- Commission on Superhuman Activities
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Commission on Superhuman Activities/Affairs
C.S.A.Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics First appearance Captain America #331 (1987) Created by Mark Gruewald In-story information Type of organization Government oversight Base(s) White House, Washington, D.C. Leader(s) President of USA The Commission on Superhuman Activities (also known as the Commission on Superhuman Affairs or CSA for short) is a fictional government group from the Marvel Universe.
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Publication history
The Commission first appeared in Captain America #331 (July 1987), and was created by Mark Gruenwald and Paul Neary.
The Commission received an entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89 #2.
Fictional organization history
The organization was created by the President of the United States of America. It's a very special appointed task force, which has been requested to supervise the American citizens possessing superhuman powers and coordinate government projects aimed at creating government controlled superhumans. They have an office set in Washington, DC. A number of members of the Commission when created were involved with various government projects regarding superhumans: Project Wideawake, former and current Avengers liaisons, Freedom Force liaison and super soldier projects.
The organization is best known for its failed attempt to train John Walker into becoming the new Captain America.
The team, Freedom Force, was the primary operational unit until injuries depleted the team. X-Factor was formed from various X-Men related mutants to replace Freedom Force.[1]
Recently, the organization has started to appear again in the pages of the Thunderbolts. It has been revealed to be responsible for Conrad Josten to become Smuggler and for Josten to get attached to the Darkforce dimension. The Commission also recently set up the Thunderbolts into fighting the New Avengers, as they didn't trust the group at first. But now, the Commission has once again joined forces with both the Thunderbolts and the Avengers in the hopes of rounding up all the villains that escaped during a mass breakout[2] from the maximum-security prison The Raft.
Members of the Commission
Commissioner 1st Appearance Joined (1st
as Commissioner)Notes Valerie Cooper Uncanny X-Men #176 (Dec 1983) Captain America #331 (July 1987) liaison, Freedom Force & X-Factor; 2nd Chair Henry Peter Gyrich Avengers Vol. 1 #165 (February 1978) Captain America #331 (July 1987) former Liaison, Avenger; Project Wideawake; 3rd chair; Current Secretary of Super Human Forces General Lewis Haywerth Daredevil #232 Captain America #331 (July 1987) commanding officer for Nuke and GI Max; directed the transformation of John Walker from Captain America to U.S. Agent George Mathers Captain America #331 Captain America #331 Douglas Rockwell Captain America #331 Captain America #331 original chair; agent of the Red Skull (Johann Schmidt), killed by Red Skull’s Dust of Death when their plans began to fall apart[3] Adrain Sammish Captain America #331 Captain America #331 coordinator of field activities for Captain America (Walker) and Bucky (Hoskins) Orville Sanderson Captain America #331 Captain America #331 Raymond Sikorsky Avengers #235 Captain America #331 liaison, Avengers General Brandon Halstan Captain America #332 Captain America #332 Martin Farrow Captain America #347 Captain America #347 Wesley Werner Captain America #347 Captain America #347 General Yancy Standish Nomad vol. 2 #1 Nomad vol. 2 #1 Agent Hafner Cable & Deadpool #30 Cable & Deadpool #30 Anne Marie Hoag [volume & issue needed] Dallas Riordan Thunderbolts vol. 1 #1 (1997) [volume & issue needed] former New York City Liaison with Thunderbolts Mr. Yates [volume & issue needed] [volume & issue needed] Baron Helmut Zemo [volume & issue needed] [volume & issue needed] former member Jack Kubrick X-51 #1 X-51 #1 former member Other employees
- Bill Watts[4] - delivery man
- Mike Clemson[5] - also a member of the Conclave
- Barney Fiddler[6]
- Roberto Fields[7] - field agent, wore armored battlesuit against Juston Seyfert's Sentinel
- Lou Goode[8]
- MacKenzie Hallows[volume & issue needed]
- Dr. Carter Napier[9] - empowered Spider-Woman (Julia Carpenter) and Deathweb, killed by Deathweb[10]
- Brian Rinehart[11] - secretly a mutant, investigated Juston Seyfert’s Sentinel and led group of armored agents against it. He sacrificed himself to incapacitate the Sentinel[12]
- Andrea Sterman[13] - paranormal psychologist, investigated Roxxon’s use of Windshear’s power to murder Bobbie Haggert and was later forced to observe and record exploits of V Battalion
- Denver Walsh[11] - field agent, took charge of investigation of Juston Seyfert's Sentinel after Brian Rinehart's death
- Miles Warton (Warbeck)[14] - also a member of the V Battalion, was the liaison to the Redeemers, previously served in New York mayor’s office as Miles Warbeck
Superhumans the Commission has hired
- Fixer[volume & issue needed]
- Beetle (Abner Jenkins)[volume & issue needed]
- Mr. Fantastic[volume & issue needed]
- Radioactive Man[volume & issue needed]
- Yellowjacket (Henry Pym)[volume & issue needed]
- Blizzard[volume & issue needed]
- Destructon[volume & issue needed]
- Bucky (Lemar Hoskins)[volume & issue needed]
- Carol Danvers (Warbird/Ms Marvel), as liaison to the Office of Homeland Security[volume & issue needed]
- Captain America (John Walker)[volume & issue needed]
- Freedom Force[volume & issue needed]
- Juggernaut[volume & issue needed]
- Redeemers[volume & issue needed]
- Scourge/Nomad (Jack Monroe)[volume & issue needed]
- Superhuman Tactical Response Squad (S.T.A.R.S.)[15] - controls all aspects of superhuman crime and imprisonment
- Allie Magruder
- Farley Moway
- Frisco Pike
- U.S. Agent
- Kali Vries
- Death Web[16]
- Antro
- Arachne
- Therak
Other intelligence agencies
See also: List of government agencies in Marvel ComicsReferences
- ^ Peter David (w), Larry Stroman (p), Al Milgrom (i). "Cutting the Mustard" X-Factor 71 (October 1991), Marvel Comics
- ^ New Avengers #1-3
- ^ Mark Gruenwald (w), Kieron Dwyer (p), Al Milgrom (i). "Seeing Red" Captain America 350 (February 1989), Marvel Comics
- ^ Thunderbolts #47
- ^ Iron Man #214
- ^ Black Panther vol. 3 #26
- ^ Sentinel #7
- ^ Avengers West Coast Annual #7
- ^ Avengers West Coast #84
- ^ Spider-Woman vol. 2 #1
- ^ a b Sentinel #7
- ^ Sentinel #12
- ^ Nomad #2
- ^ Thunderbolts #15
- ^ Maximum Security #1
- ^ Spider-Woman #2 (Dec. 1993)
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