MANTICORE IV

Real Name: Unrevealed

Class: Human mutate?

Occupation: Superhero

Group Affiliation: Global Guardians II

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Greece

First Appearance: Green Lantern IV #10 (May, 2006)

Powers: Manticore wore body armor and had a lionesque body. He possessed sharp claws and a scorpion tail.

History: (52 / WWIII Part One: A Call to Arms #1) - <Week 50, Day 1> Black Adam declared war on humanity after the death of his family, starting WWIII. Manticore joined the Global Guardians, an international team of heroes. The newly formed Global Guardians battled Black Adam, but were defeated.

(Green Lantern IV #10, 11, 15 (fb)) - The Faceless Huntesr mind-controlled the Global Guardians to claim a bounty set on Hal Jordan by Amon Sur. They called a U.N. press conference to condemn Green Lantern for breaking the Freedom of Powers Act that forbid American metahumans on foreign soil. They’d worked hard to make it clear that the act was unnecessary because metahumans could act responsibly, and Lantern was frustrating their work. The Guardians went to France to recruit Crimson Fox, but she told them she disliked their vilification of Green Lantern for doing his job. Gloss told her she didn’t have an option.

(Green Lantern IV #14-17) - Manticore and the Guardians confronted Hal after he once again broke the Freedom of Powers Act to attack a terrorist cell in Chechnya that had his friend Cowgirl captive. Jet incinerated the terrorists and decided to blame Hal for her actions to vindicate their statements that he was a threat to international relations. The Guardians subdued Hal, but the Hunters disliked Hall’s resistance and strong will, and debated lobotomizing him before handing him over to Sur. They were interrupted by the Rocket Red Brigade, who were after Hal for violating Russian airspace, and the JLofA, who wanted to bring Hal home. The League held off the Brigade while Hal rescued Cowgirl, and Hal told the League to send the Global Guardians to Martian Manhunter, so he could unscramble their minds. Martian Manhunter rebooted their minds, turning them from pawns back into the heroes they were. Their first act as heroes was to repair Edwards Air Force Base, which had been torn asunder by Amon Sur, the Faceless Hunters’ employee.

Comments: Created by Geoff Johns & Ivan Reis

Manticore had a cameo in Green Lantern IV #12.

Manticore was nearly indistinguishable from his predecessors, but the origins of any of the Manticores is for now unknown.

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