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Brigade




First team
Boone
Hiroshi Kuramoto(Kayo)
John Annex Stone(Battlestone)
Lethal
Michael Talbot(Hacker)

In its first incarnation Brigade was an organization of mercenaries and hit men, led by Stone and comprising Hiroshi Kuramoto (Kayo), Boone, Lethal and Hacker [1].


Second team
Alex Barros(Coldsnap)
Boone
Kaitlin McManus(Crusible)
Hiroshi Kuramoto(Kayo)
John Annex Stone(Battlestone)
Lethal
Marc Barros(Seahawk)
Michael Talbot(Hacker)
Rebecca Halley(Thermal)
Kathy Pearson(Stasis)
Sean Welch(Atlas)

After a mission for Jake Marlowe that went sour, Stone and Kuramoto approached Marc and Alex Barros for funds, expanding and turning Brigade into a more super-team-like group [1]. The team never worked quite well, consisting of unstable elements and the deaths of some of its members, ending first with Hacker and Boone being forced to betray Brigade and the apparent death of Battlestone [2,3], and the following death of the majority of the members when Crypt attacked [4].


Third team
Bartholomew J. Troll(Troll)
Gloriana Demeter(Glory)
Marc Barros(Seahawk)
Paul Johnstone(ShadowHawk)
Probe(Supreme)
Roman
Tremor
Vanguard

Being the only one left of Brigade, Marc Barros started a new Brigade [5-8]. Shortly after the team started, Shadowhawk died [11]. Following the funeral, Earth was attacked by Darkthorn. After the defeat of Darkthorn on D'khay [12] Brigade was not seen again in this constellation.

Note: An out-of-continuity story show Kayo, Coldsnap and Thermal to be alive and Lethal back in her proper place in time [9].


Fourth team
Danny Fuller(Kid Supreme)
Dash
Geof Sunrise(Kaboom)
Kyra(Kaboom)
S.P.I.C.E.
Thomas John McCall(Badrock)

The fourth incarnation was started by Badrock. One day, when Dash was out in the woods reading, and taking a vacation from the super-hero business, S.P.I.C.E. dropped from the sky after a mission on a space station, where she was believed to have killed 120 people. Not knowing what to do, Dash took S.P.I.C.E. to Kid Supreme. While trying to find out what to do, thery ran into Badrock, who was training with Kyra and Geoff. S.P.I.C.E. showed evidence that she was innocent to the group, and shortly the evidence was shown to Fighting American who was out in the woods looking for S.P.I.C.E.. S.P.I.C.E. and the group was hidden at Badrocks place, and was supposed to stay there until they could find out who was behind the attack on S.P.I.C.E. [10].


Continuity: Rob Liefeld's part of the Image universe
Publisher(s): Image
Extreme Studios
Maximum Press
Awesome Comics
First app.: Brigade (vol. 1) #1 (1992)
Creator(s): Rob Liefeld
Country of origin: USA USA


Related links/characters:
- Liefeld Characters
- Alex Barros/Coldsnap
- Bartholomew J. Troll/Troll
- Boone
- Danny Fuller/Kid Supreme
- Dash
- Geoff Sunrise/Kaboom
- Gloriana Demeter/Glory
- Hiroshi Kuramoto/Kayo
- John Annex Stone/Battlestone
- Kaitlin McManus/Crusible
- Kathy Pearson/Stasis
- Kyra
- Lord Darkthorn
- Lord Emp/Jake Marlowe
- Lethal
- Marc Barros/Seahawk
- Michael Talbot/Hacker
- Probe/Supreme/Lady Supreme
- Paul Johnstone/ShadowHawk
- Rebecca Halley/Thermal
- Roman
- Sean Welch/Atlas
- S.P.I.C.E.
- Thomas John McCall/Badrock
- Tremor
- Vanguard


References: 1: Brigade (vol. 1) #0
2: Brigade (vol. 2) #13
3: Brigade (vol. 2) #14
4: Brigade (vol. 2) #16
5: Brigade (vol. 2) #17
6: Brigade (vol. 2) #18
7: Brigade (vol. 2) #19
8: Brigade (vol. 2) #20
9: Brigade (vol. 2) #25
10: Brigade (vol. 3) #1
11: Shadowhawk (vol. 1) #17
12: Supreme (vol. 1) #30