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The Squadron Supreme exist only in the Earth-712 continuity; they do not exist in the "mainstream" Marvel continuity Earth-616. However, evil counterparts of the Squadron Supreme, known as the Squadron Sinister, do exist in Earth-616. In the Marvel Comics Multiverse, Earth-712 or Earth 712 is the designation used to identify the continuity in which the Squadron Supreme operate. ... In fiction, continuity is consistency of the characteristics of persons, plot, objects, places and events seen by the reader or viewer. ... In the fictional Marvel Universe, Earth-616 or Earth 616 is the name used to identify the primary continuity in which most Marvel Comics titles take place. ...

From 2003 to 2005, Marvel published the 18-issue Supreme Power series, which presented an out-of-continuity re-imagining of the Squadron Supreme, spending several issues on their origins with a more "realistic" bent. The series is written by J. Michael Straczynski with art by Gary Frank. In March of 2006, Supreme Power moved to the normal Marvel imprint under the name of its predecessor, Squadron Supreme, with a new first issue. Supreme Power is a comic book limited series published under Marvel Comics MAX imprint from 2003 to 2005. ... Joseph Michael Straczynski (born July 17, 1954) is an award-winning American writer/producer of television series, novels, short stories, comic books, and radio dramas. ... Comic book artist, notable for his work with J. Michael Straczynski on Midnight Nation and Supreme Power. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Supreme Power is a comic book limited series published under Marvel Comics MAX imprint from 2003 to 2005. ...

Early history

While writing the Marvel comic book The Avengers, writer Roy Thomas—a longtime fan of DC Comics' Justice Society of America—paid homage to those characters by having The Avengers face a group of villains loosely based on the JSA's successors, the Justice League of America. Thus, in The Avengers #70 (November 1969) the Avengers faced the Squadron Sinister, four villains based on Superman, Batman, The Flash and Green Lantern. The Avengers are an elite superhero team that appear in the Marvel Universe. ... Roy Thomas (born November 22, 1940, Missouri, United States) is a comic book writer and editor, and Stan Lees first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a DC Comics superhero group, the first team of superheroes in comic book history. ... The Justice League, sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short, is a fictional DC Universe superhero team. ... Superman is a fictional character and one of the most famous and popular comic book superheroes of all time. ... It has been suggested that Batman (Earth-Two) be merged into this article or section. ... The Flash is a title given to a series of DC Comics superheroes. ... For the DJ, see DJ Green Lantern. ...

Cover to Avengers #70
Art by Sal Buscema

Two years later, reportedly through an unofficial collaboration between the writers of the two comics, both The Avengers and Justice League of America featured stories in which their heroes encountered heroic versions of the other company's characters. So, in Justice League of America #87 (February 1971), those heroes encountered the Champions of Angor, comprising characters based on Thor, the Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, and Yellowjacket. Meanwhile, The Avengers #85-86 (March-April 1971), featured the first appearance of the Squadron Supreme, a group of heroes in a parallel universe. This Squadron included heroic versions of the four members from the Squadron Sinister, plus several other characters. The Squadron Sinister turned out to be a copycat of the Squadron Supreme, created in the "real" world by the Grandmaster with the express purpose of battling the Avengers. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (495x754, 1033 KB) Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s) which produced... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (495x754, 1033 KB) Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s) which produced... Cover to Avengers Annual #17. ... The Champions of Angor (also known as the Jusifiers and the Assemblers) are a fictional superhero team in DC Comics. ... Thor (often called The Mighty Thor) is a fictional character and a superhero appearing in the Marvel Universe. ... The Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe, a mutant who began as a super-villainess before reforming and becoming a superheroine. ... For Quicksilver (DC Comics), see Max Mercury. ... Dr. Henry Hank Pym is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe, a founding member of the superhero group The Avengers. ... The Grandmaster is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

There were very close analogues to many of the primary DC superheroes, but since they were given different names and costumes (yet astonishingly similar backstories) Marvel Comics could maintain plausible deniability. This was one of the industry's biggest in-jokes. However, the writers of the storylines containing the Squadron Supreme did not take the characters as a joke, and they treated these characters with great respect; they effectively allowed Marvel writers to write JLA stories.

The Squadron appeared very few times in Marvel titles during the 1970s, most notably in The Avengers #141-144 & 147-149 (November 1975-July 1976; #145-146 were fill-in issues) in which the Squadron and their United States were being dominated by the Serpent Crown. The Serpent Crown in action The Serpent Crown is a fictional mystical object which has appeared in various Marvel Comics publications which are set in the Marvel Universe. ...

Members of the Squadron Sinister also occasionally appeared in the main Marvel Universe, but rarely as a group. During 1970s appears in Thor (vol.1) #280 (February 1979), Avengers Annual #8 (1978) and Marvel Two-In-One #67 (September 1980). It has been suggested that Earth-616 be merged into this article or section. ... Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2, 1977. ...

The Utopia Project

Synopsis

The Squadron's next major appearance was in The Defenders #112-115 (October 1982-January 1983), in which the Squadron and the nations of Earth-712 were under the mental domination of the Overmind, a telepathic alien. The Defenders travelled to their world and helped free them. However, the defeat of the Overmind left the planet in a post-apocalyptic state. Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ... The limited series is a term referring to a comic book series with a set finite number of issues. ... Mark Gruenwald (June 18, 1953-August 12, 1996) was an American comic book writer and editor. ... John Buscema, true name Giovanni Natale Buscema (December 11, 1927–January 10, 2002) was an American comic book artist and one of the mainstays of Marvel Comics in its 1960s and 1970s heyday. ... Paul Neary is a British comic book artist, writer and editor. ... The Defenders was a comic book series about a loosely-organized team of superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. ... In the Marvel Comics Multiverse, Earth-712 or Earth 712 is the designation used to identify the continuity in which the Squadron Supreme operate. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Apocalyptic science fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of the world or civilization, through nuclear war, plague, or some other general disaster. ...

Author Mark Gruenwald built on this situation in a lengthy storyline comprising Squadron Supreme #1-12 (September 1985-August 1986) and Captain America (Vol. 1) #314 (February 1986), illustrated by Bob Hall, John Buscema, Paul Neary and Paul Ryan. Mark Gruenwald (June 18, 1953-August 12, 1996) was an American comic book writer and editor. ... Captain America is also the name of a song by Jimmy Buffet. ... Bob Hall is an American motoring journalist. ... John Buscema, true name Giovanni Natale Buscema (December 11, 1927–January 10, 2002) was an American comic book artist and one of the mainstays of Marvel Comics in its 1960s and 1970s heyday. ... Paul Neary is a British comic book artist, writer and editor. ...

In this series, the Squadron decides that they have the knowledge, wisdom and power to make the world a better place, and decide to implement a project to turn their world into a Utopia. Nighthawk resigns in protest, believing that the Squadron should serve and not rule. Left panel (The Earthly Paradise, Garden of Eden), from Hieronymus Boschs The Garden of Earthly Delights. ...

Inspired by Power Princess's homeland of Utopia Isle, a perfect society of women based upon Wonder Woman's Paradise Island, the Squadron begins its own Utopia Project, an attempt to restore stability to the United States through use of their superhuman powers.

Over the course of the next year, the Squadron reveals their secret identities, institutes a program of Behavior Modifications (B-Mod) in the US prisons (ie, mind control), enforces a strict gun control policy, and work on creating medical technology to bring the dead back to life. Mind control (or thought control) has the premise that an outside source can control an individuals thinking, behavior or consciousness (either directly or more subtly). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Gun politics. ...

Despite significant results in restoring stability to the United States, the Squadron Supreme meets constant resistance and tragedy. Golden Archer is thrown off the team for using the Squadron's 'B-Mod' machinery to force Lady Lark to love him. The Amphibian quits in disgust over the practice of behavior modification and vows never to return to land. Nuke goes on a rampage after his parents die from cancer that his own radiation powers have induced, and dies battling Doctor Spectrum.

Power Princess's husband is murdered by a Hyperion imposter. Hyperion is blinded. Tom Thumb dies of cancer. Nighthawk goes to Earth-616 to ask the Avengers for help in stopping the Utopia Project, but the Avengers say no. US citizens rebel and riot against the violation of their rights imposed upon them by the Utopia Program and in the climactic confrontation between the Squadron Supreme and America's Redeemers, both sides suffer a number of casualties. In the fictional Marvel Universe, Earth-616 or Earth 616 is the name used to identify the primary continuity in which most Marvel Comics titles take place. ... The Avengers are an elite superhero team that appear in the Marvel Universe. ...

Aftermath

The series has since been collected as a trade paperback. This series was well-promoted and fairly popular, and the fact that Marvel Comics was publishing a series which was at best a thinly-veiled shadow of the Justice League was occasionally commented on, although no legal action occurred. A trade paperback can refer to any book that is bound with a heavy paper cover that is generally cheaper than the hardcover but more expensive than the regular paperback version. ...

The series has been considered a precursor to Watchmen and Kingdom Come in its portrayal of superheroes and the implications of their power. The primary plot element of the series, superheroes going perhaps too far to solve the world's problems, has been used often in the years after the series was completed in such books as The Authority and Superman: Red Son as well as in the TV series, Justice League with the Justice Lords. Watchmen is a twelve-issue graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons. ... A DC Comics Elseworld story written by Mark Waid and painted by Alex Ross, Kingdom Come is a limited series depicting a world after Superman. ... The Authority is a superhero comic book published by DC Comics under the Wildstorm imprint. ... Spoiler warning: Superman: Red Son is a comic book published by DC Comics unveiled under their Elseworlds imprint in April, 2003. ... Justice League Unlimited (or JLU) was an American animated television series produced by and aired on Cartoon Network. ... The Justice Lords are fictional anti-heroes or villains who first appeared in the two-part Justice League episode, A Better World (airdate November 1, 2003). ...

It is widely held to have been Gruenwald's magnum opus: after his sudden death in 1997, he was cremated, and his ashes were blended with the ink used to print the first collected edition of the series (subsequent printings of the collected edition have been ash-free). The crematorium at Haycombe Cemetery, Bath, England. ...

Following this series, Gruenwald wrote the graphic novel, Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe, a Crisis-analog in which the Squadron, reeling from the climax of their Utopia Program, must contend with a huge creature which seems bent on destroying the universe. Trade paperback of Will Eisners A Contract with God (1978), often mistakenly cited as the first graphic novel. ... Crisis on Infinite Earths was a 12-issue comic book limited series (identified as a 12 part maxi-series) and crossover event, produced by DC Comics in 1985 in order to simplify their fifty-year-old continuity. ...

Exile and return

In the 1990s, the Squadron Supreme became trapped in the main Marvel Universe immediately following the events of their graphic novel. They had a number of adventures there, most of which involved Gruenwald's cosmic adventurer Quasar (appearance at least on issues #13-17, #28-29, #50-56 (vol.1)). While living in the Project Pegasus base under the supervision of Dr. Andrew Kappelhoff, the Squadron eventually encountered the Avengers once more, in The Avengers (Vol. 3) #5-6 (1998) and Avengers Annual 1998, in which the Squadron fell under the mental influence of Kappelhoff. Quasar (real name Wendell Elvis Vaughn) is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Cover to The Project Pegasus Saga TPB Project: Pegasus is a fictional scientific base in the Marvel Comics universe which has been the location of a variety of stories for superheroes and supervillians, most notably in the title Marvel Two-in-One. ...

The Squadron Supreme were led to believe that the Avengers were mere duplicates of those killed by Onslaught and engaged them in two massive battles. Kappelhoff was then revealed to be the Corruptor, who was in turn on the payroll of the criminal Imus Champion[1]. When the Corruptor's duplicity was revealed, the two teams became allied and fought to a close victory against Champion. At the end of the battle, the Avengers were able to find a machine in Champion's private collection that would allow the Squadron to return to their home world. Onslaught is a Marvel Comics supervillain who was the focus of a huge intra-company crossover in 1996. ... The Corruptor is a Marvel Comics supervillain. ...

This was followed by the one-shot Squadron Supreme: New World Order (1998), in which the remaining original Squadron members discovered that their world had become dominated by large, domineering corporations (using the Squadron's own Utopia technologies) and reunited to return things to normal. However, the Squadron was not seen again until Exiles #77-78, as part of the "Worlds Tour" storyline. The timeline-traveling Exiles followed Proteus to the Squadron's world, only to be placed on trial by the Squadron. Heather Hudson, the new Timebroker, showed each team the other's history, then revealed that the new government had rigged the election with worldwide vote fraud. This article is about the Marvel Comics team and series, for the Malibu teams and series, see Exiles (Malibu Comics) The Exiles are a group of fictional comic book superheroes created by writer Judd Winick and artist Mike McKone. ... Kevin MacTaggert, best known as Proteus and also called Mutant X, was a Marvel Comics character, associated with the X-Men. ...

The Squadron Supreme and the Exiles stormed the Directorate and transmitted the truth all over the world on how they rigged the election. Afterwards, Power Princess managed to convince Hyperion to allow her to join the Exiles in pursuit of Proteus. The Exiles were reluctant to let any of them come with them, but Power Princess convinced them to let her go with them to the next stop on the Worlds Tour: the Dystopia of Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect, where the Hulk is a supervillain known as the Maestro. Power Princess has since quit the Exiles and returned to the Squadron Supreme. The Maestro is an incarnation of The Incredible Hulk as a supervillain from an alternate future timeline set roughly 100 years from the present. ...

In Exiles (starting from #38 to #45) appears also a psychopathic version of Hyperion as member of alternate universe-hopping group Weapon X. Hyperion is a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, and a member of the Squadron Supreme. ... This article is about the reality-jumping Weapon X, for the supersoldier program see Weapon X Weapon X is a team of comic book anti-heroes created by Judd Winick for the comic book Exiles. ...

New Squadron Sinister

A seemingly new Hyperion appeared in New Thunderbolts arc "Does Anyone Remember The Squadron Sinister?" (first published appearance on the final page of #15, first issue-length appearance in #16), amidst an apparent regrouping/reunion of the Squadron Sinister. This new Hyperion and a new, female incarnation of Squadron member Doctor Spectrum broke into the Thunderbolts' warehouse headquarters intending to either recruit or kidnap the two remaining original Squadron Sinister members, Speed Demon (originally known as the Whizzer, and at the time a member of the Thunderbolts) and Nighthawk (who was a member of the original Squadron Sinister and later member of the Defenders). In the end, Speed Demon quit the Thunderbolts to join Dr. Spectrum while Nighthawk was offered membership on the Thunderbolts by Songbird. However, Nighthawk later leaves after learning the Thunderbolts had used him for his money and ends up joining the new Squadron Sinister as well. The Thunderbolts are a Marvel Comics superhero team, which consists mostly of former supervillains. ... Dr. Spectrum is a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, and a member of the Squadron Supreme. ... Speed Demon is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Several fictional characters published by Marvel Comics have been known as the Whizzer. ... Nighthawk is a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, and a member of the Squadron Supreme of Earth-712. ... The Defenders was a comic book series about a loosely-organized team of superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. ...

The Squadron universe and its counterparts

The Squadron's world was initially only referred to as Earth-S, in reference to the naming conventions of the pre-Crisis DC multiverse. The Marvel Encyclopedia Vol. 6: Fantastic Four named Earth-S as Earth-712, following the numbering convention established when the main Marvel Universe was named as Earth-616. This numbering was confirmed in the Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe: Alternate Worlds 2005, which also named the Earth of Supreme Power as Earth-31916. The Earths of the Multiverse and the different variations of The Flash inhabiting each one. ... In the Marvel Comics Multiverse, Earth-712 or Earth 712 is the designation used to identify the continuity in which the Squadron Supreme operate. ... In the fictional Marvel Universe, Earth-616 or Earth 616 is the name used to identify the primary continuity in which most Marvel Comics titles take place. ... The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe is a definitive guide to the imaginary universe of Marvel Comics. ... In the Marvel Universe, the Supremeverse is the name given to the continuity in which the Supreme titles take place (i. ...

In the Earth X sequel miniseries Paradise X: Heralds, another counterpart of Hyperion was recruited to X-51's cross-timeline team of Heralds. This Hyperion had survived a government-initiated nuclear holocaust following the Utopia Program. The aforementioned Official Handbook designated his timeline as Earth-1121. Earth X Hardcover (2005), written by Jim Krueger cover by Alex Ross This article is about the Marvel Comics miniseries Earth X and its sequels. ... Earth X is a trilogy series published by Marvel Comics between May 1, 2002 and December 1, 2003, written primarily by Alex Ross as well as other notable authors such as Jim Krueger. ... Machine Man (X-51) is a fictional character created by writer/artist Jack Kirby for Marvel Comics. ... In the Marvel Comics multiverse, Earth-1121 or Earth 1121 is, according to the Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe: Alternate Worlds 2005, ithe designation used to identify a continuity similar to Earth-712, home of the Squadron Supreme. ...

Team roster

Early Squadron members

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Institute of Evil members in the Squadron

The Institute of Evil was an assemblage of the Squadron's arch-foes.

• Ape-X
• Lamprey
• Shape
• Doctor Decibel (Lady Lark's foe)
• Quagmire (Dr. Spectrum's foe)
• Foxfire

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Nighthawk's America Redeemers

Nighthawk then formed a group called the America Redeemers from unknown superhumans and former supervillains. Loosely analogous to the Batman and the Outsiders, most had no direct DCU counterparts. The Outsiders is a fictional superhero team, produced by DC Comics. ...

• Redstone
• Moonglow
• Inertia
• Haywire
• Thermite
• Mink
• Remnant
• Pinball

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Other Squadron universe characters

A handful of other heroes and villains were seen in the Squadron series and elsewhere, most of whom were also directly analogous to specific DC characters.

• Bollix and the Rustler (Whizzer's foes, based on the Trickster and Terra-Man)
• Brain-Child (Avengers #85-86)
• Cerebrax (based on Brainiac; Master Menace's android servant)
• Master Menace (based on Lex Luthor - whereas Luthor is bald, Menace's hair will not stop growing)
• Professor Imam (the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth-S)

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Bibliography

They have appeared in the following:

• The Avengers #85-86 (March-April 1971, reprinted in Supreme Power Vol. 1, 2005 ISBN 0-7851-1369-X)
• The Avengers #141-144 & 147-149 (November 1975-July 1976; #145-146 were fill-in issues)
• The Defenders #112-115 (October 1982-January 1983)
• Squadron Supreme (tpb, 352 pages, 2005 ISBN 0-7851-0576-X) collects:
  • Squadron Supreme #1-12 (limited series, September 1985-August 1986)
  • Captain America (Vol. 1) #314 (February 1986)
• Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe (tpb, 240 pages, 2006 ISBN 0-7851-2091-2) collects:
  • Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe (graphic novel, hardcover, 1989 ISBN 0-87135-598-1)
  • Thor #280 (1989)
  • Avengers #5-6 (June 1998)
  • Avengers/Squadron Supreme Annual '98
  • Squadron Supreme: New World Order (September 1998)
• Exiles #77-78, 81

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External links

• Marvel Heroes Classic Roleplaying Game page on Squadron Supreme Characters
• Unofficial SQUADRON SUPREME Page!
• Squadron Supreme September 1985 - August 1986
• Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards
• The Unofficial Handbook of the Squadron Supreme’s Universe
• TKO'D By the Decision: Irresolution and Dependence in Squadron Supreme