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| Department of Occult Armaments | |
| Aliases: | D.O.A. |
| Continuity: | Marvel Universe |
| Type: | Supervillain team |
| Status: | Defunct |
| Leaders: | Gregory Belial |
| Members: | Innards; Malpractice; Pyre; Rotwrap |
| Allies: | Hydra; Edgar the Raven |
| Enemies: | Eric Brooks; Frank Drake; Hannibal King |
| 1st appearance: | Nightstalkers #2 |
The Department of Occult Armaments (D.O.A.) is a fictional super-villain team featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. They first appeared in Nightstalkers #2 in December, 1992.
History[]
The Department of Occult Armaments, aka, the D.O.A. was a superhuman special detachment of HYDRA, specializing in occult-related combat situations. The unit was put together by HYDRA's then-leader Baron Wolfgang von Strucker and lead by General Gregory Belial. It's members included Innards, Malpractice, Rotwrap and Pyre as well as Belial's personal pet raven, Edgar. The D.O.A. were assigned to procure vampire DNA in order to genetically create a perfect vampire stormtrooper. [1]
On one mission, the D.O.A. went to the Southeastern United States to disinter the remains of a young woman named Suze Harlow, who was one of many such women to meet an untimely end at the fangs of the vampire lord known as Dracula. Suze's grief-stricken father, Jeb Harlow tried to stop them, but the D.O.A. easily incapacitated him, ultimately killing him before taking off with the woman's remains and bringing them back to HYDRA. [2]
Members[]
- Gregory Belial
- Innards
- Malpractice
- Pyre
- Rotwrap
Equipment[]
Vehicles[]
Weaponry[]
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Department of Occult Armaments was created by writer D.G. Chichester and artist Ron Garney.
- Edgar, the raven was obviously named after author Edgar Allan Poe who wrote the 1845 poem The Raven.
See also[]
External links[]
- Department of Occult Armaments at MDP
- Department of Occult Armaments at Comic Vine
- Department of Occult Armaments at the Marvel Appendix
- Department of Occult Armaments at the Marvel Horror Wiki
- Department of Occult Armaments at the Multiversal Omnipedia
References[]
- ↑ Nighstalkers 2
- ↑ Nightstalkers 11