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NASA

 
NASA
 

Name: NASA

Other Names: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration; N.A.S.A.

Classification: supporting characters supporting characters   group group   real/historical group real/historical group  

Publisher(s): DC Marvel

Earliest Appearance Listed in This Database: World's Finest Comics (vol. 1) #98 (Dec. 1958): "The Menace of the Moonman!"

Creators: Bill Finger, Dick Sprang, Stan Kaye

Number of Appearances: 75

Type of Organization/Group: government agency

Nation: USA

Number of group members listed below: 17

Character
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Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Bancroft Bancroft supporting character scientist
  [sent probe to Mars, but it landed on Gilligan's Island] CBS 1
Captain Marvel Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) hero
CBR Scale: I Protestant
Operation: Lightning Storm (leader); Starjammers...  Marvel 784
Corwell Corwell supporting character scientist
  [sent probe to Mars, but it landed on Gilligan's Island] CBS 1
Darkoth (Desmond Pitt) supporting character villain
CBR Scale: S demon (born human)
U.S. Air Force Marvel 13
Matt Durgan supporting character
  [witnessed Deviant attack on Celestial Mothership] Marvel 1
Gazer Gazer villain
CBR Scale: I religious
Horsemen of Apocalypse Marvel 12
Jack Harper Jack Harper hero
  [one of last drone repairmen on Earth] Universal Studios Relativity Media 2
Dr. Ketola supporting character scientist
  [1st app: Minimum Carnage: Alpha #1 (Dec. 2012)] Marvel 1
The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center supporting character group real/historical person
  [1st app: Minimum Carnage: Alpha #1 (Dec. 2012)] Marvel 5
Man-Wolf Man-Wolf (John Jameson) supporting character
  The Avengers (staff); U.S. Air Force
[J. Jonah Jameson's son]
Marvel 231
NASA NASA supporting character group real/historical person
  [1st app: World's Finest Comics (vol. 1) #98 (Dec. 1958)] Marvel DC 75
Terry Parker supporting character
  [took pictures of the Celestials' mothership] Marvel 1
Salia Petrie Salia Petrie supporting character
  [1st app: Ms. Marvel (vol. 1) #3 (Mar. 1977)] Marvel 8
Razorback Razorback (Buford Hollis) hero
  [from Arkansas; based at Starstop] Marvel 23
Steve supporting character scientist
  [created Red 9 armor his nephew (Wallace Jackson) used] Marvel 1
Dan Truman Dan Truman supporting character scientist
  [led NASA plan to blow up deadly asteroid en route to Earth] Touchstone Pictures Buena Vista 1
unnamed astronaut supporting character
 prob. indeterminate  [crashed on island; impersonated by Japanese WWII survivor] DC 1

This character is in the following 12 stories which have been indexed by this website:
Armageddon (1998)
Gilligan's Island - Season 2, Episode 4 (7 Oct. 1965): "Smile, You're on Mars Camera"
Minimum Carnage: Alpha #1 (Dec. 2012): "Minimum Carnage: Act One"
Mrs. Major Tom (17 Sep. 2002)
Scarlet Spider
Space Oddity (11 July 1969)
Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #402 (Feb. 2002): "Utility of Myth" (mentioned)
World's Finest Comics (vol. 1) #98 (Dec. 1958): "The Menace of the Moonman!"
X-Men (vol. 1) #99 (June 1976): "Deathstar, Rising!" (mentioned)


Suggested links for further research about this character:
  - http://www.comicvine.com/nasa/4060-51844/
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA