Team White

Publication history

Created by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev, the characters were introduced in Mighty Avengers #13, and debuted as a team in Secret Invasion #3, both published in 2008.

The team was introduced in the Secret Invasion tie-in issues of Mighty Avengers and then featured in their own ongoing series. This series was co-plotted by Bendis with Jonathan Hickman writing. and was one of the titles launching as part of the Dark Reign storyline. The series was promoted by a series of passwords and clues given in solicitations for upcoming issues. A Marvel spokesman stated that further passwords would be released for the website later on.

Fictional team biography

The Team White enters battle for the first time during the Skrulls' invasion of Earth. Nick Fury's team manages to rescue the combined forces of the Initiative and the Young Avengers from being killed by Skrulls. Fury rallies all the other heroes together with his agents and begins a series of hit and run attacks on the Skrull forces throughout the city. In the immediate aftermath of the heroes' victory, Fury and his agents quickly leave.

During the Dark Reign storyline and the Nick Fury, Agent of Nothing arc, Nick Fury reveals his true intent to bring down Hydra, which has extended its influence into S.H.I.E.L.D. With S.H.I.E.L.D. being replaced by H.A.M.M.E.R., Hydra is moving to claim as many assets as it can before the U.S. government, and the agents knew that Hydra would go after the Red Worm psy-ops facility next. The team needs to get there first to prevent Hydra from claiming such an asset, but are unable to stop Hydra. Yo-Yo Rodriguez is attacked by Gorgon, who cuts off both of her hands.

Daisy Johnson travels to the Australian outback along with Sebastian Druid to meet with Eden Fesi, who was another name on Fury's list of Caterpillars. He readily agrees to join, with Gateway's permission. Fury reaches out to Dum Dum Dugan for help. Dugan and many former S.H.I.E.L.D. agents had gone private in the wake of H.A.M.M.E.R.'s takeover and formed a Howling Commandos private military company.

Fury leads the Howling Commandos on a raid of the Dock, another former S.H.I.E.L.D. base that houses helicarriers. However, Hydra intervenes to prevent Fury from taking the helicarriers. Team White arrives to back Fury up, making the raid on the Dock a success. The Howling Commandos make off with three helicarriers, and Fury recruits 3,000 H.A.M.M.E.R. agents to his side.

Norman Osborn lures J. T. James (Hellfire), Alexander Aaron (Phobos), and Eden Fesi into a trap using Black Widow as bait. Phobos goes in using a Nick Fury Life Model Decoy as a disguise, getting caught in the trap and exposed. James and Fesi come to the rescue, but Ares gives the three the opportunity to get away. Osborn sends Ares, Hawkeye (Bullseye) and agents of H.A.M.M.E.R. after the group. Fesi tries to teleport them back to the secret base, but Ares forces the portal open to allow Osborn's forces to follow. Team White holds off Osborn's forces and escapes through Fesi's portal before the base explodes.

Roster

Nick Fury

Founder and leader of Team White.

Daisy Johnson

Codename: Quake, the daughter of Mister Hyde. She possesses the power to create earthquake-like vibrations.

Alexander Aaron

Codename: Phobos, son of Ares. He possesses the power to instill fear in others, and has limited precognition. As a member of the Olympian race born of a mortal woman, he has the potential for far greater "god-like" powers not unlike his uncle Hercules, but his "mortal" body must die first. This occurs when he is stabbed through the chest and killed by Gorgon.

Sebastian Druid

Codename: Druid, the son of Doctor Druid who has inherited some of his father's skill with magic. He is soon seen as a liability, and Fury dismisses him from the team. It is later shown that Fury in fact put Druid through "Boot Camp", assigning John Garrett to get him in shape and boost his confidence.

Yo-Yo Rodriguez

Codename: Slingshot, the daughter of the villain Griffin. She can run at superhuman speed and bounces back to the point where she began running. She was recently injured severely, with both of her arms severed by the Gorgon, and was temporarily unable to remain active with the team. However, both arms have now been replaced with technologically advanced prosthetics that afford her some superhuman strength in her hands and she has returned to active duty. During combat she is often seen fighting with a retractable javelin.

J.T. Slade

Codename: Hellfire, born James Taylor Slade, the grandson of the Phantom Rider, is able to charge items (notably a chain) with fire and unleash a devastating attack. During New Avengers, J.T. is shown as one of the possible replacements for the title of Sorcerer Supreme, showing great magical potential. In issue 16, J.T. is discovered to be a double agent with Hydra, directly with Baron Strucker. During the fall of Gehenna, Nick Fury tells J.T. that he knows he is a traitor and lets him fall to his death, avenging Alexander.

Other "Caterpillar" teams

Within the Secret Warriors series the featured team is referred to as being one of three other caterpillar teams. While the main team of the series is led by Daisy and overseen by Nick Fury, Fury also oversees two other teams.

Alexander Pierce's Team Black

Alexander Pierce – S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.

Aaron Downing – In possession of a "Shadow Machine". Both his arms appear to be replaced by technological prosthetics. He has demonstrated the ability to make "shadowlike constructs" extend from his prosthetic hands.

Lauren Wolfe – A polymorph, the limits of which have yet to be revealed. However, during combat she has been shown to change her hands into spiked mace.

Ahmed Noor – A living atom smasher; able to disintegrate matter and cause explosions.

Ben Huth – Only known super power is his ability to fly.

Bobby Gamorra – Owner of an item referred to as the "Amulet of Abbadon", a mystical artifact that grants him magical powers, which so far have been revealed to include the opening of teleportation portals.

Cornell Grey – Possess a parasitic brain that allows him to draw information from people's minds upon contact with special mouth-like openings on his palms. The result is that his victims are left brain dead.

Ellis Love – A telekinetic and telepath, the extent of which has yet to be revealed, but has been seen using telekinetic energy offensively in combat.

Mikel Fury's Team Gray

The leader of the other team is Mikel Fury and the names of the members have been revealed:

Sandra Murphy - Mace of Aeshma

Brian Cole - Cybernetic Organism

Carlos Ayala - Telekinetic

Red Webo - Creation Engine

Jenny Monroe - Temporal Control

Malcolm Monroe - Temporal Control

Lynn Richards - Power Leech

Robert Martin - Organic Builder

The Heavenly Wheel

Jake Fury – Scorpio

Vasili Dassiev – Capricorn

John Garrett – Aquarius

Baron Strucker – Sagittarius

Dum Dum Dugan – Libra

Thomas Davidson – Virgo

Shoji Soma – Pisces

Cornelius Van Lunt – Taurus

Nick Fury – Gemini

Daniel Whitehall – Leo

Viktor Uvarov – Cancer

Leonardo da Vinci – Aries

In other media

The Secret Warriors appear in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, led by Nick Fury, and consisting of Quake, Black Widow, and Mockingbird. As in the comics, the Secret Warriors are formed in response to the Skrulls' impending invasion. However, Mockingbird was secretly captured and replaced by the Skrull Queen Veranke.

The Secret Warriors appear in the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode, "The Team", led by Daisy Johnson and consisting of Elena "Yo-Yo" Rodriguez, Lincoln Campbell, and Joey Gutierrez. This version of the team is formed by S.H.I.E.L.D. to combat Gideon Malick and Hydra. However, the team is quickly disbanded after S.H.I.E.L.D. discovers Johnson was brainwashed by Hive.

A version of the Secret Warriors inspired by Team White appears in Marvel Strike Force, consisting of a temporally-displaced Phantom Rider, Domino, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Quake, and Yo-Yo Rodriguez.