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Line 3: ''Icon'' is a [[Milestone Comics]] superhero series written by [[Dwayne McDuffie]], which ran from 1993-1997. Along with the other Milestone characters, he has recently{{when}} been imported into the [[DC Universe]]. Augustus Freeman IV, in reality an alien space traveler stranded on Earth, is persuaded by a young woman, Raquel Ervin, to use his alien powers to become a superhero. He takes the name Icon, and Racquel becomes his sidekick, Rocket. {{tropelist}} ~~=== This series provides examples of: ===~~ * [[Captain Ersatz]]: Supporting character "Buck Wild, Mercenary Man" is a parody of [[Marvel Comics]]'s [[Luke Cage, Hero for Hire]] (with occasional forays into being a parody of other token black heroes including Black Goliath, [[~~The Falcon (Comic Book)\|~~The Falcon]], and [[~~Black Lightning (Comic Book)\|~~Black Lightning]]). Icon himself is a counterpart to [[Superman]], something which has actually been noted in-universe in series such as ''[[Final Crisis]]'' and ''[[Young Justice (~~Animation~~animation)\|Young Justice]]''. * [[Good Girls Avoid Abortion]]: One storyline has Raquel discovering that she is pregnant. Everyone she asks for advice -- including the socially conservative Icon himself -- is sympathetic to her situation, and offer no objection to the possibility of her aborting. She eventually decides that she was ''really'' fishing for a trusted authority figure to tell her to do what she wanted to do anyway -- carry the baby to term. * [[My Grandson, Myself]]: Augustus Freeman IV was also Augustus Freemans I through III -- he's been stranded on Earth for over 150 years. * [[Plea Bargain]]: Part of Buck Wild's backstory: {{quote\| '''Buck''': It all started when I wuz convicted of a crime I didn't commit. I plea bargained down from the crime I ''really'' did.}} * [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Icon * [[Sufficiently Advanced Technology]]: Icon's powers are the result of advanced alien medical technology, supplemented with advanced alien gadgets. Line 21 ⟶ 20: {{reflist}} [[Category:Icon]] [[Category:The Nineties]] [[Category:Milestone Comics]] [[Category:DC Comics Characters]] [[Category:DC Comics Series]] [[Category:~~Icon~~Comic Books]] [[Category:Comic ~~Book~~Books of the 1990s]] [[Category:Character]]]