The Losers

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Official Team Name

The Losers

Team Aliases

Born Losers

Status

Defunct

Identity

Public

Alignment

Good

Universe

Earth-One, New Earth

Base of Operations

Europe and the South Pacific during World War II

Affiliations

Team Leader(s)

Captain William Storm

Former Members

Johnny Cloud, Gunner, Ona Tornsen, Sarge, Pooch (mascot)

Allies

Easy Company; Haunted Tank

Enemies

Japanese soldiers during World War II

Origin

Place of Defunction

Markovia, 1944

Creators

Robert Kanigher

First appearance

Last appearance

G.I. Combat #138
(November, 1969)

Losers Special #1
(August, 1985)

Separately, we're losers - but we operate well as a team!

-- Capt. Storm

History

Upon America's entry into the European theater of the Second World War, a Special Forces group composed of personnel from all branches of the armed forces was formed. The members were Captain William Storm, a former PT Boat commander with a wooden leg and an eye-patch; Johnny Cloud of the U.S. Army Air Force, known as "The Navajo Ace"; Sarge Clay, one of the oldest serving Marines, and Gunner MacKay, one of the youngest. Because each member had suffered the deaths of personnel under their command for which they felt responsible, they dubbed themselves The Losers.

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Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: PT-47 (patrol boat)
Weapons: Various conventional weapons

Notes

• The Losers unit was created (and later killed off) by writer/editor Robert Kanigher.

• Even though the Losers didn't officially make their first appearance until G.I. Combat #138, Captain Storm, Gunner and Sarge (along with Fighting Devil Dog) teamed up once before to fight some Japanese naval officers in Capt. Storm #13.

• Although the Losers' final published appearance was in the Losers Special #1, they actually died in Crisis on Infinite Earths #3, published two months earlier.
  

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• 36 Appearances of Losers (New Earth)
• 6 Images that include Losers (New Earth)
• Team Gallery: Losers (New Earth)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Losers (New Earth)

Links and References

• Discuss Losers (New Earth) on the forums
• Losers Special index page at the Grand Comics Database
• Losers page at Don Markstein's Toonopedia
  

Footnotes