Icon(1993 DC)Milestone #1B

Standard edition -”By Their Own. Bootstraps” In 1839, an alien starliner malfunctioned and exploded. A jettisoned lite pod Crashed in a cotton feld in the Deep South. The pod was equipped with a unique survival mechanism that was programmed to conigure ts passenger’s genetic structure to match whatever life form it first encountered. And so it happened that Minam, the slave who discovered the pod, found inside a baby boy with her mother’s eyes. Today, the alien is still alive, in the guise of successtul altomey Augustus Freeman IN of Dakota. Still maroned, he waits for Earth’s technology to catch up to his life pod’s Secrely possessing superpowers, he quietly helps people in need, until recent events in the city of Dakota - and the arguments a certain opinionated young woman - compel him to become more than just a silent friend to the community. He dons a costum to become Icon, the hero of Dakota. Written by Dwayne McDuffie, with art by Mark Bright and Mike Gustovich. Cover by Denys Cowan and Jimmy Palmiotti. Includes a 3-page preview of Static.

May 1993

DC / Milestone

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May

1993

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Newsstand

1st

United States

$1.50

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Modern Age

English

Magazine

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