History
S.P.E.A.R. was a Chinese intelligence gathering organization created for homeland security commanded by director Xian Zheng. It possessed over 150,000 operatives, analysts, and overseers, sixteen airships, and a science division.[1] The organization was founded after Thanos' invasion, in which the super-powered team Dynasty was decimated.[2] Feeling that they needed to be able to protect themselves, China wanted to be on the same level as S.H.I.E.L.D., so they appointed Zheng to head up the new project.
Falcon first encountered them during Gorgon's attempt to launch an attack on China using a giant dragon. When the Hand attacked their flying headquarters, the Circle, they deployed their own dedicated superhuman response team, the Ascendants.[1]
A supposedly rogue group in S.P.E.A.R. agents and scientists committed around 300 telepaths in a secure location somewhere in China to the task of making a psychic recreation of the destroyed Kowloon Walled City.[3] This simulacrum would act as an incubator for the Fury and its offspring as part of an elaborate plot by M.O.D.O.K. to infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D.[4]Paraphernalia
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Notes
- S.P.E.A.R. is named after the Spear of Imhotep (like how S.H.I.E.L.D. is named after the Shield of Imhotep). As the new iteration of the Spear, S.P.E.A.R. is notably more true to Imhotep's original ideals than its fallen predecessor, the original Spear.
- The High Council of Hydra still identifies as the Spear.[5] Hydra and S.P.E.A.R. are enemies.[6]
Trivia
- Despite the fact that S.P.E.A.R. is very new (it was only established after Thanos' invasion),[2] the Empire State University already proposed the course "International Relations 220: S.H.I.E.L.D. vs. S.P.E.A.R.--a course dissecting the history and conflicts between the two competing planetary security agencies."[7]
See Also
- 8 appearance(s) of S.P.E.A.R. (Earth-616)
- 4 mention(s) of S.P.E.A.R. (Earth-616)
- 3 image(s) of S.P.E.A.R. (Earth-616)
- 6 member(s) of S.P.E.A.R. (Earth-616)
- 1 item(s) used/owned by S.P.E.A.R. (Earth-616)