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'''MyS-TECH''' (or '''Mys-Tech'''{{efn|In its original appearances in comics published by [[Marvel UK]], the organization's name was spelled and trademarked as "MyS-TECH".<ref name="Warheads #1"/> Later publications by [[Marvel Comics]] spell its name as "Mys-Tech".<ref name="RWOmega"/>}}) is a technology company appearing in [[British comics|British comic books]] published by [[Marvel UK]] and [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. It is usually depicted as a shadowy [[Faust]]ian organization. It first appeared in ''[[Warheads (comics)|Warheads]]'' #1 (June 1992) and was created by [[John Freeman (editor)|John Freeman]], Nick Vince, [[Gary Erskine]], and [[John Beeston]].<ref name="Marvel Encyclopedia pg250"/>

==Fictional origins==
The board of MyS-TECH, a [[multinational corporation]], was originally seven mages who in 987 sold their souls to the demon [[Mephisto (Marvel Comics)|Mephisto]] in exchange for [[immortality]]. The MyS-TECH board members must provide a steady stream of souls to Mephisto to maintain their immortality and contracts with Mephisto. Over the years, the board accumulated power and wealth and in the modern age this power and wealth became a business empire.

==Board members==
The seven mages who became the board of MyS-TECH were:
*Algernon Crowe
*Bronwen Gryffn
*Ranulph Haldane
*Eadmund Porlock
*Brendan Rathcoole
*Gudrun Tyburn
*Ormond Wychwood

==Headquarters==
MyS-TECH operated as a respectable business but hidden beneath one of their front organizations, the Museum of Pagan Antiquities at [[Canary Wharf]] in [[London]], was a sprawling underground headquarters. These headquarters were used to house the arcane magical technologies the board used to increase their power and keep the supply of souls flowing to Mephisto. Chief amongst these was Un-Earth, a [[macabre]] [[Macrocosm and microcosm|microcosm]] of the planet used in a similar fashion to a [[Haitian Vodou|voodoo doll]]. The headquarters also housed extensive [[biotechnology|biotech]] labs.  It was in one of these labs that the genetically engineered assassin named Julius Mullarkey, also known as [[Killpower]], was created by MyS-TECH scientist [[Oonagh Mullarkey]].<ref name="Motormouth #1"/> The headquarters were also the base for the [[Warheads (comics)|Warheads]], MyS-TECH's mercenaries who travel through [[wormhole]]s collecting sophisticated technology for their masters.

==Enemies==
MyS-TECH featured as villains in many of the titles launched by [[Marvel UK]] during their 1990s expansion into the [[United States]]. The characters featured in these titles included [[Dark Angel (Marvel Comics)|Dark Angel]] (previously known as Hell's Angel), [[Death's Head]], the partners [[Motormouth (comics)|Motormouth]] and [[Killpower]], and the [[Knights of Pendragon]]. The [[Warheads (comics)|Warheads Kether Troop]] also later went on to rebel against their masters.

The scarred cyborg Badhand has confronted MyS-TECH forces multiple times. Notably, he has spied on the Warheads, allied himself with [[Nick Fury]], and assisted [[Cable (character)|Cable]] with a theft from MyS-Tech's vaults.

MyS-TECH also came up against other [[Marvel Comics]] characters such as the [[X-Men]], although they never appeared outside of the Marvel UK imprint.

==MyS-TECH Wars==
In the [[Limited series (comics)|mini-series]] ''MyS-TECH Wars'' (1993) by [[Dan Abnett]] and [[Bryan Hitch]], their forces fought most of the Marvel Universe's assembled heroes. In the resulting demonic invasion, many of Earth's heroes (including a majority of the [[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]], [[Fantastic Four]], [[X-Men]], [[Spider-Man]], [[Ghost Rider (Daniel Ketch)|Ghost Rider]], and [[Nick Fury]]) were killed. However, due to the surviving heroes' efforts, the entire event was erased from history. As such, only a few, such as [[Doctor Strange]], [[Professor X]], and [[Motormouth (comics)|Motormouth]], remember what happened.<ref name="MyS-TECH Wars #1-4"/>

In a later attempt to destroy all superheroes, the board transform themselves into younger versions. In the same issue, they cause the formation of the Anti-Being, a psychic being that is the result of their centuries of malice.<ref name="Dark Angel #13"/> They try to team up in a bid to dominate all reality but lose the being to Death's Head.<ref name="Dark Angel #15"/><ref name="Dark Angel #16"/>

Finally, they attempt to get out of their contract with Mephisto by sending all of Britain to Hell. The country's heroes fought them back at the Battle of London Bridge (later covered up) and took the Museum of Pagan Antiquities, sending the board to Hell instead and leaving the group seemingly gone for good. S.H.I.E.L.D. stepped in to handle the clean-up,<ref name=RWAlpha/> keeping [[MI-13 (comics)|MI-13]] out of the loop so they could hoard the technology for themselves.<ref name=RWWarheads/> 

Years later, various MyS-TECH bases became active again and it was believed the group was returning; it turned out instead to be Killpower leading a second demonic invasion, all an elaborate move by Mephisto to end all his MyS-TECH contracts and return all the energies he had tied up in abandoned bases and weaponry.<ref name=RWOmega/>

==Notes==
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==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Marvel Encyclopedia pg250">{{cite book |last1=DeFalco |first1=Tom |author-link1=Tom DeFalco |last2=Sanderson |first2=Peter |author-link2=Peter Sanderson |last3=Brevoort |first3=Tom |author-link3=Tom Brevoort |last4=Teitelbaum |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |last6=Darling |first6=Andrew |last7=Forbeck |first7=Matt |author-link7=Matt Forbeck|last8=Cowsill |first8=Alan |last9=Bray |first9=Adam |title=The Marvel Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=[[DK Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-4654-7890-0 |page=250}}</ref>
<ref name="Warheads #1">{{ cite comic | writer = Vince, Nick| penciller = [[Gary Erskine|Erskine, Gary]]| inker = [[John Beeston|Beeston, John]]| colorist = [[Steve White (comics)|White, Steve]]| letterer = Halfacre, Annie, Steeden, Caroline| editor = [[John Freeman (editor)|Freeman, John]]| title = [[Warheads (comics)|Warheads]]| volume = 1| issue = 1| date = June 1992| publisher = [[Marvel UK]]| location = [[London, England]]}}</ref>
<ref name="Motormouth #1">{{ cite comic | writer = Marks, Graham| penciller = [[Gary Frank (artist)|Frank, Gary]]| inker = [[Cam Smith (artist)|Smith, Cam]]| colorist = [[Steve White (comics)|White, Steve]]| letterer = Prentice, Pat| editor = Papp, Jacqui| story = Wild Card!| title = [[Motormouth (comics)|Motormouth]]| volume = 1| issue = 1| date = June 1992| publisher = [[Marvel UK]]| location = [[London, England]]}}</ref>
<ref name="MyS-TECH Wars #1-4">{{cite comic | writer = [[Dan Abnett|Abnett, Dan]]| penciller = [[Bryan Hitch|Hitch, Bryan]]| inker = Anderson, Jeff, [[Steve Whitaker]], Bryan Hitch, ''et al'' | colorist = Nally, Helen, Helen Stone| letterer = Prentice, Pat, Rodrigues, Gavin, Peri Godbold, Stuart Bartlett, ''et al''| editor = [[John Freeman (editor)|Freeman, John]], Stuart Bartlett| title = MyS-TECH Wars| volume = 1| issue = 1–4| date = March–June 1993| publisher = [[Marvel UK]]| location = [[London, England]]}}</ref>
<ref name="Dark Angel #13">{{ cite comic | writer = [[Bernie Jaye|Jaye, Bernie]]| penciller = [[Salvador Larroca|Larroca, Salvador]]| inker = [[David Hine|Hine, David]]| colorist = Stone, Helen| letterer = Rutter, Janey| editor = Georgiou, Bambos | story = Aftermath (Part One)| title = [[Dark Angel (Marvel Comics)|Dark Angel]]| volume = 1| issue = 13| date = September 1993| publisher = [[Marvel UK]]| location = [[London, England]]}}</ref>
<ref name="Dark Angel #15">{{ cite comic | writer = [[Bernie Jaye|Jaye, Bernie]]| penciller = [[Salvador Larroca|Larroca, Sal]]| inker = [[John Stokes (comics)|Stokes, John]]| colorist = Stone, Helen, Graham, Marina| letterer = Rutter, Janey| editor = Georgiou, Bambos | story = Aftermath (Part Three)| title = [[Dark Angel (Marvel Comics)|Dark Angel]]| volume = 1| issue = 15| date = November 1993| publisher = [[Marvel UK]]| location = [[London, England]]}}</ref><ref name="Dark Angel #16">{{ cite comic | writer = [[Bernie Jaye|Jaye, Bernie]]| penciller = [[Salvador Larroca|Larroca, Salvador]]| inker = [[John Stokes (comics)|Stokes, John]]| colorist = Graham, Marina| letterer = Rutter, Janey| editor = Georgiou, Bambos | story = Aftermath (Part Four)| title = [[Dark Angel (Marvel Comics)|Dark Angel]]| volume = 1| issue = 16| date = December 1993| publisher = [[Marvel UK]]| location = [[London, England]]}}</ref>
<ref name=RWAlpha>{{ cite comic | writer = [[Andy Lanning|Lanning, Andy]], Cowsill, Alan| artist = Elson, Rich| colorist = Fabela, Antonio| letterer = Cowles, Clayton| editor = Lewis, Devin, [[Stephen Wacker|Wacker, Stephen]]| story = Part One: Tramp The Dirt Down| title = [[Revolutionary War (comics)|Revolutionary War: Alpha]]| volume = 1| issue = 1| date = March 2014| publisher = [[Marvel Comics]]| location = [[New York, NY]]}}</ref>
<ref name=RWWarheads>{{ cite comic | writer = [[Andy Lanning|Lanning, Andy]], Cowsill, Alan| artist = [[Gary Erskine|Erskine, Gary]]| colorist = Zamor, Yel| letterer = Cowles, Clayton| editor = Lewis, Devin, [[Stephen Wacker|Wacker, Stephen]]| story = Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)| title = [[Revolutionary War (comics)|Revolutionary War: Warheads]]| volume = 1| issue = 1| date = May 2014| publisher = [[Marvel Comics]]| location = [[New York, NY]]}}</ref>
<ref name=RWOmega>{{ cite comic | writer = [[Andy Lanning|Lanning, Andy]], Cowsill, Alan| artist = Elson, Rich| colorist = Rosenberg, Rachelle| letterer = Cowles, Clayton| editor = Lewis, Devin, [[Stephen Wacker|Wacker, Stephen]]| story = Part One: Tramp The Dirt Down| title = [[Revolutionary War (comics)|Revolutionary War: Omega]]| volume = 1| issue = 1| date = May 2014| publisher = [[Marvel Comics]]| location = [[New York, NY]]}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
*[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix2/mystechuk.htm MyS-TECH] at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
*{{comicbookdb|type=team|id=948|title=Mys-Tech}}
*[http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/m/mystech.htm MyS-TECH] at the International Catalogue of Superheroes
*[http://www.marveldirectory.com/groupsandteams/mystech.htm MyS-TECH] at the Marvel Directory{{deadlink|date=May 2025}}
*{{gcdb series|id=16084|title=''MyS-TECH Wars''}}
*[http://www.comics-db.com/Marvel_Comics/W/Warheads/index.html ''MyS-TECH Wars''] at the [[Big Comic Book DataBase]]{{deadlink|date=May 2025}}
 
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