Blasters (comics)

Infobox comics organization
name=Blasters


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caption="Blasters Special" #1, art by James Fry.
publisher=DC Comics
debut="Invasion!" #1 March (1989)
creators=Peter David (writer)
James Fry (artist)
base=
members=Snapper Carr
Churljenkins
Jolt
Looking Glass
Dust Devil
Frag
Crackpot
cat= teams
subcat=DC Comics
hero=y
villain=
sortkey=PAGENAMEThe Blasters are a fictional DC Comics team of superhumans who first appeared in in the miniseries "Invasion!" #1 by Keith Giffen, Bill Mantlo and Todd McFarlane. "Blasters Special" #1 (March 1989) was produced by the creative team of Peter David and James Fry.Citation | last = Wallace | first = Dan | author-link = | contribution = Blasters | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The DC Comics Encyclopedia | pages = 55 | publisher = Dorling Kindersley | place = London | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4119-5]

History

Fifty humans from around the world were abducted by the Dominators and their allies, these humans were placed in a special Blaster Field arena full of horrifying high tech weapons and land mines in order to test for the possibility of a metagene. Of the fifty test subjects, only six survived. The six tested positive for superhuman abilities, and a unique genetic marker that High Caste Dominator scientists would later dub the "Metagene".

This proved to the Dominators that humanity was a threat, and that Earth and its people were too dangerous to remain free. Thus the Dominators joined the Thanagarians, Psions, and others in the "Alien Alliance".See [http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/cosmic/b.html#blasters Cosmic Teams: Blasters] ]

tarlag

The six survivors were locked away on the prison world known as "Starlag". In time, they discovered that their fellow prisoners were the legendary Omega Men from the Vega system, and the super genius Vril Dox of Colu as well as other future members of L.E.G.I.O.N. Working together they overthrow the Starlag guards and hijack an independent shuttle piloted by Churljenkins, a feline alien female. En route to Earth, their shuttle encounters a superhuman task force headed for the Dominator homeworld in order to find a cure for the Dominators' gene bomb. The two groups combined, and the six humans now nicknamed "The Blasters" help end the invasion. The Blasters were then returned to Earth by the Omega Men in Churljenkins' ship.See [http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/cosmic/b.html#blasters Cosmic Teams: Blasters] ]

Blasters

Each human had trouble adjusting to their new powers; Fritz Klein (Slag) had to take tranquilizers to maintain his temper so that he would not spontaneously combust. Children taunted Moshe Levy (Dust Devil) for pretending to have super-powers. And Carlotta (Jolt) was slowly going mad trying to control her Unus-like repulsion field. Snapper Carr was placed in a psychiatric ward and considered mad for believing he had powers; it seems that whenever Snapper teleported with his eyes open, the effect was mentally unhinging.

Later, Snapper escaped from the asylum by teleporting directly to Churljenkins' ship which had broken down on a tiny alien world, which they then "steal" from the Omega Men leaving them stranded there. The two of them reclaim her ship, intending to return Churl' to her home. But they discover that her home planet had been destroyed to make a spaceway to Earth for the Alliance. Returning to Earth, Snapper and Churljenkins discover a secret Spider Guild weapons depot, he re-unites the Blasters and the team puts and end to the Guild's operation, and alerted the Justice League to its existence.See [http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/cosmic/b.html#blasters Cosmic Teams: Blasters] ]

tarlag II

The team decides to stay united and travel the spaceways as goodwill ambassadors, in order to repair Earth's reputation among the galactic community. After wandering for a while, the Blasters later began to question the wisdom of their decision. Just when they were about to disband and return to Earth, they received a distress call from Babbage, Valor's digital assistant. Valor was wrongly imprisoned in Starlag II by its warden Kanjar Ru, sister of Kanjar Ro. When the team broke into Starlag II, they unintentionally released the being known as the Unimaginable. The Unimaginable then set forces in motion which threatened to destroy Starlag II. The Blasters were trapped as the prison began crumbling. Their fate following this incident remains a mystery. As seen in "Valor" #5-8.See [http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/cosmic/b.html#blasters Cosmic Teams: Blasters] ]

The Unimaginable's next appearance would be on Earth in the pages of "Supermen of America" #5 by Fabian Nicieza.

Lost

At some point after this, Snapper Carr is separated from his teammates. He did not know if they were dead or alive and expresses guilt over their unknown fate. While searching for them, he is captured by some Khunds, who cut off his hands. He is rescued by operatives of L.E.G.I.O.N., but knew nothing about the fates of his fellow Blasters. Vril Dox gives Snapper new hands, but he had now lost the ability to teleport. Snapper is then returned to Earth. As seen in "Hourman" #20-21.See [http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/cosmic/b.html#blasters Cosmic Teams: Blasters] ]

Membership

*Snapper Carr - The former Justice League mascot, now with the power to teleport whenever he snapped his fingers. [ [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=snappercarr DCU Guide: Snapper Carr] ]
*Churljenkins – A catlike green furred alien and space pilot, who became Snapper Carr's girlfriend.See [http://www.dcuguide.com/Inv/Inv_001.php DCU Guide: Invasion #1] ]
*Jolt - Carlotta Rivera, a fashion model from Madrid. She could generate a gravimagnetic field that repelled anything near her skin, even water and oxygen.See [http://www.dcuguide.com/Inv/Inv_001.php DCU Guide: Invasion #1] ]
*Looking Glass - A British writer of children's books, from the town of Tunbridge Wells. Could transform his torso into a flat plane of living reflective and super-refractive glass.See [http://www.dcuguide.com/Inv/Inv_001.php DCU Guide: Invasion #1] ]
*Dust Devil - Moshe Levy, a young student from Tel Aviv, Israel. Could generate a funnel of fast moving air, a miniature tornado.See [http://www.dcuguide.com/Inv/Inv_001.php DCU Guide: Invasion #1] ]
*Frag - Fritz Klein, an Austrian ski instructor based in Innsbruck. He could become living metal and fire explosive blasts.See [http://www.dcuguide.com/Inv/Inv_001.php DCU Guide: Invasion #1] ]
*Crackpot - Amos Monroe, a self-professed African-American con artist from New Orleans. If he remained calm, he could cause people to believe nearly anything.See [http://www.dcuguide.com/Inv/Inv_001.php DCU Guide: Invasion #1] ]

upporting characters

*Gunther - A renegade Dominator scientist.See [http://www.dcuguide.com/Inv/Inv_001.php DCU Guide: Invasion #1] ]
*Ms. Levy - Dust Devil's overprotective mother.See [http://www.dcuguide.com/Inv/Inv_001.php DCU Guide: Invasion #1] ]

Bibliography

*"Invasion" #1-3
*"Blasters Special" #1
*"Valor" #5-8
*"Hourman" #20-21

Notes

*The Blasters were supposedly a pet project of "Robert Loring Fleming". Fleming brought the Blasters in as guests when he took over the "Valor" series. He was later forced to leave them in limbo, as the Zero Hour plans for the Legion soon overshadowed the book.See [http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/cosmic/b.html#blasters Cosmic Teams: Blasters] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/cosmic/b.html Cosmic Teams: Blasters]
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=blasters DCU Guide: Blasters]
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=snappercarr DCU Guide: Snapper Carr]
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/Inv/Inv_001.php DCU Guide: Invasion #1]