Icon
Publisher: Milestone Comics
Created by Dwayne McDuffie and Denys Cowan.
1st appearance: Icon #1, May 1993
Nationality: Terminan mutate (disguised as human)
Alias: Augustus Freeman, Augustus Freeman, Jr., Augustus Freeman III, Augustus Freeman IV, Hero of Dakota, Arnus Prime, Black Superman
Team Affiliations: Shadow Cabinet
Legal Status: No criminal record
Weight: 290 lbs Height: 6’3
Eyes: Black Hair: Black
Known Relatives: Estelle Freeman (wife, deceased), unborn child (deceased), Miriam Freeman (adoptive mother, deceased), adoptive brother (name unrevealed, deceased), adoptive sisters (names unrevealed, both deceased), Arnus II (clone), Amistad Augustus Ervin (godson)
Skills and abilities: Skilled in armed and unarmed combat having fought in the every American war from the civil war-WW2. He is also a skilled mediator and lawyer thanks to a century’s worth of experience in American law.
Powers: Icon is a member of the Terminian alien race. When his ship crash landed and reassembled his DNA into that of a human being it had the side effect of “mutating” him, literally maximizing all his natural abilities making him very similar in power to a Kryptonian under a yellow sun. His powers grant him the following abilities Flight: through the manipulation of gravitons and magnetic fields; Invulnerability: allowing him to withstand unharmed high caliber bullets, energy blasts and temperature extremes; Superhuman-strength: Due to his alien heritage and the maximization of his potential as a human being he has near limitless strength shown to at least be equal to Superman; Super-speed: Although his top speed is unknown Icon has been shown to have comparable speed to Flash and Superman; Super-reflexes; Icon can think, react and move at superhuman speed; Super-stamina: Icon does not tire as his body never gets fatigued; Enhance-mental perception: Icon is highly resistant to all forms of mind control and probing; Enhance-senses: Sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing are all far beyond that of a normal human; Regenerative-healing factor; When one actually manages to injure Icon his body is able to replace lost organs, limbs and damaged tissue very quickly; longevity: Though centuries old Icon appears to be a man possessing peak health in the prime of his life; Ability to generate and project positron energy: Perhaps his most powerful ability, a low level flicker of this energy can turn on a light switch or shatter a bottle while a more powerful blast has staggered Superman, he can also channel this energy into his fists to enhance his strength even further, as a pulse to identify Bang Babies and create limited constructs. It is unknown just how powerful his positron energy is as it has never been used to its maximum potential.
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Biography
Before Earth
Born Arnus on Terminia. He eventually joined the galactic council known as the “Cooperative” where he was essentially a lawyer. After Adjudicating a very disagreeable situation, involving the criminal Oblivion he took a vacation. On the interstellar pleasure cruise line however the ship came under attack and he was forced to crash land his already damaged pod on the nearest planet, Earth.
Slavery
He crash landed on earth in 1839 on a cotton plantation. His life pod recreated his body by duplicating the dna of the nearest life form, a slave woman. As a human infant he learned the local language and the caste system of slavery based on skin tone. He grew to love his earth mother Miriam. Arnus later discovered he had superhuman powers and immortality.He used his powers secretly to lighten the load of his fellow slaves and aiding a resistance movement dedicated to freeing slaves known as the “underground railroad”. Here he bid his time in hopes that Earth’s technology would catch up to his own allowing his ship to be repaired. By the time he was fifteen slavery was abolished and he took the last name “Freeman”, he also fought in the Civil war against Slavery.
Due to his mutated Terminan body he has virtual immorality which he has manged to keep from the public by assuming the identity of his “son” throughout the years. Following the War he attended “Fist University” where he studied law and “passed the bar’ in several states, thus able to support himself. This allowed him to retrieve his pod. (Icon #25)
While building his law practice he found his adopted mother and siblings right before she died (Icon #25). Distraught he became distant from human society and interaction. He met a young woman who he was fond of but knowing he would outlive her he left so that she could have a normal life (Icon #32).
Harlem renaissance
During a time of great artistic renewal known as the Harlem renaissance he met and fell in love with Estelle Jackson, they later married. After the disappointment by the era’s unfulfilled promise they left the country, living as expatriates in France. During World War two he fought with the allies against Nazi Germany in hopes that the united front against racial segregation would lead to more racial unity in the Americas. After the War they returned to America. Racism reappeared even more fervently than before, though in 1964 under Martin Luther King blacks gained “legal parity’ with their white brethren.
With his wife’s encouragement he increased his heroics though he never went public. This lead to rumors of a “mystery man”. This is when they also realized their genetic incompatibility prevented them from having children. In 1977 his wife died of Cancer. This left him even more emotionally distant than before as he now lived only to return home. He blamed himself fro her death since he knew his pod could have saved her if he had known how to fix it in time. He moved to Dakota, away from Harlem to escape the memories and pain of his wife’s passing.
Modern Times
He threw himself into his work and kept eyes on Alva Technologies’ which was very close to being able to repair his ship. His law firm grew to one of the most successful in the country. He became the personal lawyer to Corporate leaders, senators and the upper crust of American society. Under the guise of Augustus Freeman IV he met Raquel Irvin who was one of a group of teens who were trying to rob him. In her he saw the same impartiality of his dead wife Estelle. This same girl would later convince him to don a costume and become “Icon”. He then became the dakotavers’ premier superhero, essentially their “superman”.
In recent years he battled the Justice league along with a newly reformed Shadow Cabinet. He is friends with superman, immune to green lantern prosecution thanks to his status as a Terminan mutate.
January 30th, 2011 at 7:25 pm
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March 9th, 2011 at 1:51 am
[...] Raquel is the real Icon in the series titled Icon. She is the one who turns Arnus into the superhero he was. Later on she herself would be known as Icon. She’s also the first [...]
April 7th, 2011 at 12:12 am
[...] with members from the original and his new gang. Here he tried to take over Dakota and clashed with Icon. Later on he clashed with Black Lightning who had shut down his casino he was defeated again and [...]
June 6th, 2011 at 12:48 am
[...] the funeral of Buck wild who she had fallen in love with and was later called a true hero by Icon. It’s assumed she still resides in Dakota to this [...]
July 12th, 2011 at 5:20 pm
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July 31st, 2011 at 5:51 am
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August 6th, 2011 at 2:12 am
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August 15th, 2011 at 7:54 pm
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August 15th, 2011 at 7:59 pm
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August 15th, 2011 at 8:11 pm
[...] one point gets taken down and Rocket gives chase into the sewers where they continue their battle. Icon meanwhile deals with the rest of the thugs and flies the mayor down to safety where the press have [...]
August 15th, 2011 at 8:43 pm
[...] office and hold her hostage in hopes of having her make a public confession of her deed. Icon and Rocket defeated him and handed him over to the authorities. After his release he joined Shadow [...]
August 21st, 2011 at 12:02 am
[...] be done, get a pregnancy test! They go to the store and get one and an embarrassing moment ensues. Icon saves a woman from being killed and her car stolen before returning to his civilian identity to [...]
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:09 am
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August 31st, 2011 at 12:07 am
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August 31st, 2011 at 12:08 am
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September 6th, 2011 at 3:20 am
[...] the Big Bang most notably, Holocaust. He formed a friendship with fellow teen hero Rocket and even Icon and Hardware. He dealt with his own Homophobia when his friend Rick Stone came out as gay. He later [...]
September 9th, 2011 at 12:02 am
[...] She holds her own briefly before being overwhelmed and Icon saves her. They all call a truce and Icon speaks with DMZ about being stranded on the planet. Icon and the blood syndicate leader cease [...]
September 9th, 2011 at 3:56 am
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September 10th, 2011 at 12:06 am
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September 10th, 2011 at 1:07 am
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September 15th, 2011 at 12:03 am
[...] He has superhuman strength though not on the scale of Icon. He is also near invulnerable but can still be hurt with sufficient force. His leg muscles are also [...]
October 6th, 2011 at 12:01 am
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October 8th, 2011 at 12:19 am
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October 16th, 2011 at 12:04 am
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November 4th, 2011 at 2:25 pm
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December 10th, 2011 at 10:58 pm
[...] meeting Icon and Rocket she became friends with Rocket who helped her kick her drug addiction. #gallery-1 { [...]
January 19th, 2012 at 2:01 am
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February 22nd, 2012 at 12:43 am
[...] who can lift well in excess of 100 tons putting him in the same strength class as Hulk, Superman, Icon, Blue Marvel and Thor. His strength and power increases when submerged in [...]
March 25th, 2012 at 5:56 am
[...] Justice league inducts new members including black superman Icon along with, Red Arrow, Dr.Fate, Plastic man and Atom. Rocket joins Young Justice. Superboy reveals [...]
April 16th, 2012 at 7:35 pm
[...] Superheroes present: Icon, Rocket and Aqualad Share this:FacebookTwitterDiggShareMoreRedditStumbleUponLike this:LikeBe the [...]
May 14th, 2012 at 2:03 am
[...] Superheros in this episode: Icon, Rocket, Aqualad, Bumblebee and John [...]
May 19th, 2012 at 2:42 am
[...] time he’s brought his beautiful wife along for this epic tribute to Dwayne McDuffie’s Icon and Rocket! Epicness below! #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; [...]
July 11th, 2012 at 1:33 am
[...] or White? By worldofblackheroes Icon, Drew Mcintosh, Blackjack, Orpheus, Lucius Hammer, [...]
December 30th, 2012 at 1:17 am
[...] Icon explains his origins to rocket but she doesn’t believe him. She goes to a clinic for a check up to confirm her pregnancy. She is pregnant and she considers an abortion and adoption, the doctor all but tries to convince her on the first. [...]
February 4th, 2013 at 1:10 am
[...] Around that time Dwayne Mcduffie was the writer for the Justice League ongoing where he used Icon, Rocket and the Shadow Cabinet in a crossover which showed that the merger between DC and Milestone [...]
February 6th, 2013 at 1:45 am
[...] Relatives: Augustus Freeman/Icon (Husband), unborn child (deceased), Miriam Freeman (Mother in Law, [...]
February 11th, 2013 at 7:06 pm
[...] a young “Buck” going by the name of “Jim Crow”. He later battled Buck while he was using the Icon persona. When buck died he paid tribute to the only man who ever defeated him. His current [...]
February 14th, 2013 at 3:51 am
[...] held hostage by Payback who wanted her to confess to her part in the Big Bang but he was stopped by Icon. Thomasina also appeared to have dated Augustus [...]
April 29th, 2013 at 1:55 am
milestone 4 life i was drawing black heros as ateen but when milestone hit the shelfs it made me believe a ghetto youth like me could do the same thing r.i.h dwanye mcduffie my major influnces ..icon trip me out casuse the whole series was really about rocket and her trials and tribulations
May 6th, 2013 at 12:26 am
[...] only one black character in their latest game. Where the hell is Vixen? Static? Black Lightning? Icon? So [...]