Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

We have a winner in the unbelievable Slay Monstrobot 5.000th Post Contest-A-Rama, and it's tomg:

The Trouble Shooters
Core members: Alison Double (Marvel), Phantasmo (Dell), Vibe (DC), Copper (DC). Invisible Scarlet O’Neil (Famous Funnies), Blue Jay (DC) Frequent ally: The Golden Bat (Nagamatsu) Temporary members : Life Lass (DC), Weight Wizard –(prior to his capture by Nardo) (DC)

Alison Double, the albino telepath who was last seen recovering in the Alps with Elizabeth Braddock just before the latter adopted the mantle of Captain Britain (back in 1986), returned to her work at S.T.R.I.K.E. She moved up in the organization, eventually being placed in charge of security which also gives her authority of the robot known as Copper on loan to S.T.RI.K.E by Doctor Magnus.

S.T.R.I.K.E. scientists experimenting with some machines confiscated in one of their assignments accidently activate a time storm that causes chaos across the English countryside. Copper and Double do their best to assist in stopping rampaging dinosaurs and some creatures they cannot identify (like the flasher beasts from Adventure Comics 339). They find themselves aided by Vibe and Phanstasmo who were pulled in from the past before the respective deaths as well as from Life Lass and Weight Wizard from the 30th century. The Golden Bat, a hero missing for decades, also joins the battle and leads the drive in locating the person or people behind the increasingly uncontrolled temporal storms. (That would be Wizard, a villain from Dial H for Hero, looking to gather all the unclaimed dials from across time and space).

After the Wizard’s defeat, S.T.R.I.K.E. is left decimated. Vibe, Double, Phantasmo, Copper, Life Lass, and Weight Wizard decide to remain work together and are allowed to operate out of the remains of S.T.R.I.K.E.’s headquarters (which will eventually be purchased outright by Phantasmo) providing stability to the team. Golden Bat reveals that he is not time-displaced and generally operates on his own, but agrees to help the team with emergencies that have global ramifications.

Sometime later, Life Lass and Weight Wizard, are rescued and returned to their time by the Heroes of Lallor in a time bubble… but not before a team-up can occur where the Lallorians can shine. Losing two members leads the team to conduct a recruitment drive. They opt for powers of stealth and select Invisible Scarlet O’Neil and Blue Jay. 

No shade to any other entrants, but this cross-multiversal team most tickled my fancy, both in the obscurity of some of it's characters, and for having the audacity to plan for the replacements in the first The Old Order Changeth event.

Congratulations, tomg. A copy of Take That, Adolf is winging itself your way.

Stand by for the next contest at Post 10,000...

3 comments:

tomg said...

Thank you!! I really had fun coming up with my team, but I never expected to win!

And thank you for the 5,000+ posts. I really appreciate all the time and effort you put into this blog! It is something I look forward to reading each evening when I get home from work.

Jason Glor said...

I had an idea for an all Mohawk squad consisting of Yondu, Gladiator, OMAC and The Savage Dragon (Storm could be an honorary member), but I couldn't really flesh it out, so I didn't bother submitting it.

Unknown said...

Darn it. I thought my team of Jack Kirbys was a shoo-in. Oh well.