Black Ghost

Black Ghost is an enigmatic arms-dealing organization serving as the main antagonists of the Cyborg 009 franchise. Their technology is among the most advanced on Earth. They seek to start wars so they can make money selling their weapons to both sides.

They are responsible for abducting the people who would eventually become the 00 cyborgs. However, the cyborgs were able to escape with help from Dr. Gilmore, a former Black Ghost scientist who turned against the organization.

History
Black Ghost has existed since the end of World War II, though it's exact foundation is unknown and it may have existed prior.

Black Ghost has enticed many scientists to come work for it. While some, like Dr. Gilmore, were deceived into joining it, others, like Dr. Gaia, became members of the organization for power.

The organization garnered massive profit from selling weapons to rival sides of a conflict, forcing the other side to also buy their weapons in order to match up.

Black Ghost would soon begin development of its 00 cyborg line, which were created from people the organization had abducted to use as test subjects. However, at the time, the first five cyborgs were unable to be completed, and had to be put in stasis until Black Ghost's technology became more advanced.

Eventually, cyborgs 006-009 were added to the 00 line. However, one of the scientists working on the project, Dr. Gilmore, had a change of heart and helped the cyborgs break out of the Black Ghost laboratories.

From then on, Black Ghost began dedicating their efforts to either recovering or killing the 00 cyborgs, sending out several of their newer cyborgs to fight them.

The organization was seemingly brought to an end when the 00 cyborgs infiltrated one of Black Ghost's main bases and defeated the leader of Black Ghost, Skull, before blowing the base up. Despite this, the 00 cyborgs would encounter remnants of the organization from time to time, such as Dr. Gaia and his Mythos Cyborgs or the Monster Island scientists.

Eventually, the 00 cyborgs discovered that they had not defeated the organization, but simply pushed it farther underground, both figuratively and literally, as the Black Ghost had set up shop in the underground Yomi Kingdom, using the kingdom's people and resources to further the completion of their ultimate weapon, the Demon Statue.

The 00 cyborgs defeated Von Vogt, the Black Ghost operative overseeing the development of the weapon, but were unable to prevent the statue's takeoff. However, Cyborg 001 was able to teleport 009 inside the statue. The heroic cyborg found himself face-to-face with Skull, who had somehow managed to survive his previous encounter with the cyborgs, and the true leaders of Black Ghost, three gigantic brains. 009 and Skull engaged in a brutal battle that ultimately ended when the brains killed Skull to prevent him from causing any damage to the statue with his ultimate attack. This didn't stop 009 from shooting the interior and causing the statue to begin to explode. However, the Black Ghost brains told 009 that they were only a "cell" of Black Ghost and that, as long as there is evil, Black Ghost would continue to exist in the universe.

Leaders

 * Skull - Field Leader
 * Van Vogt - Second-in-command

Military Officials

 * Commander Skarr
 * Commander Fuerge
 * Unnamed Black Ghost Commander
 * Captain Zanburozu

Scientists

 * Dr. Gaia
 * Dr. Gamo Whisky
 * Dr. Beruku
 * Dr. Gilmore (formerly)
 * Dr. Uranus

Cyborgs

 * Cyborg 0010+
 * Cyborg 0010-
 * Cyborg 0011
 * Cyborg 0012
 * Cyborg 0013
 * Mythos Cyborgs
 * Apollo
 * Artemis
 * Achilles
 * Minotaur
 * Hera
 * Poseidon
 * Atlas
 * Cyborgmen

Other

 * Mutant Warriors
 * Cain
 * Lena
 * Mai
 * Phil
 * Black Ghost Soldiers

Trivia

 * Black Ghost is similar to Shocker from the Kamen Rider series. Both are evil secret organizations that kidnap protagonist and modify them into superpowered beings. This is likely not a coincidence, as both Cyborg 009 and Kamen Rider are written by Shotaro Ishinomori.