Of all the Justice Gang heroes introduced in Superman, the breakout star was easily Mister Terrific, played by Edi Gathegi. He had the best action beat of the movie (sorry Kal), and some of the best lines too. Recently, reports came out that James Gunn is thinking of a Mister Terrific spinoff. Although, what form that will take is unknown. It could be a movie, but we think the best chance for Terrific to shine would be an HBO Max series. And instead of simply a Mister Terrific show, we think an adaptation of the DC Comics 2018-2020 series The Terrifics, where said hero leads his own team, is even better. And one of those team members, Metamorpho, is already part of the DCU. It feels like James Gunn is already setting this up on a platter for the DCU.
The DC Comics Backstory of Mister Terrific
In the comics, Mister Terrific is the world’s third smartest man, behind Lex Luthor and Bruce Wayne. Although if you ask us, DCU Mister Terrific is almost certainly smarter than DCU Lex. In the comics, Mister Terrific is really Michael Holt, a genius billionaire who lost his wife in a tragedy. With nothing to believe in anymore, he nearly took his own life. But the ghostly Spectre intervened, inspiring him to use his brains and money to become a superhero. We’re not sure if the DCU version of Mister Terrific has the exact same backstory. However, we think the basics of his origins are likely the same.
The Formation of The Terrifics Team
Mister Terrific formed the team when he learned about billionaire Simon Stagg’s plan to open a portal into the Dark Multiverse by using his son-in-law Metamorpho to transmute into Nth Metal. Only using this rare metal could one access the Dark Multiverse. Mr. Terrific, along with his ally Plastic-Man, tried to force Stagg into closing the portal. Instead, all three got sucked into it. There, they met Phantom Girl, an ancestor of the Legion of Super-Heroes’ member of the same name from the 31st century. Upon meeting her, the team learned that she had existed in an intangible state since she was a child.
After the four metahumans returned from their exile in the Dark Multiverse, they found themselves bound together. If any of them went too far away from the others, they were automatically drawn back together. Their time in the Dark Multiverse cosmically bonded the quartet as a unit. Now stuck together, they used Simon Stagg’s facility to explore the Dark Multiverse as a team. The Terrifics series was originally written by Jeff Lemire and illustrated by Ivan Reis, lasting only 30 issues. While it didn’t last long, its fans loved it. And it still has a loyal cult following. And it’s the perfect template for a potential live-action series.
The Terrifics Is DC Comics’ Homage to the Fantastic Four
Obviously, The Terrifics series is DC Comics’ tribute to Marvel’s Fantastic Four. It’s a quarter of heroes, led by one of the world’s smartest men, bonded together as a family thanks to a cosmic accident. Like the Fantastic Four, they are more explorers than traditional superheroes. And although their powers are not exactly like the Fantastic Four’s, the similarities are there. Plastic Man stretches like Mr. Fantastic, but is a big goofball like Human Torch. Phantom Girl is similar to Invisible Woman, and Metamorpho is the tragic “freak” of the team, like the Thing. He’s also the team’s muscle. And of course, Mister Terrific is a next-level scientific genius like Mister Fantastic. And the team’s name is the same as the team leader’s. Much like The Incredibles, it’s a loving homage to Marvel’s First Family.
How the Terrifics Could Exist in the DCU
So how would the Terrifics work in the DCU? We know Stagg Industries exists in this DCU, because we see Clark go into a Stagg building after Luthor gets the public to turn on him in Superman. We think “the Dark Multiverse” isn’t the way that James Gunn would take the concept. After all, the Multiverse is getting pretty tired between the MCU and DC’s Flash movie. But, instead of the Dark Multiverse, Stagg’s experiments could take the Terrifics into different realms, not just alternate versions of Earth.
As for the new team members, actor Ben Schwartz has been very public about wanting to play Plastic Man. A Terrifics series (or film) would be the perfect avenue for him to finally play the role. As for Phantom Girl, this would also be a great role for one of Gunn’s former Guardians of the Galaxy stars, Pom Klementieff. The table is quite literally set for an awesome adaptation of The Terrifics from DC Studios. Here’s hoping James Gunn finds a way to bring the team to the screen.
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This articles is written by : Nermeen Nabil Khear Abdelmalak
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