The Manhattan Guardian??

[Snowsquatch]

Anyone ever seen this before? I happened upon it in Google.

http://www.dccomics.com/media/covers/2998_180x270.jpg

He is a DC character. Is the helmet similarity a coincidence?

Look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Guardian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_%28DC_Comics%29

The original comic hero "The Guardian" is from 1942. Did Byrne and Claremont receive any inspiration from this guy?

The Guardian's real name was Jim Harper. Jim/James, Harper/Hudson. Am I grasping at straws here?

Humorously, Jim Harper was also cloned, twice!!

[syvalois]

Anyone ever seen this before? I happened upon it in Google.

http://www.dccomics.com/media/covers/2998_180x270.jpg

He is a DC character. Is the helmet similarity a coincidence?

Look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Guardian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_%28DC_Comics%29

The original comic hero "The Guardian" is from 1942. Did Byrne and Claremont receive any inspiration from this guy?

The Guardian's real name was Jim Harper. Jim/James, Harper/Hudson. Am I grasping at straws here?

Humorously, Jim Harper was also cloned, twice!!

On AF Gardian? I don't know, but except for the name, as I remember it, this one don't really looked like Mac. I mostly saw him with Superman and the news boys legion (he was literally their gardian)

[HappyCanuck]

Ah, that's the Guardian that played heavily in the Superman world - works/ed for Cadmus (the project that cloned Superman to create Superboy during the 'Death of Superman" plot).

ALthough the similiarities are striking, he was designed more as a Captain America rip-off.

[Snowsquatch]

On AF Gardian? I don't know, but except for the name, as I remember it, this one don't really looked like Mac.
But the helmet is a dead-ringer.

http://static.flickr.com/77/163035762_3c311d0982_o.jpg

(Sorry for the quick'n'dirty camera-phone pic.)

[PWalk]

I wouldn't be surprised if Byrne wasn't inspired slightly by that character.