A group of villains assembled by the Grandmaster inspired by Squadron Supreme as part of a contest with Kang. The alien villain Nebulon would later lead the team to try to conquer Earth. They would later be assembled again by the Grandmaster to stop Baron Zemo. An other-world counterpart of the team was the Squadron Supreme, whom were all heroes.
- Evil Counterpart: Of the good Squadron Supreme.
Hyperion
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- "I'd die before I give up what I've got now, hear me? So you gotta kill me or I gotta kill you- it's the only way!" - Hyperion II
Created by Elder of the Universe The Grandmaster out of alien matter, the alternate universe Hyperion was a member of the Squadron Sinister, a group of superhuman criminals based on the Squadron Supreme. Created as a direct copy of the Hyperion of Earth-712, he was gifted with not only the original's physical appearance but myriad powers as well. Fought The Avengers during a "Contest of Champions", and forged a semi-rivalry with The Mighty Thor. Eventually makes his way to the alternate Earth of the Squadron Supreme (Earth 712) where he begins his enmity with the original Hyperion. Somewhat of an expy of Bizarro from The Superman mythos.
- Amazon Chaser: Went to great lengths to romantically pursue both Power Princess and Thundra, two very statuesque and powerful warrior women.
- Beam-O-War: Engages in one with the original Hyperion in their final battle, using their respective Atomic Vision eyeblasts. The resultant atomic fireball kills him.
- Bed Trick: Pulls this on Zarda (Power Princess) to make her fall for him. As Power Princess believed the imposter Hyperion was the original Hyperion, her longtime teammate whom she'd always secretly carried a torch for, this scenario could well be considered rape by fraud.
- Deathbed Confession: Apologizes for secretly murdering Power Princess' elderly husband so that he could win her love.
- Domino Mask: Wore one at the beginning of his criminal career.
- Dying Declaration of Love: Professes his love for Zarda, even as he liquidates in her arms.
- Evil Counterpart: Of the Earth-712 Hyperion.
- Eye Beams: His Atomic Vision (just like that of the Earth-712 Hyperion) is extremely powerful.
- Flying Brick: Goes with the territory when you're basically an "Evil Superman".
- Good Feels Good: Comes to this conclusion while impersonating Hyperion. He enjoys the worldwide respect and regard that comes with being (or at least pretending to be) the world's greatest hero.
- Has a Type: Power Princess and Thundra, his two biggest targets of affection, are very similar in most respects.
- He Knows Too Much: Tries to murder Master Menace (after backstabbing him) as Menace could blow the whistle on Hyperion 616's imposture.
- Love Makes You Evil: Arguable as to how much of his fixation on Power Princess was actual love or just straight up lust, but he certainly went to huge extremes to win her.
- Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex: Cites this trope as the biggest motivator of his romantic pursuit of superhuman women like Zarda ("When yer as strong an' as tough as me, ya don't meet many dames who could stand up to..uh, lovin', without getting pulped, ya know?"). One shudders to think exactly
how he came to this realization... - Monumental Damage: His climactic battle with the Squadron's Hyperion destroys a great deal of President's Mountain, the 712 equivalent of Mount Rushmore.
- Murder Is the Best Solution: Certainly his go-to method of solving problems. The object of his affection's married? Kill the husband! His evil confederate likely to blow the whistle on his masquerade? Kill him too! The man you've been impersonating comes back to reclaim his spot? Three guesses..
- Murder the Hypotenuse: Secretly suffocates Howard Shelton so that he can romance his widow, Power Princess.
- Mythology Gag: When he dies and his body starts to break down into protoplasm, he briefly takes on a craggy appearance like the the Superman foe Bizarro upon which he was loosely based.
- Oh, Crap!: Hyperion-616's reaction upon Hyperion-712's surprise return.
- Superpower Lottery: Great strength, flight, invulnerability, speed... all the good stuff.
- Super-Strength: On a par with the Squadron Supreme's Hyperion, making him one of the strongest beings around.
- Villain Team-Up: Engages in one with Master Menace, Hyperion's other Arch-Enemy, to destroy the Squadron Supreme from within. Hyperion double-crosses Menace when he chooses a "better deal".
Nighthawk
Alter Ego: Kyle Richmond
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First Appearance: The Avengers Vol. 1, #69 (October 1969)
Kyle Richmond was a thrill-seeking playboy who became the costumed adventurer Nighthawk. Starting out as a villain, Richmond soon found altruism a greater pursuit. As Nighthawk, he became mainstay of the Defenders, and has also acted alongside the Squadron Supreme, the Redeemers, the Thunderbolts and the Initiative.
See Defenders: 1970's Members for more info.
Speed Demon
Alter Ego: James Sanders
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First Appearance: The Avengers Vol. 1, #69
Granted extraordinary powers by the Grandmaster, James Sanders was a member of the Squadron Sinister known as Whizzer until he pursued a solo career of crime as Speed Demon. He eventually found himself a member of the Thunderbolts despite being unsure if he even wanted to reform. This indecisiveness came to a head after he was discovered committing crimes in his old guise. He subsequently left the team and rejoined the Squadron Sinister.
- Abusive Parents: According to him, his mother sold his dog for drug money.
- Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Challenged Joystick to a fight, thinking his super speed made it a surefire victory. She proceeded to defeat him handily, using his temper against him causing him to strike blindly at her, giving her the opening she needed.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: In United States of Captain America, he gets brainwashed by Warrior Woman and Sin into stealing Cap's shield and impersonating him as part of their plot to destroy America from within.
- Dirty Coward: When danger breaks out, there's a good chance that Speed Demon will run.
- Evil Knock Off: Of the heroic Whizzer from the Squadron Supreme Universe.
- Fragile Speedster: Oh does he know it. In a bit of Character Development, after having his leg broken, Speed Demon lost his Smug Super attitude and was more prone to caution when dealing with other super beings. If he's not completely sure he can take someone, he runs.
- Freudian Excuse: It's implied that his mom was a real asshole.
- Heel–Face Revolving Door: During his tenure on the Thunderbolts, he was constantly switching sides between Zemo's team, Songbird's team, and the Squadron Sinister.
- Jerkass: Kind of comes with the territory, but Speed Demon is still a jackass. He spent a good portion of The Deadly Foes of Spider-Man limited series trying to hit on Boomerang's girlfriend, even when Boomerang was in jail.
- Laser-Guided Karma: After spending the entire book as a Jerkass, in the pages of Thunderbolts, Speed Demon gets his leg broken by Joystick just because he bet her she couldn't.
- Manchild: Tends to throw childish fits when he doesn't get his way and acts incredibly immature at times, once getting into a petty argument with a little girl.
- Miles Gloriosus: He talks big, but he's always the first person to run for the hills when fights start. Downplayed somewhat in Thunderbolts as he is just as likely to start fights as run away from them. Not so much after Joystick beats him.
- Pet the Dog: In The Superior Foes of Spider-Man, Speed Demon ends up growing attached to a puppy he stole from a girl. When said girl's family put a reward for the puppy's return, he reluctantly returned the dog, but not before making sure that the dog is well-supplied.
- Poke the Poodle: A lot of his crimes come off as this.
- Rogues' Gallery Transplant: Started out fighting The Avengers and The Defenders, before moving into Spidey's Rogues Gallery.
- Sinister Shades: The goggles on his outfit.
- Smug Super: Early in his career, due to his super speed, he acted very smug and tended to pick fights with people knowing they could never land a hit on him.
- Sore Loser: Tends to throw fits over being one-upped.
- Super-Speed: His main power is to run at extreme speeds.
Doctor Spectrum
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Kinji Obatu was a politician in Uganda. He received a Power Prism from the Grandmaster (although it later turned out to be a Skrull masquerading as the Power Prism) and fought the Avengers as a member of the Squadron Sinister. It was later revealed that the Prism has an intelligence in it, allowing it to possess other hosts and turn them into new iterations of Doctor Spectrum.
- Artifact Domination: The Power Prism is able to possess others to become Doctor Spectrum, taking a politician and a televangelist as hosts before going after the Wasp and even Thor.
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: During a later encounter with the Avengers, Spectrum targeted Iron Man first because it believed only Iron Man knew of its weakness to ultraviolet; as the other Avengers observed, Spectrum would never have shared such vital knowledge about an enemy's weakness because that would sacrifice an advantage, where Iron Man had no problem sharing his information with others.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: When the Prism took Thor as a host by using Mjolnir as a focus, once Thor dropped Mjolnir as he was unworthy in his possessed state, the Prism was apparently destroyed when Mjolnir reverted to Donald Blake's walking-stick.
- Ignorant of Their Own Ignorance: The Prism at one point attempts to take Thor as a host, but since the Prism-corrupted Thor was not worthy to wield Mjolnir, this plan backfired.
- Weaksauce Weakness: The Prism is vulnerable to ultraviolet light.
