Icon (comics)
| Icon | |
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Icon and Rocket from Icon #41
Art by Wilfred Santiago. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Publication date | 1993–1997 |
| Number of issues | 42 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Dwayne McDuffie |
| Penciller(s) | M. D. Bright |
| Inker(s) | Mike Gustovich |
| Letterer(s) | Steve Dutro |
| Icon | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Milestone Media |
| First appearance | Icon #1 (May 1993) |
| Created by |
Dwayne McDuffie (writer) M. D. Bright (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Arnus |
| Species | Terminan/Human |
| Place of origin | Terminus, The Cooperative |
| Team affiliations |
Underground Railroad Union Army United States Armed Forces Shadow Cabinet |
| Partnerships | Rocket |
| Notable aliases | Augustus Freeman IV |
| Abilities | Formidable hand to hand combatant Well trained armed/unarmed combatant Vast superhuman strength Superhuman speed, reflexes, stamina and senses Flight Nigh-invulnerability and durability Enhanced mental perception Regenerative healing factor Extraordinary longevity Ability to generate and project positron energy blasts |
Icon is a fictional superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, one of the headline characters introduced by Milestone Media in the 1990s. A being from another planet, he has taken on the form of an African-American human, but has abilities such as flight, super-strength, and invulnerability. He uses these in partnership with Rocket, a human teenager using his alien technology, to protect the people of the fictional city of Dakota.
An original character from Milestone Comics, he was created by Dwayne McDuffie and M. D. Bright and first appeared in Icon #1 (May 1993). Although published and distributed by DC Comics, the Milestone titles took place in a different continuity. In addition to guest appearances in other titles, the character appeared monthly in his own series, until the Milestone imprint was discontinued in 1997. In 1994, the character was involved in Worlds Collide, a month-long crossover between Milestone and DC Comics' Superman titles.
At the 2008 Comic-Con, DC Comics executive editor Dan DiDio announced that the Milestone Universe and characters would be revived and merged into the DC Universe, as part of an agreement between DC Comics and Milestone Media. The merger treated the characters as new to the universe, ignoring the previous crossover. Icon, along with Shadow Cabinet, appeared in Justice League of America (vol. 2) #27, written by Dwayne McDuffie.
In 1839, an alien starliner malfunctioned and exploded, jettisoning a life-pod in the middle of a cotton field in the American South. The pod automatically altered the appearance of its passenger, named Arnus, to mimic the first sentient life-form who discovered him. That life-form was an enslaved black woman named Miriam, who saw the pod crash land and adopted Arnus as her son.
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