History ComicBook / SevenSoldiersOfVictory2005

** According to WordOfGod, [[spoiler:The Seven Unknown Men are all the authors who wrote themselves into DC Comics - meaning, of course, Morrison is among them (though not for Nobeard; they literally appeared as themself in ''Comicbook/AnimalMan'').]]

** The series had something of a prologue in ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA Classified #1-3]]'' (collected in the trade paperback ''JLA: Ultramarine Corps''), which introduced the Sheeda and the Neh-Buh-Loh Man (well, ''re''introduced in the latter's case).

* FaerieCourt: Gloriana Tenebrae ruled over the fairy-like Sheeda for centuries. Following her death, [[ComicBook/{{Klarion}} one of her husband's bastard great-grandchildren]] took over before he got bored and left. It's unclear who currently rules.

** Klarion's nemesis is revealed to be [[spoiler:Melmoth, a former king of the Sheeda who is actually the progenitor of every inhabitant of Limbo City. He tries to invade the city, but is repelled by Klarion, before meeting his demise in Frankenstein's story]].

%%ZCE* JigsawPuzzlePlot: A standard aspect of Morrison's stories.

%%ZCE* YouFightLikeACow: "You have a ''stupid'' hat!"

** WordOfGod is that each of the seven individual series was intended as this. As part of their pitch, Morrison specifically used characters with long publication histories or legacies, but little to no time in the spotlight. The intention was to have the most popular character or characters spin off into their own ongoing series.

* ArcNumber: Issue #0 [[LampshadeHanging has a character note how important the number seven seems to be]]. [[SubvertedTrope The thing is, it's actually ]] ''[[SubvertedTrope eight]]'', because there were eight members in the original Seven Soldiers. Sevens-that-are-actually-eights recur throughout the story. The things you need to pay attention to are stuff like [[spoiler:Zatanna's "-Anonymous" meeting. Notice how there are ''eight'' people there. The eighth is Misty.]] [[spoiler:The "Eighth Seventh Soldier" in the finale is the Spyder, who helps deliver the finishing blow to Gloriana.]]

* ArcNumber: Issue #0 [[LampshadeHanging has a character note how important the number seven seems to be]]. [[SubvertedTrope The thing is, it's actually ]] ''[[SubvertedTrope eight]]'', because there were eight members in the original Seven Soldiers. The things you need to pay attention to are stuff like [[spoiler:Zatanna's "-Anonymous" meeting. Notice how there are ''eight'' people there. The eighth is Misty.]] Sevens-that-are-actually-eights recur throughout the story. [[spoiler:The "Eighth Seventh Soldier" in the finale is the Spyder, who helps deliver the finishing blow to Gloriana.]]

* '''ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}''': After the events of ComicBook/IdentityCrisis came to light and an incident in which she was indirectly responsible for the deaths of several of her friends and the release of a mysterious shape-shifting demon, ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} has lost all confidence in herself. But after meeting a mysterious young girl who asks to be her apprentice, Zatanna begins to travel down a path to learn the secrets of her father's legacy and regain her resolve. However, she soon discovers that her new apprentice is not entirely what she seems...

''Seven Soldiers'' was a maxi-series, written by Creator/GrantMorrison, started in 2005 and ended in 2006. With two bookend issues, the bulk of the series was comprised of seven four issue miniseries, each one focusing on each one of the titular seven members. This series is notable in that '''none''' of the members of the team ever meet each other (with one or two exceptions). It is an update of DC's classic ''ComicBook/SevenSoldiersOfVictory'' series.

** Morrison ignored the ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' comic's take on Klarion when writing this series because they thought that version - best known for introducing himself as "Klarion... Bum, Bum, Bum... The Witch Boy!" - was silly.
* CelestialBody: The Nebula[=/=]Neh-Buh-Loh Man [[spoiler:was originally a miniature universe named Qwewq.]]

** The villain in Mister Miracle's issues is Mr. [[ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} Dark Side]], a mob boss who hosts the essence of an evil god. He turns out to be the GreaterScopeVillain of the meta-series, as [[spoiler:he had agreed to let the Sheeda take over the Earth in exchange for Aurakles]].

* {{Bifauxnen}}: [[spoiler:[[SweetPollyOliver The Shining Knight]] is mistaken for a boy, as her armour conceals ger most delicate features]].

* RedIsHeroic: Aurakles is the world's first superhero. In his origin story, he is presented in front of monochromatic backgrounds and his body is dyed in dull colours, which work in tandem to direct the reader's attention to Aurakles' vibrant red hair. In a similar manner, [[spoiler:the end of the issue has a mostly black and white panel that draws attention to Bulleteer's red hair, symbolizing both her being Aurakles descendant and her fulfilling her role as a heroine]].

* RedIsHeroic: Aurakles is the world's first superhero. In his origin story, he is presented in front of monochromatic backgrounds and his body is dyed in dull colours, which work in tandem to direct the reader's attention to Aurakles' vibrant red hair. [[spoiler:At the end of the issue, a mostly black and white panel depicts Bulleteer with red hair as well, symbolizing both her being Aurakles descendant and her fulfilling her role as a heroine]].

* AbusivePrecursors: Inverted. [[spoiler:[[MindScrew They're from THE FUTURE!]]]]
* AccidentalChildKillerBackstory: [[spoiler:Before becoming the Manhattan Guardian, Jake Jordan was a police officer who quit the force after shooting an unarmed teenager whom he had mistaken for the man who murdered his partner.]]

** Helen "Sky-High" Helligan
** Sally Smart, alias Sally Sonic, [[spoiler:alias Sara Smart.]]

* ArcNumber: You'd think it'd be seven, right? #0 [[LampshadeHanging even has a character note how important the number seven seems to be]]. [[SubvertedTrope The thing is, it's actually ]] ''[[SubvertedTrope eight]]'', [[FridgeBrilliance because there were eight members in the original Seven Soldiers.]] The things you need to pay attention to are stuff like [[spoiler:Zatanna's "-Anonymous" meeting. Notice how there are ''eight'' people there. The eighth is Misty.]] Sevens-that-are-actually-eights recur throughout the story. [[spoiler:The "Eighth Seventh Soldier" in the finale is the Spyder, who helps deliver the finishing blow to Gloriana.]]
* AuthorAvatar: Nobeard of the Subway Pirates who bedevil the Manhattan Guardian is unilaterally considered a rendition of Morrison themelf. Nobeard's archrival Allbeard thus represents Morrison's hated enemy Creator/AlanMoore. Since Morrison is writing the story, Nobeard is the one who wins... Except for the subtext that [[spoiler:Nobeard got exposed to radioactive material and got fatal cancers all in his body.]] But yeah, he came out of the fight ''alive...''

* BadassNormal: The Guardian follows this trope, as does Sky-High Helligan.

* BigBad: The Sheeda, led by [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Gloriana Tenebrae]]. However, they're not necessarily the Big Bad in each character's individual series. In fact, most of the series have their own {{Big Bad}}s.
** Zatanna: Zor, who is something of a ManBehindTheMan to the Sheeda.
** Shining Knight: Gloriana Tenebrae
** Klarion: Melmoth
** The Manhattan Guardian: None, though he leads the charge against the Sheeda's armies in in the meta-series's final issue
** Frankenstein: Melmoth for the first two issues, then the Neh-Buh-Loh Man in the final issue.
** Bulleteer: Sally Sonic
** Mister Miracle: Mr. [[ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} Dark Side]], also the GreaterScopeVillain of the meta-series.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: [[spoiler:[[SweetPollyOliver The Shining Knight]]]]

* BodyguardingABadass: After losing her job as a teacher Alix becomes the bodyguard to a mermaid actress. While merfolk have a number of impressive powers in the DCU they are rather vulnerable on land so it makes perfect sense for Suli Stellamaris to get a bodyguard.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: All over the place in Morrison's version, as is their wont, but most apparent in the two scenes where [[spoiler:Zatanna]] directly addresses the reader.
** TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: [[spoiler:Inverted, as it's implied the reader helps save the day.]]

* CanonDiscontinuity: Bulleteer made a number of [[TheCameo cameos]] in other stories after hers ended. The catch? [[WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain She quit superheroing in the last issue of her series.]] It's most egregious when she appears in an incarnation of the Justice League seen in the series ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo''... a series co-written by Morrison themself![[note]]One can FanWank an in-story explanation - Seven Soldiers is confirmed by WordOfGod to take place one week before ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', so she could have gotten {{Cosmic Retcon}}ned.[[/note]]
** Incidentally, Morrison themself considers the ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' comic version of Klarion to be this. Why? Because they thought that version - best known for introducing himself as "Klarion... Bum, Bum, Bum... The Witch Boy!" - was silly.
* CaptainColorbeard: The Subway Pirates in ''Manhattan Guardian'' - though their names are [=Nobeard=] and [=Allbeard=], more all around descriptions.
* CelestialBody: The Nebula[=/=]Neh-Buh-Loh Man. It's explained that [[spoiler:he was originally a miniature universe named Qwewq.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:I, Spyder]]'s revamp in the 0 issue becomes very important in the conclusion.

* ContinuityPorn: The series references an absurd number of minor characters throughout DC history.
** To give an example: Zor is actually an existing character, appearing in a story from ''More Fun Comics #55'' as a one-shot villain for ComicBook/TheSpectre. [[ViewersAreGeniuses But who would know that?]][[note]]Unless you're a ComicBook/DoctorFate fan - that issue was his first appearance. If you're curious about what happened, Zor saves some criminals from the Spectre, he introduces himself as a spirit that goes around causing evil, they fight, Spectre finds he can't win because Zor is older than him (this is before certain {{retcon}}s), Zor disguises himself as the Spectre's human identity and kidnaps his girlfriend, Spectre asks for help from God, Spectre arrives at Zor's castle, gets paralyzed by Zor's paralysis ray, and finally tricks Zor into getting paralyzed himself.[[/note]]

* DeathByDespair: The method of attack of one Sheeda weapon, a sentient [[EldritchAbomination ...thing...]] that torments it victims with painful truths much like a [[Myth/GreekMythology Harpy]].
* DecoyProtagonist: The zeroth issue is narrated by Shelly Gaynor, aka the Whip. [[spoiler: She, along with the rest of the 2nd team of Seven Soldiers, are killed at the end of the issue.]]

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The panel where Lance's smartware begins to spread to Alix and the look on her face.
** It should be noted that the artist for ''Bulleteer'' purposefully drew Alix, Sally Sonic, and every other female heroine in poses reminiscent of supermodels in just about every panel.
* EldritchAbomination: Nebula/Neh-Buh-Loh Man, for starters. The flesh-eating Martian mantis-horses, and many of the Sheeda's 'pets', also probably count.

** FairyTaleMotifs: Gloriana is the WickedStepmother [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Evil Queen]], Misty Kilgore is Literature/SnowWhite, and the Neh-Buh-Loh Man is TheWildHunt and other fairy tale huntsmen [[spoiler: including the one from Snow White.]]

* {{Familiar}}: Teekl and the other draaga of Limbo Town act as these to their owners.

* FateWorseThanDeath: The Terrible Time Tailor, an alias of Zor, imposes one on the members of the Newsboy Army.

* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Sir Ystin comes from a forgotten era.
* GenreSavvy: [[spoiler:The Sheeda Queen deliberately attempts to kill any superhero team with seven members. The only reason she doesn't do it to the 'right' Seven Soldiers is that the soldiers never actually meet and form a team.]]
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Gloriana Tenebrae, The Queen of Terror, is right up there among Morrison's biggest monsters, and very scary indeed. (Not that her husband was much better...)
* GrowingUpSucks: The absolutely horrible fate of the Newsboy Legion, see TearJerker. (Also probably a metaphor of the transition from UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks to UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks).
** For [[DramaticIrony additional punch]], their heroic identities were [[TragicDream idealized versions]] of adult jobs: magician, actress, gangster, mechanic and quarterback.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: The Greg Saunders team did this; hell they hired ''I, Spyder'', the son of the original! [[spoiler:Sheeda Queen Gloriana made the same mistake]]. Not to mention [[spoiler:the "new" Little Boy Blue who summoned the Sheeda to decimate the team]]. It's subverted in the case of [[spoiler:I, Spyder]], who only turns traitor at the end and thereby helps destroy [[spoiler:Gloriana]].
%%* HyperlinkStory: The whole series.

* {{Irony}} After the accident, it's implied that the reason Lance died is because he took off his wedding ring, which meant the metal coated his entire body and kept constricting until he couldn't breathe. Alix survived because she had her ring on, which left a small gap on her finger so the metal didn't totally cover her.
* IronicEcho: One of these connects Morrison's version with the RetCon regarding how the 1940s iteration ended, to wit, [[spoiler:the Spider's betrayal of the 1940s team]] is matched and inverted by [[spoiler:I, Spyder betraying Gloriana and thus helping the newer Soldiers defeat her.]]
* JigsawPuzzlePlot: A standard aspect of Morrison's stories, but this is probably the best and most deliberate example besides ''ComicBook/TheInvisibles''.
* KnightInShiningArmor: The Shining Knights, of course.
* LegacyCharacter: Bulleteer (based on Bulletman and Bulletgirl), the Manhattan Guardian (based on Guardian and the Newsboy Legion) and Mr. Miracle. Shining Knight is an odd case (she's from ''before'' the original) and it's not clear if Klarion is meant to be the same character as the 1970s Klarion or what. And ''all'' of the Vigilante's ill-fated team.
** SpinOffspring: The short lived incarnation of the Seven Soldiers of Victory in ''Seven Soldiers'' #0 included the Whip III, granddaughter of the Whip II (a NewOldWest Franchise/{{Zorro}} wannabe) and great-great-granddaughter of the Whip I (an [[{{Western}} Old West]] Zorro wannabe); I, Spyder, son of the original [=7SoV=] member (and traitor) Alias the Spider; and Gimmix, daughter of Merry the Gimmick Girl and, therefore, niece of the first Star-Spangled Kid, who was also an original [=7SoV=] member. In ''Seven Soldiers'' #1, the Bulleteer turns out to be directly descended from [[spoiler:Aurakles, the world's first superhero.]]
** WordOfGod is that Klarion is intended to be the same character as from [[ComicBook/{{Etrigan}} The Demon]] comics, [[spoiler:though from an earlier point on the timeline. After conquering the Sheeda, he uses Castle Revolving to go back in time to the 70's comics.]] However, it doesn't appear that any writer other than Morrison was aware of this, based on his subsequent appearances post-[=7SoV=].

* LetsSplitUpGang: The series was simply the ''Leading Comics'' formula, but on a grander, more epic scale.
* LineOfSightName: Qwewq. Look at the first three letters of a QWERTY keyboard.
* MagicalHomelessPerson: former GoldenAge KidHero Ali-Ka Zoom grew up to be a hobo wizard after developing schizophrenia in adulthood.

* MindScrew: To be expected from a series written by Grant Morrison.
* MortalityPhobia: Alix Harrower got her powers from an accident brought on by her husband's extreme obsession with his own mortality. Unable to cope with the thought of going grey or developing wrinkles, Lance Harrower tried to infuse his skin with a metal coating, but instead suffocated when the coating completely enveloped him. Alix herself became coated in the stuff after he grabbed her for help.

* MultiArmedAndDangerous: The Bride
* {{Necromancer}}: All of the residents of Limbo Town use necromancy as a way to survive, which makes [[spoiler: controlling Frankenstein]] an easy task for Klarion.
* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted as [[spoiler: Sheeda Queen Glorianna discovers Justin's sex by smelling "the blood of the womb."]]
* OfCorsetsSexy: Zatanna wears one in some of her costumes.
* OneExtraMember: In the conclusion, [[spoiler:I Spyder]] acts as an unofficial "eighth soldier" and helps defeat the villain. Given that [[spoiler:he]] was remade by the Seven Unknown Men, this was probably the whole point of the character both in and out of universe.
* OrphanageOfFear: Madame Eva Martinette's Bleakdale Home for Bereaved Children was run by an abusive woman, and given that Sara was only a child in body by the time she was forcibly sent there due to her lack of aging the fact that she ran away is no surprise.
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Suli Stellamaris is a beautiful mermaid with a very long purple tail who works as an actress.
* PaintingTheMedium: There's a sequence in ''Victory'' where Zatanna and a few friends go through another dimension, and the scenery shifts to compensate. The panels become ''cubes'', for starters, and--it's remarkably difficult to describe.

* APirate400YearsTooLate: The Subway Pirates

* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: The series had something of a prologue in ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA Classified #1-3]]'' (collected in the trade paperback ''JLA: Ultramarine Corps''), which introduced the Sheeda and the Neh-Buh-Loh Man (well, ''re''introduced in the latter's case).
** Mister Miracle's story is one for ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis''.

* ProphecyTwist: "The spear that was never thrown". [[spoiler:It turns out to refer to Aurakles's descendants. One of them is Alix Harrower[=/=]Bulleteer, who delivers the final blow to Gloriana Tenebrae when she accidentally rams her with a car while struggling with Sally Sonic for control of the vehicle.]]

** Bulleteer's fight with Sally Sonic involved the two beating each other with Alix's refrigerator. The entire ''Bulleteer'' miniseries seemed to be a nod towards Website/WomenInRefrigerators, as Alix is a woman whose entire life has become one tragic mistake because of her husband, same said for Sally Sonic.

** Gloriana is almost certainly named for the eponymous character in ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene''. Her obsession with preserving her youth and vitality might also be a nod toward the fact that the literary Gloriana was based on UsefulNotes/ElizabethI, who spent her later years trying to conceal her advancing age in order to stave off calls for her removal.

* StockUnsolvedMysteries: The ''Klarion'' miniseries has a rather unique solution to famous 16th-century mystery of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony missing colony of Roanoke Island]].
* StockingFiller: Zatanna
* TakeThat:
** Zachary Zor might be this to Alan Moore. He takes Zatanna and turns her into a similar, but DarkerAndEdgier character with a different name and consistently talks about his beard. It should also be noted that Alan Moore wrote the story that killed Zatanna's father.
--->'''Zor:''' ''It's a magnificent beard and you know you want one!''
*** Alternatively, Zor could represent the readers themselves, as we often see events from his visual perspective (and we, like him, are always on the outside looking in) and one of the Seven Unknown Men comments on how he bet Zor didn't think he could bleed. This could apply to the READER not knowing he could bleed in a comic.
*** Unless, of course, he's Creator/WarrenEllis - he certainly talks like him.
** At one point, Frankenstein says that "madmen have said that the meek shall inherit the earth". [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Guess where]] [[Literature/TheBible that saying originally came from?]]
* TimeAbyss: The Nebula Man is three billion years old. The Sheeda [[TimeyWimeyBall may or may not count]], but Aurakles is certainly another.
* TimeTravelingJerkass: The Sheeda are an entire race of fairy-like bastards from the far future who travel through time and pillage human civilization for raw materials to maintain their crumbling civilization. And then there's Melmoth, their former king, who went back in time to the days of the Roanoke colony and impregnated all of its female inhabitants.
* TokenSuper: Shining Knight is this for the original incarnation. While the rest of his team were {{Non Powered Costumed Hero}}es. Shining Knight rode a [[{{Pegasus}} winged horse]], wielded an [[SpellBlade enchanted sword]] and wore [[ArmorOfInvincibility enchanted armor]].
* TotalPartyKill: [[spoiler:Issue #0 sees Greg Saunder's team get completely wiped out.]]

* TraumaCongaLine: See ''Bulleteer''.
* UnusualPetsForUnusualPeople: Alix has a pet mouse named Mickey that survived her husband experimenting with Smartskin on it.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It actually happens to quite a few characters at the end of the series. Klarion's fate is entirely WordOfGod and was [[CanonDiscontinuity likely ignored by later writers]]. Frankenstein was last seen under Klarion's control, which seems entirely ignored in his subsequent appearances (in ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' and ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', [[CosmicRetcon though the former may be justified]]). The worst offender is Misty Kilgore - she just (metaphorically) vanishes from the story, and has subsequently undergone ChuckCunninghamSyndrome.

* YouFightLikeACow: "You have a ''stupid'' hat!"

* WhipOfDominance: Shelly Gaynor is the grandaughther of a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] hero called The Whip. During ''ComicBook/SevenSoldiers'' she [[LegacyCharacter resurrected the name and became a whip-wielding heroine]], but unlike her grandpa, she had a {{Dominatrix}} theme thanks to her {{Stripperiffic}} leather costume. She actually lampshades this, calling herself a superhero fetishist.

* WhipItGood: LegacyCharacter The Whip (3). She even has a sexy, impractical costume.
** She actually lampshades this, calling herself a superhero fetishist.

* AllThereInTheManual: Neither the original trade paperbacks, the deluxe hardcovers, or the omnibus reprint ''JLA Classified'' #1-3. While the maxi-series ''can'' stand on its own as a complete story, those issues nonetheless serve as the prelude. So, they are vital to providing context to in-story references (like to the Ultramarine Corps' mission) and setting up core plot points of the main narrative (Neh-Uh-Loh, the Sheeda, and the Prophecy of the Seven).

* AllThereInTheManual: Neither the original trade paperbacks, the deluxe hardcovers, and the omnibus reprint ''JLA Classified'' #1-3. While the maxi-series ''can'' stand on its own, those issues serve as the prelude. So, they are vital to providing context to in-story references (like to the Ultramarine Corps) and setting up core plot points of the main narrative (Neh-Uh-Loh, the Sheeda, the Prophecy of the Seven).

* SpiritualSuccessor: Has one in ComicBook/DemonKnights, which amongst other things [[spoiler:reintroduces the cyclic nature of Camelot, as well as the Seven Soldiers version of Shining Knight fighting with six other bad-asses to stop someone from misusing a grail. Sound familiar?]]

* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted as [[spoiler: Sheeda Queen Glorianna discovers Justin's gender by smelling "the blood of the womb."]]

* WitchSpecies: Klarion along with all the other residents of Limbo Town due to being of [[TheFairFolk Sheeda]] [[HalfHumanHybrids descent]].

* BigBad: The Sheeda in Morrison's series, led by [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Gloriana Tenebrae]]. However, they're not necessarily the Big Bad in each character's individual series. In fact, most of the series have their own {{Big Bad}}s.

* BookEnds: Morrison's issue #0 ends with [[spoiler:the deaths of Greg Saunders's team of Soldiers]]; the conclusion in issue #1 ends with [[spoiler:the resurrection of the one slain Soldier, Mister Miracle.]]

* CanonDiscontinuity: Morrison's Bulleteer made a number of [[TheCameo cameos]] in other stories after hers ended. The catch? [[WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain She quit superheroing in the last issue of her series.]] It's most egregious when she appears in an incarnation of the Justice League seen in the series ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo''...a series co-written by Morrison themself![[note]]One can FanWank an in-story explanation - Morrison's Seven Soldiers is confirmed by WordOfGod to take place one week before ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', so she could have gotten {{Cosmic Retcon}}ned.[[/note]]

* CelestialBody: The Nebula[=/=]Neh-Buh-Loh Man. In Morrison's series it's explained that [[spoiler:he was originally a miniature universe named Qwewq.]]

* ClosetPunishment: In ''Seven Soldiers of Victory'', Sally Sonic was shut away in a cupboard during her stay in the OrphanageOfFear.
* ContinuityPorn: ''Victory'' references an absurd number of minor characters throughout DC history.

* CursedWithAwesome: Alix gains invulnerability and agelessness due to her moronic husband's failed attempt to make himself immortal to be with his extramarital lover, but her shiny new appearance means that she's not longer suitable for her job as a teacher for autistic children and stymies her attempt to kill herself when she realizes her husband was having an affair with a "superteen" porn star.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: The Greg Saunders team in the newer maxi-series did this; hell they hired ''I, Spyder'', the son of the original! [[spoiler:Sheeda Queen Gloriana made the same mistake]]. Not to mention [[spoiler:the "new" Little Boy Blue who summoned the Sheeda to decimate the team]]. It's subverted in the case of [[spoiler: I, Spyder]], who only turns traitor at the end and thereby helps destroy [[spoiler: Gloriana]].
* HyperlinkStory: Morrison's series.
* ImmortalitySeeker: In ''Seven Soldiers: Bulleteer'', the titular heroine gained her unbreakable skin as a result of her scientist husband trying to preserve his own body in a metallic compound. Ironically, the compound ended up killing him.

* IronicEcho: One of these connects Morrison's version with the RetCon regarding how the 1940s iteration ended, to wit, [[spoiler: the Spider's betrayal of the 1940s team]] is matched and inverted by [[spoiler: I, Spyder betraying Gloriana and thus helping the newer Soldiers defeat her.]]
* JigsawPuzzlePlot: A standard aspect of Morrison's stories but this is probably the best and most deliberate example besides ''ComicBook/TheInvisibles''.

* LegacyCharacter: Bulleteer (based on Bulletman and Bulletgirl), the Manhattan Guardian (based on Guardian and the Newsboy Legion) and Mr Miracle. Shining Knight is an odd case (she's from ''before'' the original) and it's not clear if Klarion is meant to be the same character as the 1970s Klarion or what. And ''all'' of the Vigilante's ill-fated team.
** SpinOffspring: The short lived incarnation of the Seven Soldiers of Victory in Creator/GrantMorrison's Seven Soldiers'' #0 included the Whip III, granddaughter of the Whip II (a NewOldWest Franchise/{{Zorro}} wannabe) and great-great-granddaughter of the Whip I (an [[{{Western}} Old West]] Zorro wannabe); I, Spyder, son of the original [=7SoV=] member (and traitor) Alias the Spider; and Gimmix, daughter of Merry the Gimmick Girl and, therefore, niece of the first Star-Spangled Kid, who was also an original [=7SoV=] member. In ''Seven Soldiers'' #1, the Bulleteer turns out to be directly descended from [[spoiler:Aurakles, the world's first superhero.]]

* LetsSplitUpGang: The Grant Morrison series was simply the ''Leading Comics'' formula, but on a grander, more epic scale.

* MeaningfulRename: In Grant Morrson's version, the Nebula Man now calls himself the Neh-Buh-Loh Man while the Oracle's name [[spoiler: turns out to be a corruption of "Aurakles".]]
* MindScrew: The Morrison version, as to be expected.

* OneExtraMember: In the conclusion of Morrison's version, [[spoiler:I Spyder]] acts as an unofficial "eighth soldier" and helps defeat the villain. Given that [[spoiler:he]] was remade by the Seven Unknown Men, this was probably the whole point of the character both in and out of universe.

* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: Morrison's ''Seven Soldiers'' had something of a prologue in ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA Classified #1-3]]'' (collected in the trade paperback ''JLA: Ultramarine Corps''), which introduced the Sheeda and the Neh-Buh-Loh Man (well, ''re''introduced in the latter's case).

* ProphecyTwist: In Morrison's series, "The spear that was never thrown". [[spoiler: It turns out to refer to Aurakles's descendants. One of them is Alix Harrower[=/=]Bulleteer, who delivers the final blow to Gloriana Tenebrae when she accidentally rams her with a car while struggling with Sally Sonic for control of the vehicle.]]
** There is a prophecy that the Sheeda will be defeated by a group of seven soldiers, so they pragmatically look out for groups of seven and either eliminate them or [[VillainExitStageLeft run away when they can't win]] (as they did when they fought the Justice League). [[spoiler: But no-one said the seven soldiers had to be part of a single group.]]

** At one point in the Grant Morrison series, Frankenstein says that "madmen have said that the meek shall inherit the earth". [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Guess where]] [[Literature/TheBible that saying originally came from?]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It actually happens to quite a few characters at the end of Grant Morrison's series. Klarion's fate is entirely WordOfGod and was [[CanonDiscontinuity likely ignored by later writers]]. Frankenstein was last seen under Klarion's control, which seems entirely ignored in his subsequent appearances (in ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' and ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'', [[CosmicRetcon though the former may be justified]]). The worst offender is Misty Kilgore - she just (metaphorically) vanishes from the story, and has subsequently undergone ChuckCunninghamSyndrome.
* WhipItGood: ''Victory'''s LegacyCharacter The Whip (3). She even has a sexy, impractical costume.

* BigBad: The Sheeda in Morrison's series, led by [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Gloriana Tenebrae]]. [[BiggerBad However, they're not necessarily the Big Bad in each character's individual series]]. In fact, most of the series have their own {{Big Bad}}s.