Five-Man Band/Comic Books



The Five-Man Band is a group of characters whose members fall into archetypes which all complement one another. They are a very specific team with skills that contribute to the group in a unique way. Here are some places where the trope occurs in comic books:

Archie Comics
Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog:

Things evolved with character development to #177, when spinal injuries forced Rotor from active duty:

* The Chaotix in the Archie Comics are similar to the Fleetway version sans Mentor and sans Sonic.

The Boys spin-off Herogasm issue #3 has a picture of the Fantastic Four parody Fantastico as a band with their version of Mr. Fantastic as the lead singer, Human Torch clone as the guitarist, Doofer (Thing-like being) as the drummer and Invisi-lass as the bassplayer:

The dynamic changed slightly when their powers changed:

* Note: Quiet, sensitive, innocent, emotional Serafin is such a Chick that he'd be unequivocally The Chick if psychic, illusionist, female perpetual kidnapee Beautiful Dreamer wasn't even more The Chick.

* The Green Lantern Corps premise is The Chosen Many: There are 3600-7200 Green Lanterns in the Galaxy as a whole. Earth alone has enough GLs to make a Five-Man Band of their own.

Modern Guardians Of The Galaxy