Band of Justice (Mutantry-2001)

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"*Today is a day of truth. And the truth is that this is all our fault. We struck Wanda dead. We helped enable the infamous Melanization. We accidentally brought those conquerors to places enabling them to increase their harmful influence tenfold. After all, what did Genesis want? A healthy, happy home kingdom for people that were here first. What did Xitol want? A sanctuary for her friends who would have surely seen gruesome ends. The problem is, their ideals led them to become extremists, and force their will onto unsuspecting innocents in reckless, and genuinely dimwitted ways. And logic and morality clearly agree that the needs of hundreds of trillions take priority over the needs of a couple billion. If we had been wise enough to know this sooner, we would not have made most of our mistakes, and I apologize profoundly for the heroes I am proud to call my team. If you're out there, Xitol, we can help you. Because we believe everyone deserves a chance to redeem themselves. And everyone deserves a place to call home.*"
―Jay Organa[src]
The **Band of Justice** is a strike force comprised of the Sol System's strongest heroes and the titular heroic faction of *Band of Justice* and *Band of Justice: Omniverse* and a major group in *Agents of the S.M.S.B.: The Latest Threat*. They serve as stalwart protectors of life, dedicated to protecting the Solar System as the first line of defense against terrestrial, extra-terrestrial, inter-dimensional and supernatural threats.

Founded by Jay Organa following his induction into the Church of Oltron and the ascension of Pomp, the Band of Justice was formed when the former realized just how endangered humankind was and resolved to make a change in the Sol System. Jay and Lode then discovered that these actions had caused the Black Queen to rise up and take up complete control of Needed Evil. They were crucial to the Black Queen's defeat, redeeming themselves in the eyes of the public and finally having their happy ending. Intending to finish what they started, sparking the climactic Battle of Jupiter, where the Resometh fell and they became crucial to saving all from Genesis himself.

## History

### Forerunners

Before the Band of Justice itself came to be, Superquack brought together some friends he knew through the Organa twins. Many of them died during the Time Army Offensive, and the rest were killed later on and brought back from the dead good as new by the hand of Sarah following her reformation, but most of the members turned out to be the forerunners to the Band of Justice.

### Assembling the Band

"*Neglect leads to regret. Our team is like a family. Those bonds cannot be allowed to fray. The strength of these bonds will lead us to victory against Pomp and her tricks.*"
―Vincent Organa[src]
The band became an established fact when they apprehended Pomp. However, almost all of them were concerned about coming together in the face of publicity and thinking they were rushing into this, with Blasto pointing out that they were being asked to give up their cherished ways of life.

### War of Darkness

#### Return of the Resometh

As Jay Organa was being educated in the ways of the Church of Oltron, Genesis, having awakened from stasis, sensed the Eye of Remembrance was on Proxima and sought it out. Following the Sacking of Andromeda, during which time Rene was killed by the invaders, Jay Organa encountered Wanda and was lured to Vartal, where Genesis claimed the Eye of Remembrance. Vincent Organa and Flubberdubber intervened, leading to a heated battle. He helped Jay escape from Vartal aboard a skiff. Rene's death was used to help motivate the heroes to avenge her.

#### Reviving Zackene

Zackene's corpse was exhumed and she rose from the dead.

#### Fighting Pomp

"*The point is, the public might not be ready for a Band of Justice. I think that for a while, we should downsize a bit and stick with religion. I mean, you're Mormon, Exogale, Valhalla and I are of the Oltrist faith, Vincent's a Kraton, whom I really wish were here right now, but you get the point."
"I mean, yeah, it was as cool as heck when Exogale bitch-slapped Pomp and Zackene absorbed her blood. I feel like that's what the people actually want."
"All right, maybe we can go back to basics, then. The band of* just-us*. Get it?*"
―Scarlet Fist, Merpa, and Exogale[src]
#### Battle of Solis Lacus

Genesis responded by mocking Jay, unleashing the relic's full power as a powerful blast of energy, and teleporting away. Jay stood in silence, realizing and lamenting what he had failed to do. Realizing they had lost, the band members looked on in horror as darkness returned, unable to do anything but accept defeat.

### Perception crisis

Along with a new friend, the Band of Justice, utterly defeated, met together shortly after the battle at the nearby Dairy Queen where they ate and rested together after the intense battle.

### Multiversal Crisis

Things became even worse when the Resometh returned to Proxima and ravaged the world until it was utterly obliterated. He began cozying up to Valhalla, who didn't take the news any better than he did. Even though the War of Darkness failed, there were still some Proximans who had survived Genesis' attack, so Jay brought them to a new dimension, where his new girlfriend transformed Tessek Lu to be the **New Oltron**, of which Jay would play an instrumental role in helping Valhalla preserve the religious cause. Devarim, being the "last of the Elevated", was about to kill them when Flubberdubber and showed his true power, provoking an explosion that crushed Devarim's body, leading to the eventual short-lived creation of RK. Although Flubberdubber had seemingly died on impact with the explosion, a small imprint of his body survived with his soul intact at one cost being his deep voice reduced to high-pitched chirps. He helped Jay escape from Embermane Sanctum. In the climactic battle, Lady Rake intervened, sacrificing herself to destroy Xitol's warship, saving Jay and Valhalla from Xitol's wrath.

Hoping to defeat Xitol, Jay subsequently teamed up with Heath, but he betrayed him by murdering Morena Fox. Jay made haste back to Embermane Sanctum to warn its residents about what was coming now that the Brotherhood was unleashed. Jay looked over to where Needed Evil's statues were, only to find a woven banner of the Black Queen. Jay looked in horror as he realized that the Black Queen had already come into power and that he was in her facility.

### War of Jupiter

During the Battle of Jupiter in 2052, Lode died in his vigorous attempts to get the Disc of Amity back to Sebiscuits Cardarphen. In the aftermath of Genesis' agenda, the Band of Justice was counted as enemies by a remaining faction of "Resometh Dynasty purists". Still, the Band of Justice would go on to be praised worldwide for their heroic and victorious efforts in bringing back the light which had vanished from the Melanization. Liola was deeply moved by the Band of Justice’s actions in the Brightening and their actions were a contributing factor to her doubting her mission.

## Notable Band of Justice

* Vincent Organa
* Jay Organa
* Exogale
* Blasto
* Flubberdubber
* Hot Mess
* Lode
* Merpa
* Scarlet Fist
* Trope
* Valhalla

## Trivia

* The Band of Justice were supposed to appear in *The Man Who Talked to the Wall 2* and *S.M.S.B.: Where Are You Now?*, but they never did.

## References

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