History Characters / SquadronSupreme

Xina the ape was the result of an experiment to grant a simian human-level intellect. She turned to a life of crime after her trainer was killed, coming to lead the Institute of Evil. She was eventually captured by the Squadron and brainwashed into joining them and serving as the lab partner to resident genius Tom Thumb, eventually developing strong feelings for him. X later fell prey to a LogicBomb, rendering her catatonic for the remainder of the series. Loosely based on Franchise/TheFlash villain Gorilla Grodd, or perhaps the Ultra-humanite.

[[folder:Foxfire]]
--> "I ''like'' what the Squadron did to me. And I'm ''proud'' that they let me join their team, considering how bad I used to be." - Foxfire
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[[caption-width-right:244:"Taa-daa! One building rotted to the ground!"]]

Olivia Underwood possessed the power to generate bioluminescence capable of inducing near-instantaneous rot in both organic and inorganic substances. She was among the Institutioners captured and behavior modified to join the Squadron, where she eventually started a romantic relationship with Joe "Doctor Spectrum" Ledger. Foxfire perished during the battle of Squadron City, killed by former Institute colleague The Mink in retaliation for [[spoiler: killing Redeemer leader Nighthawk]].

She appears to be a loose {{Expy}} of Batman villain ComicBook/PoisonIvy, given her poisonous ability, role as a villain with sex appeal, and an implied past history with Nighthawk.

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[[caption-width-right:250:"Never turn your back on The Mink!"]]

[[folder:Doctor Decibel]]
--> '''"Aha- the last of the mighty Squadron!"''' - Dr. Decibel
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[[caption-width-right:235:"Aha- the last of the mighty Squadron!"]]

Dr. Anton Decibel was a physician who leads a double life as a costumed criminal. He was responsible for administering the experimental and unwanted throat surgery granting Linda Lewis the sonic powers she would later wield as the crime fighter Lady Lark. He was a key member of the Institute of Evil and was subjected to the Squadron's Behavior Modification program upon the Institute's final defeat, acting as Squadron City's head physician until his death. he was most likely an expy of ComicBook/GreenLantern villain Sonar.

* ArchEnemy: To Lady Lark, the woman whose singing career he ruined.
* BrainWashed: Right along with the rest of the Institute after their final defeat.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Dies by drowning in his teammate Quagmire's extradimensional ooze.
* EasilyForgiven: By the rest of the Squadron, even after spearheading the operation to kidnap their loved ones, due to his behavior modification. But even then Lady Lark refused to work with him or even speak to him after he was inducted into the Squadron.
* GaleForceSound: His "Mega-Sonic Blast" proved capable of sending Tom Thumb flying, even while surrounded by a force field.
* MadDoctor: Decibel's lack of medical ethics enables him to perform the radical, experimental surgery on Linda Lewis that gave her her SonicScream and ruined her singing career.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: An actual accredited surgeon, but certainly leaned more towards the MadScientist side while an Instituter.
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[[folder:Remnant]]
--> "I don't want to move til I'm sure we're gonna ''win!''''" - Remnant
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[[caption-width-right:236:"My mind, however demented, is my own!"]]

Not much is known about the history of Frank Edwards, the super criminal who would call himself Remnant, not even the source of his apparently superhuman powers and/or magic fabric. He was a longtime member of the Institute of Evil and an even longer foe of Nighthawk. He joined Nighthawk's Redeemers out of fear of the Squadron Supreme's Behavior Modification Program, and fought against them in the final battle in Squadron City. Remnant can perhaps be considered a distant [[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]] {{Expy}}, what with his lanky frame, puckish manner, and enmity with Nighthawk (the Franchise/{{Batman}} {{Expy}}) He's even seen tossing playing cards in his very first appearance.
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* SuperStrength: Hyperion is the most physically powerful being on his Earth, and has traded blows with both the ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk and ComicBook/TheMightyThor. His Earth-13034 takes this UpTo11 by being strong enough to hold back ''two planet earths with his bare hands'' and even using his strength to stop celestial bodies from colliding with Earth. Needless to say, He's ''earned'' his title as the "Brother" of Thor.

Absolute monarch of 40th century Earth. Time-travelling despot and ruler of countless worlds, Victorex Prime, His Imperial Majesty, conqueror of time and space, the Scarlet Centurion is one of the Squadron Supreme's oldest and most dangerous enemies. Sworn to subjugate their home era, the Centurion has been repeatedly but narrowly thwarted many times by the Squadron, despite the advantages of his vast temporal armies and advanced technology and weaponry. A divergent identity of the man also known as Rama-Tut, Kang The Conqueror and Immortus.

-> See Characters/SquadronSinister for more info.

!Villains

!!The Institute Of Evil

[[folder:In General]]
--> '''"These guys are the most powerful gang a' sleezebags the Squadron's ever fought!"''' - Tom Thumb
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[[caption-width-right:350:From upper left to right: Lamprey, Quagmire, Foxfire, Doctor Decibel and The Shape]]
As they are a super-villain group composed of personal enemies of various members of the Squadron Supreme, they can most likely be considered an {{expy}} of The LegionOfDoom. Originally gathered by the Scarlet Centurion to use as pawns in a competition against the Elder of the Universe known as the Gamemaster, the Instituters opted to stay together to pursue their criminal goals. Led by Ape X, this foremost team of superhuman criminals has had a long-standing enmity with the Squadron, culminating in the Institute's final defeat and brainwashing when they attempted to kidnap the Squadron's family members. Except for absent members Remnant, The Mink and Pinball, all Institutioners were pressed into service as Squadron members.

[[folder:Professor Imam]]
--> "If he [Professor Imam] deemed the manifestation of the Serpent Crown, the invasion of the Overmind, and our own Utopia Program to be beneath his notice- what kind of crisis ''does it take'' to concern him these days?" - Hyperion
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[[caption-width-right:259:"My Third Eye never blinks."]]

Wizard Supreme of Earth-712, and former member of The Golden Agency (the precursor to the Squadron Supreme during World War II). Is the preeminent seer and magic user of the Squadron's Earth, with more mystic knowledge and skill at his disposal than anyone else in that world. His power having waned over the decades, Imam withdrew from all worldly affairs to preserve his mystic energies. He is eventually contacted by former Squadron member Nighthawk who sought and received aid in seeking allies for his Redeemer conspiracy. Imam himself later reaches out to the Squadron to warn them of the imminent trans-universal threat of the Nth Man entity. Mostly an Expy of DC's ComicBook/DoctorFate, with some of ComicBook/DoctorStrange's Ancient One thrown in.

* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: His "Eternal Triangle", which he uses to transport Nighthawk to Earth-616 in search of allies.
* TheArchMage: ''THE'' authority on magic and mysticism of Earth-712. Even Hyperion drops everything and rushes to attend Imam when he says a crisis is impending.
* BaldMystic: Earth-712's resident Master Mage has a clean, smooth dome.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Dies from the strain of communicating with the universe swallowing Nth Man in ''[[ComicBook/SquadronSupremeDeathOfAUniverse Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe]]''.]]
* HomeBase: His Temple of Contemplation, a tower which serves as his domicile and seat of mystic power.
* LevitatingLotusPosition: Engages in this when utilizing spells or communicating mystically.
* MagicalGesture: His are much more subtle than say, Doctor Strange's; they may not even be fully necessary to cast spells.
* NeutralNoLonger: Chose to sit out almost all the various world-threatening crises the Squadron's dimension has suffered; it takes the coming of the reality destroying Nth Man to make him get involved.
* RetiredBadass: Not entirely by choice mind. He's preparing himself to train a successor... in four hundred years or so. Hey, can't rush these things.

[[folder:Hyperion (Earth-616)]]
--> "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
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[[caption-width-right:320:"Big talk- but talk ain't gonna win ''this'' scrap!"]]

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 ComicBook/TheAvengers during a "Contest of Champions", and forged a semi-rivalry with ComicBook/TheMightyThor. 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 Franchise/{{Superman}} mythos, but also of Superman's Earth-3 counterpart Ultraman.
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-> See Characters/SquadronSinister for more info.
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!ComicBook/SquadronSupreme
Expies of the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, based on their [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] incarnations. As they are Earth-712's only team of superhuman champions, they are by necessity composed of its greatest metahuman crimefighters. The Squadron Supreme of America (the team's full, formal name) has always had close ties with the U.S. government (even before Nighthawk, one of the Squadron's key members became President), to the extent that it was recognized as a special branch of the military, granting the organization special powers and sanctions. It has been argued that these close ties with the government have been at the crux of the various social emergencies and all out disasters that have befallen the Squadron and Earth-712 as a whole. At the start of this story, the Squadron is recovering from being pawns of the Overmind's mental control, the after effects leaving them faced with the near total collapse of society and civilization; dire circumstances that makes the team take steps it never would have considered in the past.
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!Master Menace

Longtime enemy of the Squadron Supreme, personal arch-foe of Hyperion, Dr. Emil Burbank is (or was) the foremost criminal mastermind of Earth-712. He is an inventive genius of the highest magnitude, and has plagued the Squadron for years with his attempts at revenge and world domination. In the wake of society's collapse due to the Overmind invasion, Menace manages to take over that world's Middle East region, and later allies himself with former Squadron member Nighthawk in attempting to overthrow the Squadron Supreme's rule of America. Roughly 65% expy of ComicBook/LexLuthor, 35% ComicBook/DoctorDoom.

[[folder:Master Menace]]
-->"You have my word as a criminal! Ha ha ha!"
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[[caption-width-right:285:"This is '''my''' world. The Squadron will not force me to flee. I will fight them to the end... even if I am the '''last criminal on Earth!'''"]]

* AlasPoorVillain: After all of Menace's efforts to avoid being subjected to the Squadron's Behavior Modification, ''[[ComicBook/SquadronSupremeNewWorldOrder Squadron Supreme: New World Order]]'' shows that the once feared, proud super-villain has been reduced to a servile, subservient, broken old man by his new masters in the Global Directorate, using the selfsame machine Menace dreaded.
* AlliterativeName: '''M'''aster '''M'''enace. It's even a part of his armor.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The widely held belief that the inventive genius of Squadron member Tom Thumb surpassed that of Burbank rankled him to no end. So the opportunity to disprove this notion by devising a machine that could reverse the supposedly irreversible brainwashing effects of Thumb's Behavior Modification device gave Menace a '''huge''' measure of personal satisfaction.
* ArchEnemy: Hyperion.
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: When Blue Eagle stumbles upon the Redeemer conspiracy, Menace suggests they use the Redeemers' copy of the Squadron Supreme's Behavior Modification machine to make Eagle loyal to them. Nighthawk vehemently vetoes that idea, stating that such a tactic would make them no better than the Squadron. Menace then offers to do the brainwashing himself, so that Richmond won't have to "sully his lily-white hands". Nighthawk agrees to this, but only if Menace merely removes Eagle's memory of discovering the Redeemers, not force him to join them.
* BrokenAce: Formerly feared as megalomaniac genius who has had the Squadron and the world itself at his mercy, the ''[[ComicBook/SquadronSupremeNewWorldOrder Squadron Supreme: New World Order]]'' one-shot special shows that his capture and Behavior Modification at the hands of the Global Directorate, the new imperialistic rulers of America have rendered him a shattered shade of his former arrogant, domineering self.
* CardCarryingVillain: Menace and Hyperion make a pact to cooperate to escape the interdimensional shadowland in which they're trapped (due to Menace's scheming). Menace seals the deal by giving Hyperion "his word as a criminal". It should come as no surprise that he later reneges.
** When Institute of Evil members Remnant, Mink and Pinball beg Menace to spirit them away to another dimension to escape the Squadron's Behavior Modification agenda, Burbank rebuffs their offer to join them in exile, asserting his intention to battle the Squadron to the end, even if he is the last criminal on Earth.
* DeadpanSnarker: Always prepared with a well honed verbal barb for allies and adversaries alike.
* DealWithTheDevil: He and his hated arch-enemy Hyperion strike a bargain to cooperate in escaping Menace's own interdimensional prison. Later, Menace allies with Nighthawk, the second greatest crimefighter of Earth-712, to subvert the Squadron from within. When Nighthawk capitulates to Menace's pragmatic solution to the uncovering of their conspiracy against the Squadron, he feels like he's sold his soul to the Devil.
* TheDeterminator: "This is MY world. The Squadron will not force me to flee. I will battle them to the end- even if I am the last criminal on Earth!"
* DiabolicalMastermind: The premiere example of Earth-712.
* EnemyMine: When Nighthawk first approaches Menace with the proposition of teaming up to take down the Squadron, he refuses, mostly due to ego. It is only after Menace's own plan to subvert and destroy the Squadron from within fails that he finally decides to take his old foe up on his offer.
* EvilIsPetty: And how. His career vendetta against Hyperion is (reportedly) based on Hyperion's Atomic Vision supposedly altering Burbank's hormones so that his body hair now grows at an accelerated rate, giving him a perpetual hirsute appearance. And in the ''[[ComicBook/SquadronSupremeDeathOfAUniverse Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe]]'' graphic novel, when Hyperion approaches him for aid in thwarting the phenomenon that threatens the existence in all known life, Menace chooses this moment to make Hyperion get on his knees and beg him to help everybody (including himself) NOT DIE. Even the megalomaniac conqueror Scarlet Centurion calls Menace out on this.
* EvilGenius: Again, the archetype of the Squadron's Earth.
* EvilLaughter: Even when faced with the threat of universal annihilation, Burbank can't resist indulging in malevolent chuckling at the irony of the situation.
* EvilerThanThou: As ruthless and diabolical Menace is, even he must concede that he is no match for the Global Directorate that conquers Earth and enslaves him through Behavior Modification.
* ExactWords: When Menace and Hyperion strike a bargain to escape the interdimensional prison he trapped them in, Menace makes his enemy promise that neither Hyperion nor any Squadron member will try to apprehend him or "abridge his freedom in any way". Hyperion takes it so that when the duo are transported back to their home dimension, several hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface, Hyperion can refuse to grab Menace and help him reach the ground safely, as that would constitute "abridging his freedom" in some way.
* GadgeteerGenius: From his battle armor to his servitor robots to his dimensional displacement rifle, Master Menace has an arsenal of weapons that attest to his genius.
* HandBlast: Burbank's armor gives him this capacity.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Menace succeeds in shunting his foe Hyperion to an alternate shadowy dimension, but when his ally, the Hyperion of Earth-616, betrays and tries to kill him, his only avenue of escape is the same dimension he just exiled his ArchEnemy to. Menace later discovers he has no apparent way to escape.
* InsufferableGenius: Never misses an opportunity to tell or show people how brilliant he is.
* LargeHam: Menace LOVES pork. He's not quite up to the level of hamminess of his partial expy ComicBook/DoctorDoom, but he is fond of EvilLaughter and grandiose speeches extolling his own greatness.
* MythologyGag: Master Menace was a RedBaron title used to refer to Doctor Doom during the days of giving every character numerous alliterative aliases. "And a few hours later, at the secret laboratory of the master menace..."
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Would you trust a man who calls himself MASTER MENACE?
* NighInvulnerability: His battlesuit protects him from huge amounts of damage, being able to withstand multiple blows from a being with the strength of Hyperion.
* NotMeThisTime: When the Squadron Supreme return to their native Earth and find it conquered and ruled by some tyrannical entity, Hyperion immediately assumes his old arch nemesis Master Menace is behind it. But when he busts into the enemy's headquarters, Hyperion is shocked to find Menace imprisoned, a broken shell of his former self, enslaved by brainwashing to serve the Global Directorate's aims.
* OhCrap: Menace's internal reaction upon encountering his archfoe Hyperion in the dimension prison he put him in not too long ago.
* PoweredArmour: Master Menace's signature battlesuit enables him to engage his super-powered opponents in the Squadron Supreme on a level playing field.
* PragmaticVillainy: When Squadron member Blue Eagle stumbles upon Nighthawk and Menace's Redeemer conspiracy, Menace suggests that they use the Behavior Modification machine he devised by copying Tom Thumb's to brainwash Eagle into being loyal to the Redeemers; not because he harbors any particular hatred for Eagle, or even the notion that Eagle would be a key asset- it is simply the simplest, most expedient solution. When Nighthawk rejects this plan, Menace retorts that if they (the Redeemers) truly intend to win this struggle against the Squadron, they will have to use all available means and methods to ensure victory, and any reservations preventing Nighthawk from doing so is idealistic nonsense. Menace tops this argument with the notion that their only other option to ensure Blue Eagle doesn't talk is to kill him.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Not that you can blame him, but as soon as it's apparent that his plan to remove the threat of the Nth Man entity by shunting him into another dimension has failed, Menace immediately abandons his allies in the Squadron by teleporting away to safety.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Menace's main goal. He actually manages to take over Earth-712's Middle East region,in the wake of the catastrophic upheaval of world governments and society at large due to the Overmind's invasion.
* YearInsideHourOutside: Invoked and played with. The ''[[ComicBook/SquadronSupremeDeathOfAUniverse Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe]]'' graphic novel sees Menace attempt to devise a means to avert the world's destruction by traveling to the Scarlet Centurion's era to take advantage of its highly advanced technology. Hyperion, who has been waiting for only three-quarters of an hour for Menace and the Centurion to return (they'd promised to be back in a minute), is shocked to see Menace sporting gray hair, signifying that about fifteen years has actually passed for his arch enemy in the 40th century. Menace, after such a long period of time, lost track of the exact minute he'd left the Squadron's era.

!The Scarlet Centurion
Absolute monarch of 40th century Earth. Time-travelling despot and ruler of countless worlds, Victorex Prime, His Imperial Majesty, conqueror of time and space, the Scarlet Centurion is one of the Squadron Supreme's oldest and most dangerous enemies. Sworn to subjugate their home era, the Centurion has been repeatedly but narrowly thwarted many times by the Squadron, despite the advantages of his vast temporal armies and advanced technology and weaponry. A divergent identity of the man also known as Rama-Tut, Kang The Conqueror and Immortus.

[[folder:The Scarlet Centurion]]
-->"Greetings, Squadron! ''I HAVE RETURNED!!!''" - The Scarlet Centurion
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[[caption-width-right:251:"In moments we shall see if years of effort have borne fruit...and I shall finally see the '''veil of time''' rent asunder!"]]

* AllThereInTheManual: If you just read the series alone, you'd never know he's an alternate Kang, since it never hints at it. It wouldn't be until ''Captain America'' annual #11, a few years down the line, that the point of divergence is given.
* ColorCharacter: The '''SCARLET''' Centurion.
* ConquerorFromTheFuture: Commands vast armies of chrono-warriors armed with powerful 40th century weaponry. The Squadron's era is the only one he has failed to absorb into his vast temporal empire, much to his perpetual chagrin.
* CrazyPrepared: Wears a helmet that is proof against psychic probes and other mental intrusion.
* DealWithTheDevil: The Centurion offers one to Squadron member Tom Thumb, who approaches his to bargain for the Panacea Potion, the supposed cure-all for humanity's diseases and the aging process. When the Centurion requests that Thumb slip ground Argonite (the sole radioactive substance that can harm Hyperion) into Hyperion's food (paving the way for the Centurion to crush Hyperion and subsequently rule the world), the short inventor realizes the price is too high.
* DirtyCoward: In ''Squadron Supreme'' #2, all it takes is a strongly worded threat from Hyperion to make him back off from staging a full-scale invasion of Earth.
* EnemyMine: Enters into this situation with his hated enemy Hyperion and the rest of the Squadron Supreme to find a way to thwart the destruction of the universe by "The Entity".
* EternalEnglish: Subverted. He has his underlings learn 20th century English for when they're operating there.
* EvilIsHammy: Bursts in on a Squadron Supreme meeting with a huge, ostentatious hologram to announce that "I HAVE RETURNED!!!"
* EvilIsPetty: Absolutely exults in the anguish Tom Thumb suffers when tormented by the SadisticChoice presented him in ''Squadron Supreme'' #2.
* EvilLaughter: Indulges in some at Tom Thumb's expense when the Squadroner agonizes over the moral dilemma laid out by the Centurion's offer.
* EvilOverlord: Victorex Prime, His Imperial Majesty, conqueror of time and space.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Exhibits an overall congenial manner while plotting to destroy and/or subjugate all around him.
* ForTheEvulz : The whole reason he allows Tom Thumb to approach him to bargain for the Panacea Potion, then stand idly by while the diminutive Squadroner later stages a raid to steal the Potion, all the while knowing full well that [[spoiler: the drug won't work for people in the Squadron's time]]. Gets a HUGE chuckle out of this tragic ShaggyDogStory.
* ForegoneConclusion: Sits and calmly watches from a hidden vantage point as Squadron members Tom Thumb and Lamprey sneak into his fortress and steal a sample of the Panacea Potion, the Centurion's "miracle drug". When his "chrono-troopers" ask if their ruler if they should mount pursuit, the Centurion refuses, stating that "Certain historical events, like Tom Thumb's fate [[spoiler: (his imminent demise by cancer)]], are known to me."
* {{Hologram}}: Uses a "chronographic projection" of himself to witness the Squadron Supreme's efforts to save the universe during ''[[ComicBook/SquadronSupremeDeathOfAUniverse Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe]]''.
* KarmaHoudini: He's a conquering jerkass per excellence, but he's not seen suffering any consequences whatsoever for any of it, and the team don't go after him.
* MythologyGag: He got into a tussle with Earth-712's Grandmaster, much like how the Squadron ''Sinister'' were introduced as minions in a fight between Earth-616's Kang and the Grandmaster.
* NotMeThisTime: Hyperion immediately suspects The Centurion of being behind the universe destroying Entity phenomenon in ''[[ComicBook/SquadronSupremeDeathOfAUniverse Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe]]''. He is flattered by the accusation. Master Menace initially (and ironically)) suspects him of having something to do with the encroaching catastrophe as well.
* OlderThanTheyLook: ''[[ComicBook/SquadronSupremeDeathOfAUniverse Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe]]'' states that the Scarlet Centurion has ruled for at least 51 years, but still looks like a man in his physical prime. He has undoubtedly partaken of his own Panacea Potion, which he asserts stops the ravages of age, at least for people from his time era.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Aside from the conquering and enslaving, he cracks a few jokes at Tom Thumb's expense.
* PragmaticVillainy: Despite his own intense hatred of Hyperion, The Centurion nevertheless tells Master Menace to cut the crap when Burbank wastes valuable time trying to humiliate the Squadroner by making him beg for assistance during the Entity crisis.
* SadisticChoice: Presents Squadron member Tom Thumb with one in ''Squadron Supreme'' #2. The Centurion offers to give the diminutive scientist a sample of the "Panacea Potion", a 40th-century drug which can supposedly cure any and all ailments, with the implication that Thumb introducing the drug to his era centuries before the Centurion's would save untold millions of lives. But in return, the despot requires Thumb to poison the food of Hyperion with Argonite, a substance which is lethal to the Squadron leader, which would enable the Centurion to finally conquer the Squadron's era, enslaving millions.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Pulls this (understandably so) near the end of ''[[ComicBook/SquadronSupremeDeathOfAUniverse Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe]]'', after all the combined efforts of the Centurion, the Squadron, Master Menace and the Overmind ultimately failed to thwart the Entity's world erasing efforts.
* SlouchOfVillainy: Pulls this pose at the beginning and end of the ''[[ComicBook/SquadronSupremeDeathOfAUniverse Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe]]'' graphic novel.
* SuperStrength: Nowhere near the level of Hyperion or even Amphibian most likely, but he has been shown to be able to hoist one of his minions (an average-sized but grown man) with one hand quite easily.
* TimeTravel: His bread and butter.
* {{Troll}}: Deep down, the Centurion had to know that Tom Thumb would never agree to poison his friend and teammate Hyperion, even for a drug (supposedly) capable of curing all disease. The time despot just got his jollies jerking the poor guy around. [[spoiler:Even more so since he knew the cure wouldn't work, and Tom was dying himself.]]
* VictoryIsBoring: His dilemma at the beginning of ''[[ComicBook/SquadronSupremeDeathOfAUniverse Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe]]''.
* WeWillHavePerfectHealthInTheFuture: ...along with the utter halt of the aging process altogether, thanks to the Panacea Potion.
* WithholdingTheCure: Played with. By the Centurion's time, medical science has advanced to the point where all illness and ravages of the body can be cured by a "Panacea Potion". Squadroner Tom Thumb approaches the Centurion to bargain for it, and walks away empty handed when Thumb refuses to poison his teammate Hyperion in exchange. [[spoiler: Turns out that the Potion wouldn't have worked on anyone from the Squadron's era anyway, as eugenics and biological systems haven't advanced far enough for the Potion (which is basically composed of complex vitamins) to be effective.]]
* YearInsideHourOutside: Also played with. When Master Menace travels to the Centurion's era to take advantage of 40th-century technology to devise a means of thwarting the universe-swallowing Entity, he promises Hyperion that he will return to the Squadron's time period within one minute. Menace and the Centurion actually return after more than forty-five minutes, and Hyperion realizes that the arch criminal has aged fifteen years. It turns out that devising the weapon took much longer than Menace anticipated. By all accounts, time moves at the same speed in the Centurion's era as it does in that of the Squadron, but this instance gave the illusion of this trope.

!The Institute Of Evil
[[folder:In General]]
--> '''"These guys are the most powerful gang a' sleezebags the Squadron's ever fought!"''' - Tom Thumb
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[[caption-width-right:350:From upper left to right: Lamprey, Quagmire, Foxfire, Doctor Decibel and The Shape]]
As they are a super-villain group composed of personal enemies of various members of the Squadron Supreme, they can most likely be considered an {{expy}} of The LegionOfDoom. Originally gathered by the Scarlet Centurion to use as pawns in a competition against the Elder of the Universe known as the Gamemaster, the Instituters opted to stay together to pursue their criminal goals. Led by Ape X, this foremost team of superhuman criminals has had a long-standing enmity with the Squadron, culminating in the Institute's final defeat and brainwashing when they attempted to kidnap the Squadron's family members. Except for absent members Remnant, The Mink and Pinball, all Institutioners were pressed into service as Squadron members.

[[folder:Ape X]]
--> "Then go to it, Institutioners, for the night is short!''" - Ape X
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[[caption-width-right:250:"If he (Hyperion) thinks being blind is bad, he ought to feel what it's like to be a legless mutant ape."]]

Xina the ape was the result of an experiment to grant a simian human-level intellect. She turned to a life of crime after her trainer was killed, coming to lead the Institute of Evil. She was eventually captured by the Squadron and brainwashed into joining them and serving as the lab partner to resident genius Tom Thumb, eventually developing strong feelings for him. X later fell prey to a LogicBomb, rendering her catatonic for the remainder of the series. Loosely based on Franchise/TheFlash villain Gorilla Grodd, or perhaps the Ultra-humanite.

* AnArmAndALeg: Ape X's body is totally truncated below the waist.
* {{Brainwashed}}: Her fate, along with the rest of the captured Institutioners, at the hands of the Squadron Supreme.
* {{Cyborg}}: From the waist down. Ape X alternates from a tank tread vehicle configuration to flying car to get around.
* GadgeteerGenius: Alluded to be this during her criminal career, but it's only after Ape X is behavior modified and drafted into the Squadron that we truly see the fruits of her skill. As Tom Thumb's lab partner, she perfects his force field belts, invents non-lethal Pacifier Pistols, assists Thumb in creating the Hibernaculum suspended animation pods, and devises a set of image inducer goggles to enable the blinded Hyperion to see.
* GentleGorilla: She began as a KillerGorilla, but after being brainwashed she turns into one of this, always willing to help.
* GoodFeelsGood: Seems to be genuinely glad to be able to use her inventive skills for the good of society, especially as it enables her to work alongside [[LoveInterest Tom Thumb]].
* KillerGorilla: At first.
* InterspeciesRomance: Became quite enamored with Tom Thumb during her time as his lab partner, but he was totally oblivious and nothing developed from it.
* TheLeader: As the most intelligent member of the Institute of Evil, Ape X formulates all the group's schemes, devises all the weaponry and paraphernalia and sets overall policy.
* LogicBomb: Ape X catches new Squadron recruit Moonglow downloading the plans to the Behavior Modification machine to an outside party. Her own brainwashing demands she alert her fellow Squadron members to this clear violation of their bylaws, but that selfsame brainwashing prevents her from "betraying" a fellow Squadron member. Unable to mentally reconcile this conflict, Ape X's brain shuts down and she becomes catatonic for the rest of her life.
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:She tries building a robotic duplicate of Tom after he dies. She never succeeds before her brain snaps.]]

[[folder:Foxfire]]
--> "I ''like'' what the Squadron did to me. And I'm ''proud'' that they let me join their team, considering how bad I used to be." - Foxfire
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[[caption-width-right:244:"Taa-daa! One building rotted to the ground!"]]

Olivia Underwood possessed the power to generate bioluminescence capable of inducing near-instantaneous rot in both organic and inorganic substances. She was among the Institutioners captured and behavior modified to join the Squadron, where she eventually started a romantic relationship with Joe "Doctor Spectrum" Ledger. Foxfire perished during the battle of Squadron City, killed by former Institute colleague The Mink in retaliation for [[spoiler: killing Redeemer leader Nighthawk]].

She appears to be a loose {{Expy}} of Batman villain ComicBook/PoisonIvy, given her poisonous ability, role as a villain with sex appeal, and an implied past history with Nighthawk.

* BeingGoodSucks: At first, her being "good" involves her being brainwashed into serving the Squadron and entering a sexual relationship with a man she is literally incapable of ever saying no to. When the brainwashing is undone and she decides to turn good for real, [[spoiler: it gets her killed]]. It probably would've been better for her had she stayed a villain.
* BoyishShortHair: Has a short cropped blonde hair do', befitting her punk image. It resembles the same flat top style worn by singer Grace Jones.
* BrainWashed: Is subjected to the Behavior Modification process along with the rest of her cronies. Notably, even after she is successfully de-programmed, Foxfire still remains loyal to the Squadron, mostly due to her genuine love for Doctor Spectrum.
* CollateralAngst: Her death is treated more as a tragic moment for Doctor Spectrum since she practically dies in his arms. It's used as a motivation for him to realize he's internalized the Power Prism's energy.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: After being brainwashed, the Squadron find a beneficial use for her powers, helping safely demolish buildings.
* DarkSkinnedBlonde: She has dyed blonde hair and dark skin.
* GoodCostumeSwitch: Not long after she is Behavior Modified, Foxfire changes from her previous punk rocker styled criminal apparel to a somewhat less provocative (but still daring) outfit.
* GoodFeelsGood: The major reason (other than her love for Joe Ledger) she stays loyal to the Squadron after her Behavior Modification is reversed.
* LightIsGood: Her original costume was colored a rather poisonous looking green. When she's brainwashed, her new costume is white.
* LoveRedeems: Because of her love for Squadron member Doctor Spectrum, Foxfire stays loyal to them despite her Behavior Modification de-programming at the hands of their enemies, the Redeemers. Unfortunately, this also leads to her death.
* MakeThemRot: Foxfire's bioluminesence can cause rapid deterioration of not only inorganic substances like wood, stone and metal, but also flesh and bodily organs [[spoiler: like Nighthawk's heart]].
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: She's only ever remembered as the woman who [[spoiler:killed Nighthawk]], and the last time she's ever mentioned the artwork (seen above) is made to make her look malevolent after she committed the act, despite that she felt horrible about doing so.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: As we as readers (or for that matter, Foxfire herself) didn't really know what side she'd take in the superhero war after her brainwashing was undone, it could be argued that Foxfire's first genuine act of "good" was [[spoiler: killing Redeemer leader Nighthawk]] so that the Squadron Supreme could win. She herself is murdered immediately afterward.

[[folder:Lamprey]]
--> "You guys can dish it out okay, but ''nobody'' does it better than Lamprey!" - Lamprey
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[[caption-width-right:310:"'''Heh-heeya heeya hee!'''"]]

Donald [=McGuiggin=] was a career criminal and one of the Institute members captured by the Squadron and subjected to the Behavior Modification process invented by Squadron member Tom Thumb, altering his personality. He had the power to absorb energy from both organic and inorganic sources, giving him the capacity to obtain further superhuman powers. Lamprey was impressed into service to the Squadron and served faithfully, until his Behavior Modification was neutralized by Nighthawk and his Redeemers, turning him into a mole dedicated to their destruction. An expy of Franchise/{{Superman}} foe the Parasite, with a smidgeon of Mantis (the New Gods villain).

* AllYourPowersCombined: During the final battle between the Redeemers and the Squadron, Lamprey uses his ability to absorb the superhuman powers of not only Hyperion, but Power Princess and the Whizzer, probably granting him more physical power than he'd ever absorbed and retained up to that point. This proves to be he downfall, when Lamprey attempts to absorb Doctor Spectrum's power as well.
* ArchEnemy: Relishes stealing the superhuman energy from Hyperion like no other.
* AxCrazy: Lamprey presents a strong case for the B-Mod, as by himself he's a gleeful maniac who just wants to use his powers to hurt and kill, nothing more.
* BeingGoodSucks: Lamprey certainly feels this way, as he immediately agrees to join Nighthawk's Redeemer conspiracy, and revels in the opportunity to pay back his oppressors in the Squadron for making him "do good".
* BloodKnight: Can't wait to tear into the Squadron during the climactic battle of Squadron City. Even fellow Redeemer Remnant is shocked by Lamprey's bloodthirst.
* BrainWashed: Along with his fellow Institution of Evil members.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Explodes when he tries to absorb the totality of Doctor Spectrum's Prism Power during the final battle. There wasn't enough to bury afterward.]]
* FangsAreEvil: Not a vampire (at least in the traditional sense), but is a vicious, predatory character who packs the orthodontic gear.
* {{Flight}}: Seems capable of this even without absorbing the superhuman powers of others.
* FlyingBrick: Becomes one if he absorbs the right superhuman powerset, preferably Hyperion's.
* ForeShadowing: When Blue Eagle's suggestion that the Squadron preemptively modify the behavior of new Squadron recruits is shot down, Lamprey, a Behavior Modified recruit himself, states that the Squadron will regret that decision. Months later, Lamprey is de-programmed, and acts in collusion with these selfsame new recruits to subvert the Squadron from within, and actually ends up [[spoiler: killing Blue Eagle]].
* TheMole: Acts as one for the Redeemers once his Behavior Modification is undone.
* PowerParasite: His whole deal, making him one of the most feared and potentially dangerous supervillains of Earth-712.
* SuperSenses: Part of his powers is he can sense energy. [[spoiler:It clues him in that Hyperion's been replaced by his counterpart, since he can smell the difference, but his brainwashing prevents him from saying anything unless he's certain.]]

[[folder:Quagmire]]
--> "Get stuffed!" - Quagmire
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[[caption-width-right:205:"Can I put 'im outta his misery with a well-placed slime ball?"]]

Career criminal Jerome Myers possessed the ability to tap and manipulate the extra-dimensional Darkforce in the form of a thick, dark, viscous tar-like substance. He was a charter member of the Institute of Evil and an arch-foe of Squadron member Doctor Spectrum. Along with the rest of his teammates, he was defeated, captured, and brainwashed into becoming a loyal, self-sacrificing Squadron member, and was plunged into a coma heroically saving thirty factory workers from an industrial accident. Quagmire was presumed dead when he was eventually sucked into the dimension his dark matter originates from, but it later turned out that he was actually only shunted to the mainstream Earth, free of the Squadron's brainwashing, and reverted to his former criminal ways. He is possibly a loosely translated expy of Franchise/GreenLantern's ArchEnemy Sinestro, with powers similar to the Comicbook/{{Shade}}.

* ArchEnemy: Formerly, to Doctor Spectrum.
* BrainWashed: His Behavior Modification caused him to pull a HeroicSacrifice, nearly killing himself to save factory workers.
* DelinquentHair: Punkish Quagmire sports a blond mohawk.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Blue Eagle punches Quagmire in the face for jerking around on duty supposedly because Quagmire and his other fellow former Institutioners, with their rough, unconventional appearance and manner, make the Squadron Supreme look bad by association. Quagmire points out that Eagle's physically assaulting a teammate in public doesn't exactly do wonders for the Squadron's image either.
* DrugsAreBad: When Quagmire goes down due to accidental overexposure to Pacifier gas, his longtime teammate Lamprey mentally comments on the irony of his old friend overdosing on a "mellow" drug.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: Senior Squadroner Blue Eagle slugs Quagmire for flirting with a factory worker while on duty, mostly out of resentment for having to team with former Instituters.
* HeroicSacrifice: His Behavior Modification makes him to pull a near-fatal one, as he is irresistibly compelled to risk his life to drag nearly 30 factory workers to safety by himself, nearly dying of overexposure to an experimental gas.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Quagmire might not have been putting the Squadron as a team in the most positive light by flirting with a civilian while on duty, but Blue Eagle slugging him for it in public is decidedly worse, as the former Instituter points out (even more so since, as he points out, the B-Modding means he can't fight back at all).
* LovecraftianSuperpower: Quagmire's ability to manifest an otherworldly, sticky, black muck into his base dimension is very powerful, dangerous, immune to magic and energy and utterly creepy.
* SavagePiercings: Quagmire has a number of these, fitting his punk image.
* UncertainDoom: He's rendered comatose, sending his powers out of control. The team is reluctantly forced to concede they'll have to kill him to stop it. Hyperion does so... and Quagmire's body vanishes.

[[folder:The Mink]]
--> "''Charmed'', darling." - The Mink
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[[caption-width-right:250:"Never turn your back on The Mink!"]]
By her own account, Julie Steel, a spoiled heiress, turned to crime due to boredom, a hunger for excitement, and the conviction that her elite status put her above the rules of society. When she became a cat burglar, her number one opponent was Nighthawk, with whom over the years she developed a fascination, if not genuine affection for. The Mink was an original member of the Institute of Evil, but was absent for the group's final defeat, capture, and subsequent Behavior Modification. She, along with Remnant and Pinball, later joined Nighthawk's Redeemer conspiracy. An expy of ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} from the Franchise/{{Batman}} mythos.

* AndThisIsFor: Invokes this when she [[spoiler: eviscerates Foxfire in retaliation for Nighthawk's death.]]
--> "A heart for a heart, pig!"
* CommonalityConnection: Comes from a life of wealth and privilege like her old archfoe Nighthawk, and this similar past is what helps them bond.
* HeelFaceTurn: Seems to have made a true one towards the end of the original maxiseries, without the "benefit" of behavior modification. Confides in Nighthawk how she realizes how wrong her previous, selfish entitled mindset was, and how grateful she is to have true meaning and purpose in life.
* LoveRedeems: Credits Nighthawk for making a "new woman" out of her.
* MsFanservice: A gorgeous platinum blonde in a mink coat that doesn't quite cover her.
* PrettyInMink: Her criminal trademark.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Along with Remnant and Pinball, opts to allow Master Menace to transport her to another dimension to escape the Squadron's brainwashing agenda.
* ShesGotLegs: Displayed very nicely, despite her long mink coat.
* TheVamp: Uses her sultry wiles as much as her claws to try to get her way.
* VillainessesWantHeroes: This may have always been the case between Mink and Nighthawk, even when she was still a card-carrying criminal.
* WolverineClaws: Artificial claws that she can extend from underneath her sleeves and retract at will. Her main offensive weapon and quite deadly, [[spoiler:as Foxfire would attest]].

[[folder:Doctor Decibel]]
--> '''"Aha- the last of the mighty Squadron!"''' - Dr. Decibel
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[[caption-width-right:235:"Aha- the last of the mighty Squadron!"]]

Dr. Anton Decibel was a physician who leads a double life as a costumed criminal. He was responsible for administering the experimental and unwanted throat surgery granting Linda Lewis the sonic powers she would later wield as the crime fighter Lady Lark. He was a key member of the Institute of Evil and was subjected to the Squadron's Behavior Modification program upon the Institute's final defeat, acting as Squadron City's head physician until his death. he was most likely an expy of ComicBook/GreenLantern villain Sonar.

* ArchEnemy: To Lady Lark, the woman whose singing career he ruined.
* BrainWashed: Right along with the rest of the Institute after their final defeat.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Dies by drowning in his teammate Quagmire's extradimensional ooze.
* EasilyForgiven: By the rest of the Squadron, even after spearheading the operation to kidnap their loved ones, due to his behavior modification. But even then Lady Lark refused to work with him or even speak to him after he was inducted into the Squadron.
* GaleForceSound: His "Mega-Sonic Blast" proved capable of sending Tom Thumb flying, even while surrounded by a force field.
* MadDoctor: Decibel's lack of medical ethics enables him to perform the radical, experimental surgery on Linda Lewis that gave her her SonicScream and ruined her singing career.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: An actual accredited surgeon, but certainly leaned more towards the MadScientist side while an Instituter.

[[folder:Remnant]]
--> "I don't want to move til I'm sure we're gonna ''win!''''" - Remnant
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[[caption-width-right:236:"My mind, however demented, is my own!"]]

Not much is known about the history of Frank Edwards, the super criminal who would call himself Remnant, not even the source of his apparently superhuman powers and/or magic fabric. He was a longtime member of the Institute of Evil and an even longer foe of Nighthawk. He joined Nighthawk's Redeemers out of fear of the Squadron Supreme's Behavior Modification Program, and fought against them in the final battle in Squadron City. Remnant can perhaps be considered a distant [[ComicBook/TheJoker Joker]] {{Expy}}, what with his lanky frame, puckish manner, and enmity with Nighthawk (the Franchise/{{Batman}} {{Expy}}) He's even seen tossing playing cards in his very first appearance.

* CoolShades: Wears them at night and everything.
* DelinquentHair: Sports a mohawk like his former teammate Quagmire, but hot pink.
* HammerSpace: His power enables him to pull magic fabric out of apparently nowhere.
* HiddenDepths: Manages to sew Redstone a pretty spiffy looking costume.
* HonorAmongThieves: Remnant is shattered by Pinball's death.
* LeanAndMean: A lanky, nasty punk.
* MagicCarpet: His trademark mode of transportation.
* PunkRock: His look invokes the style.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Fears the Squadron's Behavior Modification Program so much, he pleads with Master Menace to transport him and his cronies Mink and Remnant right out of the dimension of Earth-712.

[[folder:The Shape]]
--> '''"Shape pound cape man!"''' - The Shape
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[[caption-width-right:320:"Okey-dokey!"]]

Raleigh Lund is the mentally challenged, shape-changing member of the Institute of Evil, and later, the Squadron Supreme. He, like Foxfire, remains loyal to the Squadron even after his Behavior Modification is undone. A possible expy of ComicBook/PlasticMan (with his off-kilter personality and criminal past) or ComicBook/ElongatedMan.

* BrainWashed: With the rest of his Institute of Evil contemporaries.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Or pants, or shirts, either. Most likely because they would interfere with his shapeshifting.
* FriendToAllChildren: After his Behavior Modification, he is always seen spending his leisure time playing with the young children of Squadron members.
* GoodFeelsGood: Shape, as a Squadron member, experiences acceptance and friendship at levels he'd never had as an Institutioner, and his appreciation keeps him loyal to the Squadron when the other moles within the group turn on them.
* HulkSpeak: Shape's mental deficiency causes him to indulge in this.
* ShapeshifterWeapon: Can form hammers from his hands.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: His pliable body gives him this capacity.

[[folder:Pinball]]
--> "Why can't people just get run over like they're supposed to?" - Pinball
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[[caption-width-right:350:"I think I'll roll out and see."]]

Much of Chester Freeman's past before he assumed the criminal sobriquet Pinball remains unknown, but he was a perennial foe of Nighthawk, and a good friend of his fellow criminal Remnant, often working tandem with him. Along with Remnant and the Mink, Pinball was one of the three members of the Institute of Evil who escaped capture and subsequent brainwashing by the Squadron Supreme. Probably an expy of Bouncing Boy from the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes, solely based on his powers, perhaps with elements of the Penguin (as a visually distinct, rotund-appearing enemy of the Batman expy).

* {{Acrofatic}}: His inflatable suit sort of makes him this.
* BouncingBattler: His modus operandi, not that he's all that successful at it.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Perishes while being cradled by his longtime friend Remnant after a plummeting Blue Eagle shattered Pinball's spine.]]
* HiddenDepths: Rather deep and reflective for a guy who wears a rubber ball suit. Makes pointed comments (to ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, no less) about the tyrannical way the Squadron is trampling everyone's human rights, the irony of he and his colleagues allying with their old enemy Nighthawk, and Lampshades the utter implausibility of Remnant's flying carpet. Can also pilot a helicopter.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Pleads with Master Menace to use his dimensional transporter to send him, The Mink and Remnant to another dimension to escape the Squadron's tyranny.
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: He can fill his rubber suit with air and roll into people like a giant beach ball. That's it. [[spoiler: Small wonder he dies in ''Squadron Supreme'' #12.]]

!Hyperion (Earth-616)

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 ComicBook/TheAvengers during a "Contest of Champions", and forged a semi-rivalry with ComicBook/TheMightyThor. 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 Franchise/{{Superman}} mythos, but also of Superman's Earth-3 counterpart Ultraman.

[[folder:Hyperion (Earth-616)]]
--> "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
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[[caption-width-right:320:"Big talk- but talk ain't gonna win ''this'' scrap!"]]

See Characters/SquadronSinister for more info.

!Nighthawk's Redeemers
Nighthawk, founding member of the Squadron Supreme, quits the team when the Utopia initiative is proposed. He resolves to overthrow his former teammates and liberate the country from their unintentional tyranny, saving the nation from the inevitable dystopia. To this end, Nighthawk forges a team whose main strategy is to infiltrate the Squadron and subvert and defeat it from within. The resistance is made up of reformed villains Mink, Pinball, and Remnant, expelled Squadroner Wyatt [=McDonald=] (formerly Golden, now Black Archer), and new superhumans Inertia, Moonglow, Redstone, Thermite, and Haywire. Perennial Squadron enemy Master Menace aids the cause by devising a de-modification device which undoes the effects of Tom Thumb's brainwashing machine, enabling the Redeemers to bolster their ranks even further by freeing the former members of the Institute of Evil (who were drafted into the Squadron), having them act as moles as well. Most likely an {{expy}} of ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders.

[[folder:In General]]
-->"The five of us standing here, and our various allies, are America's Redeemers. We are here to relieve you of all the authority you have usurped from the federal government. Surrender peaceably and there need be no incident." - Nighthawk
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Let's table the discussions for a minute, and get down to business...namely, how the ten of us are going to '''overthrow the Squadron!'''"]]

* ArmyOfThievesAndWhores: The "whore" part is certainly debatable, but as the vast majority of Nighthawk's recruits are former Institute of Evil members, the "thieves" part definitely applies.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While their infiltrators are against the Squadron, they internally feel lousy about lying to the team's face to accomplish their goals.
* HomeBase: The Redeemers use Kyle Richmond's palatial mansion as their headquarters. Along with all the usual luxuries, it also boasts a fully equipped training facility and communications center.
* MagneticHero: It's a testament to Kyle Richmond's charisma, powers of persuasion and leadership abilities that he is able to forge a team composed mostly of former arch enemies of his, along with perfect strangers and rookies.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Nighthawk, realizing that no one man could hope to defeat the Squadron alone, went on a countrywide search for suitable recruits. But seeing as how nearly all known superhumans of altruistic intent were already among the Squadron's numbers, Nighthawk had no choice but to ally with super-criminals, an expelled Squadroner (Wyatt [=McDonald=]), and unknown quantities.
* LaResistance: In opposition to the Squadron's unintentional totalitarian regime.

[[folder:Moonglow I]]
--> "Ever wonder what it'd be like if Earth's gravity suddenly became ''five times stronger''?" - Moonglow
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[[caption-width-right:279:"Making others see what I wish them to is such child's play!"]]
The origin of Melissa Hanover's powers is unknown, as is her background. Her ability to create illusions is so potent, she convinced all she came into contact with that she actually possessed a wide variety of superhuman abilities. She was recruited by Nighthawk for his Redeemers team for the express purpose of subverting the Squadron Supreme from within. Moonglow performed the key task of stealing the blueprints for Tom Thumb's Behavior Modification device, getting them into the hands of Squadron enemy and Redeemer ally Master Menace.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Her costume, [[spoiler: thanks in huge part to her illusory appearance]], is a fine example of this.
* AlphaBitch: Played with. Her haughtiness, apparent superiority and overall disdain for nearly everyone else around mark her with all the earmarks of a prime example. But Arcanna eventually takes her down a peg,[[spoiler: exposing her true nature as a self-loathing, overweight frump]].
* BreakTheHaughty: Her defeat at the hands of a pregnant Arcanna (along with the subsequent [[spoiler:public reveal of her true, overweight and plain form]]), humiliates her so badly she retreats into almost total seclusion.
* {{Glamour}}: Her blonde bombshell appearance [[spoiler: is a facade, created by her powers. It hides her true, frumpy self]].
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Moonglow's SmugSuper attitude is merely a pose, as it turns out [[spoiler: her attractive blonde appearance is mere illusion. In reality, Hanover is an overweight, far less physically appealing older woman]].
* MasterOfIllusion: Even more so than Arcanna.
* MsFanservice: A blonde bombshell in a very flattering outfit. [[spoiler: Too bad it's an illusion. In actuality, she's much less physically attractive overall.]]
* {{Pride}}: Has a very high opinion of herself and her abilities. [[spoiler: Ultimately this attitude is a pose, as in reality Hanover is much less self-assured, self-loathing, even, due to her true appearance.]]
* TheMole: Within the Squadron, like the rest of the unknown quantity Redeemers. She accomplishes the key role of stealing Tom Thumb's blueprints for the Behavior Modification device.
* ShatteringTheIllusion: A shot to the chops from Arcanna is enough to drop not only Moonglow but [[spoiler: her illusory attractive appearance]].
* ShesGotLegs: [[spoiler: At least in her illusory form.]]
* SmugSuper: Lords it over even her fellow Redeemers with her supposed inherent superiority. [[spoiler: A subversion, as in actuality she sees herself as a "frumpish nobody".]]
* SuperPowerLottery: She seems to have hit it, with her diverse powerset of flight, illusion casting, gravity manipulation, luminescence and phasing, but as it turns out, [[spoiler: her sole ability is illusion casting]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After giving the moniker of Moonglow to Arcanna, she just vanishes from the story and what happened to her is never revealed.

[[folder:Redstone]]
-->"Your strength is overrated, Hyperion. Admit it- you've met your ''match''!" - Redstone
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[[caption-width-right:250:"Nighthawk's given the word. Today's the day."]]
Growing up on a Native American reservation somewhere near the Apache Mountain Range area on the Squadron's Earth, Michael Redstone dreamed of one day facing Hyperion in combat. A giant of a man, Redstone had the capacity to increase his already prodigious superhuman strength by drawing energy from contact with the Earth. He was one of the very first recruits for Nighthawk's Redeemer conspiracy against the Squadron Supreme. A probable expy of Geo-Force from DC Comics.

* AchillesHeel: The Earth itself is the source of not only his tremendous strength, but his very lifeforce. Being cut off from the planet will not only seriously debilitate his vitality, it will eventually kill him, [[spoiler: which is precisely what happens in ''[[ComicBook/SquadronSupremeDeathOfAUniverse Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe]]''.]]
* TheBigGuy: Redstone is not only the Redeemers' resident powerhouse: he's the largest and most physically imposing being on Earth-712.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Dies when taken into orbit and away from contact with the Earth in ''[[ComicBook/SquadronSupremeDeathOfAUniverse Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe]]'']].
* ColorCharacter: Michael '''RED'''stone.
* FastballSpecial: Redstone and The Shape pull one during a simulated combat training session.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: Engages Hyperion himself in one on one combat during the final battle in Squadron City, putting him in an apparently inescapable headlock. Hyperion marvels at Redstone's strength, and realizes that the new recruit was holding back the true extent of his power when he was tested.
* TheMole: Along with Moonglow, the first of the newly minted superheroes recruited by the Squadron. He makes a point to hold back the true extent of his strength from the Squadron during testing sessions, so that he might catch Hyperion unawares.
* MysteriousPast: Exactly how he got his powers is unclear, and he doesn't say much.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Rankles under Power Princess' leadership because she's a woman, which leads to them brawling in ''[[ComicBook/SquadronSupremeDeathOfAUniverse Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe]]''.
* SuperStrength: Powerful enough to engage Hyperion himself in direct combat. His strength increases the longer he is in contact with the Earth.
* UnknownRival: For Hyperion. Michael Redstone grew up wanting to pit his strength against the man generally recognized as the strongest being on the planet. Hyperion, for his part, never knew Redstone existed until he showed up to join the Squadron.

[[folder:Inertia]]
--> "Inertia's power is among the most dangerous.." - Power Princess
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[[caption-width-right:320:"What the Squadron's done is ''wrong'' and we volunteered to stop them."]]
Edith Friedberg possessed the power to manipulate momentum, to either transfer it, increase or cancel it altogether. Shortly after joining Nighthawk's Redeemers conspiracy, she was placed in the Squadron as a mole to subvert the team from within. Inertia was engaged in a romantic relationship with fellow Redeemer Haywire.

* AllWomenAreLustful: Seen making out hot and heavy in a jacuzzi with boyfriend Haywire, and engages in an impromptu sex session with him on the beach some time later. A comment from a nearby Moonglow suggests this is a common occurrence.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Gets turned into a fine pink mist by the reflection of her own power back upon her when she tries to stop the interdimensional threat of the Nth Man]] in ''[[ComicBook/SquadronSupremeDeathOfAUniverse Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe]]''.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Inertia's power is to mentally steal the friction from one individual and transfer it at another. She actually knocks Power Princess out cold by channeling Hyperion's punches towards Redstone to her.
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: Tries to slow the growth of The Entity by using her power to reverse the direction of its expansion. The Entity is so overwhelmingly powerful, it magnifies Inertia's power reflects it back upon her, and [[spoiler: disintegrates her into pink dust]].
* MindOverMatter: Her control over kinetic energy is basically this.
* TheMole: Recruited along with the other unknown superhumans into the Squadron. Inertia also takes it upon herself to wipe clean the memory banks from security cameras to cover up Moonglow's theft of the B-Mod machine plans.
* MsFanservice: Her skintight, almost nude-colored costume already leaves very little to the imagination; is later seen in very skimpy bikinis.
* PowerPerversionPotential: Uses her power at one point to [[StrippingSnag tear away her boyfriend Haywire's swim trunks]]. In her defense, he started it first by using his own power to tear away her bikini.
* {{Stripperific}}: Though it covers her from head to toe, Inertia's costume is a near-nude bodysuit that hugs her body ''extremely'' tightly.

[[folder:Haywire]]
--> "That bleeping 'tanglewire' of his shoots out of his hands like it was under pressure!" - Foxfire
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[[caption-width-right:250:"Okay by me- now it's time to tangle!"]]
Harold Danforth had the superhuman ability to generate and project a wire-like substance from his fingers, in seemingly limitless quantities. Haywire joined Nighthawk's Redeemers contingent to stop the tyrannical rule of the Squadron Supreme, serving as a double agent. He started a romantic relationship with fellow Redeemer (and mole) Inertia soon after being recruited by the Squadron.

* AllMenArePerverts: Has no problem getting it on with Inertia on the beach, where anyone might catch them (and has).
* ButtMonkey: Thermite loves making him the target of his pranks.
* HammerSpace: Can generate an apparently unlimited amount of his steel-like "tanglewire" from seemingly nowhere.
* HeroicBSOD: Suffers one (after a gigantic freak out) when [[spoiler: his lover Inertia dies]] in ''[[ComicBook/SquadronSupremeDeathOfAUniverse Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe]]''.
* IChooseToStay: When the Squadron found a way back to their universe in Kurt Busiek's ''Avengers'', Tripwire declined to return, feeling that there was nothing left for him there, so he stayed on Earth-616. It's been some time since he's shown up.
* MrFanservice: A good looking, well-built young man, seen in swim trunks (or less) on a couple of occasions.
* TheMole: Along with Moonglow, Redstone and the rest, inserted into the Squadron's ranks by Nighthawk to subvert it from within. It is Haywire who captures Lamprey and delivers him to the Redeemers for behavior modification deprogramming.
* PowerPerversionPotential: Uses his tanglewire to undo Inertia's bikini.
* RedheadInGreen: A reddish-blond, anyway- dressed in a green costume.

[[folder:Thermite]]
--> "If ''you'' had to wear a bodysuit just to control your temperature extremes all the time, you'd find crazy ways to sublimate too!" - Inertia
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[[caption-width-right:265:"Hot-cha!"]]
Sam Yurimoto was able to project intense heat from the left side of his body, and intense cold from his right. His regulator pack was necessary for mediating the two drastically conflicting temperatures of his body. Thermite joined the Squadron, secretly serving as a mole for Nighthawk's Redeemers. He may be intended as a sort-of (50%?) expy of Batman foe ComicBook/MrFreeze.

* ClingyCostume: Has to constantly wear a special head to toe bodysuit (with accompanying regulator) to keep his body temperature extremes in check.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Killed when his regulator pack is accidentally damaged by The Whizzer: the two extremes of his body temperature apparently tears him apart internally.]]
* ElementalPowers: Can generate extreme levels of both heat and cold.
* TheFaceless: Due to the nature of his power, he is never seen without his mask on.
* HailfirePeaks: A weird comic book variant with Thermite, who has fire and ice based powers.
* AnIcePerson: Can emit blasts of extreme cold from the right side of his body.
* TheMole: Recruited by the Squadron, who of course are totally unaware of his true alliances and objectives. He and fellow secret Redeemer Redstone capture The Shape and deliver him to Nighthawk and Master Menace for deprogramming.
* PlayingWithFire: Can emit and direct high levels of heat or fire blasts from the left side of his body.
* ThePrankster: Loves using his powers to mess with his teammates. Haywire seems to be his favorite victim.

!Professor Imam
Wizard Supreme of Earth-712, and former member of The Golden Agency (the precursor to the Squadron Supreme during World War II). Is the preeminent seer and magic user of the Squadron's Earth, with more mystic knowledge and skill at his disposal than anyone else in that world. His power having waned over the decades, Imam withdrew from all worldly affairs to preserve his mystic energies. He is eventually contacted by former Squadron member Nighthawk who sought and received aid in seeking allies for his Redeemer conspiracy. Imam himself later reaches out to the Squadron to warn them of the imminent trans-universal threat of the Nth Man entity. Mostly an Expy of DC's ComicBook/DoctorFate, with some of ComicBook/DoctorStrange's Ancient One thrown in.

[[folder:Professor Imam]]
--> "If he [Professor Imam] deemed the manifestation of the Serpent Crown, the invasion of the Overmind, and our own Utopia Program to be beneath his notice- what kind of crisis ''does it take'' to concern him these days?" - Hyperion
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[[caption-width-right:259:"My Third Eye never blinks."]]

* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: His "Eternal Triangle", which he uses to transport Nighthawk to Earth-616 in search of allies.
* TheArchMage: ''THE'' authority on magic and mysticism of Earth-712. Even Hyperion drops everything and rushes to attend Imam when he says a crisis is impending.
* BaldMystic: Earth-712's resident Master Mage has a clean, smooth dome.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Dies from the strain of communicating with the universe swallowing Nth Man in ''[[ComicBook/SquadronSupremeDeathOfAUniverse Squadron Supreme: Death of a Universe]]''.]]
* HomeBase: His Temple of Contemplation, a tower which serves as his domicile and seat of mystic power.
* LevitatingLotusPosition: Engages in this when utilizing spells or communicating mystically.
* MagicalGesture: His are much more subtle than say, Doctor Strange's; they may not even be fully necessary to cast spells.
* NeutralNoLonger: Chose to sit out almost all the various world-threatening crises the Squadron's dimension has suffered; it takes the coming of the reality destroying Nth Man to make him get involved.
* RetiredBadass: Not entirely by choice mind. He's preparing himself to train a successor... in four hundred years or so. Hey, can't rush these things.

* {{Immortality}}: Zarda is about five centuries old, and while she was originally just extraordinarily long lived, she later said she did not age at all.

* AlliterativeName: Thomas Thompson. For that matter, Tom Thumb.

KilledOffForReal: Squadron Supreme #9 [[spoiler: Tom dies from cancer]].

* ShaggyDogStory: Issue #9 of Squadron Supreme is arguably this, as Thumb undertakes a series of adventures, laced with BlatantLies and moral compromise, only to ultimately fail in the main purpose of his mission [[spoiler:staving off his imminent death from cancer]].

%%* HappilyMarried

* IHaveYourWife: Arcanna's husband and children (along with the Squadron's other civilian loved ones)are seized by the Squadron's arch enemies, the Institute of Evil, to be used as hostages.

Xina the ape was the result of an experiment to grant a simian human-level intellect. She turned to a life of crime after her trainer was killed, coming to lead the Institute of Evil. She was eventually captured by the Squadron and brainwashed into joining them and serving as the lab partner to resident genius Tom Thumb, eventually developing strong feelings for him. X later fell prey to a LogicBomb , rendering her catatonic for the remainder of the series. Loosely based on Franchise/TheFlash villain Gorilla Grodd, or perhaps the Ultrahumanite.

* WolverineClaws: Artificial claws that she can extend from underneath her sleeves and retract at will. Her main offensive weapon and quite deadly, [[spoiler: as Foxfire would attest]].

* MasterOfIllusion: Even moreso than Arcanna.

* BaldOfAwesome: Earth-712's resident Master Mage has a clean, smooth dome.

* SuperCouple: He and Power Princess form the ultimate one in that particular universe.

* SuperCouple: Couples don't get much more famous, revered, or powerful than the Power Princess and Hyperion combo.

* StuffedInTheFridge: Her death is treated more as a tragic moment for Doctor Spectrum since she practically dies in his arms. It's used as a motivation for him to realize he's internalized the Power Prism's energy.

* BadassBeard: A kooky, crazy beard, as befits a mystic master.

* NotSoDifferent: Comes from a life of wealth and privilege like her old archfoe Nighthawk, and this similar past is what helps them bond.

* {{Cyborg{{: From the waist down. Ape X alternates from a tank tread vehicle configuration to flying car to get around.

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Much of Chester Freeman's past before he assumed the criminal sobriquet Pinball remains unknown, but he was a perennial foe of Nighthawk, and a good friend of his fellow criminal Remnant, often working tandem with him. Along with Remnant and the Mink, Pinball was one of the three members of the Institute of Evil who escaped capture and subsequent brainwashing by the Squadron Supreme. Probably an expy of Bouncing Boy from the ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}, solely based on his powers, perhaps with elements of the Penguin (as a visually distinct, rotund-appearing enemy of the Batman expy).

* ExpyCoexistance: His Batmanyness gets a not-so-subtle nod when he crosses over into Earth-616 looking for allies. A bunch of bystanders catch a glimpse of him and mistake him for the Adam West Batman.

* AlliterativeName: Hyperion's false identity (before he abandoned it) was Mark Milton.

* AlliterativeName: Squadron Supreme.

* TheAtoner: Feels extreme guilt after former Instituter and behavior modified Squadron draftee Quagmire nearly dies saving a dozen civilians after having a heated physical altercation with Eagle. Tries to atone by making an extra effort to befriend Lamprey, another Instituter.

--> '''"Lighten up, Nighthawk! It may have taken awhile, but we ''won''! We always do, eventually!"''' - Nuke

--> '''"Even when I curbed the use of my abilities, I was affecting things. If I chose to prevent one accident, don't you think I was aware of all the others I wasn't preventing?"''' - Hyperion

'''Hyperion:''' "No one makes a mockery of me, you hear?" ''[punch]''\\
'''Hyperion:''' "No one uses my reputation to conceal murder and lust!" ''[punch, punch and more punch]''

* DarkIsNotEvil: His Earth-13034 version wears a black bodysuit in contrast to his RedIsHeroic version, but has noble intentions nonetheless.

* PhotographicMemory: His Earth-13034 version has an eidetic memory due to his mind being "a nonlinear, photonic array with virtually instantaneous recall".

* RealityEnsues: In the very first panel of the very first issue of the maxiseries, Hyperion is depicted as trying (and failing) to keep the Squadron's "Rocket Central" satellite headquarters from falling out of orbit. Hyperion is indeed possessed of more physical power than probably anyone else on this alternate world, but even he can't do anything against the incredible momentum of a multi-ton orbiting headquarters caught in the inexorable grip of the Earth's gravity, especially without being able to brace himself against anything.

--> '''"I only wanted the best for our country...for the world."''' - Nighthawk

--> '''"As long as there are individuals whose goals are not in keeping with the greater good of society, something must be done to protect society from those individuals."''' - Power Princess

--> '''"I know I could have done far more for the world than the random stuff I've done."''' - Doctor Spectrum

--> '''"Mowing down soldiers at 900 feet per second is good exercise, but no ''real'' challenge."''' - The Whizzer

--> '''"I agreed to go along with our plan to correct ''society's'' problems, but we're not talking society here, but ''individuals''!"''' - Amphibian

* TheBusCameBack: returns to the fold during "New World Order".

--> '''"I've got too much to do an' precious time left to do it in anyway!"''' - Tom Thumb

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Finally succumbs to cancer shortly after SQUADRON SUPREME #9]].

* ShaggyDogStory: issue #9 of Squadron Supreme is arguably this, as Thumb undertakes a series of adventures, laced with BlatantLies and moral compromise, only to ultimately fail in the main purpose of his mission [[spoiler:staving off his imminent death from cancer]].

--> '''"So...you boys want to play ''rough'', huh?"''' - Lady Lark

* BrainWashed: Her fate at the hands of her ex-lover, Wyatt [=McDonald=] (Golden Archer).

* EasilyForgiven: Averted and played with. During a key Squadron meeting, Lark fervently objects to the induction of the former members of the Institute of Evil into the Squadron, partly because of what they as a team did to her lover Golden Archer, but mostly because Doctor Decibel, a key member of that team, was the one responsible for performing the vocal surgery on her that ruined her career as a singer. But minutes later, when it's revealed that [=McDonald=], without her knowledge, used Tom Thumb's Behavior Modification machine on her to force Lark to love the Archer, that selfsame brainwashing compels her to exclaim that she doesn't care what her fiance' had done, as she loves him regardless.

* TookALevelInDumbass: Lark had become much more superficial, needy and shallow after she was modified.

--> '''"If the Squadron fails on this one, my newborn, my husband and my family will ''cease to exist''!"''' - Arcanna

--> '''"Drop the stolen goods- go back to your homes, and there'll be no trouble."''' - James Dore (as Cap'n Hawk)

--> '''"Listen, you butt-heads- when the Squadron tells you to move it, ''WE MEAN BUSINESS!!!''"''' - Nuke

* RealityEnsues: A superhero whose powerset stems from the generation and release of nuclear energies is going to induce cancer in somebody sooner of later, most likely the people he interacts with most.

--> '''"There is a word in my people's language: ''tso'chota''. It does translate precisely, but..."''' - Skymax

--> '''"You have my word as a criminal! Ha ha ha!"''' - Nighthawk

--> '''"Greetings, Squadron! ''I HAVE RETURNED!!!''"''' - The Scarlet Centurion

* DirtyCoward: In SQUADRON SUPREME #2, all it takes is a strongly worded threat from Hyperion to make him back off from staging a full-scale invasion of Earth.

* EvilIsPetty: Absolutely exults in the anguish Tom Thumb suffers when tormented by the SadisticChoice presented him in SQUADRON SUPREME #2.

* SadisticChoice: Presents Squadron member Tom Thumb with one in SQUADRON SUPREME #2. The Centurion offers to give the diminutive scientist a sample of the "Panacea Potion", a 40th-century drug which can supposedly cure any and all ailments, with the implication that Thumb introducing the drug to his era centuries before the Centurion's would save untold millions of lives. But in return, the despot requires Thumb to poison the food of Hyperion with Argonite, a substance which is lethal to the Squadron leader, which would enable the Centurion to finally conquer the Squadron's era, enslaving millions.

* {{Troll}}: Deep down, the Centurion had to know that Tom Thumb would never agree to poison his friend and teammate Hyperion, even for a drug (supposedly) capable of curing all disease. The time despot just got his jollies jerking the poor guy around.

As they are a super-villain group composed of personal enemies of various members of the Squadron Supreme, they can most likely be considered an {{expy}} of The LegionOfDoom. Originally gathered by the Scarlet Centurion to use as pawns in a competition against the Elder of the Universe known as the Gamemaster, the Instituters opted to stay together to pursue their criminal goals. Led by Ape X, this foremost team of superhuman criminals has had a long-standing enmity with the Squadron, culminating in the Institute's final defeat and brainwashing when they attempted to kidnap the Squadron's family members. Except for absent members Remnant, The Mink and Pinball, all Institutioners were impressed into service as Squadron members.

--> '''"Then go to it, Institutioners, for the night is short!''"''' - Ape X

* BrainWashed: Her fate, along with the rest of the captured Institutioners, at the hands of the Squadron Supreme.
* CyBorg: From the waist down. Ape X alternates from a tank tread vehicle configuration to flying car to get around.

--> '''"I ''like'' what the Squadron did to me. And I'm ''proud'' that they let me join their team, considering how bad I used to be."''' - Foxfire

--> '''"You guys can dish it out okay, but ''nobody'' does it better than Lamprey!"''' - Lamprey

--> '''"Get stuffed!"''' - Quagmire

* JerkassHasAPoint: Quagmire might not have been putting the Squadron as a team in the most positive light by flirting with a civilian while on duty, but Blue Eagle slugging him for it in public is decidedly worse, as the former Instituter points out.

--> '''"''Charmed'', darling."''' - The Mink

%%* EvilIsSexy

--> '''"I don't want to move til I'm sure we're gonna ''win!''''"''' - Remnant

--> '''"Why can't people just get run over like they're supposed to?"''' - Pinball

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: He can fill his rubber suit with air and roll into people like a giant beach ball. That's it. [[spoiler: Small wonder he dies in SQUADRON SUPREME #12.]]

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 ComicBook/TheAvengers during a "Contest of Champions", and forged a semi-rivalry with ComicBook/TheMightyThor. 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 Franchise/{{Superman}} mythos.

--> '''"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

--> '''"The five of us standing here, and our various allies, are America's Redeemers. We are here to relieve you of all the authority you have usurped from the federal government. Surrender peaceably and there need be no incident."''' - Nighthawk

--> '''"Ever wonder what it'd be like if Earth's gravity suddenly became ''five times stronger''?"''' - Moonglow

--> '''"Your strength is overrated, Hyperion. Admit it- you've met your ''match''!"''' - Redstone

--> '''"Inertia's power is among the most dangerous.."''' - Power Princess

--> '''"That bleeping 'tanglewire' of his shoots out of his hands like it was under pressure!"''' - Foxfire

--> '''"If ''you'' had to wear a bodysuit just to control your temperature extremes all the time, you'd find crazy ways to sublimate too!"''' - Inertia

--> '''"If he [Professor Imam] deemed the manifestation of the Serpent Crown, the invasion of the Overmind, and our own Utopia Program to be beneath his notice- what kind of crisis ''does it take'' to concern him these days?"''' - Hyperion

* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Makes a little one at least every other issue he appears in.

The Franchise/WonderWoman Expy. Born on Utopia Isle (a highly advanced hidden society which is basically Earth-712's answer to ComicBook/TheInhumans' Attilan), Zarda stayed behind when her fellow Utopians left Earth decades ago. Hoping to act as an emissary of her society's philosophy of peace and the pursuit of knowledge, Zarda invariably found herself acting as a superhero, first as a member of the Squadron's predecessor organization, the Golden Agency . Increasingly frustrated with simply fighting crime, Zarda sees the initial civil unrest as a chance to rebuild society more in the image of the Utopian society that embraces fellowship and understanding. Aside from being one of the key and most fervent architects of the Utopian Initiative, Power Princess also serves as the leader of the Squadron Supreme throughout much of the story. Her Utopian physiology gives her vast super strength, enhanced speed, agility and durability, and is able to fly.

* DownerEnding: Squadron Supreme #9 [[spoiler: Tom dies from cancer]].

* ShaggyDogStory: issue #9 of SQUADRON SUPREME is arguably this, as Thumb undertakes a series of adventures, laced with BlatantLies and moral compromise, only to ultimately fail in the main purpose of his mission [[spoiler:staving off his imminent death from cancer]].

* KilledOffForReal: SQUADRON SUPREME #12 depicts [[spoiler:the death of Nighthawk at the hands of Foxfire]].

* DealWithTheDevil: Makes one with his arch-enemy Master Menace to escape the interdimensional trap Menace put them both in. Hyperion ha to promise not to come after Menace, but only if Menace in turn has to promise not to interfere in the Squadron's Utopia efforts. Shockingly, the devious criminal mastermind doesn't keep his side of the bargain.

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Even before Power Princess' husband Howard passed away, various Squadron members and their spouses agreed that she and Hyperion would be a great couple. Everyone but Hyperion [[spoiler:he later comes around]].