Super Young Team
| Super Young Team | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Final Crisis Sketchbook #1 (May 2008) |
| Created by | Grant Morrison (writer) J. G. Jones (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Japan |
| Member(s) | Most Excellent Superbat Big Atomic Lantern Boy Crazy Shy Lolita Canary Shiny Happy Aquazon Well-Spoken Sonic Lightning Flash |
The Super Young Team is a Japanese superhero team in the DC Comics Universe. The team first appears in Final Crisis Sketchbook #1 (May 2008), and was created by Grant Morrison and J. G. Jones.
Publication history
The concept for the team emerged from the same pitch
The characters first appeared in Morrison's
Membership
Most Excellent Superbat
Most Excellent Superbat (Heino) is the team leader. He wears a wildly stylized red and yellow uniform influenced by both
By the end of the series, he revealed that he is indeed as rich as he claims when he actually buys Japan.[10]
Big Atomic Lantern Boy
Big Atomic Lantern Boy is Most Excellent Superbat's second in command. He wears a green outfit which is outfitted with an x-rayed circular porthole on his chest. The porthole displays his skeleton, and allows him to fire green force beams of different types of radiation. He is attracted to Shiny Happy Aquazon.[2][9]
Crazy Shy Lolita Canary
Crazy Shy Lolita Canary is a winged heroine in a Japanese schoolgirl uniform, and is physically small enough to fit in someone's hand. She possesses a sonic scream (always "Sumimasen" - "Excuse me") similar to that possessed by Black Canary except that it appears to be a strong modulated-mixture of multiple voices.[2]
Shiny Happy Aquazon
Shiny Happy Aquazon is the daughter of
Well-Spoken Sonic Lightning Flash
Well-Spoken Sonic Lightning Flash is a young speedster whose real name is Keigo, with a round
Sunny Sumo
The group recruits Sunny Sumo, a powerful wrestler with self-healing abilities and the potential to resist mind control. The original Sumo had assisted the Forever People in their original series, but had been stranded in ancient Japan where he lived out a peaceful life; the Sunny Sumo who joined the Super Young Team was a refugee from Earth-51, escaping before it was destroyed.[11]
Equipment
The Super Young Team has a vehicle called the Wonder Wagon, which is a car capable of powered flight, similar to the Newsboy Legion's Whiz Wagon.
References
- ^ The 52 Exit Interviews: Grant Morrison Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine, Newsarama, May 8, 2007
- ^ a b c d e f Final Crisis Sketchbook #1 (May 2008).
- ^ a b c Final Crisis #7 (March 2009).
- ^ Joe Casey "Dances" with Super Young Team in "Final Crisis Aftermath", Comic Book Resources, March 5, 2009
- ^ Ian Sattler on the Final Crisis: Aftermath Titles, Newsarama, February 11, 2009
- ^ Final Crisis #6 (January 2009).
- ^ a b c Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance #4 (October 2009).
- ^ Final Crisis #2 (June 2008)
- ^ a b c Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance #1 (July 2009).
- ^ Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance #6 (December 2009)
- ^ The Forever People #6 (Jan. 1, 1972)
External links
- Newsarama: Final Crisis Sketchbook[permanent dead link] (May 14, 2008)
- Newsarama: Grant Morrison on Final Crisis #2 (July 21, 2008)
- The Annotated Final Crisis: Issue #2
- The Annotated Final Crisis: Issue #4
- The Annotated Final Crisis: Issue #6
- The Annotated Final Crisis: Issue #7
- DC Database Project: Super Young Team
- Comicvine: Super Young Team