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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

In DC, the Soviets had their own "Justice League", the Red Rocket Brigade. Pretty sure they join the Justice League International later on. Pretty sure there was also a comic with the Flash teaming up with Fidel Castro to stop an alien plot from taking over Cuba.

The Rocket Red Brigade (Russian: Ракетная Красная Бригада, romanized: Raketnaya Krasnaya Brigada) is a DC Comics superhero team. They first appeared in Green Lantern Corps #208 (January 1987), and were created by Steve Englehart and Joe Staton.

Originally created for the Soviet Union by Green Lantern Kilowog, the Rocket Red Brigade — normal human beings enhanced using "forced evolution" and armoured battle-suits — proudly defended the USSR. Their abilities included super strength, invulnerability, flight (through rocket packs/boots), the ability to project powerful energy blasts and "mecha-empathy" — the ability to sense and control computers and machines.

Even GI Joe had their own soviet heroic counterpart, the Oktober Guard.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I had the entire Oktober Guard back when I was a wee bairn

I should ask my parents if they hung onto them

[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am not huge on GI Joe stuff, but I think Red Star kept appearing as part of GI Joe media until quite recently (though I think usually he's part of the Joes now).

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Last GI Joe thing I paid attention to was GI Joe: Renegades back on the now defunct channel The Hub (Hasbro's takeover of Discovery Kids)

Was an interesting premise, younger versions of couple of the classic Joes doing the A-Team thing while also bringing down Cobra, which has been reimagined as a ruthless corporation seeking to use biological warfare to take over the world

[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

I remember Renegades, it was pretty interesting. Too bad it only had one season.

[–] Red_October@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait hold up when did the flash and Castro fight off an alien invasion??

[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

In The Flash (1987) #21-22, Wally West teams up with a fictionalized Fidel Castro to fight shapeshifting alien invaders (Durlans) in Cuba. After rescuing the real Castro from the jungle, Flash carries him into Havana to expose the alien posing as him during a speech. Castro subsequently hosts a party for Flash.