The Liberty Project

The Liberty Project is an American comic book series created by writer Kurt Busiek and artist James W. Fry.

The Liberty Project
The Liberty Project #1, artist James Fry and Kyle Baker
Publication information
PublisherEclipse Comics
ScheduleMonthly
FormatOngoing series
Genre
Publication dateJune 1987 – May 1988
No. of issues8
Creative team
Created byKurt Busiek
James W. Fry
Written byKurt Busiek
Artist(s)Richard Howell (#6)
Penciller(s)James W. Fry (#1–5, 7–8)
Inker(s)Doug Hazlewood (#1–5, 7–8)
Letterer(s)Mindy Eisman
Colorist(s)Adam Philips
Editor(s)Fred Burke
Collected editions
The Liberty ProjecyISBN 0-9716338-2-7

Publication history

The Liberty Project was published by Eclipse Comics in 1987. It ran for eight issues until 1988 before its cancellation. In July 2003, About Comics reprinted the series.[1]

They appeared later in some crossovers:

  • In Total Eclipse The Seraphim Objective, a Total Eclipse one-shot tie-in.
  • In Jack Kirby's TeenAgents #3, in the Secret City Saga as a part of the Kirbyverse.

Plot synopsis

The series told the story of a team of four (later five) former criminals, all of whom incidentally had super powers. After the U.S. government quickly learns that the cost of locking up super-powered criminals is prohibitive, the original four team members—Cimarron, Crackshot, Slick, and Burnout—are offered an early parole in exchange for protecting their country against other super-powered criminals.

Members of the Liberty Project are:

  • Burnout (Beatrice Keogh) – an angry, angst-filled youngster who can generate flames with a mere thought. Arrested for multiple counts of arson, she was kept sedated and floating in a sensory deprivation tank at a high-security juvenile facility until she became a member of the Project.
  • Cimarron (Rosalita Vasquez) – a feisty, short-tempered Latina from Texas. She has super strength and limited invulnerability. She was originally arrested for destroying the Las Vegas strip after losing her last dollar at slots.
  • Crackshot (Lee Alexander Clayton) – While he was arrested for a string of petty thefts and misdemeanor crimes, Crackshot's real power is the preternatural ability to hit anything he aims at; he also shows extraordinary mechanical ability, inventing a miniature particle accelerator while he was still in high school. As the only team member who sought to rehabilitate himself, he was offered a position with the Project in order to keep him from returning to a life of crime.
  • Slick (Nicholas Walcek) – His name reflects both his slippery powers and his slippery personality. He is the reluctant leader, with the power to render surfaces with a very low coefficient of friction (i.e. make very slippery). Originally he was arrested for armed larceny.
  • Savage (Johnny Savage) – Johnny could transform into a huge gray-skinned hulking brute with razor sharp teeth and ram's horns. He joins the Project in issue #3.

Collected editions
The Liberty Project trade paperback, artist James W. Fry and Andrew Pepoy.

The series has been collected into a trade paperback:

References
  1. Markstein, Don. "The Liberty Project". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
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