Corporation (Marvel)

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The Corporation is an organization that features in Marvel Comics.

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History

The Corporation was a large criminal organisation and enterprise that operated on Earth in the modern age.

At some point, one of the leaders of the Corporation came to be Filippo Ayala who was the White Tiger's brother. Pretending to be a drug dealer, he returned home, claiming that he had been strapped with a bomb by the Corporation. (Deadly Hands of Kung Fu v1 #27) He led the White Tiger to their headquarters on the ship El Tigre, where he was ambushed by the Corporation's mercenary soldiers. After the fight, Filippo found the other leaders of their branch having killed themselves after seeing a message from Fu Manchu who expressed no interest in an alliance with them. Filippo then exploded the bomb he was still strapped to and destroyed their headquarters. (Deadly Hands of Kung Fu v1 #31)

All operations in the western half of America ("Corporation-West") later came to be overseen by businessman Curtiss Jackson while Eugene Stivak, a U.S. senator who led a secret criminal life under the name "Kligger", took over as head of operations for "Corporation-East", the Mid-Atlantic branch. During their administrations, the Corporation continued to deal with assaults by the Jack of Hearts. (Marvel Two-In-One v1 #48)

Later on, the Corporation's main objectives during this time was to undermine the counter-espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. while also obtaining influence over the Hulk. These actions drew not only the attention of the Gamma Goliath but also that of Captain America, which came to a head after operatives of both Jackson and Stivak kidnapped Cap's partner The Falcon and his nephew Jim Wilson, who at the time had been the misunderstood Hulk's friend and fellow outcast. A confrontation in a hidden Corporation base on Alcatraz Island ended with Stivak's death, liquidated with his permission by Jackson to escape imprisonment and scandal. (Incredible Hulk v1 #232) Shortly thereafter, Jackson attempted one last time to capture the Machine Man, which only caused a showdown with the Hulk, who destroyed Corporation-West's skyscraper headquarters while Jackson himself was turned over to the police by the Machine Man. (Incredible Hulk v1 #237)

A faction of the Corporation started up a black market trade in the sale and transplantation of Skrull organs onto supervillains in New York City thus giving them s hapeshifting abilities. The majority of transplants were assimilated by their hosts though a few reacted violently with these within the margin of error for the organizations scientists. (Heroes for Hire v2 #3) New York authorities discovered the existence of one of these laboratories but by the time they had arrived it was abandoned with only a few of the Skrull organs left behind. Detective Benny Simmons was investigating the case with the Heroes for Hire becoming involved in the matter. (Heroes for Hire v2 #2)

The Heroes for Hire later struck at the Hart facility in an effort to destroy the Skrull Organ Generator where they succeeded thus stopping any further operations. (Heroes for Hire v2 #5)

Overview

Members

  • Filippo Ayala :
  • Curtiss Jackson :
  • Eugene Stivak :
  • Simon Maris :
  • Karl Malus :
  • Constrictor :

Notes

  • The Corporation was created by Bill Mantlo, Keith Giffen and Rico Riva where they made their first appearance in Deadly Hands of Kung Fu v1 #23 (April, 1976).
  • A different version was created by Jack Kirby where they appeared in Captain America v1 #213 (September, 1977).
  • The organization received further expansion by Roger Stern, Marv Wolfman and Steve Ditko.

Appearances

  • Deadly Hands of Kung Fu: (1976)
  • Captain America:
  • Heroes for Hire v2:

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