History ComicBook / SquadronSupreme

* CorruptedCharacterCopy: The miniseries, while nowhere ''near'' the extent of ''ComicBook/SupremePower'' or ''ComicBook/TheAvengersJasonAaron'' (for the most part), turns the Squadron into this. In fact, does this sound familiar? A catastrophe happens that caused harm to the world and the majority of that world's resident super team goes off the deep end trying to fix things? Before ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', before [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague the Justice Lords]], before ''Franchise/{{Injustice}}'', before even ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'', there was this series. As for the "most part" bit? [[spoiler:''Supreme Power'' and Aaron during his run never turned one of their copies of the League into a rapist like Golden Archer becomes here (Emil Burbank in ''UP'' is another story)]].

* CorruptedCharacterCopy: The miniseries, while nowhere ''near'' the extent of ''ComicBook/SupremePower'' or ''ComicBook/TheAvengersJasonAaron'' (for the most part), turns the Squadron into this. In fact, does this sound familiar? A catastrophe happens that caused harm to the world and the majority of that world's resident super team goes off the deep end trying to fix things? Before ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', before [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague the Justice Lords]], before ''Franchise/{{Injustice}}'', before even ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'', there was this series. As for the "most part" bit? [[spoiler:''Supreme Power'' and Aaron during his run never turned one of their copies into a rapist like Golden Archer becomes here]].

* CorruptedCharacterCopy: The miniseries, while nowhere ''near'' the extent of ''ComicBook/SupremePower'' or ''ComicBook/TheAvengersJasonAaron'' (for the most part), turns the Squadron into this. In fact, does this sound familiar? A catastrophe happens that caused harm to the world and the majority of that world's resident super team goes off the deep end trying to fix things? Before ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', before [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague the Justice Lords]], before ''Franchise/{{Injustice}}'', before even ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'', there was this series.

* CorruptedCharacterExpy: The miniseries, while nowhere ''near'' the extent of ''ComicBook/SupremePower'' or ''ComicBook/TheAvengersJasonAaron'' (for the most part), turns the Squadron into this In fact, does this sound familiar? A catastrophe happens that caused harm to the world and the majority of that world's resident super team goes off the deep end trying to fix things? Before ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', before [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague the Justice Lords]], before ''Franchise/{{Injustice}}'', before even ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'', there was this, right down to Hyperion and Power Princess, like Superman and Wonder Woman, being the architects/leaders of the side that goes off the deep end[[note]]though like the ''Kingdom Come'' versions of Clark and Diana, the Superman of [[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS2E12BraveNewMetropolis "Brave New Metropolis"]], the Flash of ''Injustice'', and the Authority, Hyperion, Zarda, and their surviving cohorts had the decency to have a HeelRealization and gave control back[[/note]], whereas Nighthawk, like the Batman of ''Kingdom Come'' and ''Injustice'', as the leader of the side that opposes them[[note]]both the Batman of the Justice Lords' universe and Midnighter were initially on board with their teammates' insanity and likewise had a HeelRealization and tried to fix things afterward[[/note]].

* CreatorProvincialism: Although the story begins with the entire planet on the brink of collapse, the entire series takes place in the United States. This is especially jarring given that much of it focuses on how the Squadron's efforts are impacting the rights of individuals, yet the laws and traditions of different countries are never addressed.
** Alternatively, this is a parody of the CreatorProvincialism that has become a standard part of both Marvel and DC comic book stories.

* WolverineClaws: The Mink.

* NoPowerNoColor: PlayedWith. When Doctor Spectrum's Power Prism is destroyed, his body becomes a pure white outline, and he falls out of the sky, seemingly powerless. But when [[spoiler: Foxfire is stabbed and dies in his arms]], [[spoiler: energy erupts from him and he realizes that the power of his Prism has been absorbed into his body through the embedded shards.]]

* NoPowerNoColor: When Doctor Spectrum's Power Prism is destroyed, his body becomes a pure white outline.
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Nighthawk was the President of the United States when the Overmind invaded the planet. The Squadron moves to proactively take control of the planet when he steps down from office.
* PhlebotinumOverload: Happens to Lamprey, who [[spoiler:actually ''exploded'' after he overdosed on Doctor Spectrum's power prism. He ''didn't'' get better.]]

** The Shape was brainwashed into being a hero by the SS, but after his brainwashing is undone he stays a hero.
** Foxfire, like the other Institute of Evil members, was behavior modified and drafted into the Squadron, but was later de-modified by Nighthawk's "Redeemers" contingent, as part of their plan to defeat the Squadron from within. But even after her free will was fully restored, Foxfire's realization (after a long period of soul searching) that she was grateful to the Squadron for making her an honest woman (despite the means by which they did so), not to mention her budding romance with founding Squadron member Doctor Spectrum, caused her to [[spoiler: betray the Redeemers in the final battle and slay Nighthawk to prove her continued loyalty to the Squadron]].

* ChekhovsGun: When the Injustice Gang tries to use behavior modification on the Squadron, it turns out the machines had been altered to prevent them from being used on the Squadron, allowing them to foil the gang. It would later be revealed during an investigation that Tom Thumb thought to do this after discovering that the device had been used on a Squadron member already. Lady Lark.

In 2015, Marvel announced a new ''[[ComicBook/SquadronSupreme2015 Squadron Supreme]]'' series following ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', taking place in the normal Marvel Universe, featuring versions of the Squadron's members from universes that had been destroyed in the events around ''Secret Wars''. Another Squadron Supreme were also the main focus of ''ComicBook/HeroesReborn2021'', set in a world where the Avengers never existed.

** Hyperion's evil twin from the classic Marvel universe was recruited by [[ComicBook/LexLuthor Master Menace]] to infiltrate the Squadron but while he's there he falls in love with Zarda and decides he wants his new life. If only that other Hyperion hadn't shown up again.

* BeTheBall: Pinball.

** Happens a lot to the Squadron when they were trapped in the MarvelUniverse, leading to a lot of conflicts with [[Comicbook/TheAvengers the Avengers]], to the point that when the Avengers encounter the ''real'' Justice League in ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'', Hawkeye assumes they're another brainwashed variation of the Squadron.

* BigDamnVillains: The final showdown between the Squadron and Nighthawk's team is arguably this.

----> '''Golden Archer:''' I accept full responsibility for my actions... but if the Squadron hadn't ''invented'' the bleedin' thing in the first place-

The Squadron Sinister, four villainous {{Captain Ersatz}}es of the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, were created by Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema and first introduced in 1969. They clashed with Comicbook/{{the Avengers}} in an [[SpiritualCrossover unofficial intercompany crossover]], with the two teams manipulated by ComicBook/KangTheConqueror and the Grandmaster in one of their schemes. Subsequent stories focused on their heroic equivalents, the Squadron Supreme, which existed in the alternate universe of Earth-712. The Squadron Supreme themselves clashed with the Avengers in 1971 and 1975, with at least one of these encounters due to mind control.

In 2015, Marvel announced a new ''[[ComicBook/SquadronSupreme2015 Squadron Supreme]]'' series following ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', taking place in the normal Marvel Universe, featuring versions of the Squadron's members from universes that had been destroyed in the events around ''Secret Wars''. The Squadron Supreme were also the main focus of ''ComicBook/HeroesReborn2021'', set in a world where the Avengers never existed.

* TheCape: Hyperion, fitting as he is the team's {{Superman}} analog.

* DealWithTheDevil: When Tom Thumb visits the Scarlet Centurion for the Panacea Potion, the Centurion agrees to give it -- if Tom will poison Hyperion in return. Tom even calls it "a deal with the Devil".

* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler: Golden Archer using the behavior modification device on Lady Lark to reinforce their relationship. She became totally enamored and obsessed with Archer... and in the process lost her entire personality and became a clingy ditz.]]

** Master Menace is one part Doctor Doom, one part [[{{Superman}} Lex Luthor]], and all parts HAM.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After the Squadron [[spoiler: votes to let Archer go with a slap on the wrist after using the behavioral modifier on Lady Lark, then use it brainwash the Institute of Evil into being heroes]], Amphibian has enough, wrecking the machine and returning to the oceans, vowing to never again come to the surface world.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: During the final fight, Blue Eagle's wings are disabled, and he tries using Pinball as a human crashpad. Ordinarily in this situation, they'd probably just get a few bruises or be knocked out. Instead, they're both killed by the impact breaking their necks.

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[[caption-width-right:350:The original and still the best.]]

* ExpositionBomb: ''Squadron Supreme'' was a 12-issue limited series printed at a time when trade paperback collections were uncommon. As a result, each issue was written as if it could be the first one for any new readers, and contains scads of exposition as a result. It is entirely possible to read only the last issue and fully understood the overall events (if not the details) of the entire series.

* {{Deconstruction}}: The limited series was one of the first comics to examine how the presence of superheroes would affect modern society and culture with the Squadron Supreme trying to create a one-world government where there is no war, hunger or crime but gradually become tyrants that clamp down on people's rights. It gets so bad that one of their members even leaves the group and forms his own super-team to oppose them.

''Squadron Supreme'' came into its own in Mark Gruenwald's 1985 limited series. It takes place on a post-apocalyptic Earth; flashbacks reveal that the Squadron Supreme was dominated by the alien Overmind, who used them to turn the United States into a fascist nation and conquer the planet. After the defeat of the Overmind, the Squadron decide that the best and fastest way to repair the shattered infrastructure, quell civil unrest, and restore people's faith is to take control of the world and get it back on track. The Squadron also decided to take the opportunity to address ''all'' of the world's problems, vowing to eliminate hunger, crime, war, poverty, and disease. With little resistance, the Squadron appeared on national television and announced their "Utopia Program", promising to return control after a year.

The Squadron Sinister, four villainous {{Captain Ersatz}}es of the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, were created by Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema and first introduced in 1969. They clashed with Comicbook/{{the Avengers}} in an [[SpiritualCrossover unofficial intercompany crossover]], with the two teams manipulated by Kang the Conqueror and the Grandmaster in one of their schemes. Subsequent stories focused on their heroic equivalents, the Squadron Supreme, which existed in the alternate universe of Earth-712. The Squadron Supreme themselves clashed with the Avengers in 1971 and 1975, with at least one of these encounters due to mind control.