Adventure Comics Vol 1 353
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Appearing in "The Fatal Five"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- None
Villains:
- Fatal Five (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- None
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
- None
Synopsis for "The Fatal Five"
An entity known as a Sun-Eater threatens to consume Earth's sun, thus destroying life on every planet in the Milky Way Galaxy. Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes seek assistance from the galaxy's most infamous criminals - the Fatal Five.
The Legionnaires submitted to a procedure devised by Tharok to increase their abilities by an intensifier that drew its anti-energies from the Antimatter Universe -- power enough to last for three days. The power increase was barely enough to affect the sun-eater, let alone destroy it. The other Legionnaires and members of the Fatal Five failed. Ferro Lad did something no one else dared - he plunged into the very heart of the creature, where he discovered a mass of energy at the superheated core - the life force that directed the mass of energy. Feeling that its destruction would also destroy the sun-eater, Ferro Lad tried to reach it, but was blasted back. He was convinced that he had failed.
Tharok had designed and built an Absorbatron Bomb, indicating that if it could be delivered to the Sun-Eater's core, the bomb could absorb all its power. With no time to make a timing device or propulsion system, someone had to carry it into the Sun-Eater, and "die to save the galaxy!". Superboy offered to go, reasoning that his invulnerability gave him the best chance for survival. But suddenly, Ferro Lad intervened, punching the weakened Superboy out and taking the bomb out the airlock and towards the Sun-Eater. Deep in the heart of the nimbus, Ferro Lad detonated the bomb -- as the blackness of space was "torn asunder", the Absorbatron bomb sent its force crackling through the cloudy mass. The scattered energies were absorbed by the devastating blast. Ferro Lad had made the ultimate sacrifice and the Galaxy was safe.[1]
The Legion made a special missile "which will stand through eternity, on the cemetery satellite, Shanghalia, the resting place of heroes from all over the Universe!". The dedication on the missile read:
- In Memorium - Andrew Nolan (Ferro Lad) - A mutant whose non-human face was kept hidden behind a mask. He gave his life to save the Galaxy.
Notes
- Second appearance of the Fatal Five.
Trivia
- No trivia.
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- Controllers
- Cosmic Boy appearances list
- Emerald Empress appearances list
- Ferro Lad appearances list
- Mano appearances list
- Persuader appearances list
- Princess Projectra appearances list
- Science Police
- Superboy image gallery
- Sun Boy appearances list
- Tharok appearances list
- United Planets Emergency Force
- Validus appearances list
See Also
- Discuss Adventure Comics Vol 1 353 on the forums
- Cover gallery for the Adventure Comics series
- Images from Adventure Comics Vol 1 353
Recommended Reading
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 3)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 4)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 5)
- Legionnaires (Volume 1)
- The Legion (Volume 1)
- Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes
- Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes
- Adventure Comics (Volume 1)
- Superboy (Volume 1)
- Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds
Links and References
- Adventure Comics article at Wikipedia
- Adventure Comics series index at Wikipedia
- Legion of Super-Heroes article at Wikipedia
- Legion of Super-Heroes article at Supermanica
- Legion of Super-Heroes at Legion World
- Cosmic Teams: Legion of Super-Heroes
- Legion Club House
- Superboy article at Wikipedia
- Superboy biography page at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
- Superboy article at Toonopedia
- Superboy article at Supermanica
- ↑ Adventure Comics #353
