Initiative Freedom Force
| Freedom Force | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Avengers: The Initiative #12 |
| Created by | Chris Claremont John Romita, Jr. |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Montana |
| Member(s) | Challenger (leader) Cloud 9 Equinox Spinner Think Tank |
After the superhuman Civil War, registered superheroes were teamed up and assigned to a state. Montana's Fifty States Initiative team is Freedom Force.
This Freedom Force team consists of Cloud 9, Think Tank, Equinox and Spinner, led by the Golden Age hero Challenger. Spinner and Think Tank are two new characters. Spinner wakes up every day with a different power. Her known powers have included invulnerability, super-strength, super-speed, and flight. Think Tank possesses telekinesis.
During the Secret Invasion, Equinox was revealed to be a Skrull infiltrator, and was killed by Cloud 9. Spinner dies soon after, trying to destroy a Skrull weapon system.
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