The Apollo Eleven

The Apollo Eleven © Juke Box Productions AstroFacts Status: Inactive Base of Operations: The Apollo Eleven used an abandoned missile silo somewhere in the American West as their secret headquarters. It has been heavily modified for their particular needs. Earliest known appearance: early 1970s Personal Data Members: 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) InfoDump Appearances (in Publication Order): Astro City: The Dark Age Book One #1, 2, 4 Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two #1, 2, 3 Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #2, 3 Event Timeline 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 Originally a team of human astronauts sent to the moon to establish an international station, Earth's first moon base. Instead, while moonside, they made contact with extraterrestrials who transformed their physiologies and retrained them as emissaries to represent them on Earth. The Apollo Eleven became wanted criminals after escaping from a Federal Research Facility and operated while on the run from the law from 1972-1974. In 1972, were part of a celestial convergence with an Omni-Brain. In 1976 saved Australia from the Golden Horde. The Apollo Eleven had been charged a task by an alien collective known as the Continuum: to guide and prepare humanity to join the wider community of extraterrestrial civilizations. The Continuum communicates with the ex-astronauts via its agent, the cosmic being called Xosmos. They also are able to call upon The Incarnate, which of the members have a piece and are able to call upon any of the Incarnate's personalities. LGM, a genuine alien and not a member of the ten-person moon group, was placed on the team to serve as an observer for Xosmos and the Continuum. In 1982, they were captured by Pyramid in an attempt by the group to gain The Incarante's power, which unleashed the destructive personality of Kerresh the Devastator. In the aftermath of the battle, the group had lost its powers and were returned to human form. L.G.M.'s fate was unknown. 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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