- Fightin' 5
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caption=The Fightin 5 from Fightin 5 #28,
artist Bill Montes
team_name= Fightin' 5
publisher=Charlton Comics
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debut= "Fightin' 5" #28
(July 1964)
creators= Joe Gill (writer)
Bill Monte (artist)
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members= Frenchie the Fox Granite Gallero Hank Hennessey Irv Haganah Sonya Tom Tom
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sortkey=PAGENAME|The Fightin' 5 are a
Charlton Comics paramilitary team, similar toDC Comics ' Blackhawks. They debuted in "Fightin' 5" #28, (July 1964), and were created by Joe Gill and Bill Monte.Publication history
The 'Fightin' 5' comic started in July, 1964 with issues #28, and ran until #41 in January, 1967. After the cancellation, the characters starred in a backup feature in Peacemaker. Toward the end of the original series, the team took on a disastrous mission which resulted in the death of Irv, while team leader Hank lost an eye and arm. During the Peacemaker run the team added an ex-
Soviet agent named Sonya to the group, and Hank was relegated to the role of tactician and organizer.From 1981 to 1982, Charlton committed to a partial reprint of the series the series, running from issue #42 through issue #49. When the Charlton Comics Group was dissolved, the trademark and indica of these characters was purchased by Canadian publisher Roger Broughton. Broughton issued one reprint series, under the title "The Power of Five".
Fictional team biography
These five men were recruited by the
CIA in the fall of 1963, during the height of theCold War . This team consisted of five commandos, their initials spelling out, "FIGHT". The five undertook missions around the world fighting international terrorists, despotic rulers, and thwartingCommunist agents. They wore bright blueBDU 's with red berets. They usually flew around in a modifiedConvair B-58 Supersonic Bomber and used many different military-use weapons systems as well asJames Bond -like gadgets to accomplish their missions.Membership
*FF1: Frenchie the Fox - A rather stereotypical
French American and ex-US Navy underwater demolitions expert.
*FF2: Irv "The Nerve" Haganah - A decorated formerIsraeli commando andprivate investigator .
*FF3: Granite Gallero - A former mercenary and weapons expert.
*FF4: Hank Hennessey - A careerUS Army Captain in theSpecial Forces andVietnam War veteran.
*FF5: Tom-Tom - A formerprofessional wrestler .
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