The People's Defense Force is a fictional organization in the Marvel Universe

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Fictional team history

The People's Defense Force were a team of Eastern European superbeings who were linked by the fact that they had individually fought Henry Pym

Henry Pym

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 during his earliest exploits as Ant-Man and Giant-Man. They operated as the People's Defense Force out of the Bratislava

Bratislava

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 Prison Superhuman Research Complex in the latter days of European communism.

With Quicksilver

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, who was being manipulated by Maximus the Mad

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, the People's Defense Force attacked the West Coast Avengers

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 to get at Pym. They were defeated by MODAM

MODAM

MODAM is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Fictional character biography:AIM mutated one of their female agents into a large headed creature. This agent claimed to be Henry Pym's deceased first wife, Maria Troyvana. Pym took her in, believing she was his late wife, but she was secretly...

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Members of the People's Defense Force included:

• Beasts of Berlin: The Beasts of Berlin were lowland gorillas mutated to human intelligence and speech. They operate as a team. The Beasts first appeared in Tales to Astonish #60 (Oct 1964)
• Madame X: Madame X was a patriot and spy for the communist Hungarian government. She first appeared in Tales to Astonish #32 (Oct 1962)
• Scarlet Beetles: The Scarlet Beetles are normal beetles that have been mutated to a size of 10-feet and given human intelligence and speech. The Scarlet Beetles first appeared in Tales to Astonish #39 (Jan 1963)
• El Toro: El Toro was Cuba's first super agent and an early opponent of Henry Pym. He first appeared in Tales to Astonish #54 (Apr 1963)
• Voice
  Voice (comics)
  Voice is a Marvel Comics supervillain. Jason Cragg is not to be confused with David Angar, alias Angar the Screamer, who once used the alias of the Voice.-Fictional character biography:Jason Lorne Cragg was born in Gary, Indiana...
  
  : Jason Cragg is a man whose voice can make people who hear him believe that he's speaking the truth. Voice appeared in Tales to Astonish #42 (Apr 1963)