Publication history

The Committee first appeared in Werewolf by Night

Werewolf by Night

Werewolf by Night is a fictional character, an antiheroic werewolf in the Marvel Comics universe. The Werewolf by Night first appeared in Marvel Spotlight vol...

#10 (September 1973), and was created by Gerry Conway

Gerry Conway

Gerard F. "Gerry" Conway is an American writer of comic books and television shows. He is known for co-creating the Marvel Comics vigilante The Punisher and scripting the death of the character Gwen Stacy during his long run on The Amazing Spider-Man...

 and Tom Sutton

Tom Sutton

Tom Sutton was an American comic book artist who sometimes used the pseudonyms Sean Todd and Dementia...

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The organization subsequently appears in Werewolf by Night #11-14 (November 1973-February 1974), #17-20 (May-August 1974), #32-33 (August-September 1975), Spider-Woman #19 (October 1979), Marvel Team-Up #93 (May 1980), Moon Knight #4 (February 1981), #29-30 (March-April 1983), and Moon Knight #3 (August 2006).

Fictional organization history

The Committee was a Los Angeles-based secret criminal cabal of businessmen. They made enemies of the Werewolf by Night

Werewolf by Night

Werewolf by Night is a fictional character, an antiheroic werewolf in the Marvel Comics universe. The Werewolf by Night first appeared in Marvel Spotlight vol...

 and Moon Knight

Moon Knight

Moon Knight is a fictional character, a mercenary-turned-superhero appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character exists in the Marvel Universe and was created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin...

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The Committee were also responsible for hiring the Enforcer

Enforcer (comics)

Enforcer is the name of two fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:The Enforcer first appeared in Ghost Rider #22-24 , and was created by Gerry Conway, Don Glut, and Don Heck....

 to fight Spider-Woman

Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)

Spider-Woman is a fictional character, a superheroine in the Marvel Comics Universe. The character first appeared in Marvel Spotlight #32 , and 50 issues of an ongoing series titled Spider-Woman followed...

, and the Tatterdemalion

Tatterdemalion (comics)

Tatterdemalion is a fictional character and supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe, who wore gloves either coated with or secreting a chemical agent which dissolved any material composed of paper, such as dollar bills...

, who went up against the Werewolf and Spider-Man

Spider-Man

Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...

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