LIBERTY MAN

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Harry Jackson 

OCCUPATION: Adventurer, bussinesman 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Synthetic person 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: Dandy 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Dynamic City, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Dr. George S. Jackson (father-deceased-), Lieutenant Charles Jackson (uncle), Mary Jane Jackson-Price (cousin), Bill Jackson (cousin), Matthew Price Jr. (nephew) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Outlaws, Battle Squadron, Crime Smashers, Young Heroes Alliance 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Liberty Foundation Headquarters (Dynamic City, USA) 

FIRST APPEARANCE: (As Dandy) Yankee Comics #1 (1941) 

(As Liberty Man) Liberty Comics #14 (May, 1946) 

HEIGHT: 6' 1" 

WEIGHT: 210 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Black 

HISTORY 

Dr. Jackson, Harry's father, created an American champion, the artificial man named Yankee Doodle Jones. Harry became the Dandy and together the two joined the Outlaws, the Battle Squadron or the Crime Smashers. They fought against the Nazis in WWII, against crime and supervillains on the streets of Dynamic City and shared many more adventures. Much later, Harry received the death touch of the Black Hand and Yankee Doodle Jones, seeing the life of his protégé in danger, sacrificed himself so that Harry could live.

Harry's consciousness was transferred to Yankee Doodle Jones' android body. Paradoxically, doing so Harry became virtually immortal. Yankee Doodle Jones' mind also survived, in his case as a disembodied cyber-entity still giving advice to Harry. After a period of adaptation to his new body, Harry resumed his heroic career under the Liberty Man alias, helping found and fund the Young Heroes Alliance, establishing his base of operations at the Liberty Foundation Headquarters in Dynamic City.

Liberty Man dated Danni Miller, daughter of cartoonist detective Pen Miller, and niece of Danny (Djinni) Miller (and heir to the Magic Ring). 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Superhuman strength, speed and invulnerability. With the help of Yankee Doodle 2.0, he was able to add the ability to fly to his panoply of power. 

WILL O' THE WISP

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Gale Leary

OCCUPATION: Adventuress, professional singer, model 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Mutant 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: Jill O'Wisp 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Key City, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Gregg Leary (adoptive father), Martha Leary (deceased adoptive mother), Jack Vale (biological father), Lenore Franklin (biological mother), Bruce King (twin brother) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Young Heroes Alliance 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Liberty Foundation Headquarters (Dynamic City, USA) 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Key Comics #1 (January, 1944) 

HEIGHT: 5' 3" 

WEIGHT: 123 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Blonde  

HISTORY 

Gale's father, Gregory Leary, was a district attorney in Key City. When Gale was just a baby, his mother, Martha, was murdered and his father was permanently crippled when they were attacked by Bob Evans and Red Brandois, criminals who were being investigated by the Attorney's Office. Evans left a willow twig in the girl's crib as a warning to Greg. Over the years, Gale began to develop strange abilities, which allowed her to avenge the crimes committed against her parents.

Gale, using her powers, confronted Brandois, who mistaking her for the vengeful spirit of her mother, suffered a cardiac arrest and died. Gale laid a willow twig at the foot of his corpse as a gesture of poetic justice. Later, Gale befriended a young man named King. Together they discovered that they were brothers, biological children of the hero Black Diamond and the villainess Killer Plant. King became Black Zero and Gale adopted the name Jill O'Wisp. The two joined other descendants and protégés of members of the Crime Smashers and formed the Young Heroes Alliance, using their powers to fight for justice. 

She and her teammate Matthew Price Jr. (aka Brain Boy) established a romantic relationship.

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Among other things, Gale had the ability to shine in a strange light, much like the Will O'The Wisp. Her aura protected her from bullets and seemed to give Gale the ability to repel attackers (possibly telekenesis). 

BRAIN BOY

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Mathew Price Jr. 

OCCUPATION: Adventurer, government agent 

IDENTITY: Secret 

CLASS: Human/extra-terrestial hybrid 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA 

OTHER ALIASES: NA 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Western Dell, USA 

MARITAL STATUS: Single 

KNOWN RELATIVES: Super-Brain (biological father), Mary Jane Jackson-Price (mother), Mathew Price (deceased stepfather), Harry Jackson (uncle) 

GROUP AFFILIATIONS: DANGER, Young Heroes Alliance 

BASE OF OPERATIONS: Liberty Foundation Headquarters (Dynamic City, USA) 

FIRST APPEARANCE: Four Color #1330 (April 1962) 

HEIGHT: 5' 11" 

WEIGHT: 165 lbs 

EYES: Blue 

HAIR: Blond 

HISTORY 

Matthew Price Jr. was actually the son of Mary Jane Jackson (Spitfire Jane) and the alien villain Super-Brain, who inseminated her as an experiment to obtain a hybrid. Mary Jane suffered a mental breakdown and was locked up in a mental institution. There she met Matthew Price Sr., her therapist, with whom she established an extra-professional relationship. Janie decided to continue the pregnancy and shortly after leaving the mental hospital, she and Matt get married. Sadly, before the baby was born, the couple suffered a car accident, crashing into an electrical tower. Matt Price Sr. died instantly, but Mary Jane and her son miraculously survived completely unscathed. She would later know that the baby had unconsciously used his psychic powers to protect her. From his birth, Matt Jr. demonstrated intelligence and learning abilities superior to "normal" children. In addition, over the years, he give new samples of those psychic abilities that had saved his mother and himself when he was still in her womb. Fortunately, the boy was smart enough to hide his powers in public, while in private he was trained (to his mother's displeasure) by his uncle Harry, the adventurer known as Dandy. Harry told the boy the truth about his origin and encouraged him to use his special abilities for the greater good as Brain Boy. On the other hand, in secret, Matt Jr. was contacted by the Organization of Active Anthropologists, actually a front for DANGER, which turned him into a kind of double agent / informant within the superhuman community.

Brain Boy joined other heirs and children of The Crime Smashers members to form The Young Heroes Alliance. Matt and his teammate Gale Leary, aka Jill O'Wisp, became romantically involved. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Brain Boy could read minds, use telekinesis to lift objects or fly himself, control minds, alter emotional states and he was also super intelligent. However, using his powers required a lot of mental energy, especially when he confronted another telepath, and he could quickly become exhausted. 

TOMBOY

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Mary Jane Jackson-Price 
OCCUPATION: Student, adventurer, housewife 
IDENTITY: Secret 
CLASS: Normal human 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA with no criminal records 
OTHER ALIASES: Spitfire Jane 
PLACE OF BIRTH: Sterling, USA 
MARITAL STATUS: Widowed 
KNOWN RELATIVES: Bill Jackson (brother); Lieutenant Charles Jackson (father, police detective); Harry Jackson (cousin); dr. Jackson (uncle-deceased-), Mathew Price (deceased husband), Mathew Price Jr. (son) 
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: NA 
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Sterling, USA 
FIRST APPEARANCE: Captain Flash #1 (Nov. 1954)

HEIGHT: 5' 3" 
WEIGHT: 117 lbs 
EYES: Blue 
HAIR: Blond 

HISTORY 

June, 1948. 

 Janie Jackson was a demure, feminine schoolgirl (the perfect 50s girl). Or at least, that was the way she acted in public. Unbeknownst to her father, police leutenant Charles Jackson, and her brother, Billy, Janie was the crime-fighting Spitfire Jane. His uncle was Professor Jackson, father of Harry Jackson (aka the Dandy) and creator of android Yankee Doodle Jones. Some time later, Janie was inseminated by the villain Super-Brain. 

The child would end up becoming Matt Price (Brain Boy).

POWERS & WEAPONS 

She had no powers, but she was a skilled fighter.