Marshal Law (comics) - Cast

Cast

• Marshal Law (Joe Gilmore) A violent and uncharismatic lawman, dealing with the twisted superheroes of San Futuro. His public unpleasantness contrasts with a strong internal moral compass.
• Public Spirit (Colonel Buck Caine) The world's most powerful and popular hero who was a product of US genetic engineering. Marshal Law regards him as corrupt and untrustworthy. Following the death of his fiancee and fellow superheroine, Virago, before he was sent on a space mission, he becomes a suspect behind the murders of strippers dressed like his new love, superheroine Celeste. Eventually it is revealed that he tried to kill Virago himself, as she was pregnant, which would keep him from being able to participate in the space mission. She survived, and took the identity of Mrs Mallon. The Sleepman is actually his son, Danny, whom Virago encouraged to kill in a revenge plot against his father. At what was supposed to be his wedding to Celeste, the truth about Virago is revealed and he is humiliated. He tries to secretly flee the country, but is discovered at an airport, killing innocent people in his attempt to escape. Public Spirit is eventually killed after a protraced fight with Marshall Law. Officials decide to make it appear that Public Spirit died defending the airport from a terrorist attack, and to hush up his connection to The Sleep man, against Marshal Law's wishes.
• The Sleepman A serial killer wearing a black costume, black cape and a brown bag over his head. He rapes and murders women who dress like Celeste. As he is a superhero who can fly, Marshal Law suspects him to be Public Spirit, as flying superhereos are rare. He has a deep seated loathing of himself and all superheroes, and longs to be stopped by Marshall Law. It is eventually revealed that he is the Public Spirit's son with his believed dead former fiancee, Virago, and Marshal Law's supposedly crippled friend, Danny. Virago survived Public Spirit's attempt to kill her (he did so because her pregnancy would proclude him from going on a space mission) and raised Danny in secret. While only a few years would pass to Public Spirit and the crew, more than two decades would pass on Earth, hence Danny is roughly the same age as his father. His mother encourages him to kill strippers who look like Public Spirit's current fiancee, Celeste. At the end of the first six issue arc, The Sleepman is believed to be killed by Marshall Law, but in actuality is taken by individuals who wish to re-educate Danny, who has brain damage due to his fight with Marshall Law, for their own purposes.
• Lynn Evans Marshal Law's girlfriend, a college journalist and female rights activist. They met when the great earthquake destroyed the wall separating their apartments. She does not know he is a superhero. She is killed by The Sleepman, her death affects Marshal Law greatly.
• Mrs Mallon A shopkeeper who resents superheroes, and seems to enjoy the company of Marshal Law. Her only known relative is her son Danny. It is eventually revealed that she is Virago, the first fiancee of Public Spirit whom supposedly died more than twenty years before the main events of the series. She was supposed to have drowned while the two were flying. Her pregnancy would have stopped Public Spirit from going to space (even though he would have aged only a few years, due to nature of the space travel, more than two decades would have passed on Earth so anyone with families was ineligible). She raised Danny with a hatred of superheroes, and encouraged him to kill women dressed like Celeste, the current lover of Public Spirit, in a plot to humiliate his father.
• Kiloton The large partner of Marshal Law who watches their base below San Futuro.
• Celeste The second fiance of the Public Spirit and a member of a cult of heroines with sexual powers, often used as spies and assassins.
• Gangreen A gang of costume psychopaths who battle with other super teams for the control of the dystopian San Futuro. They dress in matching green costumes and utilize explosive weaponry.
• Growing Boy A naive young hero who appears in Secret Tribunal, whose size-increase power sometimes malfunctions.
• The Private Eye Appears in Kingdom of the Blind. The Private Eye is really Scott Brennan, billionaire and best friends with Public Spirit. Brennan got his inheritance after gunning down his parents in alley with the help of his butler and now battles the unwashed masses whom he hates. He manages to kill Kiloton before being killed by Marshal Law.