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** Gaijin is [[ComicBook/XMen Psylocke]] or [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders [[ComicBook/TheOutsidersDCComics Katana]] with the backstory of ComicBook/{{Superman}}.
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** Recluse is Franchise/SpiderMan but with the attitude of Franchise/{{Batman}}, such as being called "World's Greatest Detective". In the past, he used to be reminiscent of pulp heroes like Radio/TheShadow.
** Vesuvius is ComicBook/TheThing but with fire powers and a backstory sort of like a combination of ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules and Franchise/CaptainAmerica.
** Luminary ''seems'' like an obvious Franchise/{{Supergirl}} stand-in at first, [[spoiler:but is really closer to a twisted fusion of the Monica Rambeau version of [[ComicBook/CaptainMarvelMarvelComics Captain Marvel]] and Franchise/GreenLantern.]]
** Rundown is a mix of speedsters Franchise/TheFlash and [[Franchise/TheAvengers Quicksilver]], having powers more similar to the former but an unsympathetic personality more akin to the latter.
** Helot is a pastiche of cybernetic superheroes like [[Franchise/TeenTitans Cyborg]] or ComicBook/{{Deathlok}}.
** Gaijin is [[Franchise/XMen Psylocke]] or [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders Katana]] with the backstory of Franchise/{{Superman}}.
** Vesuvius is ComicBook/TheThing but with fire powers and a backstory sort of like a combination of ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules and Franchise/CaptainAmerica.
** Luminary ''seems'' like an obvious Franchise/{{Supergirl}} stand-in at first, [[spoiler:but is really closer to a twisted fusion of the Monica Rambeau version of [[ComicBook/CaptainMarvelMarvelComics Captain Marvel]] and Franchise/GreenLantern.]]
** Rundown is a mix of speedsters Franchise/TheFlash and [[Franchise/TheAvengers Quicksilver]], having powers more similar to the former but an unsympathetic personality more akin to the latter.
** Helot is a pastiche of cybernetic superheroes like [[Franchise/TeenTitans Cyborg]] or ComicBook/{{Deathlok}}.
** Gaijin is [[Franchise/XMen Psylocke]] or [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders Katana]] with the backstory of Franchise/{{Superman}}.
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** Recluse is Franchise/SpiderMan ComicBook/SpiderMan but with the attitude of Franchise/{{Batman}}, ComicBook/{{Batman}}, such as being called "World's Greatest Detective". In the past, he used to be reminiscent of pulp heroes like Radio/TheShadow.
** Vesuvius is ComicBook/TheThing but with fire powers and a backstory sort of like a combination of ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules andFranchise/CaptainAmerica.
ComicBook/CaptainAmerica.
** Luminary ''seems'' like an obviousFranchise/{{Supergirl}} ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} stand-in at first, [[spoiler:but is really closer to a twisted fusion of the Monica Rambeau version of [[ComicBook/CaptainMarvelMarvelComics Captain Marvel]] and Franchise/GreenLantern.ComicBook/GreenLantern.]]
** Rundown is a mix of speedstersFranchise/TheFlash ComicBook/TheFlash and [[Franchise/TheAvengers [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Quicksilver]], having powers more similar to the former but an unsympathetic personality more akin to the latter.
** Helot is a pastiche of cybernetic superheroes like[[Franchise/TeenTitans [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Cyborg]] or ComicBook/{{Deathlok}}.
** Gaijin is[[Franchise/XMen [[ComicBook/XMen Psylocke]] or [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders Katana]] with the backstory of Franchise/{{Superman}}.ComicBook/{{Superman}}.
** Vesuvius is ComicBook/TheThing but with fire powers and a backstory sort of like a combination of ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules and
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* RaisedByHumans: Gaijin is an alien superhero who crash landed on Earth as a kid and was raised by a human family, ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''-style. The twist is [[spoiler:her adoptive family were ''criminals''.]]
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* RaisedByHumans: Gaijin is an alien superhero who crash landed on Earth as a kid and was raised by a human family, ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''-style.''ComicBook/{{Superman}}''-style. The twist is [[spoiler:her adoptive family were ''criminals''.]]
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** Punchline has the broad personality of ComicBook/PlasticMan as a the team jokester, but a power-set more similar to someone like [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]].
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** Punchline has the broad personality of ComicBook/PlasticMan as a the team jokester, but a power-set more similar to someone like [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]].
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** Rundown has the broad personality of ComicBook/PlasticMan as a the team jokester, but a power-set more similar to someone like [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]].
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** Rundown Punchline has the broad personality of ComicBook/PlasticMan as a the team jokester, but a power-set more similar to someone like [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]].
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* BadPowersGoodPeople: Recluse can turn into a frightening spider monster as a result of an ancient African curse, a power he uses for good… even if [[spoiler:he has to periodically eat people to keep the transformation from becoming permanent. He pointedly '''only''' feeds on criminals, the more depraved and unambiguously evil the better.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Rundown, Crosswind, and [[spoiler:Ray Fournier]]. Beneath their kindly demeanors, one is unfaithful, one is TheMole and a sociopathic asshole, and one is the real BigBad.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Some of the Front Line's secrets are exposed, some are not, and all of them lead to major upheavals in their lives, for better or for worse. But at the end of the day, the team mostly stays together and defeats all the villains. Things could have gone a lot worse.]]
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: Crosswind and [[spoiler:Fournier's]] plan is to uncover the Front Line's dirty secrets and use it as blackmail to tear the team apart from the inside as well as destroy their reputations. They settle on using Gaijin's [[spoiler:Yakuza family connections]] as that blackmail.
* BloodKnight: Helot is becoming an unwilling one thanks to his war-centric programming [[spoiler:being reactivated by the villains who gave him his cybernetics for begin with]].
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Rundown, Crosswind, and [[spoiler:Ray Fournier]]. Beneath their kindly demeanors, one is unfaithful, one is TheMole and a sociopathic asshole, and one is the real BigBad.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Some of the Front Line's secrets are exposed, some are not, and all of them lead to major upheavals in their lives, for better or for worse. But at the end of the day, the team mostly stays together and defeats all the villains. Things could have gone a lot worse.]]
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: Crosswind and [[spoiler:Fournier's]] plan is to uncover the Front Line's dirty secrets and use it as blackmail to tear the team apart from the inside as well as destroy their reputations. They settle on using Gaijin's [[spoiler:Yakuza family connections]] as that blackmail.
* BloodKnight: Helot is becoming an unwilling one thanks to his war-centric programming [[spoiler:being reactivated by the villains who gave him his cybernetics for begin with]].
* CastOfExpies: Though a big part of the twist is that they're not all expies of who you'd immediately think:
** Recluse is Franchise/SpiderMan but with the attitude of Franchise/{{Batman}}, such as being called "World's Greatest Detective". In the past, he used to be reminiscent of pulp heroes like Radio/TheShadow.
** Vesuvius is ComicBook/TheThing but with fire powers and a backstory sort of like a combination of ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules and Franchise/CaptainAmerica.
** Luminary ''seems'' like an obvious Franchise/{{Supergirl}} stand-in at first, [[spoiler:but is really closer to a twisted fusion of the Monica Rambeau version of [[ComicBook/CaptainMarvelMarvelComics Captain Marvel]] and Franchise/GreenLantern.]]
** Rundown is a mix of speedsters Franchise/TheFlash and [[Franchise/TheAvengers Quicksilver]], having powers more similar to the former but an unsympathetic personality more akin to the latter.
** Helot is a pastiche of cybernetic superheroes like [[Franchise/TeenTitans Cyborg]] or ComicBook/{{Deathlok}}.
** Gaijin is [[Franchise/XMen Psylocke]] or [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders Katana]] with the backstory of Franchise/{{Superman}}.
** Rundown has the broad personality of ComicBook/PlasticMan as a the team jokester, but a power-set more similar to someone like [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]].
** Crosswind seems like a stand-in for wind-based superheroes like Banshee from ''X-Men'' but is actually one for wind-based ''villains'' like Whirlwind.
** Diamond Jim is basically Colossus from ''X-Men'' but substituting diamond skin for metal.
** Ray Fournier is Commissioner Gordon from ''Batman'' but with the twist that [[spoiler:he ''hates'' his superhero "friends".]]
* CareerEndingInjury: At the start of the series, the Front Line are down one member because Diamond Jim lost his legs in a battle gone wrong and it's not certain if he'll ever be able to be a superhero again. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted, as Jim manages to get acclimated to prosthetic replacements and by the end has come out of his TenMinuteRetirement.]]
* TheCommissionerGordon: Ray Fournier of the Toronto Police [[spoiler:is a subversion and deconstruction of this, as he secretly hates and resents superheroes after the deaths of his family in an alien attack and seeks to bring them down.]]
* {{Cyborg}}: Helot is a cybernetic warrior built for combat on a tech and violence obsessed commune.
* DarkSecret: Each member of the Front Line has one, either knowingly or unknowingly. Played with, as while their secrets are certainly dark, they're all still ultimately good people and there is a lot of extenuating circumstances to their situations.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: In his time as a Roman centurion, Vesuvius did some things that would be considered pretty brutal. He wasn't evil, just following orders and doing what was expected of him as a man of his time, and he feels great remorse for it all in the present day.
* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:Ray Fournier's reason for starting the whole mess by sending Crosswind to infiltrate the Front Line and trying to destroy them was because they dared to ''celebrate their victory'' after defeating the alien attack that brought them together and in which Fournier's family died, causing him to deem them arrogant and uncaring. The ''real'' reason is almost certainly just that he's resentful he can't take revenge on the alien itself, so he takes his grief out on the Front Line instead.]]
** Recluse is Franchise/SpiderMan but with the attitude of Franchise/{{Batman}}, such as being called "World's Greatest Detective". In the past, he used to be reminiscent of pulp heroes like Radio/TheShadow.
** Vesuvius is ComicBook/TheThing but with fire powers and a backstory sort of like a combination of ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules and Franchise/CaptainAmerica.
** Luminary ''seems'' like an obvious Franchise/{{Supergirl}} stand-in at first, [[spoiler:but is really closer to a twisted fusion of the Monica Rambeau version of [[ComicBook/CaptainMarvelMarvelComics Captain Marvel]] and Franchise/GreenLantern.]]
** Rundown is a mix of speedsters Franchise/TheFlash and [[Franchise/TheAvengers Quicksilver]], having powers more similar to the former but an unsympathetic personality more akin to the latter.
** Helot is a pastiche of cybernetic superheroes like [[Franchise/TeenTitans Cyborg]] or ComicBook/{{Deathlok}}.
** Gaijin is [[Franchise/XMen Psylocke]] or [[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders Katana]] with the backstory of Franchise/{{Superman}}.
** Rundown has the broad personality of ComicBook/PlasticMan as a the team jokester, but a power-set more similar to someone like [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]].
** Crosswind seems like a stand-in for wind-based superheroes like Banshee from ''X-Men'' but is actually one for wind-based ''villains'' like Whirlwind.
** Diamond Jim is basically Colossus from ''X-Men'' but substituting diamond skin for metal.
** Ray Fournier is Commissioner Gordon from ''Batman'' but with the twist that [[spoiler:he ''hates'' his superhero "friends".]]
* CareerEndingInjury: At the start of the series, the Front Line are down one member because Diamond Jim lost his legs in a battle gone wrong and it's not certain if he'll ever be able to be a superhero again. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted, as Jim manages to get acclimated to prosthetic replacements and by the end has come out of his TenMinuteRetirement.]]
* TheCommissionerGordon: Ray Fournier of the Toronto Police [[spoiler:is a subversion and deconstruction of this, as he secretly hates and resents superheroes after the deaths of his family in an alien attack and seeks to bring them down.]]
* {{Cyborg}}: Helot is a cybernetic warrior built for combat on a tech and violence obsessed commune.
* DarkSecret: Each member of the Front Line has one, either knowingly or unknowingly. Played with, as while their secrets are certainly dark, they're all still ultimately good people and there is a lot of extenuating circumstances to their situations.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: In his time as a Roman centurion, Vesuvius did some things that would be considered pretty brutal. He wasn't evil, just following orders and doing what was expected of him as a man of his time, and he feels great remorse for it all in the present day.
* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:Ray Fournier's reason for starting the whole mess by sending Crosswind to infiltrate the Front Line and trying to destroy them was because they dared to ''celebrate their victory'' after defeating the alien attack that brought them together and in which Fournier's family died, causing him to deem them arrogant and uncaring. The ''real'' reason is almost certainly just that he's resentful he can't take revenge on the alien itself, so he takes his grief out on the Front Line instead.]]
* EngineeredHeroics: Crosswind is a burgeoning supervillain refashioned into a superhero by [[spoiler:Ray Fournier]] to infiltrate the Front Line.
* FaceHeelTurn: At the end of the series, [[spoiler:Gaijin ends up turning criminal and taking control of her brother's Yakuza empire to prevent a more violent usurper from doing so. She hopes to steer the organization to less dangerous waters from within.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: At the end of the series, [[spoiler:Gaijin ends up turning criminal and taking control of her brother's Yakuza empire to prevent a more violent usurper from doing so. She hopes to steer the organization to less dangerous waters from within.]]
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Crosswind dies after interrupting his fight with Recluse to rescue a civilian, which he only does to maintain his cover.]]
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* GoodIsNotNice: [[spoiler:The aliens who gave Luminary her powers did so to defend the Earth from the V'Ran. Doing so required the deaths of two innocent Secret Service agents who couldn't withstand the superpower-granting virus and traumatizing the young Luminary. And when they contact her in the present day to explain things to her when necessary, [[BrutalHonesty they are blunt and not particularly sympathetic to her complaints about their methods]]. But ''everything'' they did was necessary to save the planet and countless other planets.]]
* GreatWhiteHunter: Recluse ''used'' to be one, until it led to him getting afflicted with the black magic curse that gave him superpowers.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Gaijin's [[spoiler:adoptive brother]] Kayoko has one of his own men killed to conceal their relationship to one another after the unlucky henchmen stumbles a little too close to the truth.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard:[[spoiler: Crosswind [[spoiler:Crosswind dies after interrupting his fight with Recluse to rescue a civilian, which he only does to maintain his cover.]]
* GreatWhiteHunter: Recluse ''used'' to be one, until it led to him getting afflicted with the black magic curse that gave him superpowers.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Gaijin's [[spoiler:adoptive brother]] Kayoko has one of his own men killed to conceal their relationship to one another after the unlucky henchmen stumbles a little too close to the truth.
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* {{Irony}}: Rundown has one of the most harmless dark secrets of the Front Line, but is by far one of the unsympathetic members of the team, as unlike the others he has no excuse or extenuating circumstance for his secret and is just a selfish, cheating jerk.
* JerkassHasAPoint: To an extent. Recluse notes that [[spoiler:Fournier is somewhat correct in his belief that the Front Line were arrogant and insensitive in celebrating after they defeated the alien despite the grievous harm it caused, but then points out how ridiculously disproportionate and misguided Fournier's vengeful response was, [[{{Hypocrite}} not least of all how it ended up endangering innocent people in the same way that got Fournier's family killed]].]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Crosswind's determination to keep up his superhero cover identity leads to him putting himself in harm's way to save a child and her cat during the finale — not out of genuine heroism but simply to keep up appearances — and thus end up "heroically" dying when the building collapses on him before he can get himself to safety.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: To an extent. Recluse notes that [[spoiler:Fournier is somewhat correct in his belief that the Front Line were arrogant and insensitive in celebrating after they defeated the alien despite the grievous harm it caused, but then points out how ridiculously disproportionate and misguided Fournier's vengeful response was, [[{{Hypocrite}} not least of all how it ended up endangering innocent people in the same way that got Fournier's family killed]].]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Crosswind's determination to keep up his superhero cover identity leads to him putting himself in harm's way to save a child and her cat during the finale — not out of genuine heroism but simply to keep up appearances — and thus end up "heroically" dying when the building collapses on him before he can get himself to safety.]]
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* TheMole: The hook of the series is that one has infiltrated Front Line.
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* TheMole: The hook of the series is that one — Crosswind — has infiltrated Front Line.Line to bring them down from within.
* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: A male variant. Vesuvius gets into a fight with a fellow superhero when the latter accuses Vesuvius' adoptive niece Cincia of stealing a priceless artifact, claiming she would never do such a thing. Then it turns out ''she really did it''. Vesuvius is heartbroken at the realization that his loved one really became a criminal and lied about it straight to his face.
* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: A male variant. Vesuvius gets into a fight with a fellow superhero when the latter accuses Vesuvius' adoptive niece Cincia of stealing a priceless artifact, claiming she would never do such a thing. Then it turns out ''she really did it''. Vesuvius is heartbroken at the realization that his loved one really became a criminal and lied about it straight to his face.
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* NoEndorHolocaust: Subverted and deconstructed. A lot of people in Toronto died in the alien {{Kaiju}} attack that brought the Front Line together, [[spoiler:including Chief Fournier's family. The fact that the Front Line celebrated their victory over the alien caused the bereaved and not entirely rational Fournier to decide they "didn't care" about the people who died and made him resent them.]]
* RaisedByHumans: Gaijin is an alien superhero who crash landed on Earth as a kid and was raised by a human family, ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''-style. The twist is [[spoiler:her adoptive family were ''criminals''.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: As a result of his curse, Recluse is older then he looks. ''Much'' older. Old enough he used to be a pulp hero back in the 50's and has to periodically change identities to conceal his immortality.
* RaisedByHumans: Gaijin is an alien superhero who crash landed on Earth as a kid and was raised by a human family, ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''-style. The twist is [[spoiler:her adoptive family were ''criminals''.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: As a result of his curse, Recluse is older then he looks. ''Much'' older. Old enough he used to be a pulp hero back in the 50's and has to periodically change identities to conceal his immortality.
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* SecretKeeper: Recluse finds out that Crosswind is actually a supervillain infiltrating the Front Line to bring them down from within, [[spoiler:but Crosswind dies before he can really do anything about it, so Recluse decides to keep the secret and use Crosswind's "heroic" death to prod the team in a better direction.]]
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* ShootTheDog: Recluse hates having to [[spoiler:eat criminals to maintain his human form]], but given the choice between [[spoiler:murdering scumbags and transforming into a feral monster that would kill many innocents]], he gladly chooses the former. It doesn't make it any easier when [[spoiler:the criminal he has to eat ends up being ''Gaijin's brother''.]]
* TheSpartanWay: How Helot was raised in the Neo-Roman tech commune he grew up in. He's still trying to overcome the effects it had on him.
* TheSpartanWay: How Helot was raised in the Neo-Roman tech commune he grew up in. He's still trying to overcome the effects it had on him.
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* ThouShaltNotKill: Pointedly averted. The Front Line has no compunctions about killing supervillains and monsters if necessary, even if they generally prefer non-lethal solutions.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Most of the harm Crosswind causes is entirely intentional, but [[spoiler:the V'Ran returning is caused by him accidentally triggering a transponder in the Front Line's base that alerts the dead alien's comrades while digging around for blackmail material.]]
* {{Yakuza}}: A gang of Yakuza trying to establish themselves overseas is a major plot point. [[spoiler:Because their leader is Gaijin's adoptive brother.]]
* {{Yakuza}}: A gang of Yakuza trying to establish themselves overseas is a major plot point. [[spoiler:Because their leader is Gaijin's adoptive brother.]]
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The team has recently lost member Diamond Jim to injury. Thankfully, out of the blue steps a replacement: Crosswind. However, it turns out that Crosswind is working for a secret benefactor to undermine Front Line via blackmail, and it turns out that the members have a 'lot' of skeletons in their closets...
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The team has recently lost member Diamond Jim to injury. Thankfully, out of the blue steps a replacement: Crosswind. However, it turns out that Crosswind is working for a secret benefactor to undermine Front Line via blackmail, and it turns out that the members have a 'lot' ''lot'' of skeletons in their closets...
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* MundaneUtility: In his downtime, Rundown uses his superspeed to... [[SecretOtherFamily keep two families]], one in Halifax and one in San Diego. [[spoiler:The epilogue shows he's married a third woman in Clearwater, Florida, and is expecting a child with her as well.]]
* SecretOtherFamily: In his downtime, Rundown uses his super speed to... [[MundaneUtility keep two families]], one in Halifax and one in San Diego. [[spoiler:The epilogue shows he's married a third woman in Clearwater, Florida, and is expecting a child with her as well.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: Rundown has maintained two marriages on opposite coasts by virtue of his super speed, but it means he gets almost no time to himself. By the epilogue, he has added a third, with none the wiser.
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* BlessedWithSuck: Rundown's super speed means he gets almost no time to himself, making 10 free minutes a blessing for him. Of course, it doesn't help that he's got two wives and families, who don't know about each other.
* BlowYouAway: Crosswind's schtick.
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* FishOutOfWater: Helot being from a futuristic neo-Roman tech commune means that he's unnacustomed to present culture.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Rundown has maintained two marriages on opposite coasts by virtue of his super speed, but it means he gets almost no time to himself. By the epilogue, he has added a third, with none the wiser.
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* 'Luminary', your standard FlyingBrick and daughter of the President
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* 'Gaijin', an alien stranded on Earth who was adopted by a family
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* 'Punchline', a snarky wise-cracker with SuperStrength
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* 'Gaijin', an alien stranded on Earth who was adopted by a family
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* 'Punchline', a snarky wise-cracker with SuperStrength;
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* 'Gaijin', an alien stranded on Earth who was adopted by a
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''Secret Identities'' is a comic written by Brian Joines and Jay Faerber with art by Ilias Kyriazis and published by Creator/ImageComics. It was a limited series that ran for seven issues from February to September 2015, with a trade paper back being published the month after its conclusion.
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''Secret Identities'' is a comic written by Brian Joines and Jay Faerber with art by Ilias Kyriazis and published by Creator/ImageComics. It was a limited series that ran for seven issues from February to September 2015, with a trade paper back paperback being published the month after its conclusion.
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* FlyingBrick: Luminary's powers are pretty standard [[spoiler:until the finale, where she becomes a being of energy]].
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* FlyingBrick: Luminary's powers are pretty standard super strength and flight, [[spoiler:until the finale, where she becomes a being of energy]].energy]].
* GiantCorpseWorld: Front Line's base is in the body of a giant alien they killed on their first mission as a team. When newcomer Crosswind joins, the giant's antibodies have to be calibrated so they don't attack him. [[spoiler:The end of the comic has ''other'' aliens showing up to avenge their fallen]].
* GiantCorpseWorld: Front Line's base is in the body of a giant alien they killed on their first mission as a team. When newcomer Crosswind joins, the giant's antibodies have to be calibrated so they don't attack him. [[spoiler:The end of the comic has ''other'' aliens showing up to avenge their fallen]].
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* SnarkyHero: Punchline, who is even a (struggling) stand-up comic as her day job.
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* BlessedWithSuck: Rundown's super speed means he gets almost no time to himself, making 10 free minutes a blessing for him.
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* RetiredMonster: Once upon a time, Vesuvius was a Roman soldier. He claims not to remember anything of his past... but is actually covering up for the fact that, by modern standards, he committed some atrocities in that role. However, in the present day he seems to be a genuinely nice person who sincerely regrets his past crimes, and when his past is revealed he carries on being a hero.
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* AntiHero: Every member of Front Line is hiding something, and it's Crosswind's job to find it all out.
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* EleventhHourSuperpower: Luminary develops new powers in the finale when she discovers [[spoiler:her origins as an incubator for an alien virus]].
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* HorrorHunger: [[spoiler:Recluse has to keep eating people or else he'll be a spider forever]].
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* MonsterIsAMommy: Late in the book [[spoiler:other species of the giant alien the team made their base in come back for revenge]].
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* TownWithADarkSecret: Every member of Front Line is hiding something, and it's Crosswind's job to find it all out.
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* BlessedWithSuck: Rundown's super speed means he gets almost no time to himself, making 10 free minutes a blessing for him.
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* MeaningfulName: Recluse's name isn't just for show as [[spoiler:he was cursed to become a monstrous spider if he doesn't sate his hunger regularly]].
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* MundaneUtility: In his downtime, Rundown uses his superspeed to...[[SecretOtherFamily keep two families]], one in Halifax and one in San Diego. [[spoiler:The epilogue shows he's married a third woman in Clearwater, Florida, and is expecting a child with her as well.]]
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* MundaneUtility: In his downtime, Rundown uses his superspeed to... [[SecretOtherFamily keep two families]], one in Halifax and one in San Diego. [[spoiler:The epilogue shows he's married a third woman in Clearwater, Florida, and is expecting a child with her as well.]]
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Punchline has by far the least devastating secret and is a good, funny person.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Punchline has by far the least devastating secret and is a good, funny person.
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* AliensInCardiff: Toronto isn't exactly a tiny city, but it is unusual for a multi-national super-team (especially one featuring the President of the United States' daughter) fending off a massive alien invasion in North America to not be centered around UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity or WashingtonDC.
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* AliensInCardiff: Toronto isn't exactly a tiny city, but it is unusual for a multi-national super-team (especially one featuring the President of the United States' daughter) fending off a massive alien invasion in North America to not be centered around UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity or WashingtonDC.UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC.
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''Secret Identities'' is a comic written by Brian Joines and Jay Faerber with art by Ilias Kyriazis and published by ImageComics. It was a limited series that ran for seven issues from February to September 2015, with a trade paper back being published the month after its conclusion.
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''Secret Identities'' is a comic written by Brian Joines and Jay Faerber with art by Ilias Kyriazis and published by ImageComics.Creator/ImageComics. It was a limited series that ran for seven issues from February to September 2015, with a trade paper back being published the month after its conclusion.
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The story focuses on the international (but based out of Toronto) super team Front Line. At the start of the story, the team consists of:
* 'Luminary', your standard FlyingBrick and daughter of the President
* 'Recluse', a dark and brooding detective-type
* 'Vesuvius', a Roman centurion who was encased in rock and lava
* 'Gaijin', an alien stranded on Earth who was adopted by a family
* 'Helot', a warrior from the future trying to overcome his war-centric programming
* 'Rundown', your standard-issue speedster, and
* 'Punchline', a snarky BadassNormal
The team has recently lost member Diamond Jim to injury. Thankfully, out of the blue steps a replacement: Crosswind. However, it turns out that Crosswind is working for a secret benefactor to undermine Front Line via blackmail, and it turns out that the members have a 'lot' of skeletons in their closets...
* 'Luminary', your standard FlyingBrick and daughter of the President
* 'Recluse', a dark and brooding detective-type
* 'Vesuvius', a Roman centurion who was encased in rock and lava
* 'Gaijin', an alien stranded on Earth who was adopted by a family
* 'Helot', a warrior from the future trying to overcome his war-centric programming
* 'Rundown', your standard-issue speedster, and
* 'Punchline', a snarky BadassNormal
The team has recently lost member Diamond Jim to injury. Thankfully, out of the blue steps a replacement: Crosswind. However, it turns out that Crosswind is working for a secret benefactor to undermine Front Line via blackmail, and it turns out that the members have a 'lot' of skeletons in their closets...
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* MundaneUtility: In his downtime, Rundown uses his superspeed to...keep two families, one in Halifax and one in San Diego. [[spoiler:The epilogue shows he's married a third woman in Clearwater, Florida, and is expecting a child with her as well.]]
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* MundaneUtility: In his downtime, Rundown uses his superspeed to...[[SecretOtherFamily keep two families, families]], one in Halifax and one in San Diego. [[spoiler:The epilogue shows he's married a third woman in Clearwater, Florida, and is expecting a child with her as well.]]
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* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Ray Fournier of the Toronto Police is the mastermind behind Crosswind's infiltration of Front Line.]]
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Crosswind dies after interrupting his fight with Recluse to rescue a civilian, which he only does to maintain his cover.]]
* HomeBase: Front Line is headquartered in the carcass of the giant alien they fought off in their initial team-up.
* HomeBase: Front Line is headquartered in the carcass of the giant alien they fought off in their initial team-up.
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* AntiHero: Every member of Front Line is hiding something, and it's Crosswind's job to find it all out.
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* MundaneUtility: In his downtime, Rundown uses his superspeed to...keep two families, one in Halifax and one in San Diego. [[spoiler:The epilogue shows he's married a third woman in Clearwater, Florida, and is expecting a child with her as well.]]
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* RockMonster: Vesuvius gained a molten rocky hide after being caught in Pompeii's eruption.
* SnarkyHero: Punchline, who is even a (struggling) stand-up comic as her day job.
* SuperSpeed: Rundown.
* FlyingBrick: Luminary
* TheMole: The hook of the series is that one has infiltrated Front
* RockMonster: Vesuvius gained a molten rocky hide after being caught in Pompeii's eruption.
* SnarkyHero: Punchline, who is even a (struggling) stand-up comic as her day job.
* SuperSpeed: Rundown.
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* AliensInCardiff: Toronto isn't exactly a tiny city, but it is unusual for a multi-national super-team (especially one featuring the President of the United States' daughter) fending off a massive alien invasion in North America to not be centered around NewYorkCity or WashingtonDC.
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''Secret Identities'' is a comic written by Brian Joines and Jay Faerber with art by Ilias Kyriazis and published by ImageComics. It was a limited series that ran for seven issues from February to September 2015, with a trade paper back being published the month after its conclusion.
Not to be confused with the common superhero trope SecretIdentity.
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!!This comic book series provides examples of:
* AliensInCardiff: Toronto isn't exactly a tiny city, but it is unusual for a massive alien invasion in North America to not be centered around NewYorkCity or WashingtonDC.
* TheMole: The hook of the series is that one has infiltrated Front Line.
Not to be confused with the common superhero trope SecretIdentity.
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!!This comic book series provides examples of:
* AliensInCardiff: Toronto isn't exactly a tiny city, but it is unusual for a massive alien invasion in North America to not be centered around NewYorkCity or WashingtonDC.
* TheMole: The hook of the series is that one has infiltrated Front Line.
