THE CALLED
Membership: None revealed; former Skrull member
Purpose: To serve and protect the people of Utah
Aliases: "Those Mormon heroes"
Affiliations: Hardball (Roger Brokeridge), Komodo (Melati Kusuma), Skrull Kill Krew (Riot/Heidi Sladkin, Ryder, 3-D Man/Delroy Garrett)
Enemies: Skrulls
Base of Operations: Utah
First Appearance: (Referenced, name unrevealed) Civil War I#6 (December, 2006); (name revealed) Avengers: The Initiaitve#17 (November, 2008)
History:
(Civil War I#6) - Maria Hill of S.H.I.E.L.D. reviewed the status of the
Fifty State Initiative's progress in establishing a super-hero team in
every state. Among the heroic teams she listed "those Mormon heroes in
Utah".
(Avengers: The Initiative#17 (fb) - BTS) - During the Skrull invasion, the Skrull Kill Krew, Komodo, and Hardball showed up to reveal a Skrull traitor within the ranks of the Called. The fight resulted in major property damage before the Skrull was killed. The Called remained behind to save civilians and clean up property damage as the others moved on with the Skrull invasion.
Comments: Created by Mark Millar, Steve McNiven, and Dexter Vines.
As a resident of Utah, it was fun to cover these very obscure heroes. They were never shown in panel, only referenced twice, behind the scenes.
Profile by Chadman.
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Called have no known connections to:
Appearances:
Civil War I#6 (December, 2006) - Mark Millar (writer), Steve McNiven (penciler), Dexter Vines (inker), Tom Brevoort (editor)
Avengers: The Initiative#17 (November, 2008) - Dan Slott, Christos Gage
(writers), Harvey Talibao (artist), Tom Brevoort (editor)
First Posted: 09/20/2021
Last updated: 09/19/2021
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