Forgotten Heroes

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Official Team Name

Forgotten Heroes

Team Aliases

Unknown

Status

Defunct

Identity

Secret

Universe

Earth-One

Base of Operations

Mobile

Affiliations

Team Leader(s)

Immortal Man

Former Members

Adam Strange, Animal Man, Atomic Knight, Ballistic, Cave Carson, Congo Bill, Dane Dorrance, Dolphin, Immortal Man, Ray (Ray Terrill), Resurrection Man, Rick Flag, Rip Hunter; Vigilante (Pat Trace), Fetish

Allies

Sea Devils; Time Masters; Cave Carson Team

Enemies

Forgotten Villains, Vandal Savage

Origin

Origin

Recruited by the Immortal Man to battle Vandal Savage

Creators

Marv Wolfman

First appearance

Action Comics #552
(February, 1984)

History

The Forgotten Heroes consisted of: Animal Man, who could assume the powers of any living beast; Cave Carson, international geologist; Congo Bill, famous explorer; Dane Dorrance, leader of the Sea Devils; Dolphin, mysterious underwater beauty; Rick Flag, leader of the Suicide Squad; and Rip Hunter, legendary time master.

All these heroes met when they stumbled across identical ancient golden pyramids at various points around the Earth. When they each tried to report their findings they were censored by the US government. With all their careers tarnished, they all contacted by the mysterious Immortal Man, who explained that the pyramids were created as part of a plan by the immortal Vandal Savage to destroy earths protector Superman.

Immortal Man lead the team and with the help of Superman, the team managed to destroy the pyramids and save the world. The team later reformed to battle the Forgotten Villains.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

• Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985-86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis New Earth continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.
  

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• 10 Appearances of Forgotten Heroes
• 2 Images that include Forgotten Heroes
• Team Gallery: Forgotten Heroes
• Fan-Art Gallery: Forgotten Heroes

Links and References

• Discuss Forgotten Heroes on the forums
• Forgotten Heroes at Wikipedia.org
• Unofficial Forgotten Heroes web site
• Forgotten Heroes at the DCU Guide
  

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