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[ULTRA9000!]SUPERTEAM ASSEMBLE GO!
Calamity Jane
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I had no luck tracking down the original thread, so I figure I'd start this mother up seeing as how I loved this idea back when I lurked a fuckton:
Assemble Your Own Superteam!
Reasons for a superteam forming are numerous in number. Some are for functionality and writing purposes, while others are for character popularity (IE: Wolverine and Spider-Man joining the New Avengers). Some are spur of the moment taskforces assembled for a certain theat (IE: Marvel Knights), but most are comprised out of tradition (Avengers/JLA)
You don't have to limit it to Marvel or DC, so by all means go for a unique approach.
(Note: Try to keep it within the realm of comics, and the anee-man-gah you kids with the Mountain Dew read.)
The best example of a classic team would be the Justice League of America:
Superman
Function: Arguably one of the most, if not the greatest hero in the DC Universe. A mythic symbol and benevolent protector of Earth. Extremely powerful, with the ability to fly being among his diverse set of powers. Highly capable leader with genius level intellect.
Batman
Function: Genius tactician, renowned marital artist, successful billionaire, scientist, and above all detective. Bruce Wayne is living proof that a superhero is not defined by his powers (as he has none), but rather by his actions.
Wonder Woman
Function: An endearing symbol of female empowerment, Wonder Woman is a leader, diplomat and all around Amazonian badass.
The Flash
Function: Able to move, think, and react at superhuman speeds any incarnation of the Flash is needed in a world of superhuman threats. Capable of time-travel, conjuring up some tornadoes...or imprisoning bat-shit-crazy alternate reality Superboys, you can't go wrong with a scarlet speedster.
Green Lantern
Function: Let's forget that Parallax shit ever happened and get down to brass tax here. All Green Lanterns wield a ring which creates effects and functions branching from it's user's strength of will. Need a bridge? Done. He'll ring you a bridge. Need to punch a giant lizard from the great beyonds? Done. He'll ring out a giant fist and send it to kingdom come.
Aquaman
Function: Combats aquatic threats to Atlantis and possesses various abilities such as telepathy and has a hand capable of healing and canceling out magic. (I'll be honest when I say I don't know all that much about him.)
Martian Manhunter
Function: The last surviving inhabitant of Mars, J'onn J'onzz is gifted with an insane amount of useful powers. He can become intangible, shapeshift, is a telepath, and a highly capable fighter. You name it, it's probably not out of the realm of possibility with this guy. Keep him away from fire and you're gold.
Overall Analysis: They are all more than capable of dealing with their individual villains and crises alone, and together there is no challenge they can't overcome. Their teamwork and cohesiveness has saved countless lives, and led to many a villain's ass being stomped. Not even intergalactic and reality-bending multiverse summonings stand in their way.
Edit: Posting my own soon, hope you'll do the same!
Assemble Your Own Superteam!
Reasons for a superteam forming are numerous in number. Some are for functionality and writing purposes, while others are for character popularity (IE: Wolverine and Spider-Man joining the New Avengers). Some are spur of the moment taskforces assembled for a certain theat (IE: Marvel Knights), but most are comprised out of tradition (Avengers/JLA)
You don't have to limit it to Marvel or DC, so by all means go for a unique approach.
(Note: Try to keep it within the realm of comics, and the anee-man-gah you kids with the Mountain Dew read.)
The best example of a classic team would be the Justice League of America:
Superman
Function: Arguably one of the most, if not the greatest hero in the DC Universe. A mythic symbol and benevolent protector of Earth. Extremely powerful, with the ability to fly being among his diverse set of powers. Highly capable leader with genius level intellect.
Batman
Function: Genius tactician, renowned marital artist, successful billionaire, scientist, and above all detective. Bruce Wayne is living proof that a superhero is not defined by his powers (as he has none), but rather by his actions.
Wonder Woman
Function: An endearing symbol of female empowerment, Wonder Woman is a leader, diplomat and all around Amazonian badass.
The Flash
Function: Able to move, think, and react at superhuman speeds any incarnation of the Flash is needed in a world of superhuman threats. Capable of time-travel, conjuring up some tornadoes...or imprisoning bat-shit-crazy alternate reality Superboys, you can't go wrong with a scarlet speedster.
Green Lantern
Function: Let's forget that Parallax shit ever happened and get down to brass tax here. All Green Lanterns wield a ring which creates effects and functions branching from it's user's strength of will. Need a bridge? Done. He'll ring you a bridge. Need to punch a giant lizard from the great beyonds? Done. He'll ring out a giant fist and send it to kingdom come.
Aquaman
Function: Combats aquatic threats to Atlantis and possesses various abilities such as telepathy and has a hand capable of healing and canceling out magic. (I'll be honest when I say I don't know all that much about him.)
Martian Manhunter
Function: The last surviving inhabitant of Mars, J'onn J'onzz is gifted with an insane amount of useful powers. He can become intangible, shapeshift, is a telepath, and a highly capable fighter. You name it, it's probably not out of the realm of possibility with this guy. Keep him away from fire and you're gold.
Overall Analysis: They are all more than capable of dealing with their individual villains and crises alone, and together there is no challenge they can't overcome. Their teamwork and cohesiveness has saved countless lives, and led to many a villain's ass being stomped. Not even intergalactic and reality-bending multiverse summonings stand in their way.
Edit: Posting my own soon, hope you'll do the same!
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Aquaman has powers?!
I kid, I kid. I'll throw one up tomorrow. Too tired for that much mental strain tonight.
Han Solo
Occupation: Pirate, smuggler, rebel hero, part-time nerf herder.
Use to the team: You've never heard of the Millenium Falcon?
Indiana Jones
Occupation: Archeologist, teacher, adventurer.
Use to the team: Kills Nazis
Dr. Richard Kimble
Occupation: Medical doctor, fugitive
Use to the team: First Aid, jumping from tall things
Jack Ryan
Occupation: President, federal agent
Use to the team: disguising himself as Alec Baldwin or Ben Affleck
Rick Deckard
Occupation: hunting replicants
Use to the team: He's fucking Blade Runner
Justice League of America
Elongated Man: A veteran Leaguer, and one of the world's foremost detectives, Ralph lends the team a certain credibility and respect given his recent trials, and functions as the team's primary troubleshooter in the absence of Batman.
Firestorm II (Jason Rusch): The token new kid. Given his great amount of power, the League takes him in with the intention of bringing out his fullest potential, and having him serve as one of their big guns.
Blue Beetle II (Ted Kord): Back from the dead, Ted serves mainly in a support capacity unless absolutely necessary, now suffering from a paralyzing fear of field work. Instead, he maintains equipment, coaches Jason in the use of his science-based powers, and oversees field operations via satellite.
Dr. Occult: An experienced magician and sleuth, Dr. Occult is finally given a chance to play in the big leagues when the League is turned down by some of the more prominent practitioners of magic. Unfortunately, this has led to Dr. Occult developing a superiority complex; what a dick.
Gypsy: Given her powers, she serves as the team's infiltration and espionage expert.
Starfire: Having become useless to both the Teen Titans and the Outsiders, Starfire joins the League to lend her formidable strength and udnerstanding of battle tactics to the team, serving as field leader.
Olympian: With Superman-level strength and fortitude, this former Global Guardian joins to regain the respect of the public and lend a certain multi-national aspect to the team.
Max Mercury: Retrieved from the Speed Force, Max acts as the team's resident speedster, and also fills J'onn's role as mentor and therapist for the team.
Green Lantern (Arisia): With Hal Jordan reassigned to another sector, longtime Lantern Arisia is reassigned to Earth, and welcomed into the League to serve as an objective observer of Earth, as well as liason to, and expert on, alien customs should the need arise.
My Justice League would ideally be completely awesome for about three issues before being cancelled due to a record low in sales, and subsequently replaced by a team with Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman in it.
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Here's one I want to see put together now:
New Defenders
Backstory: Erik Magnus Lensherr is in a bad way. His country and people are now near extinct, his family in ruins, and to top it off he's in SHIELD custody. That is, until SHIELD agent Daisy Johnson comes to him with a offer: Nick Fury can't let the sinister machinations of SHIELD go further any longer. SHIELD, The Hand, and Hydra are not waging a constant war. They are all the same faction, with tendrils extending into every major nation. He went into hiding at the end of the Secret War after learning this, and the sad knowledge that Doom really does has everyone by the balls, dead or not. (Not now, anyhow.)
The death of Captain America was the tipping point. He was going to take Cap into hiding and explain to him why Tony did what he did, and that Nick supplied him with the early draft of legislation. Fury can no longer hide after seeing what lengths this global conspiracy will go to. Daisy informs Mags the fight with the Collective imbued him with his powers once more, and that Fury needs soldiers in what will be his last war. There is no more Infinity Formula.
Nick Fury:
Function: Team Commander. He has fought in every major war fucking EVER. A skilled spook, soldier, and leader, you can't go wrong with the former head of SHIELD.
Quake (Daisy Johnson)
Picture N/A
Function: Liaison to Nick Fury. Extremely similar in appearance to Angelina Jolie, she has vaguely defined seismic powers that can cause earthquakes...or she can form a faultline right through your head.
Magneto
Function: Field Leader. The Master of Magnetism seeks redemption in a world he was partially responsible for fucking up big time. You'd better not mess with a man with the audacity to name his former team "The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants".
Namor
Function: This was an easy decision for the former Defender and member of the Illuminati. He's eager to test the mettle of the Thunderbolts and the Initiative forces. He is hella strong, capable of flight and has an Atlantean army at his disposal. You fuck with him at your own peril.
The Incredible Hulk: AKA The World-Breaker
Function: How strong is Hulk? TOO STRONG. His function in the group is surprisingly a support role. While Hulk has previously bounded into battle without hesitation, he is now on the opposite side of a conflict with the Sentry, and must now apply strategies learned in Planet Hulk. Finding himself unaffected by Sentry's powers, Hulk no love Golden Man no more.
Thor
Function: After settling his shit in Oklahoma of all places, Thor finds himself quite pissed at his former friends' actions. It's hard to apologize for a Hitler-Clone-Cyborg. The only thing keeping Thor from using peak power is restraint, and his merciful nature. If you've read Thor Disassembled, weep for SHIELD.
Ghost Rider
Function: After being annihilated, raped and ground into a fine powder times infinity in Hell...the only thing that could save poor Johnny Blaze was the fact Daniel Way is a fucking idiot who cannot write stories, but only situations and plot devices like Satan escaping with the Rider's help. He is contacted by Nick Fury while hunting down ol' Lucifer and offered help in his quest, in exchange for a PR move. Fury wants him to perform the Penance Stare on Penance stare on Speedball so that they can show him he wasn't responsible for Stamford but just his teammates deaths, get him out of TBolt custody, and get that shit out of his spine and have him publicly oppose his former masters. (AND AND AND)
Speedball
Function: PR Stunt. It's as shallow as that.
SECRET MEMBER OH FUCK!
Tony Stark
Function: Mysterious Benefactor, and mastermind of this secret force. He cannot openly fight what he strived to achieve and undermine it. He needs Fury to uproot the secret threat they first encountered in New Avengers, while leaving his Initiative intact. There will be colossal headbutting.
god dammit
he has telepathy
it's not limited to marine life
ARMY OF BALE
PATRICK BATEMAN!
Function: Team Leader. He is a wealthy man working for a Wall Street firm. He is an overtly evil bastard beneath his facade. Was elected team leader for having the gal to fuck two chicks to the tune of Sussudio.
BATMAN!
Function: Batman joined because Bateman said they'd be doing relief work in Africa. Batman is unaware Bateman secretly hates black people, and Africa.
JOHN PRESTON!
Function: He is stone cold. Literally. He is only animated when killing hundreds with Gun-Kata.
Edit: That shit is scary, even to Batman.
I am a member.
Edit: Balefuego...I've known. For thousands of years.
...woah
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Featuring Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel, Captain Mar-Vell, Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel.
It is the super-team with the very most magical wang.
I so can't be bothered to find pictures of them all, but you get the idea.
Anally.
And their team logo can be the Captains' Marvel, a flag with each Captain's respective 'Marvel', with Billy's being in the center of course.
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Justice League Multinational
Booster Gold
Co-leader. I assume you're reading 52. Look at what he's become, he's actually responsible. He's trying to make up for what a jackass he's been his entire life and is fighting one of his best friends to do it. I realized Skeets has gone fuckshit insane, but still, it takes some willpower to fight one of your last remaining friends.
Guy Gardner
Co-leader. Green Lantern Corps. Seriously. Ever since Recharge and his induction into the Honor Guard, Guy has really stuck to his shit and become not only more of a team player, but also a leader. With the combined experience of both Booster and Guy coupled with how they've matured, it seems like they'd be able to pull it off. Also, every team needs a Lantern.
Blue Beetle (Jaime)
Assuming everything ends cool with the Lanterns, I could see Guy helping Jaime out with combat training and shit while Booster takes more of the mentoring role...which could possibly mean a better sense of humor. He's inexperienced, but he's got the firepower and apparently the ability to take instruction well.
Rocket Red 1
So, not much has really been said about him beyond JLofA and his being a good leader and potential League candidate. I would assume if he's good enough to be considered by two of the big three, I'm pretty certain he could fit on this team. Although, with the disfavor the Lanterns have been garnering with the Russians, it might not go over so well with him and Guy.
The Flash (Bart)
He's still to "young" for the League, and he doesn't quite seem to fit on the Titans anymore, so this seems like a pretty decent median. Guggenheim has started to write him wittier than he's been in the past year, so let's hope that continues. The team needs a speedster, but with Bart, Jaime has someone he can relate or talk to.
Captain Marvel (Freddy)
Ok, so that's not a picture of Freddy...but it totally will be. Anyhow, assuming he finishes the Trials successfully, he's Captain-fucking-Marvel. Does wanting him on a team ever need justification? He's known Bart for a while, so that helps, and can also help Jaime feel welcome and possibly help him with the magic "infecting" the scarab.
Donna Troy
I really wanted Maxima to fill this, but, she's ya know...dead, so that really doesn't work. I see Donna as another one of those "younger" characters, where she fits in with Bart and Freddy and can still get ogled by Guy. Basically I just wanted someone for Guy to hit on besides Power Girl. Also, it doesn't hurt that she's WW.
Zatanna
Magic magic magic magic. She really makes no sense for this team. I've been thinking of two women that would slightly even the team out gender-wise, nothin'. I've thought about it for about two hours now, nothin'. I'm very tired and don't care anymore. I like Zatanna, Guy would like Zatanna, she's on the team.
I'm not asking for funny, I just want my goddamn Buddies back.
Aquaman is strong enough to lift an entire city block. And he doesn't fuck around. He's also superhumanly fast and tough.
Basically, Aquaman is a spectacular badass who will stone-cold fuck your shit up.
Staring...
SUB-ZERO
The guy's a ninja! AND he can turn shit into ice!
DOCTOR DOOM
Magic powers, scientific gizmos, genius intellect, and overall powerhouse. All enemies will kneel before him and so will YOU!
BLACK BOLT
Want a planet destroyed? BB's the man for job. Just tell him your opposing foe slept with his wife and run the fuck away!
MERCURY
No real use for her other than making her reenact that regenerating scene from terminator 2. Okay, I suppose her all (non toxic) mercury body could pull off some awesome shit in bed.
POWER GIRL
BOOBS!!1....and she brought some friends as well.
SHE HULK
Cousin of the incredible Hulk, the emerald goddess also has a nice pair of tits.
EMMA FROST
With 3 living teenage daughters and a closet full of nothing but her nickers, this is one MILF you'd want around.
MS. MARVEL
Another fine member of with perfect boobs. Nuff said.
SHANNA THE SHE DEVIL
"Oh look, Shanna. Your clothes are torn. You know the drill: 5 jumping jacks".
SPIDER-MAN
No team is complete without everyone's favorite friendly neighborhood web crawler. Spider-man bring to the team fame. Fame from being associated with Spider-man! And accompanying him are his posse of ripoffs, including Toxin, Deadpool and Arachne.
TOXIN
He looks like spidey, but is not! Toxin's the bastard child of his symbiote dad/mom/whatever Carnage, and the grandson of Venom - another him/her/whatever symbiote. Though he's young, he knows how to fuck shit up! Especially laptops!
DEADPOOL
The merc with a mouth. Good, bad, or just plain instane. Does anyone really care? It's mother fucking Deadpool!
ARACHNE
Formerly known as Spider-woman, Julia Carpenter is basically Spider-man with tits! But let's not judge her mainly on her assests. She was also once an Avenger and is now a member of Canada's super team, Omega Flight (despite not being Canadian). Oh, and she can shoot some kind of laser blasts or something.
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Anyway, in the meantime, check out this other guy's "Black Avengers" roster.
Elongated Man
For the detective skills, the guy the puts together all of the information gathered and decides what it all means, also probably the team leader
Cloud 9
Human Spy Plane, brings a touch of light heartedness to the team, is the kid in a team of grown-up trying to teach here how to use her powers practically.
Ghost
I know he is a villain, but let just say he turns neutral/good. Invisiblity and intangiblity come in handy for following a person or getting close enough for a valuable piece of information.
Black Widow
For the deep undercover missions, and general ninjatude. Gives Cloud 9 a woman figure to look up to. Also, wears leather.
Speed
Team speedster that stays in the background incase anything goes wrong, he zips in and out to rescue the endangered teammate without anyone knowing. This could possibly be replaced witha teleporter, but I think is a good choice because of his age. Close enough to Cloud 9 for her to connect with him, and also bring some banter to the group.
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Team only counts if they're all hideously out of character.
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I'm assuming that's an "olol hudlin" jab. :roll: I'm almost certain that the guy who posted isn't one of Hudlin's alts. Though that post is on Hudlin's forums, so I can see how that might be a little confusing.
So he's a combination of two of the most retarded characters to make the most retarded character?
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A united force of airship captains, they roam the vast universes ensuring the safety of all worlds.
The Admiral, Balthier
Balthier is the leading man. This affords him invincibility, as well as the ability to tap the fine ass of an immortal chick with rabbit ears. He's also handy with a gun.
He commands the Strahl.
Second-In-Command, Cid Highwind
A chain-smoking, son of a bitch who enjoys a good cup of god-damned tea.
He commands the aptly named Highwind.
Setzer Gabbiani
The financier of the Fleet's operations. He brings a skill with cards that puts that poser Gambit to shame.
He pilots the fearsome Falcon, the ship of his lost love.
Brother
Brother is the comic relief of the team. The others felt bad for his inability to sleep with any of the female Sphere Hunters.
He "commands" the Celsius.
Dekar, Special Forces
While not a pilot, or even having his own airship, Dekar's fortitude and invincibility are legendary. He was brought on for the delicate missions that requires his form of "finesse".
Dekar commands the Tiny Bronco, which is usually dropped from one of the larger airships. He dives bombs it into his target, and emerges later to lay waste to any enemy not killed in the initial assault.
Eh, I know..but I figure Harrison Ford isn't exactly in comics? But if you want, I'll take it down.
After thinking about it, I remembered a group of heroes that had worked together from a few old Spider-Man comics that I was once in possession of. This group was made up of Spider-Man, the Punisher, Moon Knight, Nova, Darkhawk, and Night Thrasher. However, since Night Thrasher done blowed himself up, he is effectively unable to join the group again. And since all of these heroes are vigilantees who have not complied with the SHRA, they seem like a pretty good group to go up against Iron Man and S.H.I.E.L.D., the new secret Empire so to say.
The Amazing Spider-Man
Bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter Parker gains incredible powers and becomes Spider-Man. When he first attempts to use his powers for profit, he inadvertantly causes the death of his Uncle Ben. Taking his Uncle's wise words, "With great power comes great responsibility", he sets off to use his powers for good rather than for personal gain. With time, he becomes one of the most beloved heroes of New York. His abilities include enhanced strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, the ability to stick to solid surfaces, a 'spider-sense' to foretell imminent danger, and, more recently, organic web shooters.
The Punisher
Although sometimes considered a hero, the Punisher is a vigilante who considers killing, kidnapping, extortion, coercion, threats of violence and torture as acceptable crime-fighting tactics. Driven by the deaths of his wife and children, who were killed by the mob when they witnessed a Mafia gangland execution in New York City's Central Park, Frank Castle wages a one-man war on the mob and all criminals in general by using all manner of weaponry. A war veteran, Castle is a master of martial arts, stealth tactics, hand-to-hand combat, spatial planning and a wide variety of weapons.
Moon Knight
Marc Spector, once a hardened mercenary, was changed forever during a mission in Egypt. Coming across an archaeoligical dig, Marc's employer kills one of archaeologists, Dr. Alraune. Marc attempts to stop him, but is beaten in the process. Left to die, he is eventually rescued and recieves a vision from the Egyptian God Khonshu, who gives him a second chance at life if he will become the god's avatar on earth. He accepts, and becomes the vigilante hero known as Moon Knight.
Nova
Richard Rider was born in Queens, New York. As a teenager, he is chosen at random by the alien Rhomann Dey, last surviving Centurion of the planet Xandar's elite Nova Corps, to inherit his power and succeed him in the rank of Nova Prime following the destruction of his world by the intergalactic pirate Zorr. Rider gains great strength, resistance to injury, the ability to fly, and a uniform with a sealed life support system, but little instruction on how to use these new powers. At the moment, he is far from Earth, helping to fight against the Annihilation Wave.
Darkhawk
While witnessing his policeman father accept a bribe from a crime boss at an abandoned amusement park, teenager Chris Powell discovered a mysterious amulet. This amulet allowed him to switch places with a powerful android that his mind controlled. Chris vowed to use the amulet as "an edge against crime." Darkhawk's powers include force blasts and flat energy shields projected from the amulet in his chest; a set of three claws on his right arm that extended as a grappling hook (often referred to as a 'claw cable'); retractable wings that allow for flight and enhanced vision, including night and telescopic vision.
After a second coming led to a certain messiah being detained and subsequently relocated to a Negative Zone cell opposite the Son of Satan (awkwaaarrrddd), "The Powers That Be" have realized just how hostile and unforgiving the world can be to recent resurrectees. Thrust into a life that barely resembles the one they left, men and women who want a little more from the mortal coil too often find themselves confused, disoriented, and occasionally murdered by brutal hipsters for their vintage, often anachronistic threads.
And so R.A.D, the Resurrection Acclimation Department was formed.
Charged with the goal of easing repeat customers to the affordable, if tasteless buffet of life, R.A.D's first order of business was to organize the recently returned into support groups based on former occupation, interests, and cause of death. Together, group members lend each other support during the difficult transition back into the mortal realm while working to grant closure to unresolved feelings regarding their past lives. After all, if you can't move on from your former life, then you're doomed to repeat it and die again.
This is is Resurrectees Anonymous: Superheroes
Alex Wilder
Brought back to life through the combined magics of the Gibborim to be their agent on Earth and pave the way for their return, Alex Wilder immediately realized one thing. They're still dead and he isn't, so what can they do?
Fuck 'em.
But that only led to a more difficult question. If he isn't going to be the harbinger of the apocalypse, what is he going to do? Having lost his parents to the aforementioned giants and alienated his closest friends through "attempted murder", the boy finds himself with no one to turn to and no future prospects. The logical next step would be to organize a Young Masters of Evil and seek to ruin the Runaways, only that isn't logical at all.
Trying to to end the world once doesn't make you a super-villain for life, right?
But what else can he do, if not create an intricate plan to take revenge against those who, technically, have more reason to be mad at him? How can he be expected to just start living a normal life now?
Scarlet Spider
Following his degeneration into a shapeless puddle, Ben Reilly just sort of sat on the street as stray dogs curiously licked at him until, finally, a brief rainstorm washed him into the sewers. There in the waste he sat in wait, bored out of his mind and later wondering where his mind exactly was in this wet mass. Eventually he came to realize that his thoughts weren't emanating from any one part of his former body, but that they were instead coming from every part. And so Ben began to understand that his cells weren't dead at all, and even now were still under his full control. Why, he could reconstitute himself if he only wanted to!
And then came the dreadful question of why, if he had so much control, he had melted in the first place.
The truth was that he'd always known he was a clone, what with the lack of a belly button and all, but had nonetheless felt compelled to live the life of Spider-Man because, frankly, what can a clone do beyond masquerading as the original? It was what he was made for, after all, and to deny that purpose would be to deny his very reason for existing. Being a pale imitation just wasn't that fulfilling, though, even when Peter became convinced that he was the clone. And so it wasn't the Green Goblin that caused him to degenerate, but rather an overwhelming feeling that overcame him during the fight. "Why bother, when Peter has the better quips anyway?"
But even now, having given up the life of Spider-Man, he still existed. He still thought. He still lived, sort of, if you could call being an amorphous mess of fleshy goo a life! If he could go on, in a reduced sense, without the Spider-Man identity, then maybe he could live an entire life independent of the Spider-Man brand and Peter Parker! A whole new person! A whole new name!
And so Ben Reilly emerged from the sewer a new man. A man called... the Scarlet Spider. Turns out old habits die hard, especially when they're the habits of someone you were designed to copy. Ben gave it his all anyway, though, even going so far as to reject the SHRA when Spider-Man went along with it only to discover that SHIELD officers would refuse to arrest somebody with Peter Parker's fingerprints. By the end of the Civil War, it had been one whole year since Ben Reilly's shocking return. The only problem was, nobody had noticed.
That was when he was introduced to Resurrectees Anonymous by an agent of R.A.D. Sure he hadn't died, really, but he was still doing a really shitty job of living and, frankly, needed all the help he could get.
Jean Grey
Jean Grey... again.
Following her most recent resurrection, Jean Grey opened her eyes to see a familiar face...
Her own.
Turns out that the former Jean Grey will one day die again and, shortly after, the X-Men will attempt to bring her back to life with the use of the Forge's magical wish machine. Unfortunately, Cyclops' words of, "Bring Jean back again," will result in the machine doing just that by bringing Jean back, again, in the very same way and at the very same moment she was last revived. For the first time ever, Jean Grey was brought back to life before getting the chance to die.
And so two Jean Greys are forced to coexist, each knowing that the other is a threat to her existence. After all, if the former continues to live then the latter will never come to be. Conversely, so long as the latter lives on the former knows she will have to die. Needless to say, it's an uncomfortable situation that only Resurrectees Anonymous could hope to resolve in a tidy way.
Captain America
While most heroes can expect to enjoy the perk of a sudden return to the living at some point in their after lives, a select few are deemed so worthy of the service that they are fast-tracked, so to speak. In Captain America's case, that meant returning in time to catch his own funeral.
Though his immediate impulse was to announce his return, seeing that his passing had become a worldwide spectacle made him think better of it. After feeling the grief associated with the passing of an icon only to witness him return in an anticlimactic fashion, could the public help feeling a little betrayed? And what of the effect it would have on the superhero community which, despite having been torn in half not so long ago, had nonetheless been united (if only for a moment) through the shared pain of seeing the departure of their favorite son? Would it really be Captain America's place to ruin that as well?
Steve Rogers just couldn't do it, and instead decided to wait for an opportune time. The problem was that such a time never came. The effect of death of Captain America was so profound that weeks, and even months later, it was still evident. The strife the public had formerly felt for the heroes had been erased while the resources that had been formerly been devoted to hero hunting was, instead, turned towards tracking down villains in tandem with the almost uniformly registered heroes who, thanks to a greater appreciation of them and the risks they take, now enjoyed comfortable lives and great respect along with the utmost confidentiality of their identities in order to protect both themselves and their loved ones.
All this made Steve wonder if perhaps, in dying, he had done more good than he could have with the remainder of his life. If such was the case, then should he ever return to his old life and risk undoing all that good?
And if he doesn't return to his old life, then what will his new life be?
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Good point. I was going to put Deadman and Red Tornado on it, but then I'd end up going on and on for a page justifying the cross-dimensional thing like I did for the Reality TV team last time there was a thread like this.
Also, people who are presently dead.
Man, I still have the final issue of that story arc. It's the first comic book I ever owned, given to me by a classmate, and it's pure awesomeness sparked my love for comics. I approve of this team, especially given how much more awesome these guys have become in the interim.
Deadman's dead
He's never been resurrected
No Skies of Arcadia = loose.
(lose)
That was meant to be in reference to Hawkman. Dead Girl's dead too.
shut pu