brainwashing trap by the Red Skull. To rescue his teammates, he gathered: The Blue Diamond (introduced in Daring Mystery Comics #7, April 1941) Jack Frost (U.S.A. Comics #1, Aug. 1941) Miss America (Marvel Mystery Comics #49, Nov. 1943) The Patriot (Human Torch Comics #3, Spring 1941) The Red Raven (Red Raven Comics #1, Aug. 1940) The Thin Man (Mystic Comics #4, July 1940) The Whizzer (USA Comics #1, Aug. 1941) The Blue Diamond (a super-strong, superhumanly durable anthropologist), Jack Frost (the mythological spirit of winter), and the Thin Man (comics' first stretching hero, predating Plastic Man by just over a year) were here reintroduced into Marvel continuity, appearing for the first time since the Golden Age. Unofficial team leader the Patriot had appeared as a simulacrum projected from the mind of Rick Jones in The Avengers #97 (March 1972), but was otherwise reintroduced here. The winged Red Raven, who had starred in the single issue of a namesake title in 1940, had re-entered the modern Marvel universe with The X-Men #44 (May 1968). The Whizzer had returned as an older character in Giant-Size Avengers #1 (Aug. 1974), relating how he and the since-deceased Miss America had married each other years before. Liberteens The Liberteens, whose name is a homophone of "libertine", is a young group of superhumans inspired by the Liberty Legion and formed as part of the Fifty State Initiative of government-sanctioned superhero teams. The group is first seen as the Pennsylvania-based Initiative team. The team consists of: The Revolutionary: A swordsman who is inspired by the Patriot, and is the leader of the Liberteens. He was briefly replaced by a Skrull. The Blue Eagle: He is inspired by the Red Raven, and possesses artificial blue wings that grand him flight. He also wears goggles to protect his eyes from high velocities and carries two handguns. Hope: Inspired by the Blue Diamond, Hope has a diamond body that grants her super-strength, enhanced durability, speed, stamina, and agility, invulnerability, indestructibility, flight, and space vacuum adaption. However, she does have a weak point similar to diamonds. The Iceberg: Inspired by Jack Frost, his icy body provides him with super-strength and enhanced durability. Ms. America: Inspired by Miss America, she has superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, durability, reflexes, and high-speed flight. The Whiz Kid: She was inspired by the Whizzer. The character had previously appeared as the super-speedster courier for the law