Major Manhattan

* With cigar
* With helmet

### Titles

US Army MajorStormfront operativeGreen Beret in the US Army ; propaganda cultural icon

### Political compass

libertarian (claimed) ; authoritarian right (rumored) ; anti-communism

### Moral compass

chaotic neutral (Minutemen) ; chaotic rebel (Stormfront)

### Allegiance

US Army (1938-1977)Minutemen (1941-1977)Stormfront (1977-1987)

## Physical

### Hair

blonde/brown

**William "Billy" Blake** (1917-1987), better known as **Major Manhattan** (or **MajMan**) was a US Army officer, leader of the Minutemen propaganda special unit and the best soldier of the XXth Century, having participated in nearly every conflict from 1938 to 1987. In 1976, after he threaten US Security Advisor Henry Kissinger to quite military and enter presidential course of the november elections, CIA leaked classified warcrimes report to the Washington Post, causing a public trial which he escaped on the road to supermax prison thanks to the intervention of Stormfront operatives.

## Biography

### Early life (1917-1938)

Born an Oakie around 1918, Blake's family moved to California. Billy was the only survivor. He was a volunteer for a test of Marburg proteine. Over a period of seven years, he grew 17 cm and 35 kg thanks to the bone and tissue enhancement properties of the proteine and atteined the rank of Major in the US Army by 1941.

### World War II and Occupation of Japan (1938-1950)

His first mission for the OSS (and later MID and CIA) was the rescue of Howard Hughes after his crash in Gottland and his capture by Thule Society between 1938 and 1939. He participated in the Pacific War including Okinawa and Rhoanapur.

   In November-December 1943, he was appointed as a member of POTUS protection in the Tehran Conference were he met Spartakov for the first time. The two men, along with Rocketeer, repelled an attempted assassination on Staline and Roosevelt by a commando of the Luftwaffe led by Otto Skorzeny and comprised of Walkyries.

He returned in the Pacific Theater until September 1945, and saw the bombing of Nagaski from the bridge of the USS Missouri. He was also present at the reddition of Japan and was part of the US Army garrisson in Japan where he was a known client in war brothels. Rumors attribute him a number of children fathered during that period. In January 1946, he stole the *Honjō Masamune* under the pseudonym "Sgt Cody Baltimore" (interpreted as "Coldy Bimore" by Japan police) at the Mejiro police station. This sword would be his trophee, and occasionally his weapon, until 1977.

In 1946-1947 he participated in Operation: Highjump in Antarctica where he fought again against Fieldmarshall Hafthor Gantzmann. When he returned to the States in September 1947, his unit was placed under CIA jurisdiction.

### Korean War (1950-1951)

He was later deployed in Korea in October 1950 during Operation: Cobelt to sabotage the Transsiberian and prevent sinoviets reinforcements in Korea. He fought with Spartakov and the other Motherlanders and narrowly managed to prevent Sinoviets to cross the border before McArthur sent fifty bombers from the USS Habakkuk.

### Assassination of J.F.K. (22 Nov. 1963)

Major Manhattan was mandated by the M.I.D. and Godfather to assassinate Kennedy after his opposition to multiple programs, including Orion Project and Operation: Northwoods.

### Vietnam War and Dirty War (1965-1973)

The Minutemen were deployed in covert operations in Vietnam. The USS Okinawa (LPH-3) was their mobile homebase from which they deployed aboard helicopters.

In 1967, he fought and killed the Che Guevara.

### Apotheosis and Fall (1976-1977)

The 4th July 1976, for the bicentannial of American Revolution, Major Manhattan paraded in Washington D.C. were a critized POTUS Nixon

On 24 September 1977, his sentence was prison for life without parole, and his sword was confiscated by the governement and restored by Henry Kissinger to the Prime Minister of Japan the next day during a diplomatic trip. On the evening, the penitentiary armored convoy escorting him to a supermax was attacked on open road, at night, by Stormfront agents deployed with a Haunnebu magnef. He disappeared and his fate remained unknown until the Corto Maltese Crisis dans the Winter War.

### ATM Upheaval (1979-1985)

In 1979, he and multiple Haunnebu assisted the Rhodesian governement in the Rhodesian Civil War and helped target ennemy staff and logistics.

In the 80s, Stormfront Hannebu were deployed to assist the A.T.M. in their coups in the Carribeans and South America. He assisted Operation: Red Dog in April 1981, General Clemente in the Corto Maltese Revolution and the Argentinian dictatorship in the Falklands in 1982. He assassinated Prince Andrew Windsor-Mountbatten the same year to provoke U.K. in their Carribean dominions.

### Winter War and death (1985-1987)

Major Manhattan used his amplified physionomy to survive radiation and deactivate the main nuclear reactor of Winter Castle and avoid a meltdown.

## Uniform, weapons and paraphernalia

He wore a number of uniforms including a parad uniform and actual stealth operations suits. He wore a ballistic helmet.

His weapons were a Thompson machinegun in the 30s and 40s and a M16 carbine in the 60s and 70s. He also possessed and wielded the Japense katana Honjo Masamune that he stole in January 1946 in the police station of Mejiro, before it was returned in September 1977 at the end of his public trial.

## Inspirations

In real life, he is inspired by Audie Murphy and Chris Kyle.

In fiction, he is inspired by Captain America and the Winter Soldier from Marvel comics, Soldier Boy from The Boys, The Boss from Metal Gears, Deathstroke from D.C., The Comedian from Watchmen, Sheppiroth from FFVII (as a rogue member of a supersoldier unit and main antagonist).