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Inferior Five

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Official Name

Inferior Five

Status

Status

Defunct

Team Identity

Secret

Universe

Earth-Twelve

Base Of Operations

Mobile, formerly Megalopolis, New York

Organization

Team Leader(s)

Merryman

Current Members

Awkward Man, Blimp, Dumb Bunny, White Feather

Allies

Police Chief Geronimo,
Freedom Brigade

Enemies

Man-Mountain, Masked Swastika, Sparrow, Speed Demon, Silver Sorceress

Place of Formation

Megalopolis, New York

Creators

E. Nelson Bridwell, Joe Orlando, Mike Esposito

First appearance

Showcase #62
(June, 1966)

History

The Inferior Five are the progeny and heirs of the Freedom Brigade, a team of costumed adventurers of another alternate earth, Earth-Twelve, from before the Crisis on Infinite Earths. After the Brigade retired, they pressed their children into following their legacy using their gifts and powers, a task they only followed half-heartedly.

Only a few of their adventures were documented involving the old foes of their parents and a visit to Asgard to meet the Norse Gods, but they were away from their native timeline during the Crisis and apparently surviving it. They encountered the Zoo Crew during the Oz-Wonderland War, but Dumb Bunny was later reunited with her half-sister, Angel O'Day, a detective in the Angel and the Ape detective agency on Earth. Their current wherabouts are unrevealed.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: The Lukewarm Line is their main mode of communication.
Transportation: The Inferi-Car is a non-oufitted vehicle used by the group.

Notes

• No special notes.
  

Trivia

• The Freedom Brigade, the parents of the Inferior Five, are basically versions of other known DC characters: The Patriot/Uncle Sam, Lady Liberty/Miss America, Captain Swift/The Flash, Bowman/Green Arrow, Princess Power/Wonder Woman, Mister Might/Superman and the Mermaid/Aquaman.
• Merry Man, or a similar person, was recently encountered by Superman as the ruler in Limbo.^[1]
• The team appeared briefly behind Lois Lane in Crisis On Infinite Earths #12 as she was doing a report on Dove performing a rescue when he was killed by a Shadow Demon.

See Also

• Discuss Inferior Five on the forums

• Appearances of Inferior Five
• Team Gallery: Inferior Five

Links and References

• The Inferior Five at Toonopedia.com
• Synopis of Inferior Five issues
• The Inferior Five at Wikipedia
• STUMBLEBUMS - The Rise and (Prat)fall of DC's The INFERIOR 5 at Unca Cheeks the Toy Wonder's Silver Age Comics Web Site!

References

• Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe XI, page 3
• The Encyclopedia of Superheroes by Jeff Rovin

Footnotes