Line #25 ComicBook/Halcyon


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3	->''"Every villain is the hero of their own story."''
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5	''Halcyon'', originally announced under the name of ''Utopian'', is a superhero comic published by Creator/ImageComics, premiering in November of 2010.
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7	The premise seems simple: what would superheroes do without crime? Super-team Halcyon is destined to find out - their world has mysteriously become 'nicer' exponentially over the last nine months. Crime is practically at an end. Armed conflict has diminished to the point on non-existence. The 'would be ruler of the world' and Halcyon's primary enemy just turned himself in on television.
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9	What happens to them now? Are they out of a job?
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11	The series is co-written by Marc Guggenheim (''ComicBook/SpiderMan'') and Tara Butters (Reaper) with art by Ryan Bodenheim (Red Mass for Mars) and Alisa Tager (Serenity).
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14	!!Tropes:
15	* CastOfExpies: A good chunk of the cast are clearly [[{{Expy}} based on other famous characters]]:
16	** Sabre is ComicBook/{{Batman}}, with shades of ComicBook/ThePunisher.
17	** Enos is [[ComicBook/XMen Beast]], with elements of ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} in his design.
18	** Zenith is ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}.
19	** Psiclops is [[ComicBook/XMen Jean Grey]]. Appearance-wise, she resembles [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]].
20	** Oculus is [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Doctor Doom]].
21	** Jarhead is basically ComicBook/CaptainAmerica as a marine.
22	* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: [[spoiler: By the end, Sabre and Zenith are the only main characters not killed by the battle at Oculus' base. Even Oculus himself was killed by Sabre's dog earlier in the plot.]]
23	* CoolMask: Both versions of Oculus that have appeared are wearing featureless, head encompassing metal masks with eye holes.
24	* TheCowl: Deconstructed. Sabre is shown to be boderline psychopathic, which is why he's the one who has the hardest time adjusting to a perfect world.
25	* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Psiclops died before the story began.]]
26	* HeroicBuild: Obviously for the gents -- but on Triumph?
27	* FlyingBrick: Zenith, the World's Greatest Hero. [[spoiler: This is horribly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] by Triumph. We are initially lead to believe Triumph is flying at the start of one of the issues. However, it turns out she is [[DrivenToSuicide killing herself]] by jumping off a building.]]
28	* LickedByTheDog: Sabre is described as a "homicidal vigilante" (by one of his teammates no less!), but his [[NonHumanSidekick dog]] likes him so he can't be ''all'' bad.
29	* MassSuperEmpoweringEvent: Not one but two versions of Oculus describe attempting to use a "metabomb" in their reality.
30	-->'''Oculus From Reality 2439-Gamma:''' [It] had the unfortunate and unforeseen effect of increasing the world's population of Super-Powereds by thirteen percent. Halcyon's membership is already up to six-eighty and counting.
31	* MeaningfulName:
32	** Superhero naming convention aside, "Halcyon" means "peaceful" or "calm".
33	** The original name of the comic was ''Utopian'', which became the name of a city in the book.
34	* MostCommonSuperPower: Both of the ladies, natch.
35	* MrExposition: It's lampshaded that Zenith has a tendency to explain to her teammates stuff they already know for the readers' benefit:
36	-->'''Agni:''' You have a way of telling people that which they already know, Zenith.\
37	'''Zenith:''' I've been told.
38	* TheMultiverse: All versions of Oculus appear to be able to move through this freely. They even have a safe haven in Reality 4587-Beta.
39	* PaintingTheMedium: Null "speaks" through what appear to be black narration boxes.
40	* PlayingWithFire: Agni, also a case of a [[SuperHeroGods Super God]].
41	* SlapSlapKiss: Zenith and Sabre.
42	* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler:The entire story was one for Sabre. It turns out that he's so hell-bent on having someone to fight, he'll even fight a perfect world. Oculus knew this, giving all his resources to Sabre, who has become the new Oculus at the end.]]
43	* SuperheroGods: Agni, the Hindu god of fire, is a member of Halcyon.
44	* SuperSoldier: Jarhead is basically [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Captain America]] as a marine. As such, he falls under this trope.
45	* SuperSpeed: Transom has this as his power.
46	* SugarBowl: The whole world seems to be becoming one!
47	* WellIntentionedExtremist:
48	** Inverted with Oculus. [[spoiler: He built a machine to create world peace solely to spite the superheroes.]]
49	** [[spoiler: Sabre becomes one at the end.]]
50	%%* WhamLine: [[spoiler:I can't fly.]]

Context ComicBook / Halcyon