Long before Annihilation and Conquest, when the Marvel Universe's spaceways were in danger, three cosmic heroes came together to guard the galaxy! In this edition of Comic Accurate, it's the Star Masters!

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Back in 1995, Marvel was sort of in the midst of delineating their comics into different groups. Of course you had the Spider-Man group, the X-Men group, the Avengers group, Marvel Edge for grittier heroes, and then there was a line for the Universe. Silver Surfer, Captain Marvel, Lunatik (don't ask) and a new team book that brought together Silver Surfer, Beta Ray Bill and Quasar.

The premise was that gigantic meteors were being hurled at planets by an unseen force destroying them and somehow it's connected with Quasar being framed for the mass murder of The Charter, an intergalactic peacekeeping force. The Silver Surfer and Beta Ray Bill both go to investigate this situation, finding out he's been set up. From there they decide to team together and solve this problem... especially when one of those big meteors is sent towards Earth.

The book only lasted three issues and in the following two issues, these three heroes were joined by new members Captain Morphex and Xenith, both of whom obviously don't exist in HeroClix. But we're just focusing on the first issue with the build for the team.

Force Build 9096463 0
Set	#	Name	Team	Pts	Value
AI	037	Quasar		125	SELL
TMT	063	Beta Ray Bill		225	SELL
GG	209	Silver Surfer		149	$6.25
Force Total:				499	$6.25

Why these figures - Beta Ray and Quasar got picked for their new hotness and Silver Surfer then picked to fill the points.

Tips for running this team - While they're only a generic Cosmic theme team, you won't get any rerolls, but at least you'll get a map bonus. If it helps you win the initiative, go for something nice and wide open. The big trick with this team is keeping Quasar and Silver Surfer adjacent to Beta Ray Bill. Bill's Weather Manipulation special power on damage will give them good protection from ranged attacks unless the opposition gets within four squares of them. Plus if Quasar or Surfer miss, Bill can prob them.

Let us know how the Star Masters did for you! Next week, it's a new issue of Unclixed! Then in two weeks, it's another edition of Comic Accurate!

No options for those of us in the majority that don't have an expensive and hard to get Beta Ray Bill?

I played this team a little while back and even with the Surfer being relatively terrible by todays standards, Quasar and Bill were good enough to carry the day!

I've been playing this team since Critical Mass. I need to bust it out again now that we have an Awesome new Beta Ray Bill, an Awesome new Quasar, and an Awesome new....

Wait for the price to drop?

Kidding.

Force Build 9096575 0
Set	#	Name	Team	Pts	Value
FFGGA	005	Beta Ray Bill		150	$7.82
AI	037	Quasar		125	SELL
AV	105	Sentinel of the Skyways		120	$9.99
Force Total:				395	$17.81

A hundred points cheaper, no theme bonus, not as much protection from range... but there you go.

Thanks!
I hate myself for not getting that one sooner!

I actually own all the Star Blasters comics so this one matters to me!

What's Star Blasters?

(Just joking with you. I own Star Masters too! I was a young teenager at the time it came out and couldn't believe that three of my favorite charactes were teaming up!)

And now I have to get the Beta Ray Bill I was trying not to get (even though it had the Annihilators keyword)

Still....Star Masters. Back. In. The. Day.

Cosmic Powers Unlimited - Weren't there a couple issues of that that either gave birth to Star Masters or the other way around???

Yeah I think the series was canceled and then Continued into cosmic powers unlimited.

yuppers, that was it:
http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/starmasters.htm

Man I'd love to find some analogues for Morfex and Xenith!
http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/morfexskrull.htm
http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/xenithstar.htm

Cosmic Powers was such a sick series!

Thanos vs. Tyrant was amazing

This is the best I could find for Morfex based on the profile.