Line #20 ComicBook/TheEndLeague

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1	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/End_League01-0001_522.jpg]]
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3	''The End League'' was a series published by Creator/DarkHorseComics, written by Rick Remender and pencilled by Matt Broom, featuring [[{{Expy}} Expies]] and [[CaptainErsatz Captain Ersatzes]] of well-known comic book heroes (and villains) battling it out AfterTheEnd.
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5	Originally intended as an ongoing monthly, the eventual creative team broke apart as they took on other jobs, and the series was wrapped up after nine issues.
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7	The story begins with [[TheCape Astonishman]] detailing [[MyGreatestFailure how he caused the end of the world]]. In the present day, the last remnants of the titular team attempt to protect and salvage what's left of humanity, fighting against their evil, destructive counterparts, all while unaware of a greater danger fast approaching...
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12	* ApocalypseHow: Class 1 with elements of a Class 4. The Green Event starts by killing 3 billion people in 1963 (when there was less than 4 billion people on earth), [[MassEmpoweringEvent then mutates one-in-1,000]] into "Magnificents." Astonishman's attempts to "help" contain the disaster actually make things worse down the line.
13	* BodySnatcher: Scarecrow Sinister likes to force people to kill their loved ones by taking over their bodies.
14	* TheCape: Astonishman and Soldier American try to be this, though both of them are heavily weighed down by cosmic levels of {{wangst}}.
15	* CaptainErsatz[=/=]{{Expy}}: While characters like Astonishman, Codename Black and Dead Lexington are quite obvious, others like Arachnkid, Grimwood and the Prairie Ghost are more "same foundation, different execution" characters.
16	* OmnicidalManiac: The BigBad, Dead Lexington.
17	* TheReveal: Many. The series opens with the twist that "Superman caused the apocalypse," and gets in a few more good ones after that: [[spoiler: the Captain America was originally a telekinetic ChildSoldier of the Nazi Youth, Joker was actually Loki all along, and the whole thing is a StableTimeLoop]].
18	* ShapingYourAttacks: A bright, noble hero in the form of American Soldier. He has a gift to create blades of energy.
19	* StupidJetpackHitler: Actually, TheCavalry (in the form of the Howling Commandoes expies) use jetpacks ala the Rocketeer; the Nazis we see are more a combination of this and the {{Ghostapo}}.

Context ComicBook / TheEndLeague