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The first mini-series received critical acclaim and coverage from many comic book writers, review sites and TV Guide.

 

The following titles have been released: ''Wildguard: Casting Call'', ''Wildguard: Firepower'', ''Wildguard: Fool's Gold'' and ''Wildguard: Insider''.

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* [[Alien Invasion]]

* [[All of the Other Reindeer]] Wandering Eye

* [[Civvie Spandex]]

* [[Color Character]] Red Rover, Crimson Phantom Vengeance

* [[Dark Age of Supernames]] Crimson Phantom Vengeance (CPV for short). Night Harpy, as well.

* [[Day in The Limelight]] Webstrips and subsequent minis have focused on minor characters.

* [[Delicious Fruit Pies]] An ad in the trade paperback shows Four-Teen stopping Speeding Skull with Hostris Fruit Pies.

** Human Shield, arguably; while he doesn't show elements of this in the series, his contest bio notes that he only recently overcame his struggle with illiteracy.

* [[Drop the Hammer]] (Lilly Hammer's indestructible hammer. She's had it since she was a little girl.)

* [[Humongous Mecha]] Strong-Bot is a pretty big robot, but he disguised himself as a larger, more marketable robot to seem more viable for the team.

* [[I Believe I Can Fly]]

* [[Intercontinuity Crossover]]: Wildguard is an established part of Image's larger universe, and it's not uncommon for characters from it to show up in other books.

* [[Jerkass]] - Toughlon is generally considered one by fans and teammates, but he's just eager. The Ultra Super Mega Five, on the other hand, are the real deal.

* [[Legacy Character]] American Icon, Conductra, the Shingle, and Sprints McAfree.

* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]

* [[Mars Needs Women]]: Mortoc Vekk {{spoiler|masquerades as Jun-Go to choose a mate among the heroes attending the auditions. He chooses Ignacia.}} Exploding Girl later laments that Octorilla went after her immediately, noting that monsters always seem to go for the women first. Astro Girl tells her that this is true of many space creatures as well.

* [[Moe Moe]] (Ignacia)

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] Four is modeled after Jennifer Garner among others. The Romancer is pretty obviously based on Fabio. Dorsal Head resembles Vin Diesel.

* [[Petting Zoo People]] - Kit-en, Stickerburr, Scattermane, and Dorsal Head.

* [[Popularity Power]] Freezerburn was originally going to die in #4, until the polls showed him to be one of the most popular characters.

* [[The Pollyanna]] - Little Miss Sunshine

* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]] - Scattermane, a superfast ambassador from a tribe of lion-men whose natural feline preference for privacy hurts his chances pretty harshly.

* [[Punny Name]] Just about everywhere

* [[Reality Show Tropes]]

* [[Rubber Man]] - Snapback and Longfellow.

* [[Sizeshifter]] - Blaction Figure and Jack Giant.

* [[Stock Super Powers]]

* [[Superhero]]

** In a more general sense, there were at least two heroes representing every power set in the tryouts; Running Girl, Flatfoot, and Scattermane were all speedsters, for instance; Super Temp and Strong-Bot were both Flying Bricks, Longfellow and Snapback were both Rubber Men; Toughlon, the Lifter, the Mover, Crag Langley, Barbrazon, the Romancer, and American Icon (to name but a few) are all just really strong...

* [[Tastes Like Diabetes]] - Little Miss Sunshine

* [[Useless Superpowers]] Adhesor has sticky skin. It doesn't take long to backfire. Toughlon is super strong and durable, but he's also completely non-stick (like, you know, teflon). Little Miss Sunshine can emit beams of light that, while very bright, are only harmful to vampires.

* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: Mr. Mold's power.

* [[The Woobie]] - Strong-Bot. You get the feeling that things are never going to get better for him.

* [[Yandere]] - Wannabe, all the way. She's obsessed with becoming a famous heroine and won't let anything get in the way of it.

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