Secret Society of Super-Villains #16

Secret Society of Super-Villains Volume 2: 

Secret Society of Super-Villains #16 

title: "Murder Times Seven!"
writer: Bob Rozakis
penciller(s): Mike Vosburg and Dick Ayers
inker: Bob Smith

letterer: Shelly Leferman

editor: Jack C. Harris
cover: Rich Buckler & Jack Abel (collected edition); Alex Saviuk (original story)

Order of Appearance: Uncle Sam, Firebrand, Black Condor, Doll Man, the Ray, Phantom Lady, and the Human Bomb 

Supporting Character(s): none

Opponents: Silver Ghost, Mirror Master, Copperhead, Killer Moth, Quake Master, Chronos, the Sizematic Twins

Overall Summary: 
NOW IT CAN BE TOLD! The Secret Society of Super-Villains strikes at the Freedom Fighters!    

Secret Origins #21

Secret Origins #21 (Dec 1987)
title: "The Secret Origin of Black Condor:

The Man Who Can Fly Like A Bird"
writer: Roy Thomas
pencils & inks: Murphy Anderson
letterer: Jean Simek
colorist: Carl Gafford

editor: Greg Weisman
cover: Jose-Luis Garcia Lopez

Order of Appearance: Black Condor is the only Freedom Fighter to appear in this story

Supporting Character(s): Father Pierre, Black Condor's parents Anne and Richard Grey

Opponents: Yakki raiders led by Gali Khan, unscrupulous businessman Jaspar Crow

Overall Summary: 
Black Condor grows up in the mountains of the Himalayas with the mutant power of flight! Eventually he defeats the men responsible for the murder of his parents and his teacher, and he heads to the US....where he becomes a US Senator!?!   

Secret Origins #19

 Secret Origins #19 (Oct 1987)
title: "The Coming of Uncle Sam"
writer: Len Wein
pencils & inks: Murphy Anderson
letterer: Milt Snapinn
colorist: Shelley Eiber
editors: Greg Weisman & Roy Thomas
cover: Brent Anderson & Jack Kirby

Order of Appearance: Uncle Sam is the only Freedom Fighter to appear in this story

Supporting Character(s): Buddy, Sam's would-be side-kick

Opponents: The Black Legion

Overall Summary: 
Uncle Sam is created when a colonist gives his life during the US Revolutionary War. Uncle Sam wakes up 150 years later and is "reincarnated" against home-ground terrorists!     

Secret Origins #8

Secret Origins #8 (date)
title: "Doll Man"
writer/creative editor: Roy Thomas
pencils & inks: Murphy Anderson
letterer: David Cody Weiss
colorist: Carl Gafford

coordinating editor: Robert Greenberger
cover: Steve Lightle

Order of Appearance: Doll Man is the only Freedom Fighter to appear in this story

Supporting Character(s): Martha Roberts, Professor Roberts

Opponents: Falco the blackmailer

Overall Summary: 
Darrel Dane impetuously drinks a shrinking potion and becomes the 6-inch tall Doll Man. His first case is to rescue his fiancée from a blackmailer!   

Who's Who in the DCU Update '87 #1

 

Who's Who Update '87

The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe 

#1 (Aug 1987)

cover: Joe Brozowski & Dick Giordano

editor: Robert Greenberger

contributing writers: Mike W. Barr, Todd Klein, Paul Levitz, 

John Ostrander, Barbara Randall, Bob Rozakis, Len Wein

contributing writer/researcher: Peter Sanderson

production: Steven Bove

colorist: Anthony Tollin

copy editor: Art Young

Featuring: The All-Star Squadron

Who's Who in the DCU #24

 

Who's Who

The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #24 

(Feb 1987)

cover: Eduardo Barreto

editor: Robert Greenberger

contributing editor: Len Wein

contributing writers: Paul Levitz, Jonathan Peterson, Bob Rozakis, Greg Weisman

contributing writers/researchers: E. Nelson Bridwell, Peter Sanderson

production: Todd Klein

researcher: Art Young

colorists: Anthony Tollin, Len Wein, Tatjana Wood

copy editor: Carl Gafford

Featuring: Uncle Sam

Justice League #56 "Whatever Happened to the Freedom Fighters?" (part two)

The only thing you need to know to enjoy this story if you are already aware of the Freedom Fighters' history is that in order to drag these adventures into more recent history I decided to swap out Earth-2 Superman with Power Girl. I also made the Sandman into the newer, younger Sandy Hawkins version. I hope these changes don't prevent you from enjoying "my" take on these three super groups!

What has gone-before department: 

Red Tornado has asked the participants from the JLA-JSA get-together to figure out what happened to the Freedom Fighters after they moved to Earth-1. The two teams search for clues to the Fighters' whereabouts. They learn that the Fighters recently battled members of the Secret Society of Super-Villains and were captured by them! Green Arrow and Power Girl rescue the Ray, who had managed to escape. Dr. Fate uses his mystical powers to locate the other Fighters, and now the JLA-JSA head towards a showdown with the SSOSV! 

You can read the story yourself here: Justice League #55