Raa of the Caves

Raava

Raava is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward, first appeared in Black Bolt #1 (May 2017). She is a Skrull pirate. Raava was in a deep-space torture prison for being against the Skrull Empire for the deaths of her children (Skragg and Raavaka). Raava conspired with Black Bolt, Metal Master, Blinky and Absorbing Man to escape which the prison convicts were eventually successful at.^[1][2]

Rocket Raccoon

Holden Radcliffe

Radioactive Man

Radius

Radius
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	(As Jared Corbo) Alpha Flight: In The Beginning #-1 (July 1997) (As Radius) Alpha Flight volume 2 #1 (August 1997)
Created by	Steven Seagle Scott Clark
In-story information
Alter ego	Jared Corbo
Species	Human Mutant
Team affiliations	Department H Alpha Flight X-Corps Beta Flight Hellhouse
Abilities	Force-Field generation

Radius (Jared Corbo) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a former member of the superhero team Alpha Flight. He first appeared in Alpha Flight: In The Beginning #-1, and first appeared as Radius in Alpha Flight vol. 2 #1 (both published in 1997).

Jared and his younger half-brother Adrian (later code named Flex) were raised in the Hull House orphanage, which was actually a facility operated by the Canadian government's secretive Department H. While Adrian became shy, reserved and bookish, Jared became athletically inclined, aggressive, and arrogant. Both brothers manifested mutant powers after puberty: Adrian gained the ability to transform parts of his body into blades, while Jared manifested a personal force field that could not be shut down. Jared rejects the initial flirtations of his teammate Murmur for personal reasons.

Later, he is sent to corral the mutant Wolverine, whom the entire team believes has killed the ex-Alpha Flight member Box. This was part of the lies and mind-control that Department H was using on the entire team. Jared's bravado, when the team corrals Wolverine, is met with shock by Adrian, who has a high level of respect for the man. Jared stands up to Wolverine's intimidation tactics, but soon a fight breaks out anyway. Backup X-Men soon join in. It is Adrian, though, who calms things down by wanting to talk instead of fight. Various discrepancies in the mission lessen the Alphans desire to do battle. The brothers were recruited into a new incarnation of the Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight.

They assist the new Alpha Flight in battling several foes, including the Zodiac organization and the Brass Bishop. The Bishop is found by Alpha Flight after many innocent civilians go missing. He has brainwashed them and is building a Tower of Babel, an enormous structure that is intended to reach heaven. The team also confronts Department H's own power-mad leader, Jeremy Clarke, who dies of radiation poisoning during a Zodiac raid on the Department H headquarters. Their Alpha Flight team fight several members of the original Flight and later team up with them to defeat a new Weapon X, who had been created by a rogue Department H scientist. Both groups of Alphans merged into a unified Alpha Flight following this adventure. The Corbo brothers and several other members of the new team were later reassigned to Alpha Flight's trainee team, Beta Flight.

Radius is later hired by X-Corps, a militaristic strike force founded by former Generation X headmaster and former X-Man Sean Cassidy, a.k.a. Banshee. The X-Corps was ultimately betrayed by its criminal members. Radius is defeated when the villain Avalanche opens a chasm beneath him. Jared survived the fall, though, and has been shown as one of the many depowered mutants in the aftermath of M-Day.^[4]

It was later revealed that Unus the Untouchable was Radius' father after Flex starts searching for their fathers through their adoption agency.^[5] It has long been rumored that Carmella Unuscione of the Acolytes is the daughter of Unus. It is currently unknown if the two are siblings, some other relation or altogether unrelated.

Irani Rael

Irani Rael is a fictional alien in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, Wellinton Alves and Geraldo Borges, first appeared in Nova (vol. 4) #18 (December 2008).

Irani Rael is a Rigellian who was recruited into the Nova Corps after it was destroyed by the Annihilation Wave. She was chosen by the Xandarian Worldmind to become a Nova Centurion alongside new recruits Qubit, Malik, Tarcel, Morrow and Fraktur. Rael and her new comrades arrive on Earth to aid Nova Prime Richard Rider and his brother, Robbie who had also become a new recruit.^[6]

She has since fought alongside the rest of the Nova Corps on Earth against such threats as the Serpent Society and Dragon Man.^[7] She aided in fighting the Imperial Guard and Emperor Vulcan where many of her comrades were killed.^[8] After fighting Ego the Living Planet, it became apparent to Rider that the new recruits did not have proper training, resulting in Rael and several others agreeing to be demoted. Rael became a Nova Millennian.^[9]

Rage

Ragnarok

Tamara Rahn

Raiders

Raina

Raina is a fictional character that originated in the Marvel Cinematic Universe before appearing in Marvel comics. Created by Brent Fletcher, she first appeared in "Girl in the Flower Dress" on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (October 22, 2013), portrayed by Ruth Negga.

She is depicted as a recruiter for Project Centipede. In Season Two, she is revealed to be an Inhuman, and develops a thorn-covered body and dream-based precognition. She is rescued from S.H.I.E.L.D. by Gordon and brought to Afterlife. During Daisy Johnson's time there, Raina was killed by Jiaying in front of Daisy where it helped Raina prove to her that Jiaying has dangerous plans for the humans.

Rajah

Kabir Mahadevu is an elephant trainer and rider from India. He first performed with the Circus of Crime during a stay of theirs in Europe, and later rejoined with them in the United States.

Rakkus

Rebel Ralston

Robert "Rebel" Ralston is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May 1963), and was created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers.

A native of Kentucky, he was an accomplished horseman who was skilled with a lasso and a founding member of the original Howling Commandos led by Nick Fury Sr. during World War II.^[12]

After the war, Ralston was one of the founding members of the V-Battalion, and later elected US Senator of Texas.^[13] He rejoined his old comrades, the Howling Commandos, and Captain America (but Captain Sam Sawyer was killed), and survived an assassination attempt while co-chairing the Senate Defense Committee. He has worked closely with S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Commission on Superhuman Activities.^[14]

When Fury was seemingly killed by the Punisher, Ralston and Iron Man advised the President not to attend the funeral in the event that the supervillains attack.^[15] In the form of Lt. Dallas, Omnibus placed Ralston under mental control to turn over information that can used to fund a terrorist organization called "The Alliance".^[16] When the Hulk was captured by Major Glenn Talbot, Ralston observed Bruce Banner in custody and refused to have Talbot kill Banner until the President made a decision. Robert attended a briefing on "The Alliance" with Talbot, Dum Dum Dugan, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine and Henry Peter Gyrich.^[17] The Senator and his allies continued to debate about "The Alliance", and could not determine who the group was and motive.^[18] After the Hulk had claimed responsibility for "The Alliance" in order to serve as an enemy that the people can fight back against, Thor confronted Ralston and the others in confronting the Hulk.^[19]

Robert was contacted by J. Jonah Jameson as he searched for support against Bastion and Operation: Zero Tolerance. Ralston suggested to Jameson to try Senator Robert Kelly who was more frustrated with the mutant issue.^[20]

Ralston traveled to Sudan where he met with Fury, Captain America, Sharon Carter and John Garrett at Fury's Sandbox for one last party together. Fury talked with Ralston for a moment about the support for Fury's operation that would get the U.S. Senate and the Senator only asked how soon will need those votes be needed.^[21] Robert listed to a good few stories from the past.^[22] Ralston raised his glass in a toast to the Howling Commanders' fallen members.^[23]

Robert spoke to the United Nations about the President's plans for international funds to provide economic, political, and military stabilities in areas suffering from international terrorist threats. Ralston was appointed control over the fund.^[24] The Senator picked up Jasper Sitwell and Dugan from the United Nations' prison and brought the two to his limousine waiting with Fury and Garrett already inside.^[25]

The Senator attended a weapons expo with Daisy Johnson and Nick Fury Jr., but is killed during A.I.M. Scientist Supreme's theft of the Iron Patriot armor.^[26]

Ramonda

Ramonda is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is the Queen Mother of Wakanda, mother to Shuri and step-mother to T'Challa. The character, created by Don McGregor and Gene Colan, first appeared in Marvel Comics Presents #14 (March 1989).

Rampage

Ramrod

Ramrod is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Ramshot

Samuel Caulkin is a member of an armored group of vigilantes dubbed The Jury. Caulkin was recruited into the Jury by General Orwell Taylor to help him avenge the death of his youngest son Hugh. Samuel and Hugh were close friends from their time in the army. Soon after Hugh left the army he became a Guardsman at the Vault a prison for super powered criminals. Not long after Hugh was murdered by Venom during his escape. Ramshot has a suit of armor that allows him to fly. He also emits a sonic type blast he calls a battering pulse.

Rancor

Rancor is a mutant from an alternate future. The character, created by Jim Valentino, first appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy #8 (January 1991) as the leader of a world settled by mutants of the alternate timeline/reality Marvel Comics designated as Earth-691. Within the context of the stories, Rancor is the leader of New Haven and claims to be a direct descendant of Wolverine. She initially crosses paths with the Guardians of the Galaxy when she is trying to eliminate the Resistance.^[38] She later steals one of Wolverine's claws from a Shi'ar museum^[39] as part of a plan to find her ancestor. In the course of her quest, she loses possession of the claw during a confrontation with Talon.^[40] She regains the claw when she is recruited by Doctor Doom.^[41] She eventually turns against Doom and discovers he is in possession of Wolverine's skeleton.^[42] The confrontation results in her being severely wounded and rescued by the Guardians of the Galaxy.^[43]

Random

Ransak the Reject

Ransak the Reject was created by Jack Kirby, and first appeared in Eternals #8 (February 1977). Ransak is a member of the race known as the Deviants. He is the son of Maelstrom (whose father, Phaeder, was an Inhuman) and Medula. He is shunned and feared by other Deviants because he is not subject to the deformity of their race, his humanlike (or Eternal-like) appearance seeming freakish to them. An outcast, he funneled his rage at his rejection into becoming an expert killer fighting in the gladiatorial arenas that became his home. Ransak has superhuman strength and durability sufficient to battle an Eternal in personal combat. He has a lifetime's experience in gladiatorial combat, and is thus a formidable fighter. He is prone to berserker-like rages during which he can ignore painful injuries and attacks.

Kavita Rao

Monica Rappaccini

Raptor

Mikhail Rasputin

Mister Rasputin

Ratatoskr

Ratatoskr is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is based on the Norse Mythology creature of the same name.

Rattler

Ravage

Ravage 2099

Raven the Hunter

Raven the Hunter is an anthropomorphic Raven and animal version of Kraven the Hunter.

Ravonna

Princess Ravonna Lexus Renslayer is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. First appearing in Avengers #23 (December 1965), and created by writer Stan Lee and artist Don Heck, Ravonna is a princess and assassin who serves as the lover and successor of Kang the Conqueror and their younger self Kid Immortus. The character has been depicted as both a supervillain and an antihero.

Ravonna first appeared in Avengers #23 (December 1965) and was created by Stan Lee and Don Heck.^[51]

Ravonna Lexus Renslayer was the daughter of King Carelius (a puppet ruler of an unrevealed kingdom of Kang the Conqueror's in the 40th century). Ravonna first met Kang when he attempted to annex her time era into his empire. Kang loved Ravonna, but she hated him due to his attempt to conquer the kingdom. While the kingdom threatened rebellion, Kang let it be in the hope of winning the princess Ravonna's hand in marriage. Eventually, however, outright rebellion broke out, and as Kang was on the verge of winning the battle, he brought the Avengers there to witness his triumph. He hoped to defeat them and then marry Ravonna. Finally his army attacked the kingdom at his signal. One of his generals, Baltag, rebelled against him after he did not execute Ravonna, as he had done to the rulers of other conquered kingdoms. Kang then enlisted the aid of the Avengers to overthrow Baltag. He also enlisted the aid of citizens of the city, and, after stealing weaponry, the rebellion went ahead. Kang gained access to a chamber which could only be opened by the sound of his heartbeat, and activated a device that destroyed all the weaponry of his rebelling army. He released Ravonna from her dungeon, revealing he really loved her. However, Baltag attempted to shoot Kang as he sent the Avengers back to their own time, and Ravonna, realizing she loved Kang, threw herself in front of the blast, and fell into a deathlike coma, after which the general was executed.^[52]

Kang preserved her in stasis for a time, but when he played a game with the Grandmaster in a tournament of champions, to gain the power to free Ravonna and kill the Avengers, he only partially won, and chose in anger to try to kill the Avengers instead. He failed due to the presence of the Black Knight, losing his chance to save Ravonna; the Grandmaster had only granted Kang the power of death over the Avengers, and the Black Knight was presently not a member of the team.^[53] A temporal counterpart of Ravonna was later revealed to be a consort of Kang, and later learned to be a confederate of Immortus in his scheme to defeat Kang and destroy the Kang divergents. Kang rescued her from the moment before death due to the devices of Immortus when he was thrown into Limbo (later it was revealed this was due to mental manipulation), then learned this had created an alternate reality in which he was slain. He begins to destroy divergents of himself, not realizing this is part of a plan by Immortus. Ravonna does not alert Kang when the paralysis beam he is using to hold the Avengers is overloading due to the strength of Hercules, enabling the Avengers to escape. She then holds a Kang divergent double at gunpoint, and tells him if he really loves her he must not kill the other Kang. He refuses this and she lets him leave. That divergent is killed as his weapon was booby-trapped by the other Kang. Ravonna tells the other Kang that Immortus was all that was ever good in Kang as Immortus reveals himself.^[54] In a flashback, it was revealed that the real Ravonna was rescued by the Grandmaster, who revived her despite Kang's choice out of curiosity and told her of the choice Kang had made. She was embittered at Kang for not saving her when he had the chance, and she swore revenge on Kang.^[55]

She became a subversive and assassin. She appeared to Doctor Druid in visions in a scheme to enlist his aid in acquiring the deadliest weapon in the omniverse. Assuming the guise of Avengers foe Nebula, she attempted to infiltrate the Council of Cross-Time Kangs. She completed her mental subjugation of Doctor Druid, and directed him to take over leadership of the Avengers. She used Druid to help her ensorcel the Avengers to accompany her to the center of a timestorm to retrieve the great weapon. She was ultimately thwarted by the Avengers and three Cross-Time Kangs, and fell into the timestorm with Druid.^[56] As Nebula, she attempted to enlist the aid of the Fantastic Four to free her. She appeared in a vision to the Human Torch, and mind-controlled the Invisible Woman. She attempted to steal the Ultimate Nullifier, but was thwarted by the Fantastic Four.^[57] She eventually escaped the timestorm to Lincoln, Nebraska in 1961 where she was thwarted by a rejuvenated Doctor Druid.^[58]

Still later, she vainly attempted to enthrall Doctor Druid again. She convinced Druid to help her investigate Kang's 20th Century stronghold. Taking the name Temptress, she met the Fantastic Four, and used their time-sled to enter Chronopolis. She then fought openly with the prime Kang after taking on a guise as Terminatrix in a personal duel, a battle which ended with Kang apparently sacrificing himself to save her in the same manner she once had him. She became ruler of Chronopolis with his defeat.^[59]

She was reported deceased in the destruction of Chronopolis, Kang's extra-temporal kingdom, in Avengers Forever.^[60]

A younger Ravonna is later seen in the company of a younger Kang, Nate "Kid Immortus" Richards, providing information to Doctor Doom regarding the Future Foundation.^[61] In the solo series Kang the Conqueror, Kang rewrites history by manipulating a younger version of himself to go through all of his previous identities into becoming the purest form of would-be conqueror, resurrecting Ravonna by giving her the ability of retroactive reincarnation: having the same name and soul across different races, species and genders intersecting with Kang's personal timeline across the past, present, and future, with the series focusing on a particular Ravonna as Moon Knight.^[62]

In other media

Television

Gugu Mbatha-Raw portrays Ravonna in Loki.

• Ravonna appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episode "Meet Captain America", voiced by Cindy Robinson.
• Judge Ravonna Renslayer appears in Loki, portrayed by Gugu Mbatha-Raw. This version is a time-variant of Ohio school vice principal Rebecca Tourminet who was pulled from her native timeline by He Who Remains, had her memories erased, and was made a Hunter and later Judge for the Time Variance Authority (TVA). She left the TVA to go on a mission with Miss Minutes to find "free will" after receiving information by He Who Remains.^[63]They travel to Chicago, 1868 to secretly drop the TVA Handbook to a young Victor Timely, a variant of He Who Remains, who informed Miss Minutes about this plan before his death. Traveling to 1893 at the Chicago World's Fair, they encounter an adult Timely, presenting his prototype loom. Renslayer and Miss Minutes reach him first and escape from Loki, Mobius M. Mobius and Sylvie, but Miss Minutes betrays Renslayer out of jealousy. Renslayer faces Timely in his laboratory in Wisconsin, as do Loki, Mobius and Sylvie. After Timely leaves with Loki and Mobius, Renslayer and Miss Minutes are thrown by Sylvie to the Citadel at the end of Time, where they see He Who Remains' decaying corpse, and discover a secret, that she was once He Who Remains's companion and commander of his army before he ordered his memories to be erased along with everyone else's. Upon returning to the TVA, they kidnap Timely, cut down D-90, and kill Dox and his men who do not join them except Hunter X-5/Brad Wolfe. Ouroboros "O.B." deactivates Miss Minutes and Renslayer is pruned by Wolfe, who was charmed by Sylvie. In the end, Renslayer awakens in the Void and encounters Alioth.

Film

• The MCU version of Ravonna appears in The Simpsons short film The Good, the Bart, and the Loki, voiced by Dawnn Lewis.^[64]

Video games

• Ravonna appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, voiced by Kate O'Sullivan.^[65]

Rawhide Kid

Raza

Raza is a fictional character who originated in the Marvel Cinematic Universe before appearing in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, first appeared in Iron Man (2008) where he was portrayed by Faran Tahir.

Razor Fist

Razorback

Razorback is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Reaper

Reaper is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Reaver

The Reaver is a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe. The character, created by Chris Claremont and Herb Trimpe, first appeared in Captain Britain #1 (dated 13 October 1976).

The Reaver – real name Joshua Stragg – had access to high technology, including a variety of armoured suits, and a small gang of followers. He used these to storm the Darkmoor Research Laboratory in England, bursting through the walls at the control of a huge armoured vehicle. Wanting to gain the know-how of the staff to gain further riches he attempted to kidnap the facility's nuclear experts. Intern Brian Braddock attempted to run for help but was hit by the Reaver's hovercraft and surrounded by the villain and his men. However, Merlyn and Roma appeared to the student and granted him the powers of Captain Britain. The Reaver seized the Sword of Might and fought Captain Britain, but was defeated.^[80]

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Red Barbarian

Red Dagger

Red Dagger (Kareem) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created by G. Willow Wilson and Mirka Andolfo, and first appeared in Ms. Marvel (vol. 4) #12 (October 2016).

Kareem is a teenager from Badin who protects the streets of Karachi at night as the vigilante Red Dagger. When Kamala Khan and her family take a trip to Pakistan, she meets Kareem, who is revealed to be a family friend, and he stays with the Khan family during their vacation while studying for his university entrance exam. Red Dagger later teams up Kamala's superhero alter ego Ms. Marvel while on duty; the two are unaware of each other's secret identities.^[81][82]

After the Khans return to Jersey City, Kareem later joins them and attends Kamala's high school as an exchange student.^[81][83] Eventually Red Dagger and Ms. Marvel share their first kiss.^[81][84][85]

Red Ghost

Red Guardian

Red King

Red King (Angmo-Asan II) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created by Greg Pak and Carlo Pagulayan for their Planet Hulk arc.

Before becoming the Father Emperor of Sakaar, Angmo-Asan II's father was an Imperial soldier-turned-warlord whose exploits united the nations of Imperia during the Wars of Empire and saved the planet from alien invasion during the Spike War. After his father died, Angmo II ascended to the throne and took the name "Red King".

Angmo as the new king was vastly different to his warrior-like father; he was vain and childlike, desired power and glory, and had no morals on how to achieve them. Before he died, Angmo's father had recognized these traits in his son and decided that Angmo II posed a threat to the planet and its people if he ever took the throne. The king sent his warbound Shadow, Hiroim the Shamed, to assassinate the prince. The only thing that saved the prince's life was Hiroim's unwillingness to kill a child.^[88]

While Angmo was still young he came across the thirteen year old Caiera whose village was attacked by the Spikes. Using her Old Power and fighting skills she fought the infected of her village until she was saved by the young Red King. The Red King had stood by and allowed her village to be infected in order to find a Shadow with the Old Power. He proceeded to enslave her. She was later freed and officially made the King's bodyguard.^[89] The Red King would go on to have almost all his sons and daughters slaughtered to ensure they could not take the throne from him.^[89]

The Red King still ruled Sakaar when the Hulk was inadvertently exiled to their world. Initially the Hulk was enslaved and trained as a gladiator to fight for the entertainment of the Emperor but he quickly began to gain attention as the Green Scar and Sakaarson, a mythical figure prophesied to rule Sakaar and heal it.

The Red King grew concerned and tried to have the Hulk killed repeatedly to no avail until they entered into open war with one another. The Hulk led his friends the Warbound and others against the Red King, eventually gaining the support of the King's own bodyguard, Caiera the Oldstrong, who turned against him when the Red King unleashed the Spikes against the Hulk.^[90]

The Hulk led his forces on Crown City and personally fought the Red King, seemingly defeating him and stopping the destruction of Crown City caused by the King. At some point after his downfall, the Red King was found by the Wildebots and reconstructed as a Cyborg, leading survivors of Crown City to safety and coming to regret his past actions, feeling that the Hulk had helped him become who he should have been. The Red King followed the Hulk's son Skaar up until the destruction of the planet. It remains unclear whether or not he survived the planet being consumed by Galactus.

Red Lotus

Red Lotus (Paul Hark) is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created by Chris Claremont and Salvador Larroca.

Red Lotus was born in Sydney, Australia, to an American parent, and is the heir apparent to the Sydney Chinese Triad, which was run by his grandfather, who was known as Father Gow. When Gow was murdered, Red Lotus was led to believe that the culprit was Gambit by the Examiner, who wanted to gain control of the Triad for himself.^[91]

Red Lotus assisted the X-Treme X-Men team against Sebastian Shaw and Lady Mastermind after the truth was revealed, and later helped them while they were trying to repel an interdimensional invasion in Madripoor.^[92]

After the invasion on Madripoor, Paul became an ally to Viper and joined her undercover at the Hellfire Club hoping to shut down their mutant slave ring. He was almost murdered by Selene, but Marvel Girl was able to save him.

He was last seen still as an ally to Courtney Ross, Viper, Sunspot and their new Hellfire Club, however, what happened to him after M-Day still remains a mystery.

Red Lotus is a superhuman martial artist who possesses enhanced strength, speed, reflexes, agility, dexterity, coordination, balance, and endurance.

Red Hulk

Red Nine

Red Raven

Red Ronin

Red She-Hulk

Red Shift

Red Skull

Red Sonja

Red Wolf

Redstone

Redwing

Redeemer

Redeemer is codename used by two minor characters in Marvel Comics. Both are acquaintances of the Hulk.

Regent

Regent is a character in Marvel Comics. He makes his first full appearance as the main antagonist of the limited series Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows, as part of the 2015 Secret Wars storyline. The Earth-616 version later makes a reappearance at the end of The Amazing Spider-Man (vol. 4) #1.

Reignfire

Ben Reilly

May Reilly

Replica

Replica is a Skrull from an alternate future and a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy and Galactic Guardians. The character, created by Jim Valentino, first appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy #9 (February 1991) as an inhabitant of the alternate timeline/reality Marvel Comics designated as Earth-691. Within the context of the stories, Replica is a devout member of the Universal Church of Truth who lives in disguise on the planet New Haven under the rule of Rancor. When the Guardians of the Galaxy arrive, she joins them and the Resistance against Rancor.^[111] When the Guardians leave New Haven, she stows away on their ship as an insect only to be discovered by Yondu.^[112] Over time she assists the Guardians against a Stark saboteur, the Spirit of Vengeance, and the Grand Inquisitor. She also reveals that she is a member of the Universal Church of Truth and a Skrull as she officially joins the Guardians.^[113] Later, in order to save the lives of the Guardians, she gives herself as a playmate to her god, Protégé.^[114]

Reptil

Reptyl

Clive Reston

Rev

Revanche

Revolutionary

Revolutionary is a fictional character appearing in Avengers: The Initiative Annual #1 created by Dan Slott, Christos N. Gage, and Patrick Scherberger.

The Revolutionary was a Skrull secret agent, sent as part of a Skrull plan to conquer the Earth. The Revolutionary infiltrated the Liberteens, a superhero team based in Philadelphia who were the official government-approved superteam for the state of Pennsylvania. The Revolutionary was in contact with Criti Noll, the Skrull posing as Yellowjacket, speaking from Camp Hammond. He was a level-headed and respectful in his role as leader of the group.

When 3-D Man (Delroy Garrett Jr.) began his cross country effort with the Skrull Kill Krew to rid the Initiative of Skrull infiltrators, the Revolutionary was one of the Skrulls defeated. Gravity dropped the diamond-skinned Hope on top of the Revolutionary and dramatically amplified her mass, crushing him to a bloody pulp.

The real Revolutionary later attended a support group meeting at Camp Hammond for the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and heroes who were replaced.^[115]

Cecilia Reyes

Gabe Reyes

Gabriel "Gabe" Reyes is a fictional character in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Felipe Smith and Tradd Smith, first appeared in All-New Ghost Rider #1 (May 2014).

Gabe Reyes is the younger brother of Robbie Reyes the new Ghost Rider. When his mother was pregnant with him, their uncle Eli Morrow shoved her down the stairs, resulting in Gabe being born with limited motor control over his legs.^[116] Gabe is also developmentally disabled and is need of constant attention from Robbie. Gabe looks up to his brother, but under the influence of Eli, the two begin to drift away from each other to the point that they begin fighting.^[117] Eli takes over Gabe and begins to go after his former boss, Yegor Ivanov. Robbie rescues Gabe by taking Eli back and killing Ivanov, the brothers' faith in each other is restored.^[118]

Rhapsody

Rhapsody
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	X-Factor #79
Created by	Peter David Jim Fern
In-story information
Alter ego	Rachel Argosy
Species	Human Mutant
Abilities	Flight Musical mental manipulation

Rhapsody (Rachel Argosy) is a mutant supervillainess appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in X-Factor #79.

Rhino

Lila Rhodes

Lila Rhodes is a fictional character appearing in Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Iron Patriot #1 (March 2014), and was created by Ales Kot and Garry Brown. She is the niece of James Rhodes and the daughter of Jeanette Rhodes. Lila provides tech support.^[120]

Roberta Rhodes

Roberta Rhodes is a fictional character appearing in Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Iron Man #173 (May 1973), and was created by Denny O'Neil and Luke McDonnell. She is the mother of James Rhodes / War Machine. Roberta is shown to supportive of her son.^{[121][122][123][124][125]}

Terrence Rhodes

Val Rhymin

Ricadonna

Ricadonna is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is one of the main characters in the Daughters of the Dragon comic series.

Ricadonna is a multi-billionaire. She is a mob-queen and enemy of Misty Knight who has been previously apprehended by her. In her first appearance, a foursome of villains steal from her while she is at a party. Ricadonna's teddy cam survives the thieves' expert robbery and she uses the footage to discover their identities.^[126] She has two of them, Freezer Burn and 8-Ball slain. Freezer Burn's girlfriend is also killed.^[127]

During the "Gang War" storyline, Ricadonna is among the villains that are hired by Hobgoblin to guard his hideout and are attacked by Scorpion, Shift, and Starling.^[128]

Zander Rice

Dr. Zander Rice is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. He was created by Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost and Billy Tan, and his first appearance was in X-23 #1 (March 2005). His father Dale Rice worked on the Weapon X Program and was killed by Wolverine. Years later, Rice works on recreating the Weapon X experiment with his mentor Dr. Martin Sutter. He was eventually paired with Dr. Sarah Kinney, whom he did not get along with. When Sarah suggested making a female clone for Wolverine, Rice reluctantly agreed. Although Zander forced Sarah to carry the embryo to term, Rice proceeded to mistreat and abuse Laura Kinney who he called "Pet" and "Animal" following birth. Rice uses Laura's trigger scent to kill Sutter so that he can be in charge of the program and create more clones to sell on the market.^[129] Laura is later ordered by Sarah to kill Rice and destroy the facility. Laura gets back at Rice by calling him "Animal" upon his death. In a cruel twist of fate, Rice hid a trigger scent in Sarah's hair and Sarah too is murdered by Laura.^[129]

Franklin Richards

Gail Richards

Gail Richards is a character who originated in the film serial Captain America (Feb. 5, 1944), later appearing in the Ultimate Marvel universe. The character, created by Royal Cole; Harry Fraser; Joseph Poland; Ronald Davidson; Basil Dickey; Jesse Duffy and Grant Nelson, was portrayed by Lorna Gray.

Nathaniel Richards

Valeria Richards

Molly von Richthofen

Ricochet

Rictor

Right-Winger

Right-Winger (Jerome "Jerry" Johnson) is a veteran and superhero in the Marvel Comics universe.

The character, created by Mark Gruenwald and Paul Neary, first appeared in Captain America #323 (November 1986).

Within the context of the stories, Jerry Johnson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a veteran who had served 4 years in the U.S. Army with his friend, John Walker. Both became disillusioned and grew bored due to the lack of action during peace-time service. They both signed up for the Power Broker's strength augmentation process, and joined the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation. Later, John Walker approached him to form a team of superhumans, known as the B.U.C.s (Bold Urban Commandos) or "Buckies". This team consisted of Johnson, Lemar Hoskins, and Hector Lennox, and they all wore variations of Captain America's costume.

Walker, now known as the Super-Patriot publicly spoke out against the original Captain America, and the Buckies pretended to be Cap's supporters. The Buckies staged opposition to Walker and pretended to attack him at a rally in Central Park as a publicity stunt. Walker defeated these protesters and proclaimed to Captain America that the people should decide who was worthy of being Captain America.^[135] Eventually, the Commission on Superhuman Activities selected Walker to replace Steve Rogers as Captain America, and chose Lemar Hoskins to become his partner Bucky (and later as Battlestar).

Lennox and Johnson were left behind, feeling betrayed and angered. They chose the names Left-Winger and Right-Winger respectively. They wore stolen Guardsmen armor and battled Walker and Hoskins.^[136] The pair upstaged the new Captain America at a patriotic rally and press conference, attacking him and revealing Walker's identity to the press out of jealousy over his new-found success.^[137] As a result, Walker's parents were killed by the militia group The Watchdogs, nearly driving Walker into a mental breakdown. Walker blamed his former partners for his parents' deaths, and he stalked them. When he caught up to Left-Winger and Right-Winger, he tied them to an oil tank which was detonated by a torch-saber and left them to die.^[138] They barely survived the explosion due to their bodies' enhanced physiology, leaving them terribly burned and in critical condition.

Later, Walker became the U.S. Agent and joined the West Coast Avengers. Left-Winger and Right-Winger, alongside several others, were plucked from different time periods by Immortus to serve in the third Legion of the Unliving. They battled U.S. Agent, who slew them again not believing them to be authentic.^[139]

Eventually, it was revealed to Walker that the pair had survived the explosion and were hospitalized in Houston. After undergoing painful treatment for the burns they received, they had committed suicide. When Walker learned of this, he was remorseful.^[140]

Ringer

Ringer is the name of three fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Ringmaster

Ringo Kid

Rintrah

Rintrah is an other-dimensional mystic. The character, created by Peter B. Gillis and Chris Warner, first appeared in Doctor Strange #80 (Dec. 1986). He was depicted as a green furred minotaur. Within the context of the stories, Rintrah comes from an other-dimensional planet called R'Vaal. There, because of his sensitivity to occult forces and his potential to become a skilled sorcerer, he is an apprentice to Enitharmon the Weaver. When Doctor Strange brings his Cloak of Levitation to Enitharmon for repair, the weaver sends Rintrah to return the restored cloak.^[163] After delivering the cloak, Strange briefly, and with permission, possesses his body to fend off Urthona.^[164] He remains with Strange for a short time before returning to his apprenticeship.^[165]

Dallas Riordan

Dallas Riordan
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Thunderbolts #1 (April 1997)
Created by	Kurt Busiek Mark Bagley
In-story information
Alter ego	Dallas Riordan
Species	Human
Team affiliations	V-Battalion NYPD Thunderbolts
Notable aliases	Citizen V, Atlas, Vantage
Abilities	None

Dallas Riordan is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in Thunderbolts #1 (April 1997).^[167]

Riot

Riot is the name used by a symbiote in Marvel Comics. The symbiote, created by David Michelinie and Ron Lim, first appeared in Venom: Lethal Protector #4 (May 1993) and was named in Carnage, U.S.A. #2 (March 2012) after an unrelated purplish-black, four-armed action figure from the Planet of the Symbiotes storyline. It was created as one of five symbiote "children" forcefully spawned from the Venom symbiote along with Lasher, Agony, Phage, and Scream. Riot primarily sports symbiote hammers and maces.

Riot's first host is Trevor Cole, a mercenary hired by Carlton Drake's Life Foundation in San Francisco. Cole is one of several employees to be bonded with a symbiote, along with Donna Diego (Scream), Leslie Gesneria (Agony), Carl Mach (Phage), and Ramon Hernandez (Lasher). Riot and his "siblings" are defeated by Spider-Man and Eddie Brock.^[202] The symbiotes' hosts kidnap Brock in an attempt to communicate with their symbiotes. When Brock refuses to aid them, Cole is killed along with Gesneria and Mach. The others initially believe that Brock was picking the group off, but the killer is later revealed to be Diego, having developed schizophrenia from Scream's influence.^[203]

Riot's second host is Howard Ogden, a Petty Officer assigned to the Mercury Team alongside Phage (Rico Axelson), Lasher (Marcus Simms), and Agony (James Murphy). With Cletus Kasady on the loose in Colorado, Ogden and the Team Mercury assist Spider-Man, Scorn and Flash Thompson.^[204] Nevertheless, Riot and his teammates are killed by Carnage in their secret base,^[205] and the four symbiotes bond with the Mercury Team's dog after the fight.^[206]

After being possessed by Knull, Riot and his "siblings" take over a family, with him and Agony taking the father and mother respectively while Phage and Lasher bond to the children before the group head to New York to help in Carnage's quest.^[207] They hunt Dylan Brock and Normie Osborn, but are defeated and separated from their hosts by the Maker.^[208] Under Knull's possession, Phage merges with his "siblings" into one, but is defeated by Andi Benton.^[209]

Riot's fourth host takes part in a conspiracy led by the Carnage symbiote. Riot assists the other three symbiote enforcers and Carnage until they are defeated by Thompson, Silence, and Toxin and contained in Alchemax's custody.^{[210][211][212]}

Ripjak

Ripjak is a fictional comic book character from an alternate future Marvel Comics universe and appears in the Guardians of the Galaxy comic book series.

Dubbed the Interplanetary Serial Killer by the media, Ripjak was a Martian antagonist, and later ally, of the Guardians of the Galaxy in the Earth-691 timeline of the Marvel Universe. It was later revealed that Ripjak was not the killer he was believed to be but rather an agent of mercy. He came to planets that had already been infected by the being known as Bubonicus and then wiped them out to prevent the contagions from spreading and end the suffering of those living there.

Riptide

Deborah Risman

Matthew Risman

Risque

Donald & Deborah Ritter

Rl'nnd

Rl'nnd is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Brian Michael Bendis and Jim Cheung, first appeared in New Avengers: Illuminati vol. 2 #5 (November 2007). He is a War-Skrull and the son of Rm'twr. Rl'nnd utilized the powers of Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Cyclops and Colossus during the Skrulls' invasion of Earth on vengeance for his father who was killed by Carol Danvers.^[215] Rl'nnd used A.I.M. and posed as a Cape-Killer to infiltrate a Helicarrier before being killed by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents led by Ms. Marvel and Machine Man.^[216]

Roberta

Roberta is a fictional character appearing in Marvel Comics. The character, created by John Byrne, first appeared in Fantastic Four #239 (February 1982).

Roberta was android created by Reed Richards when the latter realized that no one would apply to work as the Fantastic Four's receptionist. She is known for her calm demeanor in the face of unusual situations and resembles a blonde haired woman with glasses down to the waist, where the rest of her is a machine connected to a desk. She has dealt with the Thing,^[217] Black Cat,^[218] Kitty Pryde^[219] and John Byrne.^[220] She once took down the Trapster in one blow.^[221] When Kristoff Vernard blew up the Baxter Building, Roberta is also destroyed.^[222]

When the Baxter Building was rebuilt, so was Roberta with her memories intact.^[223] She showed some slight confusion over the sight of seeing Doctor Doom with Alicia Masters and for once was unsure of what to do.^[224] She was ripped from her circuits by Mad Thinker when his mind was trapped in the body of the Awesome Android.^[225] Reed was able to rebuild her, however.^[226] She once again showed minor interest in the strange going ons around her. She witnessed Luke Cage drive his car through the Baxter Building and then witnessed him fight the Thing.^[227] Scott Lang has deduced that Roberta is incapable of sarcasm as she cheerfully told Alicia "you're welcome" after it was apparent that her thanks was sarcastic.^[228] She also prefers to call herself a "mechanized human".^[229]

Roberta received a redesign when the Four Freedoms Plaza was donated to the Thunderbolts.^[230] While the original design still had blonde hair and wore glasses, the Four Freedoms Plaza version had black hair while the Thunderbolts Plaza version had long brown hair.^[231] Roberta got another redesign, this time she had a full, silvery humanoid body and was first seen meeting with new Fantastic Four writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.^[232] She has since started dating former killer robot turned assistant mail man Elektro and the two have since started living together.^[233][234]

Robbie Robertson

Randy Robertson

Rock Python

Rocket Racer

Rocketeers

Rocketlauncher

Rockman

Rockslide

Barbara Rodriguez

Barbara Rodriguez is a minor character appearing within Marvel Comics. The character, created by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli, first appeared in Spider-Men #1 (July 2017). She is Miles Morales's "first serious girlfriend".^[235]

Rodstvow

Joseph Rogers

Joseph Rogers is a minor character in Marvel Comics. He is the father of Steve Rogers. The character, created by Rick Remender and John Romita Jr., first appeared in Captain America (vol. 7) #1 (January 2013). Born and raised in Ireland, Joseph took a bullet during World War I.^[236] He later married Sarah and the two emigrated to the United States. Sometime after his son's birth, Joseph could not find any work and turned into an alcoholic, abusing Steve and Sarah. He later died of influenza.^[237]

Sarah Rogers

Sarah Rogers is a minor character in Marvel Comics. She is the mother of Steve Rogers. The character, created by Roger Stern and John Byrne, first appeared in Captain America #255 (March 1981). Born and raised in Ireland, she married Joseph Rogers and the two immigrated to the United States. After she gave birth to their son, Sarah raised Steve to the best of her ability in New York City despite Joseph being an alcoholic and abusive.^[237] After Joseph's death, Sarah worked double shifts at a garment factory and took in laundry to help ends meet and support Steve,^[239] and died some years later of illness.^[240]

Steve Rogers

Steven Rogers Jr.

Steven Rogers Jr. is a character appearing in Marvel Comics. The character was created by Rick Margopoulos and Dan Reed, and first appeared in What If? #38 (January 1983). He is the son of Steve Rogers / Captain America and Sharon Carter.

Rogue

Rom

Roma

Romulus

Ronan the Accuser

Ronin

Richard Rory

Bernie Rosenthal

Bernadette "Bernie" Rosenthal is an artisan, lawyer, and romantic interest of Captain America. The character, created by Roger Stern and John Byrne, first appeared in Captain America #247 (July 1980).^[247]

Within the context of the stories, Bernie Rosenthal is a glass blower, wrestling fanatic and studying lawyer.^[248][249] After moving into her friend's apartment building, she met Steve Rogers who secretly was the patriotic superhero Captain America. The two immediately hit it off, but Bernie was surprised by Steve's sudden exit, something which her friends said was totally normal of him.^[250] Bernie further sympathized with Steve after seeing a photo of his former girlfriend Sharon Carter who at the time was believed to have died.^[251] She also pretended to play hard to get for Steve with her admitting to herself that she was being childish. She was unaware that she was falling for him.^[252] After a couple of misfire dates that caused both Bernie and Steve to question their relationship, they assured each other they were in love.^[253]

While at an Anti-Nazi rally, Bernie ran into her ex-husband Sammy Bernstein. Bernie tried to reconnect with her ex, but was appalled at his violent behavior. Steve stepped away to become Captain America and when the violence was halted and Sammy taken away, Bernie came to the sudden realization that Steve and Captain America were one and the same. After avoiding each other for the day the two spoke and Bernie accepted Steve's double life.^[254] From that point on, Bernie became another love interest who patiently waited for her hero to return.^{[255][256][257]} Eventually Bernie proposed to Steve.^[258] Due to an increase in rent, Bernie had to close her store, 'The Glass Menagerie'.^[259] She decided to pursue her interest in law and applied for various colleges. After some worry she was accepted in University of Wisconsin–Madison.^[260] Bernie took off for college, leaving a note behind for Steve, as she felt he had a lot on his mind.^[261] She continued to collect newspaper clippings of Captain America, until he came to visit and internally admitted that she no longer wished to be engaged to him.^[262]

Eventually, Bernie graduated summa cum laude and had since moved on from Steve.^[263] Nevertheless, she continued to rely on him for future conflicts, or whenever she needed a friend.^[264][265] She later met up with Steve's then current girlfriend, Rachel Leighton, and even though there was slight animosity toward each other, with Bernie slightly having her feelings reignited for Steve, the two became friends. Bernie then got a job as a junior partner at the law firm of Sullivan and Krakower.^[266][267] Bernie continued to update herself on Captain America's exploits and even defended Bucky Barnes from Doctor Faustus.^[268][269]

Arnie Roth

Roughouse

Roulette

Roulette (Jennifer Stavros) is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Donald Roxxon

Donald Phillip Roxxon is a fictional supporting character in the Ultimate Marvel universe, which is separate from the "mainstream" Marvel Comics continuity. The character, created by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley, first appeared in Ultimate Spider-Man #86 (January 2006).

The inept CEO of a pharmaceutical company, he gets attacked by Killer Shrike, Omega Red, and Vulture (hired by the Tinkerer). Donald hires bodyguards to protect him, but is saved by the original Spider-Man.^[270]

Roxxon is later revealed to have been in possession of the Venom symbiote which gets stolen by biochemist Conrad Markus and is the benefactor of the Roxxon Brain Trust and Prowler.^{[271][272][273]}

Roxxon is personally defeated by a group of amateur superheroes led by the second Spider-Man and arrested by Spider-Woman.^[273]

Royal Roy

Ruby Thursday

Ruckus

Ruckus (Clement Wilson) is a fictional mutant super villain in the Marvel Comics universe and flamboyant leader of the Nasty Boys.

Given Ruckus's ability to absorb the sound waves around him and send them back with concussive force by screaming, Mister Sinister favored Ruckus and often kept him in reserve. Unfortunately, Ruckus' youth makes him arrogant, as seen when he and his comrade, Ramrod, robbed a convenience store and obliterated a group of police officers. The act did not go unpunished, and when returning to base, Ruckus was put in his place. While working with a renegade Madrox dupe, Ruckus was put in direct conflict with the mutant group X-Factor. Flying in a hovercraft, he went after Polaris, using the sound of a firecracker to amplify and literally rock her world. Polaris was eventually able to take him out, but he escaped with teammate Gorgeous George.

He appeared much later, along with the rest of the Nasty Boys, on a mission to stop Malice who had inhabited Havok's body. During the battle, Ruckus was the first to strike, using his power to catch Malice off guard. Eventually, X-Factor joined the battle and Ruckus was taken out by Strong Guy. After the battle, Mister Sinister grabbed his Nasty Boys and fled.

Ruckus was eventually hired by Mystique to assassinate Senator Robert Kelly, but failed to when the X-Men showed up.

Ruckus retained his mutant powers after the M-Day, but eventually grew disillusioned with being a mutant and ashamed at all the evil deeds he had done. He then came to the San Francisco Institute of Bio-Social Studies who had developed a mutant cure, one which caused irreparable brain damage to any that take it. Ruckus voluntarily took the cure on camera, losing his powers like he wanted, but forced to live the life of an invalid afterward.^[274]

Later, Ruckus had somehow recovered from his injuries and was caught attempting to rob a bank in England with his former teammate Ramrod. He and Ramrod were taken into custody. However, when a cloud of Terrigen Mist threatened the lives of the two mutants in the British prison, Storm sent the X-Men to rescue the pair. Wolverine and Nightcrawler easily found Ruckus inside his cell, but the trio had to fight their way through a prison riot to find Ramrod. Ruckus escaped with Ramrod and the X-Men to X-Haven, their base of operations. The X-Men placed Ruckus and Ramrod in prison cells to serve out the rest of their sentences.^[275]

Runner

Henry Russo

Wal Rus

Wal Rus is a fictional anthropomorphic walrus in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema, first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #271 (May 1982).

Wal Rus is an engineer who aided Rocket Raccoon in his fight in the Toy Wars of which his niece, Lylla, was the center of conflict. His metallic tusks were interchangeable and could be used as tools or weapons.^[276]

His adventures with Rocket were later retconned when Rocket and Groot visited Halfworld and discovered that the halfworlders were actually service animals for mental patients.^[277] Wal Rus served as one of the security guards who worked for Rocket and had to once again help his friend when one of the patients' mental powers began to manifest after years of waiting.^[278]

This was retconned yet again, and he was seen working for Rocket and Groot in rescuing Princess Lynx and fighting Blackjack O'Hare, his brigade and Lord Dyvyne.^[279]

Russian

Ryder

John Ryker

Rynda

Queen Rynda is a member of the race known as the Inhumans in the Marvel Universe. The character, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, first appeared in Thor #148 (January 1968).

The wife of King Agon, Rynda ruled the Inhumans alongside her husband whom she was devoted to. Her Inhuman ability allowed her to be immune to poisons. While pregnant with her son Black Bolt, Agon exposed her to the Terrigen Mists resulting in Black Bolt being born with immense powers. Due to her immunity, Rynda was able to resist going through second Terrigensis.^[281] She was killed alongside her husband by the Kree.^[282]

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