Young Allies
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The Young Allies is the name of two superhero teams in the Marvel Universe.
[edit] Golden Age
The Golden Age of Comics Young Allies were a grouping of sidekicks of then-prominent Timely Comics heroes, including the original Bucky and the original Human Torch's sidekick Toro.
First Appearance: Young Allies Comics #1 (Summer 1941)
Other Golden Age Appearances: Young Allies Comics #1-20, Amazing Comics #1, Captain America Comics #8, Complete Comics #2, Kid Komics #2-10, Marvel Mystery Comics #75-83, Mystic Comics #4, Sub-Mariner Comics #22
[edit] Modern Day
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The second group of Young Allies was founded on the Heroes Reborn world, now called Counter-Earth, after the Avengers and Fantastic Four returned home and the planet suffered several devastating blows in the wake of their leaving. While several members share codenames with their predecessors on Earth-616, they have little else in common with the prior group:
- Bucky (Ricki Barnes) - Captain America's partner from his time on the HR world, she is the most like her E-616 counterpart, uses a photonic shield as a weapon, and is the group's leader.
- Toro (Benito Serrano) - can turn into a super-strong humanoid bull
- I.Q. (Ishmael Questor) - A heavily deformed, quadriplegic telepath and analyst, who works with the Young Allies from his protective, life-sustaining tank in his Earth's Germany.
- Kid Colt (Elric Whitemane, born Elric Freedom) - Was captured by the world's corrupt S.H.I.E.L.D., and was experimented on, and bonded to Kymellian DNA, allowing him to assume a humanoid horse form and open miniature wormholes for teleportation.
- O and K - Manifestations of Order and Chaos, sent to judge if Counter-Earth deserved to continue to exist.
They came into conflict with the Redeemers, a US-government-backed team related to the Thunderbolts, while the Redeemers were supervised by Captain America, who was amnesiac of his time on the other Earth with the 'Allies Bucky. The conflict was caused by Allies' creation of a hoax chemical weapons scare in the "main" Earth's Latveria in an attempt to force Doctor Doom, the then-ruler of Counter-Earth, to distribute food and medicine more evenly. When they left, Bucky was left sore that Cap thought she'd be capable of really using a WMD, causing Cap to lie to Doom that other canisters had been hidden. Later, they encountered the Thunderbolts themselves on their homeworld, while a rift was threatening to destroy both worlds. When the crisis was resolved and the Tbolts returned home, Jolt remained behind with the team. Recently, the Exiles visited Counter-Earth to save it from Proteus, in their teammate Morph's body. At first, Proteus convinced the Young Allies to fight the Exiles. The Young Allies later figured out the truth when Proteus was enjoying torturing the Exiles. Proteus seemed to be winning, but two cosmic entities known as "O" and "Kay" ripped Proteus away from the Exiles, saying that they've been waiting for him. They supplied Proteus with an army of nukes. Empress Dorma and Proteus soon clashed, resulting in Proteus taking Dorma's crown, drying up Atlantis, and killing her and her soldiers. The Exiles arrived with the Young Allies at Atlantis. Proteus then launched the nukes. Luckily, Colt and Jolt stopped the nukes without detonating them. Proteus had the Exiles and the Young Allies on the ropes when he put his crown back on. Unbeknownst to him, however, Blink rigged it with a behavior modifier- causing Proteus to believe he really is Morph and being trapped in Morph's body. The Exiles then teleported back to Panoptichron and sent the last remaining nukes into space. The Young Allies then thanked the Exiles for saving their world from the nukes, Proteus, and Dorma as they left.
