Line #26 ComicBook/OneStarSquadron


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} Superman-level Service at Bizarro prices!]]]]
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4	->"To be honest, I don't even remember why I became a hero. Maybe I thought I was going to be the next Superman. Maybe that's just ''what you do'' when you're an android who can control the weather. Or maybe I was just young and stupid enough to imagine that I could ''change the world.'' Not yet understanding that it's always the world that changes you."
5	-->-- ComicBook/RedTornado
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7	''One-Star Squadron'' is a miniseries written by Creator/MarkRussell and drawn by Steve Lieber, and published by Creator/DCComics.
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9	Desperate to remain relevant in an age where the ComicBook/JusticeLeague has monopolized conventional superheroics, ComicBook/PowerGirl, ComicBook/RedTornado, and a host of other lesser heroes band together to form [=Heroz4U=], an agency dedicated to helping C-listers find steady work to keep them out of trouble. However, Red Tornado's latest case, attempting to rehabilitate an amnesiac who used to be Gangbuster, is throwing things out of joint.
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13	!!This series contains examples of:
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15	* AmnesiacHero: Jose Delgado doesn't remember who he is or what he used to do as Gangbuster. The only reason he even remembers that he used to be Gangbuster is because someone wrote it on his hospital shirt.
16	* BittersweetEnding: By the final issue, [[spoiler:Gangbuster is dead, [=Heroz4U=] has collapsed, and much of the cast are in disarray, with Terry even attempting suicide, but Terry survives his brush with death and finds a new life running an ice-cream stand in Montana, and becomes much happier after giving up on being a superhero.]]
17	* BlessedWithSuck: Minute Man has superhuman abilities, but they only last one minute at a time.
18	* TheBusCameBack: This series brings back several C-list heroes, many of whom hadn't appeared since before Flashpoint, like Flying Fox, Heckler, Jack O'Lantern, Gangbuster, G.I. Robot, Miss America, Black Condor and Firehawk. It also reintroduces Red Tornado's wife Kathy and daughter Traya Sutton. There’s also a cameo of [[spoiler: Don Hall/Dove, who hasn’t been seen alive since Crisis On Infinite Earths.]]
19	* ChurchOfHappyology: Maxwell Lord seems to have started one of these, selling books that purport to teach people to "realize the prize". Power Girl has become obsessed with the book.
20	* CutLexLuthorACheck: ComicBook/LexLuthor has gotten out of the supervillainy game, instead putting his considerable genius into things like apps and streaming services. He even created an app, Hench, that helps low-level supervillains like Sportsmaster get legitimate gigs.
21	* FantasticDrug: Minute Man gets his powers from Miraclo, the same stuff that gave ComicBook/{{Hourman}} his powers, except that he doesn't have access to Rex Tyler's supply, so his pills only give him about a minute per dose. And since he's getting his pills on the street, sometimes they don't even last that long.
22	* FlyingBrick: When the Miraclo kicks in, Minute Man is superhumanly strong and durable and able to fly... for all of one minute.
23	* LifeSavingMisfortune: [[spoiler:Terry's attempt at suicide is thwarted because after slitting his wrists, the knife he's using accidentally punctures his waterbed, flooding the apartment downstairs and causing the neighbor to call the police.]]
24	* MundaneUtility: The Heckler's superhuman ability to annoy and provoke people might not be useful in combat, but it makes him a surprisingly good telemarketer.
25	* PromotedToScapegoat: In the fallout from the Jack O'Lantern scandal, the executives behind [=Heroz4U=] promote Red Tornado because they want him to fire half the staff so that they will remain profitable enough to sell the app to another company.
26	* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: In a bid to take over Red Tornado's job, Power Girl tells the executives that Red is unpopular and that most of the staff hates him. The executives call Reddy in and tell him to fire Power Girl, because they don't want employees who will try to take each other out in an attempt to move up.
27	* SkewedPriorities: In the third issue, Jack O'Lantern blows off rescuing people from a shipwreck because [=Heroz4U=] suddenly called him up and offered him bonus money to make an appearance at a Halloween party. When the ComicBook/JusticeLeague finds out, ComicBook/{{Superman}} makes the decision to pull their endorsement from the app.
28	* SmallNameBigEgo: Minute Man used to work for the government, and even had a movie made about him. He assumes that should put him head and shoulders above his peers. His severely low rating on the [=Heroz4U=] app suggests otherwise.
29	* SportsHeroBackstory: Before becoming Gangbuster, Jose Delgado was an up-and-coming boxer in Suicide Slum.
30	* TakeThat: Among the [=Heroz4U=] board's stupid purchases is a massive painting that the receptionist says is the most valuable object in the building. Eventually, the camera pans out to show that it's a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bored_Ape Bored Ape]] painting.

Context ComicBook / OneStarSquadron