Emissaries of Evil
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The Emissaries of Evil is a name used by three different fictional team of supervillains in the Marvel Universe
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Under Electro

The first Emissaries of Evil was recruited by Electro in a plot of revenge against Daredevil
Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
Daredevil is a fictional character, a superhero in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett, with an unspecified amount of input from Jack Kirby, and first appeared in Daredevil #1 .Living in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood...

 for previous defeats. This group consisted of Gladiator, Stilt-Man
Stilt-Man
Stilt-Man is the name of two supervillains in Marvel Comics.-Publication history:Stilt-Man first appeared in Daredevil vol. 1 #8 and was one of his earliest enemies. He is a criminal wearing a suit of armor with powerful telescopic legs .The character did not age well, as his powers were more a...

, Leap-Frog
Leap-Frog (comics)
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, and the Matador
Matador (Marvel Comics)
Matador is a Marvel Comics supervillain.-Publication history:The Matador first appeared in Daredevil #5 , and was created by Stan Lee and Wally Wood....

. Daredevil happened across their recruitment meeting and attempted to bring them in, but Electro managed to knock him out, letting him go because killing him then would be too easy. Later, as part of Electro's plan, the Matador followed Daredevil and ambushed him, but Daredevil easily overcame him. The Emissaries conducted one final, mass-assault on Daredevil. However, Daredevil defeated them and wrapped the whole group up in a lasso and left them for the cops.

Under Egghead

The second lineup was recruited by Egghead, and consisted of the Rhino
Rhino (comics)
The Rhino is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist John Romita, Sr., the character first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #41 The Rhino (Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich) is a fictional character that appears in comic...

, Cobalt Man
Cobalt Man
Cobalt Man is a fictional supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe.-Publication history:Cobalt Man was created by writer Roy Thomas and penciller Werner Roth in X-Men #31 ....

, and Solarr
Solarr
Solarr is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Fictional character biography:Silas King was born in Carson City, Nevada. He was a latent Mutant who worked as a smuggler of illicit narcotics. On a drug run from New York City to Los Angeles, his van broke down in the Mojave Desert...

. Egghead later also employed the Eel I, Porcupine
Porcupine (comics)
Porcupine is the name of three fictional characters in Marvel Comics. Two of them are super-villains.-Fictional character biography:Alexander Gentry, was originally a scientist who worked as a weapons designer for the United States Army, conceived the idea of designing a battle-suit in imitation of...

, Power Man and Swordsman
Swordsman (comics)
Swordsman is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. His first appearance was in Avengers Vol.1 #19 and was created by Stan Lee and Don Heck. The Swordsman was introduced as an enemy of Hawkeye and the Avengers...

 I. This team is never called the "Emissaries of Evil", but Egghead does refer to them as his "employed Emissaries". The Emissaries attempt to hold the world ransom with an atomic bomb but are foiled by Canada's first superhero team The Flight
The Flight (comics)
The Flight was a Canadian superhero team in the Marvel Comics universe. Their first appearance was in Alpha Flight Special vol. 2, #1 .The Flight was the designation for the Canadian superhero team first formed by Department H...

 (predecessor to Alpha Flight
Alpha Flight
Alpha Flight is a fictional superhero team published by Marvel Comics, noteworthy for being one of the few Canadian superhero teams. Created by John Byrne, the team first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #120 ....

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Under Kingpin

The third Emissaries of Evil, recruited by Kingpin
Kingpin (comics)
The Kingpin is a fictional character, a supervillain in the . Kingpin is one of the most feared and powerful crime lords in the Marvel Universe. The character is a major adversary of Daredevil, the Punisher, and Spider-Man...

, was briefly active in France. This group consisted of la Concierge, Stilt-Man
Stilt-Man
Stilt-Man is the name of two supervillains in Marvel Comics.-Publication history:Stilt-Man first appeared in Daredevil vol. 1 #8 and was one of his earliest enemies. He is a criminal wearing a suit of armor with powerful telescopic legs .The character did not age well, as his powers were more a...

 and Synapse. This grouping was very short-lived, suffering defeat at the hands of Daredevil like its immediate predecessor.
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