Ferro Lad

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Ferro Lad
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Ferro Lad as depicted in Secret Origins #47 (December 1989). Art by Eric Shanower and Dave Cockrum.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Adventure Comics #346 (July 1966)
Created by Jim Shooter
In-story information
Alter egoAndrew Nolan
Species Metahuman
Place of origin Earth (31st century)
Team affiliations Legion of Super-Heroes
Notable aliasesFerro
Abilities

Ferro Lad (Andrew Nolan) is a superhero appearing in DC Comics, primarily as a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes in the 30th and 31st centuries. In post-Zero Hour continuity, he is simply known as Ferro. [1]

Contents

Publication history

Ferro Lad first appeared in Adventure Comics #346 and was created by Jim Shooter. [2] When Jim Shooter first created the character, he intended Ferro Lad to be black, but editor Mort Weisinger vetoed the idea, [3] saying "we'll lose our distribution in the South". [4]

In a 2003 interview, Shooter said that he killed Ferro Lad out of annoyance towards being unable to make him black. [5] However, in a 2011 blog post, he had a different explanation: that Ferro Lad's powers enabled him to survive entering the Sun-Eater's core. [6]

The Life and Death of Ferro Lad ( ISBN   978-1-4012-2193-5), a hardcover trade paperback collecting Ferro Lad's Silver Age appearances, was released in 2009.

Fictional character biography

Silver Age

Andrew Nolan is a metahuman with the power to transform himself into living iron. [7] He has a twin brother named Douglas who has the same power. Both twins have deformed faces as a side effect of the mutation that gave them their powers, so both wear iron masks. Ferro Lad later sacrifices himself to destroy the Sun-Eater in The Death of Ferro Lad storyline, and makes minor appearances as a ghost and statue afterward. Additionally, a temporal clone of Ferro Lad from "Batch SW6" appears in the "Five Year Gap". [8]

Post-Zero Hour

Following Zero Hour: Crisis in Time! , which reboots the Legion's continuity, Ferro Lad is renamed Ferro and originates from the 20th century. He meets and joins the Legion of Super-Heroes after they are displaced in time. [1] [9] [10]

Powers and abilities

Andrew Nolan can transform into organic metal, which gives him enhanced strength and durability. [11] As a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes, Ferro Lad is provided with a Legion Flight Ring, which allows him to fly and protects him from the vacuum of space and other dangerous environments. He also has a built-in radio mask for communication in airless space.

Other versions

In other media

Television

Film

Video games

Ferro Lad appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure . [13]

Miscellaneous

See also

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