History Characters / SquadronSupreme

* ClothFu: He could use his magic cloth to ensnare opponents, or as a whip under his control.

* HiddenDepths: Manages to sew Redstone a pretty spiffy looking costume.

* WhipItGood: He could use his magic cloth as a whip under his control.

* {{Determinator}}: While fighting against Intertia, Zarda keeps attempting to attack her even after Inertia proves that her efforts are useless. She even attempts to get up and fight after being hit by three redirected blows from Hyperion, but couldn't.

* BadassInCharge: Hyperion usually leads the Squadron, and is universally acknowledged as its most physically powerful member.

* BadassInCharge: Zarda was in charge of the Squadron's Utopia Program and she kicks serious ass.

* FiveManBand: Hyperion as TheLeader, Nighthawk (and later Power Princess) as TheLancer, Tom Thumb as TheSmartGuy, Doctor Spectrum (second only to Hyperion himself in raw power) as TheBigGuy, and Power Princess (the most idealistic and compassionate member of the Squadron) as TheChick, at least in the beginning.

* BrainWashed: Falls prey to Behavior Modification at the hands of Nighthawk's Redeemers and Master Menace when he stumbles upon their secret hideout.

* OnlySaneMan: To a degree: he opposes the vote to implement the Utopia Program (which he knows will not end well)at the very beginning, but unlike Nighthawk, he opts to remain in the Squadron Supreme to attempt to moderate the eventual damage.

* GreenLanternRing: As to be expected, the Doctor's Power Prism gives him this superpower.

* BrainWashed: Along with his fellow Institution of Evil members.

* BrainWashed: His Behavior Modification caused him to pull a HeroicSacrifice, nearly killing himself to save factory workers.

* BrainWashed: With the rest of his Institute of Evil contemporaries.

* 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.

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

An {{Expy}} of Comicbook/MartianManhunter. After the destruction of his home world by ComicBook/{{Galactus}}, Sk'ym'x wandered the cosmos for a suitable planet to settle on. When his ship malfunctioned near Earth he was rescued by an astronaut who he rewarded with a Skrullian Power Prism allowing him to become the superhero Dr. Spectrum. He then joined with other heroes to form the Squadron Supreme as Skymax. At the time of the maxiseries, Skymax is living in seclusion--having deceived the Squadron into believing he has left Earth--and takes no active part in the events of the limited maxiseries, appearing only in flashbacks. He has assumed the human identity of James Doe, librarian.

* BadAssFamily: All of her children show at least some proclivity towards magic. [[spoiler: And this is without touching on what her youngest, Benjamin, becomes.]]

* ChivalrousPervert: Basically a decent, self-sacrificing hero, but his home is depicted with several adult magazines scattered about, and later intentionally causes his well-endowed teammate Power Princess to suffer a WardrobeMalfunction in full view of civilian witnesses. Granted, Spectrum intended it as a joke, but he did made a deal to obtain a video of the incident...

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:A flashback in the 2015 ''Squadron Supreme'' series reveals all of them, save Zarda, were killed by an Incursion]].

* 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.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: You'd think so, but no. Despite walking in the midst of beings who can crush mountains, move faster than the speed of sound, created objects out of thin air and fly, Nighthawk remains confident and assured that he's one of the most valued, pivotal, valuable members of the team.

* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: As a retired superhero, Kyle Richmond had about as much need for Secret Service protection as a rocket needs training wheels. But he still proves to be no match for the Overmind.

* ShesGotLegs: The various artists working on SQUADRON SUPREME made a point to showcase her attractive long muscular legs stems on various occasions.

* ShesGotLegs: Hence the fishnet stockings. Goes bare when she becomes Skylark, with no complaint voiced.

* ShesGotLegs: [[spoiler: At least in her illusory form.]]

* ShesGotLegs: Displayed very nicely, despite her long mink coat.

* DarkSkinnedBlonde: She has dyed blonde hair and dark skin.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Her costume, [[spoiler: thanks in huge part to her illusory appearance]], is a fine example of this.

* {{Hypocrite}} : Tom has no problem voting to expel Golden Archer from the Squadron Supreme when he is discovered to have used the Behavior Modification machine on fellow member Lady Lark, despite the fact that Tom created the machine in the first place, and hid the fact that he knew someone (most likely Archer) used it on Lark.

* TookALevelInBadass: By virtue of her getting over [[spoiler: fiancee Wyatt [=McDonald=]'s death]] and rededicating herself fully to crimefighting, taking on the new, more combat oriented identity of Skylark.

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}}.

* EvilCripple: when she was a criminal. She is totally truncated below the waist and relies on a [[SuperWheelchair life-supporting chair]] for locomotion.

* 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]].

* CreateYourOwnHero: He performed the unauthorised operation on Linda Lewis's throat that gave her the sonic powers she would wield as Lady Lark. Lady Lark subsequently became his Archenemy.

* InTheBack: [[spoiler:After she kills Nighthawk, the Mink stabd her from behind.]]

* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Animal alias, and uses gadgets to simukate some mink-like ability.

* CreateYourOwnGHero: He performed the unauthorised operation on Linda Lewis's throat that gave her the sonic powers she would wield as Lady Lark. Lady Lark subsequently became his Archenemy.

[[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.
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[[folder:The Mink]]
--> "''Charmed'', darling." - The Mink
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[[caption-width-right:350:"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.
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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.

* 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.]]

!!Other Villains

[[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!'''"]]

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.