Characters
- Mack Samuel Bolan - Alias John Macklin Phoenix, retired Colonel, USA; A.K.A. Striker, Stony Man One, Kicker, Executioner, Sarge, and Sergeant Mercy. First was an Army sergeant stationed in Vietnam. Later single handedly declared war on the Mafia for 39 consecutive attacks. Later given command of the Government Covert Operation PROJECT PHOENIX (which consists of anti-terrorism and dealing with missions which are sometimes too difficult or too sensitive for the military or government to handle). The Phoenix Program is a covert operation unrecorded makes the 160-acre (0.65 km2) Stony Man estate in the Shenandoah Mountains the command center of the most formidable national security force ever assembled. PROJECT PHOENIX a Vietnam assassination program.
- April Rose - Primary mission controller and overseer of Stony Man's Virginia "farm" HQ. Provides logistics, back-up support, loving care for the Phoenix people. (now deceased)
- Hal Brognola - Director of the Sensitive Operations Group, Stony Man liaison with the Oval Office. In his three-piece suit this ex-FBI agent looks like a vice president of IBM. In fact he is a streetwise, third-generation American who worked his own way into the stratosphere of the Justice Department's covert operations section. In that capacity he first met Mack Bolan.
- Aaron Kurtzman - Known as "The Bear" Big, rumpled librarian of Stony Man's extensive electronic data bank, from which he interfaces with those of the National Security Council, the Justice Department, the CIA, DIA and the intelligence agencies of every allied nation. Brilliant, a living extension of his computer. His tobacco stained fingers dance over the console to call up mug shots, maps, raw data of all kinds.
- Leo Turrin - Mob elder statesman (Leo "The Pussy" Turrin), undercover agent for Justice's Orgcrime Division, Washington lobbyist with connections, now officer of the Phoenix operation. From a capo on La Commissione to special friend and advisor to Bolan the blitz artist, this lieutenant of both the international underworld and sensitive operations walks a perilous path through the savage pastures.
- Jack Grimaldi - Combat pilot in Nam (137 missions, 2 purple hearts), later a flyboy for the mob, now head of his SOG cadre: G-Force. Can fly anything from a single engine scout to a Boeing 767, has proven himself to be Bolan's ace card on many missions. Of Italian parentage, is flamboyant, reckless, yet ruthlessly efficient. King of the sky.
- Andrzej Konzaki - Officially with special weapons development, CIA, is unofficially attached to the Phoenix Program. One of the most innovative armorers in the world. Master weaponsmith, expert on small arms, handguns to machine guns; knives, small explosives, other devices, and assigns them accordingly to circumstances, locales. Legless since Vietnam. His CIA profile says: "trust him". Killed in Executioner #62, Day Of Mourning.
- Tommy Anders*
- Toby Ranger*
- Smiley Dublin*
* - Not regulars with the Phoenix Operation.
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