Oz Squad
May 8th, 2005
Having read this recent post to Dave's Long Box, I really wish someone would reprint Oz Squad.
Created by Steven Ahlquist, Oz Squad is a violent action comic set in Frank L Baum’s Land of Oz.
You heard me.
Most of the characters we’re familiar with through the books or Wizard of Oz movie have been upgraded into lethal superheroes. The Lion, is a surfer shapeshifter dude who morphs into a big ass super-lion with a healing factor. The Tin Woodsman is a robotic killing machine with a buzzsaw and blasters and shit. The Scarecrow is a tactical genius who stabs people. And Dorothy Gale, the character immortalized by the bat-shit crazy Judy Garland? She's a bad-ass spy and mistress of the martial arts with a "wish belt" that allows her to teleport between Oz and The Real World (the planet, not the MTV show – although that would be funny). Together, our heroes work for an elite CIA unit called… wait for it… Gale Force.
Genius or utter idiocy? Sometimes there's an awfully fine line between the two…
May 9th, 2005 at 10:33
Aha: according to The Dark Side of Oz list, Oz collector Steve Teller called it "the most repellent published work with the name Oz in the title I have ever seen" . Sounds fun. See also Todd McFarlane's Twisted Land of Oz figures.
May 9th, 2005 at 17:53
Yes, I've seen the McFarlane figures.
I'm just guessing, but I don't see Hollywood turning this character into the heroine of a big-budget summer movie any time soon.
January 3rd, 2006 at 01:36
If you miss all those issues, they can be found at the creators website. The address is http://www.mythographical.com/comics.html . All the issuesa are there to be read.
BCNU
September 2nd, 2006 at 16:15
Actually, the first four issues, plus a couple of specials, have been reprinted.
[Comment edited to add URL. jr 2 Sep 2006]