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Created for Marvel Comics by John Byrne in the July 1989 issue of ''[[West Coast Team|West Coast]] Avengers'', the [[Great Lakes Avengers]] were a group of [[Mystery Men]] from Wisconsin. The original roster included:
 
* '''Craig "Mr. Immortal" Hollis''': Team leader. He dies, ''[[Good Thing You Can Heal|a lot]]'', [[Resurrective Immortality|but gets better]]. Originally went solo, but realized a team might come in handy while he's reviving. [[Multiple Choice Past|Depending on who's writing]], either ''Homo supreme'', or his mother made a [[Deal Withwith the Devil|Faustian bargain with]] [[Grim Reaper|Deathurge]]. Or both.
* '''Dr. Val "Flatman" Ventura''': Team deputy leader. Very flat, and [[Rubber Man|stretchy]]. Often mistaken for the [[Fantastic Four|Fantastic Four's Dr. Reed Richards]]. Recently came out of the closet. [[Mutant]].
* '''Ashley "Big Bertha" Crawford''': The team's original source of funding, she's [[Overly Narrow Superlative|the greatest swimsuit model in all of Wisconsin]]. Her powers allow her to shape the fat on her body as she pleases ([[Most Common Superpower|explaining her supermodeling]]), and the ability to add "superbulk" to her body, though she has to [[Unfortunate Implications|throw it up to get rid of it]]. Mutant.
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Since then, the team has appeared sporadically in a wide variety of titles. At the end of the GLA series, they were forced to change their name for in universe [[Hilarity Sues|legal reasons]]. They first settled on the Great Lakes X-Men, then became the Great Lakes Champions after winning a poker game. They registered during the [[Marvel Civil War]] event and became the official Initiative team for the state of Wisconsin, and changed their name once again to the Great Lakes Initiative, momentarily taking on [[Deadpool]] as a reserve member. Some time after the [[Secret Invasion]], Nevada team leader Gravity was [[Reassigned to Antarctica|transferred as punishment]] to head up the Avengers in his home state. Squirrel Girl has recently joined the [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|New Avengers]] in [[Big Applesauce|New York]] as official nanny for Luke Cage and Jessica Jones.
 
Flatman and Squirrel Girl did make a guest appearance on ''[[Fantastic Four: WorldsWorld's Greatest Heroes]]'' as part of a [[Terrible Interviewees Montage]]. Both were rejected. Flatman also appeared in ''[[The Super HeroSuperhero Squad Show]]''.
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* [[Anyone Can Die]] - Though it's usually Grasshopper.
** And always Mr Immortal. Often more than once.
* [[Armed Withwith Canon]] - "That happened in a story by Steve-freakin'-Ditko, so it is ''so'' in canon!"
* [[Ascended Fanboy|Ascended Fan Girl]] - Squirrel Girl
* [[Back From the Dead]] - Doorman
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** And [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by Maelstrom as he gloats over his plan to build his base not in New York, but Lake Michigan.
* [[Biting the Hand Humor]] - Makes fun of comic book fans and creators.
* [[Blessed Withwith Suck]] - Mr. Immortal.
** Or [[Cursed Withwith Awesome]]. Mr. Immortal's power is actually very useful, only not in superhero fights. The problem is that he is not invulnerable; his power doesn't work until he dies.
* [[Brought to You Byby The Letter "S"]] - Mr. Immortal.
* [[C -List Fodder]]
* [[Cool Car|Cool]] ([[The Alleged Car|Alleged) Car]] - The [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Quin-Jetta]].
* [[Darker and Edgier]] - Both parodied and played straight in the miniseries.
* [[Deal Withwith the Devil]] - Mr. Immortal's mother, granting him immortality.
* [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?]] - The team without Squirrel Girl.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]] - Squirrel Girl.
* [[Distaff Counterpart]] - Tippy Toe for Monkey Joe.
** Big Bertha has the same power as [[X -Men]] enemy [[The Brute|The Blob]], the difference being that she can revert back to normal body build (if you consider a swimsuit model's body build "normal")
* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]] - Mr. Immortal and the others actually once saved the universe from complete annihilation all on their own. Did they get any recognition for doing so? Nope. In fact, they were forced to drop the Avengers name because of it.
* [[Family-Unfriendly Death]] - Well, all of them, but Monkey Joe's especially.
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* [[Resurrective Immortality]] / [[Complete Immortality]] - Mr. Immortal's only superpower is the ability to resurrect in perfect health immediately after dying, regardless of the method of death. It is implied that he is ''homo s. supreme'', having evolved beyond death, and will survive to see the end of the universe. Not really an attractive prospect. He can take advantage of it by killing himself to heal any persistent injuries, so it's not entirely a bad thing.
* [[Running Gag]] - Grasshoppers getting killed, each with less screen time.
* [[Shout-Out]] - {{spoiler|Monkey Joe}}'s death is a very intricate shout-out to that of {{spoiler|Sue Dibny}} in [[Infinite Crisis]], with details down to the scorching to death, the off-panel killing, the [[Makes Just Asas Much Sense in Context|footprints on the brain]], and the fact that {{spoiler|the murderer being a forgotten friend}}. Plus, #3 of the 4-issue-special is called "Mistaken Identity Crisis".
** Issue #2 of that series had an extended sequence with the GLA reaching out to every superhero they could think of to join their team - and all of them saying no. This was a reference to the then-recent first issue of DC's ''Villains United'', where Lex Luthor's villain squad contacted every baddie imaginable to join up, most of them saying yes.
* [[The Slow Path]] - Squirrel Girl travels to the future and meets Mr. Immortal, only to find he isn't there using a time machine.
* [[Speaks Fluent Animal]] - Squirrel Girl.
* [[Stalker Withwith a Crush]] - Squirrel Girl for [[New Warriors|New Warrior]] Speedball. She's not a fan of Penance.
* [[Super Zeroes]] - Though they've gotten better over time. They still don't get respected, though.
* [[Take That, Audience!]] - Monkey Joe and Tippy Toe like to mock comic book fans.
* [[Taking You Withwith Me]] - A very hilarious zig-zag. When the villain Maelstrom created a device that would bring about the end of the universe, Mr. Immortal convinced him that if he destroyed everything, there would be nobody left to study what remained. This started to depress Maelstrom, which Mr. Immortal took advantage of. He convinced Maelstrom that the best course of action was suicide. Just to seal the deal, Mr. Immortal even agreed to a suicide pact and die with him. Mr. Immortal shot himself in the head to show he was serious, after which Maelstrom followed suit. Mr. Immortal woke up a few moments later to shut down the device.
* [[The Thing That Would Not Leave]] - Deadpool.
* [[Tonight Someone Dies]] - Promised, and more or less made good on, for each issue of the "GLA" miniseries. And that's not even counting Mr. Immortal.
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