Who Guards The Globe?

[ENGLISH] Image Comics says: Berkeley CA – 19 March 2010 – Invincible is off fighting the Viltrumite War, so who’s watching the shop while he’s away? GUARDIANS OF THE GLOBE, a new six-issue miniseries coinciding with INVINCIBLE: The Viltrumite War, tells Earth’s story.

In GUARDIANS OF THE GLOBE — cowritten by superstar Robert Kirkman (Invincible, The Walking Dead, The Astounding Wolf-Man) and Benito Cereno (Invincible Presents: Atom Eve, Invincible Presents: Atom Eve & Rex Splode) and drawn by gifted newcomer Ransom Getty — heroes both familiar and new struggle to protect Earth in Invincible’s absence.

« Needless to say, Invincible, Spawn, Rick Grimes, President Obama, and a certain boy wizard aren’t GUARDIANS OF THE GLOBE, » jokes Robert Kirkman. « The teasers released this week have been all in fun, but next week’s teasers will get down to business, revealing who’s a Guardian. Invincible’s absence due to the Viltrumite War has left people vulnerable, and GUARDIANS OF THE GLOBE will answer the question, ‘What’s up on Earth?' »

Tune in next week to find out who protects Earth while Invincible is away as the GUARDIANS OF THE GLOBE teasers continue!

GUARDIANS OF THE GLOBE, a six-issue miniseries written by Robert Kirkman and Benito Cereno and drawn by Ransom Getty, will start its run in August 2010.

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