Squadron Sinister

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This article is about the supervillain team the Squadron Sinister. For the related superhero team, see Squadron Supreme.
Squadron Sinister
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The Squadron Sinister is a supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Squadron Sinister first appeared in the final panel of The Avengers #69 (October 1969), created by Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema.[2] The team is a pastiche of DC's Justice League.[3]

Publication history

The first version of the Squadron Sinister is formed by the

the Flash respectively.[5]

Fictional character biography

Grandmaster's Squadron Sinister

The

Earth-712 universe.[7]
The similarities also caused confusion in Marvel's production department, as the covers of The Avengers #85 (February 1971) and #141 (November 1975) "cover-blurbed" appearances by the Squadron Sinister, when in fact it was the Squadron Supreme that appeared in both issues.

The Avengers eventually defeat the Squadron, and the Grandmaster abandoned them as a result.

polar ice caps and cover the entirety of Earth's surface in water. The team the Defenders are alerted to the scheme by Nighthawk and defeat the villains and Nebulon,[9] with Nighthawk reforming and joining the Defenders the following issue.[10]

After this defeat the three remaining members of the Squadron Sinister are teleported off-world by Nebulon, eventually returning with an energy-draining weapon. The villains plan to threaten Earth again, but are defeated once more by the Defenders and the Avenger Yellowjacket.[11] During another brief encounter with several members of the Avengers - who seek a way to separate Doctor Spectrum's Power Prism from fellow Avenger the Wasp - the villains are revealed to have disbanded.[12]

Two members of the Squadron make isolated appearances. Hyperion appears in the title Thor, battling the hero once again,

Speed Demon.[15]

Resurrected Squadron Sinister

The Grandmaster reappears and reforms the Squadron Sinister: an apparently resurrected Hyperion; a new Dr. Spectrum (Alice Nugent, a former lab assistant of Hank Pym), Nighthawk and the Speed Demon. Courtesy of a phenomenon known as the Wellspring of Power – an interdimensional source of superhuman abilities – the Grandmaster increases the team's power, and they battle the New Thunderbolts. Thunderbolts team leader Baron Zemo defeats the Grandmaster and, in the ensuing chaos, the Squadron Sinister escape.[16]

Other versions

Secret Wars (2015)

An alternate version appears in the

Secret Wars storyline, battling for control of zones of Battleworld. The team is systematically destroyed from within by a rogue member.[17]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9780780809772
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  2. ISBN 978-1465455505
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  3. ISBN 978-1605490557
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  4. ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.[1]
  5. ISBN 978-1893905481
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  6. ^ Squadron Supreme #1–12 (Sep. 1985–Aug. 1986)
  7. ^ a b Squadron Supreme #8 (May 1986)
  8. ^ The Avengers #69–71 (October–December 1969).
  9. ^ The Defenders #13–14 (May–July 1974).
  10. ^ The Defenders #15 (September 1974).
  11. ^ Giant-Size Defenders #4 (1974)
  12. ^ The Avengers Annual #8 (1978)
  13. ^ Thor #280 (Feb. 1979)
  14. ^ Marvel Two-in-One #67 (Jan. 1980)
  15. ^ The Amazing Spider-Man #222 (Nov. 1981)
  16. ^ New Thunderbolts #15–16 (Jan.– Feb. 2006) and Thunderbolts #102–108 (July 2006 –Jan. 2007)
  17. ^ Squadron Sinister #1 - 4 (June - Nov. 2015)

External links

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