Department of Occult Affairs (Earth-616)

Department of Occult Affairs
Name	Department of Occult Affairs
Aliases	Department of Occult Armaments, D.O.A.
Members
Leader(s)	Sin
Current Member(s)	Crossbones, Blackout, Rotwrap, Host, Wraithwitch, Master Pandemonium (Martin Preston), Wildpride, Witchfire, Yith, Chimera, Venomm, Gargoyle Brother One, Gargoyle Brother Two, Dr. Emil Kreagan, Lord Quietus, Bestial, Sorrowful Maiden, Atua-Thaugul, The Ghast, I'xx'll'tk, The Hound, Philomena Kensington, Julia Crane, Ogre, The Ghoul, The Confessor, Morgan Cur, Urgoth Krall, Members of Harkspur Brood
Former Member(s)	Bronskon, Madame Jasmine, Moorek, Lt. Belial, Pyre, Hellstrom, Innards, Malpractice
Affiliation and Identity
Identity	Secret
Affiliation	Hydra
Enemies	Agent Venom, Nightstalkers, Valkyrie, New Avengers, Avengers, Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S.
Origin and Status
Status	Active
Reality	Earth-616
Base of Operations	Various Hydra facilities
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Dan G. Chichester, Ron Garney
First	Nightstalkers #2 (October, 1992)
First	Nightstalkers #2 (October, 1992)

History

The primary objective of Hydra's Department of Occult Affairs was to find a way to develop an army of vampiric stormtroopers for Hydra's terrorist army. Their first attempt to create a vampire soldier with a sample of Dracula's DNA resulted in the creation of Bloodstorm One, who savagely slaughtered everyone in the facility.

The D.O.A. was resurfaced years later to assist Sin to gather the Serpent's Hammers as a power source for the Final Sleeper.

After betraying the Avengers and joining forces with the D.O.A., Daimon Hellstrom tried to transform the Venom symbiote into one of his Monsters of Evil in order to use them as weapons for Sin and the D.O.A., but was ultimately defeated and incarcerated.

Prepared to battle Venom and Mania

Some time later, Crossbones, who was hunting anyone who had a Hell-Mark, targeted Mania as she was in possession of a Hell-Mark that originally pertained to Venom. After battles involving demons and more demons, Crossbones and the D.O.A. were defeated and vanished.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Hydra technology & gear; energy device.

Transportation

Magical transportation.

See Also

• 22 appearance(s) of Department of Occult Affairs (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Department of Occult Affairs (Earth-616)
• 5 mention(s) of Department of Occult Affairs (Earth-616)
• 3 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Department of Occult Affairs (Earth-616)
• 10 image(s) of Department of Occult Affairs (Earth-616)
• 33 member(s) of Department of Occult Affairs (Earth-616)

Links and References

• http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/doahydrans.htm