Conjectural Information
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Justice League of America, Vol. 1 #107 (Oct, 1973)
Freedom Fighters, Vol. 1 #1 (April, 1976)
In the parallel universe of Earth-X there was a small group of heroes called the Freedom Fighters.[1] On this ‘other’ earth, the Nazis eventually conquered America killing most of earth’s heroes. The remaining Freedom Fighters (Black Condor, Doll Man, Human Bomb, Phantom Lady, the Ray, and Uncle Sam) went underground. While in hiding, they come across an unusual sight: costumed super-heroes fighting the Nazi army. These heroes were members of the Justice League of Earth-One (Batman, Elongated Man, Green Arrow, and Red Tornado) and the Justice Society of Earth-Two (Dr. Fate, Superman, and Sandman). Together, they defeat the evil Nazi’s and save the planet from tyranny. Soon after the heroes from Earth-One and Earth-Two leave for home, confidant that the Freedom Fighters will continue to protect their world from evil.
Decades later, the Freedom Fighters (kept young by the mystical presence of Uncle Sam), moved to Earth-One for a time and had several adventures there, both with the Freedom fighters and on their own, before returning to Earth-X following a final battle with the Silver Ghost and the apparent death of Firebrand.
A Few Members of the Team
Team Leader: Uncle Sam
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Black Condor
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Doll Man
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Human Bomb
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Phantom Lady
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The Ray
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Appearances
- Mentioned in Super Friends (comic book), Issue #3 (February 1, 1977).
References
- ↑ The earliest (or original) version of the Freedom Fighters was assembled on December 7, 1941 and existed on Earth-Two. This version of the group was retconed and their deaths were depicted in the pages of Roy Thomas' two comic books chronicling that era: 'All-Star Squadron' (starting with a special insert in Justice League of America, Vol. 1 #193, August 1981) and the 'Young All-Stars' (debuting in Young All-Stars Vol. 1 #1, June 1987). The DC Comics version of this team existed on Earth-X. This version had their own book for fifteen issues from 1976 to 1978 in which they crossed over to Earth-One. For more on Earth-X go to the DC Database.
- ↑ Uncle Sam was created by Will Eisner for Quality Comics. He first appeared in National Comics, Vol. 1 #1 in July, 1940 which was published by 'Quality Comics' during the Golden Age of Comic Books. He was later acquired by 'DC Comics' along with other Quality creations in 1956. He was later introduced by DC Comics in Freedom Fighters, Vol. 1 #1 (April 1976), written by Gerry Conway and Martin Pasko, and drawn by Ric Estrada.
- ↑ For more on Uncle Sam, see: Uncle Sam (New Earth) at the DC Database and Uncle Sam at Wikipedia.
- ↑ Black Condor was introduced in Crack Comics, Vol. 1 #1 published in May 1940, by 'Quality Comics'. Black Condor was one of many heroes created for Quality Comics by Eisner and Iger Studios. In 1956, DC Comics obtained the rights to the Quality Comics characters, and re-introduced them 17 years later as the Freedom Fighters in Justice League of America, Vol. 1 #107 (October 1973).
- ↑ Go to Darrel Dane (Earth-Two) at the DC Database for more on this character.
- ↑ After 'Quality Comics' went out of business in 1956, DC Comics acquired the rights to the Human Bomb as well as the other Quality Comics properties. The Human Bomb remained unpublished until he and several other former Quality properties were re-launched in Justice League of America, Vol. 1 #107 (October, 1973) as the Freedom Fighters. As was done with many other characters DC had acquired from other publishers or that were holdovers from Golden Age titles, the Freedom Fighters were located on a parallel world, in this case called ‘Earth-X’ on which Nazi Germany won World War II.
- ↑ The Phantom Lady first appeared in Police Comics, Vol. 1 #1 (Aug, 1941), an anthology title the first issue of which also included the debut of characters such as Plastic Man and the Human Bomb. In 1956, DC Comics obtained the rights to the Quality Comics characters and reintroduced her 17 years later with a group of other former Quality heroes as the Freedom Fighters in Justice League of America, Vol. 1 #107 (Oct. 1973).