- Shadow Fighters
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caption=Cover to "Eclipso" #11.
Art by Audwynn Jermaine Newman.
publisher=DC Comics
debut="Eclipso " #11 September (1993 )
creators=Robert Loren Fleming Audwynn Jermaine Newman
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sortkey=PAGENAMEThe Shadow Fighters were a group of superpowered and non-superpowered
DC Comics characters brought together, under the supervision ofAmanda Waller , for the sole purpose of battlingEclipso in the "Eclipso" comic series. They were brought together in issue #11, September (1993 ) and disbanded through attrition in issue #13, November (1993 ). They were created byRobert Loren Fleming andAudwynn Jermaine Newman .History
Eclipso's takeover of a small,
South America n country is investigated originally by the small team ofBruce Gordon , Mona Bennet and the noted explorerCave Carson . Cave is attacked by Eclipso's forces, has both his legs broken and is left outside the border of the country.The slightly mad hero Creeper, along with Bruce and Mona, have several adventures inside Eclipso's country, from which they barely escape.
In issue 13, Nov 1993, the fight against Eclipso has gained new members, led by the former
Suicide Squad leaderAmanda Waller . A portion of the group are sent to Eclipso's stronghold. Creeper, Peacemaker, Dr. Midnight, Major Victory I,Commander Steel , the second Wildcat and Manhunter all are killed. It is later revealed that the Manhunter slain was a 'ringer', another man brought in to fight under the costume. The only survivor of the strike force is Nemesis, at least at the time. Despite parts of his body being found, Creeper would return from his murder.Another, smaller team is sent in to retrieve the bodies, which had been collected in one spot for Eclipso's amusement. His rage at seeing the bodies gone leads him to murder an innocent slave.
Nightshade and Chunk join with Nemesis. Assisted by Doctor Bennet, the father of Bruce's wife, they persist in their observation of Eclipso's territory. Eclipso lobs a nuclear missile at their base, destroying it completely. However, the small group escapes via one of Nightshade's portals, opened onto the floor of the
United Nations . Midway through the portal, Bennet is kidnapped by Eclipso, but manages to survive this ordeal.The literal appearance of the Fighters on the floor of the U.N. (and the accidental squashing of an innocent Eclipsed
ambassador ) soon leads to a resurged effort against Eclipso. The surviving Shadow Fighters lead a much larger team of heroes back into Eclipso's territory, driving him out person by person.Members
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Amanda Waller - Supervisor, not a field operative.
*Bruce Gordon
*Cave Carson - Injured, abandoned.
*Chunk
*Creeper - Originally dies, since reappeared.
*Doctor Bennet
*Major Victory - KIA
*Mona Bennet - Field operative
*Peacemaker - Originally KIA, reappeared in "Blue Beetle" #3
*Doctor Midnight - KIA
*Wildcat - KIA
*Commander Steel - KIA
*Manhunter - KIA, aMark Shaw ringer.
*NemesisResources
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/Ecl/Ecl_011.php DCU Guide: Eclipso #11]
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/Ecl/Ecl_012.php DCU Guide: Eclipso #12]
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/Ecl/Ecl_013.php DCU Guide: Eclipso #13]
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