Blood Pack (comics)
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Blood Pack was a team comic spinning off from Bloodlines, an intracompany crossover that spanned all of the annuals published by DC Comics in 1993. The series was created by Charles Moore and Christopher Taylor.
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[edit] History
The villains of the Bloodlines crossover were a race of alien parasites that could shapeshift into humanoid form. The Alien Parasites' bite was administered to the back of the neck by a mouth-within-a-mouth obviously intended as a reference to the titular creature of the Alien series. This bite usually killed the victim for food but occasionally awakened superhuman powers in the recipient, as this was also the means by which the creatures could reproduce.
Each of the annuals involved in the crossover uses this plot device to introduce a new super-powered character to the DC Universe.
Most of the members of the Blood Pack were killed off by Superboy-Prime in the final issue of 2005-2006's Infinite Crisis event.
[edit] Membership
The superhumans whose powers were awakened by the alien parasites are known collectively as "New Blood". With corporate backing some of the New Bloods formed a superhero team known as the Blood Pack:
[edit] Original Members
- Jade - Living power ring, and daughter of Green Lantern Alan Scott. Team leader. (dead)
- Ballistic - Korean-American hero and an armed and dangerous vigilante. (status unknown)
- Nightblade - Chinese-American regenerating martial artist. (status unknown)
- Loria - Super strong, metal skinned agent of the Quorum. (dead)
- Geist - Ghostly night-hero, became invisible when light was shined on him. (status unknown)
- Mongrel - Darkforce blasting African American-Vietnamese hero. (dead)
- Sparx - Lightning wielding posthuman heroine from Canada.
- Razorsharp - Blade-armed hacker. (dead)
[edit] Blood Pack Allies
- Gunfire - Able to explosively convert matter to energy.
- Loose Cannon - A mood ring version of the Hulk.
[edit] Other Corporate Teams
Other corporate superhero teams have been active in the DC Comics universe. The most well known are the Conglomerate, Hero Hotline, Power Company and the Captains of Industry.
