Ok, I don’t need to do individual descriptions for the minor characters I introduced this issue, D13 were pretty well summed up, as far as powers go. I’ll give some more insight into their personalities next issue. Same goes for Hyper Girl.
A couple of guys were mentioned in passing… Liberty Force is the US Government’s super-human team. Led by Uncle Sam (II), they’re the poster-children for super-teams. The current line-up:
Uncle Sam II, the son of Miss Liberty, the grandson of the original Uncle Sam, the perfect human.
American Eagle III, the third in a line of heroes stretching back before the founding of Liberty Force, inherited the power of flight from his father and grandfather, whilst also able to generate balls of energy which act as incendiary bombs.
Patriot, as in ‘Patriot Missile’. When the President of Uhura (a small nation on the edge of Lake Victoria in Africa (which, funnily enough, only exists in the <3 Verse)), Dr Kujenga, invented a fully functional, state-of-the-art battle-armor, and sold it to the US Government, for enough money to continue his nation’s survival for several decades, the powers-that-be gave it to a soldier serving in Desert Storm, and transferred him to Liberty Force.
Cai, the senior member of the team, was discovered in a North-Vietnamese lab by the original Uncle Sam’s taskforce during the Vietnam War. Capable of walking through walls, a martial arts master, and capable of inhuman stealth.
Desert Storm, a mutant brought into the team during, unsurprisingly, Desert Storm. Can turn his body into a yellow-orange stone, and create sand storms spontaneously.

Sherman, Cal and Lee Richards’ grandfather, shares his grandsons’ power to change his body into steel. He was a member of the original Liberty Force, under Uncle Sam, and served in World War II.

‘Persona Laws’ allow superheroes to create a second identity, completely unlinked to their secret identities, allowing them to earn money, own property, and appear in court, without their real names being revealed. Currently California, New York State and the District of Columbia have standing persona laws, due to the high concentrations of superheroes in the areas (Liberty Force is based in Washington DC). The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia and Canada also have persona laws.

Captain Awesome has super-speed, super-strength, flight and is invincible. One of the major players in the superhero world, the star employee of Hire-A-Hero.

Ok, no questions again, but any new questions (assuming anyone reads anything I’ve posted) can be put in the comments of this post, and I’ll answer them. But I doubt it’ll happen.

Oh, a note on my issue titles. Yes, they’re song titles. In a multi-part issue, I’ll name each part after a line in the song (NB, that’s multi-part issues, not story arcs).

Anyway, that’s about it.
Later Days,
The Author
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