The Coming of the Liberty Legion part four Meet The Patriot

When Bucky burst into the Radio Station he would come face to face with the Patriot.

Unknowing to both at the time, The Patriot would be the First Member of a Home Based Super Team that would  go onto be called  The Liberty Legion.

Here is a little bit of back ground on the Patriot.

Jeffrey Solomon Mace was a New York reporter for the Daily Bugle. He was from Brooklyn and reported on the usual Crime and Daily events of the late 1930's early 1940's life in New York.

Becoming inspired by Captain America he too became a Masked Marvel. But unlike Capt America, Jeff Mason had no super powers, just a good fighting skills and good athletic abilities.

Modelling his costume on that of Capt America and a bit Bucky he patrolled the Streets of New York doing good deeds, and exposing Germany spies etc.

Marvel had decided to use the heroes they had during the War Years, so to bring a little bit of continuity for the readers.

A lot of  Jeff Mason's history has been changed over time, as was his costume. Original appearing in 1941 in The Human Torch Comic published by Timely Comics. He was nothing more than another Captain America type hero during the war years, but in the 1970's when the idea of the Liberty Legion was thought about, he like a lot of hero lost in the fog of time were brought out of exile and became members of the Liberty Legion.

So with a few changes and a bit of tidying up continuity Jeff Mason as the Patriot became an hero once more based back in the War Years in America.

Jeff Mason was an important character for Marvel in part as he retrospected became one of the men who replaced Steve Rogers as Captain America after his apparent death during the end of WW2. When Steve Rodgers came back to life in the 1960's, the story was that after Captain America disappeared the US Government needed someone to step into the Captains Boots so to speak. The First being William Naslund aka The Spirit of 76 (another Captain America styled hero) but on his death Jeff Mason took up the Shield, however it was not the same Adamatium  Shield Steve Rodgers had used, the replacement was titanium .

Like a lot of the old Heroes brought back for the Liberty Legion their costumes needed a little bit of fine tuning.

Here is an example of  some of the Patriot's Looks

The Original look of The Patriot from Timely Comics in 1941 

A better look by far..... But Short's !!!! 

Longer sleeves  but still in shorts 

The 1970's retro look of The Patriot

The more Modern look of the 1940's Hero

Next Time the Story of the formation of the Liberty Legion continues


Until Then ENJOY !