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Johnny Saturn is many things–a mystery man, a boxer, a grim avenger, a painkiller addict–but above all else he’s
one thing: Determined. Life is not easy for a middle-aged hero whose body is breaking down, but Johnny does not let that stop him. As John Underhall, he is a retired Spire City detective and an US Army ranger. |
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Persephone is a living contradiction—a Nobel laureate mathematician, and a powerful sorceress. Wealthy from her many patents, she commands tremendous power, having combined her Dadaistic mathematic formulas with chaos magic. Time and space are hers to bend, but that does not mean she always gets what she wants. |
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Brian Farraday, the Utopian, a founding member of the Squadron Premiere, claims to be empowered by the Utopian ideal, gaining an assortment of meta-human powers. This explanation of his origin is probably a bit of self-mythologizing, because, while he is a great hero and very brave, he is also undeniably arrogant and patronizing. |
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Greg Buchanan, now known as Johnny Saturn II, may be the poster child for untreated clinical depression, but his dour visage hides a keen detective’s mind that sees everything for what it is. Emotionally shut down, this is a man with secrets and potentials he has not yet dreamed of. Justice, true justice, may not be available to him through official police channels. |
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As old as time, yet as naive as an innocent, Turiel, the Angel of Noble Failures, is the patron of all should-have-beens, also rans, one-hit-wonders, and others who strove mightily but were apparently shortchanged by fate. His power is all but limitless, but his insight is not. |
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Monica Nagachi, aka Madame Fishnet, a member of the Squadron Premiere, is young, beautiful, and has the whole world at her fingertips. She is a famous walkway model, very rich and smart enough to stay that way, and blessed with her net-casting powers. She is 19 years old and a Japanese American. |
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Pamela Maria Martinez, called Hotfoot, is a second generation meta-hero, a member of the Squadron Premiere, and she is gifted with hyper speed. The longer she runs, the more momentum she builds. At age 22, she is Argentinean and in America with an extended work visa. |
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Staff of Life, a British citizen named Victoria Shellbourne, is a founding member of the Squadron Premiere and one of Spire City’s most celebrated heroes. She is a tenured professor at Spire City University, and she invented her staff, which grants her flight, force fields, and tremendous energy control powers. |
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James Worthing, called Tilt, is a gifted engineer, and he has invented, among other things, his special recoil suit that gives him tremendous bouncing bowers. James is happily married, a member of the Squadron Premiere, and he is Canadian born and a naturalized US Citizen. |
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Joseph Jehemet, called Symphony, has the power to sync up and harmonize the efforts and powers of others. He is 32 years old, from Spire City, a member of the Squadron Premiere, and also has toughness, invulnerability, and flight powers. |