CHARACTERS

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17th October 2013

This is an overview of all characters that have appeared in Madripoor since it first appeared in New Mutants (1st series) #32 (1985). As the list is quite extensive, we have grouped the characters as follows: (Click the group to jump to that section)

Madripoor Power players

General Nguyen Ngoc Coy

Human
Rival crime-lord to Tyger Tiger
Coy is the Uncle of the New Mutant Karma, who worked for him while trying to find her nephew and niece.
First appearance in Madripoor: Marvel Age Annual #4
Last appearance in Madripoor: Wolverine (2nd series) #98 - Shot by Tyger Tiger
All appearances in Madripoor: Marvel Age Annual #4, Wolverine (2nd Series) #5-8, #17, #23, #27, #30-32, #98 Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #86, #89-92, New Mutants (1st series) #93

Prince Baran of Madripoor

Human
Descendant of the Pirates that originally settled on Madripoor.
First appearance in Madripoor: Wolverine (2nd series) #6
Last appearance in Madripoor: Wolverine (2nd series) #98 - Shot in the back by General Coy
All appearances in Madripoor: Wolverine (2nd Series) #6-7, #15-17, #23, #27, #31, #98

Roche

Human
Crimelord who controlled all scrupulous activity on Madripoor until challenged by Tyger Tiger.
First appearance: Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #2
Last appearance: Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #10 - Tyger Tiger killed him in revenge, believing he had killed Wolverine.
All appearances: Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #2, #4-5, #7-8, #10

Seraph

Human
Seraph was killed by Sabretooth, It's assumed that it occurred in Madripoor, however its never been stated on panel.
First appearance in Madripoor: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #268
All appearances in Madripoor: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #268, Wolverine (2nd series) #126, Wolverine Origins : Annual #1, Wolverine Origins #16-18

Tyger Tiger

Human
Real Name: Jesse Hoan
First appearance in Madripoor: Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #2
All appearances in Madripoor: Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #2-9, #62-63, #85-92, #131, #152-155, Wolverine (2nd Series) #4-8, #17, #27, #31-32, #35, #87, #98, #125-126, #128, Night Thrasher #3-4, Iron Man: Director of SHIELD Annual #1, Astonishing Tales (2nd series) #3-4, #6, Thunderbolts (1st series) #132, Deadpool Team-up #891, Daken: Dark Wolverine #5-9, X-23 (2nd series) #8-9, Wolverine (4th series) #4, Astonishing X-Men (3rd series) #54-55

Viper

Mutant
Madame Hydra. One time ruler of Madripoor
Viper took control of Madripoor by marrying the people's champion, Wolverine.
Viper was disposed as ruler by Iron Man & S.H.I.E.L.D.
First appearance in Madripoor: Wolverine (2nd series) #125
All appearances in Madripoor: Wolverine (2nd series) #125-128, #131, #167-169, Generation-X #54, X-Treme X-Men (1st series) #10-14, Iron Man: Director of SHIELD Annual #1, Astonishing Tales (2nd series) #1-6, Spider Woman (4th series) #2-4, Hawkeye (4th series) #4

General Coy's Associates

Bloodscream

Magic-Based Mutate
Originally Bloodscream worked for General Coy as an enforcer, however after General Coy's death, he has stayed in Madripoor working as a freelancer.
First appearance in Madripoor: Wolverine (2nd series) #4
All appearances in Madripoor: Wolverine (2nd Series) #4-8, #17, #304, Iron Man: Director of SHIELD Annual #1, Avengers: The Initiative #23-24

Roughouse

Asgardian
Originally Roughouse worked for General Coy as an enforcer, however after General Coy's death, he has stayed in Madripoor working as a freelancer.
First appearance in Madripoor: Wolverine (2nd series) #4
All appearances in Madripoor: Wolverine (2nd Series) #4-8, #17, #304, Iron Man: Director of SHIELD Annual #1, Avengers: The Initiative #23-24

Imak & Ivan

Human
General Coy Henchmen. responsible for the Princess Bar Massacre.
First appearance: Wolverine (2nd series) #98
Last appearance: Wolverine (2nd series) #98 - killed by Wolverine
All appearances:Wolverine (2nd series) #98

Prince Baran's Staff

Lord Ranjamaryam

Human
Chancellor to Prince Baran
First appearance: Wolverine (2nd series) #4
Last appearance: Wolverine (2nd series) #4 - Life drained by Bloodscream
All appearances: Wolverine (2nd Series) #4

Johann

Human
Aide to Prince Baran, swallowed a fragment of the Gehenna stone for the Prince
First appearance: Wolverine (2nd series) #14
Last appearance: Wolverine (2nd series) #16 - killed by Ba’al to retrieve the Gehenna Stone fragment
All appearances: Wolverine (2nd Series) #14-16

Saloman

Human, one of the many servants to Prince Baran.
It is unknown what happened to him after the Prince was killed.
Only appearance: Wolverine (2nd Series) #15

Roche's Hired guns

Razorfist III

Real Name: William Scott
Brother of Razorfist II
Razorfist's recovery from a seemingly fatal encounter in Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #4 and at the hands of Zaran in Wolverine (2nd series) #167 have never been explained. Razorfist would appear again as a member of the Hood’s gang in the pages of New Avengers
First appearance in Madripoor: Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #2
All appearances in Madripoor: Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #2-5, #7-9, Wolverine (2nd series) #167

Sapphire Styx

Mutant Ability to drain the life energy from other people upon contact, increasing her strength, reflexes, and sexual allure.
First appearance in Madripoor: Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #1
All appearances in Madripoor: Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #1-4, #5, #131

The Inquisitor

Human
The Inquisitor worked for the crime-lord Roche, as a torturer.
First appearance: Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #4
All appearances: Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #4-5, #7-9

Chen

Human, one of many hired thugs of the Crime-lord Roche.
First appearance: Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #7
All appearances: Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #7-8

Tyger's Allies

O'Donnell

Human
Was part-owner of the Princess bar with Wolverine.
O’Donnell is actually an alias, his real name has never been revealed.
O'Donnell had a brief encounter with Lindsay McCabe whilst under the influence of the Gehenna stone.
First appearance in Madripoor: Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #1
Last appearance in Madripoor: Wolverine (2nd series) #98 - Killed in the Princess bar massacre
All appearances in Madripoor: Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #1,#2,#4,#7-8,#10, Wolverine (2nd Series) #3-4, #8, #13-17, #87, #98

Archibald Corrigan

Human
Proprietor of Southseas skyways & close friend of Wolverine
First appearance in Madripoor: Wolverine (2nd series) #4
Last appearance in Madripoor: Wolverine (2nd series) #98 - Killed in the Princess Bar massacre
All appearances in Madripoor: Wolverine (2nd Series) #4-7, #11, #15-17, #31-32, #87, #98, Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #62-63, #152-155

Lindsey McCabe

Human
For a while, Lindsay worked as the Chanteuse at the Princess Bar whilst also working as a Private eye with Jessica Drew.
Lindsay had a brief encounter with O’Donnell whilst under the influence of the Gehenna stone, however before anything could happen, they were interrupted.
First appearance in Madripoor: Wolverine (2nd Series) #1
All appearances in Madripoor: Wolverine (2nd Series) #1-8, #10, #14-16, #27, Marvel Age Annual #4

Madame Joy

Human, owner of Madam Joy's Brothel.
In revenge for switching allegiances to Tyger Tiger, Madame Joy was thrown from the balcony entrance of her brothel by Roche thugs.
First appearance: Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #7
All appearances: Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #7, Wolverine (2nd series) #10

Rose Wu

Extra-dimensional heritage
Bought ownership of Princess Bar from Wolverine & O'Donnell
First appearance in Madripoor: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #261
Last appearance in Madripoor: Wolverine (2nd series) #98 - Killed in the Princess Bar massacre
All appearances in Madripoor:Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #261, Wolverine (2nd series) #87,#98

Captain Lee

Human, smuggler chieftain who worked for Tyger Tiger
His crew were slaughtered by Roche's thugs
First appearance: Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #6
Last appearance: Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #7 - Captain Lee was tied up & unable to escape when his boat exploded.
All appearances: Marvel Comics Presents (1st series) #6-7

Jade-faced Lum & Three Finger Fat

Human, Bodyguards for Tyger Tiger
First & only appearance: Wolverine (2nd series) #35

Sister Francis

Human, Nun
After Tyger Tiger broke up a slave trade business, Sister Francis took the found children into her care.
First appearance:Daken: Dark Wolverine #5
All appearances:Daken: Dark Wolverine #5-6

Jaz

Human, Worked for Tyger Tiger
First appearance:Daken: Dark Wolverine #5
Last appearance:Daken: Dark Wolverine #7 - Killed by Daken as part of his plan to control Madripoor
All appearances:Daken: Dark Wolverine #5-7

Max

Human, married with 1 daughter.
Worked for Tyger Tiger, strongly suspected of having an affair with her
First appearance:Daken: Dark Wolverine #5
Last appearance:Daken: Dark Wolverine #7 - Killed by Daken as part of his plan to control Madripoor
All appearances:Daken: Dark Wolverine #5-7

Kobus Van Holten

Human
Criminal gang leader, Currently working for Tyger Tiger's Empire
First appearance:Daken: Dark Wolverine #6
All appearances:Daken: Dark Wolverine #6-7

Param

Human
Criminal gang leader, Currently working for Tyger Tiger's Empire
First appearances:Daken: Dark Wolverine #6
All appearances:Daken: Dark Wolverine #6-7

Takeshi

Human
Was a gang leader with his Brother, Currently working for Tyger Tiger's Empire
Takeshi's mother was killed by Kobus when he was very young
First appearance:Daken: Dark Wolverine #6
All appearances:Daken: Dark Wolverine #6-7

Police Force

Tai, Chief of Police

Human
Police Chief Tai was supposedly run over and killed in Wolverine (2nd series) #98 by Tyger Tiger, however he later reappeared with no explanation.
First appearance: Wolverine (2nd series) #3
Last appearance: Wolverine Origins: Annual #1 - Committed Suicide
All appearances: Wolverine (2nd Series) #3-4, #8, #10, #14-17, #87, #98, #127, Wolverine Origins: Annual #1

Kwan

Human, member of the Madripoor Police force
Only appearance: Wolverine (2nd series) #15

Detective Chong

Human, member of the Madripoor Police force.
Only appearance: Spider woman (4th Series) #2 - Shot by Viper in the Police station car park

Detective Wang

Human, member of the Madripoor Police force.
Only appearance: Spider woman (4th Series) #5 - Spider Woman used her powers to make him pee his pants.

Captain Gui

Human, Head of the Police Force, married with 2 children
As part of Daken's plans for control of Madripoor, Captain Gui has been forced to abide any request from Tyger Tiger
First appearance:Daken: Dark Wolverine #5
All appearance:Daken: Dark Wolverine #5-7

Local Criminal Element

Ganif

Human
Leader of a gang of street kids
Ganif is an acronym of Fagin, whom the character is based on.
Only appearance: Wolverine (2nd series) #24

Aldo & Rose

Human, Madripoor Street kids
Aldo and Rose are brother and sister and work for Ganif.
Only appearance: Wolverine (2nd series) #24

Mr Morrow

Human
Leader of one of the factions within Wharfside.
Mr Morrow knew Logan when he was in Tehran.
Only appearance: Wolverine (2nd series) #25

Piggot

Human
Leader of a rival faction to Mr. Morrow
Only appearance: Wolverine (2nd series) #25

Gene Claymore

Human
Described by Wolverine as one of the cleanest, toughest and most well to do of the islands former scum.
Only appearance: Wolverine (2nd series) #26 - Wolverine tripped him over, making him fall through the window of his high rise apartment.

Noy

Human, local crime-lord
First appearance: Generation-X #53
All appearances: Generation-X #53-54

Bao Tien

Human, local crime-lord.
Only appearance: Wolverine (2nd series) #127

Petrus

Human, banker for Tyger Tiger.
Tyger Tiger found he was running a slave trade business under her nose.
Only appearance: Daken: Dark Wolverine #5

Aldo

Human, senior member of Kobus's gang in Madripoor
First appearance: Daken: Dark Wolverine #6
Last appearance: Daken: Dark Wolverine #7 - Killed by Kobus as part of the initiation to join Tyger Tiger's Empire

Benjamin

Human, brother of Takeshi, and joint gang leader
Benjamin was having an affair with Madhavi for over a year.
First appearance: Daken: Dark Wolverine #6
Last appearance: Daken: Dark Wolverine #7 - Killed by Param as part of the initiation to join Tyger Tiger's Empire.

Madhavi

Human. Wife of Param, and heavily involved in their gang's criminal activities
First appearance: Daken: Dark Wolverine #6
Last appearance: Daken: Dark Wolverine #7 - Killed by Kobus as part of the initiation to join Tyger Tiger's Empire.

Tan Kim Seng

Human, criminal boss.
Allegedly knew Wolverine
Only appearance: Daken: Dark Wolverine #9.1 - Shot in the head by Daken

Mr Hunt

Human, associate of Tan Kim Seng
Only appearance: Daken: Dark Wolverine #9.1 - Daken stabbed him with his claws through the chest.

Residents

Geoffrey Sydenham

Human, US Consul in Madripoor
Nazi sympathizer
First appearance in Madripoor: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #268
All appearances in Madripoor: Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #268

Madam Xiona

Human
In Captain America (1st series) #364, she was referred to as Madam Xiana
Only appearance in Madripoor: Captain America (1st series) #363

Lia

Human, one of Madam Xiona’s lady's
Only appearance: Captain America (1st series) #363

Mister Phun

Human, enforcer for Madam Xiona
Only appearance: Captain America (1st series) #364 - killed when kicked into a large vat of hot plastic by Diamondback

Belle

Human, owner of Belle's Bar.
Belle originates from the same town as Lindsay McCabe.
After Belle’s bar was destroyed it is unknown what happened to Belle afterwards.
First appearance in Madripoor: Wolverine (2nd Series) #2
All appearances in Madripoor: Wolverine (2nd Series) #2

Mei Yin & Tsuboro

Human, Murasama blade cultists.
First appearance: Wolverine (2nd series) #1
All appearances: Wolverine (2nd Series) #1,#3

Chang

Human, Local expediter of Landau, Luckman and Lake's office in Low Town.
Only appearance: Wolverine (2nd series) #5 - Life Force drained by Bloodscream

Dr Fong

Human, Doctor and known associate of Madame Joy
Only Reference: Wolverine (2nd series) #10 - Named, but did not appear on panel.

Trish

Human, Barkeep at the Princess bar
Only appearance: Wolverine (2nd series) #11

Gabriel, Polly & Rebecca

Human
Gabrield is the Son of Mr. Morrow, Polly and Rebecca are his attendants
Morrow called in a favour of Wolverine to look after Gabriel for 1 night.
Only appearance Wolverine (2nd series) #25

Montagnard Savage

Human
No name was provided for the mountain dweller that was forced into showing Dai-Kumo's yakuza where the Madripoor Monkeys lived
Only appearance in Madripoor: Wolverine (2nd series) #32

Weston

Human, Nephew of Wolverine's friend Bando Saburo
Only appearance in Madripoor: Wolverine (2nd series) #26 - Wolverine killed him after Weston attacked him with a knife

Johnny Jack

Human, Patron of the Salty Dog bar
Only appearance: Marvel Comics Presents #153

Jae Lo

Human, Assistant to Wolverine during the Bloodsport tournament.
First appearance: Wolverine (2nd series) #167
All appearances: Wolverine (2nd Series) #167-168

Shanna Cho

Human
News reporter for Madripoor Broadcasting Company
Provided updates during the invasion of Madripoor by Khan
First appearance:X-Treme X-Men (1st series) #11
All appearances:X-Treme X-Men (1st series) #11, #14, #17-18

Zhang Lee

Human, Girlfriend of a shape-shifting Skrull pretending to be Spider-Man
Only appearance in Madripoor: Spider woman (4th Series) #7

Mrs Gui & Adanna

Human, wife and Daughter of Captain Gui.
First appearance:Daken: Dark Wolverine #5
All appearances:Daken: Dark Wolverine #5-6

Innsbruck the Planner

Human, wheelchair bound
Only appearance in Madripoor: Avengers 1959 #4

Trois

Human, Lives in High Town, but travelled to the Chingay Carnival in Low Town
Trois believed Warlock was a human in a costume and gave him her number.
Only appearance in Madripoor: New Mutants (3rd series) #41

Chang & Yau

Human, known affiliates of Weapon XIII
Chang is the owner of a unnamed Club/Brothel themed around X-Men costumes.
Yau is a part-time Jazz drummer, full time gangster.
Only appearance in Madripoor:Uncanny X-Force (2nd series) #7