"I gotta say, Spike, you've got a pretty neat comic collection."
Shining Armor was in Spike's room, looking at a bookshelf full of comics. Some were in bags, but most were loose, dog-eared, and well-read.
"I've got five years' worth of Power Ponies issues," Spike said proudly. Then, with a slight frown, he added, "It took me a while to rebuild my collection after Tirek blew up the library."
Shining Armor winced. "You know, I never actually even got to see the Golden Oak Library." He rubbed the back of one fetlock with the other hoof. "Some brother I am, huh?"
"Eh, you've been busy. Twilight understands. Besides, how often does she make time to go up to Canterlot to visit Mom and Dad?"
"That's true." Shining Armor shrugged and went back to perusing Spike's collection. "Huh, haven't seen this one before." He pulled one comic out with his magic and examined the cover, tilting his head. "The Ultra Friends?" The cover depicted two unicorns, a teenage dragon, a buffalo, and a pegasus in superhero costumes.
"Oh yeah! They just started running that comic last year," Spike said. "I've got every issue so far."
Shining Armor frowned. "Sounds kinda...weak." He raised an eyebrow. "And a buffalo superhero, really?"
"Hey, don't diss Longshadow!" Spike said. "He can grow to any size!" Spike walked over and took the book, spreading it open on his reading table. "And this is Wind Dragon. He's got tornado breath! And he's not a jerk like most teenage dragons. Well, not much of a jerk. He can be kind of a jerk sometimes, but his teammates keep him from being a total jerk."
"Tornado breath, huh?" Shining Armor mused. "That's cool. What about the rest?"
"The two unicorns are brother and sister, their names are..."
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"Downpour, Shifter! We need to get these ponies out of here!"
Las Pegasus was a total disaster area. A giant mole monster had dug hundreds of tunnels under the city, and then erupted out of the ground. The weight of the city above was too great for the weakened ground, and fissures had formed everywhere. The city was sinking; gas lines had caught fire, buildings were collapsing, and ponies were running around in a panic.
"We're on it!" an effeminate pale blue unicorn stallion with a long white mane said. His horn began to glow pale gold. "WAVES!"
Next to him, an identical unicorn mare lit her horn. "URSA MAJOR!"
The mare transformed into a giant, pale blue, translucent bear, while the stallion turned into a tall, white-capped wave of water. "Hold your breath, folks! My brother and I will get you out of here!"
The wave washed over a small crowd of ponies, sweeping them up and carrying them out of the disaster zone. The Ursa scooped up dozens of ponies in her claws and ran after the surging wave. Once they'd reached the safe zone, they deposited their payload of soaking wet, terrified ponies and returned to their original unicorn forms.
Meanwhile, back in the disaster area, a giant buffalo butted his head against a ten story building that was trying its best to topple. He grunted in effort and grew larger, pushing against the side of the building.
"It's no good!" he bellowed. "It has to come down!"
"If you can hold it, I can collapse it!" A white dragon with red spines and wings flew up the side of the building and reared back, unleashing a spinning column of glowing breath that struck the center of the roof and tore through. The tornado ripped apart floor after floor, crushing support columns. When Wind Dragon finally ran out of breath and had to stop, Longshadow took one step back, then rammed the building. It imploded with a loud whump, raising a cloud of dust.
Elsewhere, a pegasus in a modified version of a Wonderbolts flight suit, with huge black shades instead of flight goggles, was raining a storm of electricity on an agitated mole monster...
* * * * *
"They're really more about saving lives and helping ponies than fighting supervillains," Spike said, "but they're pretty cool, and they help the Power Ponies a lot!"
"Unicorn twins that can turn into animals and water?" Shining Armor asked skeptically. "I dunno, those don't really sound like useful powers. And this 'Juice' guy doesn't sound like anything special for a pegasus. I kinda like the dragon and the buffalo, though!"
"Yeah, they're my favorites too," Spike said. "But Downpour and Shifter are fun. They're kind of the heart of the team. Like Humdrum!"
At the door, unnoticed, Twilight and Cadance smiled, then trotted away. "Boys," Cadance said.
"I know, right?" Twilight giggled. "Still, I gotta admit, comic books can be pretty fun once in a while. Hey, did I ever tell you about the time Spike found that enchanted comic book and me and my friends all got sucked into it?"
"I don't think you did," Cadance said.
"Well..."
I wonder if the topic ever shifted to that mint comic Spike burnt up before Shining Armor's last visit?
loving it.
Oh hey, I remember those guys. From the JLU cartoon. That episode is one of the reasons I hate Amanda Waller. She's right up there with Gral. Ross and J.J. Jameson.
Great chapter buddy. Certainly a pleasant surprise.
oh my gosh you remember the super friends! 8'D You just made my entire day, good sir.
Now that, brings back some memories.
He can be defeated by a sponge; it doesn't even have to be an evil sponge!
Not to say I dislike the Wonder Twins, but remembering the 70's Superfriends cartoon make me shudder...
I'm confused, spike is a purple Dragon with purple scales and and green underbelly. A white Dragon with red scales is like saying a black man with white skin.
Pls give us more guys talking. Maybe with Big Mac next time?
What about the comic Mina showed Spike?
6739248 That was supposed to be "spines". I just derped.
6739328 ah cool
Ah, the token Superfriends. Ham-fisted attempts at racial integration that actually had some cool ideas at their core. Also the Wonder Twins. I guess "child" counts as a minority. At least these versions can't be defeated by keeping them from touching each other, nor do they have an annoying green space monkey.
Ha! the super friends. Nostalgia.
Meanwhile back at Canterlot High.....
6739248 wouldn't that make him an albino? Now i wonder if albino dragons are red
6739449 yet.
I LOVE these super hero OCs! We need artwork of them.
6740472 They're not OCs and you should feel embarrassed for not recognizing them.
6740490 I know who they're based on, dude! They're all DC characters.
6739272 Eh, I imagine he's getting to that one.
6740228 All who oppose his shield must yield!
Wonder Twins… nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
Also:
"Hey, don't diss Longshadow!" Spike said. "He can grow to any size!"
… In his pants.
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I know it's Super Friends, but at points I had Fantastic Four feelings. And when the male unicorn was described, Quicksilver came to my mind (and thus Scarlet Witch, when his sister was mentioned, even if they are not similar).
I still wonder what happened to the Wonder Twins, their monkey, and their children friends are doing.
...Doomsday or the usual disaster might have killed the kids.
Seriously, where is their blue space monkey?!
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I think one of the Justice League comics actually revealed the monkey as some kind of horrific alien monster that killed one or both of the Wonder Twins. As I understand it, someone eventually retconned that because they realized that people either liked the Wonder Twins or didn't give a damn about them, so nobody won with that particular twist. This was before the reboot they did a year or two back, so it's on multiple levels of "never happened" at this point.
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Also, anyone else notice that Shining Armor is a captain with the Equestrian Royal Guard who specializes in shields? Captain Equestria, anyone? Eh? Eh?
Ursa majors are purple and multiple times the size of ursa minors, which is the one that invaded ponyville.
7658362 Yes, and? We saw ONE Ursa Major, which was purple. It doesn't mean ALL ursa majors are purple. Just like real bears are brown, black, red, white... (Also, arguing about the size of it doesn't even make sense.)
Don't read comics so I didn't get the reference and as a result this chapter was kind of meh for me.Would like to see more of the guys though.
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The Buffalo sounds familiar, though I can't place it, but the unicorns are a reference to The Wonder Twins.
So dusting off my ancient Superfriends memories, aside from Zan & Jayna i would guess Apache Chief, Black Vulcan and ... Samurai? Golden Samurai? Or am I confusing him with Golden Pharaoh? whichever one was like Red Tornado, but not so much
Oh and i almost forgot...
INEKCHUK!!!
... I have no comic books...
I am a fail.
Nice job!
7661457 we're all failures
Teen Titans reference in here, with the Wonder Twins. Really did you have to add that. I could of life's without it.
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You do know that the Wonder Twins have existed (and sucked horribly) since the 70's right? Much like Starfire. They existed before Teen Titans Go!.
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really you look at there history. And they're just utterly useless. And it's possible to do any amount of things with them and it be a reference to something they've done (no matter how ridiculous or stupid you make it (as long as it's some type of animal and some form of water / something made from water / steam / ice.).
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jrsus fucking christ thats dark. It's like they're cartoon kid superheroes inserted into the real world.
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Wait, the octopus/ice-unicycle was actually a THING?! That's... wow.
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Sorry just saw this. But yeah that's a bit dark, but at least their remake (escaped slaves) wasn't as bad as what they did with Wonder Dog.
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Lol XD. Yep, that was a thing ^_^.
Oh ye gods and little green onions, the Super Friends are a UNIVERSAL CONSTANT!
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You could also argue that the fact that Trixie believe the Ursa Minor to be an Ursa Major could be due to a common misconception- it might be generally believed that Ursa Majors are just the blue ones.
Comic Book writers aren't known for their... universal, invariable scientific accuracy.
Do you want some comic recommendations?
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No thanks, I'm good.