Statesman first appeared in the official City of Heroes comic with the first issue of the second volume beginning in 2005. He made his comic debut in the promotional comic printed online, which was more of an overview of the game itself. The Statesman is the leader of the game's most famous supergroup, the Freedom Phalanx. Statesman is the signature hero of the City of Heroes backstory and was the actual character played by Jack Emmert, Cryptic Studios co-founder/Lead Designer. Search List of City of Heroes characters on Amazon. ‹ The template Infobox character is being considered for merging. › Statesman Liberty), and comprising the sidekicks of the Freedom Phalanx: Lena Elliot (Swan), Valerie Kellum (Valkyrie), Aurora Scott (Aurora Borealis), Jean-Pierre Lourdin (Malaise), K'Varr D'Shall (Infernal), Katherine Stevens (Mynx), and the second Luminary. They are assisted by the Vindicators, a group led by Statesman's granddaughter and sidekick Jessica Cole (Ms.
With the Rikti War, their numbers dwindled until the current line up, known as the Surviving Eight, formed. Raymond Keyes (Positron), Justin Sinclair (Manticore), Steven Berry (Synapse), and Shalice Tilman (Sister Psyche) to battle evil in Paragon City once again. Sometime before the 1980s, the Freedom Phalanx disbanded, later coming back together with the Statesman, Dr.
This group gathered to defeat Nemesis on July 11, 1932, a day known as "Brass Monday". John-Smythe (collectively known as Vambrace). The original group consisted of the superhuman Marcus Cole (the Statesman), his superpowered wife Monica Richter (Maiden Justice), magically empowered young Devon Wilcox (the Dark Watcher), weather manipulator Raymond George Washington (Elementar), and the high-tech-suit-wearing Brandon Warfield and wheelchair-bound suit controller James St. The Freedom Phalanx was founded in the wake of World War I and the Great Depression to fight the Arachnos organization and the villain known as Nemesis, the Prussian Prince of Automatons. They fight the evil group Arachnos led by the Statesman's once good friend and ally, Stefan Richter, also known as Lord Recluse. The Freedom Phalanx is a coalition led by the Statesman that protects Paragon City.