History ShoutOut / FreedomCity

* Siren is a mix of ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}, [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], ComicBook/{{Storm}}, and ComicBook/WonderWoman.

* Eldrich is a lot of ComicBook/DoctorFate with a dash of ComicBook/DoctorStrange. He lives on [[Creator/SteveDitko Ditko]] StreetComicBook

* The Raven (the first) filled the ComicBook/{{Batman}} expy. His daughter, the second Raven, homages Earth-2 Huntress (the daughter of Batman and Catwoman) as well as being the grandchild of the setting's equivalent of Ra's al Ghul.

* Freedom's three airports are all named after comic book pilots: Trainor (after [[Comicbook/DoomPatrol Larry]]), Jameson (after [[Comicbook/SpiderMan John]]), and Jordan International (after [[Comicbook/GreenLantern Hal]]).

* Argo the Ultimate Android is an [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Amazo]] expy.
* Askari Inc. in the ''Atlas of Earth Prime'' is a Tanzanian Comicbook/HeroesForHire. Whitestone is Comicbook/LukeCage (although his albinism and name probably come from Spider-Man villain Tombstone) and Dragonhand is Comicbook/IronFist.

* Barbara Kane, the police commisioner, derives her name from [[Comicbook/{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon]] and Creator/BobKane.
* Black Star is Sinestro, but with the powers of [[Comicbook/{{Starman}} the Shade]].

* Brittania is a [[Comicbook/{{Excalibur}} Captain Britain]] expy.

* Centurion is their Franchise/{{Superman}} [[SupermanSubstitute expy]] (from a parallel Earth where the Roman Empire never fell). He died in battle with Omega, Lord of the Terminus, and he's stayed dead.
* Centuria, Centurion's daughter from an alternate timeline, obviously takes the role of Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}.

* Daedalus combines elements of both Comicbook/IronMan and [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]].

* The Devil's Own, from ''Atlas of Earth-Prime'' is a [[Really700YearsOld 200 year old]] Canadian with a healing factor, a clawlike attack, and a history of experimentation and mindwipes by a GovernmentConspiracy. [[Comicbook/{{Wolverine}} So, yeah.]]

* Dr. Simian is equal parts [[Comicbook/DoomPatrol Monsieur Mallah]] and [[Franchise/TheFlash Gorilla Grodd]].

* Eldrich is a lot of ComicBook/DoctorFate with a dash of Comicbook/DoctorStrange. He lives on [[Creator/SteveDitko Ditko]] Street.
* The Factor Four are the other Franchise/FantasticFour expy, but with stronger elemental ties, and evil.

** The Mysterious Madame Radium is a genderflipped Comicbook/TheRay. Her name is reminiscent of Neon the Unknown.
** Sea Hawk is a genderflipped Black Condor. She's also a pilot, suggesting Comicbook/{{Blackhawk}}.

* The 26th century's Freedom Legion is the Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes, although not all the members have direct counterparts. Having said that:

* The Furions are the Comicbook/NewGods, specifically the Forever People, complete with complicated cosmic soap opera.
* The Furrydom League of Ani-Earth is a FunnyAnimal version of the main team, similar to the Scavengers in ''Comicbook/SpiderHam'' and the Justa Lotta Animals in ''Comicbook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew''.

* Johnny Rocket is an expy of Franchise/TheFlash; his name, Johnny Wade, references [[Franchise/FantasticFour Johnny Storm]], Johnny Quick, and Creator/MarkWaid. His being gay is in homage to [[ComicBook/AlphaFlight Northstar]], another speedster.

* Lady Liberty is a mix of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and Franchise/WonderWoman. Her name, Beth Walton, references Betsy Ross and ''Series/TheWaltons.''

** 3rd edition Lady Liberty (a young woman from an ethnic minority who inherits the mantle of a major heroine) may be inspired by Comicbook/MsMarvel2014.

* The Liberty League was the [[ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica WW II-era superheroes team]], while the Freedom League is the Silver Age and Modern era Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica.

* Medea fills a similar role as [[Franchise/WonderWoman Circe]].
* Megalodon (Connor Kirkstrom) is an expy of [[Franchise/SpiderMan the Lizard (Curt Connors)]] and [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Man-Bat (Kirk Langstrom)]], but he went with [[ThreateningShark sharks]].

** Omega's Annihilists are Gods of Apokalips, with the twist that they were all heroes of alternate Earths. Shadivan Steelgrave is basically a corrupted Comicbook/IronMan with Comicbook/SilverSurfer elements; Madrigal Martinet is Comicbook/WonderWoman turned into a gender-flipped Vermin Vunderbar; Physician Friendly is the Desaad counterpart as Omega's torturer, but his FauxAffablyEvil name and demeanor suggests a gender-flipped Granny Goodness.

* Providence Asylum is Arkham Asylum, named after the city Creator/HPLovecraft's Arkham was based on. Its original owner was even named Howard Phillips. His descendent Dr Jeremy Phillips is therefore Jeremiah Arkham, although he's not the head of the asylum; that's Dr Ashley Ellis, who's based on ''Comicbook/SpiderMan'''s Ashley Kafka. (And Howard wasn't the Armadeus Arkham equivalent; he left the estate to Dr Reginald Carter, whose name may be a reference to Randolph Carter.)

* The Raven (the first) filled the Franchise/{{Batman}} expy. His daughter, the second Raven, homages Earth-2 Huntress (the daughter of Batman and Catwoman) as well as being the grandchild of the setting's equivalent of Ra's al Ghul.
** The "Future Freedom" Raven, Drake Ward, is [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Terry McGinnis]] with a name that references [[Comicbook/{{Robin}} Tim Drake]] and [[Series/Batman1966 Burt Ward]].

* Siren is a mix of Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}, [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], ComicBook/{{Storm}}, and Franchise/WonderWoman.

* The Thieves Guild are one-to-one homages to Franchise/TheFlash's Rogues: Huckster is Trickster; Bola is Captain Boomerang; Looking Glass is Mirror Master; Weather Mistress is Weather Wizard; Firebug is Heatwave; and the Mad Maple is Captain Cold. (Although the Maple's name and Canadian origin are also a ShoutOut to Jim "T. M. Maple" Burke.)

* Talos is quite close to [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Ultron]].

* The Tyranny Syndicate of [[MirrorUniverse Anti-Earth]] is the equivalent to the Comicbook/CrimeSyndicate. Johnny Speed gets his speed from drugs, just like Creator/GrantMorrison's take on Johnny Quick in ''Comicbook/JLAEarth2''.

* Una, Queen of the Netherworld has much in common with [[Comicbook/DoctorStrange Umar of the Dark Dimension]].

* Weird Maggie, the possibly-immortal bag lady who may or may not be clued in to the mystic side of Freedom, is pretty directly Mad Hettie from ''Comicbook/{{Hellblazer}}'' and ''Comicbook/TheSandman''.

** WordOfGod is that they're named after the late Marvel executive editor Mark Gruenwald (their home planet is called Gruen-World).

* The Freedom Brigade in ''Worlds of Freedom'' are based on the ComicBook/{{Freedom Fighters|DC}} (although mostly the more obscure members), complete with being taken to Nazi Earth just after they formed.

* The Curator shares much in common with ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}, specifically the version from the Franchise/{{DCAU}}.

* Toy Boy is the Franchise/{{DCAU}} Toyman expy. His last name, Lettam, is a SdrawkcabName of ''Creator/Mattel''.

* SHADOW is very much inspired by ComicBook/{{HYDRA}}

* The law firm Cabot, Cunningham & Crowley references Laurie Cabot, Scott Cunningham, and Creator/AleisterCrowley, all occult authors.

* The Amalgam visually takes inspiration from Composite Superman (split down the middle between the looks of Centurion and the Raven I), though in most other respects its more in line with certain portrayals of [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryAToL Bizarro]], as a misunderstood monster with tremendous power and no way of comprehending the damage it does.

* Doc Prophet, from Freedom's [[TwoFistedTales pulp age]], is Franchise/DocSavage.

* Dr. Sin references [[YellowPeril all those sinister oriental masterminds from the pulps]], especially Literature/FuManchu and Marvel's Yellow Claw, as well as Ra's al Ghul.

* The Curator shares much in common with Brainiac, specifically the version from the Franchise/{{DCAU}}.

* Centurion is their Franchise/{{Superman}} expy (from a parallel Earth where the Roman Empire never fell). He died in battle with Omega, Lord of the Terminus, and he's stayed dead.

* Conundrum is a Riddler expy.

* The Freedom Brigade in ''Worlds of Freedom'' are based on the ComicBook/{{Freedom Fighters|DC}}, complete with being taken to Nazi Earth just after they formed.

* Weird Maggie, the possibly-immortal bag lady who may or may not be clued in to the mystic side of Freedom, is pretty directly Mad Hettie from ''Comicbook/TheSandman''.

** The Captain Thunder equivalent is a cat, named Captain [[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats Thunderkat]].

* The Furions are Comicbook/TheNewGods, specifically the Forever People, complete with complicated cosmic soap opera.

* Centurion is their {{Superman}} expy (from a parallel Earth where the Roman Empire never fell). He died in battle with Omega, Lord of the Terminus, and he's stayed dead.

* Johnny Rocket is an expy of Franchise/TheFlash; his name, Johnny Wade, references [[Franchise/FantasticFour Johnny Storm]] and Creator/MarkWaid. His being gay is in homage to [[ComicBook/AlphaFlight Northstar]], another speedster.