The Ugly Bunch

Ever since Ban Grimm was transformed into a rock creature but maintained his heart, determination and humor as The Thing, I have always been attracted to non-human looking comic characters.  I think the fact that their appearances are so extreme allows readers of all kinds to somehow identify with them in a way they might not with a standard good-looking superhero. Plus, the just look really cool!

The formation of this team was gradual - Kilowog met Wonder Wart-Hog in STF #511... who then wete joined by Metamorpho and Warlock in the next issue...   Kilowog met Beta Ray Bill in STF #1059... and Death's Head joins them all this very issue!

Skip Tracers

For this team, I wanted to come up with a group of guys that someone in hiding really would not on their trail.  I can only imagine the types of bad guys that would get this group to join forces, as most of them prefer to work alone... but that's part of what appealed to me about the concept - sort of like a comic book version of the Expendables.