Guardians of the Globe
The Guardians of the Globe are a superhero team that features in Invincible.
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History
The Guardians of the Globe were a private organization funded by the superheroes War Woman and Darkwing. The other members of their ranks were Red Rush, Black Samson, Aquarus, Martian Man, Green Ghost, and The Immortal. The superhero Omni-Man, although never an official member of the team, was a trusted associate of the Guardians and knew the location and password of the Guardians of the Globe Headquarters in Utah. On one mission, Black Samson lost his powers, and was kicked off of the team. Later still, the Green Ghost was killed in action, and a new Green Ghost took his place.
With all members accounted for at Guardians Headquarters, The Immortal asks why Darkwing summoned them but is confused. War Woman deduces that no Guardian alerted them as Red Rush pushes The Immortal out of the path of Omni-Man's attack. Shocked by the assault, the Guardians begin attacking him as Red Rush uses his speed to move them from Omni-Man's attacks but is caught by Omni-Man during his assault and his head is crushed. Angered, Martian Man expands around Omni-Man as War Woman attacks him but breaks free and slams War Woman's face into the ground. Darkwing throws a series of explosives but miss Omni-Man as he prepares to land on Omni-Man, but Darkwing is grabbed by his ankle and is slammed to the floor instantly killing him. Omni-Man then throws the lifeless Darkwing into Green Ghosts arms as he punches through Green Ghosts head and uses her body to deflect Aquarus jet stream. The Immortal assumes Omni-Man is being controlled, but War Woman declares that regardless of their relationship to Omni-Man, he must be stopped by any means. War Woman successfully lands a blow on Omni-Man's temple disorienting him but regains control and grabs her staff, using it to slaughter Aquarus. Martian Man once again wraps himself around Omni-Man as The Immortal and War Woman begin punching rapidly. Omni-Man kills Martian Man by ripping out his life force and punches through The Immortal's body as War Woman's neck is snapped. In his final moments, The Immortal asks why but Omni-Man doesn't reply, dismembering The Immortal's head from his body. The only member of the Guardians to survive the massacre was Black Samson, who was not actively a member at that time due to the loss of his powers.
After the murder of the original team, the United States government re-established the Guardians of the Globe as a state-funded agency. This new team was led by former Teen Team leader Robot, under the direct supervision of Donald, the government's superhuman liaison. Donald was ultimately responsible to Cecil Stedman. Along with Robot, the initial lineup for the new team included Dupli-Kate and Rex Splode from the Teen Team, Monster Girl, Shrinking Ray, and Black Samson, the only surviving member of the old team.
The new team's performance in its first few months did not live up to expectations of its superiors, leading Donald and Cecil to make some changes. Bulletproof was added to the team's roster, and the newly resurrected Immortal was brought in as a consultant to improve standards. After the team continued to under-perform, the Immortal replaced Robot as team leader. Although not a member, Robot had said that Invincible was always welcome if he became interested in joining the team. Invincible reported to the same agency and often helps the team in dire circumstances. When most of the Guardians' most powerful members were sent into space to thwart a Martian invasion, they were successful, but while they were away, the team's weaker members were required to stop the Lizard League's plot to take command of nuclear warheads. Dupli-Kate and Shrinking Ray were killed by the villain Komodo Dragon; Rex Splode was badly injured in the fight, but survived.
This team ran allot smoother until they discovered that Cecil had been hiring known killers, creating a mass of zombie robots called Reanimen for the government, and that he was trying to control Invincible, a majority of the new team quit.
After lashing out at Allen the Alien, the Immortal realized just how deeply he had been affected by Dupli-Kate's death and resigned from the Guardians. However, it was revealed that Dupli-Kate was still alive, as she had always left her "Zero" behind on missions.
Most of the surviving members of the Guardians of the Globe came to be prisoners of Robot who has established a secret world dictatorship with himself as the head.
In Robot's initial attack, Black Samson was killed in his barbershop. Knockout was killed by a Robot drone after attempting to revive her husband Kid Thor who had been reduced to a desiccated corpse due to a Robot Drone blasting his hammer free of his grasp. Kid Thor had previously been shown to need to hold his hammer at all times to allow it to keep him alive. Knockout retrieved Kid Thor's hammer and placed it in his remaining hand. Kid Thor reanimated just in time to see Knockout decapitated by a Robot Drone. Kid Thor attacked the drone but his hammer was swiftly destroyed by the drone implying that Kid Thor died as well. Pegasus managed to escape the initial attack while flying a wounded Yeti to safety.
However Brit, Outrun, Kaboomarang, Le Brusier, Pegasus and Yeti were all later captured by Robot's drones following Bulletproof's betrayal of the remaining Guardians in exchange for his freedom.
Of the Guardians present, only Best Tiger escaped. The Immortal and Dupli-Kate remain free and in hiding-attempting to foster a rebellion against Robot.
Overview
In appearance, the Guardians of the Globe consisted of superheroes who operated as protectors of the planet Earth.
They were based in a secret headquarters located in a mountain in Utah with the password to enter being shared with their closest allies and members.
Members
- Darkwing :
- War Woman :
- The Immortal :
- Aquarus : the King of Atlantis.
- Red Rush :
- Green Ghost :
- Martian Man : a green-skinned shapeshifter who was an original member of the Guardians of the Globe where he had worked with Omni-Man but was betrayed and murdered by him.
- Black Samson :
- Bulletproof :
- Cast Iron :
- Pegasus :
- Monster Girl :
Notes
- The Guardians of the Globe were created by Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker where they made their first appearance in Invincible v1 #7 (December, 2003).
- The team were based on the Justice League from DC Comics.
In other media
Television
- In Invincible, the Guardians of the Globe appeared in the setting of the Amazon animated television series. Similar to the comics, the original incarnation of the Guardians of the Globe minus Black Samsons were slaughtered by Omni-Man with Immortal later being revived. While the part with Omni-Man killing Immortal and snapping War Woman's neck remains intact, he did different death moves to the other members like crushing Red Rush's skull, sending his fist through Green Ghost's head, beheads Martian Man, slamming Darkwing's head into the ground, and using War Woman's mace on Aquarius. After their deaths, a second incarnation of the Guardians of the Globe was formed with Invincible, Rudy and Robot, Rex Splode, Dupli-Kate, Shrinking Rae, Monster Girl, and Black Samson.
Appearances
- Invincible v1: (2003)
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