The Super Young Team is a Japanese

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team in the . The team first appears in '' Final Crisis Sketchbook'' #1 (May 2008), and was created by Grant Morrison and

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Publication history

The concept for the team emerged from the same pitch Grant Morrison made that contained the idea for the Great Ten, and they were first mentioned in '' 52'' #6. They are influenced by American superheroes and

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.''Final Crisis Sketchbook'' #1 (May 2008). The characters first appeared in Morrison's ''

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'' where they were revealed to be the Fifth World incarnations of the Forever People.''Final Crisis'' #7 (March 2009). They are featured in ''Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance'', written by

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with art by

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. 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

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and

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. According to him, his power is "being so rich he can do anything", but he appears to use an array of

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s, one of which can generate an energy-based exoskeleton, he also appears to have some training in the martial arts. His secret island base is called the "Most Serene Sanctuary" and contains a

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he calls a "unified data field" which is only accessible when he meditated himself into a calm

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state.''Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance'' #4 (October 2009).''Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance'' #1, the ghost of a being calling itself " Ultimon Alpha" recently appeared to him in a vision.''Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance'' #1 (July 2009). By the end of the series, he revealed that he is indeed as rich as he claims when he actually buys Japan.

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 an

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ed circular

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on his chest. The porthole displays his skeleton, and allows him to fire green force beams of different types of radiation. He is attracted to Shiny Happy Aquazon.

Crazy Shy Lolita Canary

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except that it appears to be a strong modulated-mixture of multiple voices.

Shiny Happy Aquazon

Shiny Happy Aquazon is the daughter of Junior Waveman (Riki Kimura) - a founding member of Big Science Action - and the genius daughter of Senior Waveman Otomo. She has the ability to create hardwater constructs like Mera, the wife of Aquaman. She also is attracted to Sonic Lightning Flash. In ''Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance'' #4, her father who is now Senior Waveman Kimura invites her to become a member of

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Well-Spoken Sonic Lightning Flash

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s. He is capable of running up to 500 mph.

Sunny Sumo

The group recruits Sunny Sumo, a powerful wrestler with self-healing abilities and the potential to resist mind control. The original Sumo had assisted the Forever People in their original series, but had been stranded in ancient Japan where he lived out a peaceful life; the Sunny Sumo who joined the Super Young Team was a refugee from Earth-51, escaping before it was destroyed.''The Forever People'' #6 (Jan. 1, 1972)

Equipment

The Super Young Team has a vehicle called the Wonder Wagon, which is a car capable of powered flight, similar to the

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's Whiz Wagon.

References

External links

Newsarama: ''Final Crisis Sketchbook''
(May 14, 2008)

(July 21, 2008)
The Annotated ''Final Crisis'': Issue #2The Annotated ''Final Crisis'': Issue #4The Annotated ''Final Crisis'': Issue #6The Annotated ''Final Crisis'': Issue #7DC Database Project: Super Young TeamComicvine: Super Young Team
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