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Alliance (DC Comics)
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The Alliance is a fictional group of comic book
extraterrestials published by DC Comics
. They first appeared in JLA/Haven: The Arrival #1 (January 2002), and were created by Ashley-Jayne Nicolaus, Matthew P. Schuster, and Ariel Olivetti
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into a habitable city. The rebel Alliance inside Haven duplicated Anathema's mutagen
ic "Empowerment Process" and used it to transform all of Haven's prisoners. Due to the inherent instability of Anathema's process, most of those treated experienced physical mutations, and some were driven insane. Most Havenites gained simple or useless talents. The empowerment process created by Siv is similar in concept to the Terrigen Mists that empower Marvel Comics
' Inhumans
. Siv had worked with Anathema to develop the original Competalian Empowerment Program.
and set course for a distant inhabitable planet. Certain volunteers were chosen to serve as the city's power source. The ship was sabotaged by a traitor inside Haven and crashes to Earth destroying the town of Lamont, California
. The Justice League of America helped the Alliance restore the crippled Haven ship. The Haven ship remained in the state of California, while President of the United States
Lex Luthor
signed a bill formally recognizing it as a city of the United States. Meanwhile General Eugene Norville was stealing technology from Haven at President Luthor's request.
, and allow her to bring the Competalian army to Earth. Anathema was ultimately destroyed after Siv forced her body to revert back to its original pre-empowerment Competalian form.
Comic book
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extraterrestials published by DC Comics
DC Comics
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. They first appeared in JLA/Haven: The Arrival #1 (January 2002), and were created by Ashley-Jayne Nicolaus, Matthew P. Schuster, and Ariel Olivetti
Ariel Olivetti
Ariel Olivetti is an Argentine comic book penciller best known for his work on American comic book titles such as Daredevil, X-Man, Space Ghost and Punisher War Journal.-Career:...
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Publication history
The Alliance debuted in the JLA/Haven: The Arrival #1 one-shot which ended with the Competalians stranded on Earth. Their story was told over the course of a nine issue mini-series called Haven: Broken City which ran from (February 2002) to (October 2002). The story was wrapped up in JLA/Haven: Anathema (November 2002), the concluding one-shot which returned the Competalians to their homeworld.Competalia
The Alliance are a group of aliens from a planet called Competalia whose goal is the eradication of "Anathema", a geneticist who created a process which super powers to every living inhabitant of Competalia. Originally Anathema used her knowledge to uplift the Competalian people by discovering their equivalent of the metagene. Those whose powers were unlocked eventually lost their individuality and became known as the "Empowered". Anathema then built an army of these "Super-Competalians". Anyone who resisted was sent to the prison city of Haven.Haven
Two million inhabitants resisted Anathema's control, however, and were forcibly placed in a massive penal colony called "The Haven". Haven was where Anathema sent political prisoners, regular criminals and the mentally ill, in preparation for a genocidal purge. Not long afterward, a rebel alliance was formed by the Competalian war hero Valadin and his brother Amon, who transformed Haven from a gulagGulag
The Gulag was the government agency that administered the main Soviet forced labor camp systems. While the camps housed a wide range of convicts, from petty criminals to political prisoners, large numbers were convicted by simplified procedures, such as NKVD troikas and other instruments of...
into a habitable city. The rebel Alliance inside Haven duplicated Anathema's mutagen
Mutagen
In genetics, a mutagen is a physical or chemical agent that changes the genetic material, usually DNA, of an organism and thus increases the frequency of mutations above the natural background level. As many mutations cause cancer, mutagens are therefore also likely to be carcinogens...
ic "Empowerment Process" and used it to transform all of Haven's prisoners. Due to the inherent instability of Anathema's process, most of those treated experienced physical mutations, and some were driven insane. Most Havenites gained simple or useless talents. The empowerment process created by Siv is similar in concept to the Terrigen Mists that empower Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
' Inhumans
Inhumans
The Inhumans are a fictional race of superhumans, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. This race appears in various comic book series published by Marvel Comics and exists in that company's shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe....
. Siv had worked with Anathema to develop the original Competalian Empowerment Program.
Escape
The Competalians transformed the city into a starshipStarship
A starship or interstellar spacecraft is a theoretical spacecraft designed for traveling between the stars, as opposed to a vehicle designed for orbital spaceflight or interplanetary travel....
and set course for a distant inhabitable planet. Certain volunteers were chosen to serve as the city's power source. The ship was sabotaged by a traitor inside Haven and crashes to Earth destroying the town of Lamont, California
Lamont, California
Lamont is a census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States. Lamont is located south-southeast of downtown Bakersfield, at an elevation of 404 feet...
. The Justice League of America helped the Alliance restore the crippled Haven ship. The Haven ship remained in the state of California, while President of the United States
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
Lex Luthor
Lex Luthor
Lex Luthor is a fictional character, a supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics, and the archenemy of Superman, although given his high status as a supervillain, he has also come into conflict with Batman and other superheroes in the DC Universe. Created by Jerry Siegel and...
signed a bill formally recognizing it as a city of the United States. Meanwhile General Eugene Norville was stealing technology from Haven at President Luthor's request.
Anathema
One Competalian, a member of the Alliance named Maavar Lin, betrayed the Alliance's location to Anathema. Anathema hid the truth of her arrival and secretly began empowering and dominating humans, using her process to build a new army which she intended to use as a living power source which would enable her to activate the city's teleporterTeleportation
Teleportation is the fictional or imagined process by which matter is instantaneously transferred from one place to another.Teleportation may also refer to:*Quantum teleportation, a method of transmitting quantum data...
, and allow her to bring the Competalian army to Earth. Anathema was ultimately destroyed after Siv forced her body to revert back to its original pre-empowerment Competalian form.
Roster
- Amon - Brother of Valadin who sacrificed his life for the city.
- Hank Velveeda - Havenite with innate knowledge of the inner workings of things.
- Ignetia - ScientistScientistA scientist in a broad sense is one engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge. In a more restricted sense, a scientist is an individual who uses the scientific method. The person may be an expert in one or more areas of science. This article focuses on the more restricted use of the word...
and member of the Alliance. - Katalia - Telepath and member of the Alliance.
- Mavaar Lin - Ex-chancellor of Haven turned traitor.
- Nia - Member of the Alliance with super strength and endurance, flight.
- Siv - A genius engineer in control of an army of naniteNanoroboticsNanorobotics is the emerging technology field of creating machines or robots whose components are at or close to the scale of a nanometer . More specifically, nanorobotics refers to the nanotechnology engineering discipline of designing and building nanorobots, with devices ranging in size from...
s, helped develop the Empowerment process. - Tamlick Soffick - A member of the Alliance with minor control over gravity.
- Valadin - War hero with the ability to shoot bolts of energy from his body, leader of the Alliance.