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Quiz about Legion of Super Heroes Ferro Lad

Legion of Super Heroes: Ferro Lad Quiz

The Legion of Super Heroes is a DC Comics team of super-powered teenager living 1,000 years in the future. This quiz focuses on the member known as Ferro Lad.

A multiple-choice quiz by eggman404. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
eggman404

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
398,326

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is Ferro Lad's real name? Hint

Dave Wittenberg

Lyle Wagonner

Hart Druiter

Andrew Nolan

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is Ferro Lad's home planet? Hint

Mars

Lallor

Xanthu

Earth

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Question 3 of 10

3. Ferro Lad had a twin brother. What was his name? Hint

Randolph

Phillip

Jonathan

Douglas

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is Ferro Lad's super power? Hint

He can turn his body into living iron

He can form iron shields from both hands

He can convert any inanimate object into iron

He can iron clothes as super speed

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Question 5 of 10

5. Ferro Lad and his brother both wore iron masks over their entire heads with just two openings for their eyes. Why was this? Hint

They released pheromones which made people hate them

Their non-iron skin is radioactive

They were both former holo stars who seeked anonymity

They were born with grotesquely disfigured faces

6. Ferro Lad had a relatively short career as a member of the Legion. Just nine issues after his debut, he sacrifices his life to save the galaxy and all its inhabitants. Who was responsible for his death? Hint

A Sun-Eater

A Dominator

Validus

Emerald Empress

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Question 7 of 10

7. Ferro Lad was created by writer Jim Shooter. Why did Jim select Ferro Lad to kill off in his story titled, "The Doomed Legionnaire"? Hint

DC would not allow him to let Ferro Lad be a black character

Because he could replace Ferro Lad with his twin brother

His power of super strength and invulnerability was redundant

Ferro Lad was one of several characters up for random death selection

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Question 8 of 10

8. Ferro Lad's brother eventually contracted a disease where his mind was opened to alternative realities and timelines. This drove him insane. Thanks to Brainiac 5 and the Time Institute, he was eventually helped. How? Hint

He was able to meld with a timeline where he became Ferro Man

A cure was discovered by Rond Vidar and his sanity returned

He was taught to loop into a reality where his brother still lived

He was given a procedure similar to a 21st-century lobotomy

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the Post Zero Hour/Reboot continuity, Ferro Lad operates using a different code name. What is it? Hint

Lead Lad

Ferrous

Iron Kid

Ferro

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Question 10 of 10

10. In the Post Zero Hour/Reboot continuity, Ferro Lad shares something unique with this continuity's Valor (Mon-El). What is it? Hint

They are both the only Legionnaires with a twin

They both are expelled from the Legion

They both have a female family member who becomes a Legionnaire

They are both are originally from the 20th century

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is Ferro Lad's real name?

Answer: Andrew Nolan

Dave Wittenberg is an actor who provided the voice of Ferro Lad in the WB animated series, "The Legion of Super Heroes".

2. What is Ferro Lad's home planet?

Answer: Earth

Ferro Lad was introduced in 'Adventure Comics' #346 (1966).

3. Ferro Lad had a twin brother. What was his name?

Answer: Douglas

Both Andrew and Douglas Nolan were born as mutants.

4. What is Ferro Lad's super power?

Answer: He can turn his body into living iron

Ferro Lad, and his brother Douglas, both were born with the mutant ability to turn their bodies into living iron. This also provides them with super strength and skin that is nearly indestructible.

5. Ferro Lad and his brother both wore iron masks over their entire heads with just two openings for their eyes. Why was this?

Answer: They were born with grotesquely disfigured faces

The same mutation that gave them their powers also resulted in the two boys being born with faces so disfigured they had to hide them from public view.

Answer: A Sun-Eater

Ferro Lad dies in 'Adventure Comics' #353 (1967) when he carries a bomb into the center of the Sun-Eater in order to destroy it.

7. Ferro Lad was created by writer Jim Shooter. Why did Jim select Ferro Lad to kill off in his story titled, "The Doomed Legionnaire"?

Answer: DC would not allow him to let Ferro Lad be a black character

Jim Shooter created Ferro Lad with the intent that he be the first black-skinned Legionnaire. His editor nixed this idea, telling Jim that it would cause them to lose their distribution in the south (U.S.). With that, Jim decided to kill him off.

Answer: He was able to meld with a timeline where he became Ferro Man

This event played out in 'Legion of Super Heroes' #300 (vol 2 - 1983). The story was crafted with the specific intent of establishing "alternative" realities. This freed writers from future events that had previously been established as canon in "Adult Legion" stories written decades previously.

9. In the Post Zero Hour/Reboot continuity, Ferro Lad operates using a different code name. What is it?

Answer: Ferro

In this continuity, Andrew and Douglas Nolan are the twin sons of a famous actress named Nancy Nolan, who abandoned the boys because of their grotesque appearance.

10. In the Post Zero Hour/Reboot continuity, Ferro Lad shares something unique with this continuity's Valor (Mon-El). What is it?

Answer: They are both are originally from the 20th century

Ferro is from the "present" and becomes a hero on his own. When a group of Legionnaires travel to their past (our present), he meets them and decides to go with them when they return to the future.

Source: Author eggman404

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