Fastball (comics)

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character_name = Fastball
publisher = DC Comics
debut = "Justice League of America" #234 (January 1985)
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alter_ego = John Malone
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alliances = Cadre Secret Society of Super Villains
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powers = Powered exoskeleton
Explosive spheres

Fastball is the name of a DC Comics supervillain.

History

Fastball (real name John Malone) was a former baseball player whom the Overmaster equipped with an exoskeleton, gloves and the requisite wrist bands to enable him to pitch potentially deadly explosive spheres. He was drafted into the Overmaster’s first Cadre, but after their defeat at the hands of the Justice League, Fastball went underground and was largely forgotten. Another villain with a similar motif named Overthrow, was often mistaken for Fastball. The real Fastball finally returned to a life of crime, rejoining the Cadre under the leadership of Doctor Polaris in San Francisco. The villains were defeated by the Power Company.

In "Infinite Crisis", Fastball was seen a member of the Secret Society of Super Villains. He was leater seen apparently being killed by an OMAC in "The OMAC Project" #6.

Powers and abilities

Fastball throws explosive spheres, thanks to a cybernetic exo-skeleton.

Other media

Fastball appeared with Cadre members Black Mass, Crowbar, and Shatterfist in "Justice League Unlimited" where they were defeated by Superman and Batman. He later returns as a member of Gorilla Grodd's Secret Society. Fastball later sides with Gorilla Grodd during the mutiny against Luthor. He is frozen by a turncoat Killer Frost.