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List Of United States-themed Superheroes
The following is a list of superheroes with names or overt motifs relating to the United States of America, usually (though not necessarily) with an overtly patriotic character. Characters are listed alphabetically by publisher. A.C. Comics * Captain Freedom *Fighting Yank * Miss Victory * Yankee Girl Amalgam Comics * American Belle * Super-Soldier Archie Comics * Captain Flag * Shield * Lancelot Strong Crestwood Publications *Yank & Doodle (Prize Publications) Dark Horse Comics * The American DC Comics * Agent Liberty *American Eagle ( Zoo Crew member) *The Americommando (Crusaders member) *The Americommando (Tex Thompson) * The Comedian *Commander Steel *Fighting American *General Glory * Lady Liberty * Liberty Belle *Major Victory I *Major Victory II *Mayflower *Minute-Man * Miss America * Mister America * Peacemaker * Red, White and Blue *Silent Majority * Skyman *Skyrocket *Sparkler * Stars/Stargirl * Star-Spangled Kid * Stripesy/S.T.R.I.P.E. * Superman *Uncle Sam * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superhero
A superhero or superheroine is a stock character that typically possesses ''superpowers'', abilities beyond those of ordinary people, and fits the role of the hero, typically using his or her powers to help the world become a better place, or dedicating themselves to protecting the public and fighting crime. Superhero fiction is the genre of fiction that is centered on such characters, especially, since the 1930s, in American comic books (and later in Hollywood films, film serials, television and video games), as well as in Japanese media (including kamishibai, tokusatsu, manga, anime and video games). Superheroes come from a wide array of different backgrounds and origins. Some superheroes (for example, Batman and Iron Man) derive their status from advanced technology they create and use, while others (such as Superman and Spider-Man) possess non-human or superhuman biology or study and practice magic to achieve their abilities (such as Zatanna and Doctor Strange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, Oregon comic book shops known as Pegasus Books and founded in 1980. Dark Horse Comics has emerged as the fourth largest comic publishing company in the United States of America. Dividing profits with artists and writers, as well as supporting artistic and creative rights in the comic book industry, Dark Horse Comics has become a strong proponent of publishing licensed material that often does not fit into mainstream media. Several titles include: ''Sin City, Hellboy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 300, and Star Wars.'' In December 2021, Swedish gaming company Embracer Group launched its acquisition of Dark Horse Media, Dark Horse Comics' parent company, and completed the buyout in March 2022. In June 2022, Dark Horse announced a business partnership with Penguin Rando ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Liberty (comics)
Lady Liberty may refer to: * Liberty (personification), female personification of Liberty ** Statue of Liberty (''Liberty Enlightening the World''), a colossal statue in New York harbor sculpted by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi * Lady Liberty (comics), a set of characters in the DC Comics Universe * ''Lady Liberty'' (film), ''La mortadella'', 1972 French-Italian comedy * Lady Liberty (tree), an ancient bald cypress tree in Big Tree Park, Longwood, Florida * Lady Liberty Hong Kong, statue created during the 2019 Hong Kong protests * Mariam al-Mansouri or Lady Liberty, UAE fighter pilot * "Lady Liberty", a rewrite of the song "Lady Lynda "Lady Lynda" is a song written by vocalist/guitarist Al Jardine and touring keyboardist Ron Altbach for American rock band the Beach Boys. It was released on the band's 1979 album ''L.A. (Light Album)''. Its melody is based on "Jesu, Joy of Man's ..." by Al Jardine and Ron Altbach for The Beach Boys See also * * Goddess of Liberty (disambiguatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Glory
General Glory is the name of two DC Comics characters. The persona is mostly used by writers as a parody of Marvel's Captain America with exaggerated "patriotic values" and a sidekick called Ernie (aka Ernie The Battling Boy), who was similar to Bucky. General Glory first appeared in ''Justice League International'' #46 as a 1940s style hero placed in a modern world, resulting in cultural differences and personality issues. Whereas Captain America is patriotic, heroic, and rational, General Glory is so blindly patriotic that it approaches the point of fault, unwilling and psychologically unable to believe that his country or international peacekeeping organizations have a dark side. He was introduced as a comic foil for the jingoistic Green Lantern corps member Guy Gardner in the early 1990s. Fictional character biography Joseph Jones Joseph Jones was a soldier in World War II who was granted superior abilities by Lady Liberty herself upon saying the words: ''"Lady of Liberty, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fighting American
Fighting American is a superhero created in 1954 by the writer-artist team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Published by the Crestwood Publications imprint (trade name), imprint Prize Comics, it was, contrary to standard industry practices of the time, creator ownership, creator-owned. Harvey Comics published one additional issue in 1966. One final inventoried tale was published in 1989, in a Marvel Comics hardcover collection of all the Fighting American stories. Subsequent publishers have had short runs of Fighting American stories with the permission of the owners' estates. The character gained some notoriety due to a lawsuit in the late 1990s when Awesome Entertainment founder Rob Liefeld announced intentions to publish a mini-series that was allegedly similar to that artist's run on Marvel's Captain America title. After settling the dispute, Awesome released three Fighting American series. Publication history Bitter that Timely Comics' 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics (1950s), Atla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commander Steel
Commander Steel (also known as Captain Steel, Citizen Steel and Sergeant Steel) is the name of three superheroes appearing in comics by the American publisher DC Comics, all members of the same family. The first Steel appeared in ''Steel, The Indestructible Man'' #1 (1978), and was created by Gerry Conway and Don Heck. His stories were set in World War II. The two later characters called Steel are his grandsons. Nate Heywood / Steel, his grandfather Henry Heywood / Commander Steel, and Nate's father Hank Heywood all appear in ''Legends of Tomorrow'', portrayed by Nick Zano, Matthew MacCaull, and Thomas F. Wilson respectively. Publishing history Steel first appeared in a series set in 1939, ''Steel: The Indestructible Man'', written by Captain America writer Gerry Conway. The series was canceled after five issues, and Steel later made a guest-appearance in ''Justice League of America''. Steel was also a member of the World War II era ''All-Star Squadron'' team. He made a prom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedian (comics)
The Comedian (Edward Morgan Blake) is a fictional character who debuted in the graphic novel limited series ''Watchmen'', published by DC Comics. The Comedian was created by writer Alan Moore with artist Dave Gibbons. As with most of the main characters in the series, he was an analogue for a Charlton Comics character, in this case the Peacemaker. Moore imagined the Comedian as a mix between the Peacemaker with "a little bit of Nick Fury" and "probably a bit of the standard Captain America patriotic hero-type". Character background Events of ''Watchmen'' The story of ''Watchmen'' starts with the aftermath of Edward Blake's murder in 1985. Fellow crimefighter Rorschach, independently investigating the murder, discovers that Blake was in fact the Comedian. The main plot of ''Watchmen'' initially involves Rorschach's suspicion of a plot to kill costumed heroes ("masks"); his continuing investigation into Blake's murder leads to a much larger, more horrifying secret. The Comedian's app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tex Thompson
Harry "Tex" Thompson (Thomson pre-1999) is a superhero owned by DC Comics who later became the masked crime-fighter Mr. America and then became an espionage operative called Americommando. He was often aided by his best friend Bob Daley, who for a brief time operated as his costumed sidekick "Fatman". Created by Ken Fitch and Bernard Baily, Tex debuted in ''Action Comics'' #1 (June 1938), the same comic that introduced Superman. During his original stories of the 1940s, several of his enemies were based on Yellow Peril stereotypes. Several of his earliest stories featured Gargantua T. Potts, a character based around minstrel show stereotypes about African-Americans. The "Tex Tomson" series in ''Action Comics'' featured Tex and his friend Bob Daley investigating various crimes and mysteries, sometimes alongside law enforcement. When Tex took on the identity Mr. America, he used a whip as his weapon of choice. Later on, he used a scientific experiment to endow his cape with the power ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crusaders (DC Comics)
The Crusaders is a team of DC Comics superheroes. The team was created by Bob Rozakis and Dick Ayers in the pages of '' Freedom Fighters'' #7 (March 1977). Fictional team history The Crusaders were a metafictional team of superheroes appearing in comic books on Earth-One during World War II. The Crusaders appeared "for real" on Earth-One during the 1970s, offering their services to New York City District Attorney David Pearson to help capture the Freedom Fighters, who were at that time fugitives because they were believed to have been working with the villainous Silver Ghost. Pearson gave the Crusaders the authority to pursue Uncle Sam and his group after a report that they had caused a blackout in upstate New York. After a lengthy fight, at the end of which the Crusaders are defeated, the Freedom Fighters ask the Crusaders how they became the comic book heroes of World War II. The group revealed that the Americommando had approached a group of young comic book collectors at a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Americommando
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoo Crew
''Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!'' is a DC Comics series about a team of talking animal superheroes called the Zoo Crew. The characters first appeared in a 16-page special insert in '' The New Teen Titans'' #16 (February 1982), followed by a series published from 1982 to 1983. The Zoo Crew characters were created by Roy Thomas and Scott Shaw! Although the series, which was the last original funny animal property to be created by DC Comics, proved short-lived, it is still fondly remembered by many comic fans of its generation, and the characters appear occasionally in cameos in the mainstream DC Universe (this is made possible due to the existence of a "multiverse" in the DCU, which allows the Zoo Crew characters to exist on a parallel Earth). The series was introduced in a 16-page insert in '' The New Teen Titans'' #16. The series was cancelled after 20 issues, with six issues still in preparation. These six issues were eventually published in three double-sized issue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Eagle (DC Comics)
''Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!'' is a DC Comics series about a team of talking animal superheroes called the Zoo Crew. The characters first appeared in a 16-page special insert in ''The New Teen Titans'' #16 (February 1982), followed by a series published from 1982 to 1983. The Zoo Crew characters were created by Roy Thomas and Scott Shaw! Although the series, which was the last original funny animal property to be created by DC Comics, proved short-lived, it is still fondly remembered by many comic fans of its generation, and the characters appear occasionally in cameos in the mainstream DC Universe (this is made possible due to the existence of a "multiverse" in the DCU, which allows the Zoo Crew characters to exist on a parallel Earth). The series was introduced in a 16-page insert in ''The New Teen Titans'' #16. The series was cancelled after 20 issues, with six issues still in preparation. These six issues were eventually published in three double-sized issues a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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