Jump to content

Liberty Legion: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Addbot (talk | contribs)
Bots
2,838,809 edits
m Bot: Migrating 2 interwiki links, now provided by Wikidata on d:q3237780
m links
Line 8: Line 8:
|creators=[[Roy Thomas]]
|creators=[[Roy Thomas]]
|base=United States
|base=United States
|members=The [[Whizzer (Robert Frank)|Whizzer]]<br>[[Miss America (Marvel Comics)|Miss America]]<br>[[Bucky]]<br>The [[Blue Diamond (comics)|Blue Diamond]]<br>[[Jack Frost (Marvel Comics)#Jack Frost (Golden Age)|Jack Frost]]<br>[[Jeffrey Mace|The Patriot]]<br>[[Red Raven]]<br>The [[Thin Man (comics)|Thin Man]]
|members=[[Blue Diamond (comics)|Blue Diamond]]<br>[[Bucky]]<br>[[Jack Frost (Marvel Comics)#Jack Frost (Golden Age)|Jack Frost]]<br>[[Miss America (Marvel Comics)|Miss America]]<br>[[Jeffrey Mace|Patriot]]<br>[[Red Raven#Original Red Raven|Red Raven]]<br>[[Thin Man (comics)|Thin Man]]<br>[[Whizzer (Robert Frank)|Whizzer]]
|memberlist=
|memberlist=
|subcat=Marvel Comics
|subcat=Marvel Comics
Line 15: Line 15:
|sortkey=Liberty Legion
|sortkey=Liberty Legion
|}}
|}}
The '''Liberty Legion''' is a [[fictional character|fictional]] [[superhero]] team in [[comic books]] published by [[Marvel Comics]]. The team was first created in [[1976 in comics|1976]] and set during [[World War II]]. Composed of existing heroes from Marvel's 1940s [[Golden Age of Comic Books]] predecessor, [[Timely Comics]], the team was assembled and named by [[writer]] [[Roy Thomas]] in a story arc running through ''[[Invaders (comics)|The Invaders]]'' #5-6 (March & May 1976) and ''[[Marvel Premiere]]'' #29-30 (April & June 1976).
The '''Liberty Legion''' is a [[character (arts)|fictional]] [[superhero]] team in [[comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. The team was first created in [[1976 in comics|1976]] and set during [[World War II]]. Composed of existing heroes from Marvel's 1940s [[Golden Age of Comic Books]] predecessor, [[Timely Comics]], the team was assembled and named by [[writer]] [[Roy Thomas]] in a story arc running through ''[[Invaders (comics)|The Invaders]]'' #5-6 (March & May 1976) and ''[[Marvel Premiere]]'' #29-30 (April & June 1976).


==Publication history==
==Publication history==
Never headlining its own series except for the two issues of the showcase title ''Marvel Premiere'', the Liberty Legion guest-starred in ''The Invaders'' #35-37 (Dec. 1978 - Feb. 1979); in the final two-thirds of a three-part story arc running through ''[[Fantastic Four|The Fantastic Four]] Annual'' #11, ''[[Marvel Two-in-One]] Annual'' #1 (both 1976), and ''Marvel Two-in-One'' #20 (Oct. 1976); and in issue #3 (June 1993) of the 1990s [[miniseries]] ''The Invaders''.
Never headlining its own series except for the two issues of the showcase title ''Marvel Premiere'', the Liberty Legion guest-starred in ''The Invaders'' #35-37 (Dec. 1978 - Feb. 1979); in the final two-thirds of a three-part story arc running through ''[[Fantastic Four|The Fantastic Four]] Annual'' #11, ''[[Marvel Two-in-One]] Annual'' #1 (both 1976), and ''Marvel Two-in-One'' #20 (Oct. 1976); and in issue #3 (June 1993) of the 1990s [[limited series|miniseries]] ''The Invaders''.


The [[Thin Man (comics)|Thin Man]] would go on to co-star in the 2004-05 series ''[[Invaders (comics)|The New Invaders]]''.
The [[Thin Man (comics)|Thin Man]] would go on to co-star in the 2004-05 series ''[[Invaders (comics)|The New Invaders]]''.


Marvel announced on November 6, 2007, that a new, unrelated version of the Liberty Legion, known as the [[#Liberteens|Liberteens]], based in [[Pennsylvania]], would debut in ''[[Avengers: The Initiative]] Annual'' #1.<ref name="Liberteens">{{cite web | url=http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.1778.Initiative_Initiation:_The_Liberteens | publisher=Marvel.com | date=2007-11-06 | title=Initiative Initiation: The Liberteens | author=Barry Morse | accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref>
Marvel announced on November 6, 2007, that a new, unrelated version of the Liberty Legion, known as the Liberteens, based in [[Pennsylvania]], would debut in ''[[Avengers: The Initiative]] Annual'' #1.<ref name="Liberteens">{{cite web | url=http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.1778.Initiative_Initiation:_The_Liberteens | publisher=Marvel.com | date=2007-11-06 | title=Initiative Initiation: The Liberteens | author=Barry Morse | accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref>


==Liberty Legion (1940s)==
==Liberty Legion (1940s)==
"America's Homefront Heroes of World War II", the Liberty Legion differed from the Invaders by confronting [[Axis powers of World War II|Axis]] plots and influence in and around the [[United States]] as well as [[fifth column]]ists, rather than in the overseas theaters of war. It also differed by consisting of mostly obscure Timely Comics superheroes, rather than stars [[Captain America]], the [[Namor|Sub-Mariner]], and the original [[Human Torch (android)|Human Torch]], and sidekicks. The Liberty Legion, indeed, included only two of even the company's secondary tier &mdash; the [[Whizzer (Robert Frank)|Whizzer]] and [[Miss America (Marvel Comics)|Miss America]], who in late-1940s comics were members of Timely's first superteam, the [[All-Winners Squad]]. In the team's modern-day [[retcon]] origin, the Liberty Legion was assembled in 1942 by Captain America sidekick [[Bucky]], the only Invaders member to escape a brainwashing trap by the [[Red Skull]]. To rescue his teammates, he gathered:
"America's Homefront Heroes of World War II", the Liberty Legion differed from the Invaders by confronting [[Axis powers|Axis]] plots and influence in and around the [[United States]] as well as [[fifth column]]ists, rather than in the overseas theaters of war. It also differed by consisting of mostly obscure Timely Comics superheroes, rather than stars [[Captain America]], the [[Namor|Sub-Mariner]], and the original [[Human Torch (android)|Human Torch]], and sidekicks. The Liberty Legion, indeed, included only two of even the company's secondary tier &mdash; the [[Whizzer (Robert Frank)|Whizzer]] and [[Miss America (Marvel Comics)|Miss America]], who in late-1940s comics were members of Timely's first superteam, the [[All-Winners Squad]]. In the team's modern-day [[retroactive continuity|retcon]] origin, the Liberty Legion was assembled in 1942 by Captain America sidekick [[Bucky]], the only Invaders member to escape a brainwashing trap by the [[Red Skull]]. To rescue his teammates, he gathered:


* The '''[[Blue Diamond (comics)|Blue Diamond]]''' (introduced ''[[Daring Mystery Comics]]'' #7, April 1941)
* '''[[Blue Diamond (comics)|Blue Diamond]]''' (introduced ''[[Daring Mystery Comics]]'' #7, April 1941)
* '''[[Jack Frost (Marvel Comics)#Jack Frost (Golden Age)|Jack Frost]]''' (''[[USA Comics]]'' #1, Aug. 1941)
* '''[[Jack Frost (Marvel Comics)#Jack Frost (Golden Age)|Jack Frost]]''' (''[[U.S.A. Comics]]'' #1, Aug. 1941)
* '''Miss America''' (''[[Marvel Mystery Comics]]'' #49, Nov. 1943)
* '''Miss America''' (''[[Marvel Mystery Comics]]'' #49, Nov. 1943)
* The '''[[Jeffrey Mace|Patriot]]''' (''Human Torch Comics'' #3, Spring 1941)
* '''[[Jeffrey Mace|Patriot]]''' (''Human Torch Comics'' #3, Spring 1941)
* '''[[Red Raven]]''' (''[[Red Raven|Red Raven Comics]]'' #1, Aug. 1940)
* '''[[Red Raven#Original Red Raven|Red Raven]]''' (''Red Raven Comics'' #1, Aug. 1940)
* The '''[[Thin Man (comics)|Thin Man]]''' (''[[Mystic Comics#Mystic Comics (Timely)|Mystic Comics]]'' #4, July 1940)
* '''[[Thin Man (comics)|Thin Man]]''' (''[[Mystic Comics#Mystic Comics (Timely)|Mystic Comics]]'' #4, July 1940)
* The '''Whizzer''' (''USA Comics'' #1, Aug. 1941)
* '''Whizzer''' (''USA Comics'' #1, Aug. 1941)


The Blue Diamond (a super-strong, superhumanly durable anthropologist), Jack Frost (the mythological spirit of winter), and the [[Thin Man (comics)|Thin Man]] (comics' first stretching hero, predating [[Plastic Man]] by just over a year) were here reintroduced into Marvel continuity, appearing for the first time since the Golden Age. Unofficial team leader the Patriot had appeared as a [[simulacrum]] projected from the mind of [[Rick Jones (comics)|Rick Jones]] in ''[[Avengers (comics)|The Avengers]]'' #97 (March 1972), but was otherwise reintroduced here. The winged Red Raven, who'd starred in the single issue of a namesake title in 1940, had re-entered the modern Marvel universe with ''[[Uncanny X-Men|The X-Men]]'' #44 (May 1968). The Whizzer had returned as an older character in ''Giant-Size Avengers'' #1 (Aug. 1974), relating how he and the since-deceased Miss America had married each other years before.
The Blue Diamond (a super-strong, superhumanly durable anthropologist), Jack Frost (the mythological spirit of winter), and the [[Thin Man (comics)|Thin Man]] (comics' first stretching hero, predating [[Plastic Man]] by just over a year) were here reintroduced into Marvel continuity, appearing for the first time since the Golden Age. Unofficial team leader the Patriot had appeared as a [[simulacrum]] projected from the mind of [[Rick Jones (comics)|Rick Jones]] in ''[[Avengers (comics)|The Avengers]]'' #97 (March 1972), but was otherwise reintroduced here. The winged Red Raven, who'd starred in the single issue of a namesake title in 1940, had re-entered the modern Marvel universe with ''[[Uncanny X-Men|The X-Men]]'' #44 (May 1968). The Whizzer had returned as an older character in ''Giant-Size Avengers'' #1 (Aug. 1974), relating how he and the since-deceased Miss America had married each other years before.
Line 47: Line 47:
|creators=
|creators=
|base=[[Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]
|base=[[Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]
|members=The Revolutionary<br>Ms. America<br>Blue Eagle<br>Iceberg<br>2-D<br>Whiz Kid<br>Hope
|members=Blue Eagle<br>Hope<br>Iceberg<br>Ms. America<br>[[Revolutionary (comics)|Revolutionary]]<br>Whiz Kid<br>2-D
|memberlist=
|memberlist=
|subcat=
|subcat=
Line 59: Line 59:


The team consists of:
The team consists of:
*Their leader, '''[[Revolutionary (comics)|The Revolutionary]]''' (inspired by The Patriot)
*Their leader, '''[[Revolutionary (comics)|Revolutionary]]''' (inspired by The Patriot)
⚫
*'''Ms. America''' (inspired by Miss America)
*'''Blue Eagle''' (inspired by Red Raven)
*'''Blue Eagle''' (inspired by Red Raven)
⚫
*'''Hope''' (inspired by Blue Diamond)
*'''Iceberg''' (inspired by Jack Frost)
*'''Iceberg''' (inspired by Jack Frost)
*'''2-D''' (inspired by Thin Man)
*'''Ms. America''' (inspired by Miss America)
*'''Whiz Kid''' (inspired by Whizzer), who had previously appeared as the super-speedster courier for the law firm [[Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway]] in ''[[She-Hulk]]'' vol. 2
*'''Whiz Kid''' (inspired by Whizzer), who had previously appeared as the super-speedster courier for the law firm [[Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway]] in ''[[She-Hulk]]'' vol. 2
*'''Hope''' (inspired by Blue Diamond)
*'''2-D''' (inspired by Thin Man)


In public, the Liberteens use "liberty"- and "America"-based puns. In private, the group is shown celebrating victory with [[debauchery]], with the exception of the seemingly straitlaced leader, the Revolutionary, who is revealed to be a [[Skrull]] [[sleeper agent]] involved in preparations for that shape-shifting alien race's "[[Secret Invasion]]".<ref name="Avengers: The Initiative Annual #1" /> During the invasion, upon the beginning of overt hostilities, a loosely organized band of Initiative members including the Liberteens join forces with the [[Skrull Kill Krew]] to identify and defeat the Skrulls within their own ranks, the Revolutionary among them.<ref>''Avengers: The Initiative'' #18 (Dec. 2008)</ref> Afterward, Whiz Kid saved her fellow Initiative members from the Skrulls' poisonous gas, before succumbing to it herself.<ref>''Avengers: The Initiative'' #19 (Jan. 2009)</ref>
In public, the Liberteens use "liberty"- and "America"-based puns. In private, the group is shown celebrating victory with debauchery, with the exception of the seemingly straitlaced leader, the Revolutionary, who is revealed to be a [[Skrull]] [[sleeper agent]] involved in preparations for that shape-shifting alien race's "[[Secret Invasion]]".<ref name="Avengers: The Initiative Annual #1" /> During the invasion, upon the beginning of overt hostilities, a loosely organized band of Initiative members including the Liberteens join forces with the [[Skrull Kill Krew]] to identify and defeat the Skrulls within their own ranks, the Revolutionary among them.<ref>''Avengers: The Initiative'' #18 (Dec. 2008)</ref> Afterward, Whiz Kid saved her fellow Initiative members from the Skrulls' poisonous gas, before succumbing to it herself.<ref>''Avengers: The Initiative'' #19 (Jan. 2009)</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Crusaders (DC/Marvel)#Marvel Crusaders|Crusaders]]
* [[Crusaders (Marvel Comics)]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 23:27, 16 May 2013

Liberty Legion
Marvel Premiere #29 (April 1976). Cover art by Jack Kirby & Frank Giacoia.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceThe Invaders #5 (March 1976)
Created byRoy Thomas
In-story information
Base(s)United States
Member(s)Blue Diamond
Bucky
Jack Frost
Miss America
Patriot
Red Raven
Thin Man
Whizzer

The Liberty Legion is a fictional superhero team in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team was first created in 1976 and set during World War II. Composed of existing heroes from Marvel's 1940s Golden Age of Comic Books predecessor, Timely Comics, the team was assembled and named by writer Roy Thomas in a story arc running through The Invaders #5-6 (March & May 1976) and Marvel Premiere #29-30 (April & June 1976).

Publication history

Never headlining its own series except for the two issues of the showcase title Marvel Premiere, the Liberty Legion guest-starred in The Invaders #35-37 (Dec. 1978 - Feb. 1979); in the final two-thirds of a three-part story arc running through The Fantastic Four Annual #11, Marvel Two-in-One Annual #1 (both 1976), and Marvel Two-in-One #20 (Oct. 1976); and in issue #3 (June 1993) of the 1990s miniseries The Invaders.

The Thin Man would go on to co-star in the 2004-05 series The New Invaders.

Marvel announced on November 6, 2007, that a new, unrelated version of the Liberty Legion, known as the Liberteens, based in Pennsylvania, would debut in Avengers: The Initiative Annual #1.[1]

Liberty Legion (1940s)

"America's Homefront Heroes of World War II", the Liberty Legion differed from the Invaders by confronting Axis plots and influence in and around the United States as well as fifth columnists, rather than in the overseas theaters of war. It also differed by consisting of mostly obscure Timely Comics superheroes, rather than stars Captain America, the Sub-Mariner, and the original Human Torch, and sidekicks. The Liberty Legion, indeed, included only two of even the company's secondary tier — the Whizzer and Miss America, who in late-1940s comics were members of Timely's first superteam, the All-Winners Squad. In the team's modern-day retcon origin, the Liberty Legion was assembled in 1942 by Captain America sidekick Bucky, the only Invaders member to escape a brainwashing trap by the Red Skull. To rescue his teammates, he gathered:

The Blue Diamond (a super-strong, superhumanly durable anthropologist), Jack Frost (the mythological spirit of winter), and the Thin Man (comics' first stretching hero, predating Plastic Man by just over a year) were here reintroduced into Marvel continuity, appearing for the first time since the Golden Age. Unofficial team leader the Patriot had appeared as a simulacrum projected from the mind of Rick Jones in The Avengers #97 (March 1972), but was otherwise reintroduced here. The winged Red Raven, who'd starred in the single issue of a namesake title in 1940, had re-entered the modern Marvel universe with The X-Men #44 (May 1968). The Whizzer had returned as an older character in Giant-Size Avengers #1 (Aug. 1974), relating how he and the since-deceased Miss America had married each other years before.

Liberteens (2007)

Liberteens
The Liberteens.
Art by Patrick Scherberger.
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceAvengers: The Initiative Annual #1
In-story information
Base(s)Pennsylvania, United States
Member(s)Blue Eagle
Hope
Iceberg
Ms. America
Revolutionary
Whiz Kid
2-D

The Liberteens, whose name is a homophone of "libertine", is a young group of superhumans inspired by the Liberty Legion and formed as part of the Fifty State Initiative of government-sanctioned superhero teams. The group is first seen as the Pennsylvania-based Initiative team.[2]

The team consists of:

  • Their leader, Revolutionary (inspired by The Patriot)
  • Blue Eagle (inspired by Red Raven)
  • Hope (inspired by Blue Diamond)
  • Iceberg (inspired by Jack Frost)
  • Ms. America (inspired by Miss America)
  • Whiz Kid (inspired by Whizzer), who had previously appeared as the super-speedster courier for the law firm Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg & Holliway in She-Hulk vol. 2
  • 2-D (inspired by Thin Man)

In public, the Liberteens use "liberty"- and "America"-based puns. In private, the group is shown celebrating victory with debauchery, with the exception of the seemingly straitlaced leader, the Revolutionary, who is revealed to be a Skrull sleeper agent involved in preparations for that shape-shifting alien race's "Secret Invasion".[2] During the invasion, upon the beginning of overt hostilities, a loosely organized band of Initiative members including the Liberteens join forces with the Skrull Kill Krew to identify and defeat the Skrulls within their own ranks, the Revolutionary among them.[3] Afterward, Whiz Kid saved her fellow Initiative members from the Skrulls' poisonous gas, before succumbing to it herself.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Barry Morse (2007-11-06). "Initiative Initiation: The Liberteens". Marvel.com. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
  2. ^ a b Avengers: The Initiative Annual, no. 1, p. 33/1 (January 2008). Marvel Comics.
  3. ^ Avengers: The Initiative #18 (Dec. 2008)
  4. ^ Avengers: The Initiative #19 (Jan. 2009)

Template:Initiative

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Liberty_Legion&oldid=555436802"