History ComicBook / TheTenSeconders

** Hero: Franchise/{{Superman}}. Seen as the leader of the Gods, and comes with all the FlyingBrick super-powers, as well as his association with light/the sun.

** Kane: Franchise/{{Batman}}. Despite his lack of powers, he takes down Gods through well-constructed planning. Oddly, eschews high-tech weaponry for simple tools, such as rifles and C4.
** Lense: Franchise/GreenLantern. His armor has a science-fiction aesthetic, and his powers allow him to create green-colored constructs.
** [[ArachnidAppearanceAndAttire Arachne]]: unsurprisingly, Franchise/SpiderMan. He also possesses a weird sense of humour aimed at his opponents and makes a reference to the "friendly neighbourhood" that the more famous Spidey is so fond of.

* AGodAmI: Double subverted by [[spoiler:The Scientist]], who taunts Malloy that there's no such thing as Gods, but once he's absorbed all of the star energy, he'll be the closest thing to one.

** Lord Mach: [[SuperSpeed Super Speedster]].

** [[ArachnidAppearanceAndAttire Arachne]]: unsurprisingly, {{Spider-Man}}. He also possesses a weird sense of humour aimed at his opponents and makes a reference to the "friendly neighbourhood" that the more famous Spidey is so fond of.

** Damage: {{Hulk}}. Incredibly strong, dumb as a rock, very gullible, and deeply emotional.

* LesCollaborateurs: Many humans have become Followers of the "Gods" in the hopes of gaining more power or possibly become semi-superhuman themselves. [[spoiler:When the SufficientlyAdvancedAliens who created the Gods turn Malloy, a priest whose church was burned down by some of these Followers, into a God, his first act is to incinerate every Follower in the world.]]

* NonIndicativeName: "Hero" is the leader of the Gods, but he's more of a supervillain than a superhero, being a tyrannical maniac who spearheaded the destruction of human civilization and keeps at least one of his fellow Gods in captivity. [[spoiler:

* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: The Scientist left the Gods when he realized their flaws, and seeks to genuinely help humanity, despite being a God himself.

* ShootingSuperman: Kane tries this on Malloy.

* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Most definitely not. He not only turns Jenny into a God, but gives the Ten-Seconders the best chance they've ever had to rid their world of the Gods once and for all.

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:Jennifer is turned into a new God by The Scientist, but appears to die when she absorbs all the energy of an alien starship engine fuelled by artificial stars. It appears that she intervenes to save her friends one last time, having become an immaterial CosmicEntity who then drifts away from Earth.]]

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* NonIndicativeName: "Hero" is the leader of the Gods, but he's more of a supervillain than a superhero, being a tyrannical maniac who spearheaded the destruction of human civilization and keeps at least one of his fellow Gods in captivity.
* NoSuchThingAsSpaceJesus: The Ten-Seconders are shocked to find out that the Gods, despite their super-natural powers and even their ''title'', are simply aliens from another world.
* PhysicalGod: What the Gods convinced people they were. Turns out, they're just aliens.

* NoSuchThingAsSpaceJesus: Then Ten-Seconders are shocked to find out that the Gods, despite their super-natural powers and even their ''title'', are simply aliens from another world.

* YouMonster: After The Scientist saves Jennifer from Mach's attempt to rape her, she calls him a monster before delivering the finishing blow.

** EliteMooks: The Disciples, humans whom the Gods have experimented on. While they have their own powers, they're nothing compared to the actual Gods.

* ANaziByAnyOtherName: with their black suits, and their symbol is very similar to the symbol used by the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaner_Weerstandsbeweging AWB]], a white supremacist and neo-nazi group.
* NietzscheWannabe: Malloy, leader of the Ten-Seconders, throughout much of the series. He was actually training to be a priest before the Gods attacked. By the time the story starts, he's taken up reading ''Thus Spoke Zarathustra'', with his inner-monologue often quoting the book. In the end, after ridding the world of a few Gods, he finally starts to believe again.

* TheResistance: The Ten-Seconders.
** CapeBusters

* TykeBomb: Damage. When he confronts The Scientist, he simply slaps Damage, puts him into time-out, then has him march into the sea on a fool's errand.

** Kane: {{Batman}}. Despite his lack of powers, he takes down Gods through well-constructed planning. Oddly, eschews high-tech weaponry for simple tools, such as rifles and C4.
** Lense: GreenLantern. His armor has a science-fiction aesthetic, and his powers allow him to create green-colored constructs.

** [[ArachnidAppearanceAndAttire Arachne]] is, unsurprisingly, inspired by {{Spider-Man}}. He also possesses a weird sense of humour aimed at his opponents and makes a reference to the "friendly neighbourhood" that the more famous Spidey is so fond of.

** Hero: {{Superman}}. Seen as the leader of the Gods, and comes with all the FlyingBrick super-powers, as well as his association with light/the sun.
** Lord Mach: {{Super Speedster}}s.