regained her memories.[39] When a revived Kyknos attacks Hercules, the Basilisk and the Man-Bull flee.[40] Hercules and the Griffin manage to find where the Basilisk and the Man-Bull are hiding and recruit their help. The villains approach Hecate and Kyknos using a ruse involving Hercules being turned to stone. Hercules quickly revives and saves the villains by killing Kyknos, while Hecate escapes.[41]

The Basilisk was later hired by HYDRA where he was paired up with the Looter to steal the Ellsworth Sonic Reducer. Both of them are defeated by the Superior Spider-Man (Doctor Octopus's mind in Spider-Man's body) and are webbed up for the police.[42]

Upon absorbing the Alpha Stone, Basil Elks possessed enhanced physical strength, reflexes, and stamina. The Basilisk's main offensive weapon were his eye beams, which could be concussive force (these could also be directed at the ground for limited flight) or energy that manipulated temperature (to boiling or freezing extremes) or molecules.[43] Upon absorbing the Omega Stone, Basilisk's powers increased to their full extent, allowing him to generate volcanoes worldwide, including in the Savage Land and New York City.[44]

The Basilisk is a lizard-like villain who first appears in Morbius, the Living Vampire #5 (Jan. 1993). Wayne Gifford is a dysfunctional man, turns to demon-worshipping to create an alternate persona, the Basilisk. Possessing a paralyzing stare, the Basilisk battles the anti-hero Morbius the Living Vampire.[45]

Wayne Gifford was a normal human until becoming the Basilisk, a large humanoid reptile. The creature possesses superhuman strength and agility, and a paralyzing stare. The Basilisk's one weakness is sunlight. In an inversion of a common horror trope, when looking in a mirror the Basilisk sees his ordinary human form.

The Basilisk is a mutant who first appears in New X-Men #135 (December 2002). Mike Columbus is a mutant and a student at the Xavier Institute. (Basilisk is also the codename used by an alternate reality version of the X-Man Cyclops in the Age of X crossover.) Possessing limited intelligence and persecuted in his youth due to his abnormal appearance (bald, abnormally large and with one eye), the character is extremely aggressive. Once the Basilisk's mutant power manifests, he suffers from brain seizures until given a device to help regulate the ability.

The Basilisk joins the Brotherhood of Mutants. They take over New York City. While watching human prisoners march by, he makes a joke about a perceived bad smell. The Brotherhood's leader Magneto attempts to deliver a punishment, but kills the Basilisk instead.

Mike Columbus possesses an overly fleshy head devoid of all features except for sunken ears, a slit-like mouth, and a single centered eye socket. A camera-like device is located in this socket that allows the Basilisk to control his superhuman mutant ability to emit a pulse of high-frequency strobe light from his brain. The light paralyzes any sentient being that views it, while the length of the effect varies depending upon the willpower of the onlooker.

Battleaxe (Anita Ehren) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe. She first appeared in The Thing #33 (March 1986), and was created by Michael Carlin and Ron Wilson.

An unlimited class wrestler, Battleaxe is a massive woman who carries an axe as her weapon of choice. Defeating Titania in a wrestling match, she claims the title as champion of the Grapplers. However, when Titania is slain by the Scourge of the Underworld, Battleaxe vows to avenge her former teammate. She takes out her aggression on the Thing, battling him in a wrestling match. Realizing Battleaxe is taking her anger out on him, the Thing purposely loses the match.[47] She later joins Superia's Femizons and battles Captain America.[48] She also fights BAD Girls, Inc. while in a costumed bar.[49]

Later, in Ms. Marvel's own series, Battleaxe fights the titular heroine in front of William Wagner's closed restaurant. Puppet Master's mind-controlled Chilean soldiers catch Battleaxe and try to take her with them. Ms. Marvel defeats them and takes the soldiers and Battleaxe on her minicarrier.[50]

Battleaxe has superhuman strength and durability. She carries a set of two axes which are her weapons of choice.

Beautiful Dreamer is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Louise Simonson and June Brigman, the character made her first appearance in Power Pack #12 (July 1985). She belongs to the subspecies of humans called mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities.

Beautiful Dreamer's real name and past prior to joining the Morlocks are unknown. She followed the terrorist Morlock leader Masque for a time, and committed criminal acts by manipulating others with her mental powers at his behest. However, Beautiful Dreamer's primary motivation for doing so, as with most of her fellow Morlocks, is presumed to be her desire for company and community. Dreamer, along with several other Morlocks, confronts the Power Pack, when the young team enters the New York City sewers to look for their lost school books. The empathic Annalee, mourning her deceased children, wishes to have Beautiful Dreamer alter the memories of Power Pack. The goal is to have the Power Pack believe Annalee is their mother. Two of the X-Men, Nightcrawler and Kitty Pryde, stop this plan.[51]

When the Morlock leader Callisto had left for a time, Masque decides to re-implement Annalee's desires. The Power Pack's parents have their memories altered and ultimately, three of the Pack. The last member, Energizer, summons help from the X-Men. Callisto returns in time to undo the plan and Beautiful Dreamer restores the minds of all affected.[52] Beautiful Dreamer was among the few members of the Morlocks to survive the Marauders' "Mutant Massacre", during which most members of her community were killed.[53] She stays with X-Factor, for a while, along with her friends, Tar Baby, Ape, and Erg.[54] There was a brief conflict with another group of Morlocks, as all of them do not get along. Dreamer's group eventually returns to the sewers in an attempt to create a new life for themselves.[55]

Beautiful Dreamer is one of the 198 mutants who retained their powers after the events of M-Day.[56] Beautiful Dreamer was one of the mutants who heard Cyclops's psychic call to come to San Francisco and was going there, but she was captured by Bastion's Purifiers and injected with the Legacy Virus. She was delivered by the Leper Queen to a Friends of Humanity anti-mutant rally held in Iowa, where the virus activated her powers to the extreme, killing all of the people attending the rally.[57] She eventually died as well because of the virus.[58][59]

Beautiful Dreamer possesses the ability to psionically alter the memories of others using her special "dream smoke" to implant false recollections.[52]

Big Wheel is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. His secret identity is Jackson Weele, who rides around in a large metal wheel vehicle.

Bird-Man is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Henry Hawk was a known criminal. Along with Ape-Man, Cat-Man, and Frog-Man, Henry Hawk was recruited by a man named the Organizer to form the original Ani-Men where the Organizer supplied Henry with a bird-like costume with wings that enabled him to fly and dubbed him Bird-Man. The Organizer was secretly Abner Jonas, a candidate for mayor of New York City, who sent the Ani-Men on missions to undermine the current administration. Daredevil defeated them and the Ani-Men and Organizer all went to prison.[72] Later, Ape-Man, Bird-Man, and Cat-Man formed a team called the "Unholy Three" with the Exterminator, and fought Daredevil again.[73] The Unholy Three, as a team of independent thieves, fought Daredevil and Spider-Man and were defeated.[74]

Ape-Man, Bird-Man, and Cat-Man later rejoined the Ani-Men, and the Ani-Men went to work for Count Nefaria. Count Nefaria's scientists submitted the unwitting Ani-Men to processes that gave them superhuman powers and animal-like forms. The Ani-Men invaded the Cheyenne Mountain missile base for Count Nefaria, and fought the X-Men.[75]

The Ani-Men lost their superhuman powers and reverted to normal. Count Nefaria sent the four original Ani-Men to kill Tony Stark, however the Spymaster detonated a bomb with which he had intended to kill Stark, and the resulting explosion killed the Ani-Men instead.[76]

The Death-Stalker sometime later recruits a new team of Ani-Men, with a new Ape-Man, Bird-Man, and Cat-Man. This Bird-Man is Achille DiBacco who was given Hawk's Bird-Man costume. He sends the new Ani-Men to capture Matt Murdock. The Black Widow defeats Bird-Man, and the Death-Stalker murders Ape-Man and Cat-Man upon the completion of their mission, effectively ending the Ani-Men.[77]

Bird-Man is later murdered by the Scourge of the Underworld, along with many other villains in the infamous "Bar with No Name" incident.[78]

Arnim Zola later created a proto-husk of him only for it to be killed by Deadpool.[79]

Bird-Man was among the eighteen criminals (that were murdered by the Scourge) who were resurrected by Hood using the power of Dormammu as part of a squad assembled to eliminate the Punisher. As a side-effect of his revival, Bird-Man was revived with a more bird-like appearance.[80] Bird-Man was seen flying around New York alerting Punisher to him being back from the dead.[81] Bird-Man is seen rescuing the Human Fly from being beaten by the Punisher. Letha later ordered Bird-Man to take the injured Mirage and Black Abbott to safety.[82] Bird-Man was later sent to retrieve Lascivious and Letha from the crime scene.[83]

Bird-Man was seen at Avengers Towers with the other villains when Norman Osborn says that the bounty is off Tony Stark's head.[84]

During the Civil War storyline, a third Bird-Man alongside a third Ape-Man and a third Cat-Man were among the villains in Hammerhead's supervillain army.[85]

Derek Bishop is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung, first appeared in Young Avengers #2 (March 2005). He is a wealthy individual, and the father of Kate Bishop / Hawkeye and Susan Bishop. Unfortunately, Derek secretly conspired with supervillains (such as the Kingpin and Madame Masque) to put a hit on Kate and Clint Barton / Hawkeye.[86][87][88]

Eleanor Bishop is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Kelly Thompson and Leonardo Romero, first appeared in Hawkeye (vol. 5) #7 (June 2017). She is the mother of Kate Bishop and Susan Bishop. Although she was presumed deceased, Eleanor is revealed to be alive as a vampire while working as Madame Masque's silent partner.[92][88]

Black Ant is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

After Eric O'Grady was killed by Father's henchman while defending a child, Father created a Life Model Decoy of him called Black Ant who helped him in a yet unknown plan.[93] Black Ant is ultimately defeated alongside the other Descendants.[94]

As part of the "All-New, All-Different Marvel," Black Ant appears as a member of Hood's Illuminati.[95]

During the "Secret Empire" storyline, Black Ant appears as a member of Hydra's Avengers.[96] During the battle in Washington DC, Taskmaster and Black Ant witness their teammate Odinson having enough of working for Hydra and striking them down. The two of them defect from Hydra and free the captive Champions. When Taskmaster and Black Ant asks for them to put in a good word for them, Spider-Man webs them up anyway.[97]

Black Ant and Taskmaster later attack Empire State University where Dr. Curt Connors was teaching a class. As the inhibitor chip prevents Connors from turning into Lizard, Peter Parker sneaks off to become Spider-Man. During his fight with Black Ant and Taskmaster, Spider-Man is exposed to the Isotope Genome Accelerator that splits him from his Peter Parker side.[98]

In a prelude to "Hunted," Black Ant and Taskmaster work with Kraven the Hunter and Arcade in capturing some animal-themed characters for his upcoming hunt.[99] Black Ant and Taskmaster are talking about the Hunt. Taskmaster betrays Black Ant saying that Black Ant is an animal-themed villain and tasers Black Ant to get more money.[100] Spider-Man encounters one of the Hunter-Bots who revealed Arcade's location and destroys it. Black Ant then shows up to tells Spider-Man something.[101] Black Ant tells Spider-Man that the only way to escape the Central Park is to leave all the villains and by turning small.[102] Black Ant is found hiding in the bushes by Yellowjacket as he, Human Fly, Razorback, Toad, and White Rabbit plan to take revenge on him. Just then, Taskmaster appears and makes off with Black Ant. As they leave, Taskmaster states that Black Ant would have done the same for him. When Black Ant asks "Do you mean the betrayal part or the rescue part?" All Taskmaster can say is "yeah!"[103]

At the conclusion of "The Chameleon Conspiracy" arc, Foreigner hired Taskmaster and Black Ant to help get revenge on Spider-Man.[104]

During the "Sinister War" storyline, Black Ant was with Foreigner, Taskmaster, Chance, Jack O'Lantern, and Slyde when they are sent by Kindred to attack Spider-Man after Kindred had disrupted their armored car robbery.[105]

Black Catfish is an anthropomorphic catfish and animal version of Black Cat.

Black Dwarf is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a prominent member of the Black Order, a team of aliens who work for Thanos. Black Dwarf first appeared in a one panel cameo in New Avengers (vol. 3) #8 (September 2013) and was created by Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opeña.[106] His full appearance, along with a number of the other members of the Black Order, takes place in Infinity #1 (October 2013).

Black Dwarf is a member of Thanos' Black Order where he is the powerhouse of the Mad Titan's army.[107]

When Thanos targeted Earth as the next planet he would raze during the Infinity, Black Dwarf arrived in Wakanda.[108] To his surprise, Black Dwarf found great resistance in that country and was forced to retreat. For his failure, Thanos expelled Black Dwarf from the Black Order.[109]

Thanos gave Black Dwarf one more chance to prove himself by sending him to protect The Peak and keep it from being reclaimed by the Avengers following their fight against the Builders.[110] During the fight against the Avengers, Black Dwarf was killed by Ronan the Accuser.[111]

During the "No Surrender" arc, Black Dwarf was resurrected by Challenger who reassembles the Black Order to go into a contest against Grandmaster's Lethal Legion.[112]

Black Panda is an anthropomorphic panda and animal version of Black Panther.

Black Tiger (Abraham "Abe" Brown) is a fictional martial arts superhero in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Steve Englehart and Jim Starlin, first appeared as Abe Brown in Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #1 (April 1974), and as Black Tiger in Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #1 (April 1974).

He's the brother of Hobie Brown (aka the Prowler).[125] Abe took up martial arts and befriended fellow martial artists Lin Sun and Bob Diamond. Together they found three jade tiger amulets and became the Sons of the Tigers.[126] The Sons of Tigers would team up with other heroes such as Spider-Man, Iron Fist and the Human Torch.[127] Abe and the Sons of Tigers broke up when Lin and Bob started fighting over a woman, throwing their amulets away in the process.[128]

Abe later took a vacation and had his suitcase was switched by a mysterious woman named Brillalae. The suitcase contained the Black Tiger costume and Abe's plane was hijacked by men who were looking for it. The plane crashed, but Abe managed to survive. Abe chased one of the hijackers, named Mole, and both ended up getting captured by the Bedouins who forced them to fight for the title of Black Dragon.[129] Abe defeated Mole and won the costume, becoming Black Tiger.[130][131] Abe was last seen having helped form the Penance Corps.[132]

Dr. Donald "Don" Blake is the fictional human identity of Marvel Comics character Thor. The character, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, first appeared in Journey into Mystery #83 (August 1962).

Donald Blake is a construct of Odin, created for the purpose of giving a weak and powerless identity for Thor. After removing his memory, Thor started his life as the crippled Don who chose to be a doctor after sympathizing with the sick. Don finds the hammer Mjolnir and transforms into the God of Thunder. Later, Don regains his memory as Thor and soon learns the whole truth from Odin.[137] The Blake identity has been used here and there before Odin opted to erase him from existence. After Thor was killed by the Serpent, Donald Blake suddenly came into existence as a separate entity fully aware that his whole life had been a lie. Under the alias of the Dragon, Blake conducted a deadly campaign against Odin, the former All-Father of Asgard, and targeted all those blessed by Odin's magic. After an epic battle, Blake is defeated, but demands that Odin kill him, declaring that he will never allow himself to be imprisoned again. While Odin is ready to carry out the deed, Loki and Thor work together to stop him, recognizing Blake as their brother and, like Loki, someone who has suffered from being brought into their dysfunctional family. Nevertheless, Blake caused a huge amount of suffering and remains dangerous, so Thor hands him over to Loki, who accepts the responsibility of dealing with the brother that their father forgot. Blake is chained in a dungeon, with a venomous serpent forever hovering above him, dripping its venom into his eyes, the same punishment that Loki has suffered in the past. Loki then officially renounced his title as the God of Lies, passing it on to Blake.

Siena Blaze (also spelled Sienna Blaze) is a fictional mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has appeared in the X-Men comics series. Introduced as a villain in the Marvel Universe, she later became a hero during her brief period in the Ultraverse. Following a long absence, the character returned in X-Force vol. 3, #22.

Blitz is a minor character in Marvel Comics.

Jamie Zimmerman was created by Terry Kavanagh and Alex Saviuk, and first appeared in Web of Spider-Man #99 (April 1993). A female member of the New Enforcers, she possessed super-human strength and agility as well as a heavily armored costume, and Spider-Man was initially unaware of her capabilities.[147] Blitz was ultimately defeated by Spider-Man and Blood Rose.[148]

Blitzkrieg is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. He was created by Mark Gruenwald, Bill Mantlo, Steven Grant, and John Romita, Jr., and first appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes: Contest of Champions #1 (June 1982).

Franz Mittelstaedt was born in Backnang, Germany. He was inspecting an electrical power plant when a stray bolt of lightning struck a faulty generator and bathed him in electricity. When he emerged from his coma weeks later, he found that he could summon lightning at will to wield as a weapon. He decided to use his powers in the name of democracy.

Later he was teleported away by the Grandmaster, along with hundreds of other heroes of Earth, so that the Grandmaster and Death could choose champions from among them. Blitzkrieg was chosen for the Grandmaster's team, fighting alongside fellow heroes Captain America, the aboriginal Talisman III, Darkstar, Captain Britain, Wolverine, Defensor, Sasquatch, Daredevil, Peregrine, She-Hulk, and the Thing. When the Grandmaster's team won the contest, the heroes were returned to Earth.

Blitzkrieg later joined the German superhero team Schutz Heiliggruppe, along with Hauptmann Deutschland and Zeitgeist. The team intended to arrest the Red Skull for his World War II war crimes, assaulting Arnim Zola's castle and fighting and defeating the Skeleton Crew.

Blitzkrieg later traveled to Buenos Aires to investigate the deaths of a number of South American superheroes, including his former ally Defensor. Blitzkrieg was confronted by his teammate Zeitgeist, who turned out to be the serial killer Everyman. Everyman killed Blitzkrieg, adding him to his long list of murdered superheroes, but Blitzkrieg was later avenged by Hauptmann Deutschland, now known as Vormund, who killed Everyman.

Blitzkrieg possessed the ability to summon lightning mentally, at up to 15 million volts. He can manipulate all forms of electrical energy, using them to allow him to fly, create electrical energy shields and cages, and electrical tornadoes. He is also immune to electricity, and can sense electrical transmissions and track them to their source.

Bloodshed (real name Wyndell Dichinson) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is also the name of a supervillain in Marvel's Razorline imprint, as well as a character in comics from an acquired company, Malibu Comics.

Bloodstrike (Eric Conroy) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

The Blood Spider (Michael Bingham) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #367 (October 1992), created by writer David Michelinie and artist Jerry Bingham.

Blood Spider is a mercenary trained by Taskmaster under contract by the Red Skull to create a team of mercenaries who would be capable of defeating Spider-Man. The trio were patterned after the superheroes Captain America, Hawkeye and Spider-Man, and the characters were called Death-Shield, Jagged Bow and Blood Spider.

Solo joined the fray on the side of the wall-crawler and helps to defeat the three villains and thwart Red Skull's machinations who was using the mercenaries to guard private files sought by Spider-Man in reference to his parents.

Years later, Blood Spider appears with Death-Shield and Jagged Bow among the criminals vying for the multi-million dollar bounty that was placed on Agent Venom's head by Lord Ogre. The trio's attempt on Agent Venom's life is interrupted by competing mercenaries Constrictor and Lord Deathstrike.[162]

Crime Master, with the help of Blood Spider, Death-Shield and Jagged Bow, later tries to steal a damaged Rigellian Recorder from Deadpool and the Mercs for Money.[163]

Of the trio, Blood Spider was the only character who displayed any superhuman abilities. He was able to shatter a solid concrete wall with a very powerful move, indicating he possessed some degree of superhuman strength. He was not as powerful as Spider-Man, and not nearly as fast. He carried a back pack and wrist devices capable of shooting webbing similar to that of Spider-Man, but much weaker. An ordinary human in peak physical condition, such as Solo, was able to tear through it, which would not have been possible with Spider-Man's webbing. Blood Spider's costume has several design elements that Bagley would later incorporate into the redesign of Ben Reilly's Spider-Man costume. The most prominent of the traits is the use of a larger, symmetrical spider emblem on the front and back, the legs of which meet on the shoulders.

Bloodwraith (Sean Dolan) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created by Mark Gruenwald, Dann Thomas, Roy Thomas and Tony DeZuniga, and first appeared in Black Knight #2 (July 1990).

Bloodwraith is the murderous enemy of Black Knight and the Avengers. While Sean Dolan was known as Bloodwraith, Bloodwraith is made up of the souls of those the Ebony Blade has slain. He is an expert swordsman compelled to take lives, especially innocent lives. The blade is indestructible and able to cut through almost any material. The blade was forged from a meteorite and Merlin's magic. The blade can trap dead souls and absorb or deflect all kinds of energies and mystical power. Bloodwraith can sense the ebony blade and control it like a telekinetic. If separated, Bloodwraith can teleport to the Ebony Blade or teleport the blade to himself. Bloodwraith rides a winged horse named Valinor.

Sean Dolan was an amateur swordsman with no special abilities. When Sean drew the ebony blade, he found himself overwhelmed and controlled by all the souls of those the sword had slain, and became the Bloodwraith. The Bloodwraith was dark black in color and appeared in costume. The sword constantly craved new blood to add, and those it slew found their souls locked in an eternal battle of good vs. evil in a dimension inside the sword. Bloodwraith rides his winged horse, Valinor, and is an expert swordsman. He can control the ebony blade rather like a telekinetic. When separated from the blade, he can sense its presence and instantaneously teleport to its location. The ebony blade could slice through anything and, previously, would curse its wielder with petrification if its wielder used the blade to draw blood. When he wielded Proctor's sword, the Bloodwraith and Valinor appeared much more skeletal and could channel powerful blasts through the sword. When powered by the Slorenian souls, Bloodwraith became composed of an energy unknown to man, and both he and the sword grew to gigantic size.

The Blue Blade (real name Roy Chambers[166]) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by an unknown writer and unknown artist,[167] his only appearance was in USA Comics #5 (cover-dated Summer 1942), published by Marvel forerunner Timely Comics during the period known as the Golden Age of Comic Books.

After the 1940s the character disappeared into obscurity until 2007, when he reappeared in the limited series The Twelve.[168] a Blue Blade is a very powerful weapon of the mystic oceans of the Baru Triangle

Blue Blaze (real name Spencer Keen) is a superhero granted enhanced strength, dense skin, increased endurance and an increased life span by a mysterious blue energy source, and appeared in Mystic Comics #1–4.

Ahura is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He appeared in Marvel Graphic Novel #39, created by Ann Nocenti and Bret Blevins.[183]

He is usually depicted as a member of the Inhumans species. Ahura was created by Ann Nocenti and Bret Blevins and first makes an appearance in Marvel Graphic Novel: The Inhumans (1988). Ahura was created to be the son of Black Bolt and Medusa. After disappearing from publications for many years, Silent War reveals he was banished to a prison since he shared his uncle's, Maximus The Mad, mental instability, and all mention of him was forbidden. As a result of Maximus manipulating a war between the United States of America and the Inhumans, Ahura is freed. Maximus states Ahura had nothing wrong with him. The apparent madness was a telepathic illness Maximus had inflicted on him.[184] During the Skrull infiltration, Ahura was abducted by the Skrulls to be used as emotional leverage against his father, Black Bolt. Ahura and Black Bolt were soon freed by their fellow Inhumans.[185] On the Inhumans's return to Earth, Medusa allowed him to join the Future Foundation, but then Black Bolt allowed Ahura to be taken into the past by Kang the Conqueror.[186] Black Bolt returns him[187] and he becomes the new CEO of Ennilux Corporation.[188] Ahura took a fleet of Ennilux zeppelins to help the Inhumans in their clash with the X-Men, and provided them with a device to destroy the Terrigen cloud.[189] In an alternate timeline, Ahura becomes the new Kang.[190]

Bombshell is a fictional character appearing in Marvel comics. Wendy Conrad is a mercenary specializing in explosives hired to kill Hawkeye while in service of Crossfire before ultimately joining Misty Knight's group.

B.O. was an alien who arrived on Earth-8311 and was discovered initially by Orson Whales, who sent him to the Daily Beagle.

Bor Burison is an Asgardian in the Marvel Universe. The character, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and named for Borr from Norse mythology, first appeared in Journey into Mystery #97 (October 1963).

Bor, son of Buri, became the ruler of Asgard where under his rule he created the universe. He eventually married the giantess Bestla and had four sons with her named Cul, Vili, Ve and Odin. Out of all of his sons, Bor paid special attention to Odin, whom he groomed to become the next king. However, Bor was angered by Odin's decision to create humans which he was unable to reverse. Nevertheless, Bor strongly sided with Odin and the two went into battle against the Frost Giants. Bor went up against one giant, who was actually a time traveling Loki in disguise, and battled him, but was killed.[192]

Loki would impersonate Bor's ghost to get Odin to defeat Laufey and adopt the boy that would become Loki. Loki resurrected Bor in modern day, but affected his mind making him think that monsters were everywhere. He encountered his grandson Thor and the two fought in a destructive battle that involved the Dark Avengers. Bor was killed by Thor who only found out about his identity afterwards by Loki and Balder.[193] Hela later brings Bor back to life to lift Mjolnir. When he was unable to, Hela reduces him to dust. She then uses him to battle Thor once again.[194]

Bor once again returns to halt the wedding between Asgardian Sigurd and Valkyrie Dísir, causing much ire with the two as well as Danielle Moonstar, Hela, and Loki.[195]

Melissa Bowen is the mother of Tandy Bowen (the superhero known as Dagger) in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Bill Mantlo and Rick Leonardi, first appeared in Cloak and Dagger #4 (January 1984). The character, a wealthy socialite, was depicted as being very emotionally distant from Tandy.[196] When Tandy runs away, Melissa is irritated at her daughter due to the cost of hiring people to search for her.[197]

Christopher Bradley, formerly known as Bolt and Maverick, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, in particular those featuring the X-Men. He is a young mutant who first appeared in X-Men Unlimited #8. The character has appeared in several X-Men animated series and was portrayed by Dominic Monaghan in the 2009 film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

Ellen Brandt is a supporting character in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway and Gray Morrow, first appeared in Savage Tales #1 (May 1971). She is the love interest of Man-Thing.

Brandt grew up in a loveless, emotionless household which she had hoped to escape.[215] She later meets Ted Sallis and the two ran away so they can elope. The two visited a fortune teller for fun who informed that tragedy would befall them.[216] Sallis soon began working for S.H.I.E.L.D. and became lost in work, causing her to see Sallis as cold as her father. Brandt joined A.I.M. and plotted against her husband. When she revealed her true colors, she chased Sallis into a swamp where the latter uses an untested super-soldier formula, crashed into the swamp, and turned into Man-Thing. Brandt was frightened of her husband's appearance and abilities which burned half her face.[217][218]

Britannia is a member of the new UK marvel superhero team The Union. It has been released that Britannia is the leader of The Union; however, Britannia's powers have not yet been released to the public.[220]

Carl Brock is a character in Marvel Comics. He was created by David Michelinie and Mark Bagley, and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #375 (March 1993). He is Eddie Brock's father.

Carl was a businessman who lacked any form of emotion, until he met his love Jamie. They soon married and decided to have a family, but Jamie died when giving birth to their son Eddie. Carl would be cold and unloving towards Eddie, generally ignoring and only giving half-hearted compliments to his son. Eddie tried everything to gain his father's affection but it was never enough. Things only became worst after the teenaged Eddie got drunk and accidentally ran over a neighbor's young son while driving with friends to which Carl went near bankrupt when he used most of his money to cover the incident, causing his resentment towards his son to increase.[221] Carl ultimately disowned Eddie after journalist was fired due to the Sin-Eater hoax.[222] His son bonded with the Venom symbiote and turned into an anti-hero which wasn't enough to impress Carl as Peter Parker / Spider-Man tried to question Carl about Eddie but Carl refused to give any information.[223]

Anne Weying had gotten mysteriously pregnant with Eddie's child, leaving their son Dylan Brock with Carl who raised the boy as his own. Despite providing Dylan with a degree of love, Carl was abusive and even injured his grandson.[224] When Eddie returned to his father, Carl didn't attempt to help his son and ordered Dylan to go inside home as the Maker's agents recaptured Eddie.[225] Eddie came back and again tried to seek amends with his father, but Carl angrily told Eddie to leave as he didn't consider Eddie as his son.[226] Dylan thought that Eddie was an older brother and went to Eddie to know but Dylan sent Eddie to the hospital; however, Carl arrived and forced Dylan to get in the car. When Dylan tried to argue and saw Eddie as a great person, Carl was about to lash out, but Venom's humanoid form confronted Carl inside their minds and Venom left Carl in the desert all alone.[224]

Broo is a fictional character from Marvel Comics. He is a mutant from the Brood extraterrestrial race, but unlike his feral brethren he is intelligent and compassionate. Broo was born in the lab on a S.W.O.R.D. orbital research station called Pandora's Box.[231] He joined the X-Men as a student in Wolverine & the X-Men #1.

He has been the object of bullying because of his odd behavior; however, he does not seem to understand teasing and even takes it as a compliment. He has developed a relationship with Idie,[232] and was at the top in his class behind Quentin Quire.

Kid Omega, who wanted to prove himself to Broo, Idie and Kid Gladiator who told him they never heard of him, reasoned with Krakoa who then joined Wolverine's X-Men.[233]

After discovering a robot placed there by the Hellfire Club to manipulate Oya, Kade Kilgore and Max Frankenstein tell Broo about their plans, but he is shot and left for dead before he can tell anyone else.[234] Beast saves his life with assistance by Brand, Peter Parker, Reed Richards and Tony Stark.[235] Broo was treated and put into a coma, and once he awoke, he had reverted to his feral brood instincts and acted like that of an animal.[236] He spent some time as an unwilling student in Kade Killgore's Hellfire Academy mutant school.[237] Idie comes with him for supervision, and Quentin Quire comes to rescue them both.[238] Quire advances the theory that Idie has fallen in love with Broo pre-trauma.

Broo was often seen attacking fellow students and support staff at Killgore's school, random, brutal violence being fully supported and encouraged by the teachers. He was kidnapped by the genocidal alien Xanto Starblood, who was going to teach Broo the hard sciences and feed him unique beings. While on Xanto's ship, Broo bit a Bamf and was healed, restoring his self-aware, intelligent, and compassionate self, and the staff returned him to the school.[239]

During the Battle of the Atom, Broo babysat Shogo Lee.[240]

Broo later appears as a member of the Agents of Wakanda.[241]

When Wolfsbane of the New Mutants comes into possession of a Brood King egg, Broo informs her of the object's significance, just as the Brood attack Krakoa en masse to retrieve it. Broo journeys into space along with the rest of the X-Men to lure the Brood away, and eventually ends up eating the egg's contents, making him a Brood King.[242]

Broo is a Brood mutant because he can feel compassion and has high intelligence. Like the rest of the Brood, Broo has several powers, including enhanced strength, enhanced speed, enhanced agility, ability to breathe in space, and insect wings that allow him to fly. His increased intelligence has resulted in funding for his beloved school; Broo has developed a line of pastries that cause the consumer to lose weight.[243]

Tara Vanessa Cross-Brooks is a character in Marvel Comics. Created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan, the character first appeared in Tomb of Dracula #13 (July 1973). She is the mother of Eric Brooks / Blade. Brooks was an heiress seeking sanctuary with Madame Vanity of the Order of Tyrana. During childbirth, Deacon Frost (posing as a doctor) killed her by drinking all of her blood while turning the boy into a part-vampire.[244][245][246] Brooks is later resurrected as a vampire by Dracula to use against Blade but is destroyed.[247]

Bullet (Buck Cashman) is a character appearing in Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Daredevil #250 (January 1988), and was created by Ann Nocenti and John Romita Jr. A covert agent of the United States government, he wears a facemask while acting as a mercenary.

He participates in a scheme on the Kingpin's behalf. Bullet has the environmental protection organization "Save the Planet" bombed in a terrorist fashion then "arrested" the supposed saboteur who is released through legal maneuvering, and killed a man in toxic waste and framed the Save the Planet environmentalists. Matt Murdock / Daredevil confronted Bullet both times, and the two fought. Bullet realized that Daredevil was the man who fought him previously but does not know the costumed crimefighter's true identity. Bullet confessed to his crimes to the police but made a single phone call to which all charges against him are dropped and he's released. He is also the father of Lance Cashman who he supports despite his activities and usually leave at his place alone, and has Lance frequently lie to alibi his father.[248]

Bullet joined criminals recruited by Typhoid Mary in an assault alongside Bushwacker, Ammo and the Wildboys that nearly killed Daredevil.[249] Daredevil later decided to get revenge on Bullet, tracking Lance and helped against some bullies, earning Lance's trust. Lance managed to convince Daredevil to not fight his father, but Bullet misunderstood and believed Daredevil threatened Lance and the two fought before Lance stopped the fight. Bullet admitted actually liking Daredevil, attacking previously only because he had been hired to.[250] Bullet is later hired for the Kingpin's interests to buy land that would rise in value with a highway's construction, intimidating constructor Mr. Zeng to not help Ben Urich to which Daredevil is asked to help and publicly fought Bullet who relinquished the fight. Bullet is also having contempt for Gloria, Lance's mother who rarely accepts responsibilities to stay with Lance.[251]

After his citizenship revoked due to his mercenary actions at some point, Bullet works with Shotgun while hired by Agent Joy Jones of the F.B.I. to track down Bullseye, nearly getting killed by a drug cartel yet surviving and getting arrested by S.H.I.E.L.D. and managing the silently view Lance doing well.[252] However, Bullet is tortured by Bullseye for information on Vendetta and Shotgun; his son Lance is also abducted and murdered by Bullseye despite Old Man Logan's efforts.[253]

Bullet is hired alongside the Rhino, Crossbones, Stilt-Man and Bullseye by Quinn Stromwyn and Una Stromwyn to go on a rampage through Hell's Kitchen, but is defeated by Daredevil.[254]

He acted as the Phage symbiote's unwilling host.[255][256]

Bullet survived and is imprisoned in the Myrmidon prison which he was broken out of by Daredevil to join the Fist alongside Speed Demon, Fancy Dan, Stilt-Man, Wrecker, Stegron and Agony. It's also revealed that his son is secretly still alive and that he had put his son into hiding.[257]

Sonny Burch is a minor character in Marvel Comics. The character, created by writer John Jackson Miller and artist Jorge Lucas, first appeared in Iron Man (vol. 3) #73 (December 2003).

As chairman of Cross Technological Enterprises, he acquires Iron Man's technology patents to be sold to various companies to improve his own political position.[258][259] However, Burch had neither the knowledge nor care to fully understand that even Iron Man's outdated technology is too sophisticated for adapting; examples of Burch's incompetence include a submarine where Iron Man and Captain America save the military personnel,[258] a missile defense system for the U.S. Government,[260] and Oscorp's imperfect battlesuits and military drones.[258][261] Technological mistakes threaten a cargo plane carrying Iron Man's various armors (which were salvaged after blackmailing Carl Walker[262]) to crash into Washington, D.C., resulting in Burch taking a gun and committing suicide.[263] Fortunately, Iron Man saves the plane's personnel and guides it into a controlled crash-landing.[264]

Noah Burstein is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Archie Goodwin and George Tuska, first appeared in Hero for Hire #1 (June 1972).

Noah Burstein is a scientist who worked on recreating the super soldier serum that created Captain America, and in the process created Warhawk. Years later, Burstein would hire Luke Cage to capture Warhawk.[266] He landed a job at Seagate Prison experimenting on inmates one of them being Carl Lucas. He left Lucas in an "Electro-Biochemical System" when racist guard, Billy Bob Rackham, came to sabotage the experiment only for it to increase Lucas' strength and durability.[267] He later gets a job at the Storefront Clinic with Claire Temple as his assistant. He reunites with Lucas, who had changed his name to Luke Cage, and asks him to rescue Claire when she is kidnapped by Willis Stryker who now went by Diamondback.[268]

Burstein and Claire are later kidnapped by John McIver, who demanded that a similar treatment be done to him as was done to Luke Cage, becoming Bushmaster. He and Claire are later rescued by Cage.[269] At one point Bushmaster returns to force Burstein to work for him even kidnapping his wife, Emma, as leverage. Both he and his wife are saved by Iron Fist this time. He would continue to be kidnapped by criminals only for Luke Cage and Iron Fist to come and rescue him.

The Buzz (Jack "JJ" Jameson) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character appeared in the Spider-Girl comic book series. JJ is the grandson of J. Jonah Jameson and the son of John Jameson.

Buzzard is an anthropomorphic opossum and animal version of Vulture.

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