Cast of 1001 Nights

Internet Lovers, authors of the Black Box (attributed)
Felice a.k.a. Coma Girl
O, mistress of Langland Springer
Hajda, friend of O and Coma Girl
Salem Shazam, dirty corporado
Manfredo Manfredinni, his diminutive accountant
Langland Springer, tyrannical tycoon
Senator Carson, vice-chair of BB Commission
Clarence Speakes, diddling judge
The Doc, Gonzo journalist
Sheikh Yer Booty*, oil magnate
Khalid, jihadist
Thierry del Fuego, missing revolutionary
Kola Boof, danseuse and womanist poet
Danker, kidnapped academic

Dieterling
Allbright
Longfellow, Parasite analysts

Craxman, floating Parasite

Miss St Clair
Adele Wallace, clairvoyants

Dante
Tasso
Gregorius, remote viewers

Professor Hex
Professor Horn, doctors of parapsychology

The Monkhouse, spirit of stand-up past

Commissioner Kay, head of BB search party
S.A. Alvarez, special agent
Henri Claude, pirate of Air Americas

Knight Rider
Sharkhunter
Hoarfrost
Jabba the Hut, BB bloggers

* Some analysts have suggested Sheikh Your or Yer-Booty is in fact Sheikh LeBooty, but this may in fact be part of disinformation campaign by old OSS/Navy Intelligence working hand in glove with rogue affiliates from Karachi.