LAVA MAN

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: NA 

OCCUPATION: NA 

IDENTITY: NA 

CLASS: NA 

LEGAL STATUS: NA 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: NA 

MARITAL STATUS: NA 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: NA 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: NA 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Famous Funnies #89 (December 1942) 

HEIGHT: NA 

WEIGHT: NA 

EYES: NA 

HAIR: NA 

HISTORY 

NA 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

NA 

JOYCE CHURCH

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Joyce Church-Blake 

OCCUPATION: Anthropologist, adventuress 

IDENTITY: Public 

CLASS: Human mutate 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: Ariel 

PLACE OF BIRTH: NYC, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Married 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Robert Blake (husband) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: United States of Matter 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: United States of Matter Headquarters 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics #1 (Aug. 1940) 

HEIGHT: 5′ 6″ 

WEIGHT: 120 lbs 

EYES: Brown 

HAIR: Ginger 

HISTORY 

Joyce Church was a young anthropologist who was on a remote Pacific island with her fiancé, pilot Robert Blake, her friend, scientist Harry Thurston and Harry's assistant, Tom Kinsman, working on an excavation. While Joyce was studying some strange archaeological remains, the excavation was sabotaged and a terrible explosion occurred. Only Joyce, her fiancé, Harry and the fearless Jack Bradley, foreman of the excavation, survived. The explosion disintegrated them, but somehow, the strange materials of the island combined with the energy of the explosion and something in the DNA of the four made them return from nowhere, transformed into elemental creatures, living representations of the four states of matter: Gaseous (Joyce), Solid (Bradley), Liquid (Blake) and Plasma (Thurston). After a moment of desperation, they discovered that they could control this fantastic change simply with force of will. Using their newfound abilities, the four found and confronted the saboteurs, who turned out to be Lava Man and his acolytes. After defeating them, the four decided to stay together, forming the United States of Matter and choosing colorful nicknames by which they would be known: Fearless Flint, Hydro-Man, Blue Flame, and Ariel. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Joyce was capable of transforming into a gaseous life form. She is usually invulnerable to physical damage, although she can still take damage from unconventional attacks. She can float and move through air molecules, allowing her to fly. She also learned to shoot lightning bolts. 

BLUE FLAME

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Harry Thurston 

OCCUPATION: Scientist, adventurer 

IDENTITY: Public 

CLASS: Human mutate 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Farrell City, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: United States of Matter 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: United States of Matter Headquarters 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Captain Flight #11 (February-March 1947) 

HEIGHT: 5' 10" 

WEIGHT: 170 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Reddish brown 

HISTORY 

Harry Thurston, was a young scientist who was conducting a prospection on a remote island in the South Pacific. He was accompanied by his assistant, Tom Kinsman, his friend, the pilot Robert Blake, and Robert's fiancée, the beautiful anthropologist Joyce Church. As Harry studied the unique makeup of the island, the excavation was sabotaged and a terrible explosion occurred, leaving only Harry and his friends and the excavation's foreman, the intrepid Jack Bradley, alive. The explosion disintegrated them, but somehow, the rare materials of the island combined with the energy of the explosion and something in the DNA of the four made them return from nowhere, transformed into elemental creatures, living representations of the four states of matter: Solid (Bradley), Liquid (Blake), Gaseous (Joyce) and Plasma (Thurston himself). After a moment of despair, they discovered that they could control this fantastic change simply by willpower. 

Using their new abilities, the four encountered and confronted the saboteurs, who turned out to be Lava Man and his acolytes. After defeating them, the four decided to stay together, forming the United States of Matter and chosing colorful nicknames by which they would be known: Fearless Flint, Hydro-Man, Blue Flame and Ariel. 

Harry developed the translite, a fabric with exceptional qualities and great resistance that would be used to make indestructible uniforms made of this material. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Harry is capable of turning his body into plasma, being capable in that state of: flying, generating high temperatures and firing destructive blasts. 

UNITED STATES OF MATTER

HISTORY 

A scientific expedition made up of Doctor Harry Thurston, his assistant Tom Kinsman and the anthropologist Joyce Church, heads in a seaplane piloted by Joyce's fiancé, Robert Blake, to a remote island in the Pacific, where they must study the strange properties of the terrain. and some mysterious ancient remains. The foreman of the excavation is the fearless adventurer Jack Bradley.

Everything seems to be proceeding normally, until the excavation is sabotaged and a terrible explosion occurs.

Tom Kinsman and the native workers are seemingly wiped off the face of the earth. But when the dust cloud settles, Jack, Joyce, Bob and Harry are still standing, albeit somewhat changed...

Somehow, the strange materials of the island combined with the energy of the explosion and something in the DNA of the four made them return from nowhere, transformed into elemental creatures, living representations of the four states of matter: Gaseous (Joyce ), Liquid (Blake), Plasma (Thurston) and Solid (Bradley).

After a moment of desperation, they discovered that they could control this fantastic change simply with force of will. Using their newfound abilities, the four found and confronted the saboteurs, who turned out to be Lava Man and his acolytes. After defeating them, the four decided to stay together, forming the United States of Matter and choosing colorful nicknames by which they would be known: Fearless Flint, Hydro-Man, Blue Flame, and Ariel.

ARIEL 

BLUE FLAME 

FEARLESS FLINT 

HYDROMAN

FEARLESS FLINT

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Jack Bradley 

OCCUPATION: Former construction worker, adventurer 

IDENTITY: Public 

CLASS: Human mutate 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: The Famous Flint Man 

PLACE OF BIRTH: NYC, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: United States of Matter 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: United States of Matter Headquarters

FIRST APPEARANCE: Famous Funnies #89 (December 1942) 

HEIGHT: 6' 1" 

WEIGHT: 455 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Blond 

HISTORY 

Jack Bradley was the foreman of an excavation on a remote Pacific island. Scientist Harry Thurston, his assistant Tom Kinsman, anthropologist Joyce Church and her fiancé, pilot Robert Blake, plus native digging personnel, completed the expedition. Jack was unable to prevent the excavation from being sabotaged and a terrible explosion occurred. Only Jack himself, Joyce Church, her fiancé (Bob) and Harry Thurston survived. The explosion disintegrated them, but somehow, the strange materials of the island combined with the energy of the explosion and something in the DNA of the four made them return from nowhere, transformed into elemental creatures, living representations of the four states of matter: Gaseous (Joyce), Liquid (Blake), Plasma (Thurston) and Solid (Bradley himself). After a moment of desperation, they discovered that they could control this fantastic change simply with force of will. Using their new abilities, the four of them encountered and confronted the saboteurs, who turned out to be Lava Man and his acolytes. After defeating them, the four decided to stay together, forming the United States of Matter and choosing colorful nicknames by which they would be known: Fearless Flint, Hydro-Man, Blue Flame and Ariel. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Jack was transformed into a cryptocrystalline life form, similar in appearance to red quartz and extremely tough. His powers while in this state include superhuman strength and invulnerability. 

HYDROMAN

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Robert Blake 

OCCUPATION: Seaplane pilot, adventurer 

IDENTITY: Public 

CLASS: Human mutate 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: NYC, USA  

MARITAL STATUS: Married 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Joyce Church (wife) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: United States of Matter 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: United States of Matter Headquarters 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics #1 (Aug. 1940) 

HEIGHT: 6' 1" 

WEIGHT: 180 lbs 

EYES: Black 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

Robert Blake was a seaplane pilot who was on a remote Pacific island with his fiancee, the anthropologist Joyce Church, his friend, the scientist Harry Thurston, Harry's assistant (Tom Kinsman) and Jack Bradley, the intrepid foreman of the excavation in which all of them worked. The excavation was sabotaged and a terrible explosion occurred. Only Jack Bradley, Joyce Church, Harry Thurston, and Robert himself survived. The explosion disintegrated them, but somehow, the strange materials of the island combined with the energy of the explosion and something in the DNA of the four made them return from nowhere, changed into elemental creatures, living representations of the four states of matter: Gaseous (Joyce), Plasma (Thurston), Solid (Bradley) and Liquid (Blake himself). After a moment of desperation, they discovered that they could control this fantastic transformation simply with force of will. Using their newfound abilities, the four found and confronted the saboteurs, who turned out to be Lava Man and his acolytes. After defeating them, the four decided to stay together, forming the United States of Matter and choosing colorful nicknames by which they would be known: Fearless Flint, Hydro-Man, Blue Flame, and Ariel. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Robert Blake can transform his body or any part of it into water. Bob can control the water that makes up his body in a number of ways. He often emits high pressure blasts of water from his hands, but he seems to prefer to transform into a mini-tsunami and use that form to hit and sweep away his opponents. Evaporation or freezing, while not having serious long-term effects, are not very pleasant for him.