DC’s Heroes Are Facing a Threat Much More Relatable Than Any Supervillain
Warning: Spoilers for One Star Squadron #3!
When it comes to being a hero in DC Comics, there are more than enough heroic duties to go around, but where DC’s C-list heroes are concerned, fighting supervillains is nothing compared to the slow, entropic death of who they are as individuals. Red Tornado, Power Girl, and the rest of the heroes at HEROZ4U do what they can to get by, but getting fired and being forgotten is something they can’t get over.
Touched on in One-Star Squadron #3, by Mark Russell and Steve Lieber, this series has focused on the employees of a gig-based business called HEROZ4U, which specializes in taking the menial jobs that the big heroes like Superman, Batman, or Wonder Woman would never be caught dead doing. Following the trials and tribulations of heroes that have fallen out of the public eye or are simply ones that were never up to snuff, to begin with, One-Star Squadron slows things down to give readers a glimpse of a different side of the DC Universe that's usually glossed over amongst all the big action and sweeping multiversal crises.
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Trying to help out a HEROZ4U member named Minute Man during a time when he’s struggling to hold down a job, Red Tornado has a heart-to-heart with the guy about the fact that Red should probably fire him after he was kicked out of a Comic-Con convention during his last assignment. Understanding that sometimes people need to realize their worth, Red gives the desperate Minute Man one last chance to take a gig for a local nautical supply shop, and it’s here where fans are shown the relatable threats that these heroes face when saving the day is no longer an option.
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