CAPTAIN FREEDOM & THE YOUNG DEFENDERS

PERSONAL DATA

REAL NAME: Don Wright
OCCUPATION: Newspaper publisher
IDENTITY: Secret
CLASS: Normal human 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA with no criminal records
OTHER ALIASES: Freedom Defender 
PLACE OF BIRTH: Harvey City 
MARITAL STATUS: Single  
KNOWN RELATIVES: NA 
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Battle Squadron 
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Harvey City, USA
FIRST APPEARANCE: Speed Comics #13 (May 1941) 

HEIGHT: 6' 1" 
WEIGHT: 205 lbs 
EYES: Blue
HAIR: Blond 

HISTORY 

April, 1942. 

Don Wright was editor of the Daily Bulletin, in Harvey City. Don donned a disguise becoming the Freedom Defender to help the downtrodden and when World War II broke out, he focused on fighting Axis saboteurs. He was aided by the Young Defenders, four children named Lefty, Beanie White, Slim and Joanie (the latter being the couple in the group), who worked as newspaper boys for the Daily Bulletin. The foursome never realized that Don and Freedom Defender were one and the same. The gang persuaded Don that the Daily Bulletin could include a children's section, which they called "Cubs Copy". 

Don left the contents of it entirely in the hands of the kids. Lefty handled sports, Beanie did a crime column, Joanna focused on teen-oriented gossip, and they all worked together on a comic strip starring Freedom Defender. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Don was a good fighter, but he had no actual superpowers. 

Like many kid sidekicks, the Young Defenders originally relied on their strength and cunning to get the job done, but over the course of their adventures they learned ju-jitsu and detective skills.

FLY-MAN

PERSONAL DATA 

REAL NAME: Charles Foster 
OCCUPATION: Boxer, adventurer, scientist 
IDENTITY: Secret 
CLASS: Human mutate 

LEGAL STATUS: Citizen of USA with no criminal records 
OTHER ALIASES: Clip, The Fly 
PLACE OF BIRTH: Harvey City, USA 
MARITAL STATUS: Single 
KNOWN RELATIVES: Professor Maximilian Foster (deceased father) 
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Crime Smashers 
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Harvey City, USA 
FIRST APPEARANCE: Spitfire Comics #1 (Aug. 1941)

HEIGHT: 5' 11"  
WEIGHT: 185 lbs  
EYES: Blue 
HAIR: Blond 

HISTORY 

Charles "Clip" Foster was a heavyweight champion contender. Billy Banks, a gangster, offered him money in exchange for being knocked out in the title fight, but Clip, ignoring the offer, beat his opponent and was crowned world heavyweight champion. His father, Dr. Maximilian Foster was a scientist working on an astonishing invention: a device capable of shrinking people to the size of insects. Clip volunteered as an experimental subject to test the machine, shrinking to the size of a fly. The strain of the change left him unconscious but stable. However, just then, gangsters led by Banks burst into the lab looking for Clip. Not finding him, they killed the old man and set fire to the lab. The fire woke Clip, who managed to escape, albeit horribly disfigured by the flames. Fortunately, the young Foster, despite being the size of a fly, had maintained his original strength, so swearing to avenge his father, he took a uniform that his father had designed for him and calling himself "The Fly", he set out to hunt down Banks and his minions. Since then, Clip has dedicated his life to fighting crime in honor of his father. The Fly is a member of the Crime Smashers. 

POWERS & WEAPONS 

Charles Foster was a physical wonder, a true heavyweight champion. But Clip was much more than just a bunch of muscles, Clip had also inherited his father's intellect and was a brilliant scientist himself. The shrinking machine compressed most of his body mass, making him tiny, but tremendously strong and resistant. His Fly suit, designed by his father, was amazing. The fabric was flame retardant and highly resistant to damage. It included a cape that could become rigid in free fall, acting like a paraglider. But the most important thing is that Dr. Maximilian Foster had hidden the key to reverting to normal human size in Clip's uniform.