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Icon's partner and friend, Rocket has an inertia belt that allows her to fly and form shields of kinetic energy. She's outspoken, liberal, and one of the first teenage mothers in comics.
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 through the Underground Railroad. Following a series of events, Augustus decides to become a Superhero, and eventually joins the Justice League, after being drafted by Superman.
Virgil Hawkins was exposed to a mutagenic gas that swept his city of Dakota, which gave him and other 'bang babies" superpowers. With the ability to control electromagnetism, Static joined the Teen Titans and continues to protect his city while serving on the team.
Prodigy inventor Curt Metcalf uses a high-tech battle suit of his own design to fight the international crime cartel known as the System in the guise of Hardware.
An ally of Icon and Rocket, he became Icon's replacement when he was off-planet and he was killed in action against Oblivion. He is described as "a thinly-veiled Luke Cage parody through which the treatment of black characters in comic was explored".
DMZ is an African-American male who was physically advanced by alien medical technology. One of the most interesting members of the Blood Syndicate.
The mayor of Dakota and the mother of Holocaust.
Holocaust is an ex-member of the original Blood Syndicate. He would later become a major crime boss in Dakota.
A Bang Baby with the ability to turn into a humanoid rat. Joins the Blood Syndicate.
Fade is a "Bang Baby" and member of the Blood Syndicate
Flashback is a "Bang Baby" and member of the Blood Syndicate. She is the sister of Fade, and a crack addict.
He is a founding member of the Blood Syndicate. Following the death of Tech-9, he became the second leader of the Blood Syndicate. He was an easily angered, American muslim and an honorable leader. Wise Son is invulnerable and can't be physically harmed.
Alien who sabotaged Icon's ship and made it crash on Earth. He returns to Earth in Icon's absence and kills his replacement, Buck Wild.
Raquel Ervin/Rocket's best friend. Darnice replaces Raquel as the new Rocket when she goes on maternity leave and is paired with Buck Wild as the new Icon.
Rocket's ex-boyfriend and Amistad's daddy.
The son of Raquel Ervins, a.k.a. Rocket.
Bubbasaurus is a Bang Baby who has the ability to transform into tyrannosaurus-rex. He later becomes a member of Holocaust's Blood Syndicate.
A member of the Blood Syndicate, Marta gained her abilities from touching a brick wall when the gas hit because she was present during the famous Big Bang. Brick House is invulnerable, has super human strength, and is 7-10 feet tall (depends of artist).
Member of the Blood Syndicate, he absorbs energy and uses it to physically grow in size and strength.
Originally Texador's pet dog but after the Big Bang gained human level intelligence and the ability to speak human tongue.
Payback was once Kevin Franklin, a member of Dakota's mayor's personal staff, who tried to save the young gangbangers at the Big Bag turf war from experimental tear gas. Once exposed to the Q-Juice, Kevin became the monstrous Bang Baby. Since he conflict with Icon and Rocket, Payback reformed and became a member of the Shadow Cabinet, and later joins the group Heroes.
A nun with powers recruited for Holocaust's Blood Syndicate.
The corrupt CEO of Alva Technologies and the arch-nemesis of Hardware (who is actually his genius apprentice Curtis Metcalf), but eventually ending up naming him the vice president of his company.
Undercover government agent posing as an enforcer for Milton St. Cloud's criminal organization. When Milton flees Dakota, Harm stands in his place as a member of the Coalition.
A reporter for the Dakota Chronicle. A friend to the Blood Syndicate.
Icon supervillainess who manipulated Buck Wild into becoming one of her goons. She uses her beauty to hypnotize men together with a weapon she calls a P-whip that ensnares males and makes it easier for her to mesmerize them.
A criminal gangster & pimp, and an old enemy of Buck Wild.
A simple minded henchmen to Holocaust. He served as a decent source of muscle.
Member of Shadow Cabinet.
Gerri Brauer is the granddaughter of a Nazi geneticist and later on changed her life to become a superhero. The muscle of the Shadow Cabinet, Donner later leaves and joins Heroes.
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