Code: Blue

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Code: Blue
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Mighty Thor #426 (November 1990)
Created by Tom DeFalco (Writer)
Ron Frenz (Artist)
In-story information
Member(s)Chief O'Grady
Captain Shelley Conklin
Lt. Marcus Stone
Margarita "Rigger" Ruiz
Mad Dog Rassitano
Daniel "Fireworks" Fielstein
Andrew "Jock" Jackson
Samuel "Mother" Majowski
Aaron Christopher Curzon

Code: Blue is a fictional organization appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Code: Blue was a New York City police SWAT team that was specially trained and equipped to deal with super-powered criminals.

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Publication history

Code: Blue appeared in 1994's Marvel Double Feature...Thunderstrike / Code Blue and were created by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz. [1]

Fictional team history

Feeling that conventional police tactics and SWAT teams were ineffective against some superhuman criminals, Lieutenant Stone proposed a program to train and equip dedicated police officers to specifically deal with those types of menaces. Dubbed Code: Blue, their first assignment was to take down the Wrecking Crew. Surrounded by police while holding a hostage, the Wrecker attempted to use his newfound skill with Asgardian magic to find the rock troll Ulik, but his inexperience gave Code: Blue enough time to secure positions around the building and attack. The organized strike enabled the officers to free the hostage while slowing the Wrecking Crew down. Eventually, the Wrecker used his crowbar to teleport his allies away leaving Code: Blue to score their first mission as a win. [2]

Code: Blue later traveled to Asgard itself with the help of Eric Masterson to aid in repelling an invasion. [3]

Later, Code: Blue participates in sending well-meaning doubles of Earth heroes back to their home dimensions. The visitors had been taking a manner of vacation in Code: Blue's reality, at times pretending to be the heroes in question. [4]

During the "Fear Itself" storyline, Code Blue establishes an internet presence as they send out valuable information after a supervillain breakout. [5]

During the "Infinity Countdown" storyline, Code Blue recruits a new member named Chris Powell who has the superhero identity of Darkhawk. [6]

Members

In other media

Code: Blue appears in the Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes episode "Strings". Here, the NYPD under the influence of the Puppet Master send in the unit to arrest the Fantastic Four in the warehouse that they are hiding in. It is revealed that Mister Fantastic made all of the unit's weapons and armor as a precaution in case of a supervillain attack when they were away.

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References

  1. ↑ Marvel Double Feature...Thunderstrike / Code Blue at the Grand Comics Database
  2. ↑ DeFalco, Tom  ( w ), Frenz, Ron  ( p ), Sinnott, Joe , Frenz, Ron  ( i ), Rockwitz, Mike  ( col ), Heisler, Michael  ( let ),Macchio, Ralph ( ed )."Aftermath!" Thor ,vol. 1,no. 426,p. 15/6(November 1990). New York, NY : Marvel Comics .
  3. ↑ Thor #450 (August 1992) "When Gods Make War!". Marvel Comics.
  4. ↑ She-Hulk Vol 2 #21 (October 2007). Marvel Comics.
  5. ↑ Fear Itself: The Home Front #2 (May 2011). Marvel Comics.
  6. ↑ Infinity Countdown: Dawkhawk (2018). Marvel Comics.
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