''Heroes'' is a comic about the titular team of

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, published by

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and created by

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and

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Publication history

It was originally intended as a replacement in the

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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

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, 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

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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

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– Virgil Hawkins, a teen with electromagnetic powers.

External links

Milestone rave: ''Heroes'' #1
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