Super Young Team
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The Super Young Team is a Japanese superhero team in the DC Comics Universe. The team first appears in Final Crisis Sketchbook #1 (May 2008), and was created by Grant Morrison and J. G. Jones.
J. G. Jones (artist)
| Super Young Team | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Final Crisis Sketchbook #1 (May 2008) |
| Created by | Grant Morrison (writer) J. G. Jones (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Japan |
| Member(s) | Most Excellent Superbat Big Atomic Lantern Boy Crazy Shy Lolita Canary Shiny Happy Aquazon Well-Spoken Sonic Lightning Flash |
Publication history
The concept for the team emerged from the same pitch Grant Morrison made that contained the idea for the Great Ten,[1] and they were first mentioned in 52 #6. They are influenced by American superheroes and Japanese pop culture.[2]
The characters first appeared in Morrison's Final Crisis, where they were revealed to be the Fifth World incarnations of the Forever People.[3] They are featured in Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance, written by Joe Casey with art by ChrisCross.[4][5] In that six-part series, their fame overwhelms them, causing judgement errors and loss of self-control.
Membership
Most Excellent Superbat
Most Excellent Superbat (Heino) is the team leader. He wears a wildly stylized red and yellow uniform influenced by both Superman and Batman. According to him, his power is "being so rich he can do anything".[6] Most Excellent Superbat uses an array of gadgets, one of which can generate an energy-based exoskeleton. His secret island base is called the "Most Serene Sanctuary" and contains a supercomputer he calls a "unified data field" which is only accessible when he meditates into a calm theta rhythm state.[7] By the end of the series, he revealed that he is indeed as rich as he claims when he actually buys Japan.[8]
Big Atomic Lantern Boy
Big Atomic Lantern Boy is Most Excellent Superbat's second in command. He wears a green outfit which is outfitted with a circular porthole on his chest. The porthole displays his skeleton, and allows him to fire radioactive beams. He is attracted to Shiny Happy Aquazon.[2][9]
Crazy Shy Lolita Canary
Crazy Shy Lolita Canary is a winged heroine in a Japanese schoolgirl uniform, and is physically small enough to fit in someone's hand. She possesses a sonic scream similar to that of Black Canary, which appears to be a modulated mixture of multiple voices.[2]
Shiny Happy Aquazon
Shiny Happy Aquazon is the daughter of Junior Waveman (Riki Kimura) - a founding member of Big Science Action - and Senior Waveman Otomo.[7] She has the ability to create hard water constructs. She is attracted to Sonic Lightning Flash.[2][3][9] In Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance #4, her father who is now Senior Waveman Kimura invites her to join Big Science Action.[7]
Well-Spoken Sonic Lightning Flash
Well-Spoken Sonic Lightning Flash is a young speedster whose real name is Keigo, with a round helmet and giant athletic shoes. He is capable of running up to 500 mph.[2][3]
Sunny Sumo
Sunny Sumo is a wrestler with self-healing abilities and the potential to resist mind control who is a refugee from the destroyed Earth-51. The original Sumo, Sonny Sumo, had assisted the Forever People in their original series before being stranded in ancient Japan.[10]
Equipment
The Super Young Team has a vehicle called the Wonder Wagon, which is a car capable of powered flight, similar to the Newsboy Legion's Whiz Wagon.