Force of July
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The Force of July is a fictional DC Comics superteam introduced in 1984's Batman and the Outsiders Annual #1.
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[edit] History
The team is composed of extremely patriotic metahumans and in most or all appearances ended up being antagonists for other superhero teams, including the Outsiders and the Suicide Squad (the latter as part of the Janus Directive crossover).
The second Force of July consisted of normal human government agents and first encountered Green Arrow in Green Arrow Vol. 2 #96 (April 1995).
[edit] Force of July I
- Major Victory: William Vickers, team leader. He has enhanced strength, flight and energy blasts due to his government designed power suit. Killed by Eclipso.
- Lady Liberty: Projects energy blasts from her torch and flight. Killed in an explosion aboard Kobra's satellite during the climax of the Janus Directive.
- Mayflower: Ability to control and grow plant life using Chlorokinesis. Garotted by Ravan of the Suicide Squad.
- Silent Majority: Power of self duplication. All of his duplicates were killed in battle aboard Kobra's satellite.
- Sparkler: Powers consisting of flight and the ability to project light as beams or even fireworks. Later slain by Doctor Light.
- B. Eric Blairmain: Government liaison.
- Abraham Lincoln Carlyle: Government liaison. Suffered a heart attack during a suicide squad attack.
[edit] Force of July II
- Paine
- Nathan
- and others
[edit] Current status
In 2006's Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Blüdhaven #1 (part of the One Year Later event) an apparent offshoot of the Force of July was introduced as guardians of the ravaged city of Blüdhaven. That group is named Freedom's Ring and has among its members versions of Lady Liberty, Major Victory and Silent Majority. Recently, Silent Majority and Lady Liberty were killed by the Nuclear Legion, leaving Major Victory the only one left alive. As of issue #2, Freedom's Ring was absorbed into S.H.A.D.E. The leader of this team is someone named Father Time.
Father Time has super strength, invulnerable, is extremely long lived, and can read minds.
[edit] Freedom's Ring
- Major Victory III: Claims to have been "kicking butt in seven countries". Was beaten to death with his own severed arm by Major Force.
- Lady Liberty III: The second one's replacement who wields the same torch. She is supposedly killed by Ravager.
- Silent Majority II (or III?): Silent Majority's replacement although not clarified if this is number two or three.
- Phantom Lady III: The new Phantom Lady. Her name is Stormy Knight. Her black light projectors can bend dimensional reality.
- Doll Man III: A tiny bald soldier with very specialized weapons.
- Major Force: The team's leader. No one on the team respects him, specifically Phantom Lady who calls him an "Easter Egg on steroids" and "Major Stupid".
- Human Bomb II: Andy Franklin was mutated by the blast that destroyed Bludhaven, it gave him the ability to explosively detonate any matter he touches with his bare skin. He demonstrated his powers by tearing off a piece of his fingernail and flicked it at a troop of Atomic Knights, killing them with the resulting explosion.
- Bigfoot: A southern white man altered into a grey-skinned giant. He speaks like a stereotypical southerner using terms like "suh" and "a'hm". Accidentally killed by the Human Bomb during a confrontation in Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters #2.
- Gonzo the Mechanical Bastard: Formerly known as the Astronaut Fetus and then Replicant, it was brought with Captain Atom when he arrived back in the DC Universe after the Captain Atom: Armageddon series. It referred to itself as the smartest being in this world and has demonstrated psychic abilities. It took the place of President-elect Senator Knight and is now the President of the United States. It's been revealed that he was created by the Mathmagicians of the Anti-Life Equation.
