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Samurai (Super Friends)

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reveals the truth to them. After helping the Team and the Justice League thwart the Reach's invasion of Earth, she moves in with Longshadow, who she starts dating as of the third season.
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one-shot. This version was an actual samurai from Japan in the 13th century, who was granted mystical abilities by a sorceress. After a brief battle with the time-displaced
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with whom he shares similar wind-based abilities. After sporadic guest appearances, Samurai grew into a prominent team member in the series' later seasons.
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His real name is Toshio Eto, and he was a history professor prior to becoming a superhero. One day, Eto was struck by a beam of light sent by the
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hard cover trade collection. The actual Samurai made his first appearance in the comics several years later during the
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Samurai appeared in the third volume of the DC Comics mini-series
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Samurai received an 8" action figure by Figures Toy Company.
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event. Toshio appears as one of the heroes driven insane by
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Samurai received an action figure in the third wave of
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Fictional characters who can move at superhuman speeds
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Super Friends
First appearance
The All-New Super Friends Hour
Hanna-Barbera
Metahuman
Super Friends
Justice League
Apache Chief
El Dorado
Black Vulcan
Invisibility
Super Friends
cultural diversity
Alex Toth
Jack Angel
The Flash
Hawkman
The All-New Super Friends Hour
Challenge of the Superfriends
Super Friends (1980)
Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show
The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
Red Tornado
Super Powers Collection
Kenner
Infinite Crisis
Brightest Day
New Gods
New Genesis

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