All-Star Squadron (New Age)

"Stars burn the brightest when night is at its blackest."

- Tagline

All-Star Squadron is a comic book series published by DC: New Age and written by Jacky 50A as part of its Elseworlds line of comics. Set in a universe designated as Earth -60, the series details the story of the titular superhero alliance in their attempt to become the world's new premier superhero team after the destruction of much of Earth's major superhero teams by the hands of Trigon. Under the secretive leadership of the Phantom Stranger, the All-Star Squadron may succeed whence their predecessor did not, but at great cost.

Synopsis
A new age of heroes dawns upon the DC Universe! As new struggles between good and evil emerge, the world is beset by numerous crises! In the midst of this time of uncertainty arises the All-Star Squadron: a unity of heroes the many corners of the universe whose duty is to defend the Earth from all who would endanger it! Can this new alliance prevail against the coming darkness, or die vainly in the struggle against doom?

Issues
The All-Star Squadron has been reformed as a united front to protect the Earth from various threats, in the absence of the world's greatest superheroes. Their first trial, however, may doom them before they could even fulfill their duty.
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Featured Characters
A superhero team recreated after the doom of Earth's major superheroes, the All-Star Squadron began as an alliance of Golden Age superheroes, who were gathered under the orders of President Franklin Roosevelt to defend the United States from extra-natural threats. The group was disbanded after the Justice League's creation, but in the aftermath of Trigon's invasion, it was remade by the Phantom Stranger to unite the remaining heroes of the world to fill the void the deceased heroes left. The team is headquartered within a structure in Hub City known as the All-Star Apartment, which used to be the residence of the Question (Vic Sage). The enemies of the All-Star Squadron. The other characters who roam the DC Universe, aside from the All-Star Squadron and their adversaries.
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 * 1) Atom (Ryan Choi) - Dr. Ray Palmer's former lab assistant, who has since succeeded him as the second Atom: a size-shifting hero powered by a dwarf star.
 * 2) Aztek (Uno) - the champion of Quetzalcoatl and agent of the Q Society, who uses a magic suit to defend Vanity City
 * 3) Doctor Fate (Khalid Nassour) - the latest and youngest individual to bear the Helm of Fate, Khalid Nassour succeeds Kent Nelson as Doctor Fate.
 * 4) Flamebird (Thara AK-Var) and Nightwing (Lor-Zod) - a duo of Kryptonian vigilantes bearing the namesakes of Kryptonian gods.
 * 5) Gotham (Henry Clover, Jr.) and Gotham Girl (Claire Clover) - a pair of metahuman heroes from Gotham City, who possess phenomenal powers tied to their life force.
 * 6) Ibis the Invincible (Daniel Khalifa) - an Egyptian-American youngster who succeeds Prince Amentep in the ownership of powerful mystical artifact known as the Ibistick, which he uses to destroy dark forces.
 * 7) Little Barda (Avia) - the daughter of the New Gods, Mr. Miracle and Big Barda, who has joined the All-Star Squadron as a rite of passage.
 * 8) Night-Dragon (Benny Lo) - Hong Kong's homegrown vigilante, who defends the city's people from hostile criminals, his methods inspired by those of Batman.
 * 9) Phantom Stranger - the most mysterious man in the universe and the new All-Star Squadron's founder and de jure leader.
 * 10) The Flash (Walter West) - an alternate version of the Flash from a now-destroyed world, who brings violent justice to the criminals of the universe he now calls home.
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 * Composite Superman (Joseph Meach) - a janitor who possesses the combined powers and abilities of Superman, Batman, and some of the Legion of Super-Heroes due to a strange accident.
 * First-Born - the first son of the Olympians, Zeus and Hera, who became a cruel conqueror with aspirations to rule the world as its god and master.
 * Four Horsemen of Apokolips - a quartet of primordial Apokoliptian entities who ruled over the barren hellscape even before the rise of Darkseid.
 * Azraeuz of the Endless Death - the de facto leader of the Four Horsemen and the strongest among them, representing the concept of death.
 * Rogga of the Seven Atrocities - a bloody war god who incites chaos and conflict wherever he goes, representing the concept of war.
 * Yurrd the Unknown - a hungry, all-consuming entity whose very presence devastates the livelihood of all, representing famine.
 * Zormm the Desolate - a sickly yet merciless abomination who spreads countless diseases in his wake, representing pestilence.
 * General Zod (Avruskin) - the dictator of Pokolistan, who possesses imperial ambitions only matched by his Kryptonian-like powers.
 * Lord Malvolio - an apparent rogue Green Lantern of Sector 1634, who has utilized his ring for tyrannical purposes for centuries as his sector's ruler.
 * Phantom Lantern (Frank Laminski) - an embittered man who possesses the Phantom Ring, which allows him to channel power from all the colors of the emotional spectrum, albeit at a volatile cost.
 * Red Jack - a near-omnipotent being who claims to be both Jack the Ripper and the universe's creator, whose insanity is matched only by his brutality.
 * Sons of Trigon - the three sons of Trigon, who wish to honor their father's legacy by finally conquering Earth to their dominion once and for all.
 * Belial - The oldest and wisest surviving son of Trigon, who is the de facto leader of the Sons of Trigon.
 * Ruskoff - The middle surviving son of Trigon, who may not be confrontative, but has great intellect.
 * Suge - The youngest and most impulsive of Trigon's surviving sons, who likes to make a scene out of everything.
 * The Grey - the elemental force of the Earth's fungal lifeforms. Its desire to expand its dominion makes it a threat to other lifeforms.
 * Matango - The closest thing to an avatar for the Grey, whose unfortunately hostile tendencies have corrupted the Grey after long millennia.
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 * Amazons - an all-female race of superhumans who reside on the mystical island of Themyscira.
 * Wonder Girl (Yara Flor) - the daughter of a Brazilian god and a Themysciran Amazon, who is the latest to bear her title. She is the new Wonder Woman's sidekick.
 * Wonder Woman (Nubia) - the former guardian of Doom's Doorway, who has become the new champion of the Amazons and Diana's successor as Wonder Woman.
 * Anguish (Elizabeth Blair) - a young woman of troubled background whose metagene granted her superhuman abilities at the cost of sense deprivation.
 * Black Queen (Abigail Arcane) - the niece of the infamous murderer, Anton Arcane, who now serves as the Avatar of Death, representing the rotting force that is the Black.
 * Green Lantern Corps - an organization of inter-galactic law enforcement officers, who defend the order of the universe using cosmic rings that can create constructs.
 * Jessica Cruz - one of the three current Green Lanterns of Sector 2814.
 * Simon Baz - one of the three current Green Lanterns of Sector 2814.
 * Sojourner Mullein - one of the three current Green Lanterns of Sector 2814. In Sojourner's case, she was assigned to patrol a mysterious sector unnumbered even by the Guardians of the Universe.
 * Doombreaker (Lloyd Crayton) - a janitor who was infected by the Doomsday Virus via a piece of Doomsday's bone spikes, taken after Superman's battle against Doomsday.
 * Infinity, Inc. - a superhero team turned genuine organization of private nature, whose mission is to coordinate and assist the world's superheroes in any way shape or form. The company is led by surviving members of the Justice Society of America and the original All-Star Squadron.
 * Amazing-Man (Markus Clay) - one of the surviving members of the Justice Society of America and a grandson of the original Amazing-Man, who now co-owns the Infinity, Inc.
 * Casey Brinke - once a mere fictional character created by the powers of Danny the Street, Casey now exists in the real world as an emergency medical technician, who goes around wherever Danny wishes.
 * Danny the Street - a sentient street who brings happiness to the citizens of whichever city houses him.
 * Giovanni Zatara - the father of the Justice Leaguer, Zatanna, and a former member of the original All-Star Squadron, who is now one of the co-owners of Infinity, Inc.
 * Yazz - a humanoid alien resembling a blue pterodactyl, who once served as the Justice League's accountant. Having survived Trigon's onslaught due to his relative obscurity, Yazz has since been recruited to once again be an accountant for Infinity, Inc.
 * Project 7734 - a United States project that recruits or manufactures superhumans to protect the world. In reality, this program only serves to provide the nation with their own superweapons, mostly consisting of individuals antagonistically related to Superman and the Justice League.
 * Staff Personnel
 * Leo Quintum - a brilliant omnidisciplinary scientist who was once a close ally of the Man of Steel until his eventual death.
 * Samuel Lane - a general in the United States Army and the father of Lois Lane, the wife of Superman.
 * TAO - also known as the Tactically Augmented Organism, TAO is an artificial human being of near-unparalleled intellect.
 * Superhuman Operatives
 * Amazo (Armen Ikarus) - a brilliant LexCorp pathologist who was infected by the Amazo Virus as its patient zero, gaining the ability to organically replicate any superpower he perceives.
 * Atlas - a warlord from the magical land of Hyssa, who was recruited by General Sam Lane himself to Project 7734 as a countermeasure to Superman.
 * Grid - a soulless facsimile of the deceased Teen Titan and Justice Leaguer, Cyborg, whose purpose is to perform calculations too complex for any organic being to do.
 * Major Force (Anderson Bolton) - the predecessor of the supervillain, Clifford Zmeck, better known as Major Force. Though more composed than his successor, Bolton is still a ruthless man.
 * Power Boy - an Apokoliptian boy enhanced by Darkseid himself to become a deadly weapon of war.
 * Power Girl (Divine) - a clone of the Justice Society of America's Power Girl made by Maxwell Lord, who has now assumed her template's identity.
 * Superboy (Kent Conner/Match) - a Bizarro-like clone of Superboy, whose genetic instability has been fixed, allowing him to appear normally and assume the mantle of Superboy.
 * Supergirl (Dark Supergirl) - a clone of Kara Zor-El created from the hero's exposure to Black Kryptonite, resulting in the vicious creature that is Dark Supergirl, who now assumes her identity.
 * Wraith - an alien from a mysterious race that resembled the Kryptonians, who also draws power from solar energy like Superman, albeit at a greater rate.
 * Züm - once a member of the villainous Hyperclan, the White Martian known as Züm now serves as an indentured operative of Project 7734.
 * Swiss - a mysterious Swedish assassin once thought dead, murdered by the vigilante, Bronze Tiger.
 * Trinity of Sin - a trio of humans deemed the worst transgressors of humanity, who were condemned to suffer eternal punishments. Jury's still out whether or not they're still serving their sentence after Trigon's attack.
 * Pandora - the ancient woman responsible for opening Pandora's Box, now free of her burden of bearing the Box and traveling the planet as a vigilante to prevent evil from destroying the world.
 * The Question - neither Victor Sage nor Renee Montoya, but another man entirely, who once did such a heinous crime he was stripped of his identity.

Trivia

 * The list of characters who died in Trigon's attack include:
 * Doom Patrol
 * Blaze (Scott Fischer)
 * Celcius (Arani Densai)
 * Chief (Niles Caulder)
 * Coagula (Kate Goodwin)
 * Crazy Jane (Kay Challis)
 * Elasti-Girl (Rita Farr)
 * Karma (Wayne Hawkins)
 * Lodestone (Rhea Jones)
 * Mento (Steve Dayton)
 * Negative Man (Lawrence Trainor)
 * Robotman (Clifford Steele)
 * Justice League
 * Adam Strange
 * Animal Man (Bernhard Baker)
 * Aquaman (Arthur Curry)
 * Atom (Ray Palmer)
 * Batman (Bruce Wayne)
 * Black Canary (Dinah Lance)
 * Booster Gold (Michael Jon Carter)
 * Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce)
 * Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)
 * Captain Atom (Nathaniel Adam)
 * Cyborg (Victor Stone)
 * Deadman (Boston Brand)
 * Elongated Man (Ralph Dibny)
 * Fire (Beatriz da Costa)
 * Firestorm (Jason Rusch)
 * Firestorm (Martin Stein)
 * Firestorm (Ronnie Raymond)
 * Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
 * Green Lantern (Guy Gardner)
 * Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
 * Green Lantern (John Stewart)
 * Hawkgirl (Shayera Hol)
 * Hawkman (Katar Hol)
 * Ice (Tora Olafsdotter)
 * Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onnz)
 * Metamorpho (Rex Mason)
 * Plastic Man (Patrick O'Brian)
 * Red Tornado
 * Shazam (Billy Batson)
 * Steel (John Henry Irons)
 * Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)
 * Superman (Kal-El)
 * The Flash (Barry Allen)
 * The Flash (Wally West)
 * The Question (Victor Sage)
 * The Ray (Raymond Terrill)
 * Vixen (Mari McCabe)
 * Wonder Woman (Diana Prince)
 * Zatanna
 * Justice League Dark/Shadowpact/Sentinels of Magic
 * Amethyst (Amy Winston)
 * Andrew Bennett
 * Black Alice (Lori Zechlin)
 * Blue Devil (Daniel Cassidy)
 * Doctor Occult (Richard Occult)
 * Doctor Thirteen (Terrence Thirteen)
 * Enchantress (June Moone)
 * John Constantine
 * Midnight Rider (Elias Stone)
 * Nightmaster (James Rook)
 * Nightshade (Eve Eden)
 * Ragman (Rory Regan)
 * Shade the Changing Man
 * Timothy Hunter
 * Warlock's Daughter (Darla Aquista)
 * Justice Society of America
 * Amazing-Man (William Everett, Sr.)
 * Atom (Albert Pratt)
 * Atom Smasher (Albert Rothstein)
 * Brainwave (Henry King, Junior)
 * Citizen Steel (Nathaniel Heywood)
 * Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis)
 * Cyclone (Maxine Hunkel)
 * Damage (Grant Emerson)
 * Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson)
 * Doctor Fate (Kent V. Nelson)
 * Doctor Midnight (Elizabeth Chapel)
 * Doctor Mid-Nite (Charles McNider)
 * Dyna-Mite (Daniel Dunbar)
 * Green Lantern (Alan Scott)
 * Hector Hall
 * Hourman (Rex Tyler)
 * Hourman (Rick Tyler)
 * Jade (Jennifer-Lynn Haden)
 * Jakeem Thunder
 * Jesse Quick (Jesse Chambers)
 * Johnny Thunder (John L. Thunder)
 * Miss America (Joan Dale)
 * Mister Terrific (Michael Holt)
 * Mister Terrific (Terry Sloan)
 * Northwind (Norda Cantrell)
 * Obsidian (Todd Rice)
 * Power Girl (Kara Zor-L)
 * Sandman (Sanderson Hawkins)
 * Sandman (Wesley Dodds)
 * Spectre (Jim Corrigan)
 * Stargirl (Courtney Whitmore)
 * Starman (Jack Knight)
 * Starman (Ted Knight)
 * Star-Spangled Kid (Sylvester Pemberton)
 * STRIPE (Patrick Dugan)
 * The Flash (Jay Garrick)
 * TNT (Thomas N. Thomas)
 * Wildcat (Ted Grant)
 * Wildcat (Tom Bronson)
 * Wildcat (Yolanda Montez)
 * Teen Titans/Young Justice
 * Arrowette (Suzanne King-Jones)
 * Aqualad (Jackson Hyde)
 * Aquagirl (Lorena Marquez)
 * Aqualad (Garth)
 * Baby Wildebeest
 * Beast Boy (Garfield Logan)
 * Blue Beetle (Jamie Reyes)
 * Bumblebee (Karen Beacher)
 * Bunker (Miguel Barragan)
 * Connor Hawke
 * Cyborg (Victor Stone)
 * Donna Troy
 * Dove (Dawn Granger)
 * Dove (Donald Hall)
 * Empress (Anita Fite)
 * Halo (Violet Harper)
 * Hawk (Hank Granger)
 * Hawk (Holly Granger)
 * Hawkfire (Bette Kane)
 * Hotspot (Isaiah Crockett)
 * Impulse (Bart Allen)
 * Jesse Quick (Jesse Chambers)
 * Kid Devil (Eddie Bloomberg)
 * Kid Eternity (Christopher Freeman)
 * Lagoon Boy
 * Mirage (Miriam Delgado)
 * Miss Martian (M'gann M'orzz)
 * Nightwing (Dick Grayson)
 * Phanta (Rosabelle Mendez)
 * Phantasm (Danny Chase)
 * Power Girl (Tanya Spears)
 * Terra (Tara Markov)
 * Tigress (Artemis Crock)
 * Raven (Rachel Roth)
 * Red Arrow (Roy Harper)
 * Red Robin (Timothy Drake)
 * Red Star (Leonid Kovar)
 * Solstice (Kiran Singh)
 * Speedy (Mia Dearden)
 * Starfire (Koriand'r)
 * Superboy (Jon Kent)
 * Superboy (Kon-El)
 * Vox (Malcolm Duncan)
 * Wonder Girl (Cassandra Sandsmark)
 * Young Frankenstein
 * Zachary Zatara
 * Note that the list of deceased characters above corresponds to the characters' Earth -60 versions, meaning that the membership of certain superhero teams may not be the same as their more well-known versions.
 * This series is partly inspired by Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Crisis on Infinite Earths, as well as the New 52 initiative.