New Guardians
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| New Guardians | |
 The New Guardians, art by Joe Staton |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Millennium #1, (January 1988) |
| Created by | Steve Engelhart (writer) Joe Staton (artist) |
| In story information | |
| Base(s) | mobile |
| Member(s) | Betty Clawman Extraño Floronic Man Gloss Harbinger Jet Ram Thomas Kalmaku |
New Guardians is the name of a series published by DC Comics coming out of the Millennium event, it ran from 1988 through 1989 and only lasted twelve issues before being cancelled. It is also the name of the group of characters who appeared in the series. The characters first appeared in Millennium #1, (January 1988), written by Steve Engelhart and drawn by Joe Staton.
[edit] History
The New Guardians, who were also initially known as the Chosen, were a group of people selected by a Guardian of the Universe named Herupa Hando Hu and a Zamaron named Nadia Safir in the DC Comics crossover Millennium. These "Chosen" were then given powers by their selectors.
Members of the Chosen were selected from several nationalities to form a superhero group representative of the entire human race.
[edit] Members
- Betty Clawman - Formerly an Australian woman, now a disembodied cosmic force with ill-defined abilities, residing in the aboriginal Dreamtime. Current status unknown.
- Extraño - South American male, the team's resident magician was also one of the first obviously homosexual characters in comics (Though in the era the book was written in, he couldn't actually idenitify himself as such), and was one of the first to reveal that he was HIV-positive. Current status unknown.
- Floronic Man - Formerly American male, who became a plant-human creature with a variety of nature-related powers. The only member of the team aside from Harbinger who already possessed powers before joining the Guardians. Currently a villain again as seen in the pages of the Son of Vulcan mini-series.
- Gloss - A Chinese woman who channels the mystic Dragon Lines of the Earth, and thus sports an array of Earth-related powers. Currently a member of the Global Guardians.
- Harbinger - Agent of the Monitor in Crisis on Infinite Earths, she possessed the powers of flight, self replication and undefined energy blasts. Keeper of the histories of the multiverse, Harbinger died in the pages of Superman/Batman. Donna Troy has since taken up her mantle.
- Jet - An English girl (from "Fascist England" to quote one particularly memorable text box from the Millennium series) who could manipulate electromagnetic fields to a variety of effects. Was infected with HIV after being being bitten by an AIDS Vampire (The Hemogoblin). After apparently giving her life to fend off an alien Invasion, Jet is now alive again and leading the Global Guardians.
- Ram - Formerly a Japanese man, now a being of silicon and electronics, Ram was physically durable and also had the ability to communicate with electrical equipment over great distances (such as satellites in orbit). He was reportedly killed in combat in Roulette's casino.
- Thomas Kalmaku - An Inuit, Tom originally turned down the Guardian's offer of advancement, but later developed the super power to "bring out the best in people." He subsequently left the team and has shown no further signs of possessing such powers.
