A team of super-heroes active in the 1940s who are also the parents of the inept crimefighters known as the Inferior Five

Inferior Five

The Inferior Five are a parody superhero team that premiered in the DC Comics title Showcase #62 . Created by E. Nelson Bridwell and Joe Orlando and Mike Esposito , the group was intended as a parody not only of the Fantastic Four, but of all the superhero teams whose members had such great...

. The adventures of the Inferior Five were published by DC Comics

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 in the 1960s.

Membership: Patriot, Lady Liberty, Captain Swift, The Bowman, Princess Power, Mr. Might, The Mermaid.

Charter: To fight crime in Megalopolis.

Comments: This group is a parody of other DC characters, respectively: Uncle Sam

Uncle Sam (comics)

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, Miss America

Miss America (DC Comics)

Miss America is a fictional comic book superheroine from the . She was first created by Quality Comics in Military Comics #1 , and was carried over to DC Comics when they purchased Quality in the 1950s...

, The Flash, Green Arrow

Green Arrow

Green Arrow is a fictional superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, he first appeared in More Fun Comics #73 in November 1941. His secret identity is Oliver Queen, billionaire and former mayor of fictional Star City...

, Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman is a DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. She first appeared in All Star Comics #8 . The Wonder Woman title has been published by DC Comics almost continuously except for a brief hiatus in 1986....

, Superman

Superman

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, and Aquaman

Aquaman

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. Patriot is the son of the Yellowjacket (a parody of the 1930s radio hero the Green Hornet

Green Hornet

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), and Lady Liberty is an expert in judo and karate. The Freedom Brigade appeared only twice: in issues 62 and 65 of DC's "tryout" magazine Showcase

Showcase (comics)

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. In the first story, they coaxed their offspring to band together as the "Inferior Five." In the second, they served as teachers at Dean Egghead's Academy for Superheroes (a parody of Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

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' Professor X

Professor X

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 and the X-Men).

All information came from Jeff Rovin's The Encyclopedia of Superheroes, pg. 355 of Appendix A - "Superhero Teams."