#miss liberty

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The Statue of Liberty ~ Ellis Island, New York, USA

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Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.

-- Abraham Lincoln

(Colmar, France)

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So, hey, I apologize for poking at the definitions of your field, but.

Like, you mentioned that while Crimson Avenger is "officially" the first superhero, some in your field argue that legendary gunfighters such as Jonah hex also qualify.

But, like...why stop there? What about people like Jon Valor or Tomahawk?

What about the Knights of the Round Table? I mean, Shining Knight has been confirmed to be a member of that group, hasn't he?

Oh boy, well have you got a week and the ability to film a bunch of scholars getting into fist fights?

The definition of "superhero" is porous at best, and its a rather new term. We only call them "superheroes" in regular conversation BECAUSE of the appearance of Superman acting as the representative for the movement.

Famously, back in the "Golden Age' of WWII they were most often known as "Mystery Men".

Before then, America famously had a rash of "cowboy" heroes who are usually referred to academically as "Gunslingers" or "Lawmen"

(A mural of many famous western heroes painted on the wall of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City)

Many of them, even those who weren't masked would fit the modern definitions of superheroes because they fought injustice using specific names and motifs. Bat Lash, El Diablo, Pow Wow Smith, etc.

I already did a little write up on the Black Pirate but you mentioned Tom Hawk, AKA Tomahawk, a famous frontiersman who served both during and after the Revolutionary War alongside who is probably the first MASKED hero in American history. Bess Lynn AKA Miss Liberty

(A mural of Miss Liberty, the original is hung up at the Liberty Bell Center in Philadelphia but others versions are commonly copied. We have one here at the Perisphere)

The Knights of the Round would certainly have been considered the superheroes of their day! And in the case of Sir Justin, ours! Really to dig into the question that you're driving at, the reason the Lee Travis is considered the "shot heard round the world" for the superheroes that exist now is because the chain of legacy he started is still unbroken. He took to the streets in 1938 because he saw people suffering and decided he wouldn't stand by for it.

He was joined by the Sandman, unveiling themselves to the world. Both men joined wartime superhero groups, the Justice Society eventually serving as moral and inspiration foundation for our modern Justice League. Said League still uses the original cloak, hat and mask of the Crimson Avenger to swear in its new members.

The wave that Lee Travis started has not ended. There is no end of the old west, there is no fall of camelot. He broke the ribbon on the new world and we are still living in it.

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Revolutionary

Don Lomax

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My acquisition of Miss Liberty and Santa sketch card by @Fred Hembeck

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[topsecretgamediary]

I was listening to course lectures and my hands needed to do something and that something was City of Heroes fanart.

When I was trying to decide how much detail to give the Circle of Thorns, God spoke to me and said 'Draw a spooky pickle.'

context key:

1st: When Statesman died in the game, he (and Sister Psyche) were immediately ejected from the lore due to out of game issues with the creator of Statesman. It was very abrupt, especially because the storyline where Statesman died was behind a paywall. 2nd An ongoing fight in the city of heroes community is how longbow is literally worse than all the actual villains because of a single unit called the 'longbow flamethrower' who uses a flamethrower. The horrified, just discovered about them from a pamphlet, circle of thorns are not deterred from doing what they do all the time which is stealing bodies to put ghosts of their dead city inside of. But wow, those longbow! Nasty!

2nd: Chrono-Bot (blue girl) is (my precious baboo, my main and not a canon character) a sentient time machine from thousands of years in the future. She has no filter.

[nitpickrider]

Small note in an otherwise shit run. I think the banter and relationship between Tomahawk and Miss Liberty is super under utilized and we should see them more often.

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~ Aqua | Orange | Yellow ~

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Let us dream...

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once upon a time, there was a player

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Statue of Liberty

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tfw octavinelle students get to wear a suit but ur dorm uniform needs an instruction manual