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''The ''[[Global Guardians]]'' is a team of international superheroes belonging to [[DC Comics]]. It was created to feature the heroes from the [[DC Universe]] that hail from places besides the United States, although its role (and many of its members) were taken over by the [[Justice League International]] team.

(Should not to be confused with the group of the same name from the ''[[Invincible (Comic Book)|Invincible]]'' comicbook, or the [[Global Guardians PBEM Universe|Play By Email game]], both of whom this group precedes.)

The characters are older than the team itself. They were first introduced in issues #7-9 of the [[Super FriendsSuperfriends]] comic book in the late [[The Seventies|1970s]]. In that multi-part story, two young aliens, [[Wonder Twins|Zan and Jayna]], (in their first comic book appearance) came to Earth to warn that Grax, an alien villain, had planted bombs on Earth's six continents to destroy the planet in revenge for being thwarted by [[Superman]]. The [[Justice League of America]] then scatters around the globe to find them, and are helped by the heroes of the various countries where they are hidden to penetrate their defenses and disarm then. In the end however it is the League's kid [[Sidekick|sidekicks]], Wendy and Marvin, who find and beat Grax himself- and then announce that they are retiring, conveniently allowing the Wonder Twins to replace them (which happened offscreen in the TV show.)

[[Post -Crisis|After DC's big reboot in 1985]], the team was reinvented as having been organized instead by an organization called The Dome, with authorization from the [[United Nations]]. But when DC decided to reinvent the Justice League as an international team, they had the Guardians disbanded (for no good reason) and their status transferred to the League. Some former Guardians joined the team, most notably Fire And Ice. Others, such as Jack O'Lantern, were actually used as villains! (They had been brainwashed.)

* ''Little Mermaid'': Ulla Paske of Denmark (actually a mutant from [[Atlantis]]). Swims, flies, breathes water, and can turn her legs into a fishtail. Killed in battle with the Queen Bee, then popped up alive again. When Flash questioned her on this, she informed him that [[AuthorsAuthor's Saving Throw|it had been an evil clone]].

* ''Jack O'Lantern'': Daniel Cormac of Ireland. Wields a magic fairy lantern that acts similar to a night-themed [[Green Lantern]] Ring: flight, flame projection, teleportation, illusion casting, enhanced strength, and the ability to create fogs. Killed by Queen Bee, replaced by the evil Marvin Noronsa, found alive, [[Put Onon a Bus|killed again by 'natural causes']], and replaced by :

* ''Seraph'': Chaim Lavon of Israel. Wields the ring of Solomon, the mantle of Elijah, the staff of Moses, and the hair of Samson, granting him wisdom, teleportation, invulnerability, water manipulation, and super-strength. He's Jewish.

* ''Fire'' aka Green Flame: Beatriz Da Costa of Brazil. Breathes fire; later could sheath herself in flames, fly and throw fire blasts. She's a supermodel and a spy. Changed her hero name to Fire when she teamed up with Ice. Later joined the Justice League International, creating a solid career for herself. Has appeared in the JLA TV pilot, [[Justice League Unlimited]], and [[Batman: theThe Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman the Brave And The Bold]].

* ''Ice'' aka Icemaiden II: Tora Olafsdotter of Norway. [[An Ice Person|Generates and controls ice and cold]]. Princess of a secret race of ice people, she replaced Sigrid as Icemaiden (at her request) before teaming up with Fire. Sensitive and caring, has defeated powerful villains simply by offering a sympathetic ear. Later joined the [[Justice League International]], ensuring her a long career. Killed by The Overmaster; [[Back Fromfrom the Dead|brought back]] by Russian villain Kerimov.

* [[Canon Dis ContinuityDiscontinuity]]: All the heroes' appearances up until the team-up with Superman.

* [[Heroes -R -Us]]: The Dome existed to provide help to heroes that needed to cross international boundaries (not just the Guardians.)

* [[Multi -Armed and Dangerous]]: Grax had four arms (and blue skin.)

* [[Plot Tailored to Thethe Party]]: The heroes' introduction suffered badly from this. ''Every'' one of Grax's bombs had defenses that conveniently could only be penetrated by a particular Guardian's powers. Obviously the idea was to give the new heroes a chance to show off, but it could have been done more logically.

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