Re-assemble a past hero group with similar members - what would the story be?

[caj]

Re-assemble a past hero group with similar lineup. It doesn't have to be exactly the same lineup - you can remove or replace a few members. But it needs to reflect somewhat the past members.

Now, what would the story be to bring them back together?

[married guy]

The Outsiders!

With Brion going rogue in Shadow War, Jefferson gets the band back together!

Black Lightning
Katana
Halo
Metamorpho
Tasmanian Devil
Obsidian

[Factor]

I’ve also been thinking about an Outsiders revival. I think the team should leave Batman’s shadow for good and position themselves as a major force in the DCU.
They should be an underground JL, dealing with threats that are below the surface before they become public knowledge.
Their first new mission would be dismantling the Secret Society of Super-Villains.

Members:
- Black Lightning
- Katana
- Metamorpho
- Looker
- Faust
- Nightshade
- Bronze Tiger

[Agent Z]

R.E.B.E.L.S

Vril Dox

Strata

Blackfire

Shayera Hol

Captain Comet

Adam Strange

Wildstar

Sort of picking off from the previous series, this one focuses on the group helping people across space where the Green Lantern Corps cannot or will not go.

[j9ac9k]

Power Company
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Keep the lineup, minus Manhunter who's dead. (some of the others might have died over the years, but those are easy retcons (as in, nobody would really care or notice)) Give Skyrocket and Striker Z tech upgrades, and off you go:
- Skyrocket (field leader)
- Striker Z
- Witchfire
- Sapphire
- Bork
- Zinda Blake (pilot)
The basic premise is that Josiah Power is on a quest to make the world a better place. To that end, he uses his business acumen, political alliances, etc. to proactively improve the planet in all sorts of humanitarian ways.(he's the "anti-Amanda Waller") In the course of that, he will gain the enmity of all those criminals/underground societies etc. that have been able to flourish under the radar and feed off global instability and the persistence of human suffering. That's where Power Company comes in.

At some point they run right into Leviathan (is that still a thing? I lost track) which actually results in Mark Shaw joining the group after Leviathan is destroyed and its remains absorbed by Josiah's company.

[Kaine322]

Power Company
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Keep the lineup, minus Manhunter who's dead. (some of the others might have died over the years, but those are easy retcons (as in, nobody would really care or notice)) Give Skyrocket and Striker Z tech upgrades, and off you go:
- Skyrocket (field leader)
- Striker Z
- Witchfire
- Sapphire
- Bork
- Zinda Blake (pilot)
The basic premise is that Josiah Power is on a quest to make the world a better place. To that end, he uses his business acumen, political alliances, etc. to proactively improve the planet in all sorts of humanitarian ways.(he's the "anti-Amanda Waller") In the course of that, he will gain the enmity of all those criminals/underground societies etc. that have been able to flourish under the radar and feed off global instability and the persistence of human suffering. That's where Power Company comes in.

At some point they run right into Leviathan (is that still a thing? I lost track) which actually results in Mark Shaw joining the group after Leviathan is destroyed and its remains absorbed by Josiah's company.

Manhunter (Kirk DePaul) May no longer be dead. It was strongly hinted in Trinity, written by Kurt Busiek, that he was resurrected by Morgan Le Fey as Swashbuckler. If true, I’d prefer him to go back to being Manhunter.

[Thor-Ul]

Manhunter (Kirk DePaul) May no longer be dead. It was strongly hinted in Trinity, written by Kurt Busiek, that he was resurrected by Morgan Le Fey as Swashbuckler. If true, I’d prefer him to go back to being Manhunter.

I think that was around the time Kate Spencer was the one being pushed as Manhunter. Or that was later?

[Nomads1]

Manhunter (Kirk DePaul) May no longer be dead. It was strongly hinted in Trinity, written by Kurt Busiek, that he was resurrected by Morgan Le Fey as Swashbuckler. If true, I’d prefer him to go back to being Manhunter.

He was my favorite member of the team/book, so of course I'd like to see him back as Manhunter. I'd love to see the Power Company back. If I'm not mistaken, Josiah Power is also dead, which could pose a bit of a problem.

Peace

[Thor-Ul]

He was my favorite member of the team/book, so of course I'd like to see him back as Manhunter. I'd love to see the Power Company back. If I'm not mistaken, Josiah Power is also dead, which could pose a bit of a problem.

Peace

I think than with the flexible than is right now the continuity, Josiah being alive can be done.

[j9ac9k]

I think than with the flexible than is right now the continuity, Josiah being alive can be done.

One doesn't even need a continuity loophole considering how often resurrections happen in the DCU. One could easily connect his rock form to some connection to the earth itself a la Swamp Thing, but with rocks or something leading to an easy resurrection.

[Kaijudo]

I'd go with the Forgotten Heroes, pulling folks from both iterations of the team and a couple newbies. The story would be these are the characters who are under the radar and deal with the problems that slip through the cracks of the major teams, like a group of minor-league supervillains quietly taking over a small city somewhere, under the noses of the heroes dealing with alien invasions, infinite crises, or secret societies.

My team would be:

Animal Man
Dolphin
Congorilla
Vigilante (Patricia Trayce)
Resurrection Man
Brother Power
Lodestone
Ultra the Multi-Alien

[Agent Z]

Shadowpact

Enchantress

Blue Devil

Ragman

Nightshade

New Nightmaster

Descendant or child of Arak

The story deals with the return of Dr. Gotham.

[Thor-Ul]

Helix.

Mr. Bones recruits his old villanous team as DEO agents, cleaning their historials and all them using Men in Black suits. They are used not for investigation but for more agressive actions.

Arak is called Agent Walker.
Penny Dreadful Agent Dread.
Tao Jones is Agent Jones.
Kritter is called Dr. Kay.
Baby Boom becomes Agent B.
Carcharo is the secret Agent C.

[caj]

R.E.B.E.L.S

Vril Dox

L.E.G.I.O.N.

Vril Dox
Stealth
Strata
Lydea Darkstar
Garryn Bek
Marij'n Bek
Garv
Phase
Captain Comet
Telepath
Borb Borbb

Lobo is asked but rudely refuses. Dox blackmails him into joining.
He then convinces the former members that Lyrissa Mallor is still alive but held captive by a similar race on an uncharted planet. Whether this is true or just another of Dox's manipulations remains to be seen.

[caj]

I'd go with the Forgotten Heroes, pulling folks from both iterations of the team and a couple newbies. The story would be these are the characters who are under the radar and deal with the problems that slip through the cracks of the major teams, like a group of minor-league supervillains quietly taking over a small city somewhere, under the noses of the heroes dealing with alien invasions, infinite crises, or secret societies.

My team would be:

Animal Man
Dolphin
Congorilla
Vigilante (Patricia Trayce)
Resurrection Man
Brother Power
Lodestone
Ultra the Multi-Alien

I would definitely be on board with this.