T HE DC COMICS E NCYCLOPEDIA ved a ved n era. DW UTHOR and ser OE L Sergeant Rock enamed for him J s moder see (2004): ARIE omance with M Great Battles,Great pp. LACE N PRINT Sgt. Rock (here called I P was immortalized by writer immortalized by was see le whether this Rock Kanigher and artist Kubert. ARD President H 1959): PRIL 2001): HAPPY ADEMOISELLE ELL AND A ed. covert postwar Performing - y of the war. y.A short later a similar Frank time It is debatab H v ARCH #81 (A . vi AR AD man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.man of the Joint Rock as buried with full honors at Arlington as buried with full honors at uck up a battlefield r sur W U ETWEEN , Q #166 (M S er : B OLDIER , recent graphic novel was illustrated by the v YLINES S s unit, Easy Company, quickly became one of e RMY AT OCK ved the nickname “the general of sergeants.” nickname the ved w A . R oduces Frank Rock into the DC universe’ OMBAT UR ho GT UPERMAN UICIDE ecei ed on the last da was the originalwas an impostor. or merely OOD ) named General Frank Rock—by then in his ) named General Frank Rock—by S eintr Rock appeared at the head of a reconstituted Rock appeared C STOR • O • S This moody legendary Joe Kubert. • S “Rocky”) makes his debut. The series would be r in issue #302. r National Cemeter 320–1) and w Recently, U.S. Lex Luthor ( President G EX died during the Imperiex War ( War died during the Imperiex eighties—Chair L eteran Bulldozer on an assignment to Dinosaur Island. eteran Bulldozer on an assignment to Dinosaur Rock, v the Iron Major and teamed up with Easy Company Major and teamed up with Easy the Iron Sergeant Rock str missions for the U.S. government,foe he battled his old ullet fir HE ench resistance fighter M ench resistance b According to legend,According he died when struck the last enemy by brief theater. tour in the Pacific so promotions He refused often he r Fr T truly distinguish himself until the D-Day Rock didn’t Private in 1944.invasion Soon after, StripesThree at the Battle of Hill, to sergeant. a battlefield promotion he received Sergeant Rock’ in Europe.the most distinguished fighting forces Moving Africa to Italy to France to Germany, North from the Joes”Wildman, “combat-happy as such stalwarts included Shot,Little Sure Bulldozer, Farmer Boy, and the Cream Soldier. missions, Pulling off impossible up lived the company easy in Easy.” ever to their motto,“Nothin’s HE T earned much of America’s attention America’s earned of much UADRON Q S OCK AR T but patrioticbut after the Rock enlisted in the army the day immediate assignment to the European theater of war. to the European immediate assignment ywhere. Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941 and received an in 1941 and received Harbor Pearl attacked Japanese mill also lost his life. similarly perished, of his siblings Many -S LL R A ed unfathomable tragedies before he ever saw combat. saw he ever ed unfathomable before tragedies His father k never thought k never ather figure Rock looked up to while working at a Pittsburgh at a Pittsburgh while working up to Rock looked ather figure HE Roc follow him an rescue a pinned-down T their brightly-colored II with and their costumes War World during a greater hero wartime no one is considered powers.Yet superhuman than a simple,Army Frank Rock. sergeant named G.I.-uniformed Rock suffer I.War His stepfather suffocated during a mine collapse. World died in A f y leading the comrade. His men would HERO charging into a firefight to General Rock prevents Imperiex from invading Washington. Rock ImperiexGeneral prevents invading from enemy machine-gun nest or enemy twice about advancing on an twice about advancing hief b UIET Q Rock had never EFENSIVE D merly red) a he re-emerged as a Part of President Lex Luthor’s Part Mobile n er al. LD SOLDIER ASE B White (for sought out promotions, in the but O y commander-in-c moder gener cabinet, he distinguished himself from his AIR military Imperiex. effort to destroy shad H Blue y known firearm and can operate YES T WAR (April 1959) #81 E Frank Rock Expert and battlefield combatant, marksman, 183 lbs OUR ARMY A EAL NAME ABILITIES R EIGHT / W Former leader of Easy Company ERGEANT o 6ft Her S CCUPATION EIGHT TATUS PECIAL POWERS IRST APPEARANCE F S O H S leader; is skilled with almost ever leader; is skilled heavy equipment. most varieties of tanks and other 3 Blond ch 1971) AIR Mento H 4) Batgirl I 5 1) Blue , e GE v YES o sing A E er EOPLE v 2 e P r New Genesis ILVER SB S Adam Strange Adam Strange IGHFATHER 4 6) ASE 143 lbs 3) 6 used the B None 7 Adon, Cosmic Cartridges “shock-repelli-field” create ultimately dr EVILANCE OREVER EIGHT er to use their to IKYN W AN FOREVER PEOPLE 1st series #1 (Mar PEOPLE 1st FOREVER EAL NAME M ODS ABILITIES R Blackhawk Atomic Knight. / G ve Genesis.ve In one OLDIERS OF THE Adventur S 2) 5) 7) to possess him.The Dark ’s agent,’s D fects, vehicle-fueling power, intense heat, or stun blasts. intense heat, or stun blasts. power, fects, vehicle-fueling 1 . EW 5ft 7.5in . Hero s natives.Vikyn died,s natives.Vikyn but ere trapped on the distant ere NFINITY I ERIFAN wn ned back time on CCUPATION EIGHT TATUS PECIAL POWERS IRST APPEARANCE ARKSEID F S O H S gravity ef S ut w TRIPESY ), the the Dark away for good.the Dark away Serifan and his friends returned Genesis, to New to help the New continue they where their planet from Gods protect warmongering . miraculous powers in the defense miraculous powers of their nati adventure, Serifan and the thwarted People Forever D A member of the F of the N b world of Adon. of world V team’s Mother Box, Mother team’s to evolve Adon’ Adonians became civilized the them built People and the Forever Forevertown, their first city. Unfortunately, sensitivity Serifan’s entity, an evil allowed to telepathy the Dark, tur gifts, People’s but the Forever Vikyn. resurrecting inadvertently The Serifan was one of five children from children Serifan five one of was H Genesis trained by New S and PIDER S PJ RG EE USTICE and the J B and Black LOBAL A t road and t road LIAS THE UEEN A AIR Q ’s G H st see IST MERIC ETAMORPHO . Soon after that, six of (June 1982) M A I and Billy Gunn (later own as the unofficial eighth member een the Israelis and ,M ws and Muslims alike. Br w OF t-lived new edition of the new t-lived e OLDIERS , usalem, Israel EAGUE Mobile YES S E L ENTO Jer ING OCTOR and the Star-Spangled Kid, , ( the Spider ASE When the fir IGILANTE B ,M OCIETY Wealthy teen turned combatant. Wealthy ASE wo-fisted crusader for justice. T B S ,V LEADING COMICS #1 (Winter 1941–1942) ICTORY Time-tossed paladin astride winged steed. Time-tossed and engaged in battle with the entity kno ve Earth from the Iron Hand. the Iron Earth from ve Middle East. answered Chaim was 165 lbs , an end to the suffering in the cried out in frustration to God for OWERS Chaim stopped on a dir synagogue outside Bethlehem, synagogue On a pilgrimage to a small Chaim Lavon Chaim Lavon language to J Arab school to teach culture and Arab school to teach culture pacifist and a teacher, at an working the Arab world and became a Arab world the animosity betw horrified the continued by Victory. members Founding included the youngest of four siblings,youngest Chaim was P a city on the west coast of Israel.Thea city on the west Chaim Lavon was born was in Netanya, Chaim Lavon NJUSTICE VENGER All guts, fists and attitude. y Stuff), .Wing the creature sacrificed his life to destroy Expert fighter, horseman, marksman and singer. Expert fighter, V Superstrength; Ring of Solomon enables Superstrength; o team A Skilled fighter, even more skilled engineer. Skilled fighter, venger NIGHT organized a shor USTICE s of EIGHT AN K Expert with bow and arrow. Expert with bow and arrow. LACKHAWK Her W enger’s aide,enger’s W M o Seraph. DC COMICS PRESENTS #46 PRESENTS DC COMICS v EVEN EAL NAME ,B ABILITIES TUS R esided in Israel. 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