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| Vanguard | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Vanguard_01_cover.jpg) Vanguard #1 | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Megaton Comics Image Comics |
| First appearance | Megaton #1 (Nov. 1983) First Image appearance: The Savage Dragon #2 (July 1993) |
| Created by | Gary Carlson, Erik Larsen |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Vanguard Thakka |
| Team affiliations | Brigade |
| Abilities | Abnormally strong, boots allow flight, helmet allows him to speak any language on any planet. |
Vanguard is an alien superhero created by Gary Carlson and Erik Larsen for Carlson's self-published comics anthology Megaton. Vanguard is a white alien with small antennae who has been given the unenviable job of guarding Earth, which is viewed by the aliens as boring with little chance of anything happening. His sole companion is a sarcastic, hovering cycloptic robot and their morphing androids, though he quickly developed a relationship with a reporter Roxanne Wells.
Following Larsen's departure from Marvel Comics and co-founding of Image Comics he and Carlson re-tooled the character slightly and re-introduced him as a part of Larsen's Savage Dragon's universe of which he was a close part, via Image he received two mini-series, Vanguard and Vanguard: Strange Visitors and a 1-shot but frequently appeared in Savage Dragon, Freak Force and the third volume of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as well being a member of Rob Liefeld's short-lived re-vamp of Brigade before Liefeld's expulsion.