Icon #9 (Jan. 1994):
“Shadow and Doubt”
by Dwayne McDuffie, M. D. Bright, Mike Gustovich

Icon #9

Title: “Shadow and Doubt”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Jan. 1994

Publisher:
Written by: Dwayne McDuffie
Art by: M. D. Bright, Mike Gustovich

25 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
Brickhouse (Marta)		black; Blood Syndicate...  League of Superteens		40
Hardware (Curtis Metcalf)		black; The Shadow Cabinet		97
Third Rail (Pui Chung)		Asian; Blood Syndicate...  Korean; League of Superteens		44
Payback (Kevin Franklin)		Heroes; The Shadow Cabinet [man-mountain]		30
Donner (Gerri Brauer)		Heroes; The Shadow Cabinet		35
Boogieman (Martin Berger)	Jewish	Blood Syndicate		44
Blitzen (Valerie Kameya)		Heroes; The Shadow Cabinet		36
Wise Son (Hannibal White)	Black Muslim (Nation of Islam)	black; Blood Syndicate		59
Holocaust (Leonard Smalls)		black; Blood Syndicate...  The Star Chamber		43
Sandra Ervin		black [mother of Rocket (Raquel Ervin)]		10
Noble		[with Raquel (who became Rocket), tried to rob Icon's house]		8
Thomasina Jefferson		black		14
Fade (Carlos Quinones Jr.)	LGBT	black; Blood Syndicate...  Force Syndicate		56
Flashback (Sara Quinones)		Blood Syndicate; Force Syndicate...  League of Superteens		53
Masquerade		black; Blood Syndicate		31
Blood Syndicate		[gang]		61
System		[international conspiracy; controls most of civilized world]		25
The Star Chamber		[operative]		7
The Shadow Cabinet		[1st app: Hardware #11 (Jan. 1994)]		33
Onslaught		System		1
Amistad Augustus Ervin (mentioned)  Noble visits Mrs. Ervin, and offers to pay for Rocket's abortion (of the baby who will later be born and named Amistad).		black [child of teenage mom super-heroine Rocket]		6

Summary (from http://milestone.luthor.com/comics_detail.asp?ID=193&):

Dharma contemplates his task in the Shadowspire. Holocaust tries to recruit Rocket in the Star Chamber. Icon confronts Mayor Jefferson about the Big Bang, but they are interrupted by Onslaught. Noble gives Raquel's mother money for an abortion. Icon battles Onslaught. Raquel accepts Holocaust's offer to join the Star Chamber. Holocaust confronts Donner and Blitzen over Rocket. Holocaust escapes with Rocket and this forces Icon to join the Shadow Cabinet.

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Icon #9 (Jan. 1994) created 15 February 2013. Last modified 26 December 2013.

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