S.T.R.I.K.E.

S.T.R.I.K.E.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Captain Britain Weekly #17 (February 2, 1977)
Created by Gary Friedrich (writer)
Larry Lieber (editor)
In-story information
Type of organization Intelligence agency
Roster
See: List of S.T.R.I.K.E. members

S.T.R.I.K.E., an acronym for Special Tactical Reserve for International Key Emergencies, is a fictional, comic book counter-terrorism and intelligence agency in the Marvel Comics Universe. The organization, that often deals with superhuman threats, and was introduced in Captain Britain Weekly #17 as the United Kingdom's version of the United States' S.H.I.E.L.D.

Bases of operation

S.T.R.I.K.E.'s original headquarters, as seen in the organization's first appearances, was an undersea air base which contained several of S.T.R.I.K.E.'s planes that were considered superior to their American counterparts at the time.[1]

S.T.R.I.K.E.'s Psi division had their own headquarters.

Another headquarters was in a closed university, located in London, England; this headquarters was later used by D.U.C.K.[2]

Members

Like S.H.I.E.L.D., S.T.R.I.K.E. had hundreds of agents throughout several divisions.

Executive directors and deputy directors

Psi-division

Sci-Tech division

Other versions

Ultimate S.T.R.I.K.E.

S.T.R.I.K.E. in the Ultimate Marvel parallel universe was first introduced in Ultimate X-Men #15. Like its Marvel Universe counterpart, this version of S.T.R.I.K.E. is the British division of S.H.I.E.L.D. S.T.R.I.K.E. also has ties with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s sister organization in Europe, the European Defense Initiative.

Known members

In other media

Film

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Friedrich, Gary (w), Trimpe, Herb (p), Kida, Fred (i). Captain Britain Weekly 17 (February 2, 1977), Marvel UK
  2. Dakin, Glenn (w), Ferry, Paschalis (p), Hardy, Sean (i). Plasmer 1 (November 1993), Marvel UK
  3. Captain Britain Weekly #19 (February 19, 1977)
  4. Civil War: Battle Damage Report #1 (March 2007)
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  6. Moore, Alan (w), Davis, Alan (a). "Among Those Dark Satanic Mills (or Madwar)" The Mighty World of Marvel 9 (February 1984), Marvel UK
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  8. Captain Britain vol. 2, #1 (January 1985)
  9. 9.0 9.1 Ultimate X-Men #17 (June 2002)
  10. Millar, Mark (w), Kubert, Adam (p), Miki, Danny (i). "Return of the King" Ultimate X-Men 32 (June 2003), Marvel Comics
  11. Kirkland, Robert (w), Paquette, Yanick (p), Lapointe, Serge (i). "Sentinels" Ultimate X-Men 83 (September 2007), Marvel Comics
  12. "‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Character Bios, Fun Facts (Minor Spoilers)". Stitch Kingdom. February 14, 2014. Archived from the original on February 15, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
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