Salamander



The elemental, Salamander was summoned by Sandor Fane aka the Overlord to inhabit the body of Gotham City fashion designer, Ginger O'Shea. Sandor also created a hooded costume for Ginger to wear. This costume was not conceived well.

Background Information
One night at a dinner party with Mr. Wayne, Ginger, Crystal Marr, Jeannine Gale, Grant Arden, and Sandor Fane and others were talking about Sandor's studies on Paracelsus and his studies of Alchemy. He told them he had discovered a way of summoning the four spirits of the elements.

After dinner, Bruce took off to protect the city and Sandor kidnapped Ginger, Jeannine, Crystal, and Grant to test his theory of inhabiting with the spirits of the elements. Ginger was inhabited by the Salamander, who had control over fire.

Sandor Fane aka the Overlord tells the elementals about the SuperFriends and how they were evil. After hearing this, the elementals decide to put an end to the SuperFriends. The Overlord then gave them costumes to hide their hosts identities, and then stationed each one of them at a location for each member of the SuperFriends to face.

Ginger was stationed in Gotham and her target was Batman. Due to her ill-conceived costume, she was having trouble summoning fire; because it was not compatible with her body. Sh eventually figured out that she could breath fire. Batman became overwhelmed until the Wonder Twin Zan arrived and flooded the street in a wave. This knocked Ginger was knocked out. Batman then removed her mask, and was shocked to see who it was.

Soon all the elementals are subdued by the SuperFriends who eventually decide to help them become heroes. Back a the Hall of Justice, Ginger creates a costume for each one of them that reacts with their powers.

The Overlord broadcasts that he would attack selected locations each residing with the four elements. She then went with Wonder Woman to Paradise Island where it was being bombarded by meteorites. Ginger then jumped out of Wonder Woman Invisible Jet. Once she landed she engulfed large amounts of fire to grow to large enough to catch them. Deciding to fly the meteors back to space changed her mind and instead thru them back into space. Upon completion, the pair returns to the Hall of Justice.

The Elemental Salamander: According to a theory advanced by Paracelsus, the Salamander was the elemental of fire, which has had substantial influence on the role of salamanders in the occult.

Abilities
Inhabited by the elemental Salamander, Ginger has:
 * pyrokinesis - ability to create or to control fire with the mind
 * the ability to fly
 * the ability to transform into pure flame, and in that state she can expand, becoming a giant.

Appearances

 * SuperFriends comic book series:
 * Super Friends #14 (November 1, 1978)
 * Super Friends #15 (December 1, 1978)