marvel organizations
The Marvel Universe consists of many organizations and agencies. Some of them are owned by the government, while others are private companies. These have often appeared in Marvel’s live-action (MCU) projects as well and have a significant impact on their history. In this article, we’ll discuss some of these organizations, their details, and how their live-action adaptations differ from their comic book counterparts.
Let’s start.
1. OBJECTIVE
The AIM is short for Advanced Idea Mechanics. It is a privately financed think tank dedicated to acquiring and developing energy through the latest technological advances. They secretly work to overthrow world governments by supplying arms and weapons to radical and subversive organizations. In the comics, it was founded by Baron von Strucker During world war II. It was previously referred to as just ‘Them’ and was a branch of HYDRA.
In the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe), it was first mentioned during iron Man 3. There it was shown that the agency was founded by Aldrich Killian and was financed by the United States government. However, Killian used it to develop a weapon known as Extremis and used the fake Mandarin face to hide his operations. Aldrich even tried to recruit Tony Stark for his team, but Stark refused. In the end, Killian’s plan was foiled by james rhodes Y Rigidthe last of which defeated all the Extremis soldiers, while pepper pots Killian killed.
2. HAMMER
HAMMER Industries is a British aerospace, defence, security and advanced technology company headquartered in London, UK. Justin Hammer is its Chairman and CEO. In the comics, after Justin Hammer’s death, his daughter (Justine Hammer) renamed the company DETROIT STEEL and turned it into a new arms supplier. During the “Dark kingdomstory, it was revealed that HAMMER was originally created by norman osborne (also known as the Green Goblin) when he was put in charge of SHIELD after taking out an alien threat.
In the MCU, The HAMMER Industries along with Justin Hammer made their appearances in Iron Man 2. There Justin Hammer was shown to be a business rival of Tony Stark and his Stark Industries. Justin was trying to develop his own version of the Iron Man armor, but couldn’t. Furious, Hammer recruited Ivan Vanko (also known as Whiplash) to attempt to replicate Stark’s Arc Reactor technology. But this also backfired when Vanko betrayed Hammer. This led to Hammer being imprisoned within seagate penitentiary for his participation in the shares of Vanko.
3. HYDRA
The main archenemies of Captain America and the anti-terrorist agency SHIELD. It was founded in the fourth century BC. C. (by a pagan god called Hive) and then reincarnated during World War II. During the war, it was founded by johann schmidt with the help of his partner named Dr Arnim Zola. It was formed with the official approval of the Nazi Führer, adolf Hitler, to aid in his supernatural, alien, and metahuman experiments.
In the MCU, HYDRA appeared as the main group of villains in the film. Captain America the First Avenger. It was led by Johann Schmidt, the Red Skull. They were declared to be part of the deep science division of the Nazis and used the power of cosmic cube (also know as tesseract). It was later revealed in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, that many HYDRA soldiers have long infiltrated the government agency: SHIELD. Captain America (Steve Rogers) with the help of his friends: Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes) and Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow) foiled his plans for world destruction and destroyed his base. triskelion.
4. SHIELD
The acronym SHIELD originally stood for Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage, and Law Enforcement Division. In 1991, it was later changed to Logistics, Enforcement, and Strategic National Intervention Division. It was founded after HYDRA’s defeat in World War II by Howard Stark, Chester Phillips, and Peggy Carter. In the comics, his British counterpart was known as STRIKE (Special Tactical Response for International Key Emergencies) and his Chinese counterpart is called SPEAR.
In the MCU, it was shown to be run by Nick Fury (Samuel Jackson) and the World Security Council. Fury then went on to form avengers, a response team of enhanced individuals, to fight future deadly and otherworldly threats. SHIELD was made up of many highly trained agents such as Agent Phil Coulson and Agent Maria Hill. They are equipped with advanced technologies and weapons like Jets, Hellicarriers, Quinjets, etc. Over the years SHIELD has made multiple major appearances in many MCU projects.
In the comics, it has multiple divisions and subsidiaries.
- SWORD (Sentient World Observation and Response Department): for extraterrestrial threats,
- WAND (Department of Sorcery, Alchemy and Necromancy): for matters related to magic,
- ORCHIS: Dedicated to keeping Mutants at bay,
- STAKE (Special Threat Assessment for Known Extranormalities): to prevent the earth from supernatural threats.
5. SWORD
As mentioned above, SWORD, or the Sentient World Observation and Response Department, works with SHIELD, especially on matters involving extraterrestrial threats. In the MCU, SWORD was founded by Mary Rambeau in 1995, under the United States government, focusing on manned missions and extraterrestrial operations. They appeared on Disney+ Wanda Vision as the main antagonistic organization during the Westview events.
Tyler Hayward was shown to be the acting director of SWORD’s Earth division, who eventually used Vision’s corpse and attempted to reactivate it under Cataract Project. In one of the credit scenes of the poster of Spiderman: Far From Home, Nick Fury was shown to be the main director of SWORD. He ran SWORD’s space headquarters known as the Top with the help of his Skrull friends. Unlike in the comics, the MCU’s acronym SWORD stands for “Sentient Weapons Observation and Response Department”. One thing is definitely certain: SWORD will play a major role in both the comics and the MCU going forward.
