Obscure Comic Book Characters

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Bessie aka Hellcow Bessie was a normal cow, bitten by Dracula and turned into a vampire. She seeks out her creator, which causes her to come into conflict with Howard the Duck, who is trying to become a police officer. The two battle and Bessie is believed dead. She reappears years later kidnapped by Dr. Kilgore, who combined Bessie's vampire nature with Deadpool's healing and became a monster. Bessie and Deadpool briefly teamed up and stopped him. This lead to Bessie's death until Deadpool was able to use his powers to break the 4th wall to save her. http://marvel.wikia.com/Bessie_%28Earth-616%29

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Today's Obscure Team: Creeper and his Spirit Squad This short lived team only appeared together long enough to get a name.. from the Creeper and that's about it. Creeper, Blue Devil, Madame Xanadu, Man-Bat, Stranger, and Black Orchid all came together to fight the demon Nebiros and Creeper decided they should stay together and be a team.. the problem? Nobody liked the Creeper.

The Bratpack has mostly been forgotten probably because the term and the group is very 1980's.

The Landlubbers or Landlovers This unofficial team trio basically decided they all wanted to explore the world outside of water while Aquaman was upset over Mera leaving him and Garth and Dolphin were trying to convince him to rekindle their relationship. They are: Blubber, a whale bitten by a radioactive human, Sheeva, a young merwoman obsessed with being part of our world, and Lagoon Boy, a fishboy who desperately wants to be a superhero and help his king, Arthur. The trio goes on a few madcap adventures and tried to help out Aquaman on a few adventures before being mostly forgotten. Lagoon Boy is the only member who became somewhat popular and was still mostly unknown until the recent Young Justice animated series.

In honor of Obscure Team week. The Outcasts the Outcasts were a DC team from a dystopian future where the rich live in the lap of luxury and the poor live in slums. The government controls every aspect of life and uses it's power to protect the rich. Things are going along like normal until the government passes a law that makes being a mutant illegal. If someone is discovered as a mutant, they are packed up and shipped off planet and the men are murdered, women and young girls are kept for prostitution. Kaine Salinger, a secret mutant whose father is a wealthy attorney, decides she cannot stand for this. She gathers up a group of outcasts, B.D. Rickenbacker, a cyborg and ex Slaughter-ball player that modified himself too far and has become too aggressive, Yancy Queeg, a man cursed with immortality who hopes Kaine has a way to finally kill him, and Dag Skinnard aka Shock, a young rebel who has a bone to pick with the local police. They gather together to rise up against the corrupt government and allow humanity to flourish again. The Outcasts appeared in one short maxi-series and made a brief appearance in a 93 Lobo miniseries. They have not been seen or used since.

John Dickering aka The Comet John Dickering discovered a gas that was lighter than hydrogen and like all good scientists, he injected himself with it. This gave him fantastic powers and lead him to lead a life as a crime fighter. His reporter girlfriend, Thelma Gordon, helped him by running stories of his good deeds. Unfortunately, John would die saving his brother, Bob Dickering who would go on to become the Hangman. As Hangman, Bob would take over his brother's former title and date his brother's girlfriend. John Dickering was one of the first heroes to die.. and one of the few to actually remain dead. There have been a few attempts to revive the Comet legacy, but mostly by DC and have met with little to no success. http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Comet

Robert Nathan aka New Romantic Robert was a maxi and the of the original Romantic and gained his power to manipulate women with pheromones. He was a member of the black ops Stormwatch Black for a little bit before retiring to Tranquility, a maxi/superhero retirement community in Oregon, to take care of his aging father. After World's End, Robert mind wiped a bunch of heroes to forget Tranquility ever existed as it was moved to another dimension to protect it's secrets and aging community. It was revealed that Robert was gay, making his ability to manipulate women rather ironic. He has not been used much and definitely has not appeared in the new merged DC/Wildstorm world of the new 52. http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Robert_Nathan_%28Wildstorm_Universe%29

Cassie St. Commons aka Dusk Cassie was an average Empire State University (fictional university in the Marvel universe) student with face piercings and tattoos when she was asked by Daniel Lyons, the golden age hero, Black Marvel, along with fellow students to form the Slingers. Each member had inherent powers or suits that gave them powers, unfortunately for Cassie, her's didn't have any ability to make a leap from one building to another or to survive a fall from those heights. She fell to the ground and died. Fortunately, she was reborn as Dusk, living yet not living, dead, but not dead. She discovered she had psychic powers and a connection to the Dark Force. She helped save Black Marvel from Mephisto with her team. After that, the team disbanded and Cassie went on a search for who she really is. http://marvel.wikia.com/Cassie_St._Commons_%28Earth-616%29

General James Ewel Brown (J.E.B.) Stuart aka Haunted M3 Stuart (Or the Haunted Tank) Stuart was a Confederate soldier during WWII. He was highly regarded Calvary soldier, but died during the Battle of Richmond. During World War II, the ghost of Alexander the Great gave Stuart the responsibility of guarding his descendant Jeb Stuart by haunting a M3 Stuart tank. Stuart offers aid to his descendant in cryptic warnings and only those close to death can see him, so Jeb Staurt's company think he's a little crazy but they manage to survive and thrive during the war (despite a few deaths). The company, dubbed the Haunted Tank Unit, lost several tanks though, but Stuart stayed with the company regardless. At one time, the Haunted Tank used a "Jigsaw tank" made of the parts of various tanks and eventually they swapped to a Sherman tank. Stuart had to deal with William T. Sherman haunting that tank, but eventually regained control. J.E.B. briefly returned to Earth to help Hawk use the Haunted tank on an adventure. He returned for a more permanent assignment during the Iraq War to help his descendant Jamal Stuart. Jamal and J.E.B. were at odds at first since Jamal did not like his descendants part in the Civil War. But they eventually got along and Jamal's crew actually erected a Confederate flag on their new armor tank. http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/James_Ewell_Brown_Stuart_%28New_Earth%29

Bridgit O'Hare aka Sea Witch Bridgit was a young Irish woman from the 12th Century chosen by the Earth Goddess to represent humanity when the Celestials returned to Earth, to show how humanity is worthy. The Celestials deemed that Bridgit was indeed worthy and granted her powers as a Young God. Eventually the Young Gods went mad and attacked the Eternals. They have not been seen since. http://marvel.wikia.com/Bridgit_O%27Hare_%28Earth-616%29

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Heather Cameron aka Lifeguard Heather was a regular Aussie lifeguard until her father, a crime lord, was murdered. Heather and her twin brother, Davis, were attacked and her mutant powers kicked in to protect them. Her powers allow her to automatically adapt to any danger around her to protect lives around her, making her a literal life guard. Over her time though, she began to develop unusual adaptations that stuck including gold skin, wings and talons. It was discovered that her mother was apparently Shi'ar and she gained the Shi'ars unique bird heritage. Heather left the X-Men to search her her brother when he teleported away, unable to deal with her alien appearance. The twins reappeared briefly as part of X-Corps and during the Schism of the X-Men. Both Heather and her brother, Davis aka Slipstream, have barely appeared since their initial appearances in X-Treme X-Men. http://marvel.wikia.com/Heather_Cameron_%28Earth-616%29

Maximillian Coleridge aka Shroud Maximillan's parents were murdered as a child right in front of his eyes. He decided to dedicate his life to crime fighting and chose to join the Cult of Kali to further that mission. He was trained hard for years before being bestowed with the Kiss of Kali, a brand that is kind of scarab-shaped. It blinded him, but also gave him enhanced senses including a kind of sight and control over the Darkforce Dimension, where all darkness comes from. He fought crime for several years and eventually tried a different tactic to stop crime. He became a crime boss and used his station to fight crime from within. He played a minor role in Civil War, opposing the registration act, but was eventually arrested. He appeared briefly as part of the Shadowland to aid Daredevil and other heroes, but hasn't really been seen since. http://marvel.wikia.com/Maximillian_Coleridge_%28Earth-616%29

Anthro Anthro was the first Cro-Magnon man and progenitor of the human race in the DC Universe. He was chieftan of the Bear Tribe. He is well known for creating mercy and compassion in the harsh survival period of early man. He was frozen in ice and awoken in the present time to fight the Architects with Team 13, an unusual team lead by Doctor Thirteen. He was later given the gift of fire by Metron, which gave him the ability to harness the forces of the universe around him. He uses these to fight against Vandar and the Blood Tribe. Metron also gifts him a symbol that allows humanity to resist the Anti-Life Equation. Anthro briefly time travels, meets Kamandi in the far distant future where Kamandi gives him a weapon to use against the Gods, which Batman uses against Darkseid. Anthro is last seen dying of old age with Bruce Wayne beside him.