Freshmen (comics)
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Freshmen is a comic book
series published by Top Cow, co-created by Seth Green
and Hugh Sterbakov. The publication is marketed
as "The adventures of college freshmen with extraordinary powers." Issue #1 was dated June 8, 2005.
Freshmen II was released between November 2006 and July 2007.
and forced to live in temporary housing in the Boughl Science Building where they are given superhuman powers by the "ax-cell-erator" after an explosion. Dr. Theodore Tomlinson asks for the help of the super-powered freshmen to repair the device. Kenneth "Norrin" Weismeyer (aka Wannabe) who is obsessed with comic book superheroes but who went for pizza at the time of the accident and has no superpowers talks the freshmen into becoming superheroes and fighting criminals. At first the Freshmen are mostly concerned with learning how to use their powers, but later some of the team begin wearing costumes. Although the team's first field assignment is successful their second field assignment is not and Seductress is critically injured by Rob the frat guy and his Hulking Frat Guys.
After the fallout of their first major battle with Rob the frat guy and the Hulking Frat Guys, the Freshmen deal with the loss with Seductress who is in a coma. The Intoxicator finds out that Dr. Theodore Tomlinson is giving Rob the frat guy and the Hulking Frat Guys their powers and The Puppeteer goes into Seductress's mind in hopes of waking her up, but finds dark memories in her. Wannabe is betraying the team to Dr. Tomlinson in hopes of getting his own superpowers. The final battle with Rob the frat guy and the Hulking Frat Guys is to stop them from spreading a disease to millions, and in the end Dr. Theodore Tomlinson, Rob the frat guy, and the Hulking Frat Guys are killed, Seductress wakes up and the team goes on Christmas
break.
break. After much soul searching and starting a working-out
regime Norrin takes the new superhero name "The Scarlet Knight".
has made a better recovery over the break. Annalee and Brady begin to have a romantic affair. Charles Levy is finding his power increasingly intolerable. Norrin begins dating a woman named Amy. A new superhero, Leonard Kirk
, joins the Freshmen. After meeting Brady, Annalee is kidnapped by her father. The Freshmen rush to save her.
) to fight Susie, Charles Levy's ficus
who is now a 50 feet monster plant
and is still in love with him.
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
series published by Top Cow, co-created by Seth Green
Seth Green
Seth Benjamin Green is an American actor, comedian, voice actor, and television producer. He is well known for his role as Daniel "Oz" Osbourne in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as Dr. Evil's son Scott in the Austin Powers series of comedy films, Mitch Miller in That '70s Show, and the voice of Chris...
and Hugh Sterbakov. The publication is marketed
Marketing
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as "The adventures of college freshmen with extraordinary powers." Issue #1 was dated June 8, 2005.
Freshmen II was released between November 2006 and July 2007.
The Freshmen
| Real Name | Superhero Name | Background |
|---|---|---|
| Kenneth "Norrin" Weismeyer | Wannabe The Scarlet Knight |
The would-be team leader and resident superhero geek, who went for pizza during the Ax-Cell-Erator malfunction and has no powers. |
| Annalee Rogers | The Puppeteer | A psychology Psychology Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society... major who can jump into people's minds and enter their memories or control their bodies. |
| Charles Levy | The Green Thumb | A mulatto Mulatto Mulatto denotes a person with one white parent and one black parent, or more broadly, a person of mixed black and white ancestry. Contemporary usage of the term varies greatly, and the broader sense of the term makes its application rather subjective, as not all people of mixed white and black... Jew, closeted Closeted Closeted and in the closet are metaphors used to describe lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning and intersex people who have not disclosed their sexual orientation or gender identity and aspects thereof, including sexual identity and sexual behavior.-Background:In late 20th... homosexual and dedicated vegetarian who can now communicate with plants Plant perception (paranormal) Plant perception or biocommunication may denote not only that plants are sentient - they can certainly communicate through chemical signals and have complex responses to stimuli - but that may respond to humans in a manner that amounts to ESP and that may be interpreted as experience of pain and... , leaving him nothing to eat. |
| Liam Adams | Quaker | An Amish Amish The Amish , sometimes referred to as Amish Mennonites, are a group of Christian church fellowships that form a subgroup of the Mennonite churches... boy who can cause earthquakes by shuffling his belly. |
| Elwood Johns | The Intoxicator | A former math genius Genius Genius is something or someone embodying exceptional intellectual ability, creativity, or originality, typically to a degree that is associated with the achievement of unprecedented insight.... whose toxic drunken Drunkenness Alcohol intoxication is a physiological state that occurs when a person has a high level of ethanol in his or her blood.... burps intoxicate anyone who smells Smell Smell may refer to:* Olfaction, sense of smell, the ability of humans and other animals to perceive odors* Odor, the percept resultant from the sense of smell... them. |
| Renee Bellochio Brady Lee |
The Drama Twins (Puller and Pusher, respectively) | Bickering exes who have telekinesis when they touch. Renee pulls objects toward them, Brady pushes them away. |
| Jacques Lalleaux Jacques Lalleaux Jacques Lalleaux is a fictional comic book character. He is a student at Freese College, featured in the Top Cow Productions comics Freshmen.-Vol.I:... |
The Squirrel | A French French people The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups... exchange student who has become squirrel Squirrel Squirrels belong to a large family of small or medium-sized rodents called the Sciuridae. The family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks, marmots , flying squirrels, and prairie dogs. Squirrels are indigenous to the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa and have been introduced to Australia... -like and compulsively hoards nuts. |
| Paula Pophouse Paula Pophouse Paula Pophouse is a fictional college student who is obsessed with romance novels and romance films. She is featured in the Top Cow Productions comic book series Freshmen.-Early life:... |
The Seductress | A relationship-obsessed teen who can make anyone fall in love with her. |
| The Beaver | The School Mascot | Imbued with quantum Quantum In physics, a quantum is the minimum amount of any physical entity involved in an interaction. Behind this, one finds the fundamental notion that a physical property may be "quantized," referred to as "the hypothesis of quantization". This means that the magnitude can take on only certain discrete... -busting intelligence, but cannot concentrate on anything but building dams. |
| Ray McFarland | Long Dong | Has an indestructible Indestructible Indestructible is the sixth studio album by the American punk rock band Rancid. It was produced by Brett Gurewitz and released by Hellcat Records on August 19, 2003. On vinyl, it was released as double album. Despite critical acclaim, the band was criticized by many of its fans for Indestructibles... fifteen-foot long penis Penis The penis is a biological feature of male animals including both vertebrates and invertebrates... . |
| Jimmy Culkin | Post-It | His entire body is incredibly sticky. |
Others
| Real Name | Superhero Name | Background |
|---|---|---|
| Lisa Rohr | Cacophony | Mimic any sound she hears |
| Dr. Theodore Tomlinson | Dr. Tomlinson | Created the Ax-Cell-Erator! Can give people super-powers. |
| Rob | Rob the frat guy | Super-powered "frat guy" Fraternities and sororities Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations... |
Freshmen: Introduction to Superpowers
Fourteen college freshmen are cast out of the main dormitoryDormitory
A dormitory, often shortened to dorm, in the United States is a residence hall consisting of sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people, often boarding school, college or university students...
and forced to live in temporary housing in the Boughl Science Building where they are given superhuman powers by the "ax-cell-erator" after an explosion. Dr. Theodore Tomlinson asks for the help of the super-powered freshmen to repair the device. Kenneth "Norrin" Weismeyer (aka Wannabe) who is obsessed with comic book superheroes but who went for pizza at the time of the accident and has no superpowers talks the freshmen into becoming superheroes and fighting criminals. At first the Freshmen are mostly concerned with learning how to use their powers, but later some of the team begin wearing costumes. Although the team's first field assignment is successful their second field assignment is not and Seductress is critically injured by Rob the frat guy and his Hulking Frat Guys.
After the fallout of their first major battle with Rob the frat guy and the Hulking Frat Guys, the Freshmen deal with the loss with Seductress who is in a coma. The Intoxicator finds out that Dr. Theodore Tomlinson is giving Rob the frat guy and the Hulking Frat Guys their powers and The Puppeteer goes into Seductress's mind in hopes of waking her up, but finds dark memories in her. Wannabe is betraying the team to Dr. Tomlinson in hopes of getting his own superpowers. The final battle with Rob the frat guy and the Hulking Frat Guys is to stop them from spreading a disease to millions, and in the end Dr. Theodore Tomlinson, Rob the frat guy, and the Hulking Frat Guys are killed, Seductress wakes up and the team goes on Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
break.
Norrin's Last Captain's Log
Norrin takes The Beaver home for ChristmasChristmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
break. After much soul searching and starting a working-out
Physical exercise
Physical exercise is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness. It is performed for various reasons including strengthening muscles and the cardiovascular system, honing athletic skills, weight loss or maintenance, as well as for the purpose of...
regime Norrin takes the new superhero name "The Scarlet Knight".
Freshmen II: Fundamentals of Fear
The Freshmen return after the Christmas break to the Boughl Science Building. Norrin Weismeyer meets Annalee Rogers's father and started to see a man who looks like Mr. Fiddlesticks, an old story book character of Norrin's childhood. Paula PophousePaula Pophouse
Paula Pophouse is a fictional college student who is obsessed with romance novels and romance films. She is featured in the Top Cow Productions comic book series Freshmen.-Early life:...
has made a better recovery over the break. Annalee and Brady begin to have a romantic affair. Charles Levy is finding his power increasingly intolerable. Norrin begins dating a woman named Amy. A new superhero, Leonard Kirk
Leonard Kirk
Leonard Kirk is an American-born comic book artist living in Canada. He has worked on such properties as Supergirl, JSA, Star Trek, Batman, and Witchblade...
, joins the Freshmen. After meeting Brady, Annalee is kidnapped by her father. The Freshmen rush to save her.
Freshmen: Summer Vacation Special
The Team comes together (minus Jacques LalleauxJacques Lalleaux
Jacques Lalleaux is a fictional comic book character. He is a student at Freese College, featured in the Top Cow Productions comics Freshmen.-Vol.I:...
) to fight Susie, Charles Levy's ficus
Ficus
Ficus is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes, and hemiepiphyte in the family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending into the semi-warm temperate zone. The Common Fig Ficus is a genus of...
who is now a 50 feet monster plant
Kaiju
is a Japanese word that means "strange beast," but often translated in English as "monster". Specifically, it is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu entertainment....
and is still in love with him.
Freshmen Vol.1: "Introduction to Superpowers"
- Reprints of all six issues of the limited seriesLimited seriesA limited series is a comic book series with a set number of installments. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is determined before production and it differs from a one shot in that it is composed of multiple issues....
. - Reprints of Freshmen Yearbook
- Cover gallery
- New introductions by creators Seth Green and Hugh Sterbakov
- Features bonus 10-page text story: "Norrin's Last Captain's Log" featuring Norrin and The Beaver's adventures during their ChristmasChristmasChristmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
break
Freshmen II: "Fundamentals of Fear"
- Reprints of all six issues of the limited seriesLimited seriesA limited series is a comic book series with a set number of installments. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is determined before production and it differs from a one shot in that it is composed of multiple issues....
. - Cover gallery
- Characters' diaries and notebooks of Paula PophousePaula PophousePaula Pophouse is a fictional college student who is obsessed with romance novels and romance films. She is featured in the Top Cow Productions comic book series Freshmen.-Early life:...
, Elwood Johns, The Beaver and Liam Adams