Membership
The first person identified as a Scourge killed several supervillains, including the Enforcer, Miracle Man, Hate Monger III, Melter, Titania I, Basilisk, The Human Fly, Death Adder and Blue Streak. This Scourge was also responsible for the "Bar With No Name" massacre, in which he killed 18 supervillains. This Scourge was eventually unmasked and defeated by Captain America. According to this Scourge, he was the brother of the Enforcer, his first victim, and received information on villains from his private detective Domino. The Scourge making this confession was then executed by the second known person to use the Scourge identity.
The second person identified as a Scourge killed Hammer and Anvil, and the The Wraith (Brian DeWolff), before killing the Scourge who talked to Captain America, and some time later, he killed a member of the Watchdogs. This Scourge was captured by the U.S. Agent and killed by another Scourge.
A third, renegade Scourge killed the Soviet agent who had used the identity of the Red Skull (Albert Malik) in the 1950s. This Scourge attempted to kill the then-current Captain America (later known as the U.S. Agent). It was revealed that this Scourge had been financed by the original Red Skull, who had been believed dead at the time but had actually survived in a body that was cloned from Captain America's DNA. This Scourge was eventually eliminated by the Red Skull.
The fourth person identified as a Scourge was first seen killing the second Scourge, who had been captured by the U.S. Agent. When this Scourge was captured by the U.S. Agent, he was killed by yet another Scourge.
The fifth person identified as a Scourge was Priscilla Lyons, also known as Vagabond; the sixth Scourge was an agent also known as Caprice, and the seventh Scourge was an agent also known as Bloodstain. Lyons was unable to bring herself to kill the Matador, and was thus targeted by the other Scourges. She sought the help of U.S. Agent, who captured some of the Scourge agents, and then confronted the Angel and Domino. Bloodstain was killed in combat during this encounter.
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