- Fatal Five
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team_name=Fatal Five
publisher=DC Comics
debut="Adventure Comics " #352 (January, 1967)
creators=Jim Shooter
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members=Emerald Empress
Mano
The PersuaderTharok Validus Flare
Caress
Mentalla
Mordecai
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sortkey=PAGENAME|The Fatal Five are
fictional characters , asupervillain team of the30th century in theDC Comics universe. They were created byJim Shooter and first appeared in "Adventure Comics " #352 (1967) as enemies of theLegion of Super-Heroes .Fictional team history
Originally assembled by the Legion to help them destroy the
Sun-Eater threatening Earth, theEmerald Empress , Mano,The Persuader , andValidus , led byTharok , have clashed with the Legion many times.A later incarnation consisted of the Emerald Empress, Persuader, Flare, a Rimborian with the power of fire, Caress, who had a deadly acidic touch and Mentalla, a Legion reject who was secretly working against the Five trying to secure a spot in the Legion.
The first storyline in "Legionnaires" (1993) had the SW6 Legion face a Fatal Five comprising Tharok, Mano, the Persuader, a new Emerald Empress and a monsterous being called Mordecai.
Zero Hour
Following the Zero Hour Legion reboot, the original Fatal Five was reintroduced in "Legion of Superheroes" #78 (1996), again assembled to help fight the Sun-Eater (although it was later revealed that the Sun-Eater didn't exist).
In the Teen Titans/Legion of Super-Heroes crossover, Persuader used his "atomic axe" to bring Fatal Five teams from other dimensions, forming the Fatal Five-Hundred.
One Year Later The Fatal Five has not been seen in the "Threeboot" Legion setting, but in "
The Brave and the Bold " a version of the team was taken to the present day by the Lord of Time, to assist him in gaining a powerful weapon. When his plans were foiled byBatman and Blue Beetle he abandoned them in the 21st century. After Batman and Tharok were accidentally merged into one being, the group was returned to the future where they appear to be already in the Legion's prison.Final Crisis All five Fatal Five members were among the supervillains in
Superman-Prime 'sLegion of Super-Villains .Other Versions
A version of the Fatal Five appeared in a flashback in "Tangent: Superman's Reign" series (2008), in which they are shown to have slaughtered the second Atom.
Other media
"Justice League Unlimited"
The Fatal Five made their first television appearance in the "
Justice League Unlimited " episode "Far From Home", which also featuredSupergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes."Legion of Super Heroes"
The Fatal Five, consisting of the original five members (although Emerald Empress is the leader rather than Tharok), is one of the main villain teams on the "Legion of Super Heroes" animated series. The group appears in four episodes in season one. It is unclear when and how the group assembled in this continuity; the Sun-Eater storyline is adapted into the first season finale but the Fatal Five are the villains fought in the series premiere. The Fatal Five were released by
Imperiex alongside theLegion of Super-Villains from their prison, though the group disbanded when Validus was taken by Imperiex while the Emerald Empress was rendered powerless byMatter-Eater Lad and abandoned by her remaining teammates.Both Validus and Persuader were later seen operating alone, albeit under the aegis of Imperiex.
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