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The Fatal Five
The Fatal Five is a supervillain team of the 30th century in the DC Comics universe. They were created by Jim Shooter and first appeared in ''Adventure Comics'' #352 (1967) as enemies of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Fictional team history The Fatal Five first appear in ''The Death of Ferro Lad'' as a band of criminals whom the Legion recruit to help destroy the Sun-Eater threatening Earth. They are offered pardons for their assistance, but reject them and band together, confident that they are powerful enough to try to conquer the worlds they had saved. A later incarnation consisted of the Emerald Empress; the Persuader; Flare, a Rimborian with the power of fire; Caress, who has a deadly acidic touch; and Mentalla, a Legion reject who is secretly working against the Five, trying to secure a spot in the Legion. The first storyline in ''Legionnaires'' (1993) has the SW6 Legion face a Fatal Five comprising Tharok, Mano, the Persuader, a new Emerald Empress, and a monstrous being ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brainiac 5
Brainiac 5 (Querl Dox) is a superhero appearing in comics published by DC Comics. He is from the planet Colu and is a long-standing member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th and 31st centuries. Brainiac 5 has been substantially adapted into other media, primarily in association with the Legion. He is voiced by Adam Wylie in ''Legion of Super Heroes (TV series), Legion of Super Heroes'' (2006) and portrayed by James Marsters and Jesse Rath in ''Smallville'' and the Arrowverse respectively. A gender-swapped alternate universe variant of Brainiac 5 appears in the fifth season of ''Supergirl season 5, Supergirl'', portrayed by Rath's sister Meaghan Rath. Publication history Brainiac 5 first appeared in ''Action Comics'' #276 (May 1961) and was created by Jerry Siegel and Jim Mooney. He was originally written as a descendant of Superman's enemy Brainiac (character), Brainiac. Several years later, when Brainiac was revealed to be a living computer, Brainiac 5 was Retroactive cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teen Titans
The Teen Titans are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, frequently in eponymous monthly series. As the group's name indicates, the members are teenage superheroes, many of whom have acted as sidekicks to DC's premier superheroes in the Justice League. The original team later becomes known as the Titans when the members age out of their teenage years, while the Teen Titans name is continued by subsequent generations of young heroes. First appearing in 1964 in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #54, the team was formed by Wally West, Kid Flash (Wally West), Dick Grayson, Robin (Dick Grayson), and Garth (comics), Aqualad (Garth) before adopting the name Teen Titans in issue 60 with the addition of Donna Troy, Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) to their ranks. Over the decades, DC has cancelled and relaunched ''Teen Titans'' many times, and a variety of characters have been featured heroes in its pages. Significant early additions to the initial quartet of Titans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |