Tuesday, February 28, 2006

True Stories of American Freedom (2)

Freedom 3 is about three U.S. Marines that are injected with a serum identified as the "Freedom" serum, enabling each Marine to take on characteristics & abilities allowing for various changes in their efforts to serve under the United States Constitution.

Globe (who is a creature of the earth), Eagle (a mute telepath with wings), & Anchor (has a fiery side that can burn & touch a person’s soul, & granite like viral touch that initially simply stalls people) make up the Freedom 3 USMC special unit.

“The recently awakened members of Freedom get handed an assignment no Marine would refuse; to hunt down & capture Osama bin Laden!”

In fact, the cover of Freedom 3 pays homage to the most recognized Captain America cover. The Joe Simon & Jack Kirby Captain America #1 cover (March 1941, National Comics) shows the red, white & blue clad Captain America punching Adolf Hitler in the face. The Freedom 3 cover drives home the parallel between World War II’s Adolf Hitler & today’s al-Qaida’s Osama bin Laden.

“During this day, when times are just as turbulent as when 1940 led America into tough times; it becomes every American's responsibility to not lose sight of what makes freedom special,” said Rick Olney, the writer & publisher of Freedom 3.

The three-issue hunt for Osama bin Laden starts in May, when the book will ship, with the story arc “What Price Freedom.”