Liberators (comics)
| The Liberators | |
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The Liberators' first appearance, with Loki in front. Ultimates 2 #9.
Art by Bryan Hitch. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics (Ultimate Marvel imprint) |
| First appearance | The Ultimates 2 #9 (November 2005) |
| Created by |
Mark Millar Bryan Hitch |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Paris, France |
| Member(s) |
Abomination Colonel Abdul al-Rahman Crimson Dynamo Hurricane Perun Schizoid Man Swarm |
The Liberators are a group of fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. These characters appear in comics set in the Ultimate Marvel universe. Created by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch, they appear in the miniseries The Ultimates 2. They are effectively the Ultimate universe's equivalents of the Masters of Evil.
The Liberators are a superhuman task force who appear at the climax of the plot arc. They spearhead an invasion of the United States and are from a coalition of nations opposed to the United States' foreign policy. This international collective is made up of China, Syria, North Korea, Iran, and rogue elements of the French and Russian governments. The Liberators and their overseers are an opposing counterpart to the Ultimates and S.H.I.E.L.D., respectively.
"We told you to stop making super people, America. We told you not to interfere with cultures you can never understand. This is what happens when your ambitions outstrip your capabilities. The empire takes a fall. Congratulations, ladies and gentlemen...The Great Satan has just been liberated."
The members of the Liberators, and the countries supporting them, have varying reasons for attacking the United States, but are all against the U.S.A. in one way or another. Their reasons range from the Colonel's hatred of the United States and his belief that their plans must be curtailed to the Chinese, Russians, French, Arabs, and North Koreans, who desire to stop further preemptive strikes, or Black Widow's belief that the United States has turned her country into a land full of "prostitutes and gangsters". Loki is the singular exception; he joins forces with the Liberators not out of any particular animosity towards the United States, but out of a simple desire to fulfill his role as the Lord of Mischief.
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