The Jury

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Official Team Name

The Jury

Team Aliases

Unknown

Status

Active

Identity

Secret

Alignment

Neutral

Universe

Earth-616

Base of Operations

Mobile

Affiliations

Team Leader(s)

Edwin Cord, formerly Orwell Taylor

Current Members

Bomblast, Firearm, Ramshot, Sentry (Curtis Elkins), Wysper

Former Members

USAgent, Orwell Taylor, Screech

Allies

Gavel, Olivia Lentz, Thunderbolts

Enemies

Venom (Eddie Brock)

Origin

Origin

Orwell Taylor formed the Jury to avenge the death of his son.

Place of Formation

San Francisco

Creators

David Michelinie, Mark Bagley

First appearance

Venom Lethal Protector #2
(March, 1993)

History

During a Vault breakout, Orwell Taylor's son Hugh was killed by Venom. The Vault itself was heavily damaged by the U-Foes several years later

Taylor and his other son Max decided to seek revenge. A number of other disgruntled Guardsmen joined them as the Jury. They sought to 'try' villains, starting with Venom (Eddie Brock) but he escaped due to the intervention of Roland Treece. Later the Jury kidnapped Spider-Man and tried him for bringing the Venom symbiote to earth. Again the Jury was defeated.

Later Orwell began to work with the Life Foundation and the Jury became more or less flunkies.

After parting ways with Orwell his eldest son Max aka Screech reformed the Jury and tried to make it more representative of an American court of law. Max chose to give up his Screech costume and become the Jury's defense attorney. A mysterious man known as Gavel was the judge for the Jury's trials. Olivia Lentz a mysterious woman with a history in dealing with symbiotes was the prosecutor. To replace Screech the team recruited former Guardsman Jenny Stewart whose husband was murdered by the second Tarantula during a prison riot. Jenny was given the codename Wysper. She killed Tarantula in a death match and was officially made a member.

Sometime later the Jury lost their support staff and funding. They were later hired by industrialist Edwin Cord a recurring enemy of Iron Man's. USAgent was hired to be the team's field leader.

After learning that Abner Jenkins had been arrested, Cord decided to apprehend the Thunderbolts. They were unsuccessful. The Jury was later prohibited from attacking Graviton after his destruction of the Redeemers. The Jury and the Thunderbolts reluctantly ended up working together to defeat the Secret Empire.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: The Jury wear specially modified version of the Guardsman Armor, with each member having a specific weapon or function.
Transportation: Justifier.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

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Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• 11 Jury (Earth-616) Members
  
• 18 Appearances of Jury (Earth-616)
• 1 Images that include Jury (Earth-616)
• Team Gallery: Jury (Earth-616)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Jury (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Venom: Lethal Protector #1-3
• Amazing Spider-Man #382-385
• Spider-Man: Arachnis Project #1-6
• Venom: Sinner Takes All #1-4
• Venom: The Hunted #1-3
• Thunderbolts #23, 28, 32
  

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