Major Victory (DC Comics)

Major Victory
Major Victory featured in the promotional art for Infinite Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Blüdhaven #1 (Early June 2006) cover, by Daniel Acuña.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	(Vickers) Batman and The Outsiders Annual #1 (1984) (unknown) Adventures of Superman #612 (March 2003) (2nd unknown) Infinite Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Blüdhaven #1 (2006)
Created by	(Vickers) Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo (unknown) Joe Casey and Derec Aucoin (2nd unknown) Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray
In-story information
Alter ego	- William Vickers - Unknown - Unknown (may not be a new user of the name)
Team affiliations	(Vickers) Force of July Suicide Squad Captains of Industry Shadow Fighters (2nd unknown) Freedom's Ring S.H.A.D.E.
Abilities	(All) Suit provided enhanced strength, flight and energy blasts.

The Major Victory name has been used by three fictional characters in the DC Comics universe. The name was first used by a character in Batman and The Outsiders Annual #1 (1984). He was affiliated with groups like Force of July, and Suicide Squad.

The next character to use the Major Victory name first appeared in Adventures of Superman #612 (March 2003). He appeared as a background character in a few Superman stories of the time. To date, the other identity of this character has not been revealed.

The current Major Victory active in the DC Universe, first appears in the miniseries Infinite Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Blüdhaven (2006), also as a government operative. This Major Victory may or may not be identical with the second Major Victory from the Superman stories.

The man born William Vickers started out as Major Victory, when the group known as the Force of July was founded. There was an organization called the American Security Agency who found five willing Americans to undergo tests and transformations to become a force for America — the Force of July — and made no efforts to keep this a secret. With apt codenames and a lot of pomp and circumstance, these patriots held America's flag high as they took on missions that B. Eric Blairman assigned to them in the name of the President. Major Victory becomes the leader.

The Force had many successes believing that what they were doing was absolutely right, no questions asked. Major Victory and his team are featured in the 1987 Outsiders special, which continues in a similar Infinity Inc. one-shot. The two teams investigate the Force's ties to the corrupt Prime Minister of the country of Markovia. The Outsiders member Geo-Force is the prince of that country. Major Victory leads the assault when a combined Infinity/Outsiders team infiltrates their California base. All the heroes are subdued. Major Victory personally defeats the Outsider members Looker and Katana. In reference to Katana's Asian heritage, Major Victory says "Never could figure it out. I can understand the Jap turning against us, but Looker--she's an American!"