Icon #20 (Dec. 1994):
“The Big Bang Theory”
by Dwayne McDuffie, M. D. Bright, ChrisCross, John Paul Leon, etc.

Icon #20

Title: “The Big Bang Theory”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Dec. 1994

Publisher:
Written by: Dwayne McDuffie
Art by: M. D. Bright, ChrisCross, John Paul Leon, Mike Gustovich, Prentis Rollins

20 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Icon (Augustus Freeman) (lead character)	alien	The Shadow Cabinet		73
Rocket (Raquel Ervin)		black; The Shadow Cabinet...  The Star Chamber [Icon's partner]		58
Static (Virgil Hawkins)		black; Heroes...  The Teen Titans		148
Dharma (Harry Chawney)	prophet	The Shadow Cabinet (leader)		32
Mechanic (Thomas Hague)		The Shadow Cabinet		18
Hardware (Curtis Metcalf)		black; The Shadow Cabinet		97
Edwin Alva	obsessed with power	System		39
Payback (Kevin Franklin)		Heroes; The Shadow Cabinet [man-mountain]		30
Wise Son (Hannibal White)	Black Muslim (Nation of Islam)	black; Blood Syndicate		59
S.H.R.E.D.		[Dakota City's elite tactical police force]		8
Thomasina Jefferson		black		14
Rob Chaplik		Blood Syndicate (ally)		10
DMZ		black; Blood Syndicate		57
Blood Syndicate		[gang]		61
System		[international conspiracy; controls most of civilized world]		25
The Shadow Cabinet		[1st app: Hardware #11 (Jan. 1994)]		33
Doctor Nemo (Nathan Flack)		System; The Star Chamber [created Quantum Juice and first Bang Baby]		6
Nebraska MacCullum		[police]		2
Christina		[1st app: Icon #19 (Nov. 1994)]		3
Amistad Augustus Ervin (mentioned)  With Icon's sojourn on Earth ended, Rocket discovers that the demands of a hero's life are too much for a very pregnant girl to handle alone, forcing her to begin the search for a new partner.		black [child of teenage mom super-heroine Rocket]		6

Summary (from http://milestone.luthor.com/comics_detail.asp?ID=204&):

Kevin Franklin (Payback) takes Mayor Jefferson hostage. Icon and Raquel face off against S.H.R.E.D., police unit to deal with super-powered beings. Icon convinces Rocket to leave and lets himself be arrested by S.H.R.E.D. The situation between Franklin and Jefferson intensifies as Icon and Rocket intervene. Franklin turns into a monster.

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