The Eagle (Wildstorm comics)

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The Eagle is a superhero in the Red Menace comic book limited series by WildStorm Productions, whose career as a superhero was predominantly in 1950s.

[edit] Fictional character biography

The Eagle's real identity is Steve Tremaine, a World War II veteran whose record includes service in the military in The Battle of the Bulge and a commando mission in the winter of 1944 behind Soviet Union lines. During this mission, Tremaine befriended Ivan Petrovich, who would become the communist hero "The Bear." During a trial where Tremaine reveals his secret identity to the public as a gesture of goodwill in investigations of alleged communist ties, photographic evidence dated to May of 1951 showing Tremaine enjoying a drink with Petrovich is used to falsely incriminate Tremaine as a communist. The media subsequently deems The Eagle "Red Menace," and he is banned by his government from fighting crime as The Eagle.

Despite the government's banning of his vigilantism, The Eagle continues to sneak out at night and fight crime. He keeps in touch with his old friend Petrovich as well. Unknowingly, Tremaine leads a group of anti-communist extremists to Petrovich's location after they listen in on a conversation between the two. Petrovich is then brutally murdered by the men when a steel girder is driven through his chest. Upon hearing the news, Tremaine is driven to a deep depression that leads him to heavy drinking for a period of more than three weeks. At a scuffle with some men at a bar over Tremaine's alleged communist sympathies, Tremaine is introduced to a young superhero called the Gray Falcon who fights crime, inspired by The Eagle's efforts.