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Publisher	DC Comics
Publication date	May 1996
Main character(s)	Static
Creative team
Created by	Matt Wayne; ChrisCross;

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Heroes is a comic about the titular team of fictional superheroes, published by DC Comics and created by Matt Wayne and ChrisCross.

Publication history

It was originally intended as a replacement in the Milestone Comics line-up for Shadow Cabinet, which was not selling well. The series took several of the Shadow Cabinet's more appealing members and put them in a more traditional superhero team, along with Static, a popular solo character. As Milestone's overall sales continued to decline, it was changed to a limited series. Milestone canceled the remainder of their ongoing series shortly thereafter. Heroes was notable for including Donner and Blitzen, an openly lesbian couple in an otherwise "mainstream" superhero series.

The team consisted primarily of refugees from the Shadow Cabinet, a covert organization dedicated to saving humanity from itself, through questionable means. Fed up with that mode of operation, they and some allies established themselves as an above-ground superhero team, named (off the cuff) "Heroes".

Synopsis

The team comes together when various heroes arrive to help save lives in the aftermath of a town being flooded. They continue to work together which raises the ire of the Shadow Cabinet, whom several of the team have worked for. They are forced to fight a Cabinet attack squad, led by the member called Iron Butterfly.

Characters

Blitzen – Valerie Kameya, a Japanese speedster.
Donner – Gerri Brauer, a German strongwoman.
Iota – Isadora Wellington-Smythe, a young woman with shrinking powers and a satchel of shrunken technology.
Payback – Kevin Franklin, a Bang Baby able to transform into a large, yellow-green skinned monster with superhuman strength and durability.
Starlight – Stella Maxwell, a college math major with various electromagnetic abilities. She is a "human pulsar".
Static – Virgil Hawkins, a teen with electromagnetic powers.

External links

Milestone rave: Heroes #1

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-:''This article is about a comic book series; for heroes in comics, see [[Superhero]]. For the comics associated with the TV show [[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]], see ''[[9th Wonders!]].
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+'''''Heroes''''' is a comic about the titular team of [[fictional]] [[superheroes]], published by [[DC Comics]] and created by [[Matt Wayne]] and [[ChrisCross]].
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-The '''''Heroes''''' are a team of [[fictional]] [[superheroes]] created by [[Milestone Media|Milestone Comics]] and published by [[DC Comics]]. The team debuted in ''Heroes'' #1 (May 1996), and was created by [[Matt Wayne]] and [[ChrisCross]].
 ==Publication history==
-It was originally intended as a replacement in the Milestone line-up for ''[[Shadow Cabinet (comics)|Shadow Cabinet]]'', which was not selling well.  The series took several of the Shadow Cabinet's more appealing members and put them in a more traditional superhero team, along with [[Static (superhero)|Static]], a popular solo character.  As Milestone's overall sales continued to decline, it was changed to a limited series.  Milestone canceled the remainder of their ongoing series shortly thereafter.  ''Heroes'' was notable for including Donner and Blitzen, an openly [[lesbian]] couple in an otherwise "mainstream" superhero series.
+It was originally intended as a replacement in the [[Milestone Comics]] line-up for ''[[Shadow Cabinet (comics)|Shadow Cabinet]]'', which was not selling well. The series took several of the Shadow Cabinet's more appealing members and put them in a more traditional superhero team, along with [[Static (DC Comics)|Static]], a popular solo character. As Milestone's overall sales continued to decline, it was changed to a limited series. Milestone canceled the remainder of their ongoing series shortly thereafter. ''Heroes'' was notable for including Donner and Blitzen, an openly [[lesbian]] couple in an otherwise "mainstream" superhero series.
 The team consisted primarily of refugees from the Shadow Cabinet, a covert organization dedicated to saving humanity from itself, through questionable means. Fed up with that mode of operation, they and some allies established themselves as an above-ground superhero team, named (off the cuff) "Heroes".
-==Membership==
+==Synopsis==
+The team comes together when various heroes arrive to help save lives in the aftermath of a town being flooded. They continue to work together which raises the ire of the Shadow Cabinet, whom several of the team have worked for. They are forced to fight a Cabinet attack squad, led by the member called Iron Butterfly.
-*'''Blitzen''' - Valerie Kameya, a Japanese speedster.
-*'''Donner''' - Gerri Brauer, a German strongwoman.
+==Characters==
-*'''Iota''' - Isadora Wellington-Smythe, a young woman with shrinking powers and a satchel of shrunken technology.
+* '''Blitzen''' – Valerie Kameya, a Japanese speedster.
-*'''Payback''' -  Kevin Franklin, a [[Big Bang (comics)|Bang Baby]] able to transform into a large, yellow-green skinned monster with superhuman strength and durability.
+* '''Donner''' – Gerri Brauer, a German strongwoman.
-*'''Starlight''' - Stella Maxwell, a college math major with various electromagnetic abilities. She is a "human [[pulsar]]".
+* '''Iota''' – Isadora Wellington-Smythe, a young woman with shrinking powers and a satchel of shrunken technology.
-*'''[[Static (superhero)|Static]]''' - Virgil Hawkins, a teen with electromagnetic powers.
+* '''Payback''' – Kevin Franklin, a [[Big Bang (comics)|Bang Baby]] able to transform into a large, yellow-green skinned monster with superhuman strength and durability.
+* '''Starlight''' – Stella Maxwell, a college math major with various electromagnetic abilities. She is a "human [[pulsar]]".
+* '''[[Static (DC Comics)|Static]]''' – Virgil Hawkins, a teen with electromagnetic powers.
 ==External links==
-*[http://milestone.luthor.com/ Milestone rave: Heroes #1]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120204081054/http://milestone.luthor.com/ Milestone rave: ''Heroes'' #1]
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-[[Category:LGBT superheroes]]
+[[Category:Fictional lesbians]]
+[[Category:LGBTQ superheroes]]
 [[Category:Milestone Comics titles]]
+[[Category:Comics characters introduced in 1996]]
+{{DC-comics-stub}}