# WildGuard

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***WildGuard*** is a [comic book](/source/Comic_book) series about a "made-for-TV" [superhero](/source/Superhero) team. The series was created, written and drawn by [Todd Nauck](/source/Todd_Nauck) and published by [Image Comics](/source/Image_Comics). Nauck initially published the characters in 1993,[citation needed] in [ashcan comics](/source/Ashcan_comic) he published while sending out submissions. It was published again [in 2003](/source/2003_in_comics). The set of [miniseries](/source/Miniseries) and [one-shots](/source/One-shot_(comics)) chronicles the exploits of the superhero team, the initial miniseries, ***WildGuard: Casting Call***, introduced the characters in an *[American Idol](/source/American_Idol)*-style program. Fans voted online on a fifth member onto the team.

The first six issues were later collected in Trade paperback.

## Voting

*WildGuard* began mainstream publication in 2003 with an online voting campaign where fans could pick who they wanted to make the team at the end of issue 6. It was also supported on the official *WildGuard* [website](/source/Website) with a web campaign forum in which fans would discuss their picks and try to sway the voting. Fans could view pictures, description of powers and back-stories for 46 characters in order to cast their votes.

## Collected editions

The trade paperback collecting issues 1–6 was followed with *WildGuard: Firepower*, the two-issue *WildGuard: Fool's Gold* mini-series, and *WildGuard: Insider* #1–3 in May 2008.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.wildguard.com)

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