Squadron Sinister

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Official Team Name

Squadron Sinister

Team Aliases

Supreme Power

Status

Active

Identity

Public

Universe

Earth-616

Base of Operations

Manhattan penthouse apartment; formerly Nugent Technologies, Old Tappan, New Jersey; Crayton Observatory

Affiliations

Current Members

Hyperion, Doctor Spectrum (Alice Nugent), Nighthawk, Speed Demon

Former Members

Doctor Spectrum (Kinji Obatu), Doctor Spectrum (Billy Roberts), Hyperion construct

Allies

Grandmaster

Enemies

Avengers

First appearance

Avengers #69
(October, 1969)

History

The Squadron Sinister was a team of super-villains created by the Grandmaster, after he had encountered the Squadron Supreme during one of his time-travels. He returned to his own universe and transformed three men ( Doctor Spectrum, Nighthawk, and the Whizzer) into counterparts of the Squadron members. He also created a counterpart to the Squadron’s Hyperion out of non-living extra dimensional matter and invested it with consciousness and artificial memories. These four counterparts became the criminal team known as the Squadron Sinister.

They were first used in on of the Grandmaster's games against Kang the Conqueror, where they were pitted against the Avengers, but were unable to defeat them.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

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Trivia

• The original Squadron Sinister was created as a pastiche of DC Comics' Justice League characters Superman (Hyperion), Batman (Nighthawk), Green Lantern (Doctor Spectrum), and the Flash (Whizzer).
• DC Comics created a pastiche of the Avengers called The Assemblers, first appearing in Justice League of America #87, February, 1971. The team consisted of Blue Jay (the Wasp/Ant-Man), Wandjina (Thor), Silver Sorceress (Scarlet Witch), and Jack B Quick (Quicksilver).

See Also

• 4 Squadron Sinister (Earth-616) Members
  
• 18 Appearances of Squadron Sinister (Earth-616)
• 2 Images that include Squadron Sinister (Earth-616)
• Team Gallery: Squadron Sinister (Earth-616)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Squadron Sinister (Earth-616)

Links and References

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squadron_Sinister
  

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