Augustus Freeman (DCAU)

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Real Name	Augustus Freeman
Main Alias	Icon
Relatives	Estelle Freeman (wife, deceased) Unnamed adoptive mother (deceased)
Affiliation	Justice League Beyond
Base Of Operations	Dakota City
Status
Alignment	Good
Identity	Secret Identity
Race	Terminan
Citizenship	American
Marital Status	Widowed
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Brown
Hair	Black
Origin
Universe	DCAU · Earth 12
Creators	Dwayne McDuffie · Mark Bright
First Appearance	Superman & Batman Magazine #7 (December, 1994)

Augustus Freeman is the superhero Icon. Originally from the planet Terminus, he has made Earth his adopted home.

History

Icon's original appearance

In the 19th Century, Icon's ship crash-landed on Earth in the middle of a plantation and was found by a family of slaves. The ship had the capability to change its pilot to match a native of the planet it landed on the case of a crash-landing, so he could blend in and safely survive in the local environment. Therefore, when a woman approached the ship it transformed Icon into a black baby. She adopted Icon as her son and named him Augustus Freeman. The ship was too damaged for Icon to contact Terminus for help, leaving him stranded on Earth.

Icon lived among humans for over a century. At some point he married a woman named Estelle who he outlived. One day in the 1990's, a group of teenagers broke into his home to rob him and he used his alien powers to drive them away. One of them, Raquel Ervin, was amazed by him and believed that he could use his powers for the good of the community. She convinced him to become a superhero, with Raquel as his sidekick Rocket.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Alien Physiology: Icon possesses physical capabilities comparable to Superman.
  • Decelerated Aging
  • Flight
  • Invulnerability
    • Self-Sustenance
  • Superhuman Strength
  • Superhuman Speed

Abilities

• Aviation
  

Paraphernalia

Transportation

• Icon's Starship (Formerly)

Notes

• Icon was created by Dwayne McDuffie and Mark Bright, first appearing in Icon #1. However, the DCAU version of Icon first appeared in Superman & Batman Magazine #7 by Ivan Velez, Jr., Jim Sherman, and Prentis Rollins.
• This version of Icon did not appear in any of the DCAU's animated series.

Related

• 2 Appearances of Augustus Freeman (DCAU)
• 2 Images featuring Augustus Freeman (DCAU)
• Quotations by or about Augustus Freeman (DCAU)
• Character Gallery: Augustus Freeman (DCAU)

Footnotes

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