Originally Posted by
Nomads1
Giving sequence to the adventures of the earth 712 Squadron Supreme (the Squadron that was featured in Mark Gruenwald's mini-series and, IMHO, the real Squadron Supreme), after they "defeated" the world government that took over the Utopia program over in Exiles "World Tour" saga. THIS is the Squadron I want to see, and I'd want to read about.
Squadron Supreme: Fighting against a totalitarian state created using the tools that the Squadron itself once used to bring a utopia to society. After defeating, exposing and deposing the ruling council of the Earth, the Squadron Supreme votes to disband following the elections of a new government. With the help of Arcanna’s magic and a computer virus developed by Nighthawk and Skymax, the Squadron manages to wipe out any physical evidence and general recollection of their true identities, thus recovering their secret personas. However, clear signs that the Earth is still a dictatorship and personal attacks on Squadron members force the heroes to re-band as an unlawful organization that, while still counting with public support, is opposed at every turn by the government and all its agencies.
• Hyperion – Mark Milton, newspaper cartoonist. Leader of the Squadron, and, arguably, the most powerful man on Earth. Super-strength, speed, flight, senses, invulnerability and laser-vision.
• Nighthawk – Neal Richmond, billionaire. The successor of the original Nighthawk and heir to his fortune. Nighthawk is a superb athlete, an unbeatable hand to hand fighter and the Squadron’s tactician. Well-versed in all kinds of martial arts and technologies.
• Power Princess – Zarda Shelton, social worker. Alongside Hyperion, one of the strongest members of the team, and a superb warrior. Zarda is Hype’s confidant and his lover. Weapon of choice, an invisible shield that also alows her to fly.
• Amphibian – Kingsley Rice, lifeguard. Although he was against the Squadron’s Utopia Program and even vowed never again interfere with the surface world, Amphibian diligently uses his considerable strength and aquatic abilities against the New Regime
• The Whizzer – Stanley Stewart, post office worker and computer whiz on his spare time. Founding member of the team. The fastest man on Earth.
• Dr. Spectrum – Joe Ledger, former astronaut and current trainer of pilots for NASA. Another founding member, whose unique power prism makes him Hyperion’s rival as the most powerful member of the team.
• Skymax, the Skrullian Skymaster – James Doe, librarian. Genetically altered Super-Skrull, Skymax is in his own way as powerful as Hyperion, and as a scientist of a much more advanced race, he is the Squadron’s resident technological genius. Shape-shifting, super-strength, invisibility, blue flame cold breath.
• Arcanna – Arcanna Jones, stage magician. Once again in tune with the magic of this dimension, Arcanna re-joins her companions in the Squadron.
• The Shape – Freed from the custody of the Blue Eagle’s, the simple minded and gentle Shape re-joins the Squadron. As his name implies, Shape has a modicum of shape-shifting.
• Lady Lark – Linda Lewis, music industry executive. Freed from imprisonment by Red Eagle, Sky Lark discovers that she was wearing the wings of the man who killed her former lover. Giving them up, she re-joins the Squadron as Lady Lark, with her sonic scream. At her request, Nighthawk takes Linda under his wing, and teaches her martial arts.
• Red Eagle – Diana Dore, police officer, assigned to the Blue Eagles. The late Blue Eagle’s adopted African-American cousin, who now wears his anti-gravity wings and ancient weaponry in battle.
• Azure Vortex – The late Tom Thumb’s engrams in a robotic body constructed by Skymax and Tom’s living computer, Aida. Azure Wind is super-strong, highly resistant to injury and able to fly and generate high speed winds and also recipient of Tom’s vast scientific knowledge.
The Silver Agency: The new regime’s super-powered enforcers.
• Major Nuclear – Human nuclear reactor. Super-strong, able to fly and fire high-energy blasts, almost invulnerable. A true military man, with a strong moral compass and remarkable patriotic loyalty. Leader.
• Emerald Scarab – Athlete, scientist. Uses gadgets. Science is his bible. Second in command.
• Bronze Gladiator – Almost indestructible living costume covers body, enabling flight. Wrist blasters. Vain and severely interested in maintaining his celebrity status.
• Blaze – Becomes living violet flame. Vain top model.
• Frost – Becomes living Ice.
• Marty Mann, Combatant – Injected with a serum containing particles of Doc Spectrum’s prism. Able to generate light constructs around his body. Arrogant and obnoxious.
• Ultima – Exiled Kree queen. Likes strong men. Has Hyperion in her cross-hairs. Super-strong and able to fly.
• Steel Eagle #7 – Encased in advanced super- armor, the only one of its kind upgraded with Kree Sentry technology by Ultima. Least trustworthy member of the team.
Teen Commando: The media tool. Propaganda heroes for the new regime. Most had their powers artificially given to them.
• Shadow Wing – Peak human. Reported to once have fought alongside the original Nighthawk. But that might not be true.
• Black Archer – Trained to take up the mantle of the deceased Golden Archer.
• Whizzer Kid – Super-speed. But not a runner. Spins at super-speed, like a human-top.
• Hyperia – Supposedly a long lost relative of Hyperion. Super-strong, invulnerable and able to fly. In reality an amnesiac young woman whose genetic code was manipulated using the genetic material of the deceased Hyperion double created by the Grand Master.
• Amphibia – A young woman with abilities similar to a dolphin. Though not exactly able to breath underwater, Amphibia can spend over 15 minutes underwater. Her body is adapted to function underwater and her strength and speed are remarkable and in the super-human range.
• Nuke II – Scott Gaines, the original Nuke’s kid brother. Exposed to his brother’s unique radiation. Able to fly and fire radiation blasts.
The Shadow Cabinet – The real secret rulers of Earth. Using pawns, manipulating events and using the tool’s left by the Utopia Program, such as the B-Mod Machine, the Shadow Cabinet remains in power even after the new elections.
• Moonglow – Illusion casting sorceress.
• The New Professor Power – August Masters returns to this Earth on the day the SS disappears, wearing the armor of the late Professor Power, of the Secret Empire.
• Master Menace – Cloned, younger body of the original, housing his evil intellect.
• Redstone – Mindless super-strong re-animated corpse who serves as Moonglow’s bodyguard.
• The New Overmind – The former Brain-Child, Arnold Sutton, all grown-up and with his powers reawakened.
The new Institute of Evil: Created by the Council to provide credible threats for their super-hero teams. Other than Cerebrac, none of the other members of the Institute is aware of this fact.
• Cerebrac – A highly adaptable super-strong artificial being constructed by Master Menace and OverMind to lead the new Institute. To give the robot the needed intelligence to lead the Institute, they used alien software and the brain waves of Ape X.
• Iron Moth – Former foe of Tom Thumb, back in business. The Moth can fly and uses advanced weaponry.
• Mink – Savage clawed woman, who has pheromones based powers. After the death of the original Nighthawk, the Minx went back to her criminal life with a vengeance.
• Remnant – The man with the magic carpets.
• Quagmire – Finding his way back to his home dimension, Quagmire is more dangerous than ever.
• Brute – Mindless super-strong monster.
• Therma – Able to absorb and expel heat, giving her the power over temperatures. Sister to the late Thermite.
Peace