Origin
The second Captain Triumph was an inhabitant of
Bludhaven when the
Secret Society of Super-Villains dropped
Chemo on the city, nearly destroying it. The resulting nuclear fallout triggered the meta-gene in many of its surviving inhabitants. Most of these inhabitants were taken by a branch of the U.S. Government named
S.H.A.D.E., and further experimented upon. S.H.A.D.E. developed their abilities, while layering in mind control to keep them loyal to S.H.A.D.E. These super-powered individuals would become S.H.A.D.E. operatives, assigned with keeping America safe, no matter the cost. Captain Triumph was one of these agents, assigned to a team known as the
Crusaders, which reported directly to S.H.A.D.E. Director Robbins.
Creation
Over the course of their two
Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters maxi-series, writers
Jimmy Palmiotti and
Justin Gray continued to mine the history of both the
Quality Comics properties and the silver age
Freedom Fighters series for allies and enemies for their relaunched
Freedom Fighters. The two revamped longtime Quality Comics hero
Captain Triumph, changing her gender and modernizing the character for the modern world. Her new design was created by artist
Renato Arlem. Her team, the Crusaders, was based off a super-team that fought the original Freedom Fighters in the pages of Freedom Fighters #7-9. Captain Triumph was designed as a one-plot heroine, and only time will tell if she is seen again.
Note: To date, there has been no revealed connection between this Captain Triumph and the original Captain Triumph, Lance Gallant.
Key Story Arcs
With the Freedom Fighters
Captain Triumph and her Crusader teammates, at the order of
Director Robbins, began a smear campaign against the Freedom Fighters and other super-heroes, like
Superman, the
Amazons, and the
Green Lanterns. She saved civilians, while also appearing on talk shows berating the other heroes for getting too caught up in fighting villains instead of making life better.
When Freedom Fighter member
Red Bee escaped Robbins’ captivity and came hunting for him, Robbins called in the Crusaders. Unfortunately, Robbins did not know that the Red bee had been infested by an alien bee hive. The Freedom Fighters came to help rescue the Red Bee, but she turned on both the Freedom Fighters and the Crusaders. She killed Director Robbins, and used her new pheromone abilities to take both teams as her slaves.
Eventually, though, the heroes broke free of the Red Bee’s mind control. The two teams fought the Red Bee, with Captain Triumph’s teammate
Citizen X dying in the fight. With the appearance of the original
Ray, the heroes were able to purge the infestation from the Red Bee’s mind. Then, the Crusaders and the Freedom Fighters traveled to the alien hive, where they wiped out the queen and stopped her invasion of Earth, but not before the death of Crusader
Libertine.
The heroes returned to Earth, with the Freedom Fighters disbanding. The two remaining Crusaders, Captain Triumph and
Magno, continue to operate as a crime-fighting duo.
Powers and Abilities
The second Captain Triumph has the ability to fly at great speeds. She has super-human strength and speed, and has shown great maneuverability while in flight.
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