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Freedom Fighters is the name of a minor DC Comics comic book superhero team made up of characters acquired from the defunct company, Quality Comics, and the short-lived comic book series of the same name featuring those characters. The team first appeared in a JLA/JSA team-up, which ran in Justice League of America numbers 107 & 108 October and December (1973), written by Len Wein and drawn by Dick Dillin. Their own ongoing series premiered with Freedom Fighters #1 in April (1976), written by Gerry Conway and Martin Pasko, and drawn by Rik Estrada.

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History

The earliest version of the Freedom Fighters was assembled on December 7, 1941. This group, however, failed in its attempt to stop the devastation at Pearl Harbor. Neon and Magno were killed. This version of the group was a retcon and their deaths were depicted in the pages of Roy Thomas' to books chronicling that era All-Star Squadron and the Young All-Stars.

The DC version of the characters were said to reside on the parallel world of "Earth-X," where World War II never ended. The original Golden Age adventures of the individual characters, which were contradicted by the new stories, were said to take place on "Earth-Quality", although this Earth never actually appeared or was even referenced in a published story.

Freedom Fighters #1
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Freedom Fighters #1

In addition to the core members of the "second team" which were the members seen in the seventies comic book, other Quality heroes joined later: Red Bee, Miss America, Manhunter (Dan Richards), Plastic Man and Max Mercury (Quicksilver).

Since the Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Freedom Fighters have been based on the main DC Universe earth, and were all members of the All-Star Squadron.

Years after the war, a third version of the team surfaced in the 1980's, with the rise of a new age of heroes. The Justice Society, Blackhawks and Freedom Fighters were captured by the alien Appellax creatures and placed in Internment Camps. They were freed by the new Justice League of America.

Then the Freedom Fighters regrouped for a brief time but soon called it quits again when Firebrand was killed in battle with the Silver Ghost.

A fourth more modern version of the team has recently appeared as an auxiliary of the new Justice Society of America.

Current Team

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The Human Bomb, Black Condor and Phantom Lady were killed by the Society in Infinite Crisis #1. Damage was critically injured, Iron Munro was not there for some reason, and the Ray was captured by the Psycho-Pirate and told that Luthor wanted him alive.

DC has announced a new Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters series to premier in July or August 2006, which will continue from Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Bludhaven. How this connects to their deaths is unknown. So far, the alleged roster for this new team will consist of new incarnations of Phantom Lady, Ray, Human Bomb, Doll Man, Black Condor, and Firebrand as well as a resurrected Uncle Sam.

Membership

First Team

Second Team

Third Team

Fourth Team

Modern Team

Appearances in other media

In the Wildstorm miniseries The Authority: Revolution, the initial protagonists are a group called the Sons of Liberty, a superpatriot group of the 40s and 50s. They consist of Paul Revere (super-strength and 'broadcast empath'), Minute-Maid (super-strength), Johnny Rocketman (supersonic flight), and the Human Hand-Grenade (with the power to shrink, explode, and re-constitute his own body). The group is a pastiche of the Freedom Fighters.

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