the Liberty Legion

When the mighty Invaders were captured and brain-washed by the diabolical Red Skull, the President of the United States himself asked former Army man and journalist Jeffrey Mace to become the Patriot, a brand new symbol of American pride, and to assemble another team of heroes to rescue the Invaders from the insidious Nazi plot.

At a radio station in Manhattan, the Patriot began to broadcast a general plea for help from any heroes that were listening to him, but this effort was interrupted by Bucky Barnes, Captain America's side kick, in a sort of misunderstanding. After a quick scuffle, the two naturally realized that they had the same goal in mind.

As such, both the Patriot and Bucky joined together to make the broadcast, asking for help from any hero that could hear it. In the end, the Patriot was joined by seven heroes and with them he founded the mighty Liberty Legion, a group which would defend the nation from the various powers that sought its demise. The Liberty Legion includes the following heroes:

Blue Diamond: when an immense blue diamond exploded in his hands, anthropologist Elton T. Morrow found himself imbued with the stone's strange powers. Though he did so reluctantly, Elton decided to use his new powers against the forces of evil as... the Blue Diamond! Availability:

Jack Frost: an enigma who emerged from the northlands in the early '40s, Jack responded to a call for help from Bucky and the Patriot. Once he helped them with their initial crisis, Jack hung around with the newly formed Liberty Legion for the duration of the war! Availability:

Miss America: Madeline Joyce was a young girl who, after being zapped with enough current to 'kill a thousand men', developed staggering super human powers! Though most have faded over time, she's used all her abilities to fight for truth, justice, and the American Way! Availability:

Patriot: inspired by Captain America, mild mannered journalist and ex-military man Jeffrey Mace became a costumed adventurer himself. Donning the persona of the Patiot, Jeffrey fought many threats to freedom, both alone and as a member of the Liberty Legion! Availability:

Red Raven: lone survivor of a plane crash on a mysterious, floating land known as Sky Island, he who would become the Red Raven was raised by the locals his entire life. Cherishing the ideals of freedom and justice, he eventually left to share them with the world! Availability:

The Thin Man: Doctor Bruce Dickson almost died of terminal exposure on a Tibetan expedition when he found the lost civilization of Kalahia. Spending time with them, he mastered their powers of dimensional compression, and returned to fight evil... as the Thin Man! Availability:

Whizzer: Robert Frank was bitten by a deadly cobra on a jungle expedition, and would have died if not for his father. Knowing the mongoose was a deadly enemy of the cobra, he injected mongoose blood into his son, which (somehow) caused him to be reborn as the Whizzer! Availability:

These collected heroes sought out the controlled Invaders, having several brawls with them throughout the eastern seaboard, until they met for a final battle in a packed stadium. All the while, the Red Skull was floating above in his hydrogen blimp, observing the carnage he had wrought.

The heroes fought to a stand-still for a good long time, until Bucky used a captured Toro to destroy the Skull's blimp (he basically ran into it, catching it on fire). With the destruction of the blimp, the mind controlled Invaders were once again themselves.

The two teams then acted to stop the flaming wreckage from killing all the spectators in the stadium, agreeing to work together afterwards. The Invaders would fight the Nazi scourge abroad, while the Liberty Legion dealt with Bundits and other threats at home.

This team-up eventually blurred the two teams into one composite super fighting team, the groups trading members from time to time. For instance, Miss America and the Whizzer were seen in the Invaders' company quite often, and several Invaders would lend the Legion a hand in their domestic affairs.

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