Honor Guard

Honor Guard © Juke Box Productions AstroFacts Status: Active Base of Operations: Flying Headquarters usually over American Midwest Formation: 1959 Personal Data Current Members: Samaritan Assemblyman Beautie Black Rapier Cleopatra II The Gentleman M.P.H. N-Forcer Quarrel II Winged Victory Wolfspider Former Members include: Cleopatra I, El Hombre, Hummingbird, Kitkat/Greymalkin, Leopardman, The Living Nightmare, Max O'Millions, Mermaid, Mirage, Silver Agent, Starfighter, Starwoman and Stormhawk InfoDump Headlines: (Pre-1995): Aliens Routed By Honor Guard Appearances (in Publication Order): Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.1 #1, 2, 6 Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.2 #1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 16, 19, 20, 22 Astro City: Local Heroes #1 Astro City: The Flip Book Astro City: The Dark Age Book One #1, 3, 4 Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two #1 Astro City: Beautie #1 Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #2,3,4 Astro City: The Dark Age Book Four #3,4 Astro City #2,3 Event Timeline 1959     Caption Honor Guard early battles. 1959     Caption Pyramid attempts to kidnap the Mercury Astronauts. 1959     Dialog The Formation of Honor Guard. 1959/10/14     Current Honor Guard's First Big Clash with Pyramid. 1964     Flashback Honor Guard's Near Fatal Encounter With the Myth-Master. 196?     Flashback El Hombre joins Honor Guard. 1970/0?/??     Flashback Beautie Becomes a Member of Honor Guard. 1970/0?/??     Flashback Honor Guard Defends Washington DC from the Toymaker and His Diabolical Toys. 1971/04/30     Files The Death of Dr. Gearbox. 1972/09/27-28     TVreport Honor Guard Breaks The L.S.Deviant's Tropogenic Field. 1982     Current Kerresh the Devaster Materializes in Downtown Astro City. 1982     Current Kerresh the Devaster Pronounces Doom on All of Earth. 1982     Current Omega Rangers Join the Battle Against Kerresh the Devaster. 1982/05/03     Current Silver Agent's Appointed Arrival at Romeyn Falls. 1991     Flashback The Destructiods Rampage Across Astro City. 1996     News broadcast Honor Guard Captures the Conquerlord. 1996/09     Current Heroes of Astro City battle Thunderhead. 1997/07     Current Honor Guard battle an alien scout ship(assumed to be Enelsian) orbiting Earth. 1998     Current Unholy Alliance in Detroit. 19??     Headline Aliens Routed By Honor Guard. 2002/12/17     Headline Alien Conqueror Captured in Suburbs. 2004/10     Current Omnius Rex/Danielle Battles Honor Guard. 2012/??/??     Headline Silver Adept Aids Honor Guard. 2013/??/??     Current Honor Guard Stops Lord Volcanus' Plot to Conquer the Surface World. 2014/11     Current Honor Guard's Meeting Room hosts Red Cake Day. 2014/11     Current Eth Confesses to Honor Guard His Role and Guilt in Luring Krigari to Battle Them. 2014/11     Current Eth reveals the true reason Krigari the Ironhanded threatens earth. 2017/09/dd     Current G-Dog Encounters Honor Guard Following His Battle With Lichen-Thrope. Honor Guard The world's elite team of superheroes. Over the years the membership of Honor Guard has changed in response to various needs and goals. Among them, team power balance, personal choices, retirement, and various conflicts. But the team endures, building a firm, proud reputations. The standard bearers for heroic achievements. History In 1959, Max O' Millions brought together a group of fellow heroes to combat the Legions of Midnight. The group decided to stay together as Honor Guard. At the time, most people weren't sure if the group would stay together very long. Shortly afterward, the team allied with the Bouncing Beatnik and the Old Soldier to prevent Shirak the Devourer's worshipers from freeing their master in our dimension, in a case that was never confirmed until years later. ("The Scoop"). 1973 proved to be one of the tougher years for the group and losing a two of their own. The infamous events leading up to the death of the Silver Agent were tragic and hurt, but not as much as the the ploy of El Hombre in April 1973. Hiring the Assemblyman to help create a robot that would attack Los Angeles, El Hombre set up a battle where he was the only one who could save the day. But the Assemblyman double crossed El Hombre and he was unable to stop the out of control robot with several lives lost. Eventually the group was called in, after tracking everything back to the Assemblyman, they discovered El Hombre's involvement in setting up the plot. El Hombre, now wanted was ruined and tarnished as a hero, never again coming back into the public light and only helped set the stage for the turbulent times for the heroes during the 1970s. By 1995, the team's roster consisted of the Black Rapier, Samaritan, the second Quarrel, MPH, the second Cleopatra, the N-Forcer, and Beautie, a line-up that would remain stable for many years to come. 1997 saw the Enelsian Invasion in which Honor Guard played a major role in repelling the invading aliens. Even while the public at large was starting to distrust the superhero community and the government had the group's headquarters cordoned off, the heroes never gave up on the world. With the brunt of the Enelisans attack on Astro City, most of the group were positioned there alongside the city's other heroes. Working together, the group staved off the attack and with the help of Augustus Furst, the heroes went on the offensive driving away the aliens. By 2013, Winged Victory, the Gentleman, and Wolfspider had joined. That year, the team thwarted Lord Volcanus's take-over attempt on the surface world and fought Kroseth the Invader. ("Welcome to HumanoGlobal") Joined by the Assemblyman, they also laid siege to the Skullcrushers' hidden HQ in Ecuador. Members were finally able to get inside when the Assemblyman created a portal by homing in on the ID badge of Honor Guard employee Marella Cowper, who was within. ("Mistakes") Membership Timeline 1959 Cleopatra I, Kitkat, Leopardman, Max O'Millions, N-Forcer, Silver Agent, Starwoman - Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.1 #2 Early 1960s Cleopatra I, El Hombre, Leopardman, Mermaid, N-Forcer, Silver Agent, Starwoman - Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.2 #16 1964 Cleopatra I, El Hombre, Hummingbird, Mermaid, Mirage, N-Forcer, Silver Agent - Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.2 #13, #16, #19 1972 N-Forcer, Silver Agent - Astro City: The Dark Age Book One #1 (N-Forcer and Silver Agent only) 1973 Black Rapier, El Hombre, Hummingbird, Mermaid, Mirage, N-Forcer, Starfighter - Astro City: The Dark Age Book One #3 (Black Rapier, El Hombre, Mermaid and Starfighter only), Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.2 #16, Astro City: The Dark Age Book One #4 (Black Rapier, Hummingbird, Mirage, N-Forcer and Starfighter, plus many former/non active members) 1974 N-Forcer, Starfighter- Astro City: Local Heroes #4 1976 Black Rapier, Cleopatra I, Hummingbird, The Living Nightmare, Mirage, N-Forcer, Starfighter- Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two #1. 1983 N-Forcer- Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.1 #3 1991 Beautie, Black Rapier, M.P.H., N-Forcer, Quarrel II, Samaritan- Astro City: Local Heroes #1 1995 Beautie, Black Rapier, Cleopatra II, M.P.H., N-Forcer, Quarrel II, Samaritan- Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.1 #1, #6 1996 Beautie, Cleopatra II, N-Forcer, Quarrel II, Samaritan - Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.2 #1 (Minus two non-flying and Non-Astro City located members; Black Rapier, M.P.H.. Not an team case per se.) 1997 Beautie, Black Rapier, Cleopatra II, M.P.H., N-Forcer, Quarrel II, Samaritan - Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.2 #5 (Minus Black Rapier, Cleopatra II, M.P.H.), #6, #7, #9 (Minus Black Rapier), 1998 Beautie, Black Rapier, Cleopatra II, M.P.H., N-Forcer, Quarrel II, Samaritan - Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.2 #19, #20 (N-Forcer and Samaritan only), 2000 Cleopatra II, M.P.H., N-Forcer, Quarrel II, Samaritan - Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.2 #22 2002 M.P.H. - Astro City: Local Heroes 2002 News Article 2004 Beautie, Black Rapier, Cleopatra II, M.P.H., N-Forcer, Quarrel II, Samaritan- Astro City Special Supersonic #1 (Samaritan only for sure), Astro City: A Visitor's Guide Equipment Honor Guard Headquarters Honor Guard's Headquarters is a cloaked flying base that is usually located somewhere over the American Midwest. It is invisible from the ground and too most aircraft. It brims with advanced technologies, including cloaking technology, shielded armor made of high density, heavily reinforced alloyed metals including itt's sensors which make sure that it moves out of the way of any other aircraft. The Techsperts managed to break into once, but security upgrades were made and the former supervillain Steeljack has been the only person or group that has managed to since then. It contains a meeting room, as well as a trophy room featuring memorabilia and trinkets from past cases and adventures. There is a technology center(complete with an extraterrestrial-alien detector) and other areas necessary for controlling and maintaining this all important headquarters. Mr. Smartie Notes: Trophy Hall image needed. Repli-Matrix: A crystal seized from Tritonian slavers early in Honor Guard's career. The device possesses replication powers of some sort, and Honor Guard regularly used it for reconstruction purposes after super-battles. Some time prior to late 2001, the alien conqueror Kroseth IV of Antares merged his essence with the Repli-Matrix. Though he then escaped the device the next time it was used, it is unknown whether Honor Guard has permanently retired the crystal in light of these events. Other Timelines Honor Guard Cases and Adventures Honor Guard

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