Cross Technological Enterprises
| Cross Technological Enterprises | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Marvel Premiere #47 (April 1979) |
| Created by |
David Michelinie Bob Layton |
| In-story information | |
| Type of business | Technological development company |
| Owner(s) |
Darren Agonistes Cross Augustine Cross William Cross |
Cross Technological Enterprises (often referred to as Cross Tech or C.T.E.) is a fictional corporation appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. First appearing in Marvel Premiere #47, it is portrayed as being one of the leading technological companies along with Stark Industries and Oscorp.
Cross Technological Enterprises first appeared in Marvel Premiere #47-48 (1979). Hawkeye appeared as the chief of security of C.T.E. in The Avengers #189 (1979), Marvel Team-Up #92 (1980), Marvel Fanfare #3 (1982), and Hawkeye #1-4 (1983). The company has also appeared in Iron Man #145 (1981), Marvel Two-in-One #85 (1982), The Avengers #233-234 (1983), and Avengers Annual #13 (1984).
C.T.E. later appeared in Ant-Man #1-5 (2015) and Astonishing Ant-Man #1 (2015).
Self-made man Darren Agonistes Cross created and headed his company Cross Technological Enterprises and made it a success to rival the top competitors. However, Darren was diagnosed with a rare heart condition. He used his own technology to create an experimental nucleorganic pacemaker to save his life. Although a success, the nucleorganic pacemaker mutated Darren's body to and gave him superhuman abilities. A side-effect of the mutation was that Darren would quickly overuse and burn out his heart. Multiple heart transplants were performed, but each heart was removed when overused. Desperate, he kidnapped heart surgeon Doctor Erica Sondheim to replace his damaged heart. He also kidnapped 'donors' from slums. Ant-Man, also looking for Doctor Sondheim to save the life of his daughter Cassie, attempted to rescue her. A battle between Darren and Ant-Man resulted in Darren burning out his heart and dying, Sondheim revealing when Ant-Man interrupted the operation she replaced his old heart rather than a new one. The company was then taken over by Darren's son, Augustine.
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