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- Riot Squad at Marvel Wiki
- Riot Squad at Comic Vine
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #345 (July 1988) |
| Created by | Peter David Todd McFarlane Jeff Purves |
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| Member(s) | Hotshot Jailbait Ogress Omnibus Redeemer Rock Soul Man |
The Riot Squad is a supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are often depicted as enemies of Hulk.
The Riot Squad first appeared in The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #345 and was created by Peter David, Todd McFarlane, and Jeff Purves. [1]
When Leader detonated a gamma bomb in Middletown, Arizona, only a few of its population near 5,000 survived where they were all mutated into gamma monsters. [2] Some of the survivors consisting of Hotshot, Jailbait, Ogress, Omnibus, and Soul Man came together with Rock and Redeemer to form the Riot Squad. [3] They became the protectors of Leader's base Freehold and protected it at the time when Leader had a terminal illness. They first clashed with Hulk when Leader would provide him the information on where Betty Ross is in exchange that Hulk kills Madman. [4]
The Riot Squad later worked with the U-Foes to distract Hulk and the Pantheon while Leader was meeting with Agamemnon. [5] Hulk and the Pantheon's fight with the U-Foes and the Riot Squad is broken up when Agamemnon reaches an agreement with Leader. [6]
The Riot Squad later fought the forces of Hydra when they invade Leader's base. They did not fare well against them and the battle resulted in the death of Soul Man (who was in the middle of resurrecting Marlo Chandler). [7] With the Leader also seemingly dead, his position was taken over by Omnibus. Not being content with the Freeholders' peaceful existence and apparently possessed by the Leader's consciousness, Omnibus manipulated Matt Talbot and others in the U.S. government in his own power-seeking plans. [8] Omnibus' compatriots learned that he was responsible for the worldwide bombings in the name of the fictitious terrorists of the "Alliance." [9]
The Riot Squad worked with the Avengers to shut down Omnibus' remaining bombs. The rest of the Riot Squad judged Omnibus guilty and sentenced him to death. [10] The members of Riot Squad left Omnibus in the Arctic to die, where he was attacked by a polar bear. [11]
The loss of Omnibus allowed the Troyjans to invade the Riot Squad's base. [12]
Hotshot resurfaces when it is revealed that Jailbait is dead after losing control of her powers and Hotshot has started to lose his mind. He held a church hostage to get a priest to read the last rites for Jailbait. Hulk broke into the church and defeated Hotshot, who was arrested by the police. Still losing his mind over Jailbait's death, Hotshot hanged himself in his jail cell. [13] It was later revealed that Jailbait lost control of her powers because she was possessed by the One Below All posing as Brian Banner's ghost. [14]
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