The mature-audience Marvel MAX imprint showcases the adventures of the Earth-31916 version of the Squadron Supreme. At the height of its tenure, any new costumed crime fighters with established reputations were invited to join, and no one refused the honor. Putting aside their differences and without telling President Coulson, they gather clues and rule out suspects before eventually arriving in Wakanda, where they confront the Avengers. With the Squadron's help, the Overmind took over the mind of every major military, political, and industrial leader in the world. Tyndall, Arkon, Crystar and the Crystal Warriors, Skull the Slayer, Zarda Shelton, Namor Creators During the mission, Power-Princess revealed her true identity to be Warrior Woman, formerly a member of the Squadron Sinister. Avengers (Vol. The Squadron was originally formed over a decade ago. He is most often associated with the super-team known as the Squadron Supreme and was an Avenger at one point. The core members of the Squadron Supreme are Hyperion, Nighthawk, Doctor Spectrum, Power Princess, and the Whizzer, pastiches of prominent members of rival publisher DC Comics' superhero team the Justice League. A brutal battle ensues in which several members of both teams are killed, including Nighthawk. And that they are . Amphibian (Squadron Supreme) Anaconda (Sitznski, Blanche) Ancient One; Apocalypse; Arcade (unknown) Arcanna (Squadron Supreme) Arnim Zola; Angel (Worthington III, Warren) . Most of the Squadron have disappeared, with Ultimate Nick Fury, Burbank and Arcanna now a team of intelligence officers working for the government and investigating a group of returning astronauts that exhibit strange abilities. They decide to change the past by dragging this past Namor back to the present, thereby resurrecting him. The Squadron Supreme is an organization of superhuman champions who have banded together to safeguard their world, which is an extradimensional alternate Earth sometimes referred to as "Other-Earth", "Earth-S", or Earth-712. Name Blur, Doctor Spectrum, and Power Princess were taken into government custody, Hyperion went to parts unknown, and Nighthawk went off on his own to remake reality back to Earth-TRN852.[5]. In his personal time, he works as a colonel in the United States Air Force. They attacked Atlantis where Hyperion beheaded Namor and Zarda killed Attuma. [17], Power Princess temporarily left the Squadron to watch the Exiles and help them battle Proteus. Who Are the Squadron Supreme? Before they could apprehend him, Black Panther had Broo teleport him away. 1 #1-7. Courtesy of a deception engineered by Nick Fury and the Ultimate villain Doctor Doom, the Squadron travel to the Ultimate Universe, thinking that the Ultimate Reed Richards is responsible for releasing an organism that has destroyed much of the United States. [4] When on Weirdworld, the Squadron Supreme were separated where they end up encountering a resurrected Doctor Druid. They were instead joined by Thundra, who decided to accompany them back to Earth, not sure if she needed to help the Squadron protect the world or protect the world from the Squadron.[6]. Mark was raised with a strong moral code and eventually became the super-hero named Hyperion, and protected the world along a team of super humans known as the Squadron Supreme. When the being known as the Silver Sentry discovered a place outside the multiverse called the Nexus, he used his newfound power to pull together a team of various beings of power from across multiple realities. Formerly Nighthawk Ledger awakens and, harnessing the energy powers of the crystal, becomes Doctor Spectrum. Hyperion formally surrendered. 4) #15(January, 2017), The Squadron Supreme was formed by members of various superhuman groups from different realities, all of whom had lost their own world because of the incursions. In 2003, a reimagined Squadron Supreme appeared in an ongoing series entitled Supreme Power, published under the mature-audience MAX imprint. [7] The Squadron appear in the title The Defenders as mind-controlled pawns of the entities the Over-Mind and Null the Living Darkness, but are freed and aid the Defenders in defeating the villains. As he disappears, the Black Panther states that Phil Coulson will not answer their questions and that the Avengers are not their enemies unless they force them to be. [citation needed] Unlike the previous teams, which had appeared in alternate realities, this team was based in Marvel's main "Earth-616" reality, although the team members were from a variety of alternate universes that had been destroyed in the aftermath of the 2015 Secret Wars event. An unrelated four-issue limited series, Squadron Supreme: Hyperion vs. Nighthawk, written by Marc Guggenheim and with art by Paul Gulacy, relates how Hyperion and Nighthawk, after an initial skirmish, join forces to try and alleviate the Darfur conflict in war-torn Sudan. Eventually the death-arrested persons would be transferred to huge hibernacles, cathedral-like buildings where hibernacula would be stored. Blur, Doctor Spectrum, Hyperion, Nighthawk, Thundra, Warrior Woman He first used the mind-controlling villain Corruptor to influence the Squadron in believing the Avengers (who had recently re-formed their team after a long hiatus) to be impostors. If a remote sensor detecting a life-failure, a team of hibermedics, which were planned to become as common as firemen, would rush to that person's side and put him or her into an emergency hibernaculum. Upon its founding, the Squadron sought government sanctions permitting its various peacekeeping operations. Marvel Database is a FANDOM Comics Community. [5], Doctor Druid had taken over Weirdworld through the use of a crystal that allowed him to control the minds of everyone on Weirdworld. Hyperion) Marvel Comics, . The Avengers #69 ( 1969) . Imam gave Nighthawk the means to locate his Redeemers, while Menace provided him with an anti-behavior modification device, able to counteract Tom Thumb's programming. Fortunately Heather Hudson was able to use the technology in the Crystal Palace to show the Squadron both that the Exiles were innocent, as well as how the Directorate had rigged the votes in their favor. The second volume of the series Squadron Supreme[21] brings together all the superhumans (except a reluctant Nighthawk), who are split into two teams one for international/public missions and another for covert operations. The Squadron Supreme of America was a team of superheroes created by the demon Mephisto and programmed by the Power Elite to act as the United States of America's first line of defense, a role that once belonged to the Avengers. In exchange for their guns, the citizens were given "personal protection belts," devices generating small force-fields providing protection against all penetration wounds. Members The Squadron Supreme of America was a team of superheroes created by the demon Mephisto and programmed by the Power Elite to act as the United States of America 's first line of defense, a role that once belonged to the Avengers. Last . [1] The Squadron's first ever ongoing series! The Squadron set up a temporary headquarters in a cave in the state of Moreland (equivalent to Vermont), but began construction on Squadron City, a sprawling headquarters and living community with an elaborate air-base, located in the Great American Desert (equivalent to the state of Nevada). [15], Earth-712 was later visited by Proteus in Hulk 2099's body and convinced the Squadron that the Exiles, who Hyperion had interacted with previously, had become corrupt and were hunting him for not complying with their plans. [2] These events led to the people of Earth having mixed reactions about them, and forcing the Avengers Unity Division to attempt to apprehend the Squadron Supreme;[3] however, they were unexpectedly rescued by Thundra and teleported to Weirdworld. Mephisto is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.The character first appears in The Silver Surfer #3 (December 1968), created by Stan Lee and John Buscema and based on Mephistopheles - a demon character from the Faust legend, who has sometimes been referred to as Mephisto. Power Princess remains on Weirdworld and reveals herself as Warrior Woman. Shortly after being elected to his second term, Richmond was mentally enthralled by the Overmind, a collective alien intelligence working in concert with Null the Living Darkness, a demonic entity. Phil Coulson acted as their liaison. Squadron Supreme is a group of alien superheroes from a distant world similar to the Avengers. Casualties in the war were numerous, with Thermite, Blue Eagle, Pinball, Golden Archer, Lamprey, Foxfire, and Nighthawk dying in battle. [4] After a brief battle, the Avengers assist the Squadron Supreme against the global threat posed by the mutant Brain-Child, before returning to their own universe. He managed to recruit three of his one-time personal foes, Pinball, Remnant, and the Mink; one expelled Squadron member, Golden Archer (banished from the Squadron for misusing the behavior-modification machine); three of the Squadron's new recruits culled from the ranks of the Institute of Evil, Lamprey, the Shape, and Foxfire; and five superhuman beings who had hitherto not gone public with their abilities: Inertia, Thermite, Haywire, Redstone, and Moonglow. The Avengers intervened and Jones asked Rockefeller for superhuman assistance in handling the problem. 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Only Hyperion managed to escape the Overmind's mental onslaught, and he fled to the Avengers' Earth for aid, damaging the Squadron's satellite headquarters on the way. [1], Their first mission was to punish Namor for destroying Doctor Spectrum's world and cooperating with the Cabal, as well as numerous attacks upon the surface world. This group fought the Siege Society in London where Amphibian was beheaded by Baron Helmut Zemo, Golden Archer was killed by Hawkeye and Fire-Ant, Tom Thumb was subdued by Hawkeye, Arcanna Jones was killed by Silver Witch, and Golden Eagle was slain offscreen by Black Widow and Hawkeye who escape with Fire Ant using his special wings. Gallery Having made inroads into high government, the Crown was able to put more and more high-ranking politicians and officers under its domination. Absorbing this dimension, the Nth Man proceeded to one after another, nullifying each of them as he passed through. The Squadron Supreme then made short work of Namor and the Defenders of the Deep. During this Earth's World War Two, the U.S. War Department organized the Golden Agency, a small battalion of superhuman beings who helped the Allies. The story continues in the limited series Supreme Power: Hyperion[20] with new Squadron members Emil Burbank, Arcanna, the Shape and Nuke tracking Hyperion to what they believe is an alternate reality. Marvel Database is a FANDOM Comics Community. 19 appearance(s) of Squadron Supreme (Earth-616), 1 minor appearance(s) of Squadron Supreme (Earth-616), 7 mention(s) of Squadron Supreme (Earth-616), 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Squadron Supreme (Earth-616), 26 image(s) of Squadron Supreme (Earth-616), 6 member(s) of Squadron Supreme (Earth-616). Earth-616 Their origin is fully shown where its members are revealed to be simulacrums created by Mephisto and programmed by the Power Elite so that Phil Coulson can have them be a United States-sponsored superhero team. The Exiles helped the Squadron confront the Directorate, and set things right in their world. At the next Presidential election, Nighthawk's alter-ego, Kyle Richmond, was elected by a landslide vote. Despite the best efforts and sacrifices of the assembled champions, the group failed to turn back the force of the Nth Man. First The team implement a series of sweeping changes, including revealing their secret identities; instituting a program of behavior modification in prisons where inmates are forced to submit to a process that mentally inhibits their criminal instincts; enforcing a strict gun control policy; and developing medical technology to cryogenically preserve the dead. A series of misunderstandings ensues, and after a series of battles between the Squadron, the Ultimate Fantastic Four, the Ultimates and the Earth-712 Squadron Supreme (whose world was also affected by the organism), the third culprit is revealed as Burbank, who was asked by the government to develop a weapon to kill Hyperion. Following the fight, Nighthawk, Blur, and Tom Thumb mourn their comrades at their funeral. Power Princess is the only person to serve in both the Agency and the Squadron, although Blue Eagle's father, the American Eagle, was also a Golden Agent. The Institute of Evil was a group of the Squadron's arch-foes. Instead, they elected leaders into a Global Directorate with far-reaching and invasive political powers. Squadron Supreme (Earth-31916) View source Squadron Supreme Gallery Name Squadron Supreme Members Affiliation and Identity Origin and Status Creators and Appearances Creators J. Michael Straczynski, Gary Frank First Last Supreme Power #1 ( October, 2003) New Avengers (Vol. [9] Behavior-modified convicts had their criminal records eradicated and were provided jobs in the various nation-wide restoration projects. 8. Ultimately, however, the Nth Man made contact with the infant son of the Squadron member, Arcanna, who had the potential to be the dimension's most powerful magic user. Like the Golden Agency before it, the Squadron Supreme has always had close ties with the U.S. government. [volume&issueneeded] Eventually, the Redeemers confront the Squadron Supreme. The team of. [29] The actions caused by the Squadron Supreme led the Avengers Unity Division to apprehend them before anyone else ends up killed by their hand. Winning the contest, the Grandmaster resolved to create his own Squadron the next time he needed superhuman pawns, which led to his creation of the Squadron Sinister in the mainstream Earth. Squadron Supreme Members Affiliation and Identity Origin and Status Creators and Appearances Creators Man of Action, Jacob Semahn First Marvel's Avengers Assemble S1E07 ( August 4, 2013) Contents 1 History 1.1 Origins 1.2 Hyperion 1.3 Nighthawk 1.4 Dark Avengers 1.5 Secret Avengers 1.6 Terminal Velocity 2 Paraphernalia 2.1 Equipment 2.2 Weapons The Squadron routed the invaders out of the American frontier in Lake Erie, and were subsequently sent to Ohio. Reality Squadron Supreme Vol 4 (2016-2017) | Marvel Database | Fandom Wikis Advertisement Marvel Database 283,410 pages Explore Hubs Characters Comics Community in: Volumes, Marvel Comics, Team Volumes, and 6 more English Squadron Supreme Vol 4 (2016-2017) View source Previous Volume 15 issues 84 images 3 reprinted issues Squadron Supreme (Vol. Almost all of entire . The Shape and Skylark were injured in the reentry to the world, but due to the new policies of the world, Dr. [32] The Squadron Supreme shatter the crystal that Druid was using to enhance his mind control powers and return home. This article lists the known members of the Squadron Supreme. [14], The Squadron Supreme returned to find their world completely different than they had left it. The Squadron, with the help of Thundra, managed to destroy the mission and return home. China recruits Redstone, the superpowered serial killer created from Hyperion's DNA, in a bid to protect itself. Phil reveals that he has established the Squadron Supreme of America as the newest United States superhero team. The Squadron Supreme is an organization of superhuman champions who have banded together to safeguard their world, which is an extradimensional alternate Earth sometimes referred to as "Other-Earth" or "Earth-S". After Proteus was defeated, Power Princess saw that her mission was finished and returned to Earth-712. Professor Imam (the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth-712, and with his past membership in "The Golden Agency", This page was last edited on 11 March 2022, at 05:33. The first team to be known as the Squadron Supreme originated in the universe designated Earth-712. The two teams fought, and the Squadron abandoned them to begin a media campaign against the Avengers. As he disappeared, Black Panther stated to the Squadron Supreme that the Avengers weren't their enemies, but would become such if their hand was forced. New World Order also mentioned a number of other unseen characters with DC Universe analogues, such as the Erl King (a Swamp Thing analogue[citation needed]) and Nighthawk's archfoe the Huckster (an obvious take on the Joker[citation needed]). They then disarmed both the militia and the police, giving them "pacifier pistols," non-lethal devices capable of subduing perpetrators by overwhelming their pleasure centers. Pinball - Chester Freeman is a former villain of Nighthawk who can inflate himself into a ball and bounce around when in a ball-like shape. [38] The Squadron Supreme are summoned to confront Black Panther when he infiltrates the Pentagon and confronts Phil Coulson. Squadron Supreme 1997 trade paperback cover. The Squadron Supreme were a team of super heroes from Earth-Squadron (also called Earth-S), a parallel reality of Earth-616. Tackling the problem of death, Tom Thumb invented the hibernaculum, a suspended animation capsule able to prolong life indefinitely through cryogenics. Squadron Supreme: The Pre-War Years - Collects vol. When they returned to Earth-S, they found that the Utopia Project was still ongoing and the world under the tyrannical one-world government of the Global Directorate. The fight ended with Hyperion lifting Atlantis above the ocean and throwing it onto the ground hard enough to kill the remaining Atlanteans present. [18], Most of the members of the Squadron Supreme succumbed to due to the force of an ongoing cataclysm of unknown origin which threatened to destroy the Earth after the restoration of the Multiverse, leaving Hyperion and Zarda to be the only survivors until Zarda was forced to leave her world by the latter.[19]. [volume&issueneeded] In the meantime, Nighthawk forms a new team he calls the America Redeemers, recruiting former villains and several previously unknown superhumans. [volume&issueneeded], At one point, the team is attacked by the Institute of Evil. Hyperion discovers Nighthawk has a prototype weapon built from stolen plans of Emil Burbank's journal that cannot actually injure him, but can convince him that he is being injured.[23]. [26] Another version of the Squadron Supreme, set in the Marvel Universe, was introduced by Jason Aaron in The Avengers vol. Violence erupted, and the vastly outnumbered Squadron managed to hold their own for a time. 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The Squadron Supreme is an organization of superhuman champions who have banded together to safeguard their world, which is an extradimensional alternate Earth sometimes referred to as "Other-Earth", "Earth-S", or Earth-712. The Squadron recruited Amphibian, the Skrullian Skymaster (now, Skymax), and Neal Richmond, the son of Kyle Richmond, who had since taken his father's role of Nighthawk and had organized an underground resistance militia called the Nighthawks. [33], Through Modred the Mystic's magical modifications to Reed Richard's time machine, Hyperion and Doctor Spectrum are accidentally transformed into ephemeral "ghosts" caught in the past; specifically during the Squadron's attack on Atlantis and just before Hyperion kills Namor. [25] Versions resembling these characters later appear on the Battleworld created by Doctor Doom during the Secret Wars event, only to be killed again at the hands of the Squadron Sinister. With Coulson's disappearance, the Squadron Supreme fell apart. They were able to use this device to create a dimensional portal so that the Squadron could return home, although one of their number, Haywire, elected to stay behind. Other-Earth had been left in shambles in the aftermath of this alien takeover, and the Squadron was forced to cope with a world in total political, economic, and technological collapse. The government granted the Squadron various powers and made the superhuman team a special branch of the U.S. military, answerable solely to the President and the National Security Council. Since the 70s, Marvel's had its own alternate reality based on DC Comics and their superheroes. [volume&issueneeded] Former Squadron member the Golden Archer (now known as the Black Archer) also joins. After the Squadron Supreme caused the Frost Giants to retreat, Phil Coulson sends them to Ohio which has become a battleground. An unrelated nine-issue series, Ultimate Power, written by J. Michael Straczynski; Brian Michael Bendis and Jeph Loeb with art by Greg Land,[22] features the Squadron in a crossover into the Ultimate Universe. Nighthawk protests, believing that the Squadron should serve and not rule. Leader(s) Nighthawk then formed a group called the America Redeemers from unknown superhumans and former supervillains. The Redeemers then confronted the Squadron at their headquarters in Squadron City. Hyperion proceeded to decapitate Namor with his Atomic Vision. "It all starts here! During their time on Earth, the Squadron aided Quasar and the Avengers on different occasions. When Centaur Comics went out of business in 1942, he became dormant, until he was . [53] Powers and abilities [ edit] As an Eternal, all versions of Hyperion possess superhuman strength, stamina, speed, durability, flight, and in a few cases powerful breath. [1]:72 Many other characters were later added to the roster, not all of which were based on DC heroes. Agreed, however if we must overcome one group or every group of Avengers, I'm convinced we have the power, the commitment and the resilience so that our Squadron will stand Supreme. [4], Coulson later sold his soul to Mephisto to gain the power of the Pandemonium Cube, a demonic artifact with the power to warp reality itself. [citation needed], The Squadron Supreme are first encountered by four members of the Avengers the Vision, Quicksilver, the Scarlet Witch and Goliath who have arrived in the Earth-712 universe by mistake. The Squadron Supreme of America are simulacrums that were created by Mephisto and programmed by the Power Elite to serve as the United States of America's sanctioned superhero team. [40] The Skrullian Skymaster was shown to be a member of this reality's Squadron Supreme before he was killed by Rogue to avenge Mystique's death. The two agreed to switch places, the Nth Man (Thomas Lightner) became the sorcerer supreme and Arcanna's son Benjamin began contracting the extradimensional force, regurgitating all that the Nth Man previously absorbed, restoring reality.[13]. Origin and Status [volume&issueneeded]. The heroes unite to stop a group of superhuman terrorists from the Middle East, but then, via a government device, apparently all lose their abilities. [1] Among its members are: Doctor Spectrum (Joseph Ledger) - Leader. Squadron Supreme is a team of super-powered beings from a dystopian future in which Ultron rebuilt Vision and took over the Earth. [1] The team is a pastiche of DC 's Justice League. The government then announces and introduces Hyperion as a state-sponsored hero, which encourages other beings to appear, such as the Blur, who can move at superspeed. [39], During the Heroes Reborn storyline, reality has been somehow changed so that the Squadron Supreme of America are the main superhero team and that the Avengers never existed. The series Supreme Power features the rebooted version of the superhero team Squadron Supreme and is set on Earth-31916. Although the Squadron was at one point the largest and longest-lived team of champions Earth-S has ever known, it is not the first. [2] Contents 1 Publication history He returned to his own universe and transformed three men (Doctor Spectrum, Nighthawk, and the Whizzer) into counterparts of the Squadron members. Publication history. The new Squadron believed the Master Menace to be behind the tyrannical regime, but found him to be only a pawn of the Global Directorate. [35] With Doctor Spectrum as their leader, the Squadron Supreme of America were first used to fight Namor and his Defenders of the Deep when they attacked a Roxxon oil rig that is off the coast of Alaska. [11] The Squadron encounter the hero Quasar, and relocate to the government facility Project Pegasus. James Robinson, Leonard Kirk [1] All-New, All-Different Marvel [1] Among its members are: 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. This version of Kyle Richmond, an African-American , first appears in the limited series Supreme Power , and utilizes his wealth to train and develop advanced weaponry and devices to aid in his campaign on crime as a vigilante . For his failure, Mephisto trapped Coulson in the Pandemonium Cube. A huge industrial complex called the Serpent Cartel was actually the base of operations for the various human agents of the extradimensional serpent-god Set, who manifested itself in the Serpent Crown. The Squadron, led by Hyperion, believe they have the knowledge and power to recreate the world and create a utopia. [12], Before he died, Nighthawk had convinced Hyperion that the main problems with the Squadron's Utopia Program was that they had used basically ignoble, human rights-violating means to achieve noble ends, and the only reason why these ignoble means were not abused more than they were was that the Squadron is basically a benevolent group of individuals. Nick Fury is detained in custody in the Earth-31916 universe, while Squadron member Power Princess remains in the Ultimate Universe to ensure that Doom (who escaped custody by using a Doombot) is captured. At the end of the story arc, Hyperion leads the action to disband the Squadron, and the team goes their separate ways. Amazing Fantasy #15 (Spider-Man's First Appearance), Tales of Suspense #39 (Iron Man's First Appearance), Incredible Hulk #181 (Wolverine's First Appearance), 10 appearance(s) of Squadron Supreme of America (Earth-616), 1 minor appearance(s) of Squadron Supreme of America (Earth-616), 3 mention(s) of Squadron Supreme of America (Earth-616), 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Squadron Supreme of America (Earth-616), 12 image(s) of Squadron Supreme of America (Earth-616), 5 member(s) of Squadron Supreme of America (Earth-616). [1]:40 Roy Thomas later introduced a heroic version of the Squadron Sinister named the Squadron Supreme, which first appeared in The Avengers #8586 (Feb.March 1971), and which was co-created with John Buscema. [volume&issueneeded] Despite mixed feelings on the parts of several of the Institute members, they too join the Redeemers. When medical science finally cured the ailment to which the hibernaculum-user succumbed, he or she would be revived. Contents 1 History 2 Biography 3 Background 4 Personality 5 Powers, Skills, and Abilities 6 Weaknesses 7 Appearance 8 Appearances 9 Notes 10 Trivia 11 Gallery 12 In Other Media 13 Relationships 14 Background Information 15 References History Biography Spectrum, killed Nighthawk. Remnant - Frank Edwards is a former villain of Nighthawk who can fly and animate cloth in order to ensnare anyone. Although they succeed, several members of the Squadron are killed, with the remainder (Hyperion, Doctor Spectrum, the Whizzer, Power Princess, Lady Lark (now known as Skylark), Arcanna, Haywire, and the Shape) marooned in the mainstream Marvel universe. After the Overmind and Null the Living Darkness left their world in chaos, Hyperion and Power Princess decided that the best option was to take control of the world. Although this action is easy for Hyperion, who has had second thoughts about the cutthroat methods the Squadron Supreme has been using, it is more difficult for Doctor Spectrum, as Namor destroyed her Earth. The final issue is a battle to the death against Redstone (with the Blur recruiting Nighthawk to assist) who threatens to detonate a nuclear weapon. Some time later, the government of the United States of Other-Earth came under its first covert assault. Army Corporal Joseph Ledger is given a strange crystal removed from Hyperion's spaceship by the government that bonds to him, causing him to fall into a coma for years. [15][16] The one-shot issue Squadron Supreme: New World Order reveals that Earth-712 is now dominated by corporations using the Squadron's own utopia technologies. The Squadron Supreme is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, of which there are several notable alternate versions. Though he is one of many active. The issue is put to a vote, with the so-called "Utopia Program" favored by the majority of the Squadron; Nighthawk, unable to agree with the decision in clear conscience, resigns from the team. 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[3], When Malekith the Accursed attacked Earth during the War of the Realms, the Squadron Supreme of America were summoned when Frost Giants from the realm of Jotunheim invaded Washington, D.C.. [43] The Avengers battle and eventually defeat the Squadron Supreme of America. Hyperion declared that there would be another democratic vote for who would be in power, and this time, it would be fair. [5] Coulson used the Cube to change Earth-616 to Earth-TRN852, a reality where the Avengers never existed and the Squadron Supreme were the world's premiere superhero team. 4) #1 [37], During the War of the Realms storyline, the Squadron Supreme of America were summoned to Washington D.C. by Phil Coulson, who brought them up to speed on Malekith's invasion. IGN67 Hyperion and Spectrum are initially hostile to one another and they battle, with Hyperion accessing lost memories when coming in contact with Spectrum's crystal. [6], The team features briefly in the title Thor, when the evil version of Hyperion attacks the Earth-712 version and then the Earth-616 Thor. [1] They publicly denounced the government, causing Rockefeller to be ousted from office. Although the heroes locate the true Hyperion and convince him to return to their world, Burbank discovers that it was, in fact, not an alternate reality but their world two years from the present time. Hyperion is Marvel's first Superman pastiche. Formerly Atlantean Garrison The surveillance devices aboard the satellite enabled the Squadron to better keep watch over the planet. Identity (. The Squadron forced Rockefeller to resign and saw to the dismantling of the Serpent Cartel. The Grandmaster used the Squadron as his pawns; the Centurion organized the Institute of Evil, a team of the Squadron's personal foes. The original team was created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema, derived from the previously created supervillain team Squadron Sinister . The Squadron also embarked upon their "decriminalization program," using Tom Thumb's behavior modification, a device that programs the human brain to be incapable of whatever actions are specified. Defunct They eventually confront him, along with Attuma and the rest of Atlantis. The Squadron Supreme surfaced mysteriously on Earth-515 from an alternate reality, Earth-730, and initially combated the Avengers. This version was created by writer J. Michael Straczynski and artist Gary Frank. The City was climate-controlled and was camouflaged to look like part of the desert due to an elaborate illusion-casting spell created by Squadron member Arcanna. [7] The Squadron explained to the people how they were also blameless in what had happened and declared a state of martial law, ultimately deciding to implement the Utopia Program, a plan for social reform designed to turn the United States from the shambles it was in to an ideal free state, the like of which the Earth had never seen. Public This aggregation of superhuman beings was informally called the Redeemers. The Directorate used the devices of Utopia Program for themselves, creating a totalitarian government. [citation needed] The Squadron, created by Mephisto and led by Phil Coulson, acts as the US government's sanctioned superhero team in place of the Avengers. Fury later returns to the Ultimate Universe. Amazing Fantasy #15 (Spider-Man's First Appearance), Tales of Suspense #39 (Iron Man's First Appearance), Incredible Hulk #181 (Wolverine's First Appearance). The Squadron originally met in the mansion of industrialist Kyle Richmond (secretly Squadron member Nighthawk) located in Cosmopolis, the Other-Earth counterpart to New York City. Arcanna returned home but was ordered to stay there by Lightner, who now called himself Mysterium. [42] The Squadron Supreme of America discuss their encounters with various heroes and concerns about their world being wrong. The Squadron rescued Menace and returned him to their new headquarters on Utopia Isle, which was left abandoned by Power Princess' people. They chose to solve their planet's problems by taking control of the planet, because they felt partially responsible for the chaos ravaging their planet. James Dore Sr. operated during World War II under the . At one point, the Squadron was targeted by the villain Imus Champion who hoped to use them as pawns against the Avengers. Soon, however, the Avengers infiltrated Project: Pegasus and uncovered the Corruptor's influence. 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