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Warning: contains spoilers for Avengers #18!
Marvel has several variations of Superman, and the best known of them all just got the ending he deserves. Hyperion is one of the strongest characters in the Marvel Universe, and one the publisher seems to fumble often. Hyperion has, at times, been a hero or a villain, but now in Avengers #18, he gets a chance to start again, and this time, get it right.
Avengers #18 is written by Jed MacKay and drawn by Valerio Schiti. Hyperion is flying towards Earth at extremely high speeds, and if he hits it, the impact will destroy the planet. The Avengers convene to find a way to stop Hyperion, and the team concludes they may be overwhelmed. After consulting with other heroes, including Blade, the Avengers hatch a plan.
The Impossible City sends Hyperion to its home dimension of Earth-901.
This Earth recently lost all of its heroes, and the City challenges Hyperion to be the hero this planet needs.
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Hyperion and the Squadron Supreme also allowed fans to see just how Marvel would handle Superman if they were his publisher.
Hyperion, or at least some version of him, has been a part of the Marvel Universe since the late 1960s. Hyperion, and the rest of his teammates in the Squadron Supreme, were created to be pastiches of DC’s Justice League. Hyperion was a stand-in for Superman, Nighthawk for Batman and so on. The Squadron Supreme allowed Marvel to gently poke fun at DC and the Justice League. Hyperion and the Squadron Supreme also allowed fans to see just how Marvel would handle Superman if they were his publisher.
The first version of Hyperion appeared in
Avengers
#69, as a member of the Squadron Sinister.
Hyperion’s career since his debut has been checkered. When he made his debut, it was not the real Hyperion, but instead another evil variant. The real Hyperion and Squadron Supreme will appear a short time later. Marvel wisely placed the Squadron Supreme on a parallel Earth, which allowed creators to tell more daring stories than were possible on Earth-616. The Squadron’s Earth, designated Earth-712, was conquered and left in disarray. In the aftermath, the Squadron Supreme decided to rebuild their world, and attempt to guide its destiny, as chronicled in Mark Gruenwald’s seminal Squadron Supreme maxiseries.
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There have been other versions of Hyperion over time, each one poking fun at the Superman concept. In 2003, Marvel released Supreme Power, a mature-readers take on the Squadron Supreme, written by J. Michael Straczynski and drawn by Gary Frank. In this book, Hyperion was still a Superman pastiche, but one much darker. A government agent, this Hyperion was not a nice guy, nor was the Hyperion of 2021’s Heroes Reborn. In that event, Hyperion was created by Mephisto to fight the Avengers, and this version is the one fans meet in Avengers #18.
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The People of Earth-901 Need Hyperion
Hyperion gets the ending he deserves in this issue. Hyperion’s life is in shambles, and he is threatening to take it out on Earth. The Avengers, who have fought with Hyperion in the past, know he means well, yet he continually seems to flub it. On Earth-901, Hyperion can put the past behind him and be the hero he was destined to be. The people of Earth-901 do not care about Hyperion’s past–only his present. Hyperion has all of Superman’s powers, meaning the people of Earth-901 finally get the champion they need–and Hyperion has the ending he deserves.
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