Sunday, April 28, 2019

Captain America and The Manhattan Guardian



I quite liked this more modern take on The Guardian by Grant Morrison in DC's Seven Soldiers event several years back, and it's too bad we haven't seen very much of him since then.  Like the new Shining Knight and The Bulleteer from that same events, there have been a few cameos but nobody has really continued upon the groundwork that Morrison laid down with these new characters, and I think that's a missed opportunity.

Cap crossed paths with the original Guardian back in STF #69 , STF #790... and STF #2336...
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11 comments:

  1. CarycomicApril 28, 2019 at 9:35 AM

    Trust me, Ross. You are--quite literally--missing nothing! I read that series, too. And I was utterly disappointed in it.

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  2. AnonymousApril 28, 2019 at 10:09 AM

    I have to agree. Remember; this is the same Morrison who chose to revise Kid Eternity's origin by gratuitously making his grandfather into a pedophile!

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  3. det_ToborApril 28, 2019 at 10:54 AM

    Ross, have you seen Jimmy Olsen on Supergirl being the Guardian? It was interesting.

    And would it be too ironic to include Archie's superhero : Shield?
    Has Cap met Fighting American?

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  4. SimreeveApril 28, 2019 at 10:59 AM

    Morrison meant Bulleteer to retire from heroing at the end of 'Seven Soldiers' anyway...

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  5. BigMike20X6April 28, 2019 at 11:31 AM

    I'd love to see a followup where Guardian goes to Europe and teams up with Russia's Red Guardian (from Marvel's Soviet Super Soldiers)

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  6. AnonymousApril 28, 2019 at 5:21 PM

    I've got to say, the Manhattan Guardian sounds like a newspaper, not a superhero.

    And is it just me, or does Captain America look like he is stretching, Reed Richards style, in this image?

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  7. SimreeveApril 29, 2019 at 9:31 AM

    Anonymous said...
    "I've got to say, the Manhattan Guardian sounds like a newspaper, not a superhero."

    It was a newspaper: They bought the rights to the 'Guardian' name & costume from Project Cadmus to have their own 'superhero' as an advertising stunt. (Also, maybe, because their boss foresaw the actual need for one...)

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  8. AnonymousApril 29, 2019 at 2:24 PM

    That always struck me as making as much sense as the Green Hornet changing his pseudonym to the Daily Sentinel.

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  9. AnonymousApril 29, 2019 at 6:55 PM

    Which, of course, is to say "No sense at all!"

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  10. UlfJune 10, 2020 at 7:02 PM

    Found your page again after years away, and I totally agree Morrison's Seven Soldiers (specifically Manhattan Guardian) could have used more screen time! Happy Frankenstein seems to have stuck around, not written as well but still in the fold...would love more Jake Jordan.

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  11. RossJune 10, 2020 at 7:09 PM

    Years away? Where have you been, Ulf? We missed you! Glad you came back and hope you like the covers you've missed.

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