MI-13 (comics)
| MI-13 | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance |
Excalibur vol. 1 #101 (1996) New Excalibur #1 (2006, named) |
| Created by |
Warren Ellis Chris Claremont Michael Ryan |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | MI-13 HQ, Portwell House, Whitehall |
| Member(s) |
Black Knight Blade Captain Britain Dark Angel Death's Head (Minion) Digitek Excalibur Gloriana Micromax Motormouth O Spitfire Alistaire Stuart Tangerine Union Jack Pete Wisdom |
MI-13, sometimes written MI13 or MI: 13, is a fictional British intelligence agency appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. MI-13 is depicted as operating out of Portwell House in Whitehall. It was introduced in Excalibur vol. 1 #101, by Warren Ellis under the call sign "The Department" for ten years until New Excalibur #1 explicitly mentioned the term "MI13"; although invariably referred to as such, the agency's official name is the Extraordinary Intelligence Service (EIS).
The department is closely associated with Marvel characters Alistaire Stuart and Pete Wisdom, and, after being named MI-13, it would subsequently appear in Wisdom, and most recently, the ongoing Captain Britain and MI13; both written by Paul Cornell.
It was originally overseen by Sir Mortimer Grimsdale, the Joint Intelligence Committee Chair in the Marvel Universe. After he was revealed to have been replaced by a Skrull, MI-13 became far more autonomous; he was replaced as JIC Chair by Lance Hunter. Other intelligence chiefs shown as Sir Clive Reston, KCBE, Director of MI6; and Annabel Warner, newly appointed Director of MI5.
MI-13 is the latest in a long line of fictional British intelligence agencies dealing with "weird happenings" within the United Kingdom. It followed the likes of Special Tactical Reserve for International Key Emergencies (S.T.R.I.K.E.), Resource Control Executive (R.C.X.), Department of Unknown and Covert Knowledge (D.U.C.K.), and the Weird Happenings Organisation (W.H.O.). It evolved from the remnants of W.H.O. when Alistaire Stuart was asked by the government in Excalibur #101 (September 1996) to take the old W.H.O., Black Air (a corrupt department that had usurped W.H.O.'s and others' mandate), and all other related paranormal organisations and rationalise them into a single department.
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