Forgotten Heroes
Forgotten Heroes | |
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![]() The Forgotten Heroes fromAction Comics#553, artistGil Kane. | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | Action Comics#545 (July 1983) |
Created by | Marv Wolfman(writer) Gil Kane(artist) |
In-story information | |
Member(s) | Animal Man Ballistic Cave Carson Fetish The Ray Resurrection Man Vigilante (Pat Trayce) |
TheForgotten Heroesare a fictionalsuperheroteam in theDC Comicsuniverse. The group is composed of originally unrelated superheroes introduced in DC publications in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Having faded from appearances in DC publications,Marv WolfmanandGil Kanebrought them together inAction Comics#545 (July 1983) as a team that had simply faded from the limelight of their world.
Fictional team history
[edit]Pre-Crisis
[edit]In their original adventures prior to theCrisis on Infinite Earths,the Forgotten Heroes are all superheroes who, at one point in their career, had discovered a mysterious golden pyramid. When they attempt to report the discovery, they find themselves censored by the US Government.[1]The members of the team are brought together byImmortal Man,who reveals to them that the pyramids are the work of his eons-old foe,Vandal Savage.With the aid ofSuperman,the Forgotten Heroes destroy the golden pyramids and save the Earth.
InCrisis on Infinite Earths#10, Animal Man, Dolphin and Rip Hunter again team up, along withAdam Strange,Captain Cometandthe Atomic Knight.This assemblage has been referred to as "the Forgotten Heroes" in retrospect,[2]but was never called that in theCrisisseries itself.
The original Forgotten Heroes were opposed by a team of evil counterparts known as the Forgotten Villains. Members of the Forgotten Villains include Atom-Master,Enchantress,Faceless Hunter,Kraklow, Mr. Poseidon, Ultivac, and Yggardis the Living Planet.[3][4]
Post-Crisis
[edit]A new version of the Forgotten Heroes is formed inResurrection Man#24 (March 1999), when some of the original members mistakeMitch Shelleyfor areincarnatedImmortal Man.
Membership
[edit]Original team
[edit]- Animal Man(Bernhard "Buddy" Baker)
- Calvin "Cave" Carson
- Congo Bill/Congorilla(William Glenmorgan)
- Dolphin
- Dane Dorrance
- Rick Flag, Jr.
- Rip Hunter
- Immortal Man(Klarn)
Later team
[edit]- Animal Man
- Ballistic(Kelvin Mao)
- Cave Carson
- Fetish (Thula)
- The Ray(Ray Terrill)
- Resurrection Man(Mitch Shelley)
- Vigilante(Pat Trayce)
References
[edit]- ^As seen inAction Comics#552 (February 1984).
- ^As seen inAnimal Man#1 (September 1988).
- ^As seen inDC Comics Presents#77 (January 1985).
- ^Forgotten Heroes (pre-Crisis)at the Comic Book DB (archived fromthe original)