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34-484: Mighty Man refers to any one of several fictional, super-powered individuals in literature: Mighty Man (Image Comics) , a superhero in the Savage Dragon comic book series Mighty Man (television) , a diminutive, crime-fighter character on Mighty Man and Yukk (1980 to 1981) Mighty Man (Centaur Comics) , a Centaur Publications comics character Mighty Man (comics) ,

68-568: A further confrontation with Chelsea, Redbeard and various other characters. Freak Force disbands, some of the group perform a rescue mission at a super-freak detainment camp and Chelsea changes genders. This story continued on into the regular Savage Dragon series. Chelsea and Inhibitor’s gang, made up of her henchmen and other freed prisoners continued on with villainy. The Nixed Men, further creations of Johnny Redbead, joined up. She-Dragon mistook Chelsea Nirvana for Johnny Redbead, for Chelsea had changed into that form. The gang-lead Cyber-Face killed

102-537: A man's body, manages to temporarily shape-shift into the Dragon. He shoots her to death, in the process stealing the form of Mighty Man. At Ann's funeral, Nirvana under the influence of the Wicked Worm attacks Dragon, but he dies from exhaustion. The powers pass to the now-legless Dart (Jill August) . Naturally, as Mighty Man, Jill August enjoys her/his new legs. The Savage Dragon series is now set on an alternate Earth to

136-749: A minor capacity, such as being a guest at the funeral of the Guardians of the Globe and participating in large battles. Mighty Man is heavily based on Captain Marvel . Erik Larsen was a big fan of the character as a child (and remains one today) and Savage Dragon and popular series villain Powerhouse also started out based on the hero. Mighty Man's enemies are also equally obvious pastiches of Captain Marvel's enemies Mr. Mind (The Wicked Worm) and Doctor Sivana (Dr. Nirvana). Mighty Man's old team The Liberty League, however,

170-482: A normal boy. Dart is not part of the major story, she is on holiday with her lover Justice, one of Superpatriot's children, the other, Liberty appears heavily pregnant, having been impregnated by Martians during the Mars Attacks Image event, Ricochet is also revealed to be pregnant. Freak Force were absorbed into The Dragon's S.O.S project, a government sponsored team replacing Youngblood who were killed during

204-445: A number of Chelsea's men, then had Negate, who could remove powers, neutralize Chelsea. She ended up looking exactly like her father. Chelsea later gained some measure of revenge by killing Mighty Man's human host. Dart soon gained Mighty Man's powers. Concurrent with the end of the initial series, there was also a three-issue Freak Force mini-series, set after the "Mars Attacks Image" event, that ran from April 1997 to July 1997. Larsen

238-635: A reimagined version of the Centaur Comics character, published by Malibu Comics Mighty Man (CrossGen) , a CrossGen comics character Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mighty Man . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mighty_Man&oldid=1210325432 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

272-665: A shambolic fight against a nuclear-powered character Major Disaster, and issue two tying into the long-running Covenant of the Sword sub-plot that would not be resolved until the 75th issue of Savage Dragon some years later. Chelsea Nirvana, the daughter of Mighty Man's old villain Dr. Nirvana, tricks her way into becoming the secretary for the group. Issues #3, #4, and #5 featured the series' first story arc, with Chelsea Nirvana using one of her father's old inventions to clone Mighty Man, Ricochet and Barbaric (twice, after failing to remember Superpatriot

306-514: A spillage in her home and accidentally taps her wrists together. After realizing the entity cannot sustain itself, she figures out how to change back and forth at will. When she has the powers and is unaware of it, she supervises the health of an amnesic 'superfreak' who was found in a burning field, and gives him the nickname 'the Dragon' because of his green skin and the prominent fin on his head. The Dragon likes her nickname and takes it as his legal name. Stevens' first public appearance as Mighty Man

340-457: Is accomplished by tapping their wrists together. The Mighty Man entity cannot, however, sustain itself. In order to survive, the host must return to human form to sleep and eat. Robert Berman is the Mighty Man entity's host from the 1940s until 1992. He uses the entity and its powers as a super-hero. For the first few years of his career, Berman is a teenager, working as a radio broadcaster. This

374-470: Is based on Marvel's premiere Superhero team The Avengers , and the wrist-tapping transformation is reminiscent of the Nega-Bands of Marvel's Captain Marvel . Inheriting the Mighty Man entity allows the person to transform into a tall blonde man while still retaining their own personality, as well as being super-strong and being able to fly, Mighty Man is also bullet-proof and has enhanced durability though he

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408-437: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mighty Man (Image Comics) Mighty Man is an ancient entity created by a mysterious wizard named Fon~Ti to fight evil. The entity is passed from host to host at the point of death. The host, regardless of their sex, is able to transform into a tall blonde man with god-like powers, including flight and incredible strength. This

442-406: Is in Savage Dragon #3. He/she helps save two other heroes, Dart (Jill August) and Star from an escaped group of super-powered prisoners. The Dragon is skeptical about Mighty Man's return until he/she saves him from the rampages of Mighty Man's old friend Superpatriot. Superpatriot is being controlled by Horde, a being made up of hundreds of copies of the entity known as Wicked Worm, combined with

476-467: Is killed in 1992 by a gang of ordinary thugs after a newspaper journalist learns and publishes his secret identity. While delirious and dying, Berman mistakes his nurse Ann Samantha Stevens for his grandson Billy and passes on the Mighty Man entity to her. This is the Mighty Man that appears in Savage Dragon . Ann Samantha Stevens is unaware that Berman gave her the Mighty Man entity until she slips on

510-500: Is not totally impervious to harm. Freak Force Freak Force is the name of a fictional team of superhuman bounty hunters operating out of Chicago , Illinois . They originated in the Image Comics comic book series Savage Dragon , but subsequently went on to star in their own series. All the characters were created by Erik Larsen , many during his adolescence. With the exceptions of Superpatriot and Mighty Man , all of

544-516: Is the Mighty Man who appears in Big Bang Comics . During World War II , Mighty Man first fights alongside SuperPatriot , who remains his lifelong friend and ally. During the fifties, they form another team, The Liberty League, with three other super-heroes; Mr. Big, Hornet and Battle Tank. Over his years of heroism, Berman's Mighty Man builds up a rogues gallery like most others in his profession, most notably The Wicked Worm and Dr. Nirvana. Berman

578-495: Is the vigilante Star (when in fact it was a policeman Chris Robinson, who was his bodyguard, and in this story, his Limo driver) and added Star to the team's roaster, there is one sub-plot that of a prison break by a villain Ultimatum that releases Joe Finkleberry, Finkleberry is essential to ending the battle between Freak Force and Frightening Force, killing Inhabitor and Star. Negate takes Finkleberry's powers from him returning him to

612-517: The letter column . Her full origin appears in Freak Force #6. There, she defeats a powerful opponent in her human form and then explains everything to Superpatriot. The daughter of Dr. Nirvana, Chelsea Nirvana , is a recurring villain in the Savage Dragon stories, and is the main villain of both Freak Force series. She scams her way into becoming the secretary for Freak Force. She then steals

646-472: The Dragon when he healed incorrectly from a battle with the entity known as The Fiend. Her nursing knowledge allows her to break his bones in ways so that the Dragon's super-fast healing abilities re-mold them correctly. Ann Stevens denies the Dragon's offer to join his new government team, Special Operations Strikeforce. She fears revealing her identity. Some time after Dragon's wife is seemingly murdered, he and Ann Stevens begin dating. Chelsea Nirvana, now in

680-632: The Earth the previous Freak Force inhabited was destroyed. However all of the Freak Force existed in this world. Superpatriot has been the most featured, along with Mighty Man, originally under the control of the villain Cyberface, who was now running America. He is now a major support role. Anne Stevens, alive in this reality, had never realized she could become Mighty Man, and had to be shown by The Dragon and has been gradually getting more adept at superheroics. Dart

714-481: The Mars Attacks Image event (in truth Rob Liefeld creator of the team was no longer part of Image Comics after being voted out by his co-founders) Barbaric and Ricochet were married in Savage Dragon issue 41 to help a lucrative merchandising deal, Rapture was killed an issue later while on an S.O.S mission and Dart was crippled in issue 47, she later gained the powers of Mighty Man. After killing Damian Darklord, The Savage Dragon caused an alternate Earth to exist, and

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748-728: The intended inheritor of the powers, gains the form of Mighty Man for a time, but he dies and the powers return to Ann. As Mighty Man, she joins the Liberty League. This group includes the Dragon, SuperPatriot and BattleTank. The group dissolves later. She later tries to stop the Galactus -like Universo from draining energy from the planet. Ann Stevens becomes pregnant and her child later gains Mighty Man's powers. After some destruction, Ann convinces her daughter to turn back and promises to guard her wrists so this would not happen again. Mighty Man also appears in various issues of Invincible in

782-493: The jailbreak in Chicago and Dart is carried off to a remote tropical island by a villain named Mako and, as such, is never crippled or becomes Mighty Man herself. Avoiding the attentions of Chelsea Nirvana, Ann moves to Kansas City and is employed as a nurse. While looking for allies to help him overthrow this new Earth's leader, Dragon shows Stevens what she can do. Dragon realizes Ann needs training. While she trains, Berman's nephew,

816-454: The one on which it was set for its first 75 issues. The original Earth is destroyed in Savage Dragon issue #103 and everyone from that original Earth, with a few exceptions, is killed, including the Mighty Man of that world. On this new Earth, Ann Stevens does not slip and does not realize she holds within her the power of Mighty Man. The lack of Mighty Man causes large changes in the history of that Earth. For instance, Mighty Man does not stop

850-548: 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. Annoyed at the team's performance Dart quits. Issues 14 and 15 feature Bludgeon, who was given powers by Johnny Redbeard. Mighty Man and Ricochet are in comas and it is Joey Finkleberry who saves the day. Dart and Mighty Man's friend, Phyllis Deeder, are captured by Chelsea and Inhibitor. Issue #16 has

884-417: The powers of another villain, Johnny Redbeard. She then has the power to give other people super-powers. Chelsea's lover, Inhabitor, kills Redbeard, but this is after the creation of the tall, super-strong Bludgeon. This villain beats Mighty Man into a coma, where she/he stays until reverting to Ann Stevens. The Freak Force series lasted from December 1993 to July 1995. Ann Stevens uses her strength to help

918-413: The team leaving the police department. In addition to The Savage Dragon , Highbrow Entertainment turned out the initial spin-off series Freak Force on a regular basis. The series ran for 18 issues, from December 1993 to July 1995. It was written by Erik Larsen , Keith Giffen and pencilled by Vic Bridges . Issues #1 mostly set the scene and introduced the team's downtown headquarters as well as

952-484: The team were part of a failed "freak force" program, in which the Chicago Police Department attempted to recruit super-powered police officers. Dart , a vigilante from Detroit, was among the first recruited. Horridus joined soon after the Dragon rescued her from abusive captivity in her parents' basement. Ricochet and Barbaric were led to the program from a meeting with the Savage Dragon, although Ricochet

986-415: The wizard Fon~Ti. When Ann's roommate, Phyllis Deeder, learns of her identity, she sexually propositions Ann while she is in male form. Ann rejects her, stating she 'wasn't that kind of person'. Mighty Man joins the super-powered team of bounty hunters called Freak Force , but does not reveal her identity to them, or the Dragon, for some time. The actual identity of Mighty Man was a subject of much talk in

1020-641: Was a cross-over with Cyberforce . Issue #10 was the only issue to feature The Dragon in any major way, in a stand-alone story featuring a bullied and abused teen Joey Finkleberry who wakes with incredible strength and murders his abusive father and classmates. He defeats Freak Force, but is talked into surrendering by the Dragon. The final issues were divided up into three major story-arcs. 11, 12 and 13 had 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

1054-428: Was again involved overseeing the project, which was written by Larsen (with Eric Stephenson as co-scripter) and illustrated by Andy Kuhn . The Mini-series had one story, that of the attack of the 'Frightening Force', a new team of enemies organised by Chelsea Nirvana, now a normal powerless man attacking the group out of revenge shortly after they became funded by Peter Klaptain, a rock singer who likes to insinuate he

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1088-584: Was killed during experimenting on Rapture. This is the incident that gave Rapture her superpowers. Issue #7 featured an appearance of the dangerously insane Detroit hero Killkat (later of the Deadly Duo) who is obsessed with Dart. Chelsea and Inhabitor team up. Issues 8 & 9 introduced Jake Farrel, a government agent and old 'acquaintance' of Superpatriot, who enlists them to defeat metal eating ants that crash landed in Brazil. The story again guest-starred Vanguard, and

1122-461: 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. Issue #6 detailed the origins of Mighty Man and Rapture, and so in turn, the fate of Chelsea's father, who

1156-686: Was rejected as too young to be a police officer. While sulking, she helped rescue Rapture from a homicidal pimp. 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

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