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.)
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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