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Spoilers ahead forIcon and Rocket : Season One # 2 !
Milestone ’s Icon’sapproach to fighting crime echo the design ofSuperman’screators . Rather than fight cosmic - level terror , Icon takes a more residential district - base approach , fight street - level crime — much like the Man of Steel did in the first few years of his existence . lecturer can see it all go down inIcon and Rocket Season One # 2 , on sale now in print and digital .
Much like Superman , Icon is an alien . During Earth ’s 19thcentury , he smash - shoot down on a woodlet in Georgia prior to the Civil War . His safety valve fuel pod was found by a slave couple ; when they touched the fuel pod , it converted Icon ’s deoxyribonucleic acid to a human’s — he was essentially reborn as a human . For the next two centuries , Icon has passed as a human being , and in the 21stcentury , he last as Augustus Freeman IV , a conservative , high - profile lawyer . His life was upend when three untested people violate into his house and try out to soak him . He used his major power in front of them , scaring all but one : Raquel Ervin . Seeing the potency for Augustus to be a great hero and an inspiration , she yield to his house and gainsay him to use his powers for commodity . Taking Raquel as his sidekick , and dub her “ Rocket ” , he lead onthe name Iconand embarks on a heroic vocation .
refer : audience : Icon & Rocket Return to DC ’s Milestone With a New Mission
Now , in therebooted Milestone Universe , readers are treat toIcon and Eruca vesicaria sativa : time of year One # 2by Reginald Hudlin , Douglas Braithwaite , Andrew Currie , Brad Anderson , and Andworld Design . The new comic spread out with a goggle box news show crew filming a story about Icon . Readers learn that the crime charge per unit has drop drastically since Icon ’s arrival . Naturally , the police are not too thrilled , saying that vigilante justice is no substitute for police body of work . The citizen , however , are come up behind Icon .
WhenSuperman first appeared in 1938,his oscilloscope was much unlike . Instead of fight Doomsday and General Zod , he accept on more street - level threats : muggers , corrupt landlord , and domestic abuser ; Superman was very much a blue - collar , hero of the people . Of course , this would change over time , and Superman was before long move planet with his bare hands . However , Icon , who shares much in common with the Man of Steel , is fulfilling this role nicely . Icon is not focusing on extra - terrestrial threats ( yet ) and is instead turning his attention to clean up the street of Dakota City . In just a short time , Icon has helped reduce the crime rate in his neighborhood , and it is cleared the citizen are thankful .
Superman’snever - ending battlehas change over the years , moving off from the character ’s Jehovah ’s original intent , yetMilestone ’s Iconhas stepped into this persona , and living up to his name in the process .
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