Planetary Brigade
Encyclopedia
Planetary Brigade is a comic book
series published by Boom! Studios
. It was created by Keith Giffen
, J.M. DeMatteis and Joe Abraham
. Originally a two issue mini-series, Planetary Brigade is a sister book to Hero Squared
, and shares some of the same characters.
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 Boom! Studios
Boom! Studios
BOOM! Studios is an American comic book company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. The "BOOM!" in BOOM! Studios is always capitalized by the company.-History:BOOM! was founded June 22, 2005 with Zombie Tales #1....
. It was created by Keith Giffen
Keith Giffen
Keith Ian Giffen is an American comic book illustrator and writer.-Biography:Giffen was born in Queens, New York City....
, J.M. DeMatteis and Joe Abraham
Joe Abraham (artist)
Joseph Conrad Abraham, is an American-born comic book illustrator. He is best known for his work as the artist on the comic, Hero Squared published by Boom! Studios. He has also worked on comics in the Warhammer 40,000 and Cthulhu universes...
. Originally a two issue mini-series, Planetary Brigade is a sister book to Hero Squared
Hero Squared
Hero Squared is an American comic book series published by Boom! Studios. Originally a limited series, it is written by Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis and illustrated by Joe Abraham...
, and shares some of the same characters.
Mini-series
- In issue #1 we travel back to a time before the events of Hero Squared #1 and are introduced to "the most amazing collection of heroes ever assembled", the Planetary Brigade. As the story begins we discover a serious threat from another universe is about to emerge, and several members of the Brigade are already on the scene.
- In issue #2 the heroine known as Third Eye senses a magical disturbance, and her Planetary Brigade teammates Mr. Brilliant and the Purring Pussycat manage to set aside their verbal jousting for a short time to stumble upon the source of the trouble. A man who is being used as a portal so that extra-dimensional demons can enter "our" universe from an infernal realm. As the team gathers to fight the hordes, the Third Eye faces the difficult task of the closing the portal.
Member Profiles
- Captain Valor - Real name Milo Stone. The moral compass of the group, stuck pointing to the 1960s. Valor has old-fashioned superhero ideals.
- Earth Goddess - Six foot eight inches tall she’s like Storm and Wonder WomanWonder WomanWonder Woman is a DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. She first appeared in All Star Comics #8 . The Wonder Woman title has been published by DC Comics almost continuously except for a brief hiatus in 1986....
slapped together, literally: from the waist up, her right side is black, and her left is white. Lisa was chosen to be the human vessel for the conscience of GaiaGaia (mythology)Gaia was the primordial Earth-goddess in ancient Greek religion. Gaia was the great mother of all: the heavenly gods and Titans were descended from her union with Uranus , the sea-gods from her union with Pontus , the Giants from her mating with Tartarus and mortal creatures were sprung or born...
, the earth mother. Earth Goddess is a fierce warrior in battle, using her superstrenth, flight and orb. - Grim Knight - Stephen wields the enchanted Excalibur sword and rides his enchanted horse, Guinevere. The team’s pessimist, sadist and token sociopath.
- Mauve Visitor - A member of the alien Prissuvian race, his vessel was shot down by the US military four years ago, and he has since been living off their budget, pretending to do superhero work. He has a crush on Mr Brilliant.
- Mister Brilliant - Cybernetically augmented senses, a genius intellect, and an “Ultichair” with enough firepower to take down several small nations. Mr Brilliant lives in a comic shop and publishes his adventures in his own comic book.
- Purring Pussycat - She’s in the hero business for the money, the fame and the sex. She lives off Mister Brilliant, exploiting his geekboy crush on her. Feral powers.
- Third Eye - A powerful mystic and teleporter. She can transport her consciousness onto another hero, but it leaves her body unconscious and vulnerable. She has a habit of materializing in a room without even a warning puff of smoke. Third Eye was kidnapped as a baby and raised by demons. She is the realist of the group, the one who knows what must be done and is prepared to take on the burden of that responsibility.
Resources
- Hero Squared Wiki
- Boom! Studios website
- Giffen and DeMatteis interview about Hero Squared, NewsaramaNewsaramaNewsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews and essays about the American comic book industry.-History:Newsarama began in Summer 1995 as a series of Internet forum postings on the Prodigy comic-book message boards by fan Mike Doran. In these short messages. Doran shared...