Andrew Nolan is the real name of Ferro Lad. Andrew and his brother Douglas
were
mutants, born with the ability to
tranform their bodies into
nearly invulnerable
iron. In this form, they were virtually
indestructable
and incredibly strong, on a par with
Superboy and
Mon-El.
Ferro Lad joined the Legion of Super-Heroes, at the same time as Karate Kid and
Princess Projectra. Ferro Lad gave up his life when he carried an absorbatron bomb
into the heart of the Sun-Eater, a Controller weapon. The resulting explosion destroyed both the
Sun-Eater and Ferro Lad.