Freedom Fighters
DC Comics superhero team of six former Quality Comics heroes, first teamed up in 1973.
The Freedom Fighters is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original six characters were the Black Condor, Doll Man, the Human Bomb, the Ray, the Phantom Lady, and Uncle Sam. Although the characters were created by Quality Comics, they were not gathered in a group until they were acquired by DC.
Quick Facts
- Publisher
- DC Comics
- First appearance
- Justice League of America #107–108 (October–December 1973)
- Original members
- Black Condor, Doll Man, Human Bomb, the Ray, Phantom Lady, Uncle Sam
- Own series
- Freedom Fighters #1 (April 1976)
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Background
The team first appeared in a Justice League of America/Justice Society of America team-up, which ran in Justice League of America #107–108 (October–December 1973), written by Len Wein and drawn by Dick Dillin. Their own ongoing series premiered with Freedom Fighters #1 (April 1976), written by Gerry Conway and Martin Pasko, and drawn by Ric Estrada.
Outside comics, the Freedom Fighters appear in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Cry Freedom Fighters!", in the Arrowverse crossover "Crisis on Earth-X" (as Leo Snart, Red Tornado, Winn Schott and the Ray) and in Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths.
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