Intelligencia (comics)
| Intelligencia | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Fall of the Hulks: Alpha |
| Created by |
Jeff Parker Paul Pelletier |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Various |
| Member(s) |
Mad Thinker Red Ghost and the Super-Apes MODOK Superior Wizard |
The Intelligencia is a name of a fictional supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team is depicted as being made up of the smartest villains in the Marvel Universe.
The name is derived is from the term coined in nineteenth-century Russia to denote an intellectual elite.
The group first appear as antagonists to the Hulk in Fall of the Hulks: Alpha (December 2009) and was created by Jeff Parker and Paul Pelletier.
Intelligencia is a collection of some of the smartest supervillains in the Marvel canon. The core group consists of the Leader, Mad Thinker, Red Ghost, Wizard, and MODOK. Doctor Doom was also a member of this group before he left. Led primarily by a joint partnership of the Leader and MODOK, the group was responsible for the creation of Red Hulk and his subsequent female counterpart Red She-Hulk as well as transforming Rick Jones into A-Bomb and Marlo Jones into the Harpy. MODOK replaced Egghead who was a member of the group before his death. Red Hulk was originally a member of Intelligencia until he was betrayed and devoted his efforts to taking them down.
The Intelligencia's plan has a wide influence on the Marvel Universe as a whole. The first part of which involves capturing the eight smartest minds in the Marvel Universe to remove all their remaining opponents:
When Bruce Banner and Red Hulk each attack Intelligencia's Helicarrier, Red Hulk is subdued by MODOK and the Hulk Robot who use Red Hulk as a power source to create a small army of Hulks to attack the United States and "Hulkify" every hero. Bruce's part doesn't go well as some of the heroes he was leading (consisting of A-Bomb, Amadeus Cho, Korg, Namor, Spider-Man, and Wolverine) end up hulked out and Bruce gets captured.
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