Hooligans (Earth-30)

### Current Member(s)

Jinx, Hellhound, Night Surfer, The Alchemist, Stormsword, Hulk, Daredevil, Areus, Wolverine

## Affiliation and Identity

### Allies

Dawn FM, SCU, The Wild Pack, Rainbow, The Midnight Sons
FormerlyThe Thunderbolts

### Enemies

The Barone Crime Family, Weapon Plus Program, HYDRA, Sin-Eater, The Knights Templar, The Squadron Supreme, The Reaper, The Oniwaban, Dynamics Industries

## Origin and Status

### Origin

After Shay Daniels, Ren Carter, and Bernard Smith gained superhuman abilities, their friend group that consisted of Jane Harper, Alexis May, Tyler Price, and Jordan Knight banded together to defend Clark County from threats big and small.

### Place of Formation

The Daniels Residence, Northern Las Vegas, Nevada

## Creators and Appearances

### First

Hooligans One Shot #1
(October, 2018)

 I never would've never made it this far without **them**. They started off as friends and became heroes. They aren't just people who came together because they had to. They are a family, Tony. More than anything else, they are a family. And I am proud to be apart of it.
—Hellhound[src]
What originally started as a Las Vegas-based team of young kids would later become the international superhero team known as The Hooligans. From humble beginnings, the group was first assembled by neighborhood kids in 2007 named Shay Daniels, Alexis May, Tyler Price, Jordan Knight, Bernard Smith, and Jane Harper who lived on the same street, Meadow Green Ave in Northern Las Vegas. This group would inevitably expand later when Ren Carter, Ford Easton, Manny McClain, and Hendrix Shays came into the picture as the original group got older.

The first line-up began to fall apart when Jane left Las Vegas and was reported dead in a plane crash. Then Tyler would unwillingly become a test subject for Connor Carter's Atrocity Serum and lose his mind, accidentally killing Alexis. The second line-up and the one that was the most infamous consisted of Ren, Shay, Manny, and Ford who would often save the city of Vegas with their combined abilities.

Later, The Hooligans would become the primary targets during the superhuman war against SHIELD but they soon defeated SHIELD and returned to their lives in Las Vegas. Here, they would end up being forced to combat Dynamics Industries and The Ultimates as they began their technological invasion into Las Vegas. All the while, their lives were changed drastically as the aftermath of the superhuman war still had its effects on the team.

## History

### 2000s

#### Hooligans: Mythos

The team that would become The Hooligans initially met at their local theater's premiere of 2007's Transformers. Shay, Jane Harper, Alexis May, Bernard Smith, Jordan, and Tyler Price bonded quickly over their shared love of the Transformers cartoon and comics, but eventually, the movie ended, and they returned to their respective homes. However, unbeknownst to them, their homes were on the same block as Shay, and Jordan saw Tyler, Jane, and Alexis step out of their cars across the street and Bernard next door. They became inseparable after this.

Their first adventure would come after Bernard lost his ball in their collective neighbor's backyard. The neighbor was a grumpy older man, and when they devised a plan to retrieve the ball, Alexis got chased by a dog but was saved by Shay; Jane and Tyler nearly got in trouble because they were attempting to distract the older man, and Bernard had to recuse both Shay and Alexis. In the end, as the group ran away from the house laughing, the old man stormed out of his home and shouted, "Damn you hooligans!!" thus, The Hooligans was born.

### 2018

#### Nuketown!!!

After being a singular duo of Hooligans, Shay Daniels and Ren Carter, the entire group would be embroiled in a nuclear arms race between the American Government and Hydra. Ford Easton of SHIELD was tasked with getting the trust of the local heroes to help him stop Madame Hydra; the woman believed to be the head of the arms race.

While successful, the team discovered that Nuketown existed, and Hydra ran it. Everyone in the group defeated Hydra and stopped the nuclear apocalypse of Las Vegas. With that, Ford found he could do more with The Hooligans than with SHIELD and formally joined the team at Shay's request.

### 2019

#### Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

After a week of no villain activity, Alexis May received a ping from a contact about a company beginning production on a series of robots named The Big Steppers. Alexis attempted to find more information but only found that it was being done by Dynamics Industries, who had recently set up shop in Vegas. Furthermore, Alexis would discover that Dynamics Industries was being run by Connor Carter, whom she connected to as Ren Carter's father, but kept this to herself.

When she finally alerted The Hooligans, Ren, Shay Daniels, and Bernard Smith sprung into action and went to Dynamics Tower to investigate. However, they quickly learned that The Big Steppers were created to fight the three of them. This revelation led to a battle within the lower levels of The Dynamics Tower. During this, Ren learned that the creator, Connor Carter, who went by Citizen V, was her father, and Shay learned that Dynamics had created a chemical compound that would strip him of his powers. Ultimately, The Hooligans escaped after destroying the production plant but failed to get Citizen V arrested, and Dynamics shut down.

#### Sin-City

The team faced a new threat, with the group having said goodbye to Owen Morgan, who had just become Black Knight. A serial murderer ran rampant in Las Vegas and claimed he was cleansing the city of its sins. Shay Daniels and Ren Carter investigated the murders and found that the man, Leonard Jordan, was behind the killings. This discovery led to a final confrontation with Leonard, The Hooligans, and the LVMPD.

Surrounded by heroes and police officers and seeing no way out, Leonard turns the gun on himself, claiming that he had committed the biggest sin of all, failing his mission. Leonard then killed himself, much to the surprise of everyone. While The Hooligans did win, they wondered if it mattered because those they failed to save still died. However, unbeknownst to them all, this would be a dark omen of things to come.

### 2020

#### [adult swim]

Invoked by Alexis May, The Hooligans were summoned to Dawn Studios after she learned that Ford Easton had vanished off the grid during a mission for SHIELD. After being warned by Tony Stark not to get involved, The Hooligans tracked Ford's digital footprint to New Mexico, specifically, an old Hydra base. The Hooligans (Shay Daniels, Ren Carter, Manny McClain, Owen Morgan, and Hendrix Shays) fought into the compound and saved Ford.

However, they learned that Hydra had continued a program called Weapon Plus and was using Ford as a test subject for their occult branch of the program. Returning to Vegas with Ford and this information, Tony thanked them but became frustrated that they got involved. When asked about Weapon Plus, however, Tony told them that the program created Captain America.

#### Scaring The Hoes

After having a troubling last two years, The Hooligans are graduating high school finally. This graduation spurs Alexis May to plan a trip for the team, specifically to New Orleans. However, as none were old enough to drink, Ford Easton agreed to come along as their drink ticket. The group landed in New Orleans and got to a club, but not even being there for longer than ten minutes, a fight broke out.

Alexis and another girl got into it in the bathroom, and Ren Carter got punched by the girl's boyfriend on accident. This resulted in a brawl outside the club and the police taking The Hooligans away in a paddy-wagon. Inside, Alexis revealed an adage that her father told her when she was a child, and happily, the group sang the saying as they drove down the road.

#### Atrocity Exhibition

After New Orleans and with graduating having passed, the world seemingly returned to normal again. Darkly, however, Tyler Price would be abducted by Connor Carter and be granted something called The Atrocity Serum. While the serum intended to give Tyler abilities and use him to take down The Hooligans, it backfired horribly as Tyler slowly lost his mind and killed his mother.

While Tyler did gain abilities, he became something else entirely, and when he arrived at Dawn Studios, it became clear. He was donned in a super-suit and a glider. He was muttering things out of context and claimed he had seen them all, wanting them to accept him as more than Tyler. However, The Hooligans hadn't seen Tyler in over two weeks since his meeting with Connor. And sadly, in his insanity-fueled haze, Tyler accidentally killed Alexis May.

#### Late Registration

With the group still reeling from Alexis May's death, they were called to action by a twist of fate. Manny McClain's ex-fiancee, Takuma Tanaka, had assumed command of a ninja organization called The Oniwaban and launched an invasion of Manhattan as a conquest to take it over.

Manny sent out an SOS to all the heroes he knew and explained the situation to The Hooligans. When the group arrived in Manhattan, they encountered The Defenders, and the two teamed up to defeat Takuma, The Oniwaban, and their accomplices, Shriek and Hammerhead. In the end, Shay Daniels enrolled in UNLV.

### 2021

Due to the efforts of The Hooligans during the Oniwaban invasion of Manhattan, they were awarded the key to the city. Shay Daniels, Ren Carter, and Ford Easton traveled to New York and met with Manny to prepare for the ceremony. They would don their costumes and arrive, but a group of their respective villains attacked during the ceremony—villains such as Madame Hydra, Calypso, Flask, Hammerhead, and Shriek. Unprepared, The Hooligans retreated to Vegas as the group dubbed themselves The Squadron Supreme.

In Vegas, each of them called their respective contacts, but the only one who answered the SOS was The Wild Pack, and Ford learned that he was disavowed from SHIELD. After drawing out The Squadron Supreme in Vegas, the two teams plus The Wild Pack squared off with each other, resulting in a massive fight along The Las Vegas Strip.

It ended with the Squadron Supreme's defeat, but this marked the first time that the modern superhero community had been documented in defeating a problem as a whole. Ren gave a rousing speech at the scene, and this day became known as V-Day, and virtually overnight, The Hooligans became international superstars. In the end, Shay joked about what a time it was to be alive.

### 2022

#### Sins Past

After V-Day, The Hooligans roster had shrunk significantly. The remaining members were Ren Carter and Shay Daniels, while Hendrix Shays and others continued their work as Dawn FM and lived in Vegas. As Shay took over Manny McClain's responsibilities in New York, he moved into his apartment, and Ren came. However, Ren discovered that a group of students at her school were playing with a book called The Gigas Codex.

These students would accidentally summon a Grim Reaper, and when Shay and Ren saved them, the Reaper invoked the vengeful spirit of Leonard Jordan and unleashed him on Manhattan. Shay and Ren utilized the Codex Gigas to send The Grim Reaper back to whence it came, and Leonard Snart disappeared again as he was tied to the reaper.

### 2023

#### Operation: Zero Tolerance

The Hooligans played an interesting part in the superhuman war against SHIELD. First, The Hooligans discovered Steve Rogers was alive and freed him from SHIELD custody, but this led to the disassembling of The Hooligans as Shay Daniels was arrested and Ren Carter went to release him. Second, Ford Easton assumed leadership and formed The New Hooligans with Captain America, Weaver, and himself. This group liberated Tony Stark from The Raft.

Lastly, The Hooligans reformed during the final battle in Japan and gained new members, such as Wolverine and the mentally reformed Tyler Price. Outside of these three things, The Hooligans played no significant role in the war.

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

* **Hooligans Poker Chip:** Assigned to all Hooligans members, both past and present, is The Hooligans Poker Chip. This allows them access to the Hooligans HQ, and if the center button is pressed and held, it sends an SOS to all members of The Hooligans and alerts The Alchemist Computer of their location.

## Notes

* Hooligans (Earth-30), and by extension, Donuts exist outside of mainstream Marvel Universe continuity. Themselves, their stories, and other characters are unrelated and not connected to the Marvel Multiverse and exist within solely within The Donuts Multiverse.

## Trivia

* The actual creation of The Hooligans is an interesting story. Morpheus and NeoFantasy love the idea of Street-Level Heroes and Teams, so when thinking of a team for Vegas as they had all of these characters with shared backstories, they decided to create a team that was essentially their friend group prior to gaining abilities. This is why the group formed in 2008 instead of more recently as it was a friend group first then a superhero team second.
* The concept of creating a "Defenders" like team was actually NeoFantasy's idea as he wanted to help Morpheus flesh out Las Vegas by giving the characters there something to be a part of. It also became a tool to help further example the deep relationships that characters have across the board. The "Defenders" approach would be utilized to later form The Marvels with The Hooligans being a template for Donuts' Avengers team.
* Funny enough, having a battle cry for The Hooligans was just a generalized belief. NeoFantasy thought they always had one, and Tony believed it was implied. It wasn't until Pepper jokingly asked if they had one that the collective creative team realized they didn't. Thus, it was retroactively stated that during the Nuketown storyline, their catchphrase "Hooligans, GO!" was first used. The saying, "Hooligans, GO!!" came from an amalgam of things but primarily from DC's Teen Titans/Titans. While in comics, their battle cry is "Titans Together!," Morpheus and NeoFantasy grew up watching the 2000s Teen Titans animated show and preferred their saying.

## See Also

* 2 appearance(s) of Hooligans (Earth-30)
* 2 image(s) of Hooligans (Earth-30)
* 12 member(s) of Hooligans (Earth-30)

## Links and References

### References

1. ↑ Dummy
2. ↑ Entroducing...
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hooligans One Shot #1
4. ↑ Shay Daniels: The Spectacular Tarantula #2
5. ↑ 4eva Is A Mighty Long Time
6. ↑ Atrocity Exhibition
7. ↑ Late Registration
8. ↑ So Appalled
9. ↑ Operation: Zero Tolerance
10. ↑ I Might Be Wrong
11. ↑ It Won't Be Soon Before Long
12. ↑ I Remember You
13. ↑ Reach The Citadel