Mark Gruenwald ...the original Master of the
Obscure. One of my favorite writers, he always used the little guys and
stayed true to continuity. He is greatly missed.MASTERS of the OBSCURE
Want to join the few, the proud, the...people who know a lot about a bunch of useless trivia on guys that most people have never heard of?
If so, then maybe you can join the Masters of the Obscure
Al Sjoerdsma | Al Soupless | Alexander Knowles | Angelo Mammone | Anti-Grimm | AstroCitizen | AvatarWarlord72 | Barry Reese | Beetle | BKole | Bob Almond | Brandon Nash | Caesar Godzillatron | caliban | Carycomix | Chad "Chadman" Anderson | Changeling | Cheyne | Chuck D | Cisco | Clay Jodee | Continental Op | Copeinator123 | Crazy Ivan | Cypher | Daevanator | Dagda | Darc_Light | Dark Rider | David Gallaher | David Lawrence | David Sexton| DemKnux | Doc Savage | Donald Campbell | Dragynwulf | Elf with a Gun | Eric Guy | ExWhaler | Fatum | Flank McLargehuge | FortMax | Future | Gauntlet | Clay Jodee | G Morrow | Giuseppe Mainardi | Graham Weaver | Graham Willis | Greg (Carycomix) | Greg O'Driscoll | Grendel Prime | Hawkguy | HBK123 | Henrique Ferreira | Hugo V. Negron | Hyku | Jean-Marc Lofficier | Jeff Christiansen | Jesus Arias | John Kaminski | Jop | Jordan Brodie | K W | Kevin Garcia | Kyle | Little Muar | Loki | Luis Dantas | LV | Madison Carter | Mark Caithness | Mark O'English | Markus Raymond | MarvellousLuke | Matt Adler | Merzah from Prague | Michael Hoskin | Mick Martin | Mike Castle | Mike Fichera | Mike McDermott | Mike O'Sullivan | Mike Podgorski | Mikel Midnight | Minor Irritant | Monzo | nagromlt | Nemedian Chronicler | Norvo | Nyssane | Odd Rob | Omar Karindu | OmegaTherion | Patrick D Ryall | Paul Allen | Per Degaton | Peteparker | Peter Kroon | Prime Eternal | Proto-Man | Quiof Thrul | Reddie | Ron Fredricks | Roger Ott | Ronald Byrd | Sammy7D | Sasasych | Shiryu | Skippy Farlstendoiro | Skullogeist | Snood | Somebody | Spaceknight | Spidermay | Spiderpool | SQUEAK | The Squid | Stunner | Technarch | Thor2000 | The_Valiant_One | Julien Vive | Voice of Doom | WaddleDeo | Wayne Lenihan | Will U | Wolfhead | Wolfram Bane | Zen Harawada | Zerostar | Zuckyd1
Mark Gruenwald ...the original Master of the
Obscure. One of my favorite writers, he always used the little guys and
stayed true to continuity. He is greatly missed.
Snood
(4061 as of 11/10/2026)
Jeff Christiansen.
AUTHOR/CREATOR/FOUNDER
I'm the author/creator/owner of the site and have
done somewhere around 1/5 of the profiles (this percentage keeps
going down, now that I'm getting more and more contributors (and due
to busy family and work life)...If it doesn't have someone else
credited, then I did it. With many of the others, I put in the images,
and/or did a lot of the editing). I'm a boarded Veterinarian
Surgeon. I'm married (with two kids) and live in Satellite Beach,
Florida (on the East Coast, an hour South of Orlando). I started
collecting back in 1978 and I've got a collection of over 42, 000
currently (not including perhaps 1000 or more doubles). I've always
loved the various incarnations of the OHotMU, and wanted to get the
obscure characters some time. I got further motivation by working with
the Beetle and the folks at Spider-Fan around 2001. After reading a
"Website for Dummies" book, a little trial and error, some help from
some friends, and a few thousand curse words, my website has come true.
When the site started out (and for quite awhile) I
did everything. Then some profiles started trickling in, and I added
images and missing info, converted them to HTML, etc. Eventually, I
started getting so much stuff and was doing so much editing that I no
longer had time to do my own profiles. So now I've got 12-15 people
regularly submitting profiles, a couple of editors, and I'm starting to
figure out the delegating responsibility is a good thing. Fortunately,
I've got good help!
In addition, the work of the Appendix got me
an "IN" at Marvel.
I was:
Proto-Man
(2046)
EDITOR
Real Name: Jacob Rougemont
Class: Human technology user
Occupation: Administrative Assistant, freelance
writer/researcher; former retail associate
Affiliations: Gracey Grandstanders, Masters of the Obscure,
OHotMU; formerly the Wings
Aliases: Art, the Rouge, "Big Tuna," "Mixtape;" formerly
Safety Monkey, Aquaman, Jacobey, Jacobo
Identity: Publicy known
Citizenship: United States
Place of Birth: Clarksville, Tennessee
Education: BS in Internet and Web-based Technology (with a
minor in Studio Art)
Base of Operations: Clarksville, Tennessee
First Appearance: June 22, 1982
First Appendix Appearance: Ultimator
(1/8/2002)
Powers: Able to superhumanly multi-task; able to locate and
find the most trivial bits of information, especially pertaining to
Marvel Comics
Equipment: A Mead #2 0.7mm mechanical pencil, my computer,
many old video game systems, a slew of vinyl records & movies
History: Growing up, the first comic I ever owned was Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures SC (which collected TMNT
Adventures#1-3 mini-series), published by Archie. The first Marvel
book I ever bought was Uncanny X-Men I#293, from back in 1992. I
remember buying Fantastic Four I#370, also back in 1992. Of course,
the arcade game Captain America & the Avengers
introduced me to the Avengers and I began collecting Avengers West
Coast. Once Avengers volume 3 came out, I was collecting any
Avengers book and my collection is going strong, with its weakest
point being the first issues of volume 1. At a time I collected a
lot of first appearance books, I picked up X-Force I#116 in 2001 and
I was instantly hooked, eventually collecting the entire run of
X-Force/X-Statix from X-Force#116 until X-Statix#26 (as well the
characters' later appearances in mini-series & random issues,
not to mention the X-Cellent!). Currently, I collect any book with
Avengers in the title (Avengers, Avengers Forever, All-Out Avengers,
Savage Avengers, plus random one-shots & minis here &
there), any of those nifty "Facsimile Editions," Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles (& various minis), She-Hulk, Strange Academy,
X-Men Legends, Back Issue, Alter Ego and Retro Fan magazines (latter
three from TwoMorrows Publishing) and naturally, any Marvel Handbook
that comes out!
Comments: Created by my parents
Proto-Man's
Appendix
Profiles
E-mail: extremev@hotmail.com
Prime Eternal (1978
+ + + + + + + +)
EDITOR
Real Name: Michael Hoskin
This is the guy I ask for information when my own sources
are lacking. He is a wealth of knowledge on most
aspects of the MU. He did the quite impressive and thorough
Encyclopaedia Olympianna and contributed info on Warlord Kaa,
Godzilla, Fat Man, and a bunch of others. Now he's joining the group
and going to contribute some Cowboys, Monsters, and other characters.
In addition, Prime Eternal is one my Editors, helping to polish up and
double check the profiles before sending them on to me.The Prime One
is also one of the former editors, adding content and reformatting the
profiles before they reach me, in order to dramatically cut down on my
workload!
Michael is also a contributor to the new line of the Official Handbook
of the Marvel Universe.
Michael has served as:
Chadman (1648)
Real Name: Chad Anderson
Occupation: Clinical social worker,
documentary filmmaker, author of "The Mushroom
Murders" graphic novel and memoir "Gay Mormon Dad,"
blogger at SnapshotsofChad.com
Group Membership: Marvel
Comics Official Handbooks team
Enemies: Bullies in any form
Known Relatives: Mike (partner), Jaxon and Asher
(sons)
Aliases: Chadman, Chadley, Chadford, and various
other Chadisms
Base of Operations: Salt Lake City, Utah
First Appearance: Springfield, Missouri (November,
1978)
First Appendix Appearance: Ngh
the Unspeakable (1/29/2005)
Powers/Abilities: Chad spends a lot
of time at his keyboard and a lot of time at the gym,
and he generally has a book in hand.
History: After
Archie Comics cancelled their Ninja Turtles and
Mutanimals series, I picked up an X-Force comic on a
whim and became an X-Men fan for a few years. Quickly
disenchanted with the dozens of titles out each month
in that group, I picked up Avengers 1 by Busiek and
Perez and discovered the rest of the MU! I'm now a
HUGE fan of back issues, and love obscure Marvel
history. I've done my share of creative writing, but
am probably best 'known' for various Survivor
competitions staged on the comicboards
sites. In 2006, I joined the Official Handbooks team
and got the pleasure of seeing my name and entries in
comic ads, the books themselves, and even a couple of
Essentials books I helped proof. Chad is currently
profiling his way through the Daredevil series,
picking up a project he started years ago.
E-Mail: hellochadman@yahoo.com
Grendel
Prime (1276 +)
FORMER EDITOR
Real Name: Marc Riemer
Identity/Class: Extradimensional human technology user
Occupation: Unrevealed
Group Affiliations: Avengers, Exiles, Fantastic Four,
Micronauts, Shi'ar Imperial Guard, U-Foes, Atlas era
Affiliations: ALF, Bengal, Living Lightning, Monkey King,
Namor, Northstar, Quasar (Vaughn), Rom
Annoyances: Red Skull, Impossible Man and deadlines
Alternate Earth counterparts: Boomslang
Base of Operations: Melbourne, Australia; occasionally
mobile across alternate dimensions, esp. the Ultraverse
First Appendix Appearance: "Porcupine
Puss" (5/24/2005)
Comments: I'd lurked on this site for a couple of years
before deciding to take the plunge into the dire (wraith) world
of html and submit the occasional profile.
Markus Raymond
(948 +++)
MAIN EDITOR
Markus not only takes care of the editing but also the
arduous task of
adding all the profile links to the Appendix's multitude of pages.
This
is a ton of work, and it takes a BIG load off of the rest of the
editors!
Real Name: Markus Raimund Ettlinger
Identity/Class: Human (really)
Occupation: Salesman
Affiliations: Feneberg, Masters of the Obscure, OHOTMU
formerly: Gallus, Marvelmaniacs
Enemies : Dr. Oetker, Mr. Nobody (MC2 character), NFL
SuperPro, Wasps, the sun
Aliases: Markus Raymond
formerly: Amanda (don't ask), Dark Blood, Kartman, Misanthrop, Mr.
Nobody, OMCDerStinker (and variations of this one), among others
Base of Operations: Bregenz in Voralberg, Austria
First Appearance: 28.05.1981
First Appendix Appearance: U'Sr'Pr
(12/26/2003)
History: I was raised to become a Marvel Zombie. Before the age
of 7 my grandmother read Care Bares (Marvel licensed) to me. My own
comic reading career started with He-Man (Marvel licensed), Transformers
(Marvel licensed), Mask (DC, how could I?) and Spider-Man (Marvel).
Spidey was joined by the Avengers a short time later and then I became
addicted. As a collector, I entered comic-shops with the maniac laugh of
a super-villain. In the last couple of years I began to buy more
original comics than translated ones and thanks to eBay I got some nice
little packages from the '80s and '90s like Marvel Comics Presents,
Strange Tales Vol.2, Sensational She-Hulk, Hellstorm and so on.
Sometimes I'm lucky and older stuff gets sold as well, but for each
title I get there's another one I miss (like the original Namor series).
My collection is growing and for the first time in my life I'm really
gaining weight (which is a good thing for a weakling like me).
Comments: Created by my mother and a judicially undefined
contributor.
Clarifications:
I have no known connection to:
E-mail: markus.raymond@aon.at
MarvellousLuke (875
+++)
EDITOR
Real Name: Luc Kersten
Identity/Class: Time displaced Human
Occupation: Graphic Designer
Group Membership: Official Handbook of the Marvel
Universe team, Masters of the Obscure
Aliases: Luke, Skywalker
Base of Operations: The Netherlands
First Appearance: December 31, 1985
First Appendix Appearance: Challenger
(7/31/2013)
Powers/Abilities: Graphic Design skills
Favorite Characters: X-Men, Death's Head (Freelance
Peacekeeping Agent), the Sub-Mariner, Captain Britain,
Agents of Atlas, Clan Destine, Thunderbolts, The Twelve and
everything Golden Age;
E-mail: dezeisvoormij@hotmail.com
Loki (705 +)
FORMER EDITOR
Real Name: Stuart Vandal
Affiliations: Masters of Evil ... erm, the
Obscure
Base of Operations: London, UK.
First Appearance: Scotland, 1970
First Appendix Appearance: Updates on Wardog
(8/11/2002)
Powers/Abilities: Sad
and growing knowledge of superhero characters from
around the world. Disturbing amount of knowledge of
the Doctor Who universe.
History: Started collecting comics in the
late 1970s, the stereotypical Marvel zombie. Read
some British stuff, mainly 2000 A.D. In the early
1980s, evil local comic shop owner introduced me to
independent comics and broke my resistance to DC -
resulting in me becoming the single biggest
customer at both of the major comic shops in
the area. Early ninties saw me leaving comics purely
for financial, spacial and temporal related
reasons, with only the occasional return to the
comics world. A chance comment on an American
message board disparaging non-US superheroes got my
back up, leading me to start researching them, which
in turn led me to the Appendix.
Comments:
During the 1980s, I collected virtually every Marvel
universe title, as well as much of DC and various
independents. There is a room in my parents' house
which contains nothing else but my collection, and
there is literally no space in my flat for me to
bring them down.
E-mail : ohotmu@gmail.com
Norvo (655)
Real
Name: Jef Willemsen
Occupation: Mild mannered reporter and freelance
copywriter, specializing in the entertainment industry.
Aliases: Jeff, Jeffrey, Sjef, 'Hey, you, kid!'
Affiliations: Anyone who will pay me. Or feed me.
Enemies: Deadlines. And the people who remind me of them.
First Appearance: Early January 1982
First Appendix Appearance: L.D.
50 (8/20/2013)
History: Born in early 80s Holland to loving parents who handed him his first Marvel comics, unwittingly setting in motion a chain of events that led to a lifelong love affair with the funny pages. Many a back issue bin led me to grow a collection of late 70s and early 80s comics that continue to warm my heart. Claremont's X-Men, Byrne's Alpha Flight and FF and the ever so eerie DeMatteis/Gillis Defenders remain favorites to this very day. And let's not forget Thunderbolts or John Ostrander's late 90s ever so excellent Heroes for hire.
Favorite Marvel characters: The more obscure the better, which apparently makes me a perfect fit here. As much as I love Spidey, Wolverine and Iron Man, I adore lesser known characters even more because of their untapped potential. I still say an Avengers team with Dr. Druid, Deathcry, Mechamage, the Swordsman and Magdalene would sell like hotcakes. Do they still sell hotcakes?
Other interests: I've chronicled Chris Claremont's many, many mind control incidents on a blog called Chris Claremont: Mind Control Central. What started out as silly running joke in 2008 ultimately grew into over 200 posts detailing some of Claremont's most memorable stories. As an unexpected side-effect, my innocent little lampooning of a beloved writer's most prominent hang up proved quite popular among several rather disturbing online fetish groups into hypnosis and mental domination. Ah well, que sera...
E-mail: jef.willemsen@gmail.com
Spidermay (444)
Real Name: Giuseppe Mainardi
Identity/Class: (Marvel) Zombie
Occupation: Dreamer
Group Membership: Masters of the Obscure
Affiliations: Formerly Andrea Stefani, Marco
Polo, Giuseppe my comics seller
Enemies: None
Known Relatives: Unrevealed
Aliases: The Scientist, Spider
Base of Operations: Foggia, Southern Italy
formerly Rome;
formerly Southern Italy
First Appearance: May, 1970
First Appendix Appearance: Astrologer
(2/21/2005)
Powers/Abilities: To shift between the reality and
the Earth-616 Universe with extreme ease.
History: (Sub Mariner I#57) - @1980 - Namor the
Sub-Mariner fought Ares to defend Venus. My first
remembrance, the Marvel Universe entered in my life
(before 1980).
(Avengers#167) - @1983 - The Avengers explored the
Guardians of the Galaxy's spaceship. Charlie-27 mistook
the Beast for a space monkey. George P?rez ruled! It was
my transformation in True Beliver: I said: "These
are the comics I like far more than the others";
the others were: Superman, Batman, Tex, Disney(s),
Asterix and many others.
(God Loves, man kills) - @1986 - After years without a
publisher house in Italy, the Marvel Comics were back !
(Unknown X-Man#1) - @1991 - My first Marvel fan fiction
comic.
(The
Wondrous Wasp#1) - @1999- My first web site, in
honor of the Wonderful Wasp.
@2011 - I have 70% of the Marvel Comics production
printed in Italy. It translates to about 10000-11000
issues of the USA production.
Comments: Spidermay tends to forget "spaces" before the
# sign, and to miss some "not to be confused to" entries
:-).
E-mail: ragnodimaggio@yahoo.com
Ron
Fredricks
(375 +)
Strong interest in Atlas
& Timely publications. He also does a
lot of image cleanups and expansions for
older profiles.
First Appendix Appearance: Background
info
on Moonglow
(1/30/2015)
John Kaminski (300)
Real Name: John
Kaminski
Occupation : Professional Ne'er-do-well
Base of Operations : South Bend, Indiana,
USA
History : He started collecting comics 30
years ago
Favorite characters : Marvel monsters,
Fantastic Four, Invaders, 1950's Avengers,
Avengers
First Appendix Appearance: "Dr.
Shrinker" (3/8/2005)
Real
Name:
Rob London
Class: Normal human (but Canadian, so
not that normal)
Affiliations: Masters of the Obscure,
OHotMU
Enemies: People who leave the hyphen
out of "Spider-Man"
Aliases: "Bobert"
Place of Birth: London, Ontario
First Appearance: September, 1985
First Appendix Appearance: Teraknid
(5/22/2005)
Powers/Abilities: Rob possesses a vast
knowledge of Marvel Comics minutia, with a
particular focus on Spider-Man and his galaxy
of spin-offs and supplementary titles. Also,
he has a weird extra tooth.
History: During a local murder
investigation, an 8-year-old Rob was given a
copy of Spider-Man: Dead Ball, in which
Spider-Man and the Montreal Expos battle the
Green Goblin, at the police station. From that
point on, he embarked on a Sisyphean quest to
accumulate and record all Spider-Man
knowledge.
Thor2000 (246++)
The resource for any mythological
character, able to contribute the real world
"histories" to any of the "gods."
William's been submitting some profiles on the
more obscure gods of the Marvel Universe,
complete with their
history in mythology, as well.
Real Name:
William Uchtman
About:
I'm a writer, author and paranormal
historian with special interests in mythology,
world history and paranormal research. My
expanded interests include television, film,
comic books and cryptozoology (the study of
unidentified animals). My earliest comics were
Avengers, Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man, Justice
League, Supergirl, Superman, Batman, and
She-Hulk, but now that I’ve cut back on my
comics buying (I’m now on disability due to
depression and autism), I only pick up the
handbooks. I’ve been writing for several
years; in high school, I used to write ghost
stories and biographies for fictional
super-heroes in a Marvel/DC Universe and
create my own comic strip, “Horror Inc.,” kind
of an Addams Family/Far Side horror satire.
Today, I still write bios for mythological
characters and haunted locations from film and
television. The highlights of my life have
been publishing two books, “Volunteer Ghosts”
and “Ghosts Coast To Coast” (now both out of
print), a credit in the book “Weird Tennessee”
and my short stint with the Appendix people.”
First Appendix Appearance: Ahpuch
(1/18/2002)
E-mail: aesgaard41@hotmail.com
Madison Carter (222)
FORMER
EDITOR
Real
Name: Madison Carter
Identity/Class: Human
Occupation: Wanderer; independent video
store manager; freelance writer
Aliases: Madman; Mad Dog
Base of Operations: Dallas, Tx
First Appearance: May 5, 1976
First Appendix Appearance: Manphibian
(1/22/2003)
Powers/Abilities: Though he has no
superhuman powers of his own, Madison
apparently is watched over by a being who
keeps him safe from fatal injuries. When
delivered, he was showing no discernable
heartbeat or breathing. Over the years since,
he has fallen head first off a second-story
balcony onto asphalt, fallen out of the back
of a truck moving at least 30 mph, been thrown
30-40 ft. from a go-cart, been shot at
numerous times, fallen down three flights of
stairs (missing every single step until the
last one in one incident), fallen out of a 25
ft. tall tree, been involved in over a dozen
vehicular crashes, among other events. He has
yet to break, crack or fracture a single bone.
Perhaps he is just injury-prone and really
#*@!ing lucky.
History: Never officially "began" to
collect comics, they were just always around.
Ended up running my own comic shop, which
lasted from 1992 until 1998. Original claim to
Marvel fame was getting my name in OHOTMU
Update '89 #6, in the Data Update section.
Also did a write-up on the later adventures of
the "Jack Kirby Monsters" in JACK KIRBY
COLLECTOR #28. Since joining the Appendix, I
have managed to snag a swanky gig working
freelance for Marvel, like many other Appendix
contributors. So far, my work has been
published in Marvel Monsters: From the Files
of Ulysses Bloodstone and the Monster
Hunters#1 (where I was the primary, though not
head, writer), the All-New OHOTMU 2006
A-Z#1-12 (and Update 2007#1-2), Legacy
Handbooks 1970s-1990s, Spider-Man Handbook:
Back in Black, Outlaw Files, and Civil War
Files.
E-mail: madisoncarter@gmail.com
Stunner (195++)
FORMER
EDITOR
Real Name: Gabriel Shechter
About: Where to start about
me?...well, I was born at a very young age,
as is the tradition in my family :) I was
born 7/27/87. Aside from comic books, I
enjoy gymnastics, wrestling (amateur not
professional), and writing poetry and music.
I have been reading comic books since 1997.
My favorite heroes would have to be Thor,
Spider-Man, Hulk, and Captain Marvel. I have
too many favorite villains to name. My dream
is to write for Marvel Comics some day, and
as a teenager already have so many ideas
that I have trouble keeping track of them.
My among my favorite writers are Kurt
Busiek, Peter David, Chris Claremont, Stan
Lee, Jim Starlin, Tom DeFalco, J.D.
Demattais, Paul Jenkins, Roy Thomas, Steve
Englhart, Roger Stern, and Mark Gruenwald
among many others. Until I came into contact
with people from this site, I had never met
anyone who knew more about comics than I do.
But now I realize how little I really know.
I'm not a huge authority, but I really enjoy
the site and writing whatever profiles I
can.
First Appendix Appearance: General
(2/8/2003)
Donald Campbell (194)
After
months
of supplementing and correcting errors in
profiles, Donald jumped in feet first on the
monster-sized Werewolf by Night profile
First Appendix Appearance: Co-writer
on Werewolf
by
Night (12/11/2004)
E-mail: donaldac@hotmail.com
Beetle
(143)
Kim Henckel...
The Appendix's first contributor (not
including Snood!).
Kim is the moderator at the Marvel Universe
message board and author of the Marvel
Guide, a great resource for tons and tons of
characters. The Beetle's page was part of
Snood's inspiration to start the Marvel
Appendix.
How did I become interested in comics: I
actually don't remember I think I got my first
Anders And [Donald Duck] comic when I was
about 2 years old, and I've collected comics
ever since. I do remember when I began reading
Marvel Comics though. I got a Fantastiske Fire
[Fantastic Four] #4 from my maternal
grandfather in summer '83. I was hooked and
the next day I went out buying my first
Edderkoppen (Spider-Man), and all other
Marvel comics I could get my hands on,
my very first american Marvel comic was
Amazing Spider-Man #280, featuring the
Sinister Syndicate
Favorite Marvel Characters: Spider-Man,
Daredevil, Human Torch II, Wasp, Hawkeye,
Nova, Beetle, Electro, Death-Stalker, Cobra,
Baron Zemo II, Moonstone II and a dozen of
other well known and especially obscure ones
like Goldbug, Boss Morgan, Ani-Men, White
Rabbit, Walrus, Shades and Comanche
Favorite Comicbook Writers: Roger
Stern, Marv Wolfman, David Michilinie, Kurt
Busiek, Christopher Priest, Peter David, Joh
Ostrander, Keith Giffen, Mark Gruenwald, Stan
Lee and Doug Moench
Favorite Comicbook Artists: George
Perez (no one above no one even close to being
beating Perez as my favorite artist)
All-time Favorite Comics: Spectacular
Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man, Daredevil, ,
Master of Kung-Fu (Moon Knight, Tomb of
Dracula, Avengers, West Coast Avengers, The
Man Called Nova, Thunderbolts, Black Panther,
Spider-Girl, Captain Marvel, Suicide Squad,
Star-Man (the series by Roger Stern), Teen
Titans/New Titans, Legion of Super-Heroes,
Bat-Man, Detective Comics (okay I admit a few
DC titles have been good) ;-)
My monthly list of must haves: Avengers,
Spider-Girl, Thunderbolts, Black Panther,
Amazing Spider-Man, Peter Parker: Spider-Man
and Captain Marvel
First Appendix Appearance: The
Grip (10/11/2001)
AvatarWarlord72 (137)
Real
Name: Michel Gariepy
Base of Operations: Penticton, B.C.,
Canada
First Appearance: February 2, 1972
First Appendix Appearance: Caviar
Killer (2/4/2007)
Occupation: Customer Service
Specialist, father and husband
I began collecting comics when I was 11 years
old and it all started with GI Joe. I did have
many others before that but not on a monthly
basis. I then started my major comic
collecting and began buying the Silver Surfer
and within a few months of that I had to buy
any Marvel comic on the racks I could find. I
started playing the Marvel Superheroes RPG
with friends and loved making the Character
Stats up for new never-before seen characters
to put into my games. Over the years, I began
trying to complete as many past series as I
could and by the time I turned 21, I had too
many comic boxes and ran out of room to store
them all. I ended up selling off some of my
collections just to make space available; well
that's when I met my wife ... I had to put my
collecting on hold for a few years but with
thanks to the Appendix site, I picked up where
I left off and now my wife is into collecting
comics and I have 2 wonderful children who
seem to be interested in this phenomenon now
as well. I collect anything Marvel or
affiliated with Marvel comics and my favorite
ones are in order of preference: Fantastic 4,
Silver Surfer, The Avengers and Captain
America. My wife collects A Nightmare on Elm
Street, Marvel Zombies, Friday the 13th, Night
of the Living Dead and any other horror
comics. My kids collect Anime and Sonic the
Hedgehog comics monthly. In a nutshell: I live
in a small house and I need a bigger one to
store my collection in, well someday, someday
soon ...
E-Mail: avatarwarlord@yahoo.ca
David Lawrence (132)
Real Name: David Lawrence
Base of Operations: American
Southeast
First Appendix Appearance: Sando
&
Omar (10/27/2006)
Patrick D Ryall (116)
Patrick D Ryall (the "D" is for
"the Blazing Skull") has declared himself an
independent nation, but he is currently
located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He
promises not to limit himself to the lame,
strange and silly characters of the Marvel
Universe, but they are his specialty. His
own web site, Book
of
PDR, the Official Nonsense Homepage is
a testament to his own strangeness.
And Patrick's added a page collecting all
of his profiles at the Contains2
website!
First Appendix Appearance: Basher
(8/29/2004)
Zerostar (89)
Real Name :
Bill Lentz
Enemies : Howard Mackie; Writer X
(aka Howard Mackie or Devin Grayson)
Known Relatives : A lot, to be
sure.
Base Of Operations : Here and
there, mostly here...
Powers : If I had powers, I
wouldn't tell you...
Pretending to be Kakashi from Naruto
in profiles
History : Well... Again, there's a
lot. Some interesting... Some not...
Interests : Way too many current
comics, 2099 comics, alternate
future/reality comics of all kinds,
really... Reading Manga. Creating pro
wrestling videos. Reading Manga. Recording
super lo-fi "songs". Reading Manga.
Disturbing Comment : "X-Nation
2099 wasn't so bad, really. Well, the
first 3 issues anyway."
First Appendix Appearance: Splice
(9/8/2002)
FUTURE
(81)
FORMER
EDITOR
Artist,
janitor,
comic enthusiast
First Appendix Appearance: Sensational
Hydra (1/17/2004)
E-mail: Deadend4l@aol.com
Skullogeist (81)
Real Name: Anthony
Flamini
Identity/Class: Human technology
user
Occupation: student
Affiliations: Amalgam Comics: The
Archives
Enemies: (currently) Wil Wheaton
(of Star Trek: TNG); The Olsen Twins;
Senator Trent Lott; the Peanuts Gang;
Michael Bolton; Mr. Snuffalupagus;
(formerly) the population of Banksville,
Nebraska
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: New Brunswick,
NJ
First Appearance: a hospital
(January, 1979)
First Appendix Appearance: Access
(11/28/2002)
Powers/Abilities: Skullogeist
possesses the uncanny ability to spend
hours upon hours trying to figure out the
component parts of Amalgam Comics
characters.
History: Skullogeist began reading
Marvel and DC Comics as a kid in the early
1980s after compulsively watching episode
after episode of SUPER FRIENDS. He
never regularly collected any title, but
rather bought various mini-series and
story arcs that he found particularly
interesting. Among his favorite
comic "events" were REIGN OF THE SUPERMEN,
BATMAN: KNIGHTFALL, AGE OF APOCALYPSE,
KINGDOM COME, JOKER: LAST LAUGH (well, the
core titles, anyway) and, of course, DC
VS. MARVEL and the subsequent AMALGAM
COMICS.
AMALGAM COMICS changed everything for
Skullogeist, who thought that it was the
most original and refreshing idea to come
out of the comics industry in years.
Skullogeist, who always knew a good deal
of information about the "big guns" of DC
and Marvel, began to learn about the more
obscure characters in his obsessive quest
to accurately catalogue the component
parts of every character in the Amalgam
Universe.
Comments: Created by Ron Zimmerman;
retconned by John Byrne
Ronald Byrd (81)
Ronald Byrd has job
experience in education, journalism, and
state legislature (none of which, so far,
apparently sounds quite good enough on a
resume for a better job). He's been
reading Marvel comics since the early
80's, coming on board just in time for
Phoenix's funeral. He is the creator (but
not the maintainer) of the Unofficial
Wolverine Chronology (http://www.reocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7160/byrd.html,
which WILL eventually be updated (the site
manager has a life, after all) with, among
other things, information from
"Wolverine: The Origin" despite that
title's total waste of a fascinating
character's potential history) and has
contributed information to http://www.reocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7160/gaguide.html
, http://www.reocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7160/toc.html,
http://ratmmjess.tripod.com/gold/page.html,
http://www.reocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7160/annos.html,
http://www.geocities.com/jjnevins/pulpsintro.html,
http://www.geocities.com/jessnevins/vicintro.html,
http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/characters/, http://blaklion.best.vwh.net/time_links.html.
A
contest-winning short story of his can
be read at http://www.aristotle.net/market/freep/1053/feature/tnf.html.
He has submitted plot synopses to
several Marvel titles and, although
unsuccessful, at least received positive
feedback from a number of Marvel
editors, including the late Mark
Gruenwald; with the permission of Jason
Liebeg, he submitted a set of potential
resolutions for "Heroes Reborn," which
Mr. Liebeg did not use but did call "a
hell of a read."
First Appendix Appearance: Updates
on Dromedan
(7/5/2002)
Changeling (79)
another voice from the UK, with a specific interest in the Marvel UK characters. He's also been kind enough to shoulder the Sleepwalker load!. Also a writer for the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
Real Name:
Richard Green
Class: Human Mutant/Technology
User, UK citizen
Occupation: Health Care Assistant,
Musician
Affiliations: Cornerstone (a local
covers band), the Love Cult (a tribute to
the Cult), previously S.T.R.I.K.E. Psi
Division
Base of Operations: Cannock,
Staffordshire
Powers: Limited psionic potential,
including mental communication with fellow
band members, and to a lesser degree other
musicians. Ability to attract the most
bizzare happenings.
Equipment: Westone Bass, Ibanez
Ergodyne Bass, Ashdown Max 300 Amplifier,
Boss Overdrive Pedal, Tascam Porta
Ministudio07
First Appendix Appearance: Joseph
Hauer (5/27/2002)
History: As a boy I was very much
into Dr Who. I then got into the
Transformers comics, which had back up
strips like Spider-man and Iron Man.
During my years as a music student I began
collecting more and more. My favourites
are Daredevil, Spidey, X-Men, New
Warriors, Ravage 2099, Cardiac, Deathlok
(Michael Collins), Sleepwalker, Alpha
Flight, Cloak and Dagger, Generation X,
Ghost Rider, Blade, Power Pack, pretty
much all the Marvel UK characters,
including (of course) Captain Britain
(During my time at S.T.R.I.K.E I worked
closely with his sister Betsy honest). I
now juggle work and music when not trying
to fill the large gaps in my comics
collection.
Email: changeling616@btinternet.com
Per Degaton (73+)...John McDonagh, aka Doc Savage
...always there to contribute real world history and literature info into entries, where appropriate. He gave great back history on the members of the fourth Lethal Legion, and a bunch of others. Now he's started doing profiles that cross-over with other media.
First Appendix
Appearance: Background info on Coldsteel
(5/16/2002)
e-mail : docsavage80@yahoo.com
G Morrow (65)
First Appendix Appearance: Walter Declun (10/17/2007)
Darc_Light (61)+...
Real Name: Michael King
Identity/Class: Human/Brood
Occupation: Archivist of Brood
History/ Brood Propaganda Minister
Affiliations: Agent of the Brood
Imperiatrix, member of the Brood
Propaganda Ministry, Member of The Fang
Liberation Front (Down with Shi'ar Aerie
Domination!), Member of The Masters of the
Obscure, Member of The Noh-Varr Legal
Defense Fund. (Free Noh-Varr!), Supporter
of Wild Child, Ally of the Atanteans,
Devlor, The Doctor, The Morlocks,
Neophyte, Runner, Squidboy
Enemies : Anyone who ever hurt
Kyle Gibney/Wild Child, The Church of
Humanity, The Cockroach Conspiracy, The
Cybermen, Cyclops, The Daleks, All Demonic
Entities, The Devil (by all his names),
The Director, Frieza (DBZ, DBGT),
Galactus, The Grandmaster (Elder Of The
Universe), Hoppered The Gauntlet (Trigun,
Manga Only), The Marauders (particularly
Scalphunter), Mesmero, Mister Sinister,
Mistress Death, Mystique, The Obliterator
(Elder Of The Universe), People who
hurt/kill children, Sabretooth, The Secret
Empire (For what they did to Kyle
Gibney/Wild Child) The Sentinels, The
Shi'ar Military, SHIELD, Sire Hate, Storm,
Thanos, Trunks Briefs (Future Trunks only,
DBZ, DBGT), Valerie Cooper, (for what she
let the Secret Empire do to Wildchild),
Vegeta (DBZ, DBGT),Weapon X (For killing
Tar Baby and Ape and turning Kyle
Gibney/Wild Child into a
whatever-the-heck-he-is-now), Nicholas D.
Wolfwood (Trigun, Anime Only)
Known Relatives: Classified for
their own protection
Aliases: Darc_Light
Base of Operations: A top-secret
base in Northwest Florida
First Appearance: July 31 1977, in
Grand Forks, North Dakota
First Appendix Appearance: Josey
Thomas (12/6/2003)
Powers/Abilities: Incredibly
Obsessive. I also like to draw all kinds
of characters and creatures.
Favorite Characters: Adam X The X-Treme,
Adric, Ape, The Brood, The Brood Empress,
Cannonball, Champion (Tryco Slatterus),
Changeling (Garfield Logan, DC Comics),
Chapel The Evergreen (Trigun, Anime Only),
Kogu AKA Gokua (DBZ), King Cold (DBZ),
Deathbird, Devil Dinosaur, Devlor, Prince
Dezan, The Doctor (Doctor Who), Ego The
Living Planet, Fang (Of the Shi'ar Empire,
all of them), Godzilla (Dark Horse, Toho
and Marvel), Jeice (Ginyu Force, DBZ),
Kaite Trevisick (Trigun), Moon-Boy,
Morlocks, Namor the Submariner, Noh-Varr
(Marvel Boy), Pretty Boy (Reavers), Rictor
(Julio Esteban Richter), The Reavers,
Runner (Elder Of The Universe), Skin
(Angelo Espinoza), Skrulls, Son Goten
(DBZ, DBGT), Tar Baby, Vash The Stampede
(Trigun), Wild Child (Kyle Gibney),
Yamcha, (DB, DBZ, DBGT) Zarbon (DBZ),
Zazie The Beast (Trigun) and lots of minor
characters like Batwing (Jimmy Santini),
Bliss, Berzerker, Bobo (The
Atlantean), Giganto, Gnork (Ogron),
the Neophyte, The Ogron race, Primal (Adam
Berman), Scaleface, Shinobi Shaw,
Squidboy, (Samuel Pare), Sugarman, Wolf
Cub (Nicholas Gleason), Wulff and most of
the people and creatures listed on this
site.
SQUEAK
(58)...
I started reading comics in 1977 with
Marvel Two-in-One #36. The cover had
superheros, dinosaurs, and rockets,
everything a 13-year old needs in life
(and yes, the villain of that issue, the
Jaguar Priest, has never again appeared,
dooming me to a lifelong appreciation of
the obscure). Many many years later, I'm
still reading, and even had the good
fortune to marry a woman who reads comics
too!. Our collection is up to over 16,000
comics, nowhere near the owner of this
site, but still on the unwieldy size. At
the moment, we're tucked out in Pullman,
Washington. When I returned to grad school
a few years back, I started a Marvel
Two-in-One web site, The
Ever-Lovin'
Blue-Eyed Home Page, as a stress
release, and then got sucked into working
on Marvel's Fantastic Four Encyclopedia
and a couple years worth of their
Handbooks. As my "real" job required more
attention I mostly left the Handbooks, but
I still occasionally hang around the
Appendix here and fill in a few holes with
some of the under-appreciated MTIO
villains or personal favorites (here's a list
of my Appendix entries).
First Appendix Appearance: Ranark
the Ravager (12/29/2003)
Jean-Marc
Lofficier (49)
He
wrote
for Marvel, among many other stories,
most of the wonderful "Book of the
Vishanti" back-ups that gave such great
details on many, many obscure and
otherwise forgotten characters. He often
supplies us with great inside tidbits on
these characters.
He's also given us
permission to publish two "lost
stories," intended for publication, but
which just never made it:
Check
out his official site at http://www.lofficier.com/
that has all his Marvel, DC, Image, etc.
credits (and more).
First Appendix Appearance: Background
info
on Cagliostro
(2/8/2004)
Omar
Karindu (48++)
He takes his name after
the former guardian of the Star of
Capistan, @ Defenders I#42...and now you
know as much as I do!
Omar has extensive knowledge of
the MU, and also supplies a wealth of
background info on characters as they
relate to other forms of media, past
literature, etc. Omar was one of the first
contributors to the site.
First Appendix Appearance: Steeplejack
(11/1/2001)
LV
(53)
Graham Weaver
First Appendix Appearance: Death
Master
(12/27/2004)
Kyle Smith
(40) former
editor
He was the second
contributor to the Marvel Appendix. He
was the first contributor
with whom I had no previous
association.
Kyle passed away in 2009. Read his
Obituary and below how he presented
himself.
My real name is Kyle SIMS. I use
the name Smith to increase the
likelihood that somebody will recognize
from where I reference my former e-mail
address, stinkpalm@yahoo.com. When
this is read or heard, the only person,
thus far, to give me a response other
than, "Stinkpalm?" after all the
years I've had this address has been the
fine designer of this obscure web-site (hint:
go watch Clerks).
I reside in Las Vegas,
Nevada, born and raised here the span of
my entire life, that being 23 years.
Despite what's portrayed so often in the
movies, not everybody lives in a trailer
here (I really hate it when they do
this, especially with strippers since
some of them live in upscale
neighborhoods because of the amount of
money they make). I'm a graduate
assistant at UNLV working on my masters
in criminal justice. My specific
area of study is the relationship
between crime and religion. I do
this just in case my dreams of becoming
a comic bookwriter/artist don't pan out
so that I have something to fall back
on.
Comicswise, my interest
mainly lies with superheroics,
specifically with Marvel characters, but
that's not the only thing I know
about. Currently, I read anything
by Frank Miller, Garth Ennis, and Neil
Gaiman. I'm more selective with
other writers but I like certain works
done by Morrison, Busiek, and Larsen
just to name a few. Personally, I
think that Millar and Bendis are
overrated (what's so great about these
guys?). Maybe my knowledge of
things criminal colors my outlook with
Bendis, seeing how simple, predictable,
and straightforward most of his stories
are.
First Appendix Appearance: Azrael
(10/30/2001)
Sammy7D (39)...
My
name is Sam. I started collecting comic
in 1998. I read most of the comics that
are published but my favorites are
Avengers, Thunderbolts, and X-Force.
After I started reading comic books I
started looking on line for many of the
characters I read about. When I found
this website I started posting lots of
requests until I got offered to write
some profiles--and I did, even though I
only know about pretty recent obscure
characters.
First Appendix Appearance: Alanna
Neramani (6/27/2002)
Greg O'Driscoll
(34)...
Formerly our Former
Swords and Sorcery editor. After giving lots of good
supplemental info in mythology and
other literature, he's jumped in and
started doing profiles from the Conan
Universe, and other areas as well.
Then he faded from existence...
In addition, he writes his own line of
comics under Cyborg Caveman Comics. Check it out!
First Appendix Appearance: Man-Bats
of Ur-Xanarrh (2/16/2002)
Gauntlet: Dark Rider
(29)
I've been reading comics
since about as long as I could read,
discovered Marvel through Transformers,
GI Joe and mid-'80s Spider-Mans, found a
comics shop in '93, and got hooked on
collecting.
Realising the implausibility of my
lifelong dream of becoming a
supervillain and/or a robot, I settled
for mastering as much useless trivia on
them as I could, while spending as much
time living on the net as possible,
becoming something of an authority on
villain-teams and early '90s stuff that
nearly everyone else hated.
First Appendix Appearance: Suzi
Endo (5/23/2002)
Elf with a Gun (27)
Hi there. My name is Chris Biggs. I am a woman living in the state of Indiana, USA. I have a degree in Commercial Photography, though finding work out here is a little hard sometimes, since everyone wants to hire 'experience' rather than someone straight out of school. (Currently I'm working at a small paper where I'm getting some exposure and some 'experience' in one of my chosen fields of endeavor). My other choices are artist and writer; in fact one of these days I may yet achieve one of my dreams of working on some of my favorite comic book characters, if I can get myself to stop cat-vacumning and start working on developing my talents. Chuck D
(21)
Let's see, I'm a 25 year
old lawyer currently living in
Cincinnati. I was raised on Marvel
comics by my dad and always loved the
OHOTMU (except for the ones on the
little cards! ugh!). Glad to be
able to contribute to a GOOD version of
the OHOTMU.
First Appendix Appearance: Tuatara
(1/21/2002)
First Appendix Appearance: Ghaszash
Nyirh (4/22/2002)
Henrique Ferreira
(17)
a native of Portugal,
Henrique writes for the Spider-Fan
website. He has done several
characters for Spider-Fan, as well. He's
been kind enough to reformat some of
these to post to the Appendix site as
well...and Stunner's been nice
enough to reformat others of his.
First Appendix
Appearance: Walrus
(1/12/2002)
Base of Operations: Spain
First Appendix Appearance: Detail
on
Spanish language for Ojo
Macabra (c. 2006)
Mikel
Midnight (16)
Mikel has offered us
profiles of members of the Captain Britain
Corps, Evan Dorkin characters, and a
smattering of metafictional heroes. He also
kibitzes a lot.
Place of Residence: Northern
California
Real World Ambition: Get a real job
Favorite Marvel Character(s): The
Captain Britain Corps
Favorite Mid-Afternoon Snack: Mixed
Nuts
His Origin in 20 words or less: Born
Queens NY, then on to Florida, Arizona, the
United Kingdom, Michigan, and California ...
with diversions along the way.
The first Marvel comic he reads when he
gets home is: Supreme Power
And when he's reading that comic or
writing profiles he listens to:
Reel Big Fish and various other members of
the worldwide ska community, or my new
favorite band, The Used.
First Appendix Appearance: Captain
Albion (1/3/2004)
First Appendix Appearance: G-Men (10/6/2002)
Flank McLargehuge (11)
has been extremely helpful in
the
computer know-how department , establishing a group e-mail,
and helping us to figure out some of our
HTML problems.
He hails from sunny,
glorious Fairbanks, Alaska, where he's a
Theatre student in his fourth year at the
University of Alaska Fairbanks, with no
graduation in sight, or intended
either. The fact that, behind the blue
hair and hawaiian shirts he's a comic geek
isn't something he bothers to share with
many of his friends -- most of them simply
wouldn't understand. Besides acting
and comics, Flank is a college radio DJ
under the name MC Escher at UAF's student
station: where he plays quirky,
charming, underplayed bands with names like
The Weakerthans, Soul Coughing, Man or
Astroman, The Impossibles, Prozzak, Ugly
Duckling, jimmy eat world, and Plastilina
Mosh, on a show called Mastering the Art of
Falling Down. Flank's special section
of Marvel Universe obscurity is the home of
Marvel's early-'90s teen heroes the New
Warriors, and includes Power Pack, Darkhawk,
Cloak & Dagger, and the heroic Green
Goblin, among others. His current
favorite books include Thunderbolts, New
X-Men (though the continuity freak in him
would rather ignore that), and Captain
Marvel.
First Appendix Appearance: Volx
(1/21/2002)
Luis Olavo Dantas , the Daevanator
(11)
Former formatting and image
coordination editor. Another guy who started
out with lots of helpful info, and then
finally decided to jump in himself! Best
know to his fellow Counter-Strikers and
Warcrafters as Epistemologia Escatologica,
Luis' best resource is his persistence at
web searching. He has a strong, vivid memory
of comics read years ago. This has proved
useful time and again. His secret is a
strong love for 1970s comics. He was born at
January the 9th, 1969. Is something of a
prodigy, since Dantas is a rather common
Brazilian surname. He's known for his strong
personal opinions on child parenting and for
his interest in compared religions. As of
late he has taken to comment on Buddhism and
Hinduism, leading to his choice of alias as
"The Daevanator".
First Appendix Appearance: Ballox/The
Monstroid (10/24/2002)
Alexander Knowles (10)
Hails from the Bahamas and has an
interest in the Olympian gods of which he
provides profiles on.
First Appendix
Appearance: Co-writer of Aphrodite
(4/10/2003)
Mick Martin, The Anti-Grimm (10)
Mick was an
assistant editor , helping me out by putting
images with files that are sent in, and
doing any necessary editing. Makes my
job much easier, and gives me more time
to do my own files! Mick is
currently on hiatus from the Appendix,
but we hope to have him back soon.
...I've been reading comics for twenty
years and I'm a foaming mad Hulk nut. Most
of the characters I provide will probably
be Hulk and/or Defenders related. One of
my goals is to get as many Defenders
related profiles done before Omar Karindu
can steal them from me. I post quite a bit
on the Hulk and Defenders message boards
at the Alvaro Comic boards under the name
"The Anti-Grimm," so feel free to say hi
if you're ever in the area.
First Appendix Appearance: Talos
the Tamed (2/17/2002)
Matt Adler (9)
Real Name: Matt Adler
Identity/Class: Human (allegedly)
Occupation: Software Developer
Affiliations: Masters of the Obscure
Enemies: I prefer the term nemeses, and am currently
accepting applications.
Aliases: Madler, CylverSaber
Base of Operations: Long Island, New York
First Appearance: February 1st, 1980
First Appendix Appearance: Newlin
(03/19/2026; but delayed for publication in the Appendix's 25th
Anniversary Event (the link won't work
until then); first published profile will be Al the Owl)
History: I became established as a regular Marvel reader starting
in 1987, and I love the tapestry the Marvel Universe forms. At the peak
of my Marvel buying (circa 1993-1994), I followed:
Amazing Spider-Man, Spectacular Spider-Man, Web of Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Spider-Man Unlimited, Spider-Man 2099, Venom, Avengers, Avengers West Coast, Captain America, Thor, Thunderstrike, Quasar, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Force, Hulk, Doom 2099, Silver Surfer, Guardians of The Galaxy, New Warriors, Nova, Warlock and the Infinity Watch, Warlock Chronicles, What If?
Comments: Created by Diverse Hands
Clarifications:
I have no known connection to:
E-mail: cylversaber@gmail.com
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Zuckyd1 (8) Real Name: David A. Zuckerman |
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Kevin
Garcia
(7)
Also one of the writers for the
Official Handbook of the Marvel
Universe
First Appendix Appearance: Drug
Lords (7/15/2012)
FortMax
(7)...
Name: Mike McTighe
Location: Charleston, SC
Nicknames: FortMax, Mikey, Doom
Class: Marvel Expert (still
learning more everyday)
Areas of Expertise: Daredevil,
X-Men, Cyclops, X-Factor, Wolverine,
Pre-WWII history, and Dr. Doom
Bio: I was born in Boston. My
first Marvel comic was X-Men #160 when I
was five years of age. At age
18 I still read, only much more
so. My knowledge of Marvel is
more like a historic knowledge. I
can tell you about the time when a
bandaged Dr. Doom (pre-Iron suit Von Doom)
went back into the past to WWII and
wreaked some havoc on Hitler as
"Hans". But for the life of me I
can't tell you what issue it happened
in. Guess thats the
breaks. I joined the site last
year and love it. This is the only
place where I know people who know more
about marvel than me, its cool. Plus
the best part is I wrote the bio for the
most obscure character of them all
"Bronek".
First Appendix Appearance: Bronek
(3/5/2002)
Caesar Godzillatron
(7)
First Appendix
Appearance: Madam
Web (12/20/2002)
Nyssane (7)
Clint Theron
First Appendix Appearance: Poundcakes
(8/21/2007)
First Appendix Appearance: Mu (12/11/2001)
Reddie (6)
First Appendix Appearance: The
Gibborim (8/17/2005)
The Voice of Doom (6)
Real
Name : James Murton
Identity/Class
: Normal human
Occupation
: Schoolboy (sob)
Affiliations
: None
Enemies
: All who dismiss
obscure characters... mwah ha ha... oh,
and Scrappy Doo
Known
Relatives : Way too many to
mention here
Aliases
: Slug-Man,
Scooby-Doo II
Base
of
Operations : Derby, England
First
Appearance : Derby, England,
(March 1989)
First Appendix Appearance: Mingo
(8/22/2002)
Powers
: Disturbing
amount of trivia on the 'Avengers under
Siege storyline, as well as the ability to
find countless ways to annoy my friends
and family.
History
: I got into
comics through the animated series' of
Spiderman and X-Men, and became hooked!
Sure, I started late, but my uncle, the
internet and the old black and white
Essential reprints helped me make up for
lost time. I currently collect 3 British
comics which reprint Spiderman, X-Men and
the Avengers from 3 or 4 years back.
Comments
: Do not
dismiss 60s comics as poor near me. Just
don't.
DragynWulf
(5)
Real Name: David Wiltfong
Relatives: Wife and beautiful daughter
First Appearance: Nixon was President,
Monday Night Football debuted on ABC,
the Beatles broke up and Jimmy Hendrix
and Janis Joplin both die drug-related
deaths. Some movies released that year
were M*A*S*H, PATTON, LOVE STORY, and
AIRPORT.
First Appendix Appearance: Taskmaster's
Avengers
robots (10/27/2006)
Favorite Marvel Characters:
Taskmaster, Thunderbolts, Thunderbolts
(Counter-Earth), Thunderbolts (CSA),
U.S.Agent, She-Hulk, Yellowjacket
(Pym), Moonstone (Sofen), Baron Zemo
(Helmet), Hawkeye (Barton), Squadron
Supreme (Earth-712), Sinister
Squadron, and others.
My Monthly Must Have: Any Taskmaster
appearance, THUNDERBOLTS, EXILES,
ASTONISHING X-MEN, CABLE &
DEADPOOL, and all Handbooks. I buy
other comics when I can afford them
these days.
Marvel Comics Recommendations:
THUNDERBOLTS, CABLE & DEADPOOL,
MOON KNIGHT, EXILES, and ASTONISHING
X-MEN
Other interests: Wrestling and movies
(horror, suspense/thrillers, sci-fi,
comedy)
Comments: I'm the
owner/webmaster of the
TaskmasterSite.com and big time
Taskmaster fan. I handle the Data
Corrections for the OHotMU Handbooks,
a moderator for the Marvel.com online
encyclopedia as well as the message
boards. I've also been a moderator at
various other message boards online
over the past 6 years as of 2006.
Peteparker (5)
Real Name: Nathan
Elliott
Class: of 2010
Occupation: Nuclear Physicist;
Grad Student
Affiliations: Masters of the
Obscure
Aliases: AnotherPeteparker,
Spidy207
Base of Operations:
Albuquerque, New Mexico
First Appearance: November 17,
1979
First Appendix Appearance: Katherine
Pryde of Earth-1298 (12/30/2009)
Powers: Able to use comics or
the web to put off doing any work that
really needs to be done, a.k.a.
procrastinate.
Equipment: Thousands of digital
comics and a trusty copy of GIMP
History: I was always a fan of
heroes, beginning with being an avid
watcher of Spider-Man and His Amazing
Friends, but only infrequently was
able to get comics when I was sick or
on family road trips. (Some of
which included various parts of the
Maximum Carnage Saga, just try reading
that sporadically with no prior
knowledge of any character but
Spidey). The first series I
specifically purchased was the Death
of Superman, hopping on the '90s
bandwagon of collecting books that
seemed like they would be worth more
money someday. It wasn't until
the late '90s X-Men and Spider-Man
cartoons that I converted back to
buying Marvel books, and it's
been a torrential love affair ever
since. For several years, I was
able to buy every comic I wanted to
read every week, which resulted in a
'collection' of more than 5000 mostly
worthless books. My most recent
interests are in alternate realities,
most notably the Exiles and What If?
books.
Hawkguy (5)
My name's Scott Greenwood and
I live in England with my wife,
Andrea, and two sons, Lucas and Kai.
I've been a Marvel fan since I was 5
and grew up on 1980s comics
particularly Power Man/Iron Fist, Iron
Man and Moon Knight. My main interest
is in street-level heroes (Moon
Knight, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Ghost
Rider etc).
First Appendix Appearance: Javelynn
(1/2/2014)
Real
Name: David Gallaher
Occupation: Video Game Narrative Director
Group Membership: Marvel, DC Comics, Image Comics,
Ubisoft, NYPD
Aliases: Doctor Gallaher, Captain
Base of Operations: Paris, France; formerly New York City
First Appearance: Honolulu, Hawaii (06/05/1975)
First Appendix Appearance: Madeline
Stewart (9/23/2026)
David Gallaher's professional relationship with the Marvel Universe began when he illustrated his own résumé to get Marvel's attention. The gambit worked. He joined Marvel Interactive, editing digital comics, researching characters, and writing character biographies before eventually returning to Marvel as the writer of Hulk: Winter Guard and Darkstar and the Winter Guard.
A writer, editor, and narrative designer, David's other comics credits include the Harvey Award-winning High Moon, Box 13, The Only Living Boy, Green Lantern Corps, and Johnny Dollar. He has also worked editorially on titles including Sailor Moon and Attack on Titan, and spent much of his video game career working on projects including Ghost Recon and Vampire: The Masquerade.
David has an especially unhealthy affection for continuity, forgotten characters, fictional geography, Official Handbook minutiae, and the corners of the Marvel Universe where someone appeared twice, vanished for thirty years, and somehow acquired six contradictory biographies along the way. His particular obsession is Mark Gruenwald's Squadron Supreme and Earth-712, a world that combines nearly everything he loves about Marvel: deep continuity, elaborate world-building, obscure supporting characters, impossible chronology, and the firm conviction that every unanswered footnote probably deserves another footnote.
David has also contributed new art to multiple profiles, notably the Anti-Registration Underground!
Mike Fichera
(5)
First Appendix Appearance: Co-writer on Seymour
O'Reilly (10/14/2004)
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Shiryu (5)
Roberto Branca
Hi, I'm Roberto. I was born
in Italy back in 1982 and I've read
Marvel comics since I was 10, hooked
by Roger Stern's Avengers and
Spider-Man, and JM De Matteis' Captain
America. Today, I read most
Marvel characters, with a preference
for Thor. For nearly the last 10 years
I've been the moderator of the
Avengers Assemble boards over at
vplexico.proboards.com, and I've been
one of the contributors to the
"Assembled 2" book. I spent most of
the last 15 years in good old England,
but, at present, I work in Italy as
chiropractor and part-time translator.
First Appendix Appearance: Daillus
the
Daring (5/3/2014)
Hugo V. Negron
(5)
Birthday
12/25/68. Reside in
Illinois. Currently
finishing up the thesis
requirements for an M.A. in
Clinical Psych while working as
a Forecast Specialist for a
silver jewelry importing firm
with the intent to go on for a
PhD in Industrial/Organizational
Psych (there's more of a return
on your scholastic investment
using psychology in the business
world, I've learned!). I've been
a Marvel/Iron Man fan since I
was 8 years old (thanks Dad for
hooking me into comics).
Used to be a big
medieval/fantasy buff (anyone
still remembers how to play
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
out there??), so the concept of
a modern day knight in shining
armor really took hold of me -
and it's never let go!
Soon to be married on 10/12/02
to a fellow psych major.
Hobbies? Besides reading Iron
Man, that is - chess,
basketball, biking.
First Appeandix Appearance: Updates
on
Half-Face
(5/25/2002)
Peter Kroon
(4)...
from the Netherlands. Peter writes for
the Spider-Fan website. He's contributed the
White Dragon and Photon.
First Appendix Appearance: White
Dragon (2/14/2002)
Real
Name: Thomas Person
Occupation: Retirement Center,
Security & Safety Officer. Air Force
Veteran
Aliases: Crom, Mitra, Aesir, Set,
and the list goes on like that. Whatever
the Hyborian people choose to call me.
Affiliations: Loki (Stuart
Vandal)
Enemies: Outside Thoth-Amon I
hope nobody.
Base of Operations: Goose Creek,
SC
1st Appearance: Watertown, SD
1st Appendix Appearance: Sabia
(11/12/2004)
History: My 1st comic was a fresh
right off the rack issue of the Amazing
Spider-Man. A short while later I picked
up an issue of Conan. From that time on
I would pick up an occasional issue of
whatever seemed interesting at the time.
At the age of eleven, I had about 25
comics. At that time I felt like I had
every comic in the world. As I got older
I joined the Air Force and my mother
stuck about 200 comics of mine in her
attic. After 10 years and two major
military operations later (Just Cause
[Panama] and Desert Storm [Kuwait]) I
got out. By this time my collection was
around 5 to 6 thousand issues and
hundreds of titles. Marvel, Image D.C.,
etc. Now I actually have time to read
them. I found the Appendix while
searching for info on Umbu the Unliving.
I choose to do profiles on Conan
characters because (1) He's my favorite
character and (2) He kills 90% of
everyone he meets, so each issue there
is always a fresh supply of new obscure
characters around....for a while.
Favorite characters: This is just
a sampling of who I like.
Favorite
comics: Stray Bullets, Sin City,
Teen Titans (The Judas Contract), Savage
Sword of Conan, Preacher, and any comic
with the above characters. Still I love
all my comics and graphic novels.
Other interests: Movies (new and
old), Star Wars, Star Trek, PC Games,
basically any girl repellent activity
which I guess is O.K. cause I'm happily
married to one. Helping my kids with
homework then teaching them useless info
about comic characters, 80's music. Also
writing, because I would not be doing
this if I didn't like it so much.
Finally driving and caring for my 16
year old Mercedes-Benz 300E.
CrazyIvan (4)
First Appendix Appearance: Co-writer
on Spider-Man
2099 (12/5/2003)
E-mail:
crazy_ivan_thx11@yahoo.com
BKole
(3)....
First Appendix Appearance: Vendetta
of Earth-1298 (3/26/2005)
Monzo (3)...
Matt Karpowich
First Appendix Appearance: Decathalon
(3/19/2005)
Mark Caithness
(2+)...
hails from the
UK and helped expand the puny,
incomplete Night Raven entry
into the extensive work in
progress it now is. In addition,
he's now going to start doing
some profiles on the Marvel UK
characters (well, Yi Yang and
Dr. Claw, anyway).
First Appendix Appearance: Yi
Yang (3/4/2002)
Fatum (3)
Base of
Operations: Hungary
History: I have collected
comics since kindergarten.
I was born in the same month and
year as Spider-Man's black suit
debuted or the first issue of the
Secret Wars and the Ninja Turtles
(according to the cover dates).
First Appendix Appearance: Preserver
(6/6/2010)
ExWhaler (2)
Real Name: Jim
Mullins
Identity/Class:
Human (?)
Occupation:
Professional fool
Affiliations.
Masters of the Obscure; others
classified
Enemies: 90% of
the world's population, at large
Known Relatives:
More than I could name, honestly
Aliases:
HartWhale, "J"
Base of Operations:
Boston, MA
First Appearance:
Milford/Hopedale Regional Hospital;
October 1979
First Appendix Appearance: Damek
the
Earth-Shaker (6/20/2003)
Powers/Abilities:
ExWhaler is has no true superpower, but
is remarkably talented in the usage of
sarcasm and humor as weapons; and is
very adept at missing the obvious.
History: ExWhaler
learned to read through comics, and
hasn't looked back since. He shamefully
admits to have slightly fallen from the
fold recently, and hangs his head.
Comments: Created by Stan
Lee and Don Heck. Despite popular
belief, "ExWhaler" is not a reference to
hunting actual whales; it instead refers
to the late, lamented Hartford Whalers
of the NHL. In my opinion, ExWhaler was
an inspired creation; but has been
mishandled by other creators since.
Barry Reese
(2)
I got to work with Barry on the
Marvel Knight Encyclopedia (he wrote the
Ghost Rider / Blade sections), and then I
drafted him into the Handbooks
First Appendix Appearance: Nighthawk
(Neal Richmond of Earth-S) (1/17/2005)
Spiderpool (2)
Real Name: Kevin Smith (no,
not the director! It's my real name!)
Class: Borderline human
Occupation: Video game store guy
Affiliations: Proto-Man; Masters of the
Obscure
Aliases: Spidey, Hal, 129,
Merc-with-a-Mouth
Base of Operations: Clarksville,
Tennessee, sometimes referred to as Hell
First Appearance: October 31, 1980
First Appendix Appearance: Co-writer of
Black
Swan (12/8/2004)
Powers: Extensive knowledge of video
games and occasionally, comics. Ability to
magnetically pull other automobiles into his
own.
Equipment: Nintendo DS and pretty much
any video game system; a Game Informer magazine,
as well as Tips & Tricks; Wizard and ToyFare
mags too...basically, any magazine in print that
relates to fanboys
History: My first comic was a ratty issue
of Amazing Spider-Man that someone gave me. It
was missing a cover. A bunch of random Marvel
issues later, I began collecting Deadpool base.
DemKnux (2)
First Appendix Appearance: Jonesy
the First (finished on 08/28/2026, but published on 09/27/2026 as
part of the 25th Anniversary)
Little Muar (1)
First Appendix Appearance: Stone Ducks from Saturn (11/03/2026)
Eric Guy
(1)
One of my best friends from high school. I was the mainstream Marvel
Guy, and he was into Epic, Robotech/Macross and other stuff. When we
decided to cover all of the Epic stuff, I hit him up to cover
Moonshadow, and he did a great job on it (Yay!). But he didn't enjoy it
(awe...). Forthcoming profiles unlikely (awe...)...friendship will
continue (yay!)
First Appendix Appearance: Moonshadow
(published 09/10/2026, but finished on 04/14/2024)
Jop (1)
First Appendix Appearance: Dan
Blake (1/6/2021)
Merzah
from Prague (1)
First Appendix Appearance: Jane
Crawlins (1/1/2009)
Cheyne (1)...
Name: Mike Cheyne
How Did I Become Interested in Comics?: For a Christmas present one
year, I got one of those "Big Box of Comics from One Particular
Year." It turned out that most of these were Marvel from the Acts of
Vengeance crossover. I didn't understand anything, but I reread
every one of those stories time after time trying to make sense out
of it. Naturally, the box did not contain the ending stories
Favorite Marvel Character: Spider-Man, although it is very easy to
write bad Spidey. I also like villains, especially the lesser-known,
not-so-powerful guys, such as the Trapster. He's cool.
My Specialty: Umm, not much. I'm not a comic authority, just a fan
that specializes in writing one-shot character profiles. Why
one-shot? Because my collection is so miniscule, and I don't collect
much comics anymore. In fact, that's what stuns me as I read through
the profiles on this way-cool site, finding out such tidbits that
the Fox OF ALL PEOPLE came back, while the poor old Baron Zemo
imposter schlub is still in comic book limbo. I do know a lot about
the early Silver Age period, know a ton about G.I. Joe, have a
pretty good knowledge of Spidey, and saw about every episode of
X-Men on TV. Oh yeah, I know all about Secret Wars I. Yeah,
take that.
Why Are You Writing Profiles?: Well, I dunno. I just acquired and
read the entire Atlantis Attacks series as a lark, read a cool
backup story, and decided to write a profile. I'm just happy to find
this place so many beloved characters!
Website: Um, none. You're a mite late I used to work at the fabulous
NitCentral, dedicated to nitpicking everything and everywhere. But
time got in the way, and that regular gig is no more
Other Interests: The Avengers (not the comic, the British TV
show); Major League Baseball; and in a neither so obscure nor
unimportant vein, Christianity.
First Appendix Appearance: Lady
Karlot (4/6/2002)
Somebody
(1)
Real Name: Gerard McMenemy
"Bio": Hails from somewhere in Scotland, started reading US comics
regularly through UK reprints [came in in the depths of the Clone
Saga - and liked it! :)], and spends too much time making banners
for comicboards.
First Appendix Appearance: Gaunt
(2/2/2004)
Cypher
(1)
Graham Willis
First Appendix Appearance: Franklin
Richards of Earth-811 (9/30/2004)
Odd Rob (2)
Rob Pickering
First Appendix Appearance: Co-writer of Baron
Brimstone (9/16/2006)
PaulAllen (1)
First Appendix Appearance: Monark
Starstalker (1/9/2007)
Jordan
Brodie
(1)
First Appendix Appearance: Co-writer on Iron
Man
2020 (11/10/2003)
First Appendix Appearance: Co-writer on Dracula (10/29/2002)
Mike O'Sullivan (1)
First Appendix Appearance: Kid
Reaper (10/28/2018)
Little known fact: All photographs of stunningly handsome brown-haired dudes wearing white t-shirts and blue jeans taken in 1950 is him.
Bob Almond
Bob was the inker for the Black Panther, one of our
favorite titles, for an outstanding run of over three years.
In addition to helping to convince his co-storytellers to
use the obscure characters we enjoy so much, he's also given
us lots of inside information on the characters as they've
been used, and why or why not things went they way they did.
We're very thankful for all his info...plus its pretty
frickin' cool to a Marvel Zombie like me to be able to
communicate directly with a member of the House of Ideas.
In addition, Bob has been mind enough to provide some nice
images for some of the Black Panther, Hostess, and other
characters.
I've been a Marvel Zombie since '76 and my fave title is
the AVENGERS of which I own every issue of all the volumes.
I'm fairly competant with Marvel obscura but things get
fuzzy around the late '80s, early 90's. I have some of
the Marvel indexes, I'm trying to find and own all the
Olshevsky ones, and I own all the OHOTMU editions except the
last one(36) to the 3-ring binder version. I was lucky
that Marvel sent me 35 of these free in my comps but cut the
comps before 36 arrived:-( My fave artist is George
Perez, who inspired me to become a pro artist in the first
place, but other faves include John Byrne, Frank Miller,
Michael Golden, Klaus Janson, Josef Rubinstein, Terry Austin,
Neal Adams, Jim Starlin, Jim Steranko, Mark Framer, Tom
Palmer, Bob Layton, Gene Day, Adam Hughes, Bernie
Wrightson, Jack Kirby, John Buscema, Carlos Pacheco, Jeff
Jones, Alex Ross, Sal Velluto(of course!) and numerous others.
I enjoy the stories of Grueny, Mark Waid, Kurt Busiek,
Fabian Nicieza, Peter David, Roger Stern, Priest(of course!)
among others as well as many of the Marvel writers in the '70s
and early '80s like Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Gerry Conway,
David Michelanie, Bill Mantlo, Doug Moench, Chris Claremont,
Jim Shooter, and some I'm certain I forgot. While I have
very long runs of many/most Marvel titles over the years I've
cut back over time. My present books I'm buying (as
opposed to 'reading' since I'm 2-3 years behind due to
deadlines!) include: Avengers, Defenders/The Order,
Thunderbolts, Captain Marvel, Thor, Black Panther(duh!) and
usually a couple of related limited series and a few cool
trade collections each month. Just a few past projects
I've worked on include Warlock and the Infinity Watch,
Bloodshot, JLA, a bunch of Malibu series like Siren and
Foxfire, Star Trek: DS9, Ultragirl, and even Starmasters by
Grueny (too bad it ranks among my early horrific work:-P).
Presently I'm marking the third year on the
critically-acclaimed Black Panther title which has been my
most enjoyable experience to date. And please visit The
Bob Almond Inkwell at http://www.almondink.com/
Quiof Thrul
First Appendix Appearance: New
images for Fah
Lo Suee (09/10/2024)
AstroCitizen
First Appendix Appearance: Comments on Miss
Locke (9/10/2016)
Wayne Lenihan ...
he gave me lots of great info on the Conan
characters...appearances and chronology, and clears up
anything that confuses me in my surface knowledge of the
Hyborian era.
Wayne says: "I'm married with a daughter, 18 , son 16. I'm 45
yrs old , work as a train driver, live in Toowoomba Queensland
Australia although I come from further west. Ive been
interested in conan comics since 1980 & until the age of
the internet was the only conan fan I knew of. my other
interests include motorcycling,fishing,gym& bush
walking."
Carycomix (Greg) - always happy to provide...interesting/random tangent concepts on dozens and dozens of profiles.
First Appendix Appearance: Issue summary for Ricky North (7/31/2013)
Want to join the few, the proud, the...people who
know a lot about a bunch of useless trivia on guys that most
people have never heard of?
If so, then maybe you can
join the Masters of the Obscure
DAVID GALLAHER (6)