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Icon is a fictional superhero appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, one of the headline characters introduced by Milestone Media in the 1990s. A being from another planet, he has taken on the form of an African American man, and has abilities such as flight, super-strength, and invulnerability.
Icon is the superhero persona of Arnus aka Augustus Freeman, and member of the Terminan alien race. He crash-landed on Earth in the American South in 1839; Raised as a slave, but escaped...
Icon is an extra-terrestrial superhero from the planet Terminus named Arnus, who currently protects Dakota City on Earth. Jettisoned in an escape pod after a space ship malfunction, he was discovered by a slave woman in America's Deep South in 1839. He mimicked the woman's appearance, and as...
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An almost two-hundred-year-old alien, Icon has reinvented himself throughout the centuries and emerged as a hero in the Justice League and Shadow Cabinet. The superhero known worldwide as Icon is actually an alien being who hailed from the planet Terminus.
Icon Comics was launched in 2004 with Michael Avon Oeming and Brian Michael Bendis ' superhero /detective series Powers and David Mack 's Kabuki moving to the imprint, both from Image Comics. In June 2005 the imprint's third title J. Michael Straczynski 's Dream Police was launched, followed in September by The Book of Lost Souls, also from ...
Jun 27, 2020 · Icon deliberately echoes Superman, with Augustus being an infant alien who is sent to earth after a cosmic calamity. The main difference is Kal-El looks and sounds human, but Augustus bases his appearance on the first person he sees - a slave woman in 1839.
Jun 27, 2020 · The premier hero of Dakota within the Milestone Universe, Icon was perhaps the most extravagantly divergent of the era's Superman-like characters. Here's a look at one of the most powerful, and underrated, Black heroes in comics. RELATED: Denys Cowan on Getting Into Comics and Starting Milestone. Power and Responsibility.
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