Fantasy Team-Up: Doom Patrol and Freak Force

Haven't done this in awhile, but here it is, this week's edition of

where I showcase a particular dream team-up I'd love to see happen between heroes, team of heroes or villains and/or teams of villains.

Today, I'm pairing up DC Comics' Doom Patrol and Image Comics' Freak Force.

*Honestly, the name Freak Force could've just as easily been used in place of Doom Patrol if we're being real here*

As you guys already know, the Doom Patrol is a collection/family of people deemed "freaks" due to the nature of their appearances and super-powers led by the wheelchair bound

Freak Force was a team that came about as a special division of that universe's Chicago police department in order to combat the growing "freak" villain gang problem.

Simply put I figured this would be a natural pairing considering the nature of both teams' general appearance and power sets.

Now as to the little matter of explaining why they'd team up and who they'd fight.

Simple.


The villainous Horde, a former gang leader of the aforementioned villainous freaks composed of a collective of highly-intelligent worms (think the Swarm but with worms instead of bees) has set out to get rid of the Freak Force once and for all. His usual gang of super-powered baddies can't get the job done, so he instead finds and recruits a game-changer.

This guy:

The motherfucking Animal-Vegetable-Mineral-Man!!!!!

Yes, that's right, the AVM Man gets hired by the Horde to eliminate the Freak Force once and for all.
And to top it all, to make sure he absolutely accomplishes his mission, thanks to convient comic book science, Horde's able to give the already powerful AVM Man a power upgrade, making him even more of a threat than usual.

Suffice to say, he succeeds in kicking the FF's ass pretty handedly.

Until.....

Another team of super-powered beings enters the scene;

The Doom Patrol.

And there we go. That's how I'd set a team up between two of comics team of freaks.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

Personally I'd like to see a Freak Force revival. But that all depends on their creator Erik Larsen. I'm not sure they're of a particular priority to him right now, but I'd sure love to see them make a comeback, even if it was in a limited capacity.

So, Who Would Win?: The Great Lakes Avengers VS. The Freak Force

Ahh the Great Lakes Avengers....I don't know if they were meant to be created as an intended MU companion to the Giffen/DeMatteis JLI, but that's what it feels like with the Great Lakes Avengers.


Created by John Byrne, and debuting in West Coast Avengers#46(1989), The Great Lakes Avengers seem to be the epitome of comedic relief, and based of their history of ever changing names and lack of respect form the rest of the proper MU, that doesn't look to change anytime soon.


Likewise, Image Comics' Freak Force, created by Erik Larsen, and debuting in Savage Dragon#4(1992) is another motley crew of super-powered individuals that were brought to together for a purpose of joining a special division of the Chicago police department, only for it all to go bust, and the team forced to become bounty hunters.

Now let's check out all of who's going to be in this one, as we check out the rosters for each respective group.

GLA:

-Mr. Immortal

Abilities	Highly skilled acrobat and athlete Immortality via resurrection

-Flatman

Abilities	Excellent hand to hand combatant Elasticity Flat body Origami shape-shifting

-Big Bertha

Abilities	Skilled aircraft pilot Superhuman strength and durability Ability to alter size and mass of her body and leap great distances

-Doorway

Team affiliations	Great Lakes Avengers
Abilities	Portal generation Flight via skis Intangibility Ability to bring souls to the afterlife Formerly: Levitation

-Dinah Soar

Abilities	Flight via razor-tipped wings Limited sonic powers Emphatic calming Agelessness

Freak Force:

-Superpatriot

Abilities	Superhuman strength, agility, stamina and endurance Regenerative powers Telescopic/Microscopic/Night vision Decreased aging Flight via aid of unpleasant drug Cyborg limbs can stretch, and grow many types of guns and weaponry

-Horridus

Abilities	Her body thorns and teeth can cause much damage. Bulletproof, less so on palms and stomach. Superhuman agility, strength and senses.

-Dart

Abilities	Uses variety of trick darts. Skilled martial artist and gymnast.

-Rapture

Powers	Agility Electricity Control Stamina Unarmed Combat

-Mighty Man

Powers	Flight Invulnerability Leadership Magic Stamina Super Speed Super Strength

-Barbaric

Powers	Healing Invulnerability Stamina Super Speed Super Strength Unarmed Combat

-Ricochet

Powers	Agility Unarmed Combat

Damn..just right off the bat it looks like Freak Force has the edge in this, with superior numbers and powers. Even throwing in Squirrel Girl might not help the GLA's odds much.
The scenario for why these two teams will duke it out is the simple and very cliched, mutual super-hero misunderstandings that are still a hallmark of the big two, as well as in any other superhero publishing company.

Let's say Freak Force are still bounty hunters and someone with a lot of money has put nice-sized bounty of a group of super-powered freaks that just so happen to look A LOT like the GLA, and the GLA don't know about this little development at all.

And....ACTION!!!!!


So,


The Great Lakes Avengers








VS.

Freak Force











Who wins and why?