Cosa Nostra (Earth-616)

The Mafia
Name	Cosa Nostra
Aliases	The Mafia, The Mob
Affiliation and Identity
Identity	Public
Enemies	Punisher, Thunderbolts
Origin and Status
Status	Active
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Formation	Italy
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Mike Baron, David Ross
First	Punisher (Vol. 2) #6 (October, 1987)
First	Punisher (Vol. 2) #6 (October, 1987)

History

Overview

The Mafia was a criminal organization that emerged in Sicily. It consisted of various independent criminal families, all of them Italian. Originally the Mafia had its hands in everything until RICO started cutting its way through the organization, along with the Punisher. Cosa Nostra lost control of their cities and became just another gang, fighting for turf. It was an organization with branches in both Italy and the United States. It used to have a "Commission" which the families had to go to for authorization to carry out hits against members of other Mafia families.

Of all the organized crime groups operating in the United States, it's "La Cosa Nostra" which has been attacked most often and effectively by the Punisher. It has also been the most conservative of the major organized criminal societies, none of the factions possessed cutting-edge technology comparable to that of Hydra or S.H.I.E.L.D., unlike the Triads (e.g. the Si-Fan and Inner Demons), the Maggia (e.g. the Nefaria Family), or the Yakuza (e.g. the Shogun Reapers). Nor were any Mafia families known for having super-powered members or teams of super-powered operatives, unlike the aforementioned groups. They have not had ninja clans at their disposal unlike some factions of the Yakuza (e.g. the Yashida and Yamaguchi-gumi) and to a lesser degree the Triads (e.g the Si-Fan) and the Cartels (e.g. Tarantula's Organization). Nor have any of the Mafia families possessed paramilitary armies equipped with military combat vehicles and artillery, unlike the Cartels and to a lesser degree the Molina (e.g. the Solntsevskaya Bratva).

Mafia Groups

• The Outfit
• Paguro Family (Defunct)
• Carbone Family (Defunct)
• Rossi Family
• Patrillo Family (Defunct)
• Napolitano Family
• Camorra Family
• Montenegri Family (Defunct)
• Genovese Family
• Depanini Family
• Bessucho Family
• Vaducci Family (Defunct)
• Nobili Family (Defunct)
• Pazzo Family
• Gnucci Family (Defunct)
• Lozaros Family
• Mecozzi Family
• Geraci Family (Defunct)
• Rosettis Family
• Destefanis Family
• Corvelli Family (Defunct)
• Gambello Family
• Oliveri Family
• Torrino Family (Defunct)
• Ripa Family
• Frittoli Family

Crimelords

• Pops (Dead)
• Elio Bessucho
• Ferruccio Bessucho (Dead)
• Rosalie Carbone (Dead)
• Julius Carbone (Dead)
• Morris Forelli
• Mario Geraci (Dead)
• Ma Gnucci (Dead)
• Don Stilicho (Dead)
• Don Valerian (Dead)
• Don Gambello (Dead)
• Freddo Pazzo (Dead)
• Sal Prazzo (Dead)
• Johnny Delacavva
• Don Salvatore Vischetti (Dead)
• Roman (Dead)
• Don Parisi
• Frank Castle (formerly)

Paraphernalia

Equipment

communications satellite,

Weapons

small-bore single-barrel cannon (on boat), anti-tank rocket, man-portable heat-seeking missile, and firearms (handguns, shotguns, assault rifles, etc)

Transportation

ship with helicopter landing pad,, gunboat (with a cannon),

Notes

In the Marvel Universe, both the Maggia (Marvel's analog of the Mafia) and the Mafia (Cosa Nostra) exist. The Maggia appeared first, and later the Mafia appeared. Cosa Nostra has appeared mostly in the Punisher comics, and sometimes in Daredevil and Spider-Man comics.

See Also

• 28 appearance(s) of Cosa Nostra (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) of Cosa Nostra (Earth-616)
• 10 image(s) of Cosa Nostra (Earth-616)
• 57 member(s) of Cosa Nostra (Earth-616)