Fictional character biography Manhattan Guardian

1 fictional character biography

1.1 7 soldiers
1.2 infinite crisis
1.3 52 , beyond

fictional character biography
seven soldiers

jake jordan unemployed , disgraced former police officer, left force after killing young boy misidentified murderer of partner. on suggestion of fiancee s father larry, jake applied mysterious job @ manhattan guardian tabloid newspaper. after facing several trials disguised terrorist attack, including fighting golem, jordan confronted paper s owner, ed stargard. impressed conduct, ed offered jake job: newspaper s own superhero/reporter. (during meeting jake, ed notes had bought rights guardian name project cadmus, had sponsored original.)

shortly afterwards, jake s fiancee carla kidnapped subway pirates, , rescue becomes first mission. assisted newspaper s delivery boys, have developed information network. pirates rampaging through new york s underground in effort find tattoo-based map. during battle, carla s father killed. shortly after battle, carla breaks jake. later, guardian faces down killer robots modeled after world s ethnic groups. fed how new job has changed life, jake storms ed s office, intent on quitting, find ed elderly man never physically developed beyond babyhood. ed explains used member of group called newsboy army known baby brain. group had deadly , maddening encounter evil faerie-folk, sheeda, storming guardian building, intent on finishing former newsboy off. not content leave ed die, guardian, baby brain, , secretary set off find carla , fight sheeda.

with assistance of other heroes, such mr. miracle , new bullet-woman, sheeda defeated, , jake , carla tearfully reunited, making in process, shown in headline proclaiming hero gets girl! .

infinite crisis

following 7 soldiers of victory, jake jordan has been seen valiantly fighting doomsday in villains united infinite crisis special. seen in related seven-part limited series, infinite crisis. he, along many other superpeople, attend mass fallen , missing superheroes. 1 of hundreds of defenders in battle metropolis , protecting city climactic attack dozens of members of secret society of supervillains .

52 , beyond

jake s association heroes not end there. jake seen attending memorial service superboy, despite having become manhattan guardian short time prior young hero s death. in week 50 of 52 maxi-series, jake 1 of dozens of heroes called border of china battle maddened, rampaging black adam. fight detailed in tie-in series.

superman writer james robinson expressed desire have jake team original guardian @ point in near future.

after eclipso destroys moon during battle justice league, jake seen helping evacuate citizens streets of manhattan city descends chaos. moon repaired effort many of earth s magic-based heroes.

jake teams supergirl combat virus-based attack on citizens of metropolis.