GUARDIAN

Real Name: Jim Harper

Class: Human

Occupation: Police officer, superhero

Group Affiliation: None

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Metropolis, Earth-31

First Appearance: The Dark Knight Strikes Again #2 (March, 2002)

Powers: Guardian was a well conditioned athlete and a skilled hand-to-hand combatant armed with a shield.

History: (The Dark Knight Strikes Again #2) - Rick Rickard was elected President of the United States, pivoting the U.S. towards fascism. Rickard was actually a computer hologram controlled by Lex Luthor, the real power behind the government. He systematically imprisoned heroes he was worried might cause his downfall. Guardian came out of retirement when an alien invasion threatened Metropolis, but he was confronted by a man claiming to be the Joker. Guardian knew the Joker had been killed during a fight with Batman, but the new Joker wasn’t interested in explaining himself, stabbing Guardian multiple times before fatally shooting him in the head. Joker then went on to murder the superheroes Creeper and Martian Manhunter.

Comments: Created by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby.

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