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Uncle Sam Debuting in National Comics #1, Uncle Sam was the comic's lead feature until #45, his last golden age appearance. Sam even had his own comic, Uncle Sam Quarterly, which lasted for eight issues from 1941-1943. Issue #2 of Uncle Sam Quarterly is notable because it is one of the few times Quality heroes teamed up during the golden age. Drawn by Lou Fine, the story guest stars Black Condor, Neon the Unknown, Quicksilver, the Ray, Red Bee, and the Spider. This team was never given a name, but perhaps it had some influence on DC's decision in 1974 to retroactively create the Freedom Fighters.

Uncle Sam himself is dressed exactly like one would think - in all red, white, and blue. The red and white striped pants, red bow tie, blue suit coat, and star spangled top hat make this white haired character look like he just stepped out of a recruitment poster or political cartoon. Legend has it that it 1777, an American patriot known only as Samuel volunteered to distract British troops who were converging on a wagon supply train. The wagons were carrying supplies needed by George Washington's troops in Valley Forge. Samuel succeeded in decoying the British away from the supply wagons, but he was killed in the process. Sam's spirit rose from his body and merged with the spirits of freedom and liberty to become Uncle Sam. Since then, Uncle Sam has aided the USA in all her times of need.

In 1940, Uncle Sam merged with another man named Samuel, who was fighting against the Nazi backed Black Legion. The modern day Uncle Sam was born, and hew continued to fight crime along with his kid sidekick Buddy. Uncle Sam possesses super strength and a good degree of invulnerability. He can travel to other dimensions by opening red, white , and blue vortexes. Uncle Sam also does not age, and his presence is theorized to have kept the Freedom Fighters young over the many decades since World War II.

Uncle Sam is the leader of the Freedom Fighters, and he feels some guilt about causing the deaths of three members of his first Freedom Fighters team - Red Torpedo, Neon, and Magno. Sam's second group of Freedom Fighters composed of Black Condor, Doll Man, Human Bomb, Phantom Lady, and the Ray, have fared much better, but the team did lose the Red Bee when he was killed by Baron Blitzkrieg. Even when not leading the Freedom Fighters, Uncle Sam fights alongside ordinary Americans everywhere. From the battlefields of World War II to the jungle swamps of Vietnam to the Middle Eastern desert, Uncle Sam has been there. It should be noted that part of Uncle Sam's essence was absorbed into the hero known as Patriot as seen in The Spectre.

Black Condor I As an infant, young Richard (Dick) Grey Jr. is the only survivor of an ambush in Mongolia. Grey's archeologist parents are among those killed. Found by a group of wild Black Condors, Grey is raised by the birds. Eventually he learns to fly - the golden age version of his origin has him learn by watching his condor "brothers," and the modern day version adds in a glowing meteor for good measure. Anyway, he somehow learns to fly, and adopts the role of the Black Condor after his friend Father Pierre is killed. Returning to America, Grey discovers that he looks exactly like recently murdered US Senator Thomas Wright. Grey adopts the deceased senator's identity and life - including the senator's girlfriend Wendy Foster.

Black Condors' golden age appearances last from Crack Comics #1 to #31. His adventure are drawn mostly by Lou Fine. Black Condor is a member of the Freedom Fighters. Aside from the power to fly, he also possesses limited mental powers (first seen in DC's Freedom Fighters series) and carries a "black ray gun" that is capable of smashing a wall or stunning an adversary. Black Condor is no relation to Black Condor II, but he did act as a quasi guardian angel for the younger super hero who bears his name. The original Condor would keep tabs on the progress of his namesake, and influence his development, through New Jersey park ranger Ned Smith. The original Black Condor appears as a blue colored ghost and has supposedly moved on to a "higher level of existence."

Doll Man Scientist Darrell Dane develops a liquid that allows its drinker to shrink to teeny tiny size. Darrell uses his newfound power to save Martha Roberts, his girlfriend, from thugs. No longer needing the liquid to shrink or return to normal size (Darrell can change sizes at will), he dubs himself Doll Man. It should be noted that Doll Man's shrinking power is not the same as the Atom's. Doll Man can only shrink to a size of about six inches, and he cannot become any smaller.

Wearing blue shorts, a sleeveless blue shirt, a red cape, and blue boots, Doll Man becomes one of Quality's more popular heroes. Doll Man debuts in Feature Comics #27 in 1939 and lasts as the main feature until the book's cancellation in 1950 with issue #139. Doll Man also had 47 issues of his own, which ran quarterly from 1941-1943 and 1946-1953. His adventures were drawn by legendary artists such as Will Eisner, Lou Fine, and Fred Guardineer. Doll Man's girlfriend Martha Roberts eventually becomes Doll Girl, and Doll Man is also assisted by his dog Elmo. In the DCU, Doll Man is a long time member of the Freedom Fighters, and his current whereabouts and status are unknown.

Firebrand I Rod Reilly is the son of millionaire steel tycoon "Emerald" Ed Reilly. As is typical of many other similarly wealthy golden age characters, Rod decides to become a mystery man because he is bored. His best friend/servant happens to be Slugger Dunn, an ex-heavyweight boxing champ. Dunn trains Reilly to be a skilled fighter, and the two men leave New York, seeking adventure. Wearing an all red outfit and mask (his shirt is sometimes a transparent pink color), Firebrand has thirteen adventures, spanning Police Comics #1-13. Firebrand's calling card is a flaming, Olympic style torch.

Picking up where his golden age adventures left off in All Star Squadron, Reilly is revealed to have joined the Navy, and he and Slugger Dunn are stationed in Pearl Harbor. Rod is injured during the Japanese attack, and after his sister Danette gains superpowers, Rod tells her of his costumed identity. Danette Reilly becomes Firebrand II. Rod eventually recovers from his wounds and joins the Freedom Fighters, but exactly when he joins is unclear. He is not pictured in any of the post crisis World War II photographs of the Freedom Fighters, which implies that Firebrand's pre-crisis history remains largely unchanged. Pre crisis, Firebrand becomes a US secret agent working undercover within the Nazi army (similar to the Americommando and the Marksman), and some of his fellow heroes incorrectly believed him to be a traitor. He eventually joins the Freedom Fighters in the late 1970's as seen in Freedom Fighters #12. In Freedom Fighters #16 and 17, which was published as part of canceled Comics Cavalcade #2 (the FFers series was canceled with issue #15), Firebrand dies while battling the Silver Ghost. The Silver Ghost's powers overload, and both hero and villain are transformed into solid silver. Knowing no way to reverse the process, both are declared dead. It is not known exactly how, but as seen in Crisis on Infinite Earths, Firebrand's condition is eventually reversed. His current whereabouts are unknown.
The Human Bomb Roy Lincoln is a chemist who is assisting his father develop a super explosive called QRX-27. Wanting to steal the explosive, foreign agents break into the Lincolns' lab and kill Roy's father. Not wanting the bad guys to steal the QRX-27, Roy swallows it! Roy begins to fight the foreign agents, and he soon notices that his hands are starting to glow. It turns out that the QRX-27 concentrates its explosive powers in Roy's hands, and by touching anything, Roy can cause it to explode. Roy easily fights off his father's killers, and he designs gloves made out of fibro-wax that will contain his power. Originally, the gloves were made of asbestos, but that was changed to fibro-wax later on when the health risks of asbestos became known. Roy adds a full body white suit and helmet to his costume and dubs himself the Human Bomb.

By removing his gloves and putting his hand on an object, Roy can make it explode. In addition, Roy is immune to his own explosions and impacts caused by small size projectiles such as bullets. Debuting in Police Comics #1, the Human Bomb picks up four sidekicks. First is Hustace Throckmorton, who has explosive powers in his feet, and second is a trio of young boys who call themselves the Bombardiers. By the time his adventures come to an end in Police Comics #58, Roy has inexplicably turned in his fibro-wax costume and replaced it with a standard green business suit, green fedora, and leather gloves. The reason for this change, and an explanation for why his powers didn't cause the leather gloves to blow up, has never been given.

The Human Bomb makes his first DC appearance in Justice League of America #107, the story which introduces the traditional Freedom Fighters team. Roy's entire body, not just his hands, becomes explosive in Freedom Fighters #1 due to his moving from Earth X to Earth 1. Doll Man later developed a dampening system which allowed Roy to turn his powers on and off. In the present day DCU, Roy Lincoln is retired and living on a houseboat in Florida with fellow golden-ager Iron Munro.
The Phantom Lady I Sandra Knight is the daughter of US Senator Henry Knight. In her origin story at Quality, while she is waiting for her father on the steps of the US Capitol building, two kidnappers attack her father. Sandra fends them off with a newspaper (really!), and disappears into the shadows before her father realized who saved him. The story is similar at DC, but she uses her fists instead of a newspaper. Anyway, Sandra liked her brief outing as a mystery-woman, and one day she discovers a black light ray emitter developed by a man named Professor Davis. The blackout ray projects darkness, and when she turns the ray on herself, Sandra becomes invisible. Calling herself Phantom Lady, she fights crime wearing a revealing yellow bathing suit, a green cape, and green goggles.

Phantom Lady's golden age adventures last from Police Comics #1-23 and also include three adventures in Feature Comics (issues #69-71). Phantom Lady was one of the founding members of the second Freedom Fighters team, and she is also the cousin of Starman Ted Knight. As revealed in the series Damage, in the 1960's Phantom Lady is recruited for the spy agency Argent, a branch of the O.S.S. Phantom Lady is teamed with Iron Munro, and the two partake in several missions to stop the schemes of Baron Blitzkrieg, who is now working for the Soviets. Phantom Lady and Munro become lovers and eventually have a child that is kidnapped by Blitzkrieg. Her marriage to Munro doesn't last, and she leaves him. Munro is left to believe that Sandra was killed in action.

Currently, Phantom Lady is a teacher and headmistress at the University Notre Dame des hombres (Our Lady of the Shadows), a spy training school. Dee Tyler, one of Knight's students at the university, debuted as Phantom Lady II in Action Comics #636 in 1988.

The Ray I Debuting in Smash Comics #14 in 1942, reporter Happy Terrill is assigned to cover the launch of a high altitude hot air balloon. Happy goes along for a ride in the balloon, and an electrical storm develops as the balloon enters the upper stratosphere. The inventor of the balloon, Dr. Styne, realizes that the balloon's outer air lock is not sealed properly, which could lead to disaster. Happy volunteers to leave the safety of the balloon's cabin and venture outside to seal the airlock. While doing so, Happy is struck by an intense burst of electrical energy and radiation. The accident endows him with the power to absorb and fire blasts of light, heat, and various forms of energy. The Ray can also fly and actually become light, but the intensity of his powers depends on the amount of light present. If the Ray is in a dark room, his powers will still work, but once his stored reserves of energy are depleted, he will be powerless.

The Ray wears a full body length, entirely yellow costume. His golden age adventures ended in Smash Comics #40. The Ray made his DC debut in Justice League of America #107 in 1974, and he has been an important member of the Freedom Fighters ever since. In 1992's Ray: In A Blaze of Power, Happy Terrill fakes his death, and his son Raymond Terrill, having inherited his father's powers, becomes Ray II. Raymond eventually learns that his father is still alive, and as depicted in the thirty one issue Ray series in the mid 90's, their father-son relationship is very dysfunctional.

Background:

Freedom Fighters Timeline

1777

National Comics #1 and Secret Origins #19 - Somewhere near Valley Forge, the British are converging on wagon train carrying supplies to the American army. A man named Samuel volunteers to distract the British, and send them on a "wild goose chase," long enough for the wagons to escape. Samuel is shot dead, but his spirit merges with the spirit of America and Uncle Sam is born.

1812

Secret Origins #19 - Uncle Sam joins the war effort as the United States battles Britain once more.

1838

Flash Secret Files #1 - A fort messenger named Max is given the power of super speed and begins operating in the American West as Windrunner.

1844

Flash Secret Files #1 - Max skims the Speed Force and is propelled into the future.

1861

Secret Origins #19 - Uncle Sam stands by in sorrowful silence as Americans fight Americans in the Civil War.

1865

Secret Origins #19 - Uncle Sam smiles for the first time in four years as the Civil War comes to an end.

1891

Flash Secret Files #1 - Max reappears and adopts a new super hero name - Whip Whirlwind.

1898

Secret Origins #19 - Uncle Sam charges up San Juan Hill alongside Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders in the most famous battle of the Spanish-American War.

1902

Flash Secret Files #1 - Once again, Max skims the Speed Force and is propelled into the future.

1918

Secret Origins #19 - In the trenches of France, the doughboys of World War I are helped by Uncle Sam.

1937

Flash Secret Files #1 - Max reappears and secretly begins operating as Quicksilver.

1939

August - Smash Comics #1 - First recorded golden age appearance of Invisible Hood.

December - Feature Comics #27 - First recorded golden age appearance of Doll Man

1940

May - Crack Comics #1 - three debuts

First recorded golden age appearances of Black Condor, Red Torpedo, and the Spider

July - Hit Comics #1 - Two debuts

First recorded golden age appearances of Neon the Unknown and the Red Bee

July - National Comics #1 - First recorded golden age appearance of Uncle Sam

August - Smash Comics #13 - First recorded golden age appearance of Magno

September - Smash Comics #14 - First recorded golden age appearance of the Ray

November - National Comics #5 - First recorded golden age appearance of Quicksilver. This is Max's first publicly recorded adventure as Quicksilver.

1941

January - Smash Comics #18 - First recorded golden age appearance of Midnight

March - Crack Comics #11 - Black Condor assumes the identity of recently murdered US Senator Tom Wright.

April - Smash Comics #21 - Last recorded golden age appearance of Magno

May - Smash Comics #22 - First recorded golden age appearance of the Jester

August - Police Comics #1 - Three debuts

First recorded golden age appearances of Firebrand I (Rod Reilly), the Human Bomb, and Phantom Lady

August - Military Comics #1 - First recorded golden age appearance of Miss America

November - Hit Comics #17 - Last recorded golden age appearance of Neon the Unknown

November - Secret Origins #22 - First case of Manhunter (Dan Richards)

December - Crack Comics #20 - Last recorded golden age appearance of Red Torpedo.

December 6, evening - All Star Squadron #32 - Midnight and Doll Man arrive too late to join the original Freedom Fighters on their trip to Pearl Harbor. They step into what is left of Uncle Sam's vortex and find themselves transported to Nazi occupied Paris. The two become resistance fighters for the next two months.

December 7, dawn - All Star Squadron #32, Secret Origins #26 - Original Freedom Fighters (Uncle Sam, Hourman, Miss America, Neon, Magno, Red Torpedo, and the Invisible Hood) try to prevent Japanese from attacking Pearl Harbor. They fail, and all are presumed dead.

However, Miss America and Uncle Sam are found alive by an American ship, and Hourman is found alive and captured by the Japanese. Later, in early issues of Starman, the Invisible Hood is also revealed to have survived.

December 7 - Rod Reilly (Firebrand) wounded at Pearl Harbor.

1942

February - Smash Comics #32 - Last recorded golden age appearance of Invisible Hood.

February - Military Comics #7 - Last recorded golden age appearance of Miss America.

February 22, evening - All Star Squadron #32 - Cornered by Baron Blitzkrieg in Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral, Midnight sees one of Uncle Sam's vortexes appear. Grabbing the injured Doll Man, Midnight jumps into the vortex and is transported to New York City. Some of the Nazi soldiers follow him.

February 23, early morning - All Star Squadron #31-32 - Uncle Sam interrupts an All Star Squadron meeting to ask for help to stop a Japanese invasion of Santa Barbara, California. Also, an injured Midnight manages to avoid the Nazi troops, and he brings an unconscious Doll Man to the Perisphere.

February 23, mid day - All Star Squadron #33-35 - The Freedom Fighters (composed of Uncle Sam, Doll Man, Phantom Lady, Ray, Human Bomb, Black Condor, and the Red Bee) arrive in Santa Barbara to fight the Japanese invasion. Midnight is left behind in New York because of the gunshot wound in his shoulder. The FFers fight the Japanese, Hourman turns up alive, and all except the Red Bee are eventually captured by Baron Blitzkrieg.

February 23, evening - All Star Squadron #35 - Blitzkrieg threatens to kill the FFers one by one if Hourman refuses to give him the Miraclo formula. The Red Bee shows up just as Blitzkrieg is about to kill Phantom Lady. The Red Bee is killed in the ensuing fight, but his sacrifice allows the others enough time to escape and defeat Blitzkrieg. Uncle Sam, Ray, and Black Condor stay in Santa Barbara to help with the clean up efforts, and the rest of the FFers return to New York.

March - Police Comics #8 - First recorded golden age appearance of Manhunter (Dan Richards)

Late March - All Star Squadron #44 - Firebrand's father "Emerald" Ed Reilly is killed by the Nazi agents Night and Fog.

April 1 - All Star Squadron #50 - Rod Reilly is released from the hospital. Uncle Sam, Black Condor, and the Ray return and invite Phantom Lady, Human Bomb, Doll Man, Midnight, Jester, Manhunter, and the Spider to join them in forming an ongoing Freedom Fighters team. Rod Reilly (Firebrand) is left behind. Sometime here after Firebrand travels to Germany and apparently defects to the Axis cause, but in actuality he is working to sabotage Nazi plans (a la the Americommando).

April - Young All Stars #2 - Freedom Fighters move to Washington DC. Team picture shows Uncle Sam, Phantom Lady, Black Condor, Human Bomb, Doll Man, Ray, Midnight, Quicksilver, Manhunter, Spider, and the Jester as being members.

May - Young All Stars # 8 - Manhunter teams up with Dan the Dynamite, Tsunami, Flying Fox, and Hop Harrigan to fight a ring controlled, deranged Green Lantern who is terrorizing residents of the Aleutian Islands. The team gets beat soundly.

Mid May - Young All Stars #14 - A fire at Project M causes Miss America to awaken from the coma she's been in since Pearl Harbor.

Late May - Young All Stars Annual #1 - Miss America formally joins both the All Star Squadron and the JSA. She becomes the secretary of the JSA, and is no longer part of the Freedom Fighters.

June - Hit Comics #24 - Last recorded golden age appearance of Red Bee

June - Young All Stars # 27 - In another team picture of the Freedom Fighters, the Spider and the Jester are not pictured as members. What happened? Did they quit two months after joining?

August - Police Comics #13 - Last recorded golden age appearance of Firebrand

October - Smash Comics #40 - Last recorded golden age appearance of the Ray

October - Crack Comics #30 - Last recorded golden age appearance of the Spider

1943

August - Feature Comics #71 - Last recorded golden age appearance of Phantom Lady

October - Crack Comics #31 - Last recorded golden age appearance of Black Condor

November - Starman #44 - Phantom Lady captures the Prairie Witch, and she uses the reward money to buy war bonds. In talking about the FFers, she only mentions Uncle Sam, Ray, Black Condor, Doll Man, and the Human Bomb as being members. The cover to this issue says events took place in "1944" but the interior says "1943."

1944

December - National Comics #45 - Last recorded golden age appearance of Uncle Sam.

1946

May - Police Comics #58 - Last recorded golden age appearance of the Human Bomb

1948

All Star Comics #39, as retold in Infinity Inc. # 50 - Miss America fights alongside the JSA in a story entitled "Invasion from Fairyland." One of the only JSA stories in which Miss America appears as a team member.

Flash Secret Files - Quicksilver leaps forward in time to 1957 where he begins operating as Blue Streak. Presumably, once his Quicksilver identity is abandoned he no longer affiliates himself with the FFers.

1949

September - National Comics #73 - Last recorded golden age appearance of Quicksilver.

October - Smash Comics #85 - two finales:

Last recorded golden age appearances of the Jester and Midnight.

1950

Mid year - Ray: In a Blaze of Power #5 - the Ray quits the Freedom Fighters. "Ray Quits: Freedom Fighters Vow to Carry On" reads the newspaper headlines. Only the six traditional FFers are pictured.

August - Police Comics #101 - Last recorded golden age appearance of Manhunter (Dan Richards).

1951

Zero Hour #0 - Justice Society disbands. Freedom Fighters most likely disband as well.

1952

Starman #46 - The Jester and Starman Ted Knight defeat the Icicle, Gambler, and Fiddler. The Jester retires as a mystery man shortly thereafter. The cover to this issue says events within took place in "1954" but the interior says "1952."

1953

October - Doll Man #47 - Last recorded golden age appearance of Doll Man

Mid 1950's

Shade miniseries #1-4 - The Spider is revealed to have become a villain, and he is killed in Keystone City by the Shade.

Early 1960's

Damage #11 - Phantom Lady is recruited for the spy agency Argent, a branch of the O.S.S. Phantom Lady is teamed with Iron Munro, and the two partake in several missions to stop the schemes of Baron Blitzkrieg, who is now working for the Soviets. Phantom Lady and Munro become lovers.

1964

Damage #8 and #11 - Phantom Lady and Munro wed in Monaco. Their marriage was a spur of the moment fling, and the two heroes quarrel constantly. On a mission a month later, Phantom Lady is captured by Baron Blitzkrieg and is declared missing in action. Iron Munro, believes her to be dead. Phantom Lady is held captive for months, during which time the Baron learns that Phantom Lady is pregnant with Munro's child. Once the child is born, the Baron steals it, and leaves Phantom Lady to die. She escapes and returns to the USA, but doesn't tell Munro.

1974

June - July - Justice League of America #107-108 - the FFers team up with the JLA and JSA to free Earth-X from Nazi control. This story no longer exists post crisis.

1975

The Invisible Hood is killed by the Mist and the Icicle. Revealed by the Mist in a flashback in Starman.

1976

April - Freedom Fighters #1 - FFers reform. Only Uncle Sam, Black Condor, Doll Man, Human Bomb, Phantom Lady, and the Ray are members. First appearance of the Silver Ghost, Raphael Van Zandt, the FFers recurrent enemy in the 70's. The Freedom Fighters are bored on Earth-X (having stopped the Nazi menace), and decide to migrate to Earth 1. They are teleported over to Earth 1 by a scientist friend, and some members begin to manifest powers they haven't had before. Phantom Lady is able to become intangible, and the Human Bomb's entire body becomes explosive (not just his hands). The teleportation device

1977

April and June - Freedom Fighters #7-8 - Black Condor loses control of his newly discovered mental powers. Doll Man develops a "damper system" that allows the Human Bomb to turn his power on or off.

August - Freedom Fighters #9 - Doll Man is framed for New York District Attorney David Pearson's murder. He is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death.

October - Freedom Fighters #10 - Uncle Sam, Phantom Lady, and the Human Bomb fight Catman. Ray fights the Silver Ghost and loses.

December - Freedom Fighters #11 - First silver age appearance of Rod Reilly.

1978

February - Freedom Fighters #12 - Doll Man is cleared of the murder charge by Martha (Doll Girl) Roberts seconds before he is scheduled to die. Firebrand joins the Freedom Fighters.

Late in the year - Freedom Fighters #15, #16, and #17 (16 and 17 were both published as part of canceled Comics Cavalcade #2), and JLA #164-166 - The Silver Ghost hires the SSOSV to kill the Freedom Fighters. While fighting Firebrand, the Silver Ghost's powers overload, and both hero and villain are transformed into solid silver. Knowing no way to reverse the process, Firebrand and the Silver Ghost are declared dead.

1983

October - DC Comics Presents # 62 - Uncle Sam, Ray, Black Condor, Doll Man, and the Human Bomb team up to rescue the Constitution and Declaration of Independence after both documents are stolen by neo-Nazis.

1984

Zero Hour #0 Timeline, JLA Year 1 #11-12 - Justice League of America forms. Freedom Fighters are captured by invading Apellaxians, but eventually help fight to regain the planet.

1985,1986

Crisis on Infinite Earths series - the Ray joins other heroes in invading the anti matter universe, Uncle Sam gives a speech to all the assembled heroes and villains prior to taking on the Anti-Monitor, and both Firebrand and the Silver Ghost are seen alive and well. Apparently, their condition was somehow undone, though exactly how is not known.

1988

January and February - Infinity Inc. #46 + #47, Secret Origins #22 - Dan Richards (Manhunter) sponsors his granddaughter Marcie Cooper for admission into Infinity Inc. She becomes Harlequin II, and later betrays the team.

Mid year - Action Comics #636 - Sandra Knight, the original Phantom Lady, is shown to be teaching at a university that trains spies and operatives for the O.S.S. Dee Tyler, one of Professor Knight's students at the university, debuts as Phantom Lady II.

March and April - Infinity Inc. #48-49 - Joan Dale (Miss America) revealed to have married Admiral Derek Trevor many years ago.

1991

Hawk and Dove #28 - Uncle Sam makes a cameo appearance.

1992

Ray: In a Blaze of Power #1 - Happy Terrill, the original Ray, fakes his death. Raymond Terrill (Ray II) makes his debut.

June - Black Condor #1 - Black Condor II makes his debut. He is no relation to the first.

1993

Black Condor #4 and 10 - the original Black Condor appears as some sort of blue hologram that only certain people can see. He is apparently working for some organization that wants to monitor Black Condor II's progress, but this situation was never fully explained before the series was canceled.

1994

August - Damage #3 - Roy Lincoln (Human Bomb) revealed to be living on a houseboat in Florida with Arn "Iron" Munro. It is suggested that either his powers have faded or that he is using the dampening system to control them. Iron Munro is also revealed to have married Sandra (Phantom Lady) Knight in the early 60's.

October - Ray #0 - The original Ray tangles with the Martian Manhunter.

December - Damage #8-11 - Iron Munro begins his quest to find Phantom Lady. Munro believes that Baron Blitzkrieg has either killed her or been holding her captive all these years. In reality, Phantom Lady escaped from the Baron and allowed Munro to believe she had died. Accompanied by Roy Lincoln (the Human Bomb) to Washington D.C., Munro tracks down Phantom Lady to the University Notre Dame des ombres (Our Lady of the Shadows). He talks to Phantom Lady II, but cannot gather up the courage to talk to his former wife. Munro leaves brokenhearted

1995

Uncle Sam becomes a part of/is absorbed into the new character Patriot. Seen in the Spectre series.

1997

Starman #37 - The Red Bee's ghost talks to Starman Jack Knight.

Authors' Note:

    Although some members are the same, the original Freedom Fighters are not the same team as the second team. The original FFers were the team that tried to prevent Pearl Harbor from being attacked and failed. Their membership included Hourman, the Invisible Hood, Magno, Miss America, Neon the Unknown, the Red Torpedo, and Uncle Sam.

    The exact membership of the second Freedom Fighters team is hard to pin down. The group's core six members are Black Condor, Doll Man, the Human Bomb, Phantom Lady, the Ray, and Uncle Sam. Throughout the years seven other heroes - Firebrand, the Jester, Manhunter (Dan Richards), Midnight, Quicksilver, the Red Bee, and the Spider - have either participated in some of the FFers adventures or have been included in team pictures.

    However, it should be mentioned that theoretically all former heroes published by Quality are potential members of the group. These other two dozen or so characters have been called the Freedom Fighters Reserve Members by some sources and they include:

#711, Blue Tracer, Bozo the Robot (Hugh Hazzard), Captain Triumph, the Clock, Cyclone, the Dragon, the Ghost of Flanders , the Great Defender (Stormy Foster), Hercules, Kid Eternity, Just 'N' Right, Marksman, Merlin, the Mouthpiece, Madam Fatal, the Raven, Spider Widow, the Sword (Chic Carter), Tor, the Unknown (a different character than Neon the Unknown), USA, Wildfire, Wonder Boy, and Yankee Eagle.

 

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