Green Team (comics)
The Green Team | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | 1st Issue Special #2 (May 1975) |
Created by | Joe Simon Jerry Grandenetti |
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Member(s) | Commodore Murphy J.P. Huston Cecil Sunbeam Abdul Smith |
The Green Team is a fictional comic book team of rich-kid adventurers published by DC Comics. The team debuted in 1st Issue Special #2 (May 1975), and was created by Joe Simon and Jerry Grandenetti. In its initial appearance, the group was subtitled "Boy Millionaires". In 2010s comics, a revamped version of the group appeared in a series subtitled "Teen Trillionaires", thus adjusting for both inflation and the declining popularity of boy adventurers.
Publication history
The Green Team's first adventure appears in
In subsequent decades, the Green Team appeared in one panel of
As part of The New 52 reboot of DC's continuity, the Green Team and its sister book The Movement were re-established in 2013.[4] Written by Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani, and drawn by Ig Guara, the first issue debuted in May 2013 and focused on teens who use their financial resources to purchase power in the DC Universe, including super powers. This run lasted 8 issues and concluded in January 2014.
Fictional character biographies
The only prerequisite for joining the Green Team is possession of at least
A text page in 1st Issue Special #2 (May 1975) explains, their jumpsuit uniforms have many pockets for money, with special locks, and they carry ticker-tape wristwatches, a chain of keys that unlock any of their many labs and money vaults in far-flung lands, and a quarter-million dollars each.
Membership
Original
- Commodore Murphy - a boy shipping magnate.
- J.P. Huston - a Texan oil tycoon.
- Cecil Sunbeam - a Hollywood film directorknown as the "Starmaker".
- Abdul Smith - an African-American shoeshine boywho received half a million dollars due to a bug in his bank's computer. He shrewdly multiplied that stake, returned it to the bank, and had a million dollars left.
The New 52
- Commodore Murphy - the leader of the group, who is into electronics.trust fund; he will inherit 64 trillion dollars from his family when he turns twenty-one.[6]
- J.P. Houston - a Texan who comes from "old money".[5] He is Latino and has a sister named Lucia Lynn (L.L.) who often spends time with the group. He has misgivings about Commodore's interest in "this superhero thing" and how it will affect the group.[6]
- Cecilia Sunbeam - a big-time actress. People whisper about her: "She's a celebrity, and she has all the problems that go with that".[5]
- Mohammad Qahtanii - a modern prince, and the youngest member of the Team.[5][6]
References
- ^ Markstein, Don. "The Green Team". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ a b Abramowitz, Jack (April 2014). "1st Issue Special: It Was No Showcase (But It Was Never Meant To Be)". Back Issue! (71). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 40–47.
- ^ Back Issue Magazine #18, TwoMorrows Publishing
- The Huffington Post. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
- ^ a b c d Rogers, Vaneta (February 24, 2013). "Art & Franco See GREEN TEAM as 'Most Outrageous' DC Book". Newsarama. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
- ^ a b c Ig Guara (p), J.P. Mayer (i). "Riot Arc" The Green Team: Teen Trillionaires, vol. 1, no. 1 (July 2013). DC Comics.
External links
- DCU Guide: The Green Team
- Green Team at the Grand Comics Database
- Green Team at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived Archived 2021-08-22 at the Wayback Machine from the original on August 29, 2016.