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Rod Reilly was the bored and wealthy socialite son of a steel tycoon, who decided to fight crime with his servant and friend, "Slugger" Dunn.
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->''"I perceive, sir, that you and your companions intend to do me harm. I ask you to abandon such violent aims and sit with me for a discussion on matters of grave national importance. Don't be ridiculous. You can't arrest the spirit of America."''
Uncle Sam is described as a spiritual entity created through an occult ritual by the Founding Fathers of the United States. This "Spirit of America" was initially bound to a powerful talisman and would take physical form by merging with a dying patriot. The Spirit of America had taken human form as the Minute-Man during the Revolutionary War, Brother Jonathan in later conflicts and, during the American Civil War, had been split in two as Johnny Reb and Billy Yank.
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Uncle Sam is described as a spiritual entity created through an occult ritual by the Founding Fathers of the United States. This "Spirit of America" was initially bound to a powerful talisman and would take physical form by merging with a dying patriot. The Spirit of America had taken human form as the Minute-Man during the Revolutionary War, Brother Jonathan in later conflicts and, during the American Civil War, had been split in two as Johnny Reb and Billy Yank.
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As an infant traveling with his parents on an archaeological expedition thorough Outer Mongolia, Richard Grey Jr. survived after his family was killed by the bandit Gali Kan and his men. Rescued by a condor who raised him as her own, he learned to fly, as the origin story stated, by "studying the movement of wings, the body motions, air currents, balance and levitation" of his avian siblings.
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As an infant traveling with his parents on an archaeological expedition thorough Outer Mongolia, Richard Grey Jr. survived after his family was killed by the bandit Gali Kan and his men. Rescued by a condor who raised him as her own, he learned to fly, as the origin story stated, by "studying the movement of wings, the body motions, air currents, balance and levitation" of his avian siblings. Early in his crime-fighting career he obtained a "black ray" pistol, capable of producing a wide variety of powerful energy effects.
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As an infant traveling with his parents on an archaeological expedition thorough Outer Mongolia, Richard Grey Jr. survived after his family was killed by the bandit Gali Kan and his men. Rescued by a condor who raised him as her own, he learned to fly, as the origin story stated, by "studying the movement of wings, the body motions, air currents, balance and levitation" of his avian siblings.
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Roy Lincoln was the son of a master chemist. In the late 1930s, his father, Professor Lincoln, perfected a super-effective explosive (“fifty times mightier than nitroglycerine”) that he named 27-QRX. When Axis agents tried to retrieve the formula, they killed Professor Lincoln. In order to protect the chemical from falling into the wrong hands, Roy Lincoln swallowed the only sample. Swallowing the sample caused the skin on Lincoln’s hands to become extremely explosive. He destroyed the lab and killed the Axis Agents He created a “Fibro-wax” lined protective suit that allowed him to easily remove his gloves. He fashioned gloves from the material for his everyday life, and a suit of it while fighting evil.
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* HavingABlast: The Human Bomb, who made his original appearance in ''Police Comics #1'' in August of 1941, is the original super-powered explosion maker. He literally could cause anything he touched to explode... the bigger the object, the bigger the explosion. When Quality Comics went out of business, Creator/DCComics purchased the rights to its entire stable of characters, and the Human Bomb became a member of the Freedom Fighters.
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!!Uncle Sam
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' N/A
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''National Comics'' #1 (July, 1940)
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Uncle Sam is the "Spirit of America."
* AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder: Or voice, in Uncle Sam's case. To Emma Glenn, his voice sounds like "children singing". To Doll Man II, he sounds like a leader of great compassion and integrity (and a little like [[UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower Ike Eisenhower]]). Doll Man II hypothesizes that this is because Sam is born of all the individual perceptions of America, and may sound different to everyone.
* CaptainPatriotic: Uncle Sam, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of the United States of America.
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Uncle Sam's power is directly proportional to the American People's belief in freedom and liberty. Whether American protectorates like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands' people's belief in freedom and liberty counts towards this is never specified.
* NationsAsPeople: Uncle Sam is the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification literal embodiment]] of the Spirit of America, created by the Founding Fathers using a magical talisman. He originally took the form of a Minuteman, before becoming Brother Jonathan, then split into Billy Yank and Johnny Reb, before finally taking his current form (apart from a very brief AudienceAlienatingEra where he became some kind of star-spangled spaceman called the Patriot).
* PatrioticFervor: Uncle Sam, AnthropomorphicPersonification of the American Spirit, is literally composed of this trope. No, really: his strength is [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve directly proportional to the faith of the American people in America and its ideals]], to the extent that [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly if nobody had any such faith he'd cease to exist]].
* WillNotTellALie: Uncle Sam is very big on telling the truth and avoids lying.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Uncle Sam wears an American-themed costume.
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!!Black Condor
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Richard Grey Jr.
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Crack Comics'' #1 (May, 1940)
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* AnimalisticAbilities: The original version of the Black Condor gained the power of flight by studying the birds [[RaisedByWolves that raised him]].
* BadassBoast: Black Condor rocks at these. Not just because they sound great, but because he can and ''will'' live up to them.
-->'''Windstorm:''' I see the one in black, but what happened to the winged shaman?\\
'''Black Condor:''' I am no shaman! I am Black Condor! Empowered by the goddess Tocotl with the swiftness of the wind and the power of the ground! And I am a god killer!
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Black Condor has the ability to fly. Nothing too out there for a superhero, right? Oh no, unlike other flying heroes like ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}, [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica the Falcon]], or [[Comicbook/XMen the Angel]] (who all either rely on [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman specialized flight suits]] or are {{Winged Humanoid}}s), Black Condor learned to fly from years of studying vultures. Yes, apparently watching birds long enough will allow you to defy gravity and basic laws of physics. When the character was incorporated into ''Franchise/TheDCU'', [[{{Retcon}} retroactive continuity]] was invoked to credit the power to irradiation by MagicMeteor.
* ColorAnimalCodename: Black Condor.
* WildChild: The Black Condor is a human man who was raised by condors. Who taught him to fly (yes, without wings). And then he became a US Senator. A later retcon gives him the power of flight naturally, which makes the character ''very slightly'' less loopy.
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!!Doll Man
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Darrell Dane
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Feature Comics'' #27 (December, 1939)
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* Doll Man has the not-too-impressive ability to shrink to about six inches... though he retains his full-sized weight and mass, resulting in a measure of super strength. There's a modern Doll Man, as well, but he's permanently tiny.
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!!Human Bomb
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Roy Lincoln
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Police Comics'' #1 (August, 1941)
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* ActionBomb: The Human Bomb, whose superpowers are exactly what you'd expect. They're superheroes who generate massive explosions. This dangerous condition requires them to constantly wear containment suits.
* HavingABlast: The Human Bomb, who made his original appearance in ''Police Comics #1'' in August of 1941, is the original super-powered explosion maker. He literally could cause anything he touched to explode... the bigger the object, the bigger the explosion. When Quality Comics went out of business, Creator/DCComics purchased the rights to its entire stable of characters, and the Human Bomb became a member of the Freedom Fighters.
* HazmatSuit: The Human Bomb has worn one since the Golden Age.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: How the first Human Bomb died. See, Bizarro likes the lights he made, which were released every time the Bomb blew up, and Bizarro didn't know his own strength...
* PowerIncontinence: The Human Bomb has to stay in his containment suit, or he'll blow up everything around him.
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[[folder:Phantom Lady]]
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[[folder:The Ray]]
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!!Firebrand
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Rod Reilly
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Police Comics'' #1 (August, 1941)
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* TeamNormal: Was the only founding member without any powers.
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!!Uncle Sam
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' N/A
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''National Comics'' #1 (July, 1940)
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Uncle Sam is the "Spirit of America."
* AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder: Or voice, in Uncle Sam's case. To Emma Glenn, his voice sounds like "children singing". To Doll Man II, he sounds like a leader of great compassion and integrity (and a little like [[UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower Ike Eisenhower]]). Doll Man II hypothesizes that this is because Sam is born of all the individual perceptions of America, and may sound different to everyone.
* CaptainPatriotic: Uncle Sam, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of the United States of America.
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Uncle Sam's power is directly proportional to the American People's belief in freedom and liberty. Whether American protectorates like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands' people's belief in freedom and liberty counts towards this is never specified.
* NationsAsPeople: Uncle Sam is the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification literal embodiment]] of the Spirit of America, created by the Founding Fathers using a magical talisman. He originally took the form of a Minuteman, before becoming Brother Jonathan, then split into Billy Yank and Johnny Reb, before finally taking his current form (apart from a very brief AudienceAlienatingEra where he became some kind of star-spangled spaceman called the Patriot).
* PatrioticFervor: Uncle Sam, AnthropomorphicPersonification of the American Spirit, is literally composed of this trope. No, really: his strength is [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve directly proportional to the faith of the American people in America and its ideals]], to the extent that [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly if nobody had any such faith he'd cease to exist]].
* WillNotTellALie: Uncle Sam is very big on telling the truth and avoids lying.
* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Uncle Sam wears an American-themed costume.
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!!Black Condor
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Richard Grey Jr.
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Crack Comics'' #1 (May, 1940)
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* AnimalisticAbilities: The original version of the Black Condor gained the power of flight by studying the birds [[RaisedByWolves that raised him]].
* BadassBoast: Black Condor rocks at these. Not just because they sound great, but because he can and ''will'' live up to them.
-->'''Windstorm:''' I see the one in black, but what happened to the winged shaman?\\
'''Black Condor:''' I am no shaman! I am Black Condor! Empowered by the goddess Tocotl with the swiftness of the wind and the power of the ground! And I am a god killer!
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Black Condor has the ability to fly. Nothing too out there for a superhero, right? Oh no, unlike other flying heroes like ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}, [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica the Falcon]], or [[Comicbook/XMen the Angel]] (who all either rely on [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman specialized flight suits]] or are {{Winged Humanoid}}s), Black Condor learned to fly from years of studying vultures. Yes, apparently watching birds long enough will allow you to defy gravity and basic laws of physics. When the character was incorporated into ''Franchise/TheDCU'', [[{{Retcon}} retroactive continuity]] was invoked to credit the power to irradiation by MagicMeteor.
* ColorAnimalCodename: Black Condor.
* WildChild: The Black Condor is a human man who was raised by condors. Who taught him to fly (yes, without wings). And then he became a US Senator. A later retcon gives him the power of flight naturally, which makes the character ''very slightly'' less loopy.
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!!Doll Man
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Darrell Dane
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Feature Comics'' #27 (December, 1939)
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* Doll Man has the not-too-impressive ability to shrink to about six inches... though he retains his full-sized weight and mass, resulting in a measure of super strength. There's a modern Doll Man, as well, but he's permanently tiny.
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!!Human Bomb
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Roy Lincoln
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Police Comics'' #1 (August, 1941)
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* ActionBomb: The Human Bomb, whose superpowers are exactly what you'd expect. They're superheroes who generate massive explosions. This dangerous condition requires them to constantly wear containment suits.
* HavingABlast: The Human Bomb, who made his original appearance in ''Police Comics #1'' in August of 1941, is the original super-powered explosion maker. He literally could cause anything he touched to explode... the bigger the object, the bigger the explosion. When Quality Comics went out of business, Creator/DCComics purchased the rights to its entire stable of characters, and the Human Bomb became a member of the Freedom Fighters.
* HazmatSuit: The Human Bomb has worn one since the Golden Age.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: How the first Human Bomb died. See, Bizarro likes the lights he made, which were released every time the Bomb blew up, and Bizarro didn't know his own strength...
* PowerIncontinence: The Human Bomb has to stay in his containment suit, or he'll blow up everything around him.
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[[folder:Phantom Lady]]
-> See ComicBook/PhantomLady
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[[folder:The Ray]]
-> See ComicBook/TheRay
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[[folder:Firebrand]]
!!Firebrand
!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Rod Reilly
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Police Comics'' #1 (August, 1941)
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* TeamNormal: Was the only founding member without any powers.
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