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The original series was first published in 1982 as a set of promotional giveaways with selected UsefulNotes/Atari2600 video games. It covered the efforts of the Atari Force as they participate in "Project Multiverse", a mission to [[TheMultiverse travel across dimensions]] and find a new planet for humanity to inhabit after the current UsefulNotes/{{Earth}} is pushed to the brink of collapse by global warfare. While most of the stories were standalone, the team repeatedly clashed with the Dark Destroyer, an interdimensional EldritchAbomination out to conquer the multiverse. The stories were written by Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas, with art by Ross Andru and Gil Kane.

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The original series was first published in 1982 as a set of promotional giveaways with selected UsefulNotes/Atari2600 Platform/Atari2600 video games. It covered the efforts of the Atari Force as they participate in "Project Multiverse", a mission to [[TheMultiverse travel across dimensions]] and find a new planet for humanity to inhabit after the current UsefulNotes/{{Earth}} is pushed to the brink of collapse by global warfare. While most of the stories were standalone, the team repeatedly clashed with the Dark Destroyer, an interdimensional EldritchAbomination out to conquer the multiverse. The stories were written by Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas, with art by Ross Andru and Gil Kane.



** The main computer for ''Scanner One'' is the [[UsefulNotes/Atari8BitComputers Atari 8000]].

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** The main computer for ''Scanner One'' is the [[UsefulNotes/Atari8BitComputers [[Platform/Atari8BitComputers Atari 8000]].
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* MultiethnicName: Li San O'Rourke.
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* FiveManBand
** First series
*** TheHero: Martin Champion
*** TheLancer: Lydia Perez
*** TheSmartGuy: Mohandas Singh
*** TheMedic: Lucas Orion
*** [[strike:TheBigGuy]] CuteBruiser: Li San O'Rourke
*** TeamPet: Hukka.
** Second series
*** TheHero: Christopher "Tempest" Champion
*** TheLancer: Erin Bia "Dart" O'Rourke-Singh
*** TheHeart: Morphea
*** TheBigGuy: Babe
*** [[{{Mentors}} The Mentor]]: Martin Champion
*** SixthRanger: Moses "Blackjak" Fisk
*** TagalongKid: Pakrat
*** TeamPet: Hukka.

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** Played with the rest of the team. Even the characters that have friends or relatives outside the force experience situations of rejection and/or harassment. Martin is treated as insane by the government, Christopher has the same treatment as Darth, Morphea was scorned and repressed in her planet because of her feelings of loneliness, Taz lost her planet and husband for an army of conquerors, Babe was taken from his loving family to be treated as a slave and a valuable trophee and Hukka was either rejected or seen as food by the other inhabitants of his planet before he was adopted by the former Atari Force.Pakrat is persecuted by his own brother because he doesn't fit in his family's ideals of honesty and righteousness(justified because he is a criminal, but it would be simpler just to disown and cut all ties with him. Rudent makesa point of deciding to kill him to wash their family's honor).

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** Played with the rest of the team. Even the characters that have friends or relatives outside the force experience situations of rejection and/or harassment. Martin is treated as insane by the government, Christopher has the same treatment as Darth, Morphea was scorned and repressed in her planet because of her feelings of loneliness, Taz lost her planet and husband for an army of conquerors, Babe was taken from his loving family to be treated as a slave and a valuable trophee and Hukka was either rejected or seen as food by the other inhabitants of his planet before he was adopted by the former Atari Force.Pakrat is persecuted by his own brother because he doesn't fit in his family's ideals of honesty and righteousness(justified because he is a criminal, but it would be simpler just to disown and cut all ties with him. Rudent makesa point of deciding takes his famiy's honor in such an extrem that decides to kill him to wash their family's honor).Pakrat in a sidestory).



* BerserkButton: Never trap Pakrat in a corner, because he'll come out of it fighting!!! And don't treat Morphea with disrespect or torture someone in front of her [[MamaBear (especially Babe)]], or you'll experience her Mind Sting!

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* BerserkButton: Never trap Pakrat in a corner, because he'll come out of it fighting!!! And don't treat Morphea with disrespect or Morphea nor torture someone in front of her [[MamaBear when she is around[[MamaBear (especially Babe)]], or you'll experience her Mind Sting!



* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Dart and Blackjack. [[spoiler: Oh, they did it. Twice.]]

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* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Dart and Blackjack. [[spoiler: Oh, they did it. Twice.Twice, probably more.]]
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** Played with most of the team. Even the characters who have some friends or friends outside the force experience situations of rejection and/or harassment. Martin is treated as insane by the government (an easy way to Gaslighting him, especially because they want to put their hands on his son); Christopher has the same treatment as Darth, Morphea was scorned and repressed in her planet because of her feelings of loneliness; Taz lost her planet and her husband for an army of c onquerors/ Babe was taken from his loving family to be treated as a slave and a valuable trophee; before being adopted by the former Atari Force Hukka was either rejected or seen as food by the other inhabitants of his planet.Pakrat is persecuted by his own brother because he doesn't fit in his family's ideals of honesty and righteousness(justified because he is a criminal, but it would be simpler just to disown and cut all ties with him. Rudent makesa point of deciding to kill him to wash their family's honor).

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** Played with most the rest of the team. Even the characters who that have some friends or friends relatives outside the force experience situations of rejection and/or harassment. Martin is treated as insane by the government (an easy way to Gaslighting him, especially because they want to put their hands on his son); government, Christopher has the same treatment as Darth, Morphea was scorned and repressed in her planet because of her feelings of loneliness; loneliness, Taz lost her planet and her husband for an army of c onquerors/ conquerors, Babe was taken from his loving family to be treated as a slave and a valuable trophee; before being adopted by the former Atari Force trophee and Hukka was either rejected or seen as food by the other inhabitants of his planet.planet before he was adopted by the former Atari Force.Pakrat is persecuted by his own brother because he doesn't fit in his family's ideals of honesty and righteousness(justified because he is a criminal, but it would be simpler just to disown and cut all ties with him. Rudent makesa point of deciding to kill him to wash their family's honor).



* BerserkButton: Never trap Pakrat in a corner, because he'll come out of it fighting!!!

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* BerserkButton: Never trap Pakrat in a corner, because he'll come out of it fighting!!!fighting!!! And don't treat Morphea with disrespect or torture someone in front of her [[MamaBear (especially Babe)]], or you'll experience her Mind Sting!

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** Played with most of the team. Even the characters who have some friends or friends outside the force experience situations of rejection and/or harassment. Martin is treated as insane by the government (an easy way to Gaslighting him, especially because they want to put their hands on his son); Christopher has the same treatment as Darth, Morphea was scorned and repressed in her planet because of her feelings of loneliness; Taz lost her planet and her husband for an army of c onquerors/ Babe was taken from his loving family to be treated as a slave and a valuable trophee; before being adopted by the former Atari Force Hukka was either rejected or seen as food by the other inhabitants of his planet.Pakrat is persecuted by his own brother because he doesn't fit in his family's ideals of honesty and righteousness(justified because he is a criminal, but it would be simpler just to disown and cut all ties with him. Rudent makesa point of deciding to kill him to wash their family's honor).



* A DayInTheLimelight: except for Morphea,Martin Champion and Blackjack, all the other members of the team had their own stories illustrating how their lives were before the events of the main story arc. Dart, Taz and Babe have one each; Packrat has two and Chris shares a a day of his childhood with Hukka, whom had at least four days in the limelight before being adopted by the first Atari Force team.

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* A DayInTheLimelight: ADayInTheLimelight: except for Morphea,Martin Champion Morphea,Blackjack and Blackjack, Kargg, all the other members of the team had their own stories illustrating how their lives were before the events of the main story arc. Dart, Taz and Babe have one each; Packrat Pakrat has two and Chris shares a a day of his childhood with Hukka, whom had at least four days in the limelight before being adopted by the first Atari Force team.



* SatteliteLoveInterest: We don't know anything about how Blackjack's previous life was before he met Dart or the source of his crippling feelings of insecurity. Melissa's case is even worse, for she seems to be introduced just to illustrate the prejudice suffered by Christopher because of his mutation.

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* SatteliteLoveInterest: SatelliteLoveInterest: We don't know anything about how Blackjack's previous life was before he met Dart or the source of his crippling feelings of insecurity. Melissa's case is even worse, for she seems to be have been introduced just to illustrate the prejudice suffered by Christopher because of his mutation.


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* TeamMom: Morphea. And a MamaBear, too.
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* A DayInTheLimelight: except for Morphea,Martin Champion and Blackjack, all the other members of the team had their own stories illustrating how their lives were before the events of the main story arc. Dart, Taz and Babe have one each; Packrat has two and Chris shares a a day of his childhood with Hukka, whom had at least four days in the limelight before being adopted by the first Atari Force team.


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* SatteliteLoveInterest: We don't know anything about how Blackjack's previous life was before he met Dart or the source of his crippling feelings of insecurity. Melissa's case is even worse, for she seems to be introduced just to illustrate the prejudice suffered by Christopher because of his mutation.

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* BitterSweetEnding: [[spoiler: The members of the Atari Force prove the existence of the Dark Destroyer, get together again and escape from prison. However, Dart is separated from her parents,Chris from [[ParentalSubstitute Lucia Caytlin]] and Martin from his friends, and they'll probably never see them again. The corrupt government of New Earth may persecute them and harass their beloved ones. And the members of the group have no idea of the things they are going to find in Old Earth.]]

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* BitterSweetEnding: [[spoiler: The members of the Atari Force Morphea and Kargg prove the existence of the Dark Destroyer, Destroyer. With that, all the members of the Second Atari Force get together again and escape from prison. However, Dart is separated from her parents,Chris from [[ParentalSubstitute Lucia Caytlin]] and Martin from his friends, and they'll probably never see them again. The corrupt government of New Earth may persecute them and harass their beloved ones. And the members of the group have no idea of the things they are going to find in Old Earth.]]



** Zigzagged with Blackjack after his FaceHeelTurn and recovering. Morphea and Dart forgive him because they understand he was mind-controlled/psychologically abused by Dark Destroyer [[spoiler: through a mind implant that the tazlings removed]] , but the rest of the crew is not so forgiving. Especially Martin, whom refuses to let Blackjack pilot the Scanner One through the zone collapsed by [[spoiler: Dark Destroyer’s anti-matter bomb]], even though he is the only one able to avoid its radiation clouds, thanks to the reading-aura eye the tazlings gave him. Martin won’t relent until Chris tells him to be “rational”, since it’s the only way of saving everyone.

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** Zigzagged with Blackjack after his FaceHeelTurn and recovering. Morphea and Dart forgive him because they understand he was mind-controlled/psychologically abused by Dark Destroyer [[spoiler: through a mind implant that the tazlings removed]] , but the rest of the crew is not so forgiving. Especially Martin, whom refuses to let Blackjack pilot the Scanner One through the zone collapsed by [[spoiler: Dark Destroyer’s anti-matter bomb]], even though he is the only one able to avoid its radiation clouds, thanks to the reading-aura eye the tazlings gave him. Martin won’t relent until [[WhatTheHellHero Chris tells calls him to be “rational”, out, since it’s it's the only way to save all of saving everyone.them]].



* ParentalSubstitute: Morphea is this for Babe after he was taken from his homeworld, and Professor Venture became the substitute mother for Christopher Champion.

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*ParentsAsPeople: Mohandas Singh and Li San O'Rourke are loving, caring parents, both for their byological daughter, Erin Bia/Dart and their adoptive son, Christopher Champion. But they pushed their expectatives on Dart at a young age, demanding she excelled in everything and pushed her into studying in New Earth Academy, although she hated it.She eventually has to run away from the Academy after the other girls tried to beat Dart and her friend Dalia into a pulp, [[WoundedGazelleGambit then lied to the teachers that the two attacked them]]. When they trie to hide at Dart's home, they learn her parents already know everything through Captain Hunter, whom gives the two an ultimatum: either they return to the Academy or they agree into going into a mission in a distant planet. Dart eventually becomes a bounty hunter, but Mohandas Sing and Li San O'Rourke don't make any critics at her life style.
* ParentalSubstitute: Morphea is this for Babe after he was taken from his homeworld, and Professor Venture became the substitute mother for Christopher Champion.Champion, besides Mohandas Singh and Li San O'Rourke.

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* AbusiveParents: The Canopean Hive Mother. She tortured Morphea telepathically as a kid because Morphea had a personality of her own, feelings and used the pronoun forbidden for the Canopeans, I. Morphea's trauma is so deep that even after she got a new life and got over her past, she still refers to herself as "this one", as she was conditioned to say.

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* AbusiveParents: The Canopean Hive Mother. She tortured Morphea telepathically as a kid because Morphea had a personality of her own, feelings and used referred herself as "I", the pronoun forbidden for the Canopeans, I. Canopeans. Morphea's trauma conditioning is so deep that even after she got a new life and got over her past, she still refers to herself as "this one", as she was conditioned to like proper Canopeans say. [[spoiler: Except when she fought Dark Destroyer in Kargg's mind - and won.]]



* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The comic book special story shows that Dart and his only friend Dalia were bullied in New Earth Academy at the point of being forced to escape. The only of not being brought back is to agree into going in a mission in a distant, hostile planet.

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The first story in the comic book special story shows that Dart and his only friend Dalia were bullied in New Earth Academy at - Dalia, because of her difficulty to keep up with the point of being Academy training, and Darth because she is a mutant due the radiation absorbed by her parents on space. The hostilities from the other girls were so intense that the two were forced to escape. The only of not being brought back is escape to agree into going in a mission in a distant, hostile planet.planet and become bounty hunters.



* BarbieDollAnatomy: Babe, Hukka and the Tazlings.



* BitterSweetEnding: [[spoiler: The members of the Atari Force prove the existence of the Dark Destroyer, get together again and escape from prison. However, Dart is separated from her parents,Chris from [[ParentalSubstitute Lucia Caytlin]] and Martin from his friends, and they'll probably never see them again. Besides, the corrupt government of New Earth may persecute them and harass their beloved ones. And the members of the group have no idea of the things they are going to find in Old Earth.]]

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* BitterSweetEnding: [[spoiler: The members of the Atari Force prove the existence of the Dark Destroyer, get together again and escape from prison. However, Dart is separated from her parents,Chris from [[ParentalSubstitute Lucia Caytlin]] and Martin from his friends, and they'll probably never see them again. Besides, the The corrupt government of New Earth may persecute them and harass their beloved ones. And the members of the group have no idea of the things they are going to find in Old Earth.]]



* EasilyForgiven: Blackjack doesn’t hold any grudge at Dart [[spoiler: after she shot his right eye. Okay, she only did that because she thought he had killed her only friend, then apologized and patched him, but still, it was his eye.]]
** Zigzagged with Blackjack after his FaceHeelTurn and recovering. Morphea and Dart forgive him because they understand he was mind-controlled/psychologically abused by Dark Destroyer [[spoiler: through a mind implant that the tazlings removed]] , but the rest of the crew is not so forgiving. Especially Martin, whom refuses to let Blackjack pilot the Scanner One through the zone collapsed by [[spoiler: Dark Destroyer’s anti-matter bomb]], even though he is the only one able to avoid its radiation clouds, thanks to the reading-aura eye the tazlings gave him. Martin won’t relent until Chris tells him to be “rational”, since it’s the only way of saving everyone.



* LoveObstructingParents: Senator Jamieson forbids his daughter Melissa from dating Christopher. He sees Chris as a "freak" because of his powers and also hates Chris' father. [[spoiler:she betrays him later, so it was better that way.]]

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* LoveObstructingParents: Senator Jamieson forbids his daughter Melissa from dating Christopher. He sees Chris as a "freak" because of his powers and also hates Chris' father. [[spoiler:she [[spoiler:She betrays him later, so it was better that way.]]

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The comic book special story shows that Dart and his only friend Dalia were bullied in New Earth Academy at the point of being forced to escape. The only of not being brought back is to agree into going in a mission in a distant, hostile planet.



* FantasticRacism: Most people on New Earth sees Chris as a freak because of his powers. The capitain that kidnapped Babe insists that the kids' race has no feelings.

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* FantasticRacism: Most people on New Earth sees Chris and Dart as a freak freaks because of his powers.their mutations caused by the radiation of space. The capitain that kidnapped Babe insists that the kids' race has no feelings.
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* AbusiveParents: The Canopean Hive Mother. She tortured Morphea telepathically as a kid because Morphea had a personality of her own, feelings and used the pronoun forbidden for the Canopeans, I. Morphea's trauma is so deep that even after she got a new life and got over her past, she still refers to herself as "this one", as she was conditioned to say.

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* BitterSweetEnding: [[spoiler: The members of the Atari Force prove the existence of the Dark Destroyer and escape from their unfair judgement. However, Dart is separated from her parents,Chris from [[ParentalSubstitute Lucia Caytlin]] and Martin from his friends, and they'll probably never see them again. Besides, the corrupt government of New Earth may persecute them and harass their beloved ones. And the members of the group have no idea of the things they are going to find in Old Earth.]]

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* BitterSweetEnding: [[spoiler: The members of the Atari Force prove the existence of the Dark Destroyer Destroyer, get together again and escape from their unfair judgement.prison. However, Dart is separated from her parents,Chris from [[ParentalSubstitute Lucia Caytlin]] and Martin from his friends, and they'll probably never see them again. Besides, the corrupt government of New Earth may persecute them and harass their beloved ones. And the members of the group have no idea of the things they are going to find in Old Earth.]]



* DidTheyOrDidn'tThey: Dart and Blackjack. [[spoiler: Oh, they did it. Twice.]]

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* DidTheyOrDidn'tThey: DidTheyOrDidntThey: Dart and Blackjack. [[spoiler: Oh, they did it. Twice.]]


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* BitterSweetEnding: [[spoiler: The members of the Atari Force prove the existence of the Dark Destroyer and escape from their unfair judgment. However, Dart is separated from her parents and Chris from Lucia Caytlin, his surrogate mother, and probably never will see them again. Besides, the corrupt government of New Earth still can try to find them or mistreat their beloved ones in retaliation. And the group have no idea of what they are going to find in Old Earth.]]

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* BitterSweetEnding: [[spoiler: The members of the Atari Force prove the existence of the Dark Destroyer and escape from their unfair judgment. judgement. However, Dart is separated from her parents and Chris parents,Chris from [[ParentalSubstitute Lucia Caytlin, Caytlin]] and Martin from his surrogate mother, friends, and they'll probably never will see them again. Besides, the corrupt government of New Earth still can try to find may persecute them or mistreat and harass their beloved ones in retaliation. ones. And the members of the group have no idea of what the things they are going to find in Old Earth.]]



* DidTheyOrDidn'tThey: Dart and Blackjack. [[spoiler: Oh, they did it. Twice.]]



* LoveObstructingParents: Senator Jamieson forbids his daughter Melissa from dating Christopher. He sees Chris as a "freak" because of his powers and also hates Chris' father.

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* LoveObstructingParents: Senator Jamieson forbids his daughter Melissa from dating Christopher. He sees Chris as a "freak" because of his powers and also hates Chris' father. [[spoiler:she betrays him later, so it was better that way.]]

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* LoveObstructingParents: Senator Jamieson forbids his daughter Melissa from seeing Christopher. He considers Chris a "freak" because of his powers and also hates Chris' dad and Atari Force. Jamieson's hatred for father and son comes to the extreme of [[spoiler: having them sued for crimes they didn't commit.]]

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* LoveObstructingParents: Senator Jamieson forbids his daughter Melissa from seeing dating Christopher. He considers sees Chris as a "freak" because of his powers and also hates Chris' dad and Atari Force. Jamieson's hatred for father and son comes to the extreme of [[spoiler: having them sued for crimes they didn't commit.]]father.


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* BitterSweetEnding: [[spoiler: The members of the Atari Force proof the existence of the Dark Destroyer and escape from their unfair judgement. However, Dart is separated from her parents and Chris from Lucia Caytlin, his surrogate mother and probably never will see them again. Besides, the corrupt government of New Earth still can try to find them or mistreat their beloved ones in retaliation. And the group have no idea of what they are going to find in Old Earth.]]

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* BitterSweetEnding: [[spoiler: The members of the Atari Force proof prove the existence of the Dark Destroyer and escape from their unfair judgement. judgment. However, Dart is separated from her parents and Chris from Lucia Caytlin, his surrogate mother mother, and probably never will see them again. Besides, the corrupt government of New Earth still can try to find them or mistreat their beloved ones in retaliation. And the group have no idea of what they are going to find in Old Earth.]]

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