Manhattan Guardian
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| The Manhattan Guardian | |
 The Manhattan Guardian by Cameron Stewart |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | The Manhattan Guardian #1 (May, 2005) |
| Created by | Grant Morrison |
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| Alter ego | Jake Jordan |
| Team affiliations | Seven Soldiers of Victory Newsboy Army |
| Abilities | None. However, Jake Jordan is a former police officer, physically fit, and a skilled fighter. |
The Manhattan Guardian is a DC Comics costumed hero. Created by Grant Morrison and based on the character The Guardian, he first appeared in The Manhattan Guardian #1 (2005) which was part of the Seven Soldiers of Victory "megaseries".
[edit] Fictional character biography
Jake Jordan was an unemployed and disgraced former police officer, who left the force after killing a young boy he misidentified as the murderer of his partner. On the suggestion of his fiancee's father Larry, Jake applied for a mysterious job at the Manhattan Guardian tabloid newspaper. After facing several trials disguised as a terrorist attack, including fighting a Golem, Jordan was confronted by the paper's owner, Ed Stargard. Impressed with his conduct, Ed offered Jake the job: To be the newspaper's very own Superhero/Reporter. (During his meeting with Jake, Ed notes that he had bought the rights to the Guardian name from Project Cadmus, who had sponsored the original.)
Shortly afterwards, Jake's fiancee Carla is kidnapped by subway pirates, and her rescue becomes his first mission. The pirates also kill Larry, and shortly after her rescue, Carla breaks up with Jake. Later, the Guardian faces down killer robots modeled after the world's ethnic groups. Fed up with how his new job has changed his life, Jake storms Ed's office, intent on quitting, only to find Ed is an elderly man who never physically developed beyond babyhood. Ed explains that he used to be a member of a group called the Newsboy Army known as Baby Brain. The group had a deadly and maddening encounter with the evil faerie-folk, the Sheeda, who are now storming the Guardian building, intent on finishing the former Newsboy off. Not content to leave Ed to die, the Guardian, Baby Brain, and his secretary set off to find Carla and fight the Sheeda.
In the end, the Sheeda are defeated, and Jake and Carla are tearfully reunited, making up in the process, shown in a headline proclaiming "HERO GETS GIRL!".
Following Seven Soldiers of Victory, Jake Jordan has been seen valiantly fighting Doomsday in the Villains United Infinite Crisis Special. He is later seen in Infinite Crisis, during the Battle of Metropolis.
