Freedom's Ring

Force of July
The Force of July from Batman and the Outsiders Annual #1, artist Jim Aparo
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Batman and the Outsiders Annual #1 (1984)
Created by	Mike Barr (writer) Jim Aparo (artist)
In-story information
Member(s)	Lady Liberty Major Victory Mayflower Silent Majority Sparkler

The Force of July is a fictional DC Comics antagonistic superhero team introduced in 1984's Batman and the Outsiders Annual #1. They were created by Mike Barr and Jim Aparo.

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 Squad was manipulated into attacking the group as part of a plan to unveil the villain behind the Directive.

The revised Force of July consisted of normal human government agents and first encountered Green Arrow in Green Arrow Vol. 2 #96 (April 1995).

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 a S.H.A.D.E. special team called First Strike. Other members (Doll Man, Human Bomb and Phantom Lady) joined the new Freedom Fighters. The leader of S.H.A.D.E. is Father Time, the leader of First Strike team is a new Americommando.

Father Time has super strength, invulnerable, is extremely long lived, and can read minds.

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