The Fatal Five is a supervillain team of the 30th century in the DC Comics universe . They were created by Jim Shooter and first appeared in Adventure Comics #352 (1967) as enemies of the Legion of Super-Heroes .
29-691: The Fatal Five first appear in The Death of Ferro Lad as a band of super-criminals whom the Legion recruit to help destroy the Sun-Eater threatening Earth. They are offered pardons for their assistance, but reject them and band together, confident that they are powerful enough to try to conquer the worlds they had saved. A later incarnation consisted of the Emerald Empress; the Persuader; Flare,
58-651: A Rimborian with the power of fire; Caress, who has a deadly acidic touch; and Mentalla, a Legion reject who is secretly working against the Five, trying to secure a spot in the Legion. The first storyline in Legionnaires (1993) has the SW6 Legion face a Fatal Five comprising Tharok, Mano, the Persuader, a new Emerald Empress, and a monstrous being called Mordecai. Following Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! , which reboots
87-464: A few years. After realizing investment banking wasn't something she was passionate about, Montano quit and went backpacking through Africa before realizing she wanted to pursue acting professionally. Montano has taken on a variety of different roles, both live-action and voice-over. She is talented in using many different accents, including Chinese, Filipino, British, Southern, Thai, Vietnamese, Eastern European and Japanese. Her first voice acting role
116-414: A high-gravity planet, and thus possesses enhanced physical abilities. Before becoming a supervillain, he was a gang enforcer and gained his name from his ability to intimidate others. The Persuader wields an atomic axe that is mentally linked to him and can allegedly cut through anything. It can even destroy metaphoric or intangible things, such as air, gravity, and the barriers between dimensions. Tharok
145-923: A voice actress, she has provided the voices of Pudding in Space Channel 5 and its sequel , Arcee on Transformers: Prime , Cali in the Skylanders series, Katana on Beware the Batman , the President in Saints Row IV , the female Inquisitor in Dragon Age: Inquisition and Yuna in Ghost of Tsushima . She has also guest-starred as Nila on the web series Critical Role . She resides and works in Los Angeles. Montano
174-464: Is an American comic book story arc that was published as "The Fatal Five" by DC Comics , and was presented in Adventure Comics #352-353 (January–February 1967). It was written by Jim Shooter , with art by Curt Swan and George Klein . The story arc includes the first appearance of the villainous Fatal Five . It is also notable for featuring the first "permanent" death of a member of
203-565: Is of Filipino and Thai descent and grew up mostly in the United States, but also spent a few years in Bangkok , Thailand. During her high school career, she began acting as an extracurricular activity. Her great-uncle is Filipino actor and writer Severino Montano . She graduated from Harvard University in 1993 and is a U.S. Fulbright scholar . After graduation, she worked as an investment banking analyst for Morgan Stanley for
232-466: Is resurrected in subsequent reboots of the Legion's continuity. Validus is a monstrous member of the Fatal Five who possesses superhuman strength and durability and the ability to generate mental lightning bolts. He is later revealed to be Garridan Ranzz , the son of Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl , who Darkseid kidnapped and transformed into a monster shortly after his birth. Eventually, Validus
261-660: Is returned to his human form, with a similar monster, Mordecai, replacing him in the Fatal Five. In subsequent reboots of the Legion, Validus is unrelated to Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl. In the " Threeboot " continuity, he is a Winathian nature spirit known as the Lord of Lightning. The original Fatal Five appear in Justice League vs. the Fatal Five , with Emerald Empress voiced by Sumalee Montano , Tharok by Peter Jessop , Mano by Philip Anthony-Rodriguez , Persuader by Matthew Yang King , and Validus having no dialogue. After
290-406: Is the leader of the Fatal Five. He is a small-time crook whose body is vertically bisected in the explosion of a stolen nuclear device. The people of his world, holding life sacred, rebuild him using robotic parts, which greatly boosts his intelligence, but leaves his evil tendencies unchecked. Tharok is later killed in battle with the Legion of Super-Heroes, and the Fatal Five disband. However, Tharok
319-466: The Legion of Super-Heroes . This particular story line has been lauded as being among the best young adult literature of 1967, ranking among (un-illustrated) novels like Taran Wanderer and The Outsiders . At their headquarters in the 30th century, five members of the Legion of Super-Heroes watch a Science Police documentary on its most wanted villains, who have been dubbed the " Fatal Five ":
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#1732781178694348-526: The Persuader , a paid assassin and enforcer whose Atomic Axe can slice any type of matter or energy; Tharok , a cyborg criminal mastermind; the Emerald Empress , who seized control of the planet Vengar after stealing the mystical Emerald Eye of Ekron ; Validus , a powerful gigantic creature who projects mental lightning from his brain; and Mano , a mutant who destroyed his home planet Angtu with
377-463: The 21st century. After Batman and Tharok are accidentally fused, the group are returned to the future, where they appear to be already in the Legion's prison. All five Fatal Five members were among the supervillains in Superman-Prime 's Legion of Super-Villains . In DC Rebirth , the Emerald Empress comes to the 21st century to destroy Saturn Girl and forms a contemporary incarnation of
406-645: The Emerald Empress and Validus are taken to the 21st century to be imprisoned in Oa, Tharok, Mano, and Persuader travel back in time to force Jessica Cruz to lead them to their missing teammates. While fighting the Justice League and Star Boy , the Fatal Five are buried alive by Cruz. The original Fatal Five appear as character summons in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure . The Death of Ferro Lad " The Death of Ferro Lad "
435-405: The Fatal Five consisting of Magog , Brainiac 8 , Selena, and Solomon Grundy . Mano is a mutant with the ability to generate deadly antimatter from his right hand. A native of the planet Angtu, which he destroys for his people mistreating him, Mano must wear a special suit to survive on other planets. His helmet obscures his face, making it appear as a silhouette. The Persuader originates from
464-483: The Legion as Ferro, and accompanies them when they finally discover a way to return to their own time. In the aftermath of the Infinite Crisis miniseries, most of the Legion's original continuity has been restored. The story of the Sun-Eater and the death of Ferro Lad is once again part of Legion history. In 2009, The Life and Death of Ferro Lad ( ISBN 1-4012-2193-9 ), a hardcover collection of
493-469: The Legion's continuity, the original Fatal Five are reintroduced in Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #78 (1996), again assembled to help fight the Sun-Eater, which was later revealed to not exist. Notably, in this incarnation, the analogue of the Emerald Empress is simply called the "Empress" and is more a skilled melee combatant than a magic user. In the Teen Titans /Legion of Super-Heroes crossover,
522-605: The Persuader uses his "atomic axe" to recruit alternate universe variants of the Fatal Five, forming the Fatal Five-Hundred, before the two teams use the Cosmic Treadmill to return them to their original universes. In The Brave and the Bold , Epoch takes a version of the Fatal Five to the present day to assist him in gaining a powerful weapon. After Batman and Blue Beetle defeat him, he abandons them in
551-550: The Silver Age appearances of Ferro Lad, was released. The story of the Sun-Eater and Ferro Lad's death from Adventure Comics #352-353 is included. The tale is also reprinted in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Volume 6 ( ISBN 1-5638-9277-4 ), which was published in 1997 as part of the DC Archive Editions collection. In 2007, the story arc was adapted as "Sundown", the two-part season one finale of
580-556: The animated series Legion of Super Heroes . Sumalee Montano Sumalee Montano is an American actress and film producer. Originally, she worked as an investment bank analyst in New York City and Hong Kong before starting her acting career. For TV and film, Montano has appeared on Close to Home , Days of Our Lives , Nashville , Scandal , The Young and the Restless , This Is Us and Veep . As
609-457: The cemetery planet Shanghalla. The Legionnaires promise never to forget his sacrifice. In post- Zero Hour continuity, a faction of the Legion is stranded in the 20th century, and the Sun-Eater approaches Earth in that era. Andrew Nolan is among the Earth heroes native to that era. He attempts a suicide mission to destroy the Sun-Eater, but is saved by Parallax ( Hal Jordan ). Later, he joins
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#1732781178694638-432: The cloud if detonated at its core. Since Tharok had no time to build a propulsion device, one of them must carry the bomb to the core and detonate it manually, killing themself in the process. Superboy is about to take the bomb, citing he has the best chance to survive, but he is still weak from the red sun rays. Ferro Lad opts to do so instead, destroying both the Sun-Eater and himself. The Legionnaires offer full pardons to
667-435: The day before his scheduled execution. On Jupiter 's twelfth moon, Princess Projectra successfully recruits the Persuader. Ferro Lad rescues Mano just as the villain's right hand is about to be amputated in space (which would have resulted in his death). Mano launches a failed attempt to form an alliance with the Emerald Empress. She unsuccessfully tries to convince Superboy to help her conquer her home planet, even after using
696-495: The energy that emanates from his right hand. Hours later, the Legionnaires receive word that a Sun-Eater is approaching Earth. As Superboy explains to newer members Princess Projectra and Ferro Lad , the Sun-Eater can completely devour energy from stars, thereby destroying all life in entire star systems and presenting a major threat to Sol , Earth's sun. Short-handed and unable to recruit assistance from other heroes in
725-491: The five villains meet in secret and band together as a formal group, bent on conquering the galaxy. When the plan is implemented, seven of the heroes and villains manage to weaken the Sun-Eater, but fail to completely destroy it. Even Superboy fails when the Sun-Eater blasts him with red solar radiation. Ferro Lad tries to reach and destroy the cloud's core, but is rebuffed by an energy blast. The Sun-Eater reforms, prompting Tharok to construct an Absorbatron bomb, which can destroy
754-432: The galaxy, the five Legionnaires decide to seek aid from the Fatal Five, who would also die if the Sun-Eater cannot be stopped. Cosmic Boy locates Tharok, who joins him after being promised a full pardon. Superboy rescues the Emerald Empress as she is about to be executed on the planet Craggok; she accompanies him, bringing a small chunk of green kryptonite with her. Sun Boy travels to Bismari and obtains Validus' release
783-476: The kryptonite as a means of persuasion. Soon after, Tharok reveals his plan to destroy the Sun-Eater: Tharok will temporarily increase the powers of all the heroes and villains. Sun Boy will use his solar powers in open space to lure the cloud away from Sol. The Persuader will use his Atomic Axe to divide the Sun-Eater into eight smaller sections, and the others will destroy the individual pieces. Later,
812-408: The members of the Fatal Five, but they attack and quickly overcome the heroes. Tharok commands Validus to destroy them, but he refuses and turns on the villains. When Validus' mental lightning strikes the Persuader's Atomic Axe, the Fatal Five disappears. Later, the other Legionnaires return from their distant mission. Unable to recover Ferro Lad's remains, the team sends a missile in memoriam to him to
841-540: Was as Pudding in the 1999 music-rhythm game, Space Channel 5 . Her first major acting role was playing the nurse Duvata Mahal for three seasons of the TV show ER . In 2021, Sumalee Montano gained acclaim for her role as Inoue Sato in the Peacock TV series The Lost Symbol . Following her portrayal as Sato, she had also appeared in the 2021 animated Disney series The Ghost and Molly McGee , voicing Sharon McGee,
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