Dwayne Taylor's parents were murdered when he was a child, and so he swore vengeance on all criminals. In order to do so, he trained under the auspices of his guardians Tai and Chord, who maintained the multinational Taylor Foundation, set up by Dwayne's father before he died. When he had finally reached a plateau in which he felt he could begin the "fight," he organized a team of teenage superheroes. Nova was a former Champion of Xandar whose powers were reactivated by Taylor throwing him off the roof of a tall building, Marvel Boy was the present-day version of Vance Astro of the Guardians of the Galaxy, Firestar was a former member of the Hellions, Namorita was Prince Namor's cousin, and Speedball was a teenager from Springdale, Connecticut who had been involved in an accident at a laboratory. Their first battle was against a reformed Terrax.
The team's debut, and their subsequent battle with the Juggernaut, solicited the interest of Genetech, a superhuman research facility in Long Island. The company hired the Mad Thinker to research the new group of heroes to assist them in creating their own super-hero team. While preserving their secret identities, the Thinker did hand over the data he had collected, which resulted in the creation of Psionex, a quintet of super-humans who were under close observation by the scientists of Genetech. The Warriors traced the Thinker's intrusive research back to Genetech but were summarily contained by Psionex, who then took the opportunity to turn on Genetech. With the late arrival of Speedball, the Warriors were able to over-power the company's rogue super-team. However, the battle had garnered the attention of the news media, who televised the Warriors' departure from Genetech's facility. Meryet Karim happened to catch one of these broadcasts, and recognized Nova, which prompted her to step up the time table on her plans.
Known Members:
Night Thrasher
Nova
Firestar
Justice
Speedball
Namorita
Silhouette
Rage
Darkhawk
Turbo
Hindsight
Bandit
Dagger
Zero G
Scarlet Spider
Helix
Timeslip
Supporting Cast:
Andrew Chord
Sprocket
Niels the Cat
Charles Rider
Gloria Rider
Maddie Baldwin
Justin Baldwin
Equipment:
The Crash Pad
Villains:
The Juggernaut
Terrax the Tamer
Midnight's Fire
The Mad Thinker
Primus
Star-Thief
Bengal
White Queen
The Sphinx I
The Sphinx II
Sea Urchin
Proteus
Puppet Master
Gideon
Tai
Cardinal
The Wizard
Gargantua
Volx
Spidercide
Advent
Villainous Groups:
Genetech
Psionex
Forces of Nature
Project: Earth
The Hellions
The Folding Circle
Air Force
The Upstarts
Undertow
Eugenix
