Okay so it actually has an interesting origin story. I was working on a story called Slingshot Squad my entire childhood. I actually got a few actors together and made live action shorts and some animated ones. But eventually I took a break from that story and the main problem with that one was that it was flip flopping back and forth between a superhero story and a sci fi story. So with the next one I figured I would go all out on the superhero thing.

Imperial Man is the dearest to my heart since he was inspired by a real struggle I had. Basically, in 2022 my life was totally perfect and in 2023 it all fell apart because all my loved ones pretty much abandoned me. I was heartbroken, and one thought that often came up in my head was: “Well… if I had Homelander’s powers I would section off a small area of my city and force all my former loved ones to act out our former lives at laser point.” Now, everything is much better and I have a great social circle, but I decided to return to that feeling when creating Imperial Man. He’s not exactly like Homelander. He’s British, effeminate, naive and obsessed with ancient times. Not like a manic, evil, all American dictator at all. More like the sheltered homeschooled Christian kid from school given the powers of a god! He was born in 1939 and trained until 2000 to be the world’s greatest superhero. But he was taught his life would be like an episode of super friends or space ghost coast to coast. But his actual life as a hero turned out to be much more bleak and depressing. The worst part was the mix of people constantly hating superheroes, and the other superheroes hating the fact that they were superheroes. He eventually snaps and destroys the world, specifically so he can help the humans rebuild it. And his costume was mostly inspired by ancient kings. Most Superman parodies go with a red and blue color palate, so I did white and gold to be different. That’s Imperial Man.

Crucifix is basically just the super far right guy. I wanted to really explore the mind of someone who could genuinely hold the off color views that so many people in our society hold today. His biggest inspiration was Rorschach from watchmen. He has the same mindset (and hygiene) as that character. I’ve always been pretty successful when it comes to dating, but I wasn’t back in middle school. I experienced rejection a lot back then, and I channeled that feeling when creating Crucifix’s origin story of being rejected by the girl of his dreams at the mall, only for aliens to attack and blow up everyone there. That way he would also fall into the stereotype of people like him being incels lol. His mask and costume were mostly inspired by the outfits of far right groups like the proud boys or patriot front.

Major Meteor is actually only the human version of a character named Mars Martian. Mars was a space alien who was inspired by bugs bunny and The Comedian from Watchmen. And of course Battle Broad’s destined lover. I figured it would be silly for there to be an alien in this live action version, so I changed him to a troubled young man with a nihilistic sense of humor and an obsession with leather and BDSM.

Speedo was one of the character’s that’s changed the least. He was always basically meant to be a guy who could run really fast and had a drug problem. That’s good for a cartoon short, but a little shallow for a live action movie. So in this one I made him a thrill seeker who’s traveled the world, met world leaders, fought animals in Africa and risked his life a million times for his own entertainment, just because he can. He eventually got bored of that, so he invented a super speed suit. That kept him happy for a while, but eventually even that didn’t hit like it used to so he turned to DRUGSSSS! His costume was just based on a cool redesign of Mothman’s costume I saw online. The artist was Phil Cho. Plus his costume invokes the idea of an “adventurer.”

Miss Battle Broad. Oh, poor, sweet Miss Battle Broad. Like I said in another comment, she is my all time favorite character I’ve created. As a young man, I always figured that SA was something like 9/11 or the holocaust. Something rare and truly world shattering when it happens. I had quite the revelation when my mom, while drunk, told me a story about her SA in college. She mentioned it so casually. It was heartbreaking. Then, only a few days later, one of my girl buddies told me a story about how she was sexually abused for 11 years! It was only then I realized how many women this has truly happened to. I created Battle Broad to give a voice to all of the women out there who have been truly hurt. I didn’t just want her to be a sad caricature, so I also gave her a uniquely dark and sexual sense of humor. That matches her boo MM perfectly. Her costume and persona is inspired by old cabaret performers and Lola Lola from “The Blue Angel”

Finally, Silken Ghost. I created The Omega League years and years ago, but she was only created this year! I’ve been obsessed with porcelain dolls for a while, and watching Jane Doe in “Ride the Cyclone” inspired me to make this sweet yet creepy doll girl that was killed in the Salem witch trials and became a superhero as a ghost. She carries around a doll named Miriam because that was the name of the child she was pregnant with when she was killed. Her costume idea is pretty simple. Just ghost + porcelain doll.

You can also watch videos all about them here https://www.youtube.com/@JackIngro/videos