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((Short description|Fictional comic book superhero team))
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'''''Elementals''''' is an American [[superhero]] [[comic book]] first published in 1984 and created by [[Bill Willingham]], for which he was both writer and artist.

== Publication history ==
The Elementals first appeared in the ''[[Justice Machine]] Annual'', published by Texas Comics in 1983.((efn|Texas Comics, based in [[Houston]], was the creation of a few comic book fans who had previously worked together on a [[fanzine]] called ''Comics Informer''. The company operated out of the offices of the retailer Camelot Comics.<ref>Interview with Keith Wilson, ''[[Diamond Comic Distributors|Scoop]]''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20211007141423/http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/scoop_article.asp?ai=2596&si=124! Archived] at the Wayback Machine.((dead link|date=January 2023))</ref>))((efn|''Justice Machine Annual'' also featured a crossover between the Justice Machine and the [[T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents]],<ref>Sodaro, Robert J. "The Resplendent Sound of T.H.U.N.D.E.R.!" ''Comics Value Annual'' (1999). Archived on [http://thunderagents.com/rsot.html ThunderAgents.com],((dead link|date=January 2023)) which is [https://web.archive.org/web/20040313030112/http://thunderagents.com/rsot.html archived] on the [[Wayback Machine]]. Accessed Jan. 15, 2023.</ref> a famous 1960s superhero team originally published by [[Tower Comics]].)) The Elementals were supposed to become a bimonthly series, alternating with the Justice Machine, but Texas Comics folded after publishing the one comic.<ref>((gcdb publisher|id=472|title=Texas Comics))</ref><ref>"Texas Comics Goes Under: Justice Machine Now Homeless", ''The Comics Journal'' #88 (Jan. 1984), p. 13.</ref> After Texas Comics folded, ''The Elementals'' were taken over by [[Comico: The Comic Company|Comico Comics]].

In a variety of specials and [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]], Comico published ''Elementals'' until 1996. Comico's publisher, [[Andrew Rev]], purchased the ''Elementals'' property from Willingham in the 1990s.((citation needed|date=January 2023))

==Fictional setting and characters ==
When a centuries-old sorcerer named Lord Saker built a machine called the Shadowspear to harness the supernatural powers of the world, he upset the natural order of the universe. In response, the [[Classical element|four elements]], unimaginably powerful spirits who together formed the foundation of existence, each chose an ordinary human who had been killed by their element, and resurrected him or her. They granted each member control of that particular element, eternal youth, and the ability to heal from any wound (given sufficient time). The team consisted of:
* '''Morningstar''', aka Jeanette Crane, a [[Los Angeles]] homicide detective who had burned to death while confronting a serial arsonist; she received various fire-related abilities, including pyrokinesis and an immunity to fire.
* '''Vortex''', aka Jeff Murphy, a [[Coast Guard]] pilot and Vietnam veteran who was [[asphyxia]]ted in a helicopter crash; he received various air-related abilities, including flight and wind-blasts.
* '''Fathom''', aka Becky Golden, a flighty [[debutante]] who fell off a boat and drowned; she received various water-related abilities, as well as bright green skin and webbed fingers. She was also able to convert her body entirely into sentient water and shoot high-pressure streams.
* '''Monolith''', aka Tommy Czuchra, a brilliant if introverted teenaged boy who was crushed to death by a [[landslide]]; he received the ability to become an enormous super-strong stone/earth [[golem]]. Later, Tommy came to follow Saker's view that the supernatural beings were entitled to be in charge across earth, and he quit the Elementals and absorbed some of Saker's 'black' magic, to become one of his generals.  Monolith was then re-embodied in a deceased insurance salesman (Donald Ridgeway), who neither wanted the power, nor ever understood fully how to use it or how to integrate with the other three Elementals.

The four eventually defeated Saker and his minions, the Destroyers, a team of six: Shapeshifter, Annihilator, Chrysalis, Behemoth, Ratman (who later changed sides), and Electrocutioner.((efn|The Destroyers and an early version of Saker known as Doctor Apocalypse originally appeared in 1982 in ''[[Death Duel with the Destroyers]]'' and ''[[The Island of Doctor Apocalypse]]'', two Willingham-written supplements for the superhero [[role-playing game]] ''[[Villains and Vigilantes]]''.))

Shadowspear, once released from Saker's control, formed a giant malevolent thunderstorm that circled the globe, occasionally [[shapeshifting|transforming]] animals and corpses into monsters, thus keeping the Elementals busy for many years.

==Reception==
Martin A. Stever reviewed ''Elementals'' in ''[[The Space Gamer|Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer]]'' No. 83.<ref name="SG">((cite journal|last=Stever |first=Martin A. |date=October–November 1988|title=The Ruler|journal=[[The Space Gamer|Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer]]|publisher=[[3W (company)|World Wide Wargames]]|issue=#83|pages=29))</ref> Stever commented that "Willingham's imagination must be on overdrive to come up with some of the far out ideas in ''Elementals''".<ref name="SG"/>

==Bibliography==
* ''[[Justice Machine]] Annual'', Texas Comics, 1983 (first appearance)
* ''Elementals'' #1–29, 1984–88
* ''Elementals'' vol. 2, #1–26, 1989–93
* ''Elementals'' vol. 3, #1–3, 1995–96

===One-shots and mini-series===
* ''Elementals Special'' - 2 issues, 1986, 1989 (lead into v2)
* ''Elementals: Sex Special'' - 4 issues, 1991–93
* ''Elementals: Sex Special'' vol. 2, 2 issues, 1997
* ''Elementals: Sexy Lingerie Special'' one-shot, 1993
* ''Elementals: Ghost of a Chance'' one-shot, 1995
* ''Elementals Swimsuit Spectacular 1996'' one-shot
* ''Elementals: How the War was won'' - 2 issues, 1996
* ''Elementals: The Vampire's Revenge'' - 2 issues, 1996

===Spin-offs===
* ''Justice Machine Featuring the Elementals'' - 4 issues, 1986
* ''Fathom'' - 3 issues, 1987
* ''Morningstar Special'', 1990
* ''Monolith'' - 4 issues, 1991
* ''Vortex'' - 2 issues, 1991
* ''Strikeforce America'' - 1 issue, 1992
* ''Fathom'' vol. 2, 3 issues, 1992
* ''Oblivion'' - 3 issues, 1995–96
* ''Strikeforce America'' vol. 2, 1 issue, 1996

===Trade paperback collection===
* ''Elementals: The Natural Order'' (160 pages, softcover, Comico Comics, November 1988, ((ISBN|0-938965-08-5))) - reprints ''Justice Machine Annual'' and ''Elementals'' vol. 1, #1–5

== Notes ==
((notelist))

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
* [http://toonopedia.com/elmntals.htm The Elementals] at [[Don Markstein's Toonopedia]]. [https://www.webcitation.org/6iKGyr2Aj?url=http://toonopedia.com/elmntals.htm Archived] from the original on June 17, 2016.
* [http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/05/comics-you-should-own-elementals-1-5/ ''Comics Should Be Good!'''s review of Vol. 1 #1-5] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070207105908/http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/05/comics-you-should-own-elementals-1-5/ |date=2007-02-07))

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[[Category:1983 comics debuts]]

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