Global Guardians

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Not to be confused with Global Guardian.
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The Global Guardians is a team of

El Dorado) were added to the Justice League
to give it more ethnic diversity.

Fictional team history

The characters that would form the Global Guardians first appeared in the Super Friends comic book series.[2] They were first introduced in a story (in Super Friends #7-9) in which an alien villain called Grax (an old Superman foe) planted bombs on Earth's seven continents to destroy it. Thanks to a warning from the Wonder Twins (in their first comic book appearance) the Justice League discovered the plan in time and recruited the heroes of the countries affected to find the bombs before they exploded.

These international heroes would later appear in other issues of Super Friends. However, it wasn't until DC Comics Presents #46 (June 1982) that they were introduced as a team,[3] in a story in which they helped Superman to stop an evil Atlantean sorcerer named Thaumar Dhai. This is also considered to be these characters' first canonical appearance in the DC Universe.[1]

After Crisis on Infinite Earths, it was revealed that the Global Guardians had been gathered together by Doctor Mist to serve as the enforcing arm of an international organization called "The Dome", which had been created by the Treaty of Rome in 1957 to help organize the efforts of superheroes across the globe as an international police organization.[1]

Prior to that, in the early 1950s, several international heroes who had been the beneficiaries of the Justice Society of America's kindness during and after World War II, had banded together in an informal "Club of Heroes". They were integrated in the Global Guardians after its foundation. (Batman's butler Alfred Pennyworth sends Christmas cards to the currently surviving members).

This original Global Guardians were based in a

crossover and once teamed up with Infinity, Inc.

The Guardians eventually lost their UN funding to the Justice League, and the Dome was ordered to close, in part due to the political machinations of their enemy, Dr. Klaus Cornelius. Some of its members left the team to join the League, notably Green Fury and Glacier, formerly known as Icemaiden (who changed their names to

Ice
). The others went freelance.

Part of the team was brainwashed by the Queen Bee of Bialya and were directed to battle the Justice League.[1] Fain Y'onia, an ancient foe of their leader, Doctor Mist, caused the deaths of Bushmaster and Thunderlord and depowered others. The surviving Guardians would continue to meet in the Dome's Headquarters, which was formerly located in Europe but is now in the Pacific.[1]

In a story in the

Ultramarine Corps
.

In 2006, as part of the events of

Faceless Hunter
in his attempts to capture Green Lantern. They are defeated and freed from the alien's control.

In World War III, in 52 week 50, the Global Guardians assist the Marvel Family in an attack on Black Adam but were all easily and brutally defeated by the enraged villain.

In the 2009

Gloss, Sandstorm, and Freedom Beast
.

In the Watchmen sequel Doomsday Clock, a news report states that Wonder Woman is in talks to reestablish the defunct Global Guardians.[5]

Members

The Club of Heroes

Main article: Batmen of All Nations
  • The first Knight of England was followed by his son, the second Knight.
  • The second Squire of England was followed by his daughter, the third
    Squire
    .
  • The Gaucho of Argentina inspired the Argentinian hero team Super Malon.
  • The Musketeer of France.
  • The Wingman of Sweden.
  • The Legionary of Italy.
  • Man-Of-Bats of
    Sioux Nation
  • Little Raven of
    Sioux Nation
  • The Ranger of Australia

Global Guardians

For the member of the Cheyenne tribe who died in 1847, see Owl Woman.

Founding members

  • Seraph (Chaim Lavon of Israel): A Jewish school teacher who was granted biblical powers. He helped Superman dismantle a bomb in Israel and free the Wonder Twins after they were brainwashed. He had a few missions as a solo fighter. As a Global Guardian, he helped Superman retrieve an ancient artifact. He remained on the team for a few years, but declined an offering from the Queen Bee of Bialya, since he was Jewish and Bialya was a Muslim state. For a while, Seraph fought solo, trying to think of ways to revive the Global Guardians. Finally, Doctor Mist called him to Bialya to rescue the Global Guardians. The mission was successful. After a battle with Doctor Mist's enemy Fain Y'onia, Seraph helped Rising Sun, Owlwoman, and Olympian create the New Global Guardians, placing himself as leader.
  • Bushmaster (Bernal Rojas of
    Robin
    dismantle a bomb in Venezuela and capture a villain. Along with other Global Guardians, he was brainwashed by the Queen Bee of Bialya. Once he snapped out of it, he returned to the Global Guardians, but was killed by Fain Y'onia.
  • Cassandra Sandsmark and her mother Helena, a position appointed to him by Zeus
    . There is a second Oympian called Olympia - a female with Amazon level super strength - Greek as well, both defend Greece and are Global Guardians.
  • Ultramarine Corps
    .
  • Kid Impala
    joined the Ultramarines.
In the latest comics, Impala is back with the Global Guardians and teamed up with Vixen who had an instant attraction to this handsome super hero. He seems to also have a Totem linked super power to some African deity granting him incredible speed and healing ability. Vixen asked him out.
In another mission, Thunderlord, the Guardians and the Justice League teamed up to defeat the mind-controlling villain Sonar.
Owlwoman. Fain's energy blasts pierced Thunderlord, killing him. After Fain's defeat, a statue was built to honor Thunderlord and placed alongside statues of other fallen Guardians.[8]
Thunderlord made a cameo along with many of his Guardian allies in The OMAC Project. In that storyline, multiple heroes raced to destroy a sentient satellite that detested all powered beings.[9]

Later members

  • Cascade of Indonesia
  • Centrix of Canada
  • Gloss of China
  • Chrysalis of France (actually a living bomb)
  • Fleur-de-Lis (Noelle Avril of France): Fleur-de-Lis was shown fighting Dr. Klaus Cornelius in the 1980s Blue Beetle series; after the closure of the Dome, she went freelance and once helped Deathstroke and Andre Chavard's Department Gamma of French Intelligence.
  • Icemaiden II (Tora Olafstotter of Norway): a princess of an isolated tribe of magic-wielding Norsemen, Icemaiden II had the natural ability to create and manipulate ice. She joined the Global Guardians, and soon afterwards Glacier, the original Icemaiden, quit (due to her lack of self-confidence since she had scientifically received her powers, whereas Tora was a real icemaiden). She later joined the Justice League and changed her name to Ice. She had a romantic liaison with Guy Gardner, before dying battling the Overmaster. Ice returned to life in the 2007 Birds of Prey title. She is now living in New York, apparently trying to recover from the shock of being dead for so long.
  • Templar Knight (Simon Lesur) of France: In Teen Titans Spotlight #11, Belphegor mentions this deceased former member, of whom nothing more is known.
  • Tundra of Russia: Enhanced strength and cold projection abilities.

These characters (with the exception of Icemaiden II) had rare appearances in DC continuity after their first appearance, but Cascade had a cameo shot in the Villains United Infinite Crisis Special. She also appeared later in 52 as a member of Black Adam's coalition.

Two other characters were associated with the Global Guardians but were not actual members:

  • Belphegor of France, who appeared to function mostly as an assistant to Dr. Mist; she has vanished since the closure of the Dome.
  • Red Star (Leonid Kovar of Russia)

Pre-Flashpoint

Related sources

El Dorado (Xiuhtecutli) and Golden Pharaoh (Osiris).[10]

References

  1. ^
    OCLC 213309017
  2. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0
    .
  3. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9
    . The DCU's newest superhero team, the Global Guardians, was formed in this Superman tale by writer E. Nelson Bridwell and penciler Alex Saviuk.
  4. ^ "Global Guardians - The Comic Bloc Forums". Archived from the original on 2017-06-02. Retrieved 2006-04-07.
  5. ^ Doomsday Clock #12 (December 2019). DC Comics.
  6. ^ DC Comics Presents #46 (June 1982)
  7. ^ Justice League Europe #50 (May 1993)
  8. ^ Justice League Quarterly #17 (Winter 1994)
  9. ^ The Omac Project #6 (November 2005)
  10. ^ Golden Pharoah Archived 2006-06-21 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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