The Guardian Line is a Christian comic book line published by UMI Media, a division of publishing and media firm Urban Ministries Inc.
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Publishing history
The line launched in December 2006 and was created by Michael Davis, co-founder of Milestone Media
Milestone Media Company LLC is the media company which created the Milestone Comics line, which were published and distributed by DC Comics. Milestone Media created the source material that was adapted as the '' Static Shock'' animated series. T ...
and the comic "Static!" '' Static'' was made into a WB cartoon called Static Shock
''Static Shock'' is an American superhero animated television series based on the Milestone Media/DC Comics superhero Static. It premiered on September 23, 2000, on the WB Television Network's Kids' WB programming block. ''Static Shock'' ran ...
. The four debut titles on the line are Code, Joe & Max, The Seekers and Genesis 5. The characters inhabit the Guardian Universe located in the fictional city of New Hope. The line is distributed by Diamond Comic Distributors
Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. (often called Diamond Comics, DCD, or casually Diamond) is an American comic book distributor serving retailers in North America and worldwide. It transports comic books and graphic novels, as well as other popu ...
and UMI.
Titles
* Code - Think Jason Bourne
Jason Bourne () is the titular character and the protagonist in a series of novels and subsequent film adaptations. The character was created by novelist Robert Ludlum. He first appeared in the novel '' The Bourne Identity'' (1980), which wa ...
meets John Shaft
John Shaft is a fictional private investigator created by author/screenwriter Ernest Tidyman for the 1970 novel of the same name. He was portrayed by Richard Roundtree in the original 1971 film and in its four sequels—'' Shaft's Big Score!'' ...
with a Bible. This guy can't remember a thing except the fact that he's defending the city of New Hope from Steven Dark.
* Jesse (from The Seekers) - This kid "finds" an iPod in the church and decides to take it for a spin. Turns out the player is a time travel machine that gives him and his best friend the ability to travel back in time.
* Joe - A braided-up 11-year-old boy with his own Guardian Angel (Max). Joe can save New Hope in the future, but not if Steven Dark gets him first. Max protects him, but only by speaking in scripture from the Bible.
* The Messenger - This wise old man links the characters to God
In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. In polytheistic belief systems, a god is "a spirit or being believed to have created, or for controlling some part of the un ...
.
References
External links
Urban Ministries, Inc.
Christian comics
2004 in comics
Comic book publishing companies of the United States
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