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Brandon
First Appearance:
Tales of the Thrilling & Dumb #1, April ’04
Powers/Abilities:
Darkforce Generation
Fave 5:
Ditko & Lee Spider-Man, Sex Criminals, Preacher, The Goon, everything in E.C.’s New Trend
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Ty
First Appearances:
SuperTy Fall Special September ’08; All New All Different SuperTy #1 December ’13
Powers/Abilities:
ability to make space, cosmic comic awareness
Fave 5:
X-Factor by Peter David, Miracleman, Planetary, Preacher, Doom Patrol
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Dan
First Appearance:
Startling Tales of Free Comic Book Day, May ’12
Powers/Abilities:
Finding the Right Book for Kids of All Ages (and teaching high school)
Fave 5:
Miracleman, Lumberjanes, Silver Surfer, Black Hood, Providence
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Lisa
First Appearance:
Truly Outrageous Special March ’13
Powers/Abilities:
Statue Sorceress Supreme
Fave 5:
Batman: Hush, Saga, Sailor Moon, Revival, Descender
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Henry
First Appearance:
Swanky Hank: the Rich Little Po-Boy and His Careful Adventures, May ’13
Powers/Abilities:
Born with the mutant powers of Song and Dance
Fave 5:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Nailbiter, The Ultimates, Extraordinary X-Men, Afterlife with Archie
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Rob
First Appearance:
Suspenseful and Disturbing Tales of Bromance Annual Nov ’05
Powers/Abilities:
Ability to tell you that song, that if you thought of, would get stuck in your head
Fave 5:
Elektra Assassin, New Avengers, Gravel, Conan, Fourth World

J
First Appearance:
IDK #0
Powers/Abilities:
Currently depowered
Fave 5:
Tom King’s Vision, Velvet, Black Science, Public Relations, Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ & Amal

George
First Appearance:
Shocking Cartoonist Romances #7, July/August ’11
Powers/Abilities:
Super-dancing
Fave 5:
Poe Dameron, Doctor Who 11th Doctor, My Hero Academia, Monster, Spongebob Comics

Alysia
First Appearance:
Batman Adventures #12, January ’15
Powers/Abilities:
Awkwardness
Fave 5:
I Hate Fairyland, Black Widow, Suicide Squad, Harley Quinn, Beauty

Brennen
First Appearance:
Retails to Astonish #1, August 2013
Powers/Abilities:
“He’s just so darn charming…”
Fave 5:
Planetary, Civil War, Guardians of the Galaxy by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning, Batman Noel, Wolverine: Old Man Logan
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Jessi
First Appearance:
Otaku Mother: A tale of Weebness Nov ’18
Powers/Abilities:
makes superb cat noises
Fave 5:
Mob Psycho 100, Bloodborne, Jughead the Hunger, Nyankees, Raven Daughter of darkness
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Wyatt
First Appearance:
Crisis of Infinite Cartoonists #4 (2013)
Powers/Abilities:
passable drawing skills, able to remember obscure comics characters
Fave 5:
Adventures of Superhero Girl, Multiversity, Secret Wars (2015), Avengers (Kurt Busiek), Godzilla (Marvel)
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Patrick
First Appearance:
EXTREME-SIZED Bloodstar Strike Squad Annual, February 2015
Powers/Abilities:
Unbridled enthusiasm
Fave 5:
Preacher, Y: The Last Man, Amazing Spider-Man, Bloodshot Reborn, Archer & Armstrong