The Liberty Project

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The Liberty Project

The Liberty Project
Art by Kurt Busiek and James W. Fry.

Publisher	Eclipse Comics
Publication dates	1987-1988
Number of issues	9 issues

Creative team
Creator(s)	Kurt Busiek

The Liberty Project was a comic book created by Writer Kurt Busiek, creator of Astro City and Thunderbolts and Artist James Fry. The Liberty Project was published by Eclipse Comics in 1987. It ran to nine issues until 1988 before its cancellation and Busiek was hired by Marvel Comics. In July 2003, The About Comics reprint old issues into a book called The Liberty Project.

It told the story of a team of four former supervillians into a group of superheroes that set up by the U.S. government who offered them an early parole for protecting their country and others against teenage monsters, autocratic space aliens, larcenous old friends and lovers, and made enough wrecked police cars to fill a summer blockbuster.

[edit] The members of The Liberty Project are:

Burnout (Beatrice Keogh)

She is an angry, angst-filled youngster who can generate flames with a mere thought.

Cimarron (Rosalita Vasquez):

She is a feisty, short-tempered Texas hell-raiser. Her powers compose of super strength and limited invulnerability.

Slick (Nicholas Walcek):

His name reflects both his slippery powers and his slippery personality. He is the reluctant leader, with the power to render surfaces with a very low coefficient of friction (make very slippery).

Crackshot (Lee Alexander Clayton):

Is a marksman who is trying to become a straight shooter in life. He has the extraordinary ability to hit anything with a weapon. Crackshot also plays as the mechanic of the team.