Fatal Five

Fatal Five
Cover art for Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #120, featuring four of the Fatal Five with Brainiac 5 and Gates, by Phil Jimenez.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceAdventure Comics #352 (January 1967)
Created byJim Shooter
In-story information
Member(s)Founders:
Emerald Empress
Mano
Persuader
Tharok
Validus
Substitutes:
Flare
Caress
Mentalla
Mordecai

The Fatal Five is a supervillain team of the 30th century in the DC Comics universe.[1] They were created by Jim Shooter and first appeared in Adventure Comics #352 (1967) as enemies of the Legion of Super-Heroes.[2]

  1. ^ Greenberger, Robert; Pasko, Martin (2010). The Essential Superman Encyclopedia. Del Rey. pp. 90–91. ISBN 978-0-345-50108-0.
  2. ^ Wallace, Dan (2008), "Fatal Five", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 119, ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1, OCLC 213309017