- Agent Liberty
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caption=Agent Liberty byDan Jurgens from "Superman" #60
comic_color=background:#800080
character_name=Agent Liberty
real_name=Benjamin Lockwood
publisher=DC Comics
debut="Superman " #60 (October 1991)
creators=Dan Jurgens
alliance_color=background:#cccccc
alliances=Justice League Sons of LibertyCIA
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powers=Special suit that provide weaponry, forcefield, and jet pack for short flight|Agent Liberty (real name Benjamin Lockwood) is a
fictional character fromDC Comics . He first appeared in "Superman" vol. 2, #60 (October 1991). He was also briefly a member ofJustice League America during Superman's death. He also appeared in his own solo adventure in "Agent Liberty Special" # 1 (1992).Citation | last = Wallace | first = Dan | author-link = | contribution = Agent Liberty | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The DC Comics Encyclopedia | pages = 9 | publisher =Dorling Kindersley | place = London | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4119-5]Fictional character biography
Agent Liberty's real name is Benjamin Lockwood. He once worked for the CIA but ultimately left in disgust with their methods and the types of missions he was being asked to undertake. He later became so disenchanted with the Federal Government as a whole that he joined the paramilitary group called the Sons Of Liberty, who outfitted him with the costume and weaponry he uses as Agent Liberty. In the beginning, Lockwood used his Agent Liberty guise to help the Sons' stated cause of overturning the current governmental regime, which brought him into conflict with Superman; however, when the Sons' leadership asked him to perform an assassination of politician Pete Ross, Lockwood refused, and left the Sons to go solo. During his time working with the Sons, Agent Liberty also briefly assisted the Justice League against the villain Brainiac.
Lockwood helps bring down the Sons by sending vital information to the reporter
Clark Kent .Lockwood learns that one of the founders of the Sons of Liberty was in actuality his former CIA mentor, and he became so disgusted with this that he burned his Agent Liberty costume, vowing to never undertake that identity again.
However, he does take it up later. During the literally Earth-shaking crisis of "
Infinite Crisis ", Agent Liberty shows up at a mass for fallen and missing superheroes. Dozens of other heroes are also in attendance.Dozens of heroes, Agent Liberty included, also gather to defend the city of Metropolis from the
Secret Society of Super-Villains . The attack is detailed in "Infinite Crisis" #6. Liberty is seen heading for a heavily armedcyborg being. Ultimately, the Society loses the battle.Powers and abilities
Agent Liberty's costume has equipment that can generate a force-shield of energy capable of deflecting bullets, weapons such as retracting blades, and a jetpack that allows him to fly for short distances. Agent Liberty is also a skilled hand-to-hand combatant.
External links
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=agentliberty Agent Liberty] at the Guide to the DC Universe
References
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