Roxxon Energy Corporation
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| Roxxon Energy Corporation | |
| Publication information | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Captain America #180 (December 1974) |
| In story information | |
| Type of business | Petrochemical company |
| Base(s) | Various locations |
| Owner(s) | Aleksander Lukin |
| Employee(s) | August D'Angelo |
| Roster | |
| See:Members section | |
Roxxon Energy Corporation (also known as Roxxon, formerly known as Roxxon Oil Company) is the name of a fictional massive petroleum corporation owned by Aleksander Lukin and run by August D'Angelo.[1] The company appears in comic book stories published by Marvel Comics and exists in that company's shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe. It first appeared in Captain America #180 (Dec 1974), created by Steve Englehart.
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[edit] Fictional company history
Roxxon is the world's largest conglomerate. Roxxon is notorious for its determination to make massive profits regardless of any laws or moral principles, and continually covertly uses unethical and illegal means to increase its profits. As such, it is involved in numerous criminal plots that require the opposition of the various superheroes to stop. The name of the company resembles that of Exxon, an American petroleum company often criticized for its profiteering at the expense of the environment.
While this fictional company has encountered numerous superheroes, it has most notably been at odds with Iron Man, as in a storyline called "The Iron Age" where it was revealed that agents of Roxxon Oil killed Tony Stark's parents. Roxxon has also regularly been at odds with Project: Pegasus regarding energy sources as the latter has been involved with alternative energy research that could hurt Roxxon's oil profitability.
The central division of the Roxxon conglomerate is Roxxon Oil; subsidiaries include Metrobank and the Brand Corporation, a scientific research and development firm which has conducted many projects for the federal government. Brand is another for-profit company that has specialized in creating superhumans; while Brand is usually considered a Roxxon subsidiary, it has sometimes made its own decisions and acted independently.
Roxxon has its own army-like security task force, and has employed a number of special agents, many of whom it has given superhuman abilities.
The former head of the company, Hugh Jones, had been arrested several times but has never been convicted to date.
In at least one possible future, Roxxon is still a viable company in the year 2099. In Spider-Man 2099 #1, Tyler Stone (the head of Alchemax) mentions Roxxon while listing megacorporations of his era.
In the mini-series Great Lakes Avengers, a character named the Grasshopper was introduced. Real name Douglas Taggert, he was an employee of Roxxon, wearing a suit of cybernetic armor themed like a grasshopper developed by them to defend the company. After accepting an invitation to join the GLA, he was killed by a villain named Zaran literally seconds afterwards.
In the following GLX-Mas special, the villain Killer Shrike (himself a former employee of Roxxon) attempted to steal "Project Z" from the company, but was stopped by a new Grasshopper, who defeated the villain. He also died mere minutes later after activating the suit's maximum jump, which launched him into space.
Since then the Red Skull, inside the body of former Soviet General Aleksander Lukin, has used Lukin's powerful Kronas Corporation, and the Cosmic Cube, in order to buy out Roxxon. It is unclear what effect this will have on Roxxon's actions in the future.
[edit] Members
[edit] Executives
- Aleksander Lukin (owner)
- August D'Angelo (Chairman of the Board)[2]
- Douglas Bravner (Sunturion Project executive)[3]
- Jonas Hale (director of Research)[4] - also former chief operations director of Republic Oil and Natural Gas
- Samuel Higgins (Facility Director, Denver)[5] - utilized James Hudson as a power source following his return from Quwrlln, he later recruited Madison Jeffries to assist Windshear on a mission and also presided over the facility developing Omega-32, which was raided by the Beetle
- Don Kaminski (President)[6]
- Carrington Pax (executive in the West Coast division)[7]
- Huck Petrie (executive)[8]
- Benedict Pierce (Director of Sea-Going Operations)[9]
- Brian Sagar (Vice President)
- Mike Tappan (executive under Carrington Pax)[10]
- Terence Gerard[11]
- Michael Brady[12] - executive of the Roxxon Chemical Division
- Reuben Kincaid[13] - executive, murdered by Michael Brady.
[edit] Former Executives
- Clayton Burr (President of International Relations)[14] - supervised Cybertek
- Brandon Chambers (executive)[15] - sponsored his brother Phillip's DNA experiments not realizing that their other brother Mitchell was the subject
- Mr. Clarkson (Vice President, Texas)[16] - was killed by Crossbones[17]
- Ian Forbes (director, Belfast facility)[18]
- Calvin Halderman (President)[19]
- Curtis Henshaw (executive, R&D, Bolivian facility)[20]
- Jerome "Jerry" K. Jaxon (Associate Vice President of Special Developments)[21]
- Hugh Jones(owner&President&CEO)[22]
- John T. Gamelin (director of Foreign Operations[23], later President[24])
- Simon Krieger (Vice President, Republic Oil & Natural Gas)[25]
- Linden Laswell (executive, the Latveria project)[26]
- Jonathan Darque (Magma) (project head, Temple Corners, VA)[27]
- Henry Mason (Vice-President)[28]
[edit] Staff
- Bill (helicopter pilot, Long Island)
- Carson (security operative)
- Chester (floating oil refinery worker)
- Chief Compton (underground NYC facility supervisor)[29]
- Larry Curtiss (security operative)[30]
- Davis (scientist, assistant to Jonas Harrow)
- Delvecchio (underground NYC facility)[31]
- Jim Dworman (former Cybertek programmer, in charge of Cybertek's shutdown)[32]
- Gail (secretary to Carrington Pax)
- Gordon (underground NYC facility)[33]
- Grist (underground NYC facility security)
- Jake (security guard, Denver)[34]
- Joe (floating oil refinery worker)
- Juan (executive asst. to Hale in San Francisco)
- Ms. Loring (scientist under Hale, Nuform project)
- Missy(agent)[35]
- Patrick Nestor (company spokesman)[36]
- Dr. Malachi Oz (scientist)[37]
- Riki(boardroom chair, One Roxxon Plaza)[38]
- Cindy Shelton (lead researcher)
- "Agger" (assistant to Huck Petrie)[39]
- Raymond Sikorski (recruiter with Roxxon Blackridge)[40]
- Miss Simpkins (secretary, Hydropolis)[41]
- Walter (executive assistant to President Gamelin)[42]
- Jillan Woods (Sepulchre) (agent for Roxxon Blackridge)[43]
- Chief Wyngard (underground NYC facility supervisor)[44]
- Michael Thomas (sleeper agent working at Stark International)[45]
- Alvie Walton (Snow Valley service station)[46]
[edit] Former staff
- Cary Albertson (scientist, bio-chip project, Sault Ste. Marie facility)
- Babs Bendix (secretary)[47]
- Blair (agent)[48]
- Kenneth H. Bradley (covert operative, former Brand security)[49]
- Phillip Chambers (scientist)
- Roberta "Bobbie" Haggert (scientist on Omega-32 project)[50] - assassinated by Scourge[51]
- Seth Hanks (child savant, unwilling employee)[52]
- Paul Hazlett (Raptor) (scientist)[53]
- Dan Jermain (Danger Man) (former security inspector)[54]
- Kelly (underground NYC facility security)
- Kristy (assistant to Mr. Clarkson)[55] - murdered by Sin & Crossbones
- Lewis (underground NYC facility security)
- Alexander Lipton (scientist)[56] - was murdered
- Mischa and Yuri (biochemists)[57]
- Moyer (agent)[58]
- Duncan O'Neill (mole within MI-5: British Secret Agent 003)[59]
- Dr. Gerald Roth
- Schroeder (underground NYC facility security)
- Jack Rollins[60] - a sleeper agent for Nick Fury
- Steve (security guard - Long Island Research Complex)[61]
- Professor Peter Anthony Morris (scientist)
[edit] Super-operatives
- Delphine Courtney (assistant to Jerry Jaxon)[62]
- Cypress (assassin)[63] - targeted Mikhail and Yuri but was opposed by Meggan and Shadowcat
- Dogs of War[64] - agents of Simon Krueger who assisted in the attempted defamation of Tony Stark.
- Afghan
- Bulldog
- Doberman
- Greyhound
- Labrador
- Mastiff
- Rotttweiler
- Shepherd
- Wolfhound
- Douglas Taggert (Grasshopper) (armored security)[65]
- Neil Shelton (Grasshopper) (armored security)[66]
- Simon Maddicks (Killer Shrike)[67] - bodyguard of Brand's Jersey branch leader, James Melvin.
- Manticore[68] - original worked under Brand Corp.
- Jason Quartermaster (scientist, superhuman)[69] - worked for Rand-Meachum and was a double agent for Roxxon. He was knocked into own universal solvent by Luke Cage.
- Saboteur (armored agent)[70] - she acted as an agent of Republic Oil and Natural Gas in an attempt to sabotage Stark Industries but she was defeated by Iron Man. She would later be killed by Grim Reaper[71]
- Serpent Squad[72]
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Mandroids
- Sandy Vincent (Stratosfire) (secretary; superhuman)[74] - She was empowered in a similar manner to Sunturion but acted as a hero to improve Roxxon’s public image; she was killed by Sunturion who activated Roxxon’s Zed Control Unit within her armour.[75]
- Colin Ashworthe Hume (Windshear) (enhanced mutant)[76]
[edit] Hired agents
- Thomas Agar[77]
- Assault & Battery[78]
- Coldblood-7[79]
- Firebolt[80]
- Fixer
- Flag-Smasher (mind-controlled operative)[81]
- Dr. Jonas Harrow (scientist, Rye Research Facility & underground NYC facility)
- Hellrazor[82]
- Ivory
- Col. Buzz Baxter (Mad Dog)[83]
- Mycroft[84]
- Omega Flight[85]
- Overrider[86]
- Smokescream[87]
- Spymaster[88] - hired by Roxxon to kill the Ghost but ended up being killed by Ghost[89]
- Voice[90]
- Jennifer Walters (attorney)
- Ghost was hired to sabotage Accutech Research and Development[91], which was bought by Tony Stark. He has had many encounters with Iron Man.
- The Grapplers made an attempt to ransack Project Pegasus.
- Modular Man
- Nth Man was about to destroy what remained of the Project. He was also halted.
- Orka battled the Avengers in Jamaica, Queens.
- Squadron Supreme
- Arthur Dearborn (Sunturion)[92].
- Mutated Tarantula (Anton Miguel Rodriguez), his transformation into a super-being went wrong after it was disturbed by Will o' the Wisp.
- Will o' the Wisp[93] - had his molecules torn apart after Brand's experiment went haywire and put together by Spider-Man and Dr. Marla Madison. He's still seeking revenge on Brand.
- Firebolt[94] - hired to destroy experiments at Project: PEGASUS
[edit] Other versions
[edit] Ultimate Roxxon
In the Ultimate Marvel Universe the Roxxon Corporation is also responsible for creating supervillains, although its owner, Donald Roxxon, seems to have little idea what the company actually does. In Ultimate Spider-Man he was targeted by a former employee who took the identity of the Tinkerer, and hired Silver Sable to track down Spider-Man, as he believed the hero knew who was responsible.
Among those who attacked Roxxon were Killer Shrike, Omega Red, Vulture, and The Spot with the former three being hired by Tinkerer and the latter one being created in an accident at Roxxon. It is also revealed that Herman Schultz, was also a former employee of Roxxon Corporation, whom Roxxon got him to design weapons before terminated his employment from the company forcing him to a life of crime.[95] Herman Schultz also stated that even if Spider-Man was able to bring down Roxxon "two more would grow in its place", seemingly hinting Ultimate Roxxon to be Ultimate HYDRA.
[edit] Amalgam
- Roxxon exists in the Amalgam universe and is similar to the main Roxxon.[96]
[edit] Roxxon 2099
- Roxxon is still going strong in the alternate future of 2099 and is one of the main major corporations[97]
[edit] In other media
[edit] Video games
- Roxxon appears in the background of the 2001 Spider-Man video game.
[edit] Film
- The Roxxon logo and corporate headquarters appear briefly in the background of 2008's 'Iron Man' during the climactic fight scene.
[edit] References
- ^ Sanderson, Peter (2007). The Marvel Comics Guide to New York City. New York City: Pocket Books, 7. ISBN 1-14653-141-6.
- ^ Alpha Flight #12
- ^ Iron Man Annual #9
- ^ Iron Man #120
- ^ Alpha Flight #87
- ^ Captain America '99
- ^ Iron Man #220
- ^ Howard the Duck Annual #1
- ^ Captain America #251
- ^ Iron Man #220
- ^ Spider-Man Unlimited #22
- ^ Fantastic Four: Countdown to Chaos
- ^ Fantastic Four: Countdown to Chaos
- ^ Deathlok #1
- ^ Spider-Man/Punisher/Sabretooth: Designer Genes
- ^ Captain America vol. 4 #18
- ^ Captain America vol. 5 #18
- ^ Web of Spider-Man #22
- ^ Captain American '99
- ^ Spider-Man Unlimited #22
- ^ Alpha Flight #6
- ^ Captain America #180
- ^ Marvel Team-Up #87
- ^ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #11
- ^ Iron Man: The Iron Age #1
- ^ Spider-Man Unlimited vol. 2 #16
- ^ Web of Spider-Man #17
- ^ Savage She-Hulk #5
- ^ Thing & She-Hulk: The Long Night #1
- ^ Iron Man Annual #12
- ^ Thing & She-Hulk: The Long Night #1
- ^ Deathlok vol. 2 #1
- ^ Thing & She-Hulk: The Long Night #1
- ^ Thunderbolts #35
- ^ Iron Man Annual #12
- ^ Civil War: Fallen Son Daily Bugle Special #1
- ^ Marvel Comics Presents #76
- ^ Namor #3
- ^ Howard the Duck Annual #1
- ^ Thunderbolts #113
- ^ Namor #3
- ^ Marvel Team-Up #87
- ^ Thunderbolts #114
- ^ Thing & She-Hulk: The Long Night #1
- ^ Iron Man #142
- ^ Generation X: Genogoths
- ^ Iron Man Annual #9
- ^ Avengers Spotlight #40
- ^ Captain America '99
- ^ Thunderbolts #35
- ^ Thunderbolts #36
- ^ Web of Spider-Man #16
- ^ Marvel Super-Heroes vol. 3 #1
- ^ She-Hulk #1
- ^ Captain America vol. 4 #18
- ^ Avengers Spotlight #40
- ^ Marvel Comics Presents #75
- ^ Avengers Spotlight #40
- ^ Web of Spider-Man #22
- ^ Nick Fury vs S.H.I.E.L.D. #1
- ^ Iron Man: Steel Terror
- ^ Alpha Flight #11
- ^ Marvel Comics Presents #75
- ^ Iron Man: The Iron Age #2
- ^ GLA #1
- ^ GLX-Mas Special #1
- ^ Marvel Super-Heroes vol. 3 #1
- ^ Ghost Rider #27
- ^ Spider-Man Unlimited #22
- ^ Iron Man: The Iron Age #1
- ^ Heroes for Hire vol. 3 #7
- ^ Marvel Two-in-One #65
- ^ Avengers Annual #16
- ^ Iron Man Annual #9
- ^ Iron Man Annual #9
- ^ Alpha Flight #87
- ^ Marvel Team-Up #87
- ^ Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. vol. 2 #33
- ^ Excalibur: Air Apparent #1
- ^ Marvel Super-Heroes vol. 3 #3
- ^ Captain America '99
- ^ Marvel Team-Up #87
- ^ Amazing Adventures #13
- ^ Iron Man #316
- ^ Alpha Flight #11
- ^ Captain America Annual #8
- ^ Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. vol. 2 #33
- ^ Iron Man #220
- ^ Iron Man #220
- ^ Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. vol. 2 #33
- ^ Iron Man #220
- ^ Iron Man #142
- ^ Spectacular Spider-Man #235
- ^ Marvel Super-Heroes vol. 3 #3
- ^ Ultimate Spider-Man #122
- ^ JLX #1
- ^ Spider-Man 2099 #1
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