New Amalgam: Outer-Warriors

The Outer-Warriors (The New Warriors + The Outsiders):

Top Row, Left to Right:
Haley, Lightning Strike, Psytana, Micromorph, and Tech-Knight.
Bottom, Left to Right:
Sand-Force, Glimpse, Fierce, OMEC, Turbulence, and Cyansphere.

Lucius Fujikawa (Kenjiro Fujikawa + Lucius Fox), a business partner of Tony Wayne, who is really the superhero Iron Bat (Iron Man + Batman), is kidnapped by government agents of Symkovia (Symkaria + Markovia), under orders of the country’s dictator, Bedlam Monger (Hate-Monger + Baron Bedlam). Iron Bat had the evidence that implicated Symkovia in this crime, but his teammates in the Justice Avengers (Avengers + Justice League) had no legal standing to invade a country and refused to go along.
So then, Iron Bat decided to form a new group of heroes, completely unassociated with the JA, to complete this mission. The heroes he chose were Lightning Strike, Psytana, Micromorph, Tech-Knight, and Haley. These heroes rescued Lucius from Bedlam Monger and destroyed the weapon he forced Lucius to build: a satellite that projects mind-altering “hate rays.” When confronted by government officials, the Justice Avengers denied all accusations of their involvement in the raid of a foreign nation.
These assembled heroes call themselves the “Outer-Warriors” and continue to fight evil as the Justice Avengers’ “denied-ops” division.

Lightning Strike:
Amalgamation of: Thunderstrike + Black Lightning
Real Name: Jefferson Masterson
Biography: Jeff Masterson was an Olympic decathlete who returned to the city of New Metropolis (New York City + Metropolis) to get an honest job to support his wife and daughter. He became a construction worker, but as he was working on the high beams, the site was embroiled in a battle between the magical superheroine Thunder Woman (Thor + Wonder Woman) and the villainess Dr. Sand (Quicksand + Dr. Cyber). Jeff fell off the structure and broke his spine on the landing, and Thunder Woman rushed him to the hospital. The hospital Jeff stayed at was under scrutiny by a malicious and powerful gangster known as Tobias Slug (Slug + Tobias Whale), who threatened the Chief of Medicine by threatening to kill one of the patients. Fortunately, one of the doctors on call that evening was Diana Blake, who was secretly Thorana, the Thunder Woman. Thunder Woman battled the gangster and his goons until he caught her off-guard with a punch, causing hero to drop her Enchanted Flail (Mjolnir + Lasso of Truth). Jeff seized the Flail and absorbed Thunder Woman’s form into his body, becoming a powerful warrior. Using his new powers and regained mobility, “Thunder Man” battled Tobias Slug’s control over downtown New Metropolis, teaming up with Doctor Dare (Daredevil + Dr. Mid-Nite), champion of the Suicide Kitchen (Hell’s Kitchen + Suicide Slum). Eventually, Jeff took the Flail back to Thunder Woman’s home of Themsgard (Asgard + Themyscira), home of the immortal Amazardians (Asgardians + Amazonians. Thorana’s father, King Hippodin (Odin + Hippolyta), took back the Flail and his daughter’s essence, recreating her body. For protecting his daughter’s spirit, Hippodin issued his smiths to forge a new weapon for Jeff, made from the same metals and magicks as the Flail. Jeff took the mace and became known as Lightning Strike! As Lightning Strike, Jeff fought evil alongside Thunder Woman and other heroes; he later became the leader of the Outer-Warriors.
Powers: Jeff's mace is made of unbreakable metal and grants him various abilities: superhuman strength/durability/stamina, flight, electricity generation and manipulation (projectile blasts, magnetic shields, machine disability); space and underwater survival. He was an Olympic athlete and has received combat training under Iron Bat and Thunder Woman.

Psytana:
Amalgamation of: Psylocke/Revanche + Katana
Real Name: Elizabeth Plante / Kwannon Yamashiro
Biography: Elizabeth Plante is the twin sister of Brian Plante, who is the British superhero Captain Lionheart (Captain Britain + Lionheart), a member of Global Flight (Alpha Flight + Global Guardians). Like her brother, Elizabeth is a metamutant (mutant + metahuman); while Brian is superhumanly strong, she possesses the mental powers of telepathy and telekinesis. As “Mindrunner”, Elizabeth served in the X-Patrol (X-Men + Doom Patrol), an all-metamutant superhero team; unfortunately, prior to her joining, she was kidnapped by the alien Desperojo (Mojo + Despero) and outfitted with cybernetic eyes for him to spy on the X-Patrol. Meanwhile, Kwannon Yamashiro is a Japanese woman and wife of Mase’o Yamashiro, a high ranking Yakuza lieutenant. Kwannon is also a deadly assassin who worked for the League of the Hand (The Hand + League of Assassins), an ancient guild of ninja warriors. Eventually, the X-Patrol and the League of the Hand did battle, and Elizabeth and Kwannon were critically injured. Elizabeth telepathically transported her mind from her broken body to Kwannon’s mindless body, and she was rejuvenated. Yao Mo’s Tou (Mandarin + Ra’s Al Ghul) forced Elizabeth to serve in the League, as her new body still had a contract with them; Elizabeth had to comply, and she changed her codename to “Psytana”. When the Iron Bat and Richard Shang (Shang-Chi + Richard Dragon) battled the League of the Hand, their headquarters were destroyed and Psytana was presumed killed. She turned up alive and was recruited by Iron Bat to join the Outer-Warriors.
Powers: Elizabeth possesses the psychic powers of telepathy and telekinesis. When she took control of Kwannon’s body she gained superhuman speed/agility/stamina/reflexes/senses, martial arts prowess, and the ability to create a “sword” made from solid mental energy, trapping the minds of all those the “sword” kills in the astral plain. Psytana also carries other Oriental weapons into battle.

Micromorph:
Amalgamation of: Microbe + Metamorpho
Real Name: Zachery Mason
Biography: Zach Mason’s father was an archaeologist, who took his son to an excavation in Egypt. Zach’s dad was killed in a tunnel cave-in, and Zach found an orb-like jewel. When he touch the jewel, energies poured out and blasted Zach. The energies changed him and he discovered he could change into masses of microbiological organisms. After escaping from the collapsed tunnel, Zach became the hero “Micromorph”, a member of the Outer-Warriors.
Powers: Micromorph has the ability to shape-shift into masses of various microbiological organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi. The applications for this power include stealth, corrosion of materials, and causing maladies in his enemies.

Tech-Knight:
Amalgamation of: Night Thrasher + Technocrat
Real Name: Dwayne Barron
Biography: Dwayne Barron was a brilliant prodigy who interned at Waynetech Enterprises. Tony Wayne, president of Waynetech and secretly the Iron Bat, took Dwayne Barron under his tutelage, sympathizing with him since they both had parents who were killed when they were young. Dwayne built his own suit of armor, based on the technology of Iron Bat, who everyone thinks is also Tony’s bodyguard as well as Gothton’s (Boston + Gotham City) defender. When assassins came to the Waynetech building to kill Tony, Dwayne donned his battlesuit and fought alongside Iron Bat and Red Guard (Guardsman + Robin) as “Tech-Knight”. Tech-Knight proved himself as a hero and became second-in-command of the Outer-Warriors under Lightning Strike.
Powers: Super intelligence and natural immunity to telepathy. His battle armor grants Dwayne super strength/speed/agility/reflexes/durability, flight, and various weapons and defenses.

Haley:
Amalgamation of: Debrii + Halo
Real Name: Gabrielle Fields
Biography: The last of the five founding members of the Outer-Warriors, Gabrielle Fields is a mysterious, amnesiac young woman with color-based powers. It was later revealed that her mother, Deborah Harper, sold her as an infant to HUNDRA (HYDRA + The 100), a terrorist organization that experimented on the baby girl with alien DNA.
Powers: Haley can change the colors of her skin suit to any one other color (except black, white, or grey). When she’s a color, she can mentally control large amounts of objects that are primarily the same color.

Sand-Force:
Amalgamation of: Sandman + Geo-Force
Real Name: Flint Markov
Alias: William Baker
Biography: Flint Markov and his younger sister Charlene, heirs to the of Symkovia, were experimented on by the evil scientist Ultra-Zola (Armin Zola + Ultra-Humanite) into gaining Earth-based super powers; Flint went insane and became the criminal Sand-Force, an enemy of Spider Boy (Spider-Man + Superboy) and a member of the Sinister Six. When the Sinister Six disbanded for the second time, Sand-Force was bitten by Methyl (Venom + Match), and the bite gave him cancer. Flint decided to redeem himself by becoming the temporary leader of the Outer-Warriors. Flint reunited with Charlene, now Terracoal (Charcoal + Terra) of the Thunder Squad (Thunderbolts + Suicide Squad), long enough for both of them to be immolated by the superpowered dictator Black Dragon (Dragon of the Moon + Black Adam).
Powers: Can blast a near-endless stream of sharp organic sand from his hands; super strength, stamina, and durability.

Glimpse:
Amalgamation of: Turbo + Looker
Real Name: Emily Musashi
Biography: The Abysmal Wraiths (Dire Wraiths + Abyssians), a race of shape-changing aliens living beneath Earth’s surface, kidnapped reporter Emily Musashi and brought them to their underground kingdom, which was torn by civil war. They revealed that she was half-Abysmal Wraith, and a descendant of their king, who left the kingdom decades ago. They preformed a ritual that unlocked her beyond-human powers. They then gave her a suit of powerful armor, which can only be activated by her powers. Emily used her powers and the suit to end the civil war. Unfortunately, the Wraiths only intended for Emily to be a puppet ruler, while the kingdom’s armies, led by Volrick (Volx + Roderick), attacked the surface world. Emily used the battlesuit to battle Abysmal Wraiths as they attacked Gothton, aiding the Outer-Warriors. When the creatures were defeated and sealed forever in their caves, Emily joined the Outer-Warriors as “Glimpse.”
Powers: Glimpse possesses natural mental powers of telepathy and telekinesis. Only someone possessing those powers can activate the alien battlesuit she wears, which gives her sub-sonic flight, energy manipulation, and super strength/durability/speed/reflexes.

Fierce:
Amalgamation of: Helix + Grace
Real Name: Grace Carago
Biography: Grace Carago was a prostitute who was kidnapped and experimented on by the evil Dr. Jackal (Jackal + Dr. Carrigan). Infused with the DNA of an Amazardian (Asgardian + Amazon), she gained super-durable skin and used it to escape. The Outer-Warriors thought she was a villain and battled her, but Spider Boy broke it up and revealed that she was a victim of his enemy Dr. Jackal. When Grace recovered, she offered to join the Outer-Warriors and she became Fierce.
Powers: Superhuman strength/durability/stamina; reactive evolution; armor-like organic plating.

OMEC:
Amalgamation of: Omega Sentinel + OMAC
Real Name: Rbert “Buddy” Shapandar
Biography: Indian-American college student Buddy Shapandar was one of hundreds brought into the fold of P.U.R.I.F.Y.’s (Purifiers + N.O.W.H.E.R.E.) PriMAC Project (Prime Sentinels + OMACs). The PriMACs are cyborg metamutant hunters controlled by Dr. Trakmus (Dr. Trask + Dr. Magnus) and are activated and empowered by a series of satellites collectively called the Zero Eye (Zero Tolerence + Brother Eye). Buddy himself became a much more powerful cyborg called an OMEC (Omega-level Metamutant Elimination Commando), tasked with hunting down the most powerful metamutants. Buddy’s programming was wiped out in a battle with a metamutant and he was found by the Outer-Warriors. He now wishes to protect all people (normal and empowered) with his powers, and he joined the Outer-Warriors.
Powers: By remotely accessing the CPU of the Zero Eye satellites, OMEC can be bombarded with invisible rays from the satellite to augment his cybernetic physiology. These powers include superhuman strength, speed, invulnerability, flight, and various weapons that emerge from and retract into OMEC’s body.

Turbulence:
Amalgamation of: Rage + Windfall
Real Name: Elvin Jones
Biography: Mutated in a puddle of nuclear fallout, Elvin Jones is a super-strong, wind-controlling mutate. He was originally with the supervillain team, the Masters of Nature (Force of Nature + Masters of Disaster), but he reformed and joined their enemies, the Outer-Warriors.
Powers: Superhuman physical attributes and the ability to control the wind (flight, projective bursts, shields).

Cyansphere:
Amalgamation of: Speedball + Indigo
Real Name: Indy Baldwin
Biography: Indy Baldwin was a young intern for a government laboratory when she was bombarded by an unknown energy in a lab accident. This activates her latent metagene, which was corrupted by the energies, turning her into a hideous and powerful techno-organic being. Indy went on a mindless rampage until she was “deactivated” by the Outer-Warriors. RoxTAR Inc. (Roxxon + STAR Labs) manages to fix Indy’s deformed appearance while retaining her powers, and she joins the Outer-Warriors as “Cyansphere”, named for her ability to generate blue force fields. Things were working out great for Indy until the battle between the combined forces of the Outer-Warriors and the Thunder Squad against Ictro (Nitro + Icicle). The reverse-fusion explosion “rebooted” Cyansphere, resurrecting her original mutated appearance. It was revealed that she wasn’t a metamutant, but that her powers derived from a nanotech virus deposited on Earth by Galactiac (Galactus + Brainiac). The Outer-Warriors battled this new creature, which fused herself with the only 7 others on Earth affected by the nano-virus. The Outer-Warriors managed to destroy the creature, but her remains were confiscated by Task Force S. When Paul Osborn (Norman Osborn + Paul Westfield) became director of the Thunder Squad, he rebuilt Indy’s body while keeping her mind alive inside a computer system. She was completely penitent over her actions, and she served as “Penetrate” (Penance + Brainiac 8) in the Thunder Squad.
Powers: Cyansphere had the ability to generate frictionless, elastic spheres of blue energy around herself and parts of her body. She could travel at high speeds by bouncing around in a sphere and she could expand them to protect herself and others.