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− | | FormerMembers = [[Blue Beetle]]; [[Booster Gold]]; [[Captain Atom]]; [[Elongated Man]]; [[Fire]]; [[Mary Marvel]]; |
+ | | FormerMembers = [[Theodore Kord (New Earth)|Blue Beetle]]; [[Michael Carter (New Earth)|Booster Gold]]; [[Nathaniel Adam (New Earth)|Captain Atom]]; [[Ralph Dibny (New Earth)|Elongated Man]]; [[Beatriz da Costa (New Earth)|Fire]]; [[Mary Batson (New Earth)|Mary Marvel]]; |
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+ | | Allies = [[G'nort (New Earth)|G'nort]]; [[Susan Dearborn (New Earth)|Sue Dibny]]; [[L-Ron (New Earth)|L-Ron]]; [[Maxwell Lord IV (New Earth)|Maxwell Lord]] |
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+ | | Overview = The '''Super Buddies''' is a team of heroes formerly part of the [[Justice League International]] who joined forces again. |
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− | | HistoryText = Most of the Super Buddies recruited by [[Maxwell Lord]] and his robot sidekick [[L-Ron]] were former members of [[Justice League International]] |
+ | | HistoryText = Most of the Super Buddies recruited by [[Maxwell Lord IV (New Earth)|Maxwell Lord]] and his robot sidekick [[L-Ron (New Earth)|L-Ron]] were former members of [[Justice League International]]: [[Theodore Kord (New Earth)|Blue Beetle]], [[Michael Carter (New Earth)|Booster Gold]], [[Beatriz da Costa (New Earth)|Fire]], [[Ralph Dibny (New Earth)|The Elongated Man]] and his wife [[Susan Dearborn (New Earth)|Sue]], and [[Nathaniel Adam (New Earth)|Captain Atom]]. A seventh former member, [[Billy Batson (New Earth)|Captain Marvel]], was recruited by L-Ron, but he turned down the offer. His sister, [[Mary Batson (New Earth)|Mary Marvel]], joined in his place. |
− | The Super Buddies do not and cannot get along: |
+ | The Super Buddies do not and cannot get along: Beetle and Booster Gold, formerly the self-proclaimed "{{WP|Abbott and Costello}}" of the JLI, now find themselves constantly arguing and fruitlessly attempting to prove to one another that they've matured. No one takes Booster or Ralph Dibny seriously, though not without good reason. Fire runs a website, "blazingfire.com", where she makes sensual pictures of herself available for (paid) download, and cannot get along with the polite and innocent Mary Marvel, whom Fire dubs "Mary Poppins". In addition, Fire convinces Sue that Ralph rates as "a four" (out of ten), giving Ralph an inferiority complex as a result. Captain Atom has no idea why he even joined the team, and is constantly tense and frustrated around the others. To top it all off, Maxwell Lord plans to fully exploit his employees' images; he sets their headquarters up in a Queens, New York strip mall storefront, making the team available for contact through a 1-800 number and producing a Super Friends-esque television commercial for the Super Buddies. |
This new team successfully defeats the E-Street Bloodsuckers, a gang of Harvard drop-out super-powered hoodlums, thanks to a well-timed slap from Mary. The Super Buddies are then kidnapped during their first team meeting by Roulette, who brainwashes them into serving as gladiators in her intergalactic metahuman arena. Mary Marvel and Captain Atom are pitted against each other, and the mind-controlled Mary nearly beats Atom and Fire to death before she overcomes her programming and the team is released from captivity. |
This new team successfully defeats the E-Street Bloodsuckers, a gang of Harvard drop-out super-powered hoodlums, thanks to a well-timed slap from Mary. The Super Buddies are then kidnapped during their first team meeting by Roulette, who brainwashes them into serving as gladiators in her intergalactic metahuman arena. Mary Marvel and Captain Atom are pitted against each other, and the mind-controlled Mary nearly beats Atom and Fire to death before she overcomes her programming and the team is released from captivity. |
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+ | While Beetle and Booster rush a seriously injured (and radioactively leaking) Captain Atom to a hospital, the others find that [[Manga Khan (New Earth)|Manga Khan]], L-Ron's former master, has come to Earth to reclaim the robot. Khan offers to trade [[G'nort (New Earth)|G'nort]], another former JLI member, for possession of L-Ron, but when this offer is refused, and Booster accidentally knocks over several rows of Khan's sentries, Khan declares war on Earth. Only by the intervention of the real [[Justice League of America (New Earth)|Justice League]] (who have been spying on the Super Buddies in anticipation of such a faux pas) is an intergalactic crisis avoided. |
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Revision as of 20:04, 16 September 2020
This is an in-universe article with out-of-universe material.
The Super Buddies is a team of heroes formerly part of the Justice League International who joined forces again.
History
Most of the Super Buddies recruited by Maxwell Lord and his robot sidekick L-Ron were former members of Justice League International: Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Fire, The Elongated Man and his wife Sue, and Captain Atom. A seventh former member, Captain Marvel, was recruited by L-Ron, but he turned down the offer. His sister, Mary Marvel, joined in his place.
The Super Buddies do not and cannot get along: Beetle and Booster Gold, formerly the self-proclaimed "Abbott and Costello" of the JLI, now find themselves constantly arguing and fruitlessly attempting to prove to one another that they've matured. No one takes Booster or Ralph Dibny seriously, though not without good reason. Fire runs a website, "blazingfire.com", where she makes sensual pictures of herself available for (paid) download, and cannot get along with the polite and innocent Mary Marvel, whom Fire dubs "Mary Poppins". In addition, Fire convinces Sue that Ralph rates as "a four" (out of ten), giving Ralph an inferiority complex as a result. Captain Atom has no idea why he even joined the team, and is constantly tense and frustrated around the others. To top it all off, Maxwell Lord plans to fully exploit his employees' images; he sets their headquarters up in a Queens, New York strip mall storefront, making the team available for contact through a 1-800 number and producing a Super Friends-esque television commercial for the Super Buddies.
This new team successfully defeats the E-Street Bloodsuckers, a gang of Harvard drop-out super-powered hoodlums, thanks to a well-timed slap from Mary. The Super Buddies are then kidnapped during their first team meeting by Roulette, who brainwashes them into serving as gladiators in her intergalactic metahuman arena. Mary Marvel and Captain Atom are pitted against each other, and the mind-controlled Mary nearly beats Atom and Fire to death before she overcomes her programming and the team is released from captivity.
While Beetle and Booster rush a seriously injured (and radioactively leaking) Captain Atom to a hospital, the others find that Manga Khan, L-Ron's former master, has come to Earth to reclaim the robot. Khan offers to trade G'nort, another former JLI member, for possession of L-Ron, but when this offer is refused, and Booster accidentally knocks over several rows of Khan's sentries, Khan declares war on Earth. Only by the intervention of the real Justice League (who have been spying on the Super Buddies in anticipation of such a faux pas) is an intergalactic crisis avoided.
See Also
- 16 Appearances of Super Buddies (New Earth)
- 13 Images that include Super Buddies (New Earth)
- Team Gallery: Super Buddies (New Earth)