Freak Force
Freak Force is a superhero team that features in Savage Dragon.
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The Freak Force
The members of the Chicago Police Department’s experimental superhuman unit assembled at the apartment of Phyllis Deeder to discuss their operational status following their departure from official law enforcement. The group, consisting of Dart, Barbaric, Horridus, Mighty Man, Rapture, Ricochet, and SuperPatriot, occupied the residence while evading public attention, though Barbaric’s physical size necessitated his placement on an exterior fire escape. Dart coordinated with the Savage Dragon via telephone to obtain data on a high-value target identified as Major Disaster, an eco-terrorist attacking corporate oil and chemical facilities. The team traveled to the site of the next projected assault to engage the nuclear-powered antagonist. During the ensuing conflict, the members utilized their individual abilities—including SuperPatriot’s cybernetic weaponry, Rapture’s electrical discharge, and Mighty Man’s physical strength—to neutralize the threat. Despite a lack of coordinated teamwork, the group successfully incapacitated the target. Following the skirmish, the individuals moved their belongings into a new downtown Chicago headquarters to establish themselves as an independent bounty-hunting organization. (Freak Force v1 #1) The members of Freak Force traveled to an industrial site to apprehend a fugitive named the Toxic Avenger. During the confrontation, the team utilized their specific capabilities, with SuperPatriot employing his cybernetic projectile weapons and Rapture discharging electrical energy to suppress the target. Barbaric and Mighty Man engaged in direct physical combat to restrain the individual while Dart coordinated the group's tactical movements. Following the successful containment of the fugitive, the team returned to their Chicago headquarters to process the bounty and manage their administrative affairs. While at the base, the members engaged in internal disputes regarding living arrangements and financial distributions. Horridus and Ricochet occupied the common areas of the facility while Mighty Man reverted to his human identity of Ann Stevens to attend to her professional duties at a local hospital. The group monitored local news broadcasts for potential contracts and maintained their equipment in preparation for future deployments. (Freak Force v1 #2)
Their tenure as police officers was brief and fraught with disaster. Barbaric almost killed members of the Vicious Circle criminal organization during a prison escape. Dart gravely injured the villain Cesspool, who later filed a lawsuit. The police department also wanted the crew to wear standard police uniforms, instead of superhero costumes. The heroes complained that this would restrict their fighting ability. This, and other factors, soon led to the team leaving the police department.
Chelsea Nirvana using one of her father's old inventions to clone Mighty Man, Ricochet and Barbaric (twice, after failing to remember Superpatriot was mostly robotic) resulting in a public battle between the clones and the originals. Vanguard, an ally of the Dragon, was sucked into the fight. During clean up, Mighty Man, Barbaric and Ricochet were attacked by the Inhabitor, who was able to stretch inanimate objects, mostly floors and walls.
Jake Farrel once again drafting Freak Force, this time with two members of Superpatriot's old team The Liberty League Mr Big and Hornet to remove The Cosmic Cops, who had commandeered New York City with intentions of taking the populace. Horridus was revealed as being half extraterrestrial. She accidentally sabotages the Cosmic Cops, who flee. However both Mr Big and Hornet perish and Rapture's leg is broken whilst Dart after being annoyed at the team's performance decided to quit.
Phyllis Deeder arrived at her apartment to discover Freak Force, including Mighty Man, SuperPatriot, Horridus, Dart, Barbaric, Rapture, and Ricochet there. They are alerted of the whereabouts of Major Disaster, a super-powered criminal destroying several oil fields. Freak Force, with little or no teamwork, barely manages to defeat the villain. Afterwards, the team moves into their new downtown Chicago headquarters that was funded by reward money for defeating the villain. (Freak Force v1 #1) While Dart interviews possible secretaries for Freak Force, agents of the Covenant of The Sword assemble super-powered criminals, including Mako, to retrieve SuperPatriot. Freak Force is eventually able to put a stop to the criminals, who are handed over to the Dragon and the Police Department. (Freak Force v1 #2) Freak Force were later involved battling some super-freaks called the Throwaways. The Chicago Police Department rounded up the Throwaways and keep the general public back which includes a woman named Chelsea Nirvana. She had seemingly been taking photographs of the heroes before having her purse stolen by a mugger. He flees the scene but a bomb hidden in the bag is then detonated which kills the criminal. Chelsea then heads to a secret hideout that had belonged to her father and uploads the images that she had taken of Freak Force. (Freak Force v1 #3)
Government agent Jake Farrel who was an old 'acquaintance' of Superpatriot enlisted the team to help defeat metal eating ants that crash landed in Brazil. (Freak Force v1 #9)
Jake Farrel once again drafting Freak Force, this time with two members of Superpatriot's old team The Liberty League Mr Big and Hornet to remove The Cosmic Cops, who had commandeered New York City with intentions of taking the populace. Horridus was revealed as being half extraterrestrial where she accidentally sabotaged the Cosmic Cops, who fled the scene. However, both Mr Big and Hornet perished whilst Rapture's leg was broken. Annoyed at the team's performance, Dart decided to quit and left the ranks of the Freak Force. (Freak Force v1 #13)
Overview
In appearance, the Freak Force were a team of superpowered Freaks that operated in the Chicago area.
All of the team were part of a failed 'freak force' program, in which the Chicago Police Department attempted to recruit super-powered police officers.
Members
- Horridus :
- Rapture :
- Barbaric :
- Dart :
- Superpatriot :
- Ricochet :
- Mighty Man :
- Star :
Notes
- The Freak Force was created by Erik Larsen where they made their first appearance in The Savage Dragon v1 #4 (September, 1992).
- According to John M. Trushell, principal lecturer at the University of East London, he stated that independent titles were inclined to parody X-titles and Image Comics’ Freak Force, operating as bounty hunters and superheroes-for-hire, parodied X-Factor and X-Force.[
Appearances
- Savage Dragon v1: (1992)
- Freak Force v1: (1993)
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