COTERIE (Announcer, Coach, Coterie Male (Brood Empress), Girl with Sign, Host, Hostess, "Sharon Carter," Jane Foster," harem girls, "Alicia Masters," "Illyana Rasputin," "Mary Jane Watson-Parker," "Yukio," "Zuri")
    - temporary alliance of the Brood and Badoon, posed as benevolent organization, brought heroes of Earth aboard their ship and organized series of battles using nanotechnology to influence minds of combatants, sought to deprive earth of its superhuman warriors as well as use them as food or hosts for embryo of Brood Emperiatrix, defeated by heroes, Brood Emperiatrix attacked and apparently consumed Brother Royal
    (app)--Contest of Champions II#1 ([1(fb)], 1-5

• coterie male - see BROOD EMPRESS (app-coterie)--Contest of Champions II#4

COTTEN, CANDY - reporter
    --Daredevil: Father#2

COTTON, - SHIELD II, present in raid on AIM's Pilsburg facility
    --Captain America V#16

COTTON MATHER - see MATHER, COTTON (app)--Marvel Team-Up I#41

COTTONMOUTH (Cornell Cottonmouth) - crime boss.
    superhuman strength
    (app)--[Power Man#18], 19 (20

COTTONMOUTH (Unrevealed) - Serpent Society, Chain Gang, former agent of Viper and Killmonger.
    Superhuman jaw strength, able to open mouth widely like a snake, enlarging fangs, bm
    Quincy McIver (D#3,M)--Captain America I#310 (311-313, 315, 319, 341/2,342, Uncanny X-Men An13, Cap365/2,367/2, 380-382, 434-437, Black Panther III#16,17, Thunderbolts#55-58, 60, 61, 63, Daughters of the Dragon#3

COUGAR - Cat People
    -Curt Ranklin (app)--Marvel Two-In-One#19

COUGAR of the Old West (Wayde Garrison) - established costumed criminal identity to rebel against father who thought he was weak and worthless.
     Used large paws as weapons?
    (Outlaw Files, app)--Rawhide Kid I#68 ([68(fb)], 68

COUGAR of the Old West (Adano Andiani) - Barton Brothers Circus, cat trainer, former bank robber, nearly framed by brother
    --Ghost Rider I#3

COUGAR (    ) - originally intended to be involved with the New Mutants
    feline powers
    (app)--Marvel Age#82

COUNCIL - see COUNCIL of NINE (app-wd)--[Iron Man I#39] ([39+40(fb)]

COUNCIL of ANTIQUARIANS (Abner Little, colonel Nigel Pigman, Alfred Queeley(d), princess Zanda, count Andreas Zorba )
    -loose, informal grouping of collectors throughout the world who pride themselves on their ability to locate and acquire ancient artifacts, the more bizarre the better
    COLLECTORS* (app)--Black Panther I#1, (named) IM III#21/2 (Black Panther I#1-7, Iron Man III#16, 18, 21/1, 22, Black Panther III#40-44

COUNCIL of CROSS-TIME KANGS (Chairman, Earth 123488, Kong+Ransom(Av295),Kobra(294),Earth Mesozoic-24, Raulex+Swaatch(Av:TO#1)) - beings who had defeated one or another alternate kang in the past and adopted his armament and methods
    (app)--Avengers I#291 (296(fb),291-297,300, Fantastic Four I#33_ Avengers:Terminatrix Objective#1

COUNCIL of GODHEADS ([Anu/Marduk/Enlil/Ba'al], Atar/Mitra, Baiame, Buddha, Buluku/Nyame/Lusa/Ndriananahary, Crom, Hodiak, Itzama/Hunab Ku, Izanagi, Manitou, Nuadhu/Dagda, Odin/Thor, Osiris/Ammon Ra/Horus, Svarog, Tame, Tezcatlipoca/Quetzacoatl, Valka, Viracocha, Vishnu/Brahma/Shiva, Ukko, Ulgen, Yahweh, Yu-Hang/Shou-Hsing, Zeus
    possibly Amma,  + aboriginal god; also Those of the Forgotten Zone
    COUNCIL ELITE* (OH2006#3, app)--Thor I#300 (300(fb), Thor Annual#10, Infinity Gauntlet#2,  Marvel Universe: The End#2, 5, 6, Thor II#61, 65, Incredible Hulk#116-117

COUNCIL of KANGS (Kang "discoverer", Kang "final counterpart", Kang "prime") - trio of divergent Kangs, organized to eliminate redundant Kangs, all eventually eliminated by prime Kang
    (app)--Avengers I#267 (269(fb), 267-269

COUNCIL of NINE ( ) - Chinese organization presumably bent on world domination, denounced the White Dragon
    (app-wd)--[Iron Man I#39] ([39+40(fb)]

COUNCIL of SEVEN (Emir Abdulla al-Abbas, Sir Mostyn Bierce, Captain Cooper, Fah Lo Suee, Ahmed Fayume, Fu Manchu, Dr. Griswal, Ki-Ming, Selwyn Orson, Sam Pak, Colonel Otto von Seidler, Solkel, Yen-Sun-Yat
    - Fu Manchu's most skilled Si-Fan, many took their own lives after failing against Shang-Chi
    (app)--Si-Fan Mysteries; Giant-Size Master of Kung Fu#1 (Return of Dr. Fu Manchu, Si-Fan Mysteries, Daughter of Fu Manchu, President Fu Manchu, Drums of Fu Manchu, Shadow of Fu Manchu, Wrath of Fu Manchu, GS MoKF#1, Master of Kung Fu#27

COUNCIL of THREE (Andromeda, Namorita, Seth) - Atlanteans, chosen to act as rulers of Atlantis when Namor is away
    --Defenders II#11

COUNCIL of THRONES (Arcturus, Ephesus ) - angels, cousins of Gadriel, rule soldiers of heaven, oversee activities of angels on earth, attempted to force punisher to follow their rule, took Revelation after she was incapacitated by Failsafes
    --Wolverine/Punisher: Revelations#1 (2-4

COUNCIL of WEREWOLVES (leader+3 ) - hired Deadpool to assassinate Duncan Vess for abandoning heritage, transformed Lycus into a full wolf, allowed Vess to escape rather than battle Deadpool and Wolverine near dawn
    --Wolverine Annual 1999

COUNCIL of the CHOSEN (Edward Buckman, Lourdes Chantel, Emma Frost, Steven Lang, Harry Leland, Parisseville, Sebastian Shaw, Tessa)
- Hellfire Club's Inner Circle when led by edward buckman as white king
    --[X-Men I#96], X-Men I#97( [Power Man An1, XM I#96, Classic X-Men#4],XM I#97,[CXM#6/2(XM98),XM99,CXM7/2],XM100

COUNCIL CHAMBERS - base of Council of Kangs
    (app-cok)--Avengers I#267 (291

COUNCIL ELITE - see COUNCIL of GODHEADS (app)--Thor II#61 (65

COUNCIL SUPREME (Damballah, Fong Lee, Mama Legba) - formed from leaders of the dark cults of the Earth
    (app-dam)--Strange Tales I#170

COUNSEL in CHIEF (    ) - Army soldier, took over Camps Gray and Chestnut, defeated and exoskeleton shorted out by Captain Ultra
    (app)--What the...?#15/4 ([15/4(fb)], 15/4

COUNT ABYSS (Milos Abyss) - academic, specialized in the love of the long dead Zalgodians, traded soul to Zalkor to become his high priest, conquered own dimension, sought to conquer other, sought Soul Gem to regain his own soul, opposed by Darklore and Meer’lyn, sadistic, mutated others into "demon horde" warriors, tricked Maya into sharing love potion with Adam Warlock, consumed the souls within the Soul Gem, became intoxicated with power, exiled to distant dimension and cut off from power source by Warlock and Darlore
    (AZU#4, app)--Warlock & the Infinity Watch#14 (31(fb), 29(fb), 14,16, 23, 25,26, 28-30, [31], 32,33

• COUNT ABYSS' fortress -
      (app-abyss)--Warlock and the Infinity Watch#14 (16, 23, 25, 26, 28-34
• COUNT ABYSS' minions - transformed natives of Egolix-7, restored by Darklore
      (app-abyss)--Warlock and the Infinity Watch#14 (16, 23, 25, 26, 28-34

COUNT CAREZZI - sorcerer, summoned for assistance against Dormammu
    (app)--Dr. Strange II#9 (9(fb), 9

COUNT DAL SENDOR-see DAL SENDOR--Kull the Conqueror III#1

COUNT DRACULA-see DRACULA (app)-Tomb of Dracula I#1

COUNT IGWANUS of Earth-Hercules - see IGWANUS (app)--Hercules I#2

COUNT LALANDRA - see LALANDRA--Kull the Conqueror III#5

COUNT MACHO (    ) - Martial artist who abused his training from Master C'haaj, fell to death in battle with Howard the Duck
    *D* (app)--Howard the Duck I#3 ([3(fb)], 3d)

• MACHO's goons - accompanied him, enjoyed hurting others
      (app)--Howard the Duck I#3

COUNT NERVAL of the Hyborian era - see NERVAL, count
    (app-poltiurno)--Savage Sword of Conan Magazine#108

COUNT NEFARIA (Luchino Nefaria) - former Maggia leader, father of Madame Masque, vastly empowered by Kenneth Sturdy with amplified abilities of Living Laser + Power Man (Josten) + Whirlwind, aged rapidly when powers faded, crushed under Jupiter Landing Vehicle during a battle between Iron Man and Madame Masque, survived but must frequently drain power from other ionic-powered beings to maintain power, formerly used Nightmare Machine
    -DREAM MAKER, DREAM MASTER, STOX? (I#13,D#16,M, OH: Av2005, net)--Avengers I#13 (Av13 / Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes#5(fb), Tales of Suspense I#67,68, X-Men I#22,23, Iron Man I#8(fb), XM94,95(Classic X-Men#3), Av164(166(fb)),165,166, Iron Man I#114, 116"d", [Iron Man III#1, 8, 16], Iron Man Annual 1999, Captain America III#29(fb),28-31, Avengers III#33(fb), [Thunderbolts#42],Av32,Tb43,Av33,Tb44,Av34, New Avengers#1,2,3(fb)/4(fb)

• COUNT NEFARIA of Earth-105709 - apparently died when his plane was destroyed by Banshee (Teresa Rourke)
      (app-earth105709)--What If II#9

COUNT TAGAR (Tagar) - New Men, exposed self to Pool of Knowledge, allied with New Immortals against High Evolutionary, comatose after defeated by High Evolutionary.
    enhanced physical abilities + senses, later augmented further, wore cathode gloves to fire blasts from tips of claws
    (app)--Thor I#133 (Scarlet Spider Unlimited#1(fb1+2), Thor#134(fb), 133-135, 402, 403, 405, 406,[407],408, 417, 419,420, 422-425, 448/2, 450/2, 473(fb),482,483+484(c)

COUNT VARNIS ( ) – A vampire that lived for over 100 years on a mountain estate near Camp Lehigh Virginia, had an unnamed vampire servant, tried to turn Captain America and Bucky into vampires. He was impaled through the heart on a tree branch while fighting Captain America.
    --Captain America Comics#24/1 (March 1943) “The Vampire Strikes”

COUNT VARRON -
    --(g) Marvel Boy#1

COUNT VRYSLAW - see VRYSLAW--Dracula Lives#9/2

COUNT ZERO of Earth-Shadowline - alias of Dr. Zero, @ 1936 (app-dz)--Critical Mass#5

COUNTER-EARTH-High Evolutionary - near duplicate of Earth created by High Evolutionary, kept opposite orbit of Earth, stolen by Sphinxor for Beyonders, who placed it in a cosmic museum, possibly destroyed by Thanos
    --Marvel Premiere#1

• native - Astrella & Rex Carpenter, Peter Parker, Reed Richards (Brute), Tony Stark, Victor von Doom)
• inhabitants/visitors - Man-Beast, New Men, Adam Warlock

COUNTER EARTH-Franklin - created as pocket universe by Franklin Richards to save heroes from Onslaught, converted into true planet by Ashema and the other Celestials, placed on opposite side of the sun as Earth-616
    -Earth-Heroes Reborn, Earth-Doom--[Onslaught: Marvel Universe], Fantastic Four II#1 (
    Thunderbolts#51,52, Exiles#81-82

COUNTER FORCE (Debrii, Justice, MVP clone, Rage, Scarlet Spiders, Slapstick) - broke away from Initiative due to disgust over corruption
    --Avengers: Initiative#12 (12 (fb)

COUNTERWEIGHT-see DESTROYER/jack power. identity used by jack power when possessed gravity powers
    --Power Pack I#25, (named ) 27 (25-

COUNTERWEIGHT - see ENERGIZER. Power Pack, identity used while possessed gravity powers
    -ENERGIZER*,STARSTREAK* (M)--Power Pack I#52, (named) 58 (52, 56, 57 58,59, 61, Fantastic Four Annual#23, Power Pack#59-61, 62 (Marvel Super-Heroes III#6/2, Excalibur I#29(fb), 29), Power Pack Special Editionà Energizer

COUNTESS CAUTION (        ) - associate of Mycroft in his guise as a psychic detective, dated Fury after Mycroft's death
    (app-mycroft)--Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD I#3

COUNTESS DRACULA - see BLOOD COUNTESS (app-bc)--Dracula Lives#4/5

COUPER, MIRANDI "RANDI"* - former neighbor of Peter Parker, roommate of Bambi + Candi, sunbathed on roof of apartment building
    (MESp)--Spectacular Spider-Man II#99 (Marvel Team-Up I#150, Sp100, Web of Spider-Man#1, 2, Amazing Spider-Man I#271, Sp112, A276, Sp119, Amazing Spider-Man An20, Sp123, 128, W38, A300, 326

COURG of Earth-691 - home planet of courga race, milky way galaxy
    --Guardians of the Galaxy#1 (2,3

COURGA race Earth-691 (Dr. Pazz-Ko, Dr. Roh-Ma, Atur) - xt, planet courg, caretakers of asylum planet.
    humanoid canines
    (D#15)--Marvel Presents#5 ( Guardians of the Galaxy#1-3

COURIER (Sgt. Hans Middlesteadt) - agent of German government for over fifty years, cousin of Blitkrieg, empowered by , sent to recapture Lynx after she escaped from Dr. Ilves, chose to assist Wolverine + Peregrine + Black Widow in rescuing Lynx from they and setting her free, wife abducted by German government as punishment for failing them, recovered her with aid of Peregrine.
    Generate mega-kilowatts of bioelectric energy
    (app)--Marvel Comics Presents#123 (124-130

COURIER (Jacob Gavin, jr) - worked alongside father, former agent of New Son, body trapped in form of beautiful woman by Sinister while time traveling to 1891, Sinister then adapted his abilities
    Claims to have photoreflexive malleable genetic imprint giving him absolute control of every cell in body
    Jacqueline Gavin (net)--Deadpool I#1(2,3,Gambit III#20(fb2), 1,3,8,9 10 12-14 16(fb2+5), 17-19, Gambit Annual 2000, Gambit#20-24

COURSTATT-entity invoked by enrakt "Courstatt’s Eye"--Thor II#19

COURT of ANUBIS - pocket realm(?) to which Mind-Star brought Son of Satan
    (app-an)--Son of Satan#6 (7

COURT of JADE - realm of Shou-Hsing and possibly all of the Chinese Gods
    --[Marvel Universe: The End#2]

COURTNEY, DELPHINE (MX39147) - Omega Flight, robot built by Roxxon's Brand Corporation to serve Jerry Jaxon (who was unaware that she was a robot), recruited the members of Omega Flight, originally feminine, later impersonated Guardian/Mac, destroyed by Madison Jeffries.
    able to persuade others, wore battlesuit to duplicate Guardian's powers
    - "GUARDIAN" *D* (D#9, app)--Alpha Flight I#7 (12(fb), 7, [11(fb)], 11-12, 22, 25-28d)

COURTNEY, ROBERT - NYPD, Captain America's patrol partner
    --Captain America I#149

COURSTATT - invoked by Enrakt
    "Courstatt's Rage"--Thor II#19

COUSIN BETSY (Betsy) - Hostess villain, created Artie Choke, Mari Gold, and Rhoda Dendron, defeated by the Hulk.
    PLANT LADY* (app) <January/February 1977 comics> ie. Ms. Marvel#1

COVEN - fanatic followers of Leviathan
    --Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD II#7

COVEN (Bloodshadow, Fetish, Satyr, Vex, assassins) - attempted to steal Tear of Heaven and take over Temple of the Sun in order to usher in an age of darkness, duped by Temple into stealing false gem and revealing their presence, most were slaughtered by Wolverine
    (app)--Marvel Comics Presents#132 (133-136

• assassins of the Coven - normal humans
      (app-coven)--Marvel Comics Presents#132 (133-136

COVEN (Karl Coven) - serial murderer, claimed to be an alien, put to death after convicted via testimony of Rick Jones, but then came back to life, was released, and went after Rick.
    Captain Marvel teamed up with him, granted him power, allowing him to kill Master/Caffrey, and even allowed him to briefly usurp his powers, but all so that Caffrey's clan would seek vengeance on and destroy him
    *D* (app)--Captain Marvel VI#9 (10, 11, 12d)

COVEN of Earth-93060 (Heather, Jessica, Patricia, Samantha) - mantra fan club, mutated and merged by mystic bolt
    --Mantra(uv) II#1 (2

COVER GIRL (Zena Z. )-shadow cabinet
    --Moon Knight III#40

COW-A-BUNGA - fast food restaurant; Hulk stopped criminals from looting the police
    --Giant-Size Incredible Hulk#1 (1 (fb)

COWAN, Dr. EARL - stole and controlled Red Ronin in an attempt to start World War III, institutionalized after captured by Avengers.
    (app)--Avengers I#197 (198(fb),197-199

"COWBOY" (    ) - Calliope's Carnival and Circus
    (app-calliope)--Werewolf by Night I#6 (7

COWBOY - see STETSON
    Quintronic Man.
    (app-quintronic)--Incredible Hulk II#213

COWBOY - see Francis Leroy Brown--Tomb of Dracula I#65

COWBOY (Luke Merriweather) - Team America, Thunderiders, wm, blond
    (D#13)--Team America#2

COWBOY- see DICE (app-skk)--Skrull Kill Krew#1

COWBOY, le (    ) - Les Heroes de Paris, patterned after American Western heroes; a man of many bullets and few words
    --Fantastic Four#541

"COWBOY TOWN" of Other Earth (Bret Colby, Kid) - lived a short distance from the Fortress of the Warlord
    (app-other)--Fantastic Four I#272

COWEN, BUCK - friend of Jack Russell, writer
    Buck Cowan (in first appearance), CHICKEN-MAN*, Clancy--Marvel Spotlight I#4 (Werewolf by Night I#1,2,6-8, Marvel Team-Up I#12, WwbN#10-12, 17, GS Werewolf by Night#2, Werewolf by Night#22-26, GS#3, Ww27-30, GS#4, Ww31,32(fb),32, 34, 36, 38,39,42, Spider-Woman I#19, Marvel Team-Up I#93, Iron Man I#209

• COWEN, BUCK's former employer - killed by the Enforcer
      *D* (app-enforcer)--[Werewolf by Night I#42], Spider-Woman I#19 (19(fb, dies)

COWEN, ELAINE -
    --Werewolf by Night I#31 (32-37, 42, Spider-Woman I#19, [Iron Man I#203]

COWGIRL (Deb Lowry) - Grapplers
    --Thing I#33

COWGIRLS from HELL - agents of the Prince of Orphans, captured Shores MacGillicuddy to lead the Confederates of the Curious to him
    --Immortal Iron Fist: Orson Randall and the Green Mist of Death#1/2

COWLED COMMANDER - see MULDOON, Sgt.BRIAN. Identity used to cause so much trouble that the people of New York would be begging for the cops to take a tougher stand on crime, hired the Crime Wave, defeated by Captain America
    (app-Crime Wave)--Captain America I#157 (158, 159-->Muldoon)

COX, DAVID MARTIN-pacifist,lost right arm in viet nam,refused to betray captain america even when tortured by serpent squad, brainwashed by mother superior, husband of julie morgan,father of cody
    SLAYER*--Captain America I#163 ( 293-295, 299, 300

COX, KELLY - assistant principal at Midtown High School, had crush on Peter Parker
    --Spider-Man/Wolverine#1 (1(fb), 3(fb)

COX-MORGAN, CODY RICHARD - son of Dave Cox and Julie Morgan
    --Captain America I#293(294,300

COY, Gen. NGUYEN NGOC - Madripoor crimelord, uncle of Karma, antagonist of Tyger Tiger, either still living or succeeded by another man named Coy
    --Marvel Team-Up I#100 (100(fb), 100, [Spider-Woman I#39],46, New Mutants I#6, [Iron Man I#177?], NewM#31, Wolverine II#4,[5] 6-8 17,18,23 27, NM#93?, [Wolv28],30,31,32 [Marvel Comics Presents#85],86,89,90-92, Spider-Man#73,73,Wolv II#98d?, [Amazing Fantasy II#8]

COYE, ANNA - 2099, Alchemax, friend of Miguel O'Hara
    --2099 Unlimited#1 (3

COYE, CARRIE - 2099, sister of Anna, has genetic disorder
    --2099 Unlimited#1 (3

COYLE, JODY - New York Police Department, encountered Lynn Michaels while she was a vigilante
    --Punisher War Zone#1 (Punisher War Journal#74

COYOTE - see Nanabozho (app-nan)--Dr. Strange III#25

COYOTE - pet cat of the Proudstars
    --X-Force minus 1

COYOTE - see MARTYNEC, EDWIN--X-Force minus 1

COYOTE - Steve Engelhart creation
    --(Epic)--Coyote#1

"COYOTE, THOR O." - Merry Maladies
    (app)--Marvel Comics Presents #38/1

"COYOTE" CASH - Hulk foe (app)--Incredible Hulk II#393

coyote mutate - @ 1873, created by Kang, battled Hawkeye, Moondragon, and Two-Gun Kid
    (app)--Avengers I#143

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