Elektra’s Buds
People who have helped her over the years...
Blacklash: Mark Scarlotti is a criminal turned good guy by his wife, Trudi. He employs a whip that can change into a nunchaku and can be electrified.
First appearance (as Whiplash): Tales of Suspense #97
First contact with Elektra: Elektra #5
Daredevil: Elektra’s first (and primary in her heart) lover, Matt Murdock is a blind lawyer that has his other senses enhanced. He fights crime in Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil. His relationship with Elektra has been rocky at best; sometimes lovers, sometimes partners in fighting, and sometimes enemies. He fights crime using his enhanced senses and his billy club.
First appearance: Daredevil #1
First meeting with Elektra: Daredevil #168.
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Doctor Strange: Master of the mystic arts, Sorcerer supreme of Earth, there aren’t many beings as powerful with magic as Doctor Strange. He has been an occasional ally with Elektra.
First appearance: Strange Tales #110
First known meeting with Elektra: Elektra #3
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Hugo Natchios: Elektra’s father and the man who protected her throughout her early life. He also let her train in the martial arts.
First appearance: Daredevil #168
Died later.
Gateway: Mysterious Australian aborigine who can create teleportational fields by swinging a bullroar. He has been known to speak very little, and Wolverine #105 hinted there may be some connection between him and Stick.
First appearance: Uncanny X-Men #227
First known meeting with Elektra: Wolverine #105
Killer Shrike: Criminal turned mercenary turned good guy Simon Maddicks has superhuman strength, speed, endurance and can fly. He also is a master of the martial arts, and employs numerous weapons (most notably his wrist blasters.) In Elektra, we see him as being the one who tells her where Razorfist is. He does this unwillingly.
First appearance: Rampaging Hulk (vol. 1) #1
First known contact with Elektra: Elektra #4
King Lau: Mackinley Stuart’s partner in his dojo and trained in the martial arts.
First appearance/contact with Elektra: Eletkra #1
MacKinley Stewart: Man who ran the dojo that Elektra trained at, and later on her lover. Mac was a source of kindness and watched Elektra’s back when needed. He is also trained in the martial arts.
First appearance: Elektra #1
Died: Spider-Man Elektra ‘98
Michael Morrisey: NYC police detective who has been known to help Elektra out on occasion. He also once paid her to stop a criminal.
First known appearance/contact with Elektra: Elektra #6
Orestez Natchios: Elektra’s brother. Other than that, little is known about him. He may have been responsible for hiring people to kill his mother.
First known appearance: Elektra: Root of Evil #2.
May be dead.
Shang-Chi: Son of Fu Manchu, and holds top level black belt in karate. A former secret agent turned adventurer, he has been an ally of Elektra’s at least once.
First appearance: Special Marvel Edition #15
First known meeting with Elektra: Elektra #16
Spider-Man: Bitten by a radioactive spider, student Peter Parker gained superhuman powers. His story is long, confusing, and often convoluted.
First appearance: Amazing Fantasy #15
First known meeting with Elektra: Spider-Man/ Elektra ‘98.
Starvos: The gardener of the estate of Hugo Natchios, and a hero of World War II. Starvos was there to help raise Elektra, and has been there for advice.
First known appearance: Wolverine #106
First known meeting with Elektra: Undepicted.
Stick: One of the top people of the Chaste, a ninja sect dedicated to good. He has served as Elektra’s Sensei for a long time. Master of several weapons, most notably the bo staff, which he used (uses?) regularly.
First appearance: Daredevil #176.
First known meeting with Elektra: Undepicted.
Died in Daredevil #190, and in Elektra #19.
Weiss, Konrad/Konnie: Owner of a theater where Elektra had played the part of Electra in a dance version of the story. During the show, Konrad switched bodies with a woman named Julie, and then became Konnie Weiss.
First appearance/meeting with Elektra: Elektra #1
Changed to Konnie in Elektra #5.
Wolverine: The man known as Logan has a very long, troubled, turbulent past -not all of which he knows or is certain of. What is certain is this: he has enhanced senses, and 3 retractable claws on each hand. Stick sent Elektra to help Wolverine return from being an animal to being a man.
First appearance: Incredible Hulk #180.
First meeting with Elektra: Wolverine #101
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Yukio: Former mercenary and assassin turned crimefighter after she refused to kill Mariko Yashida. Like Elektra, the Hand is no friend of hers. Yukio is master of numerous forms of martial arts, and has been known to use several weapons.
First appearance: Wolverine limited series #1
First known meeting with Elektra: Elektra #15
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