The Coming of the Liberty Legion Part Seventeen..... Two Groups United

With the destruction of the Nazi Airship, Prince Namor, The Human Torch and Captain America found they were released from the Mind control caused by the Nulla Rays that had made them subject to the control of the Red Skull.

UNDER CONTROL

BACK IN CONTROL OF THEIR OWN MINDS

The explosion caused all in Yankee Stadium to look up...... and this alerted everyone to an immediate danger from above.

Not knowing what or why something had burst into flames, the crowd knew and the Heroes knew that the wreckage from the explosion was soon to start raining down upon them.

In a flash All the Heroes that could fly flew up into the air. The Human Torch easily absorbed some of the flame from the descending wreckage, but soon he was to be distracted by what he saw.

"FLAME ON !"

The  Red Raven used his Artificial Wings to knock debris away.

METAL WINGS MEET METAL FRAGMENTS

Miss America did the same, but took care as although she had increased strength and the ability to fly, she was not fire proof.

MADDIE CAREFUL NOT TO BURN YOURSELF

 Prince Namor was also not flame proof but his harden skin allowed his some protection from the heat and flaming hot metal fragments, but the heat also sapped his strength as a result.

TOO HOT TO HANDLE

On the Ground Bucky , the Patriot and Captain America tried to control the crowds from panicking. The trio tried to pursued the crowds not to come onto the pitch, as they would have little protection from the flaming debris as it started to make contact with the ground.

DON'T PANIC , STAY OFF OF THE PITCH !

 Whilst The Blue Diamond used his might to smash through a wall providing a safe exit for some of the audience. ...

The BLUE DIAMOND KNEW HOW MAKE A GREAT EXIT..... 

However, hot flaming debris had started to reach the top of the stadium.....

Both the Whizzer on the ground and the Thin Man on the roof did their best to stop any fires that had started before they could spread.

THE THIN MAN HAVING A HOT TIME UP ON THE ROOF

THE WHIZZER RUNNING ABOUT PUTTING OUT FIRES

While this was happening know one realised that Jack Frost had positioned himself in the middle of the Ball Park and had started to prepare himself for what would turn out to be an immense feat of bravery that could kill him.

JACK FROST PREPARES TO RISK ALL.

Mean while, as the Human Torch was doing what he could to destroy as much of the inferno that has descending onto Yankee Stadium she spotted something, and raced off in the direction of what he saw was a body falling from the sky. Getting nearer he realised it was his "son" Toro !. 

TORO NEEDS HELP

Breaking off from his fire fighting, The Human Torch raced off in the direction of Toro !.

Next Time what was the fate of Toro, would the combined forces of the Invaders and the Liberty legion be enough to avoid complete destruction of  Yankee Stadium and those inside.....?  and what was Jack Frost Planning. ?


Until Then ENJOY !

The Coming of The Liberty Legion Part Sixteen..... Look to the Skies

Meanwhile, as Bucky and Agent Stuart had been dealing with the awaking Toro, a furious battle was taking place outside.

Watched over by thousands inside Yankee Stadium, and by Red Skull from his hidden base of operations.

The Three Invaders showed  the Seven Legionaries even with the advantage of numbers, this made little difference to the battle.  The Invaders time together made them a complete fighting unit, and even in their hypnotised dulled state were more than a match for the more inexperienced heroes.

 The Patriot and the Thin man engaged Captain America, Red Raven and Jack Frost fought off the fiery fire balls of the Torch, whilst Prince Namor took on The Whizzer and The Blue Diamond.  Miss America as planned stayed out of the initial attack as she stood ready to boast up which ever duo team she could when needed.

Seeing a chance to make a difference Miss America distracted The Human Torch long enough for Jack Frost to encase him in ice.

 With all the excitement focused on the playing field no one noticed  Bucky as he raced  back outside in to the Stadium, or had seen Toro's  flaming trail shooting up into the clouds. These clouds had  suddenly appeared over the Yankee Stadium as the battle commenced between The Invaders and The Liberty Legion. Little did Bucky or anyone else  know that hidden above the clouds was where the Evil Red Skull had his stationed his Airship.

High above the clouds the Red Skull watched on his monitor with much laughter  as his three  mind enslaved Invaders did battle with the Liberty Legion.  The Red Skull could see that his "slaves"  appeared to be holding  their own. If one group destroyed the other, the Skull knew the result would mean less America Heroes to interfere in his plans to destroy and conquer the USA and the World.

The Red Skull enjoying the Show

Then a member of the  Nazi Airship crew alerted The Red Skull to something approaching them at great speed. It was Toro...... Part of the Hypnotic conditioning was in case of capture or failure, the "Mind Slave" should return to base as soon as possible for further instruction. The Nullatron device had instilled in Toro and the others,  a Homing Instinct..... and this had enabled  Toro to locate the source of the signal.. Although the Red Skull took credit for this device it was truly the invention of the now deceived Nazi scientist Brain Drain.

What is that ?

"STOP ! STAY BACK YOU FOOL !!!!!! "

This was fine when the hidden HQ of the Skull had been in a  hidden bunker under the Radio Station in New York City..... but now as the base of operations had moved to the more mobile Airship, this caused a dangerous predicament.

Question.... What Happens when you mix Hydrogen and Fire ?

As Toro bust through the side of the Airship his flame ignited  the very element  that kept the craft afloat in the skies.   The Highly inflammable  Gas .......................Hydrogen  !!!!!

 The Answer .........KABOOM !

The Explosion up above made the Crowd and the two Battling forces look up. With the Airship destroyed it released the Invaders from their Hypnotic control...... but now free from that danger... both the Invaders and the  Liberty Legion found themselves in a more dangerous situation.


The Wreckage of the Damaged Airship was now starting to rain down on Yankee Stadium. Endangering all the people within.

Next time we will find out if the combined forces of the Liberty Legion and the Invaders would be able to save the Innocent bystanders or not. And what happened to Toro ?

Until then    Enjoy !

The coming of the Liberty Legion Part Fifteen.... What's The Plan BUCKY !

When Agent Stuart returned from escorting the Bats-Boy who had helped impersonate Bucky back to his seating in the stadium, Agent Stuart  found Bucky fully dressed back as himself. Both looked at each other then looked at the strange crate laying that had been laying in the store room all the time.

Whats in the BOX ?

Both knew what was inside, and now it was time to open the box. Agent Stuart took a Crowbar and opened it to reveal that the "Real" Toro was contained inside.

The Secret Revealed 

Toro had been kept  under sedation since the time he had been captured a few days before. This was Bucky's idea as he knew that if not the chances would be Toro would try to escape and return to his new master The Red Skull. Bucky realised that what ever method The Red Skull was using to mind control his fellow invaders needed to be destroyed if he had any hope of freeing his friends.

Releasing the captive

Turning the crate up right, both Bucky and Agent Stuart began removing all of the special fireproof  restraints and turning off all of the fire retardant devices that had been used to ensure that if Toro awoke, he would not be able to "FLAME ON"

Awaking The Prisoner

After fully removing Toro from his temporary prison, Bucky back carefully took from his belt some smelling salts and held them under his friends nose.

Toro was not very Happy !

Both Agent Stuart and Bucky stood back as Toro began to wake up. At first Toro  the now awoken Fire Ball was confused, then the confusion turned to anger..... and then Toro knew what he needed to do..... Escape !

Getting a little Hot under the collar 

As Toro started to now heat up, again both Bucky and the FBI Agent stood back.  Bucky stood  in front of the Agent, as he hoped that Toro would not attack him, his friend in revenge. Toro now started to smoulder and glow until.......

Burning through his bonds 

...... FLAME ON !   Toro Bust into flame burning through the last remaining fire retarded restraints .

Now that Toro was wide awake and free, Bucky hoped that his Fiery Fireball of a friend would act as he had predicted and not try to kill them !

Free at last, but what next Revenge ?

Bucky had made a correct guess, Toro had been condition to only comply with the commands of The Red Skull, and as Toro had no instructions, he knew he needed to return to his Master with out delay.

UP UP and AWAY !

Toro flew up through the ceiling and headed towards the location of The Red Skull.


Next Time a very eventful reunion for Toro and The Red Skull.

Until then ENJOY !

The Coming of the Liberty Legion...... Part Fourteen A Plan to Fool the Red Skull.

The Newly Formed Liberty Legion along with Bucky went to Yankee Stadium the following day  as instructed by The Red Skull.

The Stadium was at full capacity as local New Yorkers and the Worlds Press were all present to see the showdown between the new Heroes and the Invaders now under the control of the Nazi Red Skull.

Both Bucky and the Now liberated Toro had decided to sit on the side lines for reasons only the Liberty Legion knew.

As the Liberty legion stood silent on the Diamond they looked up as Captain America , The Human Torch and the Sub Marina dropped from the Red Skulls Air Ship which was hidden within the artificial cloud cover. The ship was not seen by anyone below so initially the heroes had no idea of its existence.

As the Liberty Legion Prepared for battle no one noticed Bucky and Toro head back inside the stadium away from the arena.

They had an appointment with Mr Stuart an FBI Agent who Bucky had been in contact with.

As both Boy heroes stood in front of the FBI Agent he look shocked , and this made them smirk.  As this part of the plan had worked better than expected. Agent Stuart was shocked at see Toro in front of him, as he knew he had hidden the real Toro close by.

Agent Stuart and Bucky had hatched  a plan that would hopefully fool the Red Skull and everyone else that Toro had been freed from his hypnotic state after he had been captured by the Liberty Legion.

In truth Toro had been kept under sedation since his capture as Bucky believed he may be the key to finding the location of the Red Skull.

Bucky had disguised himself as Toro whilst one of the Bat-Boys of the Yankee Stadium had pretended to be Bucky. Bucky knew that the disguise should fool most people, but the Invaders would realise that both boys were fakes. Bucky body shape and manner would not fool Toro's  "pappy" The Human Torch, and Captain America would have noticed the normally  Blue Eyed Bucky had Green Eyes.

Bucky quickly changed clothes with his doppelganger and thanked the lad for helping him fool the public. Asking the Boy to return to his duties as the next part of the plan brought DANGER.  The Box behind them contained a dangerous weapon..... and Bucky knew it was time to deploy it.  More about this plan next time.

Until then ENJOY !

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The Coming of the LIBERTY LEGION part Thirteen.... The Battle Commences

In the coming days, Bucky and the Liberty Legion took on many missions, to smash underground Nazi cells, and also trying to guess where the Red Skull would strike next.  The Red Skull continued to use his hypnotic control over the Invaders to wreak havoc all over the American Continent.

The Red Skull  had made his original base of operation underneath the very  Radio Station that the Newly Formed Liberty Legion was using as their HQ. Here he could SPY on the Heroes whilst he made his plans of destruction of the American way of life.  This is why when the Red Skull went on the air to spout his daily rant of Nazi propaganda  , the signal could not be traced. As it was being broadcast internally. So all the Liberty Legion believed was their own signal was being bounced back at them.

The Red Skull uses the Radio Waves as a weapon to break the people of the United States.

A second mobile base was also in operation, one that the Nazi Red Skull used as a base where he would release his unwilling slaves to do his bidding. An Air Ship built with the latest technological advances that the Skull had either devised himself, or stolen from others.

The Skull managed to form an artificial cloud around the Airship so that it was undetectable from the ground.  This way he could travel all over the USA transporting his hypnotised lackeys to be his bidding undetected.

On board the Air Ship the Red Skull using methods and adapted equipment developed by the believed dead Nazi scientist Brain Drain, continues to break down any resistance of the captured Invaders. The Nulla Rays for one had originally  been an invention of Brain Drain, although the Red Skull boasted that HE had invented them. Werner Schmidt aka the Brain Drain, more of him at a later time (maybe)

Werner Schmidt  aka The Brain Drain, in one of his Robotic Bodies

On board the Airship, The Red Skull and his enslaved Invaders

The Red Skull knew that one way to destroy a nations resolve ..... was to attack monuments and  iconic buildings that meant the most to the America Nation and its people.

The Targets chosen for destruction included ........ The Lincoln Memorial in DC , The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia and Lady Liberty herself, the Statue of Liberty in New York. These targets were threaten by the Red Skull in his next radio transmission. Bucky knew that this could be a trap, but he could not sit idly by whilst hes friends trashed these landmarks and symbols of Liberty and the American Nation. Bucky with the aid of the Thin Man decided to remain at their HQ to oversee the other teams, and also be on guard to keep an eye on Manhattan just in case the Red Skull used this as a chance to attack the "Big Apple" itself.

The Liberty Legion split up.  Jack Frost and the Blue Diamond went to Protect The Statue of Liberty where they took on the might of the Sub Marina. The Patriot and Miss America went to protect The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia where they fought Captain America. The Red Raven and The Whizzer rushed to Washington DC to protect The Lincoln Memorial where they fought The Human Torch and Toro.  However the Nulla Rays that the Red Skull was using to control the Invaders was proving to be a problem. The effects of the Rays did a good job at controlling the Invaders, but at a price. It effected their thinking and slowed their reactions. Making each of the Invaders much less powerful than they would normally be. Both Prince Namor and Captain America were easily defeated, and were recalled back to base. Whilst the Human Torch started to fight his reprogramming and started to doubt his instructions and he too was recalled back to base, however young Toro was captured by before he could also flee back to the Red Skull. 

Hero against Hero 

 The  capture of Toro was a good victory for the Liberty Legion.  The Red Skull becoming annoyed with his plans being dashed at every turn by the the new Legion of Heroes announced that he challenged the new Team to take on "his" team of invaders. The Battle would take place at a place in New York as symbol to the US nation, The Yankee Stadium in the Bronx New York City.

Next Time the Final Battle ...... Until then ENJOY !

42,000 BAT - THANKS From The 1960's TV Caped Crusaders

I originally planned to do my latest THANK YOU with Villains from the 1966 TV Batman Show.

I did a version of these way back in 2011 ? but as my style has moved on I used my originals as a guide and re did them. However, I also re did the Caped Crusaders also.


So here is my Thank You from the main cast of Heroes and dastardly villains of BAT-MAN !

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Burt Ward as Robin The Boy Wonder, Adam West as Bat-Man and Yvonne Craig as Bat-Girl

Cat Woman & The Riddler 

The Penguin and The Joker 

Thanks again to all of you who support my art and like to pop in to see what my "Dawgs" are getting up to,


Best Wishes and until next time................ ENJOY !