Drake Burroughs (New Earth)

E.R.G.-1 was formerly a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, presumably the first member other than the founders. His containment suit was breached during a mission and he was believed to be dead.^[1] His brother, Randall, managed to gather up his lost energies, but incorrectly claimed that Drake had to stay in a tank to survive, and that he could only leave the tank for one hour at a time.^[2]

E.R.G.-1, in his first suit.

He was manipulated by Randall to become an assassin-for-hire, and to kill the president of Lallor. He battled Timber Wolf, Atom Girl and Shadow Lass, who tried to protect the president. Atom Girl eventually convinced Drake that he could get help from Brainiac 5, who had figured that Drake had been manipulated and fooled by Randall. Drake became a new Legion candidate after that mission.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Thermokinesis: Ability to manipulate energy and anti-energy for various purposes, mostly for fire or burning effects.
Weaknesses
Instability: Drake can't keep his body solid without the use of a containment suit.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

A containment suit.

Trivia

E.R.G.-1's first suit looks very much like that of the post-Zero Hour version of Wildfire/E.R.G.-1. E.R.G.-1's current suit looks like that of the original version of Wildfire/E.R.G.-1.

Links and References

ERG|E.R.G.-1 at Wikipedia

Footnotes

This character is exclusive to the continuity of the Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes and 5th Legion of Super-Heroes series.

Any official designation for the home universe for this character has not been given, and thus this page may have to be moved in the future.
In the meantime, it's conjecturally designated as "New Earth".

[SLSH34-0] Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #34

[SLSH35-1] Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #35

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Drake Burroughs (New Earth)

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