Damage Control (Marvel)
Damage Control is an organization that features in Marvel Comics.
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History
Damage Control was a construction company which specializes in repairing the property damage caused by conflicts between superheroes and super-villains. (Marvel Comics Presents v1 #19) In addition, the company additionally operates as the archival unit for government-contested metahuman machinery and technology that belongs to missing, incapacitated, or deceased individuals where either a clear chain of custody does not exist or the items in question pose an existential threat to the United States. (House of X v1 #1)
Damage Control was founded by Anne Marie Hoag and was originally owned by Tony Stark and Wilson Fisk, each owning half the stock of the company, though Stark felt uneasy cooperating with Fisk, a notorious criminal. (Damage Control v2 #1)
In his battle against Declun and Damage Control, which includes destroying many D.C. assets such as company equipment to robbing overseas banks with D.C. Holdings to forcing major stockholders to liquidate their stock. Wolverine later engages in a fight with a team of D.C. Security personnel who are equipped with Mandroid Armor, S.H.I.E.L.D. weaponry, Stark Enterprises technology and other items salvaged from superhuman fights until the super-hero Sentry shows up and captures Wolverine, who is then delivered to SHIELD, which is under Maria Hill's leadership. But Wolverine later escapes. After making his way back to Damage Control offices, he confronts Declun, at which point the corrupt businessman takes a dose of Mutant Growth Hormone in response to Wolverine's threats; temporally giving him super-human powers. During the fight Wolverine appears to kill Declun by stabbing him through his eye sockets. However, Declun survives the fight. (Wolverine v3 #47)
After the seeming deaths of Tony Stark and Reed Richards, their respective schematics and materials fell into the custody of Damage Control with their rights being contested. (House of X v1 #1)
Overview
The corporate entity traditionally operated in the role of quarantine and repair/rebuilding. However, it also operated as an archival unit for government contested metahuman machinery and technology that belonged to either missing, incapacitated or deceased individuals. In this role, they acted in situations where there was no clear chain of custody or where the items posed an existential threat to the United States. (House of X v1 #1)
They maintained a warehouse within each borough of New York City. (Marvel Team-Up v4 #4) A place used for storage was the Damage Control Contested Storage facility. (House of X v1 #1)
Members
- Anne Marie Hoag :
- Lisa Halloran :
Notes
- Damage Control was created by Dwayne McDuffie and Ernie Colón where it made its first appearance in Marvel Age Annual v1 #4 (June, 1988).
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Appearances
- Marvel Age Annual v1: (1988)
- New Avengers v2:
- House of X v1:
- Valkyrie: Jane Foster v1:
- Marvel Team-Up v4:
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