A "Force" Unreckoned With

I won't be a bit surprised if you don't recognize the super-folks depicted above.  Unless you were reading just the right book at just the right time, you may never have laid eyes on the team that was once being set up to serve as the Guardians of the Galaxy's nemeses.

Though I liked them from the moment I came across them, the supervillains collectively known by the rather uninspiring name "Force" are now largely forgotten.  Comicvine has a bare bones entry on them that really doesn't do much beyond telling you they appeared 11 times. They don't even merit a mention on Wikipedia's entry for Marvel Comics Supervillain Teams

In part, this neglect may have as much to do with who they fought as with who Force was.  Today, the Guardians of the Galaxy are one of the hottest Marvel properties around.  Everybody recognizes Star Lord, Gamora, Drax, Groot, and Rocket Racoon.

Now seriously, in what sane universe do the Guardians get
ignored, while Brute Force gets an entry?!

In the early 90s, though, the team looked considerably different. In fact, none of the current MCU members were part of the team at that time. Back in the day, the Guardians were much-less popular. It's pretty difficult to find stuff on the old crew-heck, even my reliable standby SuperMegaMonkey has nothing synopsizing the Guardians of the Galaxy for 1990 (though the site DOES have an entry for Brute Force?!).

But I digress...  Back to my original topic:  the under-utilized supervillain team Force. Created by Jim Valentino and appearing first in Guardians of the Galaxy #3 (AUG 1990), the seven-member team consisteof:  Interface (the leader), Tachyon, Eighty-Five, Broadside, Brahl, Scanner, and Photon.

What's that?  You want to know more?  You feel cheated?  Well tell ya what, dear reader.  Be back next week when we look at the first two appearances of Force as well as digging into the their enigmatic leader Interface.  See you in seven!