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In Germany a scientist known as "Mad Doctor Metzger" runs a facility known as "The Asylum" where he experiments on twins to create new, genetically engineered Ubermenschen. HeinrichLowe is the first experiment for the test, he turns into a BeastMan and Metzger orders him to be executed. He escapes, runs off into the forest and hides out in France where he's picked up by ? (Question Mark, or just Mark).

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In Germany a scientist known as "Mad Doctor Metzger" runs a facility known as "The Asylum" where he experiments on twins to create new, genetically engineered Ubermenschen. HeinrichLowe Hartman Lowe is the first experiment for the test, he turns into a BeastMan and Metzger orders him to be executed. He escapes, runs off into the forest and hides out in France where he's picked up by ? (Question Mark, or just Mark).



** Don't forget the Prometheus Reactor that powers the Golem!



** TheEvilGenius - Baron Crossbones, also seems to be TheDragon to Hitler.
** TheBrute - Konstantin /Panzer.
** TheDarkChick - Die Hexe (The Witch).
** TheSixthRanger - Heinrich /Kapitain Deutschland.

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** TheEvilGenius - Baron Johann Von Schadel/Baron Crossbones, also seems to be TheDragon to Hitler.
** TheBrute - Konstantin /Panzer.
Hirst/Panzer.
** TheDarkChick - Magda Heller/ Die Hexe (The Witch).
** TheSixthRanger - Heinrich /Kapitain Lowe/Kapitain Deutschland.



* NaiveNewcomer - The ''ubermenschen'' are introduced through the arrival of the Baron's new secretary

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* NaiveNewcomer - The ''ubermenschen'' are properly introduced through the arrival of the Baron's new secretarysecretary.
** Similarly The Specialists are introduced from Max's perspective.



--> '''Goetz:''' This little ladie's a [[IncrediblyLamePun real shocker!]] She's got ''ten thousand'' volts in the palm of her hand and she'll cook Jerry's goose! Put your hands together for Lightning Lass!



** MindOverMatter - Lady Liberty and her telekinetic powers

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** MindOverMatter - Lady Liberty and her telekinetic powerspowers.
** {{Necromancy}} - Baron Crossbones



* SurvivorGuilt - Captain Victory over "PROJECT: ARES"

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* SurvivorGuilt - Captain Victory over "PROJECT: ARES"ARES" and Lightning Lass over "PROJECT: ZEUS"
** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with Walter. He's a little proud that he was able to get through "PROJECT: PEGASUS" unscathed because everyone else thought he'd never do it on account of him being black.

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''[[http://thespecialistscomic.com/ The Specialists]]'' is an alternate-history webcomic where the Nazis discovered how to make ''ubermenschen'' using magic -- and are starting to do so with science. WorldWarII is still going on in 1946, though the Japanese surrendered after the use of the atomic bomb.

The story revolves around two main characters:
* Maksim "Max" Finklestein, a young super-smart boy who feels pressured by his father.
* Hartman Lowe, a Nazi experiment gone wrong who's seeking out the allies to help him.

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''[[http://thespecialistscomic.com/ The Specialists]]'' is an alternate-history webcomic where that [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructs]] the tropes present in many [=WWII=] era propaganda Comics. In this universe the Nazis discovered how to make ''ubermenschen'' using magic -- and are starting to do so with science. WorldWarII is still going on in 1946, though the Japanese surrendered after the use of the atomic bomb.

The story revolves around two main characters:
* Maksim "Max" Finklestein,
In Germany a young super-smart boy who feels pressured by his father.
* Hartman Lowe,
scientist known as "Mad Doctor Metzger" runs a Nazi facility known as "The Asylum" where he experiments on twins to create new, genetically engineered Ubermenschen. HeinrichLowe is the first experiment gone wrong who's seeking for the test, he turns into a BeastMan and Metzger orders him to be executed. He escapes, runs off into the forest and hides out in France where he's picked up by ? (Question Mark, or just Mark).

Meanwhile in America Maksim Finklestein is a young, super-clever teenager. His uncle Ida has connected him to General Hightower of
the allies OSRD and given him a grant to help him.
create "The Golem" a heavily armed robot war machine. However, with time pressing and Max unable to program the robot's artificial brain to do anything other than talk and fall over he's forced to convert it into a suit of PoweredArmour instead.

These two men join forces with Captain Luke Jansen (Captain Victory), Agnes Deveraux (Lady Liberty), Dr. Kate Smallwood (Lightning Lass), 1st Lieutenant Walter Jones (The Bombardier) and Henry Whitney III (Jack-Be-Nimble) the only surviving test subjects of failed military experiments. But are they superheroes? Or just propaganda tools?

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!!Tropes included:!!This show provides examples of:



* BadassBoast - Max gets one after he [[spoiler: paints a star of David onto the Golem]].
-->- '''Max:''' "But you know... I didn't come here to hide. I came to fight. You with me?"



* TheButcher: Doktor Metzger. No points for guessing what his last name means in English.
* CasanovaWannabe: Henry brags he has the chances, but not the time, and besides, he wants to have higher standrads.
* CoDragons: Hitler is acquiring a second man who can provide him with ''ubermenschen''.

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* TheButcher: TheButcher - Doktor Metzger. No points for guessing what his last name means in English.
* CasanovaWannabe: ClassicalMythology - The OSRD projects that created the first Specialists were codenamed [[SuperSoldier Ares]], [[PsychicPowers Athena]], [[ShockAndAwe Zeus]], [[JetPack Pegasus]] and [[SuperSpeed Hermes]].
* CasanovaWannabe -
Henry brags he has the chances, but not the time, and besides, he wants to have higher standrads.
standards.
* CoDragons: CoatHatMask - ? (Question Mark) ... Kind of. He has the hat and coat down (They can flip out into an SS uniform to boot!) but instead of a mask he just has a [[http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-41/ creepy shadow over his eyes]].
* CoDragons -
Hitler is acquiring a second man who can provide him with ''ubermenschen''.



* DoNotCallMePaul: Inverted with Baron Crossbones who would rather you call him Johann Von Schadel.

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* DoNotCallMePaul: DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength - A rather gruesome example.
-->- '''Ox:''' "I just watched him lift a jeep. [[http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-104/ You can imagine what he did to that man's head]]."
* DoNotCallMePaul -
Inverted with Baron Crossbones who would rather you call him Johann Von Schadel.



* DrowningMySorrows: Captain Victory

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* DrowningMySorrows: DrowningMySorrows - Captain Victory



** AscendedFanBoy - Max again.

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** AscendedFanBoy - Max again.[[http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-81/ Brutally deconstructed]]. Turns out being a Specialist isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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* TheButcher: Doktor Metzger. No points for guessing what his last name means in English.
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* SherlockScan - Mark deduces that Hartmann was going to be an Ubermensch because he carries himself like a soldier and because only a loyal Nazi would be allowed to become a Superhuman.
-->-'''Hartmann:''' Smart.
-->-'''Question Mark:''' Well I ''am'' in the intelligence business.

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* NaziNobleman

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* NaziNoblemanNamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast - Apart from Baron Crossbones, Panzer (As in Tank), Hexe (Witch) and Geist (Ghost). "Mad Doktor Metzger"'s testing facility is called ''"The Asylum"''.
* NaziNobleman - Crossbones

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* AncestralWeapon -- subverted. Balmung, the sword of Siegfried is -- just a sword.

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* AncestralWeapon -- subverted. - Subverted. Balmung, the sword of Siegfried is -- just a sword.


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* BadassLongcoat - Mark's signature trenchcoat, [[http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-39/ which folds out into an SS uniform when he needs to sneak around in Nazi territory!]]
* BadassNormal - Mark again, unlike the other Specialists he hasn't any superpowers.


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* LineOfSightName overlaps with AppropriatedAppelation.
-->- '''Mark:''' Julien wasn't kidding, [[http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-40/ you really are a brute.]]


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* SpellMyNameWithAnS - The official way to spell Question Mark's name is with a "?" symbol.

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* {{Deconstruction}} - Of WW2 Propaganda comics like CaptainAmerica.



* DoNotCallMePaul: Baron Crossbones.

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* DoNotCallMePaul: Inverted with Baron Crossbones.Crossbones who would rather you call him Johann Von Schadel.



* EyesOfGold -- Hartmann's.

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* EyesOfGold -- - Hartmann's.



* FanBoy -- Max for Captain Victory

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* FanBoy -- - Max for Captain VictoryVictory
** AscendedFanBoy - Max again.



* GoshdangItToHeck: Applesauce!

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* GoshdangItToHeck: Applesauce!"Applesauce!"



* LaResistance - The French resistance show up a bit.

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* LaResistance - The French resistance show up a bit.briefly.



* MagicVersusScience: See Ghostapo and StupidJetpackHitler
* NaiveNewcomer -- the ''ubermenschen'' are introduced through the arrival of the Baron's new secretary

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* MagicVersusScience: MagicVersusScience - See Ghostapo and StupidJetpackHitler
* MeaningfulName - Max's robot is called "The Golem" he's Jewish and built it to fight Nazi's.
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NaiveNewcomer -- the - The ''ubermenschen'' are introduced through the arrival of the Baron's new secretary



* NobleBigot - Jack-Be-Nimble ... probably, he's not been that "Noble" yet but he is one of the good guys.
* OldRetainer: Who talks with Jack-Be-Nimble when he calls, since his father doesn't take them.
* PlayAlongPrisoner: Hartmann. Then, LaResistance doesn't kill him out of hand.
* PoweredArmor - The Golem is probably the straightest example though Jack-Be-Nimble's running suit is a good example too.
* PublicDomainArtifact -- Balmung

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* NobleBigot - Jack-Be-Nimble ... probably, he's not been that "Noble" yet but he is ''is'' one of the good guys.
* OldRetainer: OldRetainer - Who talks with Jack-Be-Nimble when he calls, since his father doesn't take them.
* PlayAlongPrisoner: PlayAlongPrisoner - Hartmann. Then, LaResistance doesn't kill him out of hand.
* PoweredArmor - The Golem is probably the straightest example though Jack-Be-Nimble's running suit is a good example one too.
* PublicDomainArtifact -- - Balmung



* SoProudOfYou: The butler tells Henry this for himself and his employer, Henry's father. It would help if it were plausible.

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* SoProudOfYou: SoProudOfYou - The butler tells Henry this for himself and his employer, Henry's father. It would help if it were plausible.plausible.
** Played straighter with Max's father.



** SuperSpeed - Both teams have one, The Specialists have Henry Whitney III/ Jack-Be-Nimble while The Ubermensch've got Max Schnell.

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** SuperSpeed - Both teams have one, The Specialists have got former Olympian Henry Whitney III/ Jack-Be-Nimble while The Ubermensch've got Max Schnell.



* SurvivorGuilt: Captain Victory

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* SurvivorGuilt: SurvivorGuilt - Captain VictoryVictory over "PROJECT: ARES"



* WellDoneSonGuy: Henry. Even though his father doesn't take his calls himself.
* WreckedWeapon -- When Hartmann is shot at, he breaks the gun in half.

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* WellDoneSonGuy: WellDoneSonGuy - Henry. Even though his father doesn't take his calls himself.
** Max himself to a lesser extent.
* WreckedWeapon -- - When Hartmann is shot at, he breaks the gun in half.

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* CoDragons: Hitler is acquiring a second man who can provide

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* CasanovaWannabe: Henry brags he has the chances, but not the time, and besides, he wants to have higher standrads.
* CoDragons: Hitler is acquiring a second man who can provideprovide him with ''ubermenschen''.


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* OldRetainer: Who talks with Jack-Be-Nimble when he calls, since his father doesn't take them.


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* SoProudOfYou: The butler tells Henry this for himself and his employer, Henry's father. It would help if it were plausible.


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* WellDoneSonGuy: Henry. Even though his father doesn't take his calls himself.
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* CoDragons: Hitler is acquiring a second man who can provide


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* MagicVersusScience: See Ghostapo and StupidJetpackHitler
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* DrowningMySorrows: Captain Victory


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* NaiveNewcomer -- the ''ubermenschen'' are introduced through the arrival of the Baron's new secretary


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* SurvivorGuilt: Captain Victory
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* FlawedPrototype: Hartmann
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* InsistentTermilogy

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* AncestralWeapon -- subverted. Balmung, the sword of Siegfried is -- just a sword.



* DoNotCallMePaul: Baron Crossbones.



* PublicDomainArtifact

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* PublicDomainArtifactPublicDomainArtifact -- Balmung
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* InsistentTermilogy


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* NaziNobleman
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* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee

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* Maksim Finklestein, a young super-smart boy who feels pressured by his father.

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* Maksim "Max" Finklestein, a young super-smart boy who feels pressured by his father.


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* FanBoy -- Max for Captain Victory
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* TapOnTheHead
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** Hartmann has a rather more literal and defensible one: he loses control when he's in danger, and is disgusted with the violence he meets out in self-defense.
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* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: Hartmann pleads that he doesn't want to hurt anyone even after he's been attacked.


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* EyesOfGold -- Hartmann's.


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* WreckedWeapon -- When Hartmann is shot at, he breaks the gun in half.
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* HairOfGold - Lady Liberty, Kapitain Deutschland.

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* HairOfGold - Lady Liberty, Kapitain Deutschland.Liberty.

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Maksim Finklestein, a young super-smart boy who feels pressured by his father.

and Hartman Lowe, a Nazi experiment gone wrong who's seeking out the allies to help him.

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* Maksim Finklestein, a young super-smart boy who feels pressured by his father.

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father.
*
Hartman Lowe, a Nazi experiment gone wrong who's seeking out the allies to help him.

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* GoshdangItToHeck

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* GoshdangItToHeckGibberishOfLove: Max on meeting Lady Liberty
* GoshdangItToHeck: Applesauce!

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* IntangibleMan - Geist



* MindOverMatter - Lady Liberty and her telekinetic powers



* PsychicPowers - Lady Liberty by the looks of it.



* ShockAndAwe - Dr. Kate Smallwood's lightning manipulation backpack ... thingy.

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* StockSuperpowers
**
ShockAndAwe - Dr. Kate Smallwood's lightning manipulation backpack ... thingy.



* SuperSpeed - Both teams have one, The Specialists have Henry Whitney III/ Jack-Be-Nimble while The Ubermensch've got Max Schnell.

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* ** SuperSpeed - Both teams have one, The Specialists have Henry Whitney III/ Jack-Be-Nimble while The Ubermensch've got Max Schnell.Schnell.
** IntangibleMan - Geist
** MindOverMatter - Lady Liberty and her telekinetic powers
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The story revolves around two main characters:
Maksim Finklestein, a young super-smart boy who feels pressured by his father.

and Hartman Lowe, a Nazi experiment gone wrong who's seeking out the allies to help him.

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* AtomPunk - Combined with a wee bit of DieselPunk.



* EvilTwin - Heinrich Lowe/ Kapitian Deutschland is this to Hartman Lowe/ The Brute.



** TheBrute - Panzer.

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** TheBrute - Panzer.Konstantin /Panzer.



** TheSixthRanger - Kapitain Deutschland.

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** TheSixthRanger - Kapitain Heinrich /Kapitain Deutschland.



** TheLancer - Jack-Be-Nimble, The Bombardier

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** TheLancer - Jack-Be-Nimble, The Henry /Jack-Be-Nimble, Walter /The Bombardier



** TheSmartGuy - Lightning Lass, Max

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** TheSmartGuy - Lightning Kate /Lightning Lass, Max



* LaResistance

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* LaResistanceJetPack - Walter/ The Bombardier's got one, along with a lot of miniature explosives.
* LaResistance - The French resistance show up a bit.



* MindOverMatter

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* MindOverMatterMindOverMatter - Lady Liberty and her telekinetic powers
* NobleBigot - Jack-Be-Nimble ... probably, he's not been that "Noble" yet but he is one of the good guys.



* SandInMyEyes
* ShockAndAwe - Lightning Lass

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* SandInMyEyes
SandInMyEyes - "It's just allergies,"
* ShockAndAwe - Dr. Kate Smallwood's lightning manipulation backpack ... thingy.
--> '''Goetz:''' This little ladie's a [[IncrediblyLamePun real shocker!]] She's got ''ten thousand'' volts in the palm of her hand and she'll cook Jerry's goose! Put your hands together for
Lightning LassLass!



* TheyHaveTheScent

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* TheyHaveTheScentTheyHaveTheScent - The unlucky guard dogs sent after Hartman ...
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* BereserkButton - His name is Baron Johann Von Schadel ''not'' Baron Crossbones

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* BereserkButton BerserkButton - His name is Baron Johann Von Schadel ''not'' Baron Crossbones

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* AdventurerArchaeologist
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* BreakingTheBonds: To demonstrate that he could have done it at any time.
* DamselInDistress
* DifferentlyPoweredIndividual

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* AdventurerArchaeologist
AdventurerArchaeologist - Baron Crossbo-, I mean, Johann Von Schadel
* BlondGuysAreEvil
BereserkButton - His name is Baron Johann Von Schadel ''not'' Baron Crossbones
* BreakingTheBonds: To demonstrate that BlondGuysAreEvil - Kapitan Deutschland, mainly because he's supposed to be the ultimate Aryan.
* BreakingTheBonds - When Question Mark offers to release Hartman's bonds "As a peace offering" Hartman calmly just snaps them to prove
he could have done do it at any time.
* DamselInDistress
DamselInDistress - Lady Liberty, but only in the in-universe comic books, and even then it was a daydream that Max was having so it may not count.
* DifferentlyPoweredIndividualDifferentlyPoweredIndividual - The US have "The Specialists" while the Nazi's call their super-soldiers "Ubermensch"



* FiveBadBand - The Ubermensch
** TheEvilGenius - Baron Crossbones, also seems to be TheDragon to Hitler.
** TheBrute - Panzer.
** TheDarkChick - Die Hexe (The Witch).
** TheSixthRanger - Kapitain Deutschland.
** We don't know a lot about Geist or Max Schnell ... yet.
* FiveManBand - The Specialists
** TheHero - Captain Victory
** TheLancer - Jack-Be-Nimble, The Bombardier
** TheBigGuy - Golem (Max's giant robot), and probably Hartmann/ The Brute when he actually joins the team.
** TheSmartGuy - Lightning Lass, Max
** TheChick - Lady Liberty
** TheSixthRanger - ? (Question Mark), since he isn't officially a member of The Specialists.



** Interestingly done too, while the first five Ubermensch (Crossbones, Geist, Hexe, Panzer and Schnell) are powered by magic and the occult Doctor Metzger's working on super-soldiers with science.



* HairOfGold
* HumongousMecha
* IntangibleMan
* LaResistance: The TropeNamer.
* MadScientist

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* HairOfGold
HairOfGold - Lady Liberty, Kapitain Deutschland.
* HumongousMecha
* IntangibleMan
* LaResistance:
HumongousMecha - Max's robot, The TropeNamer.
Golem, was intended as this but turned out as PoweredArmour.
* MadScientistIntangibleMan - Geist
* LaResistance
* MadScientist - Docot Metzger, and too a lesser degree Dr. Smallwood and Max



* PoweredArmor

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* PoweredArmorPoweredArmor - The Golem is probably the straightest example though Jack-Be-Nimble's running suit is a good example too.
* PsychicPowers - Lady Liberty by the looks of it.



* ShockAndAwe
* SuperSpeed

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* ShockAndAwe
ShockAndAwe - Lightning Lass
* SuperSpeedSuperSpeed - Both teams have one, The Specialists have Henry Whitney III/ Jack-Be-Nimble while The Ubermensch've got Max Schnell.



* WolfMan

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* WolfManWolfMan - The result of Doctor Metger's first experiment.
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* BreakingTheBonds: To demonstrate that he could have done it at any time.


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* LaResistance: The TropeNamer.


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* PlayAlongPrisoner: Hartmann. Then, LaResistance doesn't kill him out of hand.

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* AdventurerArchaeologist



* {{Ghostapo}}

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* {{Ghostapo}}{{Ghostapo}} - ''and'' StupidJetpackHitler to boot.


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* IntangibleMan
* MadScientist


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