The American Way
Ridley, John; Jeanty, Georges; Story, Karl
Published by WildStorm, 2007. 1st Printing. Quarto. 26cm. REVIEW COPY with publishers letter laid-in. Softcover/ Near Fine . Collects The American Way 1-8.
"The New American" is secretly an African American man named Jason Fisher. Jason was selected by the FDAA to undergo gene therapy treatments that gave him super strength and invulnerability, but with a built in weakness: Jason had the pain receptors of a normal human, so that if he was subjected to enough pain he would die even if his skin remained unbroken. The New American is outfitted in a helmet and a pseudo Astronaut's uniform, because 1962 America was depicted in the series as not ready for a minority superhero.
