Manfredi Crime Family

Manfredi Crime Family
Former leaders	Joseph Manfredi
Notable former members	Hank Clifford Paul Ralph Roxxon Guard
Locations	Los Angeles, California New York City, New York
Affiliation	Maggia
Status	Active
Appearances
One-Shots	Peter's To-Do List
TV Series	Agent Carter
Web Series	The Daily Bugle (mentioned)

"Did you take down the Manfredi Mob?"

―May Parker to Peter Parker^[src]

The Manfredi Crime Family, also known as the Manfredi Mob, are a crime syndicate and a Maggia subsidiary with a presence in Los Angeles and New York City.

History

Stealing a Bomb

"Now we're talking, how many guns do you need?"
"No guns, no guns. Just some of your men who are good with their hands and discreet."
"Sounds like a pretty sweet deal for me."

―Joseph Manfredi and Whitney Frost^[src]

Joseph Manfredi meets with Whitney Frost

The leader of the Manfredi Crime Family, Joseph Manfredi, surrounded by his bodyguards, was eating in a restaurant when Whitney Frost and Calvin Chadwick requested to meet with him; they wanted to have members of his organization to help her move a package. Manfredi demanded not only the contract that assured highway construction work to his loyalists, but his operations to stop appearing in the newspapers. When Chadwick hesitated about agreeing to his terms, Manfredi severely pummeled the bodyguard Clifford staring at Frost, showing how ruthless Manfredi can be. Chadwick agreed to the terms.

Members of the organization helping Whitney Frost

Manfredi had five members help Frost look for an Atomic Bomb at a Roxxon Corporation building. Three of the mobsters where stationed outside the facility while disguised as security guards while the rest assisted Frost and Chadwick. The mobsters outside encountered Rose Roberts and Aloysius Samberly who incapacitated them with a gadget. While searching inside, one mobster fought Roberts and another battled Peggy Carter; both men lost to their opponents and were knocked out.

Protecting Whitney Frost

Joseph Manfredi with Vernon Masters

"I fail to see the necessity of Mr. Manfredi's involvement."
"Joseph is providing security for the new Council."

―Vernon Masters and Whitney Frost^[src]

Whitney Frost became the undisputed leader of the Council of Nine and asked Joseph Manfredi, her new escort after she absorbed Calvin Chadwick, to use his criminal subordinates as her and the Council's bodyguards. Vernon Masters, at the Chadwick Ranch, confronted Frost about the involvement of the Manfredi Crime Family, but she and Manfredi cited that Masters' men are not as loyal as the criminal syndicate. Frost, Manfredi, and Masters left the other criminals to guard the imprisoned Dottie Underwood as they went on different tasks.

Whitney Frost threatens Ana Jarvis

Peggy Carter and Edwin Jarvis were soon captured when they intruded onto the Ranch. They tied the pair up beside Underwood and continued to guard from outside. Suddenly, the Jitterbug that Jarvis had brought with him activated and caused all the other Manfredi Criminal Family members to be knocked unconscious by its concussive blast. Carter, Jarvis, and Underwood walked over their sleeping bodies as they escaped. Meanwhile, Manfredi was helping Frost to kidnap Jason Wilkes from Howard Stark's Estate; he carried the unconscious man to his car and witnessed as Frost shot Ana Jarvis to facilitate their escape.

Mishandling the Rods

Manfredi mobsters shoot at Peggy Carter

Manfredi Crime Family members were with Whitney Frost and Joseph Manfredi, holding Jason Wilkes at gunpoint, when Peggy Carter and Daniel Sousa came to their location to trade for Wilkes uranium rods Frost wanted from the Roxxon Warehouse. One member scanned the rods in front of Frost and she verified that they were real; upon verification, Frost told the members to give Wilkes to Carter. While passing it to Manfredi, one of the men mishandled the case which carried the rods and it fell to the ground; Frost automatically knew that the rods were fake. Manfredi ordered his men to fire on the truck carrying Wilkes as it sped away.

Trip to the Desert

Joseph Manfredi attempts to kill Edwin Jarvis

Members of the crime family accompanied Whitney Frost, Joseph Manfredi, and Vernon Masters to the desert so that Frost could detonate an Atomic Bomb to open a rift to extract Zero Matter.

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Altercation with Spider-Man

The Manfredis being defeated by Spider-Man

"Webs fired! New York’s Mafia Cold War has gone hot - and it’s all thanks to the webbed menace Spider-Man! The webhead put civilian lives in danger when he openly confronted the Manfredi Crime Family at a local restaurant - and then had the gall to sass the brave officers of the NYPD when he arrived!"

―J. Jonah Jameson^[src]

In 2024, the Manfredi Crime Family had an altercation with Spider-Man at the restaurant in Upper Manhattan, owned by the mob. During the crime deal, the family was attacked by Spider-Man in the Iron Spider Armor who trapped them in his webbing, before handing them over into the custody of a NYPD unit led by Officer Bristow. All sellers, buyers, rival informants, and the snitch in the deal were successfully identified.

However, The Daily Bugle criticized Spider-Man's actions, accusing him of endangering civilians and disrespecting the NYPD officers on the investigation. J. Jonah Jameson also speculated that Spider-Man likely took down the Manfredis under the directions of the rival criminal mobs.

Members

Name	Position	Status
Joseph Manfredi	Leader	Alive
Clifford	Operative	Alive
Roxxon Guard	Operative	Alive
Hank	Operative	Unknown
Paul	Operative	Alive
Ralph	Operative	Alive

Appearances

In chronological order:

• Agent Carter | Episode 2.05: The Atomic Job
• Agent Carter | Episode 2.07: Monsters
• Agent Carter | Episode 2.08: The Edge of Mystery
• Agent Carter | Episode 2.09: A Little Song and Dance
• Agent Carter | Episode 2.10: Hollywood Ending
• Peter's To-Do List

Trivia

• In the comics, the Manfredi Family was one of the Five Families forming the Maggia criminal syndicate. The Manfredi family was led by Silvio Manfredi with Joseph Manfredi being one of its members.

Behind the Scenes

• Director Jon Watts stated that the deleted scene featuring Spider-Man taking down the Manfredi Crime Family was part of a sequence of Spider-Man's to-do list before leaving for Europe, which was excluded from the movie for being unnecessary. However, it had been converted into Peter's To-Do List, which was included in the Blu-ray release of Spider-Man: Far From Home, and in the movie's Extended Cut.

External Links

• Manfredi Crime Family on Marvel Database