DC's Legends of Tomorrow Review
Promo - Their Time is Now
This promo episode shows all the new heroes of the team, being; Rip Hunter, The Atom, White Canary, Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Captain Cold, Heatwave and Firestorm. The directors, editors and producers tell us that the team has been recruited by Rip Hunter, a time traveler, to fight crime and time paradox problems. He lets them onto the Wave Rider, the time machine, showing them around. There isn't much new footage of series, but we know they go to Future London, Ancient Egypt and 1975 America. The team are after the immortal villain of Vandal Savage. He has been living seen Ancient Egypt, where a meteor hit the building he was in, letting him become immortal. The promo raised the hype level to insane, I can't serious cannot wait for the first episode.
Overall: Hyper-O-Meter off the scale. 10/10!
Final Thoughts: "An insane team-up season of superheroes!"
Rip Hunter:
Real name: Richard "Rip" Hunter
First Appearance: Showcase #20
Abilities: Skilled Martial Artist, Genius, Time Traveler.
Origin: Son of Booster Gold, he was born into time traveling, seeing how many people had needed help but never got it - he decided to gather a team to help him, save the past, present and future.
Episode One: Pilot - Part 1
We the main villain of this series, Vandal Savage, he is nearly completed on conquering the Earth. Ending in London, 2166, the way he killed everyone - it was named the Second Blitz. Vandal walks up to a woman and her son, with the son being named Jonas; both being shot and killed. Then we jump back to the present day, Rip Hunter, a time traveler, recruit a team of legends to save the past, present and future of Earth, starting with Vandal Savage. The team he recruits is The Atom, White Canary, Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Captain Cold, Heatwave and both halves of Firestorm; saying to them to meet him at a pier in Central City. They all show up, with Rip Hunter, showing off his time machine, the Wave Rider, with the A.I. of Gideon commanding the vessel. Their first trip in time is to St. Roch Secondary School, New Orleans, in 1975. Rip Hunter, Atom, Professor Stein, Hawkman and Hawkgirl go to find Professor Aldus Boardman, an expert on Vandal Savage, Hawkgirl and Hawkman, showing that Vandal was always in the back of major events in time - we also learn that Aldus is the son of Hawkgirl and Hawkman's past reincarnation from late 1940. While Jax, Heatwave, Captain Cold and White Canary stay behind, but Captain Cold, Heatwave and White Canary go off drinking in a bar and may of caused a bar fight.
With Jax by himself on the Wave Rider, a time bounty hunter, named Chronos, comes blasting at the Wave Rider, this is where the team is alerted and runs back to the time ship. Aldus is wounded in the epic laser fight, but the team is able to turn the fight around and escape from the bounty hunter. While travelling to a Time Limbo - a place where time doesn't occur, Rip Hunter tells the truth about why he recruit them onto the team. They were uneventful within time, and the reason why he was the one to attempt to stop Vandal was because his wife and son, Jonas, were shot in front of his very eyes. Needing a team to stop Vandal, he recruited them - the team are slightly pissed off with him about lying to them about their futures. But the team come to their senses and forgive Rip Hunter, deciding the only people in their lives that can make their futures are themselves. So of the team shoot to try and track Vandal down.
Overall: Slightly rushed backstory but so epic. 9/10
Final thought: "Haha... he played Rory the Roman in Doctor Who... once a time traveler, always a time traveler."
Chronos:
Real name: David Clinton
First Appearance: The Atom #3
Abilities: Time Travel, Time Manipulation
Origin: Being a time bounty hunter, he is able to travel back and fore throughout time and capture and/or kill people who have mess up the space time continuum.
Episode Two: Pilot - Part 2
Remaining in 1975, but travelling to Norway, so the team can go to a terrorist weapon smuggling auction, this is because the Wave Rider's AI, Gideon, knows that Vandal Savage is there. What Gideon didn't know was that Vandal Savage was the grand seller of the auction. The Team also bumps into future Arrow villain, Damien Darhk, which went down well. Heatwave ends up bidding on a nuclear warhead, and winning it. But Vandal offers a new discount purchase to the person who kills Heatwave, Captain Cold and Jax, in the flurry, Vandal aims the nuclear warhead and runs away. A fight breaks out, with Atom losing a small piece of his suit which is found by one of Vandal Savage's scientists. Jax and Professor Stein fuse to become Firestorm, this is so they can carry the warhead to a safe zone and let Jax absorb most of the radiation caused by the nuclear device. Rip Hunter is a little but annoyed because they caused some major time alternating problems. Hawkgirl and Hawkman also find out that they need Vandal Savage's Knife to kill Savage, Professor Stein is able to work out that it will be admitting abnormal amounts of Alpha Particles, but to find the source of the Alpha Particles they will need a Alpha Particle Tracker. The problem is that, the only one which has been invented is at Professor Stein's Lab at the university where Stein when, which means they have to meet Professor Stein's younger self.
Vandal Savage's scientist figure out that the piece of Atom's suit was a repulser, which Savage will use to start the Second Blitz in 2166. Stein, White Canary and Jax also retrieve the Alpha Particle Tracker from the younger Stein, by knocking him out - the younger Stein also tracks the tracker back to the Wave Rider, and seeing how the team were able to travel through time. Rip Hunter gets even more angry, knowing that the time spent at the Wave Rider shouldn't have been the time where younger Stein should of met his future wife. Now knowing where the Knife is, Captain Cold, Heatwave and Atom decide to go off to the house and steal the knife, but Captain Cold and Atom both get stuck in a burglar trap, so Heatwave goes off to find a fuse box. This is where the three team members find out that the house they were stealing from was Vandal Savage's. The three team member call for back-up. Hawkman goes to stab Savage with the knife, but is countered and killed by Savage, the knife didn't work because Hawkgirl has to be the one which kills Savage. Meanwhile, Rip Hunter goes back to find the younger Stein and make him go find his future wife at the science expo. But when the team regroups back at the Wave Rider, Hawkman has died.
Overall: Really great episode, once again. 9/10.
Final Thought: "Have you not learn from watching Back to the Future? Do not meet your younger self!"
Hawkman
Real name: Carter Hall
First Appearance: Hawkman #1
Abilities: Flight, Peak Physical Ability, Ability to reincarnate, Nth Metal Mace.
Origin: Carter is the reincarnation of the Egyptian Prince Khufu, along with his partner, Hawkgirl who is the reincarnation of Princess Chay-Ra.
Episode Three: Blood Ties
Still in 1975, since Hawkgirl has been stabbed by Vandal Savage, the knife he uses has broken has it penetrated Hawkgirl's body, leaving fragments of the knife in her bloodstream, heading towards her heart. Jax is given the job to fix the Jump Ship, but is forced into helping Captain Cold and Heatwave into stealing an emerald from a Central City Museum. While White Canary comes up with the idea of stopping Vandal Savage; taking away his financial resources. Gideon, the Wave-Rider's AI, locates where Vandal stores his money - at the Brumberg Bank in Leipzig, Germany. As they walk into the bank to speak with Thomas Blake, the bank's director, White Canary notices that all the guards have Ex-South African Mobsters, the Secretary has a handgun at her desk, and the director is a trained samurai swordsman... Of course, a fight breaks out, with White Canary killing all the people apart from the director, so Rip Hunter and White Canary can use him to gain information. They learn that Vandal Savage is using Hawkman's blood to give his men extended life.
Captain Cold, using the emerald, goes to his old house where he grew up to give his father the emerald. He does this to stop him going to prisoner. But nothing much is changed, Captain Cold's father still goes to prison for selling the emerald, instead of stealing it. Then Captain Cold, Heatwave and Jax are called to help Rip Hunter and White Canary in retrieving Hawkman's body. White Canary, Heatwave and Captain Cold end up killing Vandal Savage's men, but Savage has to be spared as he can only be killing by Hawkgirl. Vandal Savage also learns the names of Rip Hunter's son and wife, as he is able to see his pocket watch with their photos. After a pep-talk from Prof. Stein, Atom shrink down into Hawkgirl's bloodstream, then using his blasters, he destroys all the knife fragments, saving Hawkgirl's life. The team regroup to bury the body of Hawkman, this will let him reincarnate into someone else in the future. Rip Hunter also tells the team that he tried to kill Vandal Savage before, in Ancient Egypt, just after Vandal killed Hawkman and Hawkgirl for the first time, but Rip Hunter failed to kill him. After this Gideon is able to find the next place Vandal strikes, in 1986.
Overall: Really good episode, showing the backstory of Captain Cold. 8.7/10
Final thoughts: "I've seen Man of Steel die and Dark Knights fall..."
White Canary:
Real name: Sara Lance
First Appearance: Birds of Prey Vol. 2 #1
Rip Hunter:Real name: Richard "Rip" HunterFirst Appearance: Showcase #20
Abilities: Skilled Martial Artist, Genius, Time Traveler.
Origin: Son of Booster Gold, he was born into time traveling, seeing how many people had needed help but never got it - he decided to gather a team to help him, save the past, present and future.
Episode One: Pilot - Part 1
We the main villain of this series, Vandal Savage, he is nearly completed on conquering the Earth. Ending in London, 2166, the way he killed everyone - it was named the Second Blitz. Vandal walks up to a woman and her son, with the son being named Jonas; both being shot and killed. Then we jump back to the present day, Rip Hunter, a time traveler, recruit a team of legends to save the past, present and future of Earth, starting with Vandal Savage. The team he recruits is The Atom, White Canary, Hawkgirl, Hawkman, Captain Cold, Heatwave and both halves of Firestorm; saying to them to meet him at a pier in Central City. They all show up, with Rip Hunter, showing off his time machine, the Wave Rider, with the A.I. of Gideon commanding the vessel. Their first trip in time is to St. Roch Secondary School, New Orleans, in 1975. Rip Hunter, Atom, Professor Stein, Hawkman and Hawkgirl go to find Professor Aldus Boardman, an expert on Vandal Savage, Hawkgirl and Hawkman, showing that Vandal was always in the back of major events in time - we also learn that Aldus is the son of Hawkgirl and Hawkman's past reincarnation from late 1940. While Jax, Heatwave, Captain Cold and White Canary stay behind, but Captain Cold, Heatwave and White Canary go off drinking in a bar and may of caused a bar fight.
With Jax by himself on the Wave Rider, a time bounty hunter, named Chronos, comes blasting at the Wave Rider, this is where the team is alerted and runs back to the time ship. Aldus is wounded in the epic laser fight, but the team is able to turn the fight around and escape from the bounty hunter. While travelling to a Time Limbo - a place where time doesn't occur, Rip Hunter tells the truth about why he recruit them onto the team. They were uneventful within time, and the reason why he was the one to attempt to stop Vandal was because his wife and son, Jonas, were shot in front of his very eyes. Needing a team to stop Vandal, he recruited them - the team are slightly pissed off with him about lying to them about their futures. But the team come to their senses and forgive Rip Hunter, deciding the only people in their lives that can make their futures are themselves. So of the team shoot to try and track Vandal down.
Overall: Slightly rushed backstory but so epic. 9/10
Final thought: "Haha... he played Rory the Roman in Doctor Who... once a time traveler, always a time traveler."
Chronos:Real name: David ClintonFirst Appearance: The Atom #3
Abilities: Time Travel, Time Manipulation
Origin: Being a time bounty hunter, he is able to travel back and fore throughout time and capture and/or kill people who have mess up the space time continuum.
Episode Two: Pilot - Part 2
Remaining in 1975, but travelling to Norway, so the team can go to a terrorist weapon smuggling auction, this is because the Wave Rider's AI, Gideon, knows that Vandal Savage is there. What Gideon didn't know was that Vandal Savage was the grand seller of the auction. The Team also bumps into future Arrow villain, Damien Darhk, which went down well. Heatwave ends up bidding on a nuclear warhead, and winning it. But Vandal offers a new discount purchase to the person who kills Heatwave, Captain Cold and Jax, in the flurry, Vandal aims the nuclear warhead and runs away. A fight breaks out, with Atom losing a small piece of his suit which is found by one of Vandal Savage's scientists. Jax and Professor Stein fuse to become Firestorm, this is so they can carry the warhead to a safe zone and let Jax absorb most of the radiation caused by the nuclear device. Rip Hunter is a little but annoyed because they caused some major time alternating problems. Hawkgirl and Hawkman also find out that they need Vandal Savage's Knife to kill Savage, Professor Stein is able to work out that it will be admitting abnormal amounts of Alpha Particles, but to find the source of the Alpha Particles they will need a Alpha Particle Tracker. The problem is that, the only one which has been invented is at Professor Stein's Lab at the university where Stein when, which means they have to meet Professor Stein's younger self.
Vandal Savage's scientist figure out that the piece of Atom's suit was a repulser, which Savage will use to start the Second Blitz in 2166. Stein, White Canary and Jax also retrieve the Alpha Particle Tracker from the younger Stein, by knocking him out - the younger Stein also tracks the tracker back to the Wave Rider, and seeing how the team were able to travel through time. Rip Hunter gets even more angry, knowing that the time spent at the Wave Rider shouldn't have been the time where younger Stein should of met his future wife. Now knowing where the Knife is, Captain Cold, Heatwave and Atom decide to go off to the house and steal the knife, but Captain Cold and Atom both get stuck in a burglar trap, so Heatwave goes off to find a fuse box. This is where the three team members find out that the house they were stealing from was Vandal Savage's. The three team member call for back-up. Hawkman goes to stab Savage with the knife, but is countered and killed by Savage, the knife didn't work because Hawkgirl has to be the one which kills Savage. Meanwhile, Rip Hunter goes back to find the younger Stein and make him go find his future wife at the science expo. But when the team regroups back at the Wave Rider, Hawkman has died.
Overall: Really great episode, once again. 9/10.
Final Thought: "Have you not learn from watching Back to the Future? Do not meet your younger self!"
HawkmanReal name: Carter Hall
First Appearance: Hawkman #1
Abilities: Flight, Peak Physical Ability, Ability to reincarnate, Nth Metal Mace.
Origin: Carter is the reincarnation of the Egyptian Prince Khufu, along with his partner, Hawkgirl who is the reincarnation of Princess Chay-Ra.
Episode Three: Blood Ties
Still in 1975, since Hawkgirl has been stabbed by Vandal Savage, the knife he uses has broken has it penetrated Hawkgirl's body, leaving fragments of the knife in her bloodstream, heading towards her heart. Jax is given the job to fix the Jump Ship, but is forced into helping Captain Cold and Heatwave into stealing an emerald from a Central City Museum. While White Canary comes up with the idea of stopping Vandal Savage; taking away his financial resources. Gideon, the Wave-Rider's AI, locates where Vandal stores his money - at the Brumberg Bank in Leipzig, Germany. As they walk into the bank to speak with Thomas Blake, the bank's director, White Canary notices that all the guards have Ex-South African Mobsters, the Secretary has a handgun at her desk, and the director is a trained samurai swordsman... Of course, a fight breaks out, with White Canary killing all the people apart from the director, so Rip Hunter and White Canary can use him to gain information. They learn that Vandal Savage is using Hawkman's blood to give his men extended life.
Captain Cold, using the emerald, goes to his old house where he grew up to give his father the emerald. He does this to stop him going to prisoner. But nothing much is changed, Captain Cold's father still goes to prison for selling the emerald, instead of stealing it. Then Captain Cold, Heatwave and Jax are called to help Rip Hunter and White Canary in retrieving Hawkman's body. White Canary, Heatwave and Captain Cold end up killing Vandal Savage's men, but Savage has to be spared as he can only be killing by Hawkgirl. Vandal Savage also learns the names of Rip Hunter's son and wife, as he is able to see his pocket watch with their photos. After a pep-talk from Prof. Stein, Atom shrink down into Hawkgirl's bloodstream, then using his blasters, he destroys all the knife fragments, saving Hawkgirl's life. The team regroup to bury the body of Hawkman, this will let him reincarnate into someone else in the future. Rip Hunter also tells the team that he tried to kill Vandal Savage before, in Ancient Egypt, just after Vandal killed Hawkman and Hawkgirl for the first time, but Rip Hunter failed to kill him. After this Gideon is able to find the next place Vandal strikes, in 1986.
Overall: Really good episode, showing the backstory of Captain Cold. 8.7/10
Final thoughts: "I've seen Man of Steel die and Dark Knights fall..."
White Canary:Real name: Sara Lance
First Appearance: Birds of Prey Vol. 2 #1
Abilities: Master Assassin, Master Hand-to-Hand Combat, Master Martial Artist, Master Swordsman,
Origin: Being the first Black Canary, she is killed by Arsenal by accident, she is later resurrect using the Lazarus Pit, having a bloodlust but retain all the experience of the people who have using the Lazarus Pit, she becomes the White Canary.
Episode Three: White Knights
The team arrive in Washington DC, in 1986. The team need to break into the Pentagon and steal a file on Vandal Savage. The plan is going well, but then Firestorm trips the security feed, and Hawkgirl is found out to be not who she says she is. This causes a White Canary and Hawkgirl to fight off the guards, and steal the file, in the fight Hawkgirl's eyes turn red and full of rage, nearly killing killing the guards. Heatwave is stop being the distraction and run back to the Wave-Rider, with Captain Cold and Atom escaping too. Firestorm burst out through the roof, back to the Wave-Rider to regroup with the team. The file is able Operation Svarog, named after the Norse God of fire, talking about a Soviet scientist named Valentina Vostok. On traveling to the USSR, Chronos strikes back on tending to shoot down the Wave-Rider; but Rip Hunter makes a USSR fighter plane fire heat-seeking missiles at the Wave-Rider, then Rip turns the engines off, making the missiles shoot down Chronos' ship. As the engine are turned off, the Wave-Rider crash lands towards Moscow. Ray and Snart track down Valentina to Bolshoi Theatre, where Snart walks Valentina home, also stealing her magnetic keycard to her lab, also stealing her purse.
White Canary attempts to train Hawkgirl into controlling her rage, but ends in them both nearly killing each other. Jax has had enough of Prof. Stein talking and trying to take control of him in his head, while as Firestorm. Rip Hunter and Mick go to see where Chronos' ship crash landed, but instead they find Rip Hunter's mentor, Time Master Druce Zaman, he says he has caused too much damage to the timeline, going on to say that he needs to turn himself in and send his team home. He declines, Chronos appear out from the bushes ready to kill Rip; but he calls in Mick and Firestorm to take care of them, Zaman teleports away and Chronos escapes, with Jax being injured in the fight, say he wants to go home and doesn't want to become Firestorm with him anymore. Rip tracks down where Valaentina's lab is; Luskavic Labs - they have been working on creating a Soviet Firestorm, after seeing Firestorm back in 1975. Prof. Stein sees that they are using a thermal core, into recreate the Firestorm Matrix reaction which let Prof. Stein become Firestorm in the first place. Ray, Snart, Mick get to the control panel, lower the radiation levels so that Stein can contain it. But the Valentina begins heading towards Stein, Captain Cold has to stop her, but is held hostage by her, telling Ray to raise the radiation levels, which is does to save Captain Cold. Heatwave saves Captain Cold, leaving Ray, who is then captured by USSR guards. Stein then absorbs all the radiation, and starts to escape but is stopped by the USSR soldiers, dropping the thermal core. Heatwave is then overwhelm by USSR soldiers, with Captain Cold grabbing the thermal core and escaping back to the Wave-Rider. Atom, Heatwave and Prof. Stein are then sent to a USSR gulag.
Overall: The plot thickens with the new twists and turns. 8/10.
Final thought: "Quoting Top Gun."
Valentina Vostok:
Real name: Lieutenant Colonel Valentina Vostok
First Appearance: Showcase #94
Abilities: Expert Spy
Origin: Valentina stole a fighter plane from the Soviet Air Force, to escape to the USA and start a new life, but her plane crash landed, with the plane crash being found by Doom Patrol, with Negative Man touching her, fusing her body with negative energy, the energy enhanced all of her original spy skills. She then escapes, and starts a new life as a US Special Forces Spy.
Episode Four: Fail-Safe
Starting off, Prof. Stein is at S.T.A.R. Labs explaining for the Firestorm Matrix is able to fuse with a host to Cisco, but then he realises that he was being trick by Valentina, he is still in the USSR Gulag. Rip Hunter, White Canary and Captain Cold go to a sauna where the Bratva (Russian Mob) usually go, gaining an alley named Yuri - letting them know where Heatwave and Atom are being held, as well as where Prof. Stein would be in the gulag. Vandal Savage tortures Atom and Heatwave to make Prof. Stein tell them how to create a Soviet Firestorm. Valentina finds out that to create Firestorm, you need two people - using a second thermonuclear core, she makes herself able to become Firestorm. But Prof. Stein explains to her that she will become unstable without a quantum splicer.
Captain Cold rescues Heatwave but Atom is too beat up to move, making Heatwave having to carry Atom out on his shoulders. Hawkgirl flies Jefferson in so that he can fuse with Prof. Stein to become Firestorm, then Hawkgirl runs to the communication room, planting explosive charges. Vandal Savage finds her planting the charges, but Rip Hunter saves Hawkgirl. Valentina fuses with Prof. Stein to become Soviet Firestorm, but she is unstable, with Prof. Stein being able to overcome her power, and forcing her to go into meltdown. The team retreat back to the Wave-Rider and jet off into the Time Stream. Chronos hunts them down within the Time Stream, with the Wave-Rider crash landing in 2046, in Star City. As the team regroup, they are stopped by a green-hooded archer, thinking it is Oliver Queen (Green Arrow), but it isn't - firing arrows at the team.
Overall: Really exciting episode once again. 9/10
Final thought: "Rip Hunter is too protective of his team."
Soviet Firestorm:
Real name: Body - Valentina Vostok & Mind - Prof. Stein
First Appearance: DC's Legend of Tomorrow - Episode 5: Fail-Safe
Abilities: Nuclear Fusion Blasts, Fire Blasts.
Origin: When Firestorm travels back in time to 1986, to the USSR, they are captured; forcing Prof. Stein to fuse with Valentina Vostok to create Soviet Firestorm.
Episode Six: Star City 2046
The Greed-Hooded character continues to fire arrows at the team, forcing them to retreat. Ray, Kendra, Jax and Prof. Stein are left on the Wave-Rider to make repairs, while Rip, White Canary, Captain Cold and Heatwave go out to find parts at Smoak Technologies, original Palmer Tech. The parts team are ambushed by gangs of criminals. Rip and White Canary go to help the Green Arrow, while Heatwave and Captain Cold go to fight and join up with the criminals; Heatwave loves the idea of being the king of thieves, while Captain Cold wants to go back to his original time with the team. Sara and Rip find out that the Green Arrow is a man named Connor Hawke, the son of John Diggle. Everyone of this time believes Oliver Queen had died, talking about this, they are met by Grant Wilson, the son of Slade Wilson - Deathstroke, the evil runs in the family. But the team escape.
Ray and Jax both form crushes on Kendra, but both later find out that Kendra is more caught up with being Hawkgirl at the moment. Sara, Connor and Rip go to the Green Arrow's hideout to find clue on what happened to Oliver, finding a robotic arm, which was cut off by Grant Wilson. At the hideout, they also find an old, grey-bearded Oliver Queen - who doesn't want to help, but will share where Rip and Sara can find parts, in a Smoak Technologies Warehouse. They find the pieces, but are once again ambushed by Grant Wilson, who capture Connor. Meanwhile, Captain Cold has knocked Heatwave out and trapped him in a prison cell on back on the Wave-Rider. Connor is able to killed in front of everyone, Sara convinced Oliver to take back the mantle of being the Green Arrow, and the rest of the gang fight back Grant Wilson's forces to rescue Connor and kill Grant. Afterwards, Oliver and Connor work together to save Star City and the gang travel back through the Time Stream.
Overall: Solid episode with an old Oliver Queen. 9/10.
Final thought: "So the son always follows their father's mantle, good or bad."
Green Arrow (Connor Hawke):
Real name: Connor Hawke (John Diggle, Jr.)
First appearance: Green Arrow vol. 2 #0
Powers: Skilled Acrobat, Excellent Archer.
Origin: Thinking he is dishonoured his father, John Diggle, who was killed - he took up the mantle of being Green Arrow after Oliver Queen was thought of to be killed.
Episode Seven: Marooned
Unable to think of places where Vandal Savage could have gone, Rip Hunter and Prof Stein figure out that the Wave-Rider's software - Gideon, could need a software update. Shortly after, the team receive distress call from another ship called The Akeron from a Eve Baxter. Deciding to save the captain of the Akeron, the crew travel to the distress ship with Stein, Rip, Jax and Mick going aboard to supply help. But the captain is nowhere to be found - the crew quickly find out that the ship have been captured by Space Pirates. Who capture the team, firing apon the others who are still on board the Wave-Rider. Captain Cold and White Canary spring into action to seal the hole with the Cold Gun, which works for a while, but locks the doors with Cold and Canary in the room - with the air in the that quickly escaping into the darkness of space. Ray slips into the Atom suit, with Sandra on the mic - Atom flies out into space to seal the hole but has low oxygen levels, with Sandra motivating him to continue to save Cold and Canary.
Meanwhile, Mick strikes a deal with the Space Pirates; to let him back onto the Wave-Rider so that the Space Pirates can capture it easily. Atom saves Cold and Canary, but kinda dies for a small period of time, saved by Sandra - Atom is able to sneak a kiss from Hawkgirl. Mick, a newly teamed with the Space Pirates, attempts to capture the Wave-Rider but Canary, Cold, Hawkgirl and Atom are able to stop them, with Cold taking down his old partner - Heatwave. Eve Baxter ends up giving Rip Hunter a software update for saving her and recapturing her ship, getting intel that Vandal Savage strikes in Oregon, USA in 1958 next. Rip tells the crew the backstory with wife. And Cold drags Heatwave into the forest, and ices him.
Overall: My favourite character, Heatwave, is a traitor... 8/10.
Final thought: "There is some good in Captain Cold."
Heatwave:
Real name: Mick Rory
First Appearance: Flash #140
Abilities: Heatwave's Flamethrower.
Origin: Always obsessing over fire, he burned down his family's home just to watch it burn. At school he locked a schoolmate in his home and burned it down too. Later becoming a fire-eater in a circus, he was contacted by Captain Cold is rob a bank, saying fire and ice would have a great crime duo.
Episode Eight: Night of the Hawk
Harmony Falls, Oregon, in 1958. This a hot rod drag race in progress, when one of the racers mysteriously blows a tyre and crashing next to a Nth metal meteorite; which Vandal is investigating. The team time jump into 1958, with Gideon saying there have been many murders in the area, which somehow link to Vandal Savage, who has taken the alias of Doctor Curtis Knox. Ray and Kendra pose as a married couple to investigate Vandal, Prof. Stein and Sara pose as doctor and nurse in Harmony Falls Psychiatric Facility to investigate the bodies, Rip and Cold pose as FBI agents to get information on the murders, while Jax is trying to act cool to get close one of the victim's girlfriend. Jax act works extremely, well taking the girlfriend, named Betty, out to Lover's Lane - but they are attacked by Humanoid Hawk creature, which infects Betty as well as capturing Jax flying him to Savage's human testing room. Sara finds out one of the nurses is secretly a lesbian (which was frowned apon at the time), which takes Sara off guard. Prof. Stein finds out that Savage's human testing is happening at the psychiatric facility in wing named "Hallway H". Kendra and Ray are surprised to receive a house-warming present from Doctor Curtis Knox and his wife, but Knox (Savage) doesn't seem to notice that Kendra is Hawkgirl.
Kendra and Ray are invited to a party which the Knox couple have thrown, with Kendra figuring out that Savage has an idea of who Kendra really is, while Ray shrinking into Savage's man-cave - where he has been hiding the Amon Dagger. Rip and the team form a plan; Sara and Rip act as nurses to wheel a "mental unstable" Ray into Hall H to save Jax, while Kendra attempts to kill Savage with the Amon Dagger, while Cold and Prof. Stein give support to find Jax, as well as free and cure the Hawk People. The plan is going well, but Savage steals the Amon Dagger from Kendra before she is able to kill him, Ray flies over to Kendra to save her. Cold and Stein find and cure the Hawk People, also transporting Jax to the Wave-Rider, fully curing him. The team regroup back at the Wave-Rider, with Sara saying goodbye to her friendly nurse, and Ray and Kendra packing away their stuff from their 1958 home. While those three are away, Chronos strikes again, storming the Wave-Rider, forcing the team to quickly leave, stranding Ray, Sara and Kendra in 1958.
Overall: Cute little love story of the characters. 8/10.
Final thought: "Those where some pretty sweet cars..."
Hawk Jax:
Real name: Jefferson "Jax" Jackson
First Appearance: DC Legends of Tomorrow - Episode 8: Night of the Hawk
Abilities; Flight, Sharp Talons, Sharp Teeth.
Origin: On a mission in 1958 with the Legends of Tomorrow, he is capture by a corrupt cop who works for Vandal Savage. In an attempt to make more Hawkgirl & Hawkman like creatures, he injects Nth Metal into Jax to create Hawk Jax.
Episode Nine: Left Behind
After Chronos has boarded and assigned himself as the new captain, Rip and Cold rush him and attempt to stop him. But they are defeated, knocking out Rip and capturing Cold. Firestorm are about to charge in and stop Chronos, but Chronos has already made off with Cold. Chronos has disable Gideon from the Wave-Rider, so Rip and Firestorm have wait for the Wave-Rider to fall out of the Time Stream, so they can go back and save Ray, Kendra and Sara. Meanwhile in 1958, Sara, Kendra and Ray decide to try to live their lives as normal as they can. Ray becomes a universe lecturer, while Sara rejoins the League of Assassins. When Cold wakes up, Chronos is standing above him, says he was taking in by the Time Masters and tasked with killing Cold. Taking his mask off, we see Chronos is actually Mick Rory - Heatwave.
Rip and Firestorm eventually escape the Time Stream, landing in 1960 - 2 years after the others were abandoned. Rip and Firestorm pick up Ray and Kendra, just before Ray was about to ask Kendra to marry him, but hides the ring. Ra's al Ghul is impressed by Sara's skills, when Rip, Kendra, Ray, Jax and Prof. Stein attempt to break in to Nanda Parbat to rescue Sara. But the team is captured by Ra's al Ghul, with Mick getting a notification from his ship's AI that the team are in Nanda Parbat, with Cold escaping by freezing his own hand off. All the others defeat Mick, Ra's al Ghul is even more impressed and figures out that they are from the future, so he releases them. When the time got back to the Wave-Rider, Stein and Rip used the future technology to recreate Captain Cold's hand he froze off. The team place Mick in a glass cage on the Wave-Rider, deciding to reform Mick's mind to turn him back to the good side.
Overall: Great to know where Chronos is from. 7.5/10
Final thought: "Creating a human hand..."
Ra's al Ghul:
Real name: Unknown
First Appearance: Batman #232
Abilities: Genius, Master Strategist, Master Tactician, Superhuman Strength, Superhuman Stamina, Superb Hand-to-Hand Combat, Superb Swordsman, Immortal thanks to the Lazarus Pit, Member of the League of Assassins.
Origin: Born in Arabia a long time ago, he was a scientist and researcher, discover the secrets of the Lazarus Pit, them him become immortal but insane from all of the people he has killed.
Episode Ten: Progeny
Kasnia Conglomerate, 2137 - Vandal Savage and his young apprentice, Per Degaton, plan to release the Armageddon Virus on the world. The team debate to either kill Per Degaton or just kidnap him. Against Rip Hunters and Cold's judgement, the team decide to kidnap him. Rip, Sara and Stein go to a government meeting to find Vandal, while Jax, Ray and Kendra see Atom-like "peacekeeper" robots, this where Ray see a statue of his head, thinking it's his - but it turns outs to be his brother's. Sara, Cold and Rip kidnap Per Degaton as well as take care of his armed body guards, taking Per Degaton to the Wave-Rider. Meanwhile Kendra experiences feelings and flashbacks of her past life from 1870's.
Rip later takes Per Degaton outside Kasnia Conglomerate, planning to kill Per Degaton, but he doesn't the killer instinct. But then Vandal Savage finds the Wave-Rider, attacking it with his forces of armed soldiers and Atom robots. Hawkgirl and Atom fly to the Kasnia Conglomerate Headquarters and disable to Atom robots. But Vandal manages to overpower White Canary, but Rip offers to trade White Canary for Per Degaton. The trade takes place. Later Vandal gives Per Degaton a Needle Dagger so that Per Degaton can kill his father. The murder takes place. This puts Vandal Savage into power of Kasnia Conglomerate and is days from releasing the Armageddon Virus onto the world. Cold offers to release Mick Rory if he can defeat in hand-to-hand combat, but Mick decides not to kill Cold, and tells the team that the Time Masters have sent Hunters after them to them.
Overall: That child is serious odd. 7/10
Final thought: "Gideon watching people's dreams..."
Per Degaton:
Real name: Per Degaton
First Appearance: All Star Comics #35
Abilities: Skilled Armed Combat, Skilled Unarmed Combat, Time-Vision, Genius.
Origin: Obsessed with Time Travel ever since he was a Time Trust Assistant, a group of scientists developed a time ray in order to go into the future and acquire a defense to the WWII bombings. Per Degaton sabotaged their mission as he was jealous. Stealing the Time Ray and causes havoc in all of history.
Episode Eleven: The Magnificent Eight
Salvation, Dakota, USA, 1871 - the team travels travels to the old west to hideout from the Hunters. The team go out to the saloon, which shows Prof. Stein's poker skills, Cold's quick-draw reaction and Sara's and Mick's drinking ability. But the trip to the saloon ended in an old fashion bar fight, with the team meeting Jonah Hex. Jonah knows that the team are time travels, also knowing about Rip Hunter from a previous time. Turns out that Rip's son Jonah was named after Jonah Hex, with Jonah Hex knowing Rip from a small old western town being raved and destroyed by the Stillwater Gang. Ray and Cold to find out evidence about the Stillwater Gang, with Ray accidentally becoming the new Salvation Sheriff. With Sheriff Palmer, Jax, Cold and Mick riding to the Stillwater Gang's campsite and capturing Jeb Stillwater, their leader - but Jax is caught and has to be left behind.
Kendra and Sara go to find Kendra's self from this time period. Kendra's Western Self telling Kendra's present self that loving someone else apart from Carter will always result in tragedy. Deciding to ignore her advice and to continue to love Ray. The team regroup in the Wave-Rider. With Jonah saying the best way to Jax back is to trade him for Jeb, for a quick-draw. Rip stands up to Jeb, with Rip winning the high-noon stand-off. Suddenly the Hunters turn up, with the team having to fight them off. The team win the fight against the Hunters, with Jonah Hex moving on, but before leaving, Mick says that the Time Master are going send the "Pilgrim" to kill their younger selves.
Jonah Hex:
Real name: Jonah Woodson Hex
First Appearance: All-Star Western #10
Abilities: Expert Marksman, Ability to Quick Draw, Peak Physical Condition, Expert Hand-to-Hand Combat, Master Tracker, Master Detective, Hones Sense of Danger.
Origin: His father was an alcoholic, being abused by his father. So he left his father for the Apache Tribe.
Episode Twelve: Last Refuge
Being informed that the Time Masters have sent the Pilgrim after the team member's younger selves. Gideon is able to pin-point the locations of the members; first is Mick - at the time when he accidentally burnt down his home, killing his family. Then going after Sara's younger self, she is Starling City Police Department, saving her from the Pilgrim. Next is 2014 Star City, Ray is being attacked by the Pilgrim, the team find this out as present day Ray is developing internal bruises caused by the Pilgrim. The team travel to Palmer Tech, with the Pilgrim revealing her time altering ability by stopping Firestorm from shooting a fireball at her; but the team save Ray.
When the team gets back, Gideon has bad news - she can't track the Pilgrim's movement any more. So Rip has to travel to the Refuge. A place in time and space where no one knows where it is, the place where Rip grew up as an orphan. The team leave their younger selves to stay safe. The team decide to go after their baby selves, kidnapping them from the mothers as newborns. Stein's mother from their car on the way to the hospital, Snart from Central City hospital, but they were unable to collect Jax's baby self as Jax gets distracted by his father who is later killed by an IED while fighting. So the team have to return to the Wave-Rider where the Pilgrim has sent them a message saying she will kill the team member's loved ones in a trade with Rip Hunter. Going back to the Refuge, collecting young Rip, then going to the trade point. The team make the trade with young Rip for Jax's father; with the rest of the team spring into action attacking the Pilgrim, but she is able to stop time slowing the team down, but unaware to the Pilgrim, young Rip stabs the Pilgrim. With the rest being released from the slowed time auras, the unload their powers on to the Pilgrim killing her. Delivering the team member's loved ones home, Ray engages to Kendra with her saying yes. Afterwards, Rip saying that they have to complete their task quickly or the people of the time which they left will forget them forever.
Overall: Really great episode with the Pilgrim. 9/10
Final thought: "Once again altering time..."
The Pilgrim:
Real name: Martiza Blackbird
First Appearance: WildC.A.T.s #2
Abilities: Golden Symbiote Suit, Invulnerability, Superhuman Strength, Superhuman Reflexes, Time Travel
Origin: Original being a special force field agent, she was trained as a sniper and mole, using her abilities, she joined the Wetworks to kill for money.
Episode Thirteen: Leviathan
London, England, 2166. The team are running out of time as of them leaving from the original point of time, their existence is becoming forgotten. So the team plan to go to 2166 to kill Vandal Savage at the point of him killing Rip Hunter's family. The team, apart of Kendra, dress up as Vandal Savage's army officers to gain information, but a female officer makes their disguises, with Kendra seeing that she is wearing a bracelet which Kendra was wearing in her and Carter's first death. The team capture the female officer and bring her to the Wave-Rider, with Snart taking the bracelet as well as showing her the true of what Vandal Savage has actually done. This is where Snart learns that the female officer is actually Scandal Savage, the daughter of Vandal. Mick and Kendra melt down the bracelet to drip the molten bronze over Carter's mace.
Just as the team plan to go kill Vandal, a giant robot starts attacking a rebel base. Saving all the people by getting them on to the Wave-Rider. As they take off, the Leviathan Robot strikes down the Wave-Rider. With Prof. Stein getting stabbed by a piece of broken metal, rushing him to the medical wing so that Gideon can save him. Jax and Ray work on turning Atom giant to fight the robot. While the rest of the team and Scandal go to Vandal's quarters to kill him. Kendra starts to kill Vandal but as a guard runs in the guard turns out to be a incarnation of Carter, with his mind being wiped by Vandal. Ray sizes up to fight the Leviathan robot, defeating it, then sizing down to get back on Wave-Rider. Kendra knocks both Vandal and Carter out so that they can capture them both on the Wave-Rider.
Overall: Giant Robot Fight!! 9/10
Final thought: "It's not your Carter!!"
Scandal Savage:
real name: Scandal Savage
First appearance: Villains United #1
Abilities: Enhanced durability, Wrist-mounted Blades.
Origin: Being the daughter of Vandal Savage, being raised by her Brazilian mother, she joined a Lex Luthor plan to be under the alias of Mockingbird. Joining the Secret Society of Super Villains and the Secret Six.
Episode Fourteen: River of Time
The result of the giant robot fight with the Leviathan, the time drive of the Wave-Rider had been damaged. But not all is lost, Vandal Savage is safely locked up in a cell, and the brainwashed Carter is trapped in the cargo bay. Rip Hunter and Prof. Stein figure out that Vandal has been manipulating time, this is how the far distance future technology was being used by Vandal's forces. Jax is sent to fix the time drive, but is exposed to time radiation which is going kill him slowly by ageing his body rapidly. Sarah and Rip set course for the Vanishing Point, to turn Vandal Savage. But Snart and Mick have been thinking, this mission, that Rip had recruited them for was to save Rip's family at all cost, not matter the damage done to the time. This is where Sarah, Mick and Cold are told they can go back to 2016 any time they like, but Stein locked Jax in the Jump Ship so that his rapid ageing can be fixed; this makes Mick and Snart extremely angry at Stein.
Ray goes to talk to Savage, with Savage manipulates his mind to turn on Savage, letting Savage to be freed from his cell. Stein and Sarah have to pilot the Wave-Rider manually, while the rest of the team fight back Savage and Carter. Rip saves Kendra by diving in front of a laser blast, proving that Rip does care about his team. Carter is able to free himself from his brainwashed state, from hearing Vandal Savage threatening Kendra, knocking out Savage, with Carter falling to the floor after being stabbed by Savage. Rip brings Savage to the Vanishing Point to show that he had captured Vandal Savage, but Savage has been secretly working alongside the Time Masters, The Time Masters capture Tip and his team, arresting them - also sending Vandal back to 2166.
Overall: The time masters have once again stabbed Rip in the back. 7/10
Final thought: "Bribing the guard with a pen with a lady, when turning the top made her shirt come off..."
The Time Masters:
Real name: The Time Masters
First appearance: Showcase #20
Abilities: Control over all Time, Geniuses.
Origin: They formed together to keep a record of time, making sure no-one is able to manipulate time for their own doings.
Episode Fifteen: Destiny
Mick is taken by the Time Masters to be turned back into Chronos, while Kendra and Carter are taken back to 2166 by Savage. The Time Masters also show that they have been helping Vandal Savage because Earth will be attacked by an alien race from the planet Thanagar in 2175. Being immortal and the greatest leader of all history, he was chosen to be the head leader of Earth, but the people of Earth didn't like his ways of running, this is why the Second Blitz occurred in 2166. The Time Masters are using a device called the Oculus Viewing Window to monitor everything that happens in all of time, and also everything that will happen. When Rip uses this, he sees that there is no way of saving his family and that Ray Palmer will die via disarming a weapon of some sort, but that is all that he is able to learn before he is thrown back into his cell. Sara and Cold also make it back to the Wave-Rider via a secret tunnel, find that Gideon is alive but being trapped within the ship's telephone. But she has a plan; Gideon tells Sara and Cold to place special devices on to the other Vanishing Point Time Masters' ships, which shuts down their AI Controller.
Back in the cells, Mick has been turned back into Chronos - which then he is ordered to kill the rest of the team, but Mick is able to snap out of his trance, shooting and killing Time Master Druce. While all this is happening, Jax (who had been spent back to 2016 by Stein), has found Prof. Stein before he had group the Legends of Tomorrow Team, convincing him to help him fix the Jump Ship by using the Time Sphere's technology back at S.T.A.R. Labs so that he can go back to the Vanishing Point so that he can become Firestorm once again. The team escape the holding cells thanks to Mick, planning to destroy the Oculus Wells Spring, which is the source of the time-telling power that the Time Master have. Remembering that Rip saw the future death of Ray, Cold stays behind to arm the bomb. Sara kiss Cold and carries Mick back to the Wave-Rider so the team can escape. Cold is then killed in the blast, but is seen as a hero to the team for stopping the Time Masters. Vandal know has to find the Ancient Egyptian Meteors to make sure that his future will happen, as the Time Masters are know not helping him Time Travel, as Time Master Druce had been killed.
Captain Cold:
Real name: Leonard Snart
First appearance: Showcase #8
Abilities: Cold Gun, Expert Planner, Resistance to the Cold.
Origin: He and his sister Lisa (Golden Glider), were raised by their father who has a criminal, beating them when bad things happened on his heists. Growing up to be a criminal, but he was caught by the Flash. Seeing that the Flash ran slower in cold temperatures, he designed the Cold Gun, so that he could freeze the Flash and continue on his heists.
Episode Sixteen: Legendary
Rip returns to 2016, to return the team home. But the team are unwilling to follow Rip's orders, but Rip tricks the team leaving them back in 2016. Annoyed that they didn't get to finish the mission, Prof. Stein and Ray use their high tech and knowledge to create Quantum Entangler to create a Quantum Signature, a message to Rip to come pick them up. While this is happening, Kendra has escaped Vandal Savage in 1944, France - stopping a US Soldier and placing a note inside his helmet, giving time and place for the time to follow. The Wave-Rider beams down but the team are only able to save Carter, as Vandal's forces + Nazi forces are too strong for the team. Savage's plans to find all three Thanagarian Meteorites to become more powerful and immortal forever, activating the three meteorite are the same time, thanks to his time travelling abilities. Stein figures Savage's plan of erases all of time, starting back in 1700BC.
The team need to create a time paradox at each point of time where Vandal is activating the meteorites, making him mortal. So the team spits into pairs; Mick and Ray, Sara and Firestorm and Rip and Carter - travelling to 1958, 1975 and 2021. All three groups kill Savage and destroy the meteorites before they explode. The last meteorite is more powerful than the others, so using some clever space-time paradoxes, Rip is able to slingshot the last meteorite into the sun, using the Wave-Rider's tractor-beam. After the mission is complete, the team are able to return back to 2016, but the team want to stay with Rip. Apart from Carter and Kendra as want to start over. Just as the team is able to board the Wave-Rider, an old version of the Wave-Rider from the future, a man is warning them of the team's impending death if they get on to the ship. The man name is Rex Tyler.
Overall: Great ending to the season. 9/10
Final thought: "Many time paradoxes occurred."
Hourman:
Real name: Rex Tyler
First appearance: All Star Comics #1
Abilities: Superhuman Strength, Superhuman Speed, Superhuman Stamina, Superhuman Durability, Night Vision and ability to breath underwater.
Origin: Being a biochemist from New York, he was working on a new vitamin pill - being named the Miraclo Pill - which allowed people to become super jacked up, becoming a superhero.
White Canary attempts to train Hawkgirl into controlling her rage, but ends in them both nearly killing each other. Jax has had enough of Prof. Stein talking and trying to take control of him in his head, while as Firestorm. Rip Hunter and Mick go to see where Chronos' ship crash landed, but instead they find Rip Hunter's mentor, Time Master Druce Zaman, he says he has caused too much damage to the timeline, going on to say that he needs to turn himself in and send his team home. He declines, Chronos appear out from the bushes ready to kill Rip; but he calls in Mick and Firestorm to take care of them, Zaman teleports away and Chronos escapes, with Jax being injured in the fight, say he wants to go home and doesn't want to become Firestorm with him anymore. Rip tracks down where Valaentina's lab is; Luskavic Labs - they have been working on creating a Soviet Firestorm, after seeing Firestorm back in 1975. Prof. Stein sees that they are using a thermal core, into recreate the Firestorm Matrix reaction which let Prof. Stein become Firestorm in the first place. Ray, Snart, Mick get to the control panel, lower the radiation levels so that Stein can contain it. But the Valentina begins heading towards Stein, Captain Cold has to stop her, but is held hostage by her, telling Ray to raise the radiation levels, which is does to save Captain Cold. Heatwave saves Captain Cold, leaving Ray, who is then captured by USSR guards. Stein then absorbs all the radiation, and starts to escape but is stopped by the USSR soldiers, dropping the thermal core. Heatwave is then overwhelm by USSR soldiers, with Captain Cold grabbing the thermal core and escaping back to the Wave-Rider. Atom, Heatwave and Prof. Stein are then sent to a USSR gulag.
Overall: The plot thickens with the new twists and turns. 8/10.
Final thought: "Quoting Top Gun."
Valentina Vostok:Real name: Lieutenant Colonel Valentina Vostok
First Appearance: Showcase #94
Abilities: Expert Spy
Episode Four: Fail-Safe
Starting off, Prof. Stein is at S.T.A.R. Labs explaining for the Firestorm Matrix is able to fuse with a host to Cisco, but then he realises that he was being trick by Valentina, he is still in the USSR Gulag. Rip Hunter, White Canary and Captain Cold go to a sauna where the Bratva (Russian Mob) usually go, gaining an alley named Yuri - letting them know where Heatwave and Atom are being held, as well as where Prof. Stein would be in the gulag. Vandal Savage tortures Atom and Heatwave to make Prof. Stein tell them how to create a Soviet Firestorm. Valentina finds out that to create Firestorm, you need two people - using a second thermonuclear core, she makes herself able to become Firestorm. But Prof. Stein explains to her that she will become unstable without a quantum splicer.
Captain Cold rescues Heatwave but Atom is too beat up to move, making Heatwave having to carry Atom out on his shoulders. Hawkgirl flies Jefferson in so that he can fuse with Prof. Stein to become Firestorm, then Hawkgirl runs to the communication room, planting explosive charges. Vandal Savage finds her planting the charges, but Rip Hunter saves Hawkgirl. Valentina fuses with Prof. Stein to become Soviet Firestorm, but she is unstable, with Prof. Stein being able to overcome her power, and forcing her to go into meltdown. The team retreat back to the Wave-Rider and jet off into the Time Stream. Chronos hunts them down within the Time Stream, with the Wave-Rider crash landing in 2046, in Star City. As the team regroup, they are stopped by a green-hooded archer, thinking it is Oliver Queen (Green Arrow), but it isn't - firing arrows at the team.
Overall: Really exciting episode once again. 9/10
Final thought: "Rip Hunter is too protective of his team."
Soviet Firestorm:Real name: Body - Valentina Vostok & Mind - Prof. Stein
First Appearance: DC's Legend of Tomorrow - Episode 5: Fail-Safe
Abilities: Nuclear Fusion Blasts, Fire Blasts.
Origin: When Firestorm travels back in time to 1986, to the USSR, they are captured; forcing Prof. Stein to fuse with Valentina Vostok to create Soviet Firestorm.
Episode Six: Star City 2046
The Greed-Hooded character continues to fire arrows at the team, forcing them to retreat. Ray, Kendra, Jax and Prof. Stein are left on the Wave-Rider to make repairs, while Rip, White Canary, Captain Cold and Heatwave go out to find parts at Smoak Technologies, original Palmer Tech. The parts team are ambushed by gangs of criminals. Rip and White Canary go to help the Green Arrow, while Heatwave and Captain Cold go to fight and join up with the criminals; Heatwave loves the idea of being the king of thieves, while Captain Cold wants to go back to his original time with the team. Sara and Rip find out that the Green Arrow is a man named Connor Hawke, the son of John Diggle. Everyone of this time believes Oliver Queen had died, talking about this, they are met by Grant Wilson, the son of Slade Wilson - Deathstroke, the evil runs in the family. But the team escape.
Ray and Jax both form crushes on Kendra, but both later find out that Kendra is more caught up with being Hawkgirl at the moment. Sara, Connor and Rip go to the Green Arrow's hideout to find clue on what happened to Oliver, finding a robotic arm, which was cut off by Grant Wilson. At the hideout, they also find an old, grey-bearded Oliver Queen - who doesn't want to help, but will share where Rip and Sara can find parts, in a Smoak Technologies Warehouse. They find the pieces, but are once again ambushed by Grant Wilson, who capture Connor. Meanwhile, Captain Cold has knocked Heatwave out and trapped him in a prison cell on back on the Wave-Rider. Connor is able to killed in front of everyone, Sara convinced Oliver to take back the mantle of being the Green Arrow, and the rest of the gang fight back Grant Wilson's forces to rescue Connor and kill Grant. Afterwards, Oliver and Connor work together to save Star City and the gang travel back through the Time Stream.
Overall: Solid episode with an old Oliver Queen. 9/10.
Final thought: "So the son always follows their father's mantle, good or bad."
Green Arrow (Connor Hawke):Real name: Connor Hawke (John Diggle, Jr.)
First appearance: Green Arrow vol. 2 #0
Powers: Skilled Acrobat, Excellent Archer.
Origin: Thinking he is dishonoured his father, John Diggle, who was killed - he took up the mantle of being Green Arrow after Oliver Queen was thought of to be killed.
Episode Seven: Marooned
Unable to think of places where Vandal Savage could have gone, Rip Hunter and Prof Stein figure out that the Wave-Rider's software - Gideon, could need a software update. Shortly after, the team receive distress call from another ship called The Akeron from a Eve Baxter. Deciding to save the captain of the Akeron, the crew travel to the distress ship with Stein, Rip, Jax and Mick going aboard to supply help. But the captain is nowhere to be found - the crew quickly find out that the ship have been captured by Space Pirates. Who capture the team, firing apon the others who are still on board the Wave-Rider. Captain Cold and White Canary spring into action to seal the hole with the Cold Gun, which works for a while, but locks the doors with Cold and Canary in the room - with the air in the that quickly escaping into the darkness of space. Ray slips into the Atom suit, with Sandra on the mic - Atom flies out into space to seal the hole but has low oxygen levels, with Sandra motivating him to continue to save Cold and Canary.
Meanwhile, Mick strikes a deal with the Space Pirates; to let him back onto the Wave-Rider so that the Space Pirates can capture it easily. Atom saves Cold and Canary, but kinda dies for a small period of time, saved by Sandra - Atom is able to sneak a kiss from Hawkgirl. Mick, a newly teamed with the Space Pirates, attempts to capture the Wave-Rider but Canary, Cold, Hawkgirl and Atom are able to stop them, with Cold taking down his old partner - Heatwave. Eve Baxter ends up giving Rip Hunter a software update for saving her and recapturing her ship, getting intel that Vandal Savage strikes in Oregon, USA in 1958 next. Rip tells the crew the backstory with wife. And Cold drags Heatwave into the forest, and ices him.
Overall: My favourite character, Heatwave, is a traitor... 8/10.
Final thought: "There is some good in Captain Cold."
Heatwave:Real name: Mick Rory
First Appearance: Flash #140
Abilities: Heatwave's Flamethrower.
Origin: Always obsessing over fire, he burned down his family's home just to watch it burn. At school he locked a schoolmate in his home and burned it down too. Later becoming a fire-eater in a circus, he was contacted by Captain Cold is rob a bank, saying fire and ice would have a great crime duo.
Episode Eight: Night of the Hawk
Harmony Falls, Oregon, in 1958. This a hot rod drag race in progress, when one of the racers mysteriously blows a tyre and crashing next to a Nth metal meteorite; which Vandal is investigating. The team time jump into 1958, with Gideon saying there have been many murders in the area, which somehow link to Vandal Savage, who has taken the alias of Doctor Curtis Knox. Ray and Kendra pose as a married couple to investigate Vandal, Prof. Stein and Sara pose as doctor and nurse in Harmony Falls Psychiatric Facility to investigate the bodies, Rip and Cold pose as FBI agents to get information on the murders, while Jax is trying to act cool to get close one of the victim's girlfriend. Jax act works extremely, well taking the girlfriend, named Betty, out to Lover's Lane - but they are attacked by Humanoid Hawk creature, which infects Betty as well as capturing Jax flying him to Savage's human testing room. Sara finds out one of the nurses is secretly a lesbian (which was frowned apon at the time), which takes Sara off guard. Prof. Stein finds out that Savage's human testing is happening at the psychiatric facility in wing named "Hallway H". Kendra and Ray are surprised to receive a house-warming present from Doctor Curtis Knox and his wife, but Knox (Savage) doesn't seem to notice that Kendra is Hawkgirl.
Kendra and Ray are invited to a party which the Knox couple have thrown, with Kendra figuring out that Savage has an idea of who Kendra really is, while Ray shrinking into Savage's man-cave - where he has been hiding the Amon Dagger. Rip and the team form a plan; Sara and Rip act as nurses to wheel a "mental unstable" Ray into Hall H to save Jax, while Kendra attempts to kill Savage with the Amon Dagger, while Cold and Prof. Stein give support to find Jax, as well as free and cure the Hawk People. The plan is going well, but Savage steals the Amon Dagger from Kendra before she is able to kill him, Ray flies over to Kendra to save her. Cold and Stein find and cure the Hawk People, also transporting Jax to the Wave-Rider, fully curing him. The team regroup back at the Wave-Rider, with Sara saying goodbye to her friendly nurse, and Ray and Kendra packing away their stuff from their 1958 home. While those three are away, Chronos strikes again, storming the Wave-Rider, forcing the team to quickly leave, stranding Ray, Sara and Kendra in 1958.
Overall: Cute little love story of the characters. 8/10.
Final thought: "Those where some pretty sweet cars..."
Hawk Jax:Real name: Jefferson "Jax" Jackson
First Appearance: DC Legends of Tomorrow - Episode 8: Night of the Hawk
Abilities; Flight, Sharp Talons, Sharp Teeth.
Origin: On a mission in 1958 with the Legends of Tomorrow, he is capture by a corrupt cop who works for Vandal Savage. In an attempt to make more Hawkgirl & Hawkman like creatures, he injects Nth Metal into Jax to create Hawk Jax.
Episode Nine: Left Behind
After Chronos has boarded and assigned himself as the new captain, Rip and Cold rush him and attempt to stop him. But they are defeated, knocking out Rip and capturing Cold. Firestorm are about to charge in and stop Chronos, but Chronos has already made off with Cold. Chronos has disable Gideon from the Wave-Rider, so Rip and Firestorm have wait for the Wave-Rider to fall out of the Time Stream, so they can go back and save Ray, Kendra and Sara. Meanwhile in 1958, Sara, Kendra and Ray decide to try to live their lives as normal as they can. Ray becomes a universe lecturer, while Sara rejoins the League of Assassins. When Cold wakes up, Chronos is standing above him, says he was taking in by the Time Masters and tasked with killing Cold. Taking his mask off, we see Chronos is actually Mick Rory - Heatwave.
Rip and Firestorm eventually escape the Time Stream, landing in 1960 - 2 years after the others were abandoned. Rip and Firestorm pick up Ray and Kendra, just before Ray was about to ask Kendra to marry him, but hides the ring. Ra's al Ghul is impressed by Sara's skills, when Rip, Kendra, Ray, Jax and Prof. Stein attempt to break in to Nanda Parbat to rescue Sara. But the team is captured by Ra's al Ghul, with Mick getting a notification from his ship's AI that the team are in Nanda Parbat, with Cold escaping by freezing his own hand off. All the others defeat Mick, Ra's al Ghul is even more impressed and figures out that they are from the future, so he releases them. When the time got back to the Wave-Rider, Stein and Rip used the future technology to recreate Captain Cold's hand he froze off. The team place Mick in a glass cage on the Wave-Rider, deciding to reform Mick's mind to turn him back to the good side.
Overall: Great to know where Chronos is from. 7.5/10
Final thought: "Creating a human hand..."
Ra's al Ghul:Real name: Unknown
First Appearance: Batman #232
Abilities: Genius, Master Strategist, Master Tactician, Superhuman Strength, Superhuman Stamina, Superb Hand-to-Hand Combat, Superb Swordsman, Immortal thanks to the Lazarus Pit, Member of the League of Assassins.
Origin: Born in Arabia a long time ago, he was a scientist and researcher, discover the secrets of the Lazarus Pit, them him become immortal but insane from all of the people he has killed.
Episode Ten: Progeny
Kasnia Conglomerate, 2137 - Vandal Savage and his young apprentice, Per Degaton, plan to release the Armageddon Virus on the world. The team debate to either kill Per Degaton or just kidnap him. Against Rip Hunters and Cold's judgement, the team decide to kidnap him. Rip, Sara and Stein go to a government meeting to find Vandal, while Jax, Ray and Kendra see Atom-like "peacekeeper" robots, this where Ray see a statue of his head, thinking it's his - but it turns outs to be his brother's. Sara, Cold and Rip kidnap Per Degaton as well as take care of his armed body guards, taking Per Degaton to the Wave-Rider. Meanwhile Kendra experiences feelings and flashbacks of her past life from 1870's.
Rip later takes Per Degaton outside Kasnia Conglomerate, planning to kill Per Degaton, but he doesn't the killer instinct. But then Vandal Savage finds the Wave-Rider, attacking it with his forces of armed soldiers and Atom robots. Hawkgirl and Atom fly to the Kasnia Conglomerate Headquarters and disable to Atom robots. But Vandal manages to overpower White Canary, but Rip offers to trade White Canary for Per Degaton. The trade takes place. Later Vandal gives Per Degaton a Needle Dagger so that Per Degaton can kill his father. The murder takes place. This puts Vandal Savage into power of Kasnia Conglomerate and is days from releasing the Armageddon Virus onto the world. Cold offers to release Mick Rory if he can defeat in hand-to-hand combat, but Mick decides not to kill Cold, and tells the team that the Time Masters have sent Hunters after them to them.
Overall: That child is serious odd. 7/10
Final thought: "Gideon watching people's dreams..."
Per Degaton:Real name: Per Degaton
First Appearance: All Star Comics #35
Abilities: Skilled Armed Combat, Skilled Unarmed Combat, Time-Vision, Genius.
Origin: Obsessed with Time Travel ever since he was a Time Trust Assistant, a group of scientists developed a time ray in order to go into the future and acquire a defense to the WWII bombings. Per Degaton sabotaged their mission as he was jealous. Stealing the Time Ray and causes havoc in all of history.
Episode Eleven: The Magnificent Eight
Salvation, Dakota, USA, 1871 - the team travels travels to the old west to hideout from the Hunters. The team go out to the saloon, which shows Prof. Stein's poker skills, Cold's quick-draw reaction and Sara's and Mick's drinking ability. But the trip to the saloon ended in an old fashion bar fight, with the team meeting Jonah Hex. Jonah knows that the team are time travels, also knowing about Rip Hunter from a previous time. Turns out that Rip's son Jonah was named after Jonah Hex, with Jonah Hex knowing Rip from a small old western town being raved and destroyed by the Stillwater Gang. Ray and Cold to find out evidence about the Stillwater Gang, with Ray accidentally becoming the new Salvation Sheriff. With Sheriff Palmer, Jax, Cold and Mick riding to the Stillwater Gang's campsite and capturing Jeb Stillwater, their leader - but Jax is caught and has to be left behind.
Kendra and Sara go to find Kendra's self from this time period. Kendra's Western Self telling Kendra's present self that loving someone else apart from Carter will always result in tragedy. Deciding to ignore her advice and to continue to love Ray. The team regroup in the Wave-Rider. With Jonah saying the best way to Jax back is to trade him for Jeb, for a quick-draw. Rip stands up to Jeb, with Rip winning the high-noon stand-off. Suddenly the Hunters turn up, with the team having to fight them off. The team win the fight against the Hunters, with Jonah Hex moving on, but before leaving, Mick says that the Time Master are going send the "Pilgrim" to kill their younger selves.
Jonah Hex:Real name: Jonah Woodson Hex
First Appearance: All-Star Western #10Abilities: Expert Marksman, Ability to Quick Draw, Peak Physical Condition, Expert Hand-to-Hand Combat, Master Tracker, Master Detective, Hones Sense of Danger.
Origin: His father was an alcoholic, being abused by his father. So he left his father for the Apache Tribe.
Episode Twelve: Last Refuge
Being informed that the Time Masters have sent the Pilgrim after the team member's younger selves. Gideon is able to pin-point the locations of the members; first is Mick - at the time when he accidentally burnt down his home, killing his family. Then going after Sara's younger self, she is Starling City Police Department, saving her from the Pilgrim. Next is 2014 Star City, Ray is being attacked by the Pilgrim, the team find this out as present day Ray is developing internal bruises caused by the Pilgrim. The team travel to Palmer Tech, with the Pilgrim revealing her time altering ability by stopping Firestorm from shooting a fireball at her; but the team save Ray.
When the team gets back, Gideon has bad news - she can't track the Pilgrim's movement any more. So Rip has to travel to the Refuge. A place in time and space where no one knows where it is, the place where Rip grew up as an orphan. The team leave their younger selves to stay safe. The team decide to go after their baby selves, kidnapping them from the mothers as newborns. Stein's mother from their car on the way to the hospital, Snart from Central City hospital, but they were unable to collect Jax's baby self as Jax gets distracted by his father who is later killed by an IED while fighting. So the team have to return to the Wave-Rider where the Pilgrim has sent them a message saying she will kill the team member's loved ones in a trade with Rip Hunter. Going back to the Refuge, collecting young Rip, then going to the trade point. The team make the trade with young Rip for Jax's father; with the rest of the team spring into action attacking the Pilgrim, but she is able to stop time slowing the team down, but unaware to the Pilgrim, young Rip stabs the Pilgrim. With the rest being released from the slowed time auras, the unload their powers on to the Pilgrim killing her. Delivering the team member's loved ones home, Ray engages to Kendra with her saying yes. Afterwards, Rip saying that they have to complete their task quickly or the people of the time which they left will forget them forever.
Overall: Really great episode with the Pilgrim. 9/10
Final thought: "Once again altering time..."
The Pilgrim:Real name: Martiza Blackbird
First Appearance: WildC.A.T.s #2
Abilities: Golden Symbiote Suit, Invulnerability, Superhuman Strength, Superhuman Reflexes, Time Travel
Origin: Original being a special force field agent, she was trained as a sniper and mole, using her abilities, she joined the Wetworks to kill for money.
Episode Thirteen: Leviathan
London, England, 2166. The team are running out of time as of them leaving from the original point of time, their existence is becoming forgotten. So the team plan to go to 2166 to kill Vandal Savage at the point of him killing Rip Hunter's family. The team, apart of Kendra, dress up as Vandal Savage's army officers to gain information, but a female officer makes their disguises, with Kendra seeing that she is wearing a bracelet which Kendra was wearing in her and Carter's first death. The team capture the female officer and bring her to the Wave-Rider, with Snart taking the bracelet as well as showing her the true of what Vandal Savage has actually done. This is where Snart learns that the female officer is actually Scandal Savage, the daughter of Vandal. Mick and Kendra melt down the bracelet to drip the molten bronze over Carter's mace.
Just as the team plan to go kill Vandal, a giant robot starts attacking a rebel base. Saving all the people by getting them on to the Wave-Rider. As they take off, the Leviathan Robot strikes down the Wave-Rider. With Prof. Stein getting stabbed by a piece of broken metal, rushing him to the medical wing so that Gideon can save him. Jax and Ray work on turning Atom giant to fight the robot. While the rest of the team and Scandal go to Vandal's quarters to kill him. Kendra starts to kill Vandal but as a guard runs in the guard turns out to be a incarnation of Carter, with his mind being wiped by Vandal. Ray sizes up to fight the Leviathan robot, defeating it, then sizing down to get back on Wave-Rider. Kendra knocks both Vandal and Carter out so that they can capture them both on the Wave-Rider.
Overall: Giant Robot Fight!! 9/10
Final thought: "It's not your Carter!!"
Scandal Savage:real name: Scandal Savage
First appearance: Villains United #1Abilities: Enhanced durability, Wrist-mounted Blades.
Origin: Being the daughter of Vandal Savage, being raised by her Brazilian mother, she joined a Lex Luthor plan to be under the alias of Mockingbird. Joining the Secret Society of Super Villains and the Secret Six.
Episode Fourteen: River of Time
The result of the giant robot fight with the Leviathan, the time drive of the Wave-Rider had been damaged. But not all is lost, Vandal Savage is safely locked up in a cell, and the brainwashed Carter is trapped in the cargo bay. Rip Hunter and Prof. Stein figure out that Vandal has been manipulating time, this is how the far distance future technology was being used by Vandal's forces. Jax is sent to fix the time drive, but is exposed to time radiation which is going kill him slowly by ageing his body rapidly. Sarah and Rip set course for the Vanishing Point, to turn Vandal Savage. But Snart and Mick have been thinking, this mission, that Rip had recruited them for was to save Rip's family at all cost, not matter the damage done to the time. This is where Sarah, Mick and Cold are told they can go back to 2016 any time they like, but Stein locked Jax in the Jump Ship so that his rapid ageing can be fixed; this makes Mick and Snart extremely angry at Stein.
Ray goes to talk to Savage, with Savage manipulates his mind to turn on Savage, letting Savage to be freed from his cell. Stein and Sarah have to pilot the Wave-Rider manually, while the rest of the team fight back Savage and Carter. Rip saves Kendra by diving in front of a laser blast, proving that Rip does care about his team. Carter is able to free himself from his brainwashed state, from hearing Vandal Savage threatening Kendra, knocking out Savage, with Carter falling to the floor after being stabbed by Savage. Rip brings Savage to the Vanishing Point to show that he had captured Vandal Savage, but Savage has been secretly working alongside the Time Masters, The Time Masters capture Tip and his team, arresting them - also sending Vandal back to 2166.
Overall: The time masters have once again stabbed Rip in the back. 7/10
Final thought: "Bribing the guard with a pen with a lady, when turning the top made her shirt come off..."
The Time Masters:Real name: The Time Masters
First appearance: Showcase #20
Abilities: Control over all Time, Geniuses.
Origin: They formed together to keep a record of time, making sure no-one is able to manipulate time for their own doings.
Episode Fifteen: Destiny
Mick is taken by the Time Masters to be turned back into Chronos, while Kendra and Carter are taken back to 2166 by Savage. The Time Masters also show that they have been helping Vandal Savage because Earth will be attacked by an alien race from the planet Thanagar in 2175. Being immortal and the greatest leader of all history, he was chosen to be the head leader of Earth, but the people of Earth didn't like his ways of running, this is why the Second Blitz occurred in 2166. The Time Masters are using a device called the Oculus Viewing Window to monitor everything that happens in all of time, and also everything that will happen. When Rip uses this, he sees that there is no way of saving his family and that Ray Palmer will die via disarming a weapon of some sort, but that is all that he is able to learn before he is thrown back into his cell. Sara and Cold also make it back to the Wave-Rider via a secret tunnel, find that Gideon is alive but being trapped within the ship's telephone. But she has a plan; Gideon tells Sara and Cold to place special devices on to the other Vanishing Point Time Masters' ships, which shuts down their AI Controller.
Back in the cells, Mick has been turned back into Chronos - which then he is ordered to kill the rest of the team, but Mick is able to snap out of his trance, shooting and killing Time Master Druce. While all this is happening, Jax (who had been spent back to 2016 by Stein), has found Prof. Stein before he had group the Legends of Tomorrow Team, convincing him to help him fix the Jump Ship by using the Time Sphere's technology back at S.T.A.R. Labs so that he can go back to the Vanishing Point so that he can become Firestorm once again. The team escape the holding cells thanks to Mick, planning to destroy the Oculus Wells Spring, which is the source of the time-telling power that the Time Master have. Remembering that Rip saw the future death of Ray, Cold stays behind to arm the bomb. Sara kiss Cold and carries Mick back to the Wave-Rider so the team can escape. Cold is then killed in the blast, but is seen as a hero to the team for stopping the Time Masters. Vandal know has to find the Ancient Egyptian Meteors to make sure that his future will happen, as the Time Masters are know not helping him Time Travel, as Time Master Druce had been killed.
Captain Cold:Real name: Leonard Snart
First appearance: Showcase #8
Abilities: Cold Gun, Expert Planner, Resistance to the Cold.
Origin: He and his sister Lisa (Golden Glider), were raised by their father who has a criminal, beating them when bad things happened on his heists. Growing up to be a criminal, but he was caught by the Flash. Seeing that the Flash ran slower in cold temperatures, he designed the Cold Gun, so that he could freeze the Flash and continue on his heists.
Episode Sixteen: Legendary
Rip returns to 2016, to return the team home. But the team are unwilling to follow Rip's orders, but Rip tricks the team leaving them back in 2016. Annoyed that they didn't get to finish the mission, Prof. Stein and Ray use their high tech and knowledge to create Quantum Entangler to create a Quantum Signature, a message to Rip to come pick them up. While this is happening, Kendra has escaped Vandal Savage in 1944, France - stopping a US Soldier and placing a note inside his helmet, giving time and place for the time to follow. The Wave-Rider beams down but the team are only able to save Carter, as Vandal's forces + Nazi forces are too strong for the team. Savage's plans to find all three Thanagarian Meteorites to become more powerful and immortal forever, activating the three meteorite are the same time, thanks to his time travelling abilities. Stein figures Savage's plan of erases all of time, starting back in 1700BC.
The team need to create a time paradox at each point of time where Vandal is activating the meteorites, making him mortal. So the team spits into pairs; Mick and Ray, Sara and Firestorm and Rip and Carter - travelling to 1958, 1975 and 2021. All three groups kill Savage and destroy the meteorites before they explode. The last meteorite is more powerful than the others, so using some clever space-time paradoxes, Rip is able to slingshot the last meteorite into the sun, using the Wave-Rider's tractor-beam. After the mission is complete, the team are able to return back to 2016, but the team want to stay with Rip. Apart from Carter and Kendra as want to start over. Just as the team is able to board the Wave-Rider, an old version of the Wave-Rider from the future, a man is warning them of the team's impending death if they get on to the ship. The man name is Rex Tyler.
Overall: Great ending to the season. 9/10
Final thought: "Many time paradoxes occurred."
Hourman:Real name: Rex Tyler
First appearance: All Star Comics #1
Abilities: Superhuman Strength, Superhuman Speed, Superhuman Stamina, Superhuman Durability, Night Vision and ability to breath underwater.
Origin: Being a biochemist from New York, he was working on a new vitamin pill - being named the Miraclo Pill - which allowed people to become super jacked up, becoming a superhero.
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