CONTRIBUTORS

Special thanks to:

• "Alvaro", Cap" & "Starving Writer" : The owners of Comicboards.com, for hosting my site

• "Tenzel Kim" : Fellow countryman and namesake, for helping me with some problems while working on the moving of the site

The 69 guys and girls without whom I couldn't have done this handbook.....

• "jimcomics" : Jim has been helping with alot of updates for the Guide for some time now. He has been helped me with the Starhawk entry, made a few bios and alot of other stuff like alot of corrections, recently Jim has corrected a few of the Alpha Flight bios, and informed me about the Space Phantoms appearing in Avengers Vol.1 #10, besides giving me lots of Captain Britain/Marvel U.K stuff, thanks Jim

• "Ferdy" : Ferdy has helped me with alot of updates on the real names of alot of characters, explained the death of Turbo II, helped me remember that Mike Farnell was a member of the Watchdogs, and corrected a mistake on my part, and recently he has made some HUGE synopsis for Fantastic Four, Ultimate Spider-Man, Silver Sable etc., thanks Daniel

• "LonelyKnight" : made a few updates for Sabtetooth and Mad Thinker, adding stuff about their allies, and have recently begun making profiles for the Guide as well, among others he made a Superman bio (yes I know this is a Marvel Guide, but Superman did appear with the Marvel heroes a few times) as well as adding alot of updates for some of the characters, thanks man

• Mark Stanislawski : A newcomer to the Guide. Has added a few appearances to The Shroud bio, and have begun working on some of the Alien Races, as well as making additions to some of the profiles currently in the Guide, thanks Mark

• "Irn12" : former mod at Comicboards.com (my former co-mod at the MUMB) and current owner Misfits Island (now Second Stringer Sanctuary) has send me some Iron Man info, as well, as given me permission to use info from Irn12's site (stuff about the Ultraverse), and send me some scans of the Singapore mutants from X-Men Vs. Avengers, thanks Mitch

• "DragynWulf" : a fellow Tbolts fan "DragynWulf" has sent me some updates, corrections and some new characters for the handbook, like Persuader, Hypno-Hustler, some Taskmaster appearances, and recently added the Wiltfong Cafe to the Guide (named after himself), also made the second and third banner for the handbook, besides being behind the brilliant idea of making a message board for the handbook, thanks David

• "Torch" : One of the world's biggest Sub-Mariner fans, also a Disney fan, and my favourite banner maker :-), "Torch" has been very nice adding some characters from Sub-Mariner, and recently informed about Professor Horton's granddaughter, thanks Rich

• John McDonagh : has been very helpful with added Hidalgo and Ruritaria to the list of countries, and helped with some updates on Black Knight I and Conan The Barbarian, thanks John

• "Jekyl" : Made the Goodwrench bio for the Guide, has also shown interest in making Ultimate profiles for the Guide, which would be a great idea since I haven't got any Ultimate comics, also added stuff for the Darkhawk bio, thanks Jekyl

• "Loki" : one of the greatest experts on Captain Britain info and Marvel U.K in generel, gave me some info on Captain Britain, the Crazy Gang, Captain U.K, Psylocke and other stuff, thanks Stuart

• "Lightning Strike" : Lightning Strike has helped me update the Black Knight entry, amd given me some info on Black Dragon, thanks man. Also a special thank you for taking the message board under the "Second Stringers Sanctuary" banner...., thanks Mike

• Scott : Informed me about the "guy who's name everybody seems to forget" from Alpha Flight, Earth Mover, and his first appearance, thanks Scott

• Doug : Gave me some more Earth Mover info, like his real name, origin of powers, and another appearance, thanks Doug

• Colin Hicks : told me about the Space Phantoms in Avengers Vol.1 #10, thanks Colin

• "Stonewall" : told me that Black Dragon was beheaded by Misty Knight in Power Man & Iron Fist, thanks man

• "Darci": Updated the Cat I profile adding the history of Shirlee among other stuff, thanks Darci

• Pete Kingsman: Told me that the 6th member of the new Six Pack is infact Hammer, who was also a member of the original Six Pack, thanks Pete

• Blair Trimm : corrected mistakes in the Bliztkrieger, Defensor and Everyman bios, thanks Blair

• ”SQUEAK” : Poster at the comicboards.com who was very helpful with a list of Marvel Countries missing from the Marvel Guide, thanks SQUEAK

• ”HooDooTheMagician”: Has contributed with the Sinister Twelve bio and with some additions to the Jubilee bio, thanks HooDooTheMagician

• ”Kieran_Frost”: Has contributed with some Thunderbolts updates, thanks Kieron_Frost

• ”Brad Fish”: Told me about the appearances of Spider-Man as Hornet, Dusk and Dusk, thanks Brad

• ”BKole” : has helped with stuff for the Ultimate Universe 1602 sections, thanks Bkole

• Nick Merten : has helped with stuff for the Ultimate Universe section, thanks Nick

• Dan Larsen : my oldest friend, known him for almost 30 years now. Dan is one of the two persons whom to blame for my superhero comic passion, the pther being my late grandfather. Dan although motsly a DC fan, has helped me with lots of Dracula characters from the Tomb of Dracula series, thanks Dan

• "Prime Eternal" : did write some great Cap foes bios for the CAMB message board, which he gave me permition to and I quote... use and abuse it helped me alot in my Serpent Squad/Society, Scourges Of The Underworld and Sisters of Sin bios. Besides that Prime Eternal did always take time out to answer most of my stupid questions, and he was very helpful with information from the issues of the official marvel handbook master edition, that I didn't have, more obscure things from series like Clandestine and Slingers among others, and many other obscure character bios, besides correcting some of my mistakes, thanks Michael

• "Blazing Skull" : "Blazing Skull" did sent me information on Slapstick and the villians and supporting characters from the Slapstick series, alot of villains from the Speedball series, and other villains whom Speedball has fought, some Speedball supporting characters, a Deadpool villain, and all of the Howard The Duck references, and tons of other stuff, besides correcting a mistake on my part, thanks Patrick

• SKleefeld : Fellow poster (made moderator of the FFMB, where else) ;-), on some of the boards where I post as well, I helped Sean with some of the fictious places of the Marvel Universe, trying to help him build his M.A.P. After a while Sean asked me if I would mind take over the project myself, and I gladly accepted, because of Sean, I now got alot more info on some of the Marvel only countries, I didn't have before, like among others the capital of Symkaria, and a city in Costa Verde, besides that Sean also helped me clear a few things about Willie and Billie Lumpkin, thanks Sean

• "Snood" : Begun sending me info on alot of characters, both new characters which wasn't in the handbook and some updates, besides some issue indexes, after a while he began a site of his own, and to help him out to begin with I made some bios for his site as well, thanks Jeffrey

• "Yellow Claw" : he helped me with some issues references for Constrictor, Angar The Screamer and MODOK, Yellow Claw, Count Nefaria, Egghead, and Baron Zemo I (in his fantastic bios on the individual characters) which he gave me permition to use and I quote.. As usual, if you want the info for the UHOTMU, help yourself, besides that "Yellow Claw" did a bio on the original Dr. Strange and Karl Von Horstbaden, besides corrected a small mistake (Chameleon's last name and his relationship with Kraven), thanks Paul

• "Reverend Meteor" : Fellow "Bring Back Human Techno" Revolutionnaire (well actually founder and leader), a regular poster on the Tbolts Message Board, and always a great help for info on his favourite series like New Warriors and Thunderbolts, "Reverend Meteor" has helped me with some Turbo I and Turbo II references and he is also the man behind all the Jury info, thanks Josh

• "comico" : Another one of FOOVs, "comico" has helped me with what FORCE stood for, gave me some info on the second Halflife, corrected me regarding the status of the original Ox, told me about Rhino's niece besides giving me alot of other character info, thanks Jesse

• "Crusher Hogan" :helped me with all the Captain America I-IV golden age appearances, thank you.

• "Brand Echh" : gave me alot of information for the Angelo (Skin) entry due him giving me the permission to use his fantastic site on Skin, thanks Kevin

• Doug Smith : Doug has a fantastic Nova site, which he gave me the permission to use, due to Doug's help all the missing characters from the three Nova series has now been added, thanks Doug

• "Quas" : Has been sending me the Amanda Sefton bio, some additions for my Marvel titles index as well as cover scans, and by contacting Jeph York, gained permission to use all the Captain Britain indexes for the Marvel Guide, besides helping me with some uploading difficulties I had, thanks Travis

• "Dark Sun" : Has made a few magical items entries from the first Strange Tales series, thank man

• "Mike Hammer" : was very nice answering a question I had on the Cowled Commander, so do to "Mike Hammer", Cowled Commander also made it to the handbook, thanks Michael

• "Warlord Kro" :"Warlord Kro" and I has had alot of conversations on Marvel countries and he has helped me with some countries for the handbook, thanks Brendon

• Brian Uhe : Corrected some mistakes in the handbook, and gave me the first banner for the handbook, thanks Brian

• Scott Martin : a big fan of Captain America. "Doc" is the one who made sure that all the characters from Skrull The Slayer made it to this handbook, because of his wonderful summeries of all Skrull The Slayer's appearances. The history section of Skull The Slayer, Mr. Scully and Pam Scully is made by "Doc", "Doc" also pointed out a mistake in the American Eagle II entry, thanks Scott

• "Mr. Quamp" : Has sent me alot of updates and new entries for than handbook, thanks "Mr. Quamp"

• "Gauntet: Dark Rider : due to an agreement between Prime Eternal and Gauntlet: Dark Rider, Prime Eternal has transformed many of "Gauntlet"'s Acolyes bios into Marvel Guide entries, still the work was originally made by Gauntley, so a, thanks "Gauntlet: Dark Rider" is in order.....

• Kurt Busiek : Yes Kurt "Avengers/Thunderbolts/Power Man And Iron Fist/Untold Tales Of Spider-Man/Iron Man/Avengers Forever" Busiek, has been very nice to answer some Patsy Walker supporting characters questions on the AMB, thanks Kurt Busiek

• Angelo Mammone : Corrected some mistakes in the handbook, thanks Angelo

• "Omar Karindu" : Omar told me about the death of Byrrah and the issue where he died, besides some updates on the Hauptmann brothers, thanks Kris

• Jeph York : "Quas" asked Jeph if he could use Jeph's Captain Britain indexes for the Marvel Guide, Jeph gave "Quas" the okay so now the Captain Britain indexes is a part of the Marvel Guide, thanks Jeph

• "Texcap" : Made the Shooting Star profile for the Marvel Guide, as well as help correcting some mistake in the Guide, thanks Kathan

• Christopher J. Priest : Yes Christopher "Black Panther/Power Man & Iron Fist/Amazing Spider-Man/Conan The Barbarian/Kazar/Deadpool" Priest formerly a regular poster on the Black Panther board, added Ghudaza and Vulcan Domuyo to the list of countries, thanks CJP

• Sean Koury : helped me with a Frog-Man II and Constrictor appearance, thanks Sean

• Terence : Gave me some info on Zarrko The Tomorrow Man, thanks Terence

• "Bazzs" : Help me with some earlier "Rick" Jones Avengers appearances, thanks man

• "Titanos" : Corrected a few mistakes besides adding some stuff to the Eros bio, thanks man

• "Crimson Spider" : Has sent me my very first cover scan (the scan of Spider-Woman vol.1 #1), thanks Ebrahim..

• Bob Almond : The former Inker on Black Panther and a semi-regular poster on the Avengers message board and Black Panther message board, Mr. Almond added Narobia to the list of countries, thanks Bob Almond

• TJ Burns : TJ added Costa Brava to the list of countries, thanks TJ

• Frank Sabaté : Told me that Bucky II used to be a baseball player for New York Yankees, thanks Frank

• "Peter Luzifer" : Corrected a mistake in the Avalanche bio, thanks Jörg

• "New Warrior" : Corrected a mistake in the Skids bio, thank you

• "Miss Fantastic" : a huge Mr. Fantastic fan, corrected a mistake in the Latveria bio, thank you

• "Dazzyl" : a huge fan of Nomad, corrected a mistake in the Troy Donahue, "Bucky" and Bushwacker bios and gave additional info to the Troy Donahue bio, thank you

• "The Squid" : helped me with a correction to the Troy Donahue, "Bucky" and Bushwacker bios, thank you

• "spidey-man": : Helped me with a few questions on newspapers in New York, thank you

• "Tendram" : Helped me with Deathbird's last name, thanks Martin

• "Masatsugu" : Helped me with a Rhapastan reference, thank you

• "Iron Warrior" : Iron Warrior helped me with a Beetle appearance, thank you

• "BobMM" : creator of one of the best sites on the web (the complete Thunderbolts Hisdory), who helped me with yet another Beetle appearance, thank you

• Carl Joseph : Corrected Conan's first appearance, thanks Carl

• "Aegis" : Corrected the real name of Captain America I, thank you