Automoderated users, Autopatrolled users, Bureaucrats, Comment administrators, Confirmed users, Forum administrators, Interface administrators, Moderators, Rollbackers, Administrators
116,199
edits
Welcome to Tranquility: Difference between revisions
replace redirect, added categories
m (Mass update links) |
Looney Toons (talk | contribs) (replace redirect, added categories) |
||
| (2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
Line 2:
[[File:Welcome_To_Tranquility_3880.jpg|frame|Let's see how spry ''you'' look in your seventies]]
'''''Welcome to Tranquility''''' is an American comic book series created by [[Gail Simone]] and [[Neil Googe]] and published by [[Wildstorm]]. It is set in the fictional California town of Tranquility where [[Superhero|superheroes]] and [[Super Villain|supervillains]], also known as "[[Differently-Powered Individual|
A [[Ensemble Cast|large cast]] is composed of both retired
▲''Welcome to Tranquility'' is an American comic book series created by [[Gail Simone]] and [[Neil Googe]] and published by [[Wildstorm]]. It is set in the fictional California town of Tranquility where [[Superhero|superheroes]] and [[Super Villain|supervillains]], also known as "[[Differently-Powered Individual|Maxi's]]," have retired and settled down to raise families after their hectic and action-packed youths. Despite the presence of both heroes and villains there is little crime amongst the populace, the heroes have grown old and the villains have either been cleared of their criminal charges or served out their prison time, allowing them to live in (relative) peace. Old rivalries remain, but revolve around traditional aspects of retired life, such as [[Serious Business|debating who gets the apples that fall on either side of a property line]].
▲A [[Ensemble Cast|large cast]] is composed of both retired Maxi's, the children (and grandchildren) of Maxi's that have grown up in this Superhero Retirement Community, and the normal amount of civilians to be found in any small town. Sheriff [[Action Girl|Thomasina "Tommy" Lindo]], who [[Badass Normal|has no powers]], works to deal with the normal conflicts that arise in any town, but which have the added threat of being carried about by people with an inordinate amount of superpowers. [[Badass Grandpa|Alex "Judge" Fury]], the Mayor of Tranquility and hero of [[World War II]], is also featured along with his wife, [[Ms. Fanservice|Suzy "Pink Bunny" Fury]], and Colonel [[Those Two Guys|Isaac Cragg and Bad Dog]]. Together they formed the Liberty Squad along with [[Flying Brick|Maximum Man]], [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|Astral Man]] and [[Butt Monkey|Arnold "Cosmos" Stipple]] before Astral Man was murdered and they all retired to Tranquility.
The original volume, twelve issues long, was published in 2007 and 2008 before it went on hiatus, returning in 2010 for a planned six issue limited series. A part of the Wildstorm Universe, ''Welcome to Tranquility'' is unique in its relative disconnect from other series set in the same [[Shared Universe|universe]]. [[The Authority]] are mentioned on occasion, and [[Gen 13]] guest stars in the second arc of the original series, but the majority of the story remains independent.
{{tropelist}}
* [[Action Girl]]: Sheriff Tommy Lindo, who maintains order even in the face of outrageous danger.
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Throughout the series there are "reprints" of the adventures of the various characters from their youth, portrayed as [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|classic comics from the 1940's and 1950's]]. These include Minxy Millions, [[Kid Hero]] and child millionaire, and the Liberty Squad, who faught the Nazis in World War II. [[Deconstruction|They portray a lot of the problems with these stories]], such as what happens to a [[Kid Hero]] when dementia sets in and what fighting Germans on the Eastern Front will do to a man, but they remain pleasantly nostalgic and fond of the classic style.
Line 69 ⟶ 68:
* [[Show Within a Show]]: Many of the adventures of the heroes were reprinted and sold as comic books back in the 1940's, 50's and 60's, and their children and grandchildren had careers as voice-actors in cartoons based around their lives as the next generation of heroes.
* [[Sky Pirate]]: The...well, the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Sky Pirate]].
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: The Sampson Twins. One of them speaks [[Ye Olde
* [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: Salabal eventually took over Terry Terrific's comic. He didn't mind, because he loves her.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Colonel Cragg and Bad Dog, partners since WWII and sticking together.
* [[Those Wacky Nazis]]: A large chunk of the Maxi-history is the history of WWII as the Liberty League battled the Nazis and various villains tried to help them conquer the word.
* [[Wildstorm]]: It is part of the Wildstorm shared universe, which is itself part of the larger [[DCU|DC Universe]] since ''[[
* [[World War II]]: From all we have heard it seems like the Liberty Squad won it single-handedly...except for Colonel Cragg.
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Welcome to Tranquility]]
[[Category:
[[Category:Comic Books of the 2000s]]
| |||