Stone Men of Saturn

The Kornans in their debut issue

Kronans (a.k.a. the Stone Men of Saturn) were the first villains Marvel Comics' Thor fought.
History
The Kronans live in a military dictatorship. They attempt to conquer new worlds and expand their empire. However, they have little success in doing so. They attempted to conqueror 3000 BCE Earth, but was stopped by Gilgamesh and a time-displaced Captain America. They moved to Saturn hence why they are called "Stone Men of Saturn". They attempted to invade Earth again, but was stopped by Donald Blake / Thor (who had just discovered Mjolnir). They fled since they didn't know if all humans were as powerful as Thor or not. After crashing on an asteroid, they entered suspended animation. When they awoke, they attempted to steal the Star-Jammer (a spaceship piloted by Thor), but lost and the asteroid was destroyed. Another Kronan crew was stranded. After repairing their ship (with help of the Kree), the Stone Men were caught in a space warp and were separated. Kronans were among the aliens attempting to get rights for Rick Jones' biography (in the hope of learning about how he used the Destiny Force), but found the book useless. We met a Kronan Starblasters member named "Zardok". Some Kronans helped the New Immortals led a fight against the High Evolutionary. However, Thor and Godpack defeated them. On Sakaar, the Red King used "obedience disks" (which cause pain) to make the Kronans his slaves. He forced them into gladiatorial combat. The Hulk and the Warbound freed them.
Physical Traits
The Stone Men are silicon-based aliens. They are extremely resistant to heat and cold. The Kronans eat rocks and lack other biological needs (such as sunlight, oxygen and water). In Earth-like environments, they can live for centuries and lift roughly 100 tons. Stone Men can enter suspended animation during which they have limited senses about their environment. They can only be killed if shattered or grounded into dust.
References:
http://marvel.com/universe/Kronans

Les Heroes de Paris

Clockwise: Le Vent (top left), Fantome, Docteur Q,
Adamantine, Comte, Bleue, Cowboy and Anaïs

I mentioned Marvel had the Squadron Supreme, a Justice League homage. Les Heroes de Paris (although "Les Héros de Paris" is correct French) is also a Justice League stand-in.
History
The team's origin and history before contacting the Thing is unknown. The Thing (who was went to France due to the events of Civil War) was asked by the team to help them fight the villain I'Empereur du Monde Souterrian and his army of rock men. The Thing, nostalgic for "the good old days", agreed. During the battle, I'Emperur revealed he was villain to impress his ex-girlfriend. After defeating him, they got him back with his girlfriend (since he didn't caused any real damage). Impressed by I'Emperur's devotion, she married him. Later, the Thing and Anaïs looked for a Hydra base. They captured the terrorists and had the French Police take them into custody.
Members

• Docteur Q- He was a weapon designer, but decided to use his abilities and weapons to help peace. He uses a suit of power armor. If he is supposed to be based on a DC character, I have no clue who it is supposed to be. He is similar to Iron Man.
• Adamantine (Superman)- He is the leader of the team. His alter ego is a street vendor. He destroyed the machine I'Empereur was using. He has poorly-defined powers, but seems have super strength, flight and invulnerability. He is also skilled at disguise.
• Anaïs (Catwoman with elements of Wonder Woman)- She is the exiled queen of a Sahara civilzation of cats. She helped the Thing (who she has a crush on) defeat some HYDRA terrorists. She controls cats.
• La Lumière Bleue (Green Lantern)- He has a (Blue) "Light of Truth", which gives the power to fly and "[reveal] all secret".
• Comte de Nuit (Batman)- He is caped crime fighter. His father was murdered by thieves thus inspiring Comte to become a hero.
• Detective Fantôme (Spectre)- He is an undead spirit. He became a superhero to earn his way into Heaven. He has intangibility.
• Le Vent (Flash)- He is "the fastest man in... Europe". He has super speed, but cannot slow down (due to a magic curse).
• Le Cowboy (Vigilante?)- He is a skilled shootist that doesn't speak alot.

References:
http://marvel.wikia.com/Les_Heroes_de_Paris_(Earth-616)
http://www.comicvine.com/les-heroes-de-paris/4060-49480/
http://marvel.wikia.com/Adamantine_(Earth-616)
http://marvel.wikia.com/Comte_de_Nuit_(Earth-616)
http://marvel.wikia.com/Anaïs_(Earth-616)
http://marvel.wikia.com/Detective_Fantôme_(Earth-616)
http://marvel.wikia.com/Docteur_Q_(Earth-616)

DESTROY!!

The cover character is a Red Basher

Destroy!! was a comic book created by Scott McCloud. It is an affectionate parody of superhero while being a mostly plotless 32 page fight scene.
Plot
Red Basher was wrecking Manhattan, but Captain Maximum attempted to calm him and make peace. However, Red Basher just yelled "DESTROY!!" and then attacked him. This led to a nearly 32 pages-long fight scene. Captain Maximum at first attempted to stop him. But as the battle escalated out of control, he lowered his expectations until he convinced Red Basher to just shut up.
Why?
32 pages of the comic is just one almost meaningless fight. Why did Scott McCloud a comic like this? After hearing people saying Super Boxer "nothing but senseless violence from beginning to end", he thought it sounded interesting only to discover it had "distractions" such as characterization and plot.  He decided to make Destory!! to get it right.
Refernces:
http://fraziersbrain.blogspot.com/2010/01/out-of-vault-destroy.html
http://scottmccloud.com/2-print/older/destroy/
http://www.comicvine.com/marvel-graphic-novel-8-super-boxers/4000-117740/

Sonic the Hedgehog (promotional comic)

The cover art

This American comic attempted to give an explanation of the hit game Sonic the Hedgehog.
Plot
After avoiding Doctor Robotnik's robots and death traps (Robotnik being the main villain of the game), Sonic meets up with several rebels. The rebels say they should find Doctor Kintobor to help them. Sonic revealed Kintobor is Robotnik. Sonic tells them the origin of Robotnik.
Sonic was a brown hedgehog that befriended the benevolent Doctor Kintobor. Sonic ran on one of Kintobor's treadmills, but ran too fast. This caused an explosion that (due to "the cobalt effect") turned him blue. Kintobor attempted to use the Chaos Emeralds (which he harnessed by the "Retro Orbital Chaos Compressor") to remove all evil from their world. However, Sonic spilled a soda and egg on the machine turn Kintobor into the evil, egg-shaped Robotnik.
After explaining this, Sonic leaves to fight Robotnik. He reenacts the event of his game. In the end, Robotnik escapes via his hovercraft.
Continuity
As mentioned before, the comic was supposed to explain the plot of Sonic. However, the comic (even at the time) isn't an "official" part of the Sonic mythos. As such, the Japanese explanation is treated as the "true" origin as oppose to this.
References:
http://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(promotional_comic) (which has a summary of the plot and scans of the comic)
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Comicbook/SonicTheHedgehogPromoComic

Overman (Animal Man)

AMERICA!

For every main comic book universe, there is usually tons of alternate universes. One exmaple of an alternate version of character is Overman, an insane version of Superman.
History
This version of Superman lived in a darker and edgier reality. He was his world's first superhero. He had the same powers as Superman. Every other superhero were created from his cells. The Justice League of this world was working for the government. Overman went insane upon discovering he had a STD that was killing him. He went on rampage and killed the other heroes. This reality was among the realities destroyed in Crisis on Infinite Earth. Psycho-Pirate attempted to remake people destroyed in the Crisis. Pirate attempted to not recreate Overman, but he failed. Overman carried around a giant bomb (with "Purification Day" printed on it) and went to the Arkham Asylum. Because he is insane, other remade heroes, such as Bizarro, Ultraman and Streaky, attempted stop him. However, Animal Man managed to stop him by trapped Overman in a shrinking comic book panel thus killing Overman.
References:
http://www.comicvine.com/overman/4005-50606/

Fighting American (Awesome Comics)

Issue 2

I decided to elaborate on a previous post. I mentioned in my "Fighting American" post that Awesome Comics did a revamp of the character. So, lets look at their version of the character.
Biography
John Flagg took place in a government experiment. This made him super fit and slowed his aging. He became the greatest weapon for America in the Cold War: the Fighting American. He had a sidekick, Speedyboy. However, he retired when Speedboy died. Years later, the still young Fighting America left retirement when his old enemies (such as Red Menace and Iron Cross) returned. Fighting American got a new sidekick: the 16-year old cyborg girl Super Prototype Intelligent Cyborg Entity (who is often referred to her acronym S.P.I.C.E.). He met other Awesome Comics characters such as Supreme, Diehard and Thor.
Publication History
Originally, this comic was going to be about Agent America, a Captain America-stand in. However, Rob Liefield (the creator) made him too similar to Captain America and Marvel threatened to sue him. However, he bought the right to the Fighting America (who was already similar to the Cap) and used him instead. Then, he combined Fighting America with elements of Agent America. A judge said Rob could use Fighting American (not Agent America) so long as he changed the costume some more and that Fighting American never threw his shield. Rob seemed to completely ignore the satirical elements of the original character.
References:
http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/f/fightame.htm
http://www.comicvine.com/fighting-american/4005-42876/

Rex the Wonder Dog

Rex fighting a T-Rex

Yes, this is real.
Biography
Rex was a member of the K-9 Army Dog Training Corps. He had many adventurers during World War II and later acquired human communication. His litter mate Pooch was a member of the Losers. Rex became a World War II and Vietnam war vetran and earned himself a Medal of Valor. He was adopted by the Dennis family. With war comics being phased out, he had more general and random adventurers often with Danny Dennis (one of his owners). He had a variety of jobs such as forest rangers and stuntman. Later, he had more fantastical adventures such as going to other dimension. During an adventure with Detective Chimp, he drank a fountain of youth. This gave him vigor and youth. He went to the moon with Danny. Rex helped Chimp during Day of Vegeance. Later, his power to talk with humans became less effective. He helped stop a take over of Gorilla City.
Powers and Abilities
He has the ability to talk to humans. He is a skilled leader. The fountain of youth gave him eternal life. Due to being injected with a special serum, he has superdog speed, strength, stamina and intelligence.
References:
http://www.comicvine.com/rex-the-wonder-dog/4005-27441/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_the_Wonder_Dog