Sunday, January 12, 2014

Roxxon

Team Name
Roxxon Energy Corporation

Base of Operations
One Roxxon Plaza (New York City), Roxxon Monolith (San Francisco, California), Roxxon Enclave (Los Angeles, California), Roxxon House (Denver, Colorado), multiple international facilities


Current Members
Pierce Benedict (Director of Sea-Going Operations), Douglas Bravner (Sunturion Project executive), August D'Angelo (Chairman of the Board), Arthur Dearborn (Sunturion, scientist), Jonas "Jonah" Hale (Vice President), Samuel Higgins (Facility Director, Denver), Dan Kaminski (President), Henry Mason (Vice President), Malachi Oz (scientist), Carrington Pax (Regional Director, Los Angeles), Huck Petrie (negotiator), Brian Sagar (Vice President), Cindy Shelton (lead scientist, New York), MikeTappan (Associate Director, Los Angeles)

Former Members 
Cary Albertson (cyberneticist), Babs Bendix (secretary), Kenneth H. Bradley (Brand security, deceased), Clayton Burr (Vice President for International Development), Brandon Chambers (executive), Phillip Chambers (scientist, deceased), Delphine Courtney (robot, destroyed), Larry Curtiss (security operative), Jonathan Darque (Magma, Project Head, Virginia), Albert DeVoor (Nth Command head), Abner Doolittle (Nth Command scientist), T.W. Erwin (Nth Command scientist), lan Forbes (Facility Director, Belfast, deceased), John T Gamelin (President, presumed dead), Calvin Halderman (President), Roberta "Bobbie" Haggert (scientist, deceased), Curtis Henshaw (Facility Director, Bolivia), Jerome "Jerry" Jaxon (Associate VP, deceased), Hugh Jones (President), J.T. Jones (Republic Oil founder, deceased), Simon Krieger (Republic Oil VP, deceased), Linden Laswell, Thomas Lightner (Mysterium, Nth Command scientist), Alexander Lipton (cyberneticist, deceased), James Melvin (Brand President), Jason Quartermaster (scientist, deceased), Harlan Ryker (Brand & Cybertek lead)

Other Members (Honorary, Reserve, etc.)
Some of the super-agents empowered or augmented by Roxxon include: Anaconda (Blanche Sitznski), Angler (Kevin Brackett), Black Mamba (Tanya Sealy), Bushmaster (Quincy Mclver), Danger Man (Dan Jermain), Death Adder (Roland Burroughs, deceased), Deathlok (Michael Collins), Deathlok (robot, destroyed), Dogs of War, Grasshopper (Doug Taggert), (deceased), Grasshopper (Neil Shelton, deceased), Killer Shrike (Simon Maddicks), Letha (Hellen Feliciano, deceased), Manticore, Modular Man (Stephen Weems), Nemesis (Kane), Orka, Poundcakes (Marian Pouncey), Raptor (Paul Hazlett), Repulsor (Carlos Carago). Saboteur, Screaming Mimi (Songbird, Melissa Gold), Sidewinder (Seth Voelker), Stratosfire (Sandy Vincent, deceased), Sunturion (Arthur Dearborn), Tarantula (Antonio Rodriquez), (deceased), Titania (Davida DeVito), (deceased), Will-O'-The-Wisp (Jackson Arvad), and Windshear (Colin Hume)


Other Info
Powerful, expansive, and influential, the Roxxon Oil Company is a corporation like no other. In the past, Roxxon Oil was an unparalleled leader in the energy industry, both because of its clout but also its sterling reputation. Roxxon even diversified into high-tech research and development, aiding in the development of the S.H.I.E.L.D. intelligence agency. Unfortunately, in recent years the company has backed many suspect endeavors in its drive for political and economic power. Despite being implicated in these shady practices, Roxxon Oil executives and employees have skirted outright arrest and conviction. (To learn about S.H.I.E.L.D., click on the highlighted name above.)

Roxxon's current reputation and business practices largely began with Hugh Jones, its President, a corrupt and cutthroat businessman. The board under his direction was responsible for the death of Tony Stark's parents and the aquisition of the Brand Corporation. (The Brand Corp. became Roxxon's front for mutagenics and robotics research, spawning such villains as Orka, Manticore, Nemesis, Killer Shrike, Bushmaster, and Delphine Courtney.) Their development of battle suits researched the Cat's costume (leading to Hellcat's adoption of the costume) and created the Grasshopper. Hugh Jones was best known for falling victim to the Serpent Crown, which nearly allowed him to seize control of the U.S. capital, until the Avengers brought him down. (To learn about the above highlighted characters and/or teams, just click on their names.)

Most recently, Aleksander Lukin, president of the Kronos Corporation, used the Cosmic Cube to force Roxxon executives to sign over control of large portions of the company to him, including many of its power generating facilities; however, Roxxon still exists in its entirety as a corporate subsidiary. (To learn about the character and/or item above, just click on their highlighted names.)

To learn a little bit more about Roxxon, click on the following link, https://marvel.com/universe/Roxxon_Oil.

The Roxxon logo appears many times in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Iron Man (background building during the last fight scene), Iron Man 2 (one of the cars at the Monaco Grand Prix is sponsored by Roxxon), a Marvel One-Short short film A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer (takes place at a Roxxon Gas Station in Nevada), Iron Man 3 (final battle takes place on an impounded Roxxon tanker that was responsible for an oil spill), and in the TV show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode Repairs (a Roxxon gas station was blown up). (Three of the appearances of Roxxon is shown in the second picture posted above in the following order from the top to bottom: Iron Man, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

1 comment:

  1. I wonder if they'll ever do more with Roxxon in the movies, or if they'll just stick to background images. It is the perfect set up for a believable villain...

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