Squadron Supreme | |
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Cover art for Squadron Supreme #1 (May 2006)
Art by Gary Frank. |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Supreme Power #1 (Jan. 2003) |
Created by |
J. Michael Straczynski Gary Frank |
In-story information | |
Member(s) | Hyperion; Blur; Dr. Spectrum; Zarda; Amphibian; Tom Thumb; Arcanna; Emil Burbank; Nuke; Shape; Inertia |
Marvel Comics Alternate Universes | |
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Marvel stories take place primarily in a mainstream continuity called the Marvel Universe. Some stories are set in various parallel, or alternate, realities, called the Marvel Multiverse. | |
The Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe: Alternate Worlds 2005 designates the mainstream continuity as "Earth-616", and assigns other Earth numbers to each specific alternate reality. | |
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In this article the following characters, or teams, and realities are referred to: | |
Character/Team | Universe |
Squadron Supreme | Earth-31916 |
The Squadron Supreme is a fictional superhero team that appears in publications under the mature-audience MAX imprint by Marvel Comics. The team first appears in Supreme Power #1 (Jan. 2003) and was created by writer J. Michael Straczynski and artist Gary Frank.
The series Supreme Power features the rebooted version of the superhero team Squadron Supreme and is set on Earth-31916.
Alien Hyperion arrives on Earth as an infant, and is taken into custody by the US government and raised in a controlled environment. 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.
Discovering Hyperion has superhuman abilities, the government uses him as a secret weapon, and is eventually outed by the media. The government then announces and introduces Hyperion as a state-sponsored hero, which encourages other beings to appear, such as Blur, who can move at superspeed. Ledger awakens, and harnessing the energy powers of the crystal becomes Doctor Spectrum. Hyperion and Spectrum are initially hostile to one another and fight, with Hyperion accessing lost memories when coming in contact with Spectrum's crystal. Amphibian is seen on dry land for the first time and Princess Zarda heals Hyperion after his battle. Nighthawk solicits the aid of Hyperion and the Blur to deal with a superpowered serial killer, who Hyperion now knows is actually the product of experimentation with his DNA.