Virginian Comics (1983: Doomsday)

The Viginian Comics company is the premiere comics publisher of the entire Southeastern region of the former United States. Its comics are commonly the only luxury enjoyed by citystates in the region. It has gained quite a bit of popularity, and has gained readers outside of the region (though it is difficult to get the comics out of the region). The comany has distinguished itself by its tendancy to invent new characters instead of reusing old ones, although there are still a few "classic" characters that are used. Despite the (mostly) original roster of heroes and Villians they still enjoy relatively high sales in Virginia and the rest of the Dixie Alliance.

Creation
The Virginian Comics Company was created on May 4th, 2009 by Alexander "Lex" Kent shortly after the Virginian government relaxed its control of the economy. He had a roster of both surviving Marvel and DC comics empoyees, as well as rookies. To preserve paper, they used (and still use) recycled paper. Though the comics were shipped by normal Virginian postal worker in the developed part of the country, they have to resort to a more "Pony Express" system to get the comics to the less developed parts of the country and the other nations that subscribe to them. They have gained readers in quite a few nations outside of the region as well. The comics are published with an old printing press found in an old abandoned newspaper office in East Virginia.

Characters
This discribes the pantheon of heroes and Villians created and used by the Virginian Comics company.

Heroes

 * Red Baron- Immortal WWI flying Ace Manfred von Richtofen. Helps keep the peace in Prussia, though he has been seen everywhere from the Americas to Japan. His plane is just as indestructible as the man flying it.

Villians

 * Grand Director- Steve Rogers, driven insane by the fall of the United States, is a psychopatic meglomaniacal villian who intends to impose the tyrannical rule of his "new United States" over the rest of the former country. Despite the grand boast of his kingdom being the sucessor to the old United States, it only amounts to a small fiefdom in the midwest. This version of the character is influenced by the Captain America foe of the same name, and both his appearance and his tyrannical rule over a small fiefdom are influenced by the Fantastic Four villian Doctor Doom. He is commonly used by the Virginian government to spread anti-CRUSA messages.