The Great Wheel

A secret team that was formed in 1961 by Leonardo da Vinci to get certain objects around the world.These members were from SHEILD , HYDRA, LEVIATHAN , and independents spies .

Name:

The Great Wheel

Publisher:

Marvel

Aliases:

First issue:

Secret Warriors #25 I Get What I Want... And you get The World

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Origin

The Great Wheel was formed in 1961 when Leonardo da Vinci (calling himself Aries) summoned the leaders of the major world secret organizations to the secret Immortal City beneath Rome where the ancient version of SHIELD has its headquarters. He assembled them to go on several missions for him, obtaining secret artifacts.

Creation

The group was first seen coming together in Secret Warriors #25, written by Jonathan Hickman and Alessandro Vitti, although a list of members had been seen previously in Dark Reign: The List: Secret Warriors.

Team Evolution

The initial Great Wheel consisted of Aries ( Leonardo da Vinci), Nick Fury (Gemini), Dum Dum Dugan (Libra), Jake Fury (Scorpio), John Garrett (Aquarius), Thomas Davidson/Il Professore/The Professor (Virgo), Daniel Whitehall/Kraken (Leo), Baron von Strucker (Sagittarius), Shoji Soma (Pisces), Vassili Dassaiev (Capricorn), Viktor Uvarov (Cancer) and Cornelius van Lunt (Taurus).