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Inferior Five

Showcase #62 featuring the Inferior Five
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Showcase #62 June (1966)
Created by Nelson Bridwell
Joe Orlando
In story information
Member(s) Merry Man
Awkward Man
The Blimp
White Feather
Dumb Bunny

The Inferior Five (or I5) are a parody superhero team that premiered in the DC Comics title Showcase #62 (1966). DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company In Comic books and other stories with a long history first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Fictional character. Showcase has been the title of several Anthology series published by DC Comics. Edward Nelson Bridwell (1931 - 1987 was a writer for Mad magazine (writing the now-famous Catch phrase, " What you mean we white man " Joe Orlando ( April 4, 1927, Bari, Italy — December 23, 1998) was an illustrator writer editor and cartoonist A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Showcase has been the title of several Anthology series published by DC Comics. Created by E. Nelson Bridwell (writer) and Joe Orlando and Mike Esposito (artists), the group was intended as a parody not only of the Fantastic Four, but of all the superhero teams whose members had such great powers that they could have solved any of the crimes put before them singlehandedly. Edward Nelson Bridwell (1931 - 1987 was a writer for Mad magazine (writing the now-famous Catch phrase, " What you mean we white man " Joe Orlando ( April 4, 1927, Bari, Italy — December 23, 1998) was an illustrator writer editor and cartoonist Mike Esposito may refer to Mike Esposito (comics, comic book artist writer and publisher Mike Esposito lead guitarist for the rock music group The Fantastic Four is a fictional Superhero team appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Five had to work as a team; none of them could have fought crime on their own.

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History

All the characters were sons or daughters of members of a superhero team called the Freedom Brigade, a parody of the Justice League of America, and most of the Inferior Five were takeoffs of other popular DC characters, while Merryman's appearance was specifically modeled on Woody Allen. A team of super-heroes active in the 1940s who are also the parents of the inept crimefighters known as the Inferior Five. The Justice League sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short is a Fictional DC Comics superhero team. Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and

After appearing in Showcase #62, 63, and 65 (1966), they got their own title which lasted twelve issues. The first ten had new material and were published from 1967-68. In one memorable adventure, they met a group of what appeared to be Marvel superheroes, slightly changed to avoid copyright problems, and fought alongside them to repel an invasion of aliens with hypnotic eyes and garlic breath.

Issues #11 and 12 were published in 1972, and titled Inferior 5 (using the number 5 rather than spelling out the word) and were all reprints, except for new covers. Nothing changed with the alteration of the title. Afterwards they appeared sporadically after their own series was canceled, most notably in Showcase #100, one or two panels in Crisis on Infinite Earths, The Oz-Wonderland War #3 (March 1986), in a superhero limbo in the Grant Morrison written Animal Man series, and in one panel of JLA: Another Nail. Crisis on Infinite Earths is a twelve-issue American comic book Limited series (identified as a "12-part maxi-series" and crossover Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! is a DC Comics Comic book about a team of Funny animal Superheroes called the Zoo Crew A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do See also Intermediate state Purgatory|Heaven|Sheol|Hades in Christianity|Hell in Christianity In Roman Catholic theology Limbo (Latin limbus Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist Animal Man ( Bernhard "Buddy" Baker) is a fictional DC Comics Superhero. JLA Another Nail is a continuation of events seen in the original three-part mini-series.

Although the Inferior Five's original stories made frequent references to other prominent DC heroes, The Oz-Wonderland War #3 revealed their adventures to have actually occurred on "Earth-Twelve," which thus had its own doppelgangers of the JLA, the Teen Titans, etc. , meaning that any such references were out of continuity in relation to the heroes of DC's primary Earth-One.

Current Status

Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths (where the Five were seen simply standing around in a few crowd scenes, with no point of reference to where they had come from originally), the Inferior Five's sole "continuity" appearance as a team was in the first Angel and the Ape miniseries, where it was revealed that Angel and Dumb Bunny are half-sisters. Crisis on Infinite Earths is a twelve-issue American comic book Limited series (identified as a "12-part maxi-series" and crossover Angel and the Ape was a humour Comic book created by E Nelson Bridwell published by DC Comics. Members of the Justice League of America had cameos in the series, indicating that the Inferior Five now existed on the post-Crisis Earth. The Justice League sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short is a Fictional DC Comics superhero team. Dumb Bunny and Merryman appeared in a crowd scene in Superboy, and Dumb Bunny later made a solo cameo appearance at a super-hero convention in Bulleteer, part of the Seven Soldiers of Victory series. Bulleteer is a Fictional character and DC Comics Superheroine, a member of the Seven Soldiers of Victory. The Seven Soldiers of Victory (also known as Law's Legionnaires) is a fictional team of Comic book Superheroes in the DC Comics universe The Blimp was a pallbearer at Michael Jon Carter's funeral (52 Week 18). Booster Gold is a Fictional character, a Superhero in publications from DC Comics.

Steve Gerber reportedly proposed a Vertigo version of the Inferior Five, but this was rejected. Stephen Ross "Steve" Gerber ( September 20, 1947 - February 10, 2008) was an American Comic book Writer best Vertigo is an Imprint of the American Comic-book publisher DC Comics.

Members

Superior Five

In the mini-series Villains United, the Inferior Five were paid homage as a group of supervillains who are tentatively known as the Superior Five. Villains United is a six-issue Comic book Limited series, written by Gail Simone with art by Dale Eaglesham and Wade von Grawbadger Each member has the abilities of an I5 member but, aside from being evil, are serious and modernly styled characters. They consist of:

Little has been seen of these characters except for one panel in Villains United #4 and a few shots of them in the background in the same issue. They are among the imprisoned supervillains in Salvation Run. Salvation Run is a seven-part 2007 - 2008 DC Comics Limited series which was designed to tie in to the company's major event series Splitshot was killed by the Joker In Issue #3

Awards

The series and characters have been recognized in the field, being awarded a 1966 Alley Award for Best Humor Title: Costumed. The Joker is a fictional character appearing in Comic books published by DC Comics.

External links

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