Superbuddies

From Superdickery

A pair of minis (technically, a mini and an arc in JLA: Classified, actually), Formerly Known as the Justice League and I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League, reuniting both the original creative team of and several characters from the Justice League International. Funded by Maxwell Lord, the team's line-up consisted of Captain Atom, Fire, Mary Marvel, Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, and Ralph Dibny, although Captain Atom quit the team following the events of the first mini and did not appear in the second one. Also featured were Ralph's wife, Sue, and the robot, L-Ron. Guest-starring in the second mini were Power Girl and Guy Gardner. Although it is generally liked by most casual readers, it has earned the ire of some avid fans by being either stagnation or regression of character for all involved. It was supposed to be out-of-continuity, as evidenced by numerous contradictions of canon, but The Powers That Be have declared it to be canon, albeit with liberal time-punching involved.

A brief synopsis of both minis:

• Mary Marvel is just the cutest, sweetest little thing you ever did see, isn't she?
• Fire doesn't have the good sense to wear a fireproof costume
• Blue Beetle has a heart condition and, as a result, is pissy most of the time
• Booster Gold has married an old hag in hopes of inheritance. This has not prevented him from being a lech at any woman he sees. Also, he is a moron.
• Guy Gardner - See Booster Gold, but replace "married an old hag for inheritance" with "opened a bar with an ex-supervillain." (Of note: said supervillain is actually from the first arc of Booster Gold's first series, yet Booster doesn't recognize him at all. Why this is the case is not at all clear, and it drives HotAndCold absolutely nutters, because it's not like Giffen/DeMatteis could have found him anywhere else.)
• Ralph and Sue are adorably married
• L-Ron is a boot-licking lackey
• Pop culture references from 10-20 years ago can get old pretty quickly
• Captain Atom acts like this: B|
• Skeets does not exist

That's pretty much all there is, honestly.