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Relative Heroes

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Relative Heroes
Cover to Relative Heroes #1, art by Yvel Guichet. Clockwise from center: Houston, Allure, Omni, Temper, Blindside.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
ScheduleMonthly
FormatLimited series
Publication dateMarch - October 2000
No. of issues6
Main character(s)Houston
Temper
Allure
Blindside
Omni
Chloe
Creative team
Created byDevin K. Grayson (writer)
Yvel Guichet (artist)

Relative Heroes is a limited comic book series published by DC Comics in six issues, from March to October 2000. It revolved around a family of orphaned children who become superheroes. The team first appears in Relative Heroes #1 (March 2000), by Devin K. Grayson and Yvel Guichet.

History

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After their parents are killed in a traffic accident, the super-powered Weinberg children travel across country to Metropolis in order to find Superman. The children are hunted by three superpowered D.E.O. operatives named Girth, Napalm & Kittyhawk. The D.E.O. eventually capture the kids and reveal to Cameron that he and Chloe were never in fact human or metahuman, and that Cameron is actually a member of a race of alien shapeshifters known as the "Es".

Members

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  • Joel Aaron Weinberg (Houston) - no superhuman talents.
  • Aviva Joby Weinberg (Temper) - Aviva possessed powers to generate electricity.
  • Damara Sinclaire (Allure) - charmed by the god Eryx with mystic pheromones and other powers of persuasion in return for her hand in marriage.
  • Tyson Gilford (Blindside) - adopted African-American brother who believes he is the grandson of the Invisible Hood, Tyson can become invisible at will.
  • Cameron Begay (Omni) - adopted brother who like Synch of Generation X, can mimic the powers of others. Member of an alien race known as the "Es".
  • Chloe - Cameron's plant. Member of an alien race known as the "Es".
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