Lex Luthor's attempt to supplant the legacy of the Justice League with Stormwatch hinged on core six members of the team, the so-called Squadron Supreme.
Using the knowledge gained from Superboy and Bizarro, Hyperion was a clone of General Zod, spliced with the DNA of yet-unrevealed metahuman. The pairing gave him superior physical capabilities along with an ability to manipulate light. His physiology is missing vital drugs required for his metabolism. Without regular injections from Stormwatch technicians, Hyperion will die.
Nighthawk was designed to defeat Batman. He was a trained special forces soldier, augmented with bleeding-edge cybernetics and nanotechnology allowing superior physical abilities and healing. A tactical computer continually updated his mind with technical data allowing him to devise a winning strategy before the first punch is thrown. His implants have imposed a directive to follow Luthor's commands.
Glory was the daughter of the Amazonian Demeter and an unnamed demonic entity. This demon had attempted to infiltrate Paradise Island to raid its relics but both of them were discovered by Diana and defeated. Having mercy on Demeter, she was exiled and gave birth to an albino she named Glory. She was uneasy about being the team's Wonder Woman but wanted somewhere to belong.
The Blur was secretly Eobard Thawne the Reverse-Flash. Using advanced technology from the future he altered his features to appear as the fictional James Sanders. His speed powers have recently been enhanced by his embracing of the Negative Speed Force. Thawne's aim was to use Lex Luthor and his team to get at his young self, the newest Flash.
With Sinestro in custody. Luthor took his gift, the Power Prism, one of Krona's ring prototypes and orchestrated the unwitting subject, Jessica Cruz, finding it and wearing it. The prism can access all of the emotional spectra but using is hazardous to human life. Jessica is slowly dying but is unable to remove the ring - ensuring her loyalty to Luthor who promises to find a cure for her "condition"
Namor the Sub-Mariner is a half-Atlantean, half-metahuman. After joining the Allies during World War II he attempted repeatedly to conquer Atlantis but each time was defeated by the armies of Queen Atlanna. In modern day he was a thorn in the side of both Aquaman and his brother Ocean Master. Luthor has offered him aid in taking the throne from current monarch Queen Mera, in exchange for his loyalty.
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