Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-61022-20170213225824/@comment-5448995-20170213235128

AnnabellRice wrote: I don't recall there ever being a community consensus or even a discussion that Other Characters were to be grouped in any list order other than that of how they actually appeared in the story.

Yeah I believe that wasn't discussed, and I kind of like the way I was though to do it(I believe by you Annabell) of putting them in order so people who might not know a certain character follow the list by order and are able to identify said character.

Dimadick wrote: I think it's entirely possible for a character to be an antagonist and not physically appear if their actions are done through henchmen and other underlings. It's a rare exception, but an entirely plausible one.

I think that is what the Marvel Chronology Project calls behind-the-scenes appearances. The character does not appear on panel, but manipulates events from a distance or otherwise impacts the story. For example:


 * In X-Factor Vol 1 4, the members of the Alliance of Evil are following the instructions of a mysterious leader. A couple of issues later, the leader was revealed as Apocalypse.
 * In the Mutant Massacre event, the Marauders were following the orders of a mysterious employer. A year or more later, the employer was revealed as Mister Sinister.

We use that tag in the wikia also, so yeah that is covered already.