Young All-Stars
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The Young All-Stars are a team of fictional DC Comics superheroes. They were created by Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas and Michael Bair introduced in Young All-Stars issue #1 from June 1987.
Origin
While carrying out a mission for the All-Star Squadron TNT and Dyna-Mite are ambushed by members of Axis America, during the battle, TNT is killed. Dyna-Mite who barely survives is aided by Arn Munro, a young man who possesed superhuman physical abilities. Iron Munro, Fury (Helena Kosmatos), Flying Fox and Dan help fend off an Axis Amerika attack on Squadron headquarters. The four young heroes meet up with Neptune Perkins and Tsunami while heading out to the West Coast to track down Axis America. Later on they meet and recruit the Tigress. [link]After routing the forces of Axis America, the five young heroes were invited to join the All-Star Squadron on a probationary basis. They fought foreign and local Axis threats. They also met an older group of metahumans collected by the Allied countries, known as The Young Allies whose members came from Russia, China, France and England. The group was eventually absorbed into the All-Star Squadron and disbanded.[link]
Young All-Stars
- Dan the Dyna-Mite - Former sidekick of TNT with explosive powers.
- Flying Fox - Native American hero from Canada.
- Fury I - Helena Kosamtos is an Amazon heroine empowered by the ancient Furies.
- Iron Munro - Arn Munroe is the son of Hugo Danner the title character from the Philip Wylie book Gladiator.
- Neptune Perkins - Waterbreathing WW II hero who would later go on to marry Tsunami, and become a US Senator.
- Tigress - Paula Brooks was a cat burgular turned hero.
- Tsunami - Waterbreathing and water control powers. A Japanese American Nissei.
Young Allies
- Fireball - Sonya Chuikov was 20. Sonya's powers came from the Tunguska meteorite.
- Kuei - Kuei was an ancient water spirit, he believed he originally was a young man who had died by drowning.
- Phantasmo - Jean-Marc Devillars, was 16. His powers come from his non-human nature his mother was an Air spirit and his father was human, he may have been immortal
- The Squire - Percy Sheldrake was 20. Young son of WWII British hero the Knight.
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