S.T.R.I.K.E., an acronym for Special Tactical Reserve for International Key
Emergencies, is a fictional comic book counter-terrorism and intelligence
agency in the Marvel Comics Universe. The organization often deals with
superhuman threats, and was introduced in Captain Britain Weekly #17 as the
United Kingdom's version of the United States' S.H.I.E.L.D.
Bases of operation S.T.R.I.K.E.'s original headquarters, as
seen in the organization's first appearances, was an undersea air base
which contained several of S.T.R.I.K.E.'s planes that were
considered superior to their American counterparts at the time.
S.T.R.I.K.E.'s Psi division had their own headquarters.
Another headquarters was in a closed university, located in London, England;
this headquarters was later used by D.U.C.K.
Members Like S.H.I.E.L.D., S.T.R.I.K.E. had
hundreds of agents throughout several divisions.
= Executive directors and deputy directors=
Tod Radcliffe - Director of S.T.R.I.K.E. Commander Lance Hunter - Second Director
of S.T.R.I.K.E. Even after the organization's disbanding, Hunter is
shown to have good ties with S.H.I.E.L.D. and W.H.O. when he is seen
alongside Contessa Valentina Allegro de Fontaine, and with Alistaire Stuart
briefing British superhumans on the details of the British Superhuman
Registration Act. Also Hunter is an ex SAS soldier and ex Mercanary.
= Psi-division= Elizabeth Braddock - Twin sister of
Captain Britain. She later joins the X-Men as Psylocke and is a former member
of the Exiles. Tom Lennox - A telepath and a
telekinetic; he is Betsy Braddock's lover. During the Jasper's Warp saga,
Lennox is gunned down by S.T.R.I.K.E.'s armored anti-superhuman "Beetle" squad.
Alison Double Kevin Mulhearn - A telepath; he took an
outside job as a mentalist using the name Doctor Destiny. He was performing
his mind reading act at a theater in London, using his powers to tell what
people had in their possession. He was killed by one of his volunteers from the
audience who turned out to be Slaymaster, who had been charged with
killing all of S.T.R.I.K.E.'s Psi-Division.
Vicki Reppion - Killed by Slaymaster. Avril Davis - Killed by Slaymaster.
Dennis Rush - Killed by Slaymaster. Andrew Hornby - Killed by Slaymaster.
Leah Mickleson - Killed by Slaymaster. Stuart Hattrick - Killed by Slaymaster.
= Sci-Tech division= "Matthew" - Recruited telepath Betsy
Braddock to join S.T.R.I.K.E.'s Psi-division. He later was recruited
into R.C.X. as a regulator and given the new codename of Gabriel.
Other versions = Ultimate S.T.R.I.K.E.=
S.T.R.I.K.E. in the Ultimate Marvel parallel universe was first introduced
in Ultimate X-Men #15. Like its Marvel Universe counterpart, this version of
S.T.R.I.K.E. is the British division of S.H.I.E.L.D. S.T.R.I.K.E. also has ties
with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s sister organization in Europe, the European Defense
Initiative. Known members
Colonel Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock - a mutant telepath from the S.T.R.I.K.E.
Psi-division who was possessed by Proteus and died in the ensuing conflict
with the X-Men. Her consciousness came to reside in the body of a young
comatose girl known as Kwannon. While inhabiting her new body Betsy was
technically considered a minor and was thus unable to work for S.T.R.I.K.E. She
worked undercover for Charles Xavier for a time, eventually joining the X-Men.
Dai Thomas - a Welsh S.T.R.I.K.E. agent from Psi-division who was killed by
Proteus. His Earth-616 counterpart was a police inspector who often clashed with
S.T.R.I.K.E. and its descendant organizations.
In other media = Film=
A glimpse of S.H.I.E.L.D. records in The Avengers show that Black Widow and
Hawkeye were partnered together under S.T.R.I.K.E. Team Delta.
S.T.R.I.K.E. appears in the film Captain America: The Winter Soldier as a
S.H.I.E.L.D. counter-terrorism team with Brock Rumlow and Jack Rollins as
members, but this was later revealed to be composed of Hydra infiltrators.
References External links
S.T.R.I.K.E at the Comic Book DB