Squadron Supreme
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Avengers #85 (February 1971) |
| Created by |
Roy Thomas (writer) John Buscema (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Rocket Central Squadron City |
| Member(s) | Founding members: Amphibian Doctor Spectrum Hyperion Nighthawk Power Princess Skrullian Skymaster Whizzer Later additions: Arcanna Blue Eagle Blur Golden Archer Lady Lark Nuke Thundra Tom Thumb |
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| See: List of Squadron Supreme members | |
| 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-712 |
The Squadron Supreme is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The core members of the Squadron Supreme are Hyperion, Nighthawk, Doctor Spectrum, Power Princess, and the Whizzer. The team also has several minor members. As with the Squadron Sinister supervillain team, members of the team were initially based on characters published by rival DC Comics, and the team itself was a stand-in for the Justice League. Characters not based on DC heroes were added later.
The Squadron Supreme first appeared in The Avengers #85–86 (February–March 1971), created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema.
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 Avengers are initially confused, since several members of the Squadron Supreme have identical names and powers to the Squadron Sinister, a group of previously encountered villains.
Although this parallel was a deliberate choice by writer Roy Thomas, it created confusion in Marvel's production department, as the covers of Avengers #85 and #141 (November 1975) claimed the issues featured appearances by the Squadron Sinister, when in fact it was the Squadron Supreme that appeared in both issues. 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. The Squadron Supreme have another series of skirmishes with the Avengers engineered by the group the Serpent Cartel, but eventually they join forces and prevent the use of the Serpent Crown.
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