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| The Apollo Eleven
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AstroFacts
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Active
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comic name and number
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| Earliest known appearance:
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early 1970s
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Personal Data
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From left to right: Encephalon (Leonard Vindari), Aquarina (Renata Delamare), Ichthyos (Xi Lun Chu), Kahoutek (Jeremy Neiderdorff), Gas Giant (Robin Carruthers), Arthro (Simon McCaleb), Shrff (Clayton Rhodes), Nihil (Troy Willets), LGM, Commander One (Andrew Garrison; leader), Strangeling (Lafayette O'Hearn)
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InfoDump
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2:21 (reference only)
LH:5 (reference only)
DA1:1
DA1:2
DA1:4
DA2:1
DA2:2
DA2:3
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Event Timeline
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The Apollo Eleven
A group of cosmic heroes active during the 1970s. They were a team of ten human astronauts sent to establish a base on the moon. During the trip, they were tapped into by aliens and transformed to become their emissaries back on Earth. Alongside the alien known as "LGM," they worked to fulfill their new mission.
The Apollo Eleven were later wanted for crimes unknown and had to operate while on the run from the law.
History
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Mr. Smartie Notes:
They are active during the Dark Age story arc. Need to research more there.
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Powers
All members of the Apollo Eleven have been shown in flight. Whether this is a power within each of them or some members are being levitated by the powers of others is unknown.
Observations
Kahoutek and Aquarina are a couple. As are Arthro and Gas Giant, though their relationship is complicated by the latter's incorporeal state.
Kurt Busiek considered "Saturn Five" as an alternate name for the group, as it would require fewer members, but Alex Ross convinced him that "Apollo Eleven" was more specifically tied to the time period.
Physically, the members of the team seem to be based either on different popular conceptions of what aliens look like (Greys, little green men, etc.) or on cosmological phenomena (black holes, comets, etc.) Kahoutek's name is a reference to the comet of the same name.
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