Publisher DC Comics | Alter ego John Malone | |
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Created by Gerry Conway
Chuck Patton Team affiliations Cadre
Secret Society of Super Villains Abilities Powered exoskeleton
Explosive spheres First appearance Justice League of America #234 (January 1985) Creators Chuck Patton, Gerry Conway Affiliation Secret Society of Super Villains Similar Black Mass, Monocle, Doctor Spectro, Bloodsport, Overmaster | ||
Fastball is a DC Comics supervillain.
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Publication history
Fastball first appeared in Justice League of America #234 and was created by Gerry Conway and Chuck Patton.
Fictional character biography
Fastball (whose real name is John Malone) was a former baseball player whom the Overmaster equipped with an exoskeleton, gloves and the requisite wrist bands to enable him to pitch potentially deadly explosive spheres. He was drafted into the Overmaster’s first Cadre, but after their defeat at the hands of the Justice League, Fastball went underground and was largely forgotten. Another villain with a similar motif, named Overthrow, was often mistaken for Fastball. The real Fastball finally returned to a life of crime, rejoining the Cadre under the leadership of Doctor Polaris in San Francisco. The villains were defeated by the Power Company.
In Infinite Crisis, Fastball was a member of the Secret Society of Super Villains. He was later killed by an OMAC.
Fastball has been identified as one of the deceased entombed below the Hall of Justice.
Powers and abilities
Fastball throws explosive spheres, thanks to a cybernetic exo-skeleton.