The Gargoyles of Notre Dame

This group appeared only once and were are an homage to Disney's Gargoyles television cartoon (1994-97).

When Captain Atom whisked his then-fiancee to the top of Notre Dame in France, a beam of moonlight from his silver body awakened the Gargoyles from the curse of the "Arch-Magus." They flew away in fear, and were later collected by the Justice League Europe, who sent them home to the Mystic Island of Brigadoon.

Their membership included:

• their leader Behemoth (an homage to Gargoyles' Goliath)
• his ex-wife Diabolique (Demona)
• their daughter Angelique (Angela)
• her boyfriend Montparnasse (Broadway)
• Behemoth's Lieutenant Montmarte (Brooklyn)
• his brother Champs Elysées (Lexington)
• Behemoth's mentor Seine (Hudson)
• their dog Left Bank (Bronx)
• and Behemoth's evil twin Htomeheb (Thailog, Goliath's clone).
• Off-panel mentions include Behemoth's Rookery Siblings Cyrano, Christian, and Roxanne (homage to Coldstone's components).
• Unnamed are the Japanese and Guatemalan exchange Gargoyles.

 JLA Showcase 80-Page Giant #1 (2000)

The Global Guardians

Stand-alone Profile

The Gods of the Jejune Realm

Created by Keith Giffen and Mike McKone

The Gods of the Jejune Realm (see also Mawkish Indifference, borough of) had their realm foreclosed upon due to lack of worship. All the lesser gods were sent to various realms, including earth. One such god, Vext, was the focus of a six-issue comic.

 Vext #1 (3.99). First mentioned in DCU Heroes Secret Files & Origins (2.99)

Vext, 6 issues (1999)

Comic Book Profiles > Vext

The Great Ten

Created by Grant Morrison and Jesus Saiz

The super group known to the world as the Great Ten was formed in part in response to China's growing concerns about foreign metahuman activity. These "functionaries" of the Chinese government were gathered for the purpose of consolidating superhuman power for the preservation of China. Their operations are run from a base called the "Great Wall."

Accomplished Perfect Physician	August General in Iron	Thundermind	Celestial Archer

Their first contact with anyone outside of China came in the midst of the great cosmic crisis. As Alexander Luthor was nearing his defeat, the sentient satellite called Brother Eye was defeated by Earth's heroes and crashed down in Southern Saudi Arabia. Various nations across the globe set out to recover Brother Eye and it's valuable technology, including the Great Ten and America's spy organization, Checkmate. Checkmate's Sasha Bordeaux succeeded in destroying the satellite, leaving nothing to fight over. (OMAC Project: Infinite Crisis Special)

Mother of Champions	One of the Seven Deadly Brothers	A Shaolin Robot	Immortal Man in Darkness	Ghost Fox Killer

After the crisis was ended, most of the world was left with a great mistrust towards American metahumans. Some nations began to mobilize and ally with one another to protect their own lands and ward off U.S. heroes. The Green Lanterns Hal Jordan was one of the first to discover the extent of these policies when he pursued Evil Star into Chinese airspace. He was confronted with the full force of the Great Ten, whose number included:

1. Their operation is run by the Accomplished Perfect Physician (Yao Fei), who uses sound to cure cancer and promote healing. His power can heal or destroy with a hum. Fei is a former member of the Red Army and was a resister until he decided to work with the Communists for the greater good.
2. August General in Iron (Fang Zhifu) is their armor-clad field leader. He is well known in China for preventing the Shaolin Robots from enforcing a return to imperial rule. The General's armor is derived from Durlan biotechnology, which is outlawed by a U.N. resolution. He is romantically linked to the Ghost Fox Killer.
3. Celestial Archer, who has ties to Chinese mythology.
4. Ghost Fox Killer, an emissary from a dwindling, "far away" colony; her mission is to kill evil men. She can add the spirits of the dead to a legion that she commands. She is romantically linked to the August General. Ghost Fox Killer strongly resembles the Tangent universe Green Lantern.
5. Immortal Man in Darkness, whose armor is Durlan-derived and forms a ship around him
6. Mother of Champions (Niang Guan Jun) gives birth to 25 children at a time. These children are used as cannon-fodder by the Chinese, as the children age 10 years every day. She does not have contact with them and must actually conceive sexually to become pregnant.
7. The Seven Deadly Brothers, martial artists
8. The Shaolin Robot, silver armored droids
9. Socialist Red Guardsman, a warrior in dome-shaped large red armor. He used his solar powers to carry out the Cultural Revolution.
10. Thundermind, who channels Buddhist power into telepathy. (Thanks to some description from Grant Morrison.)

The Socialist Red Guardsman

The Green Lanterns stopped Evil Star regardless of the attack, but then Black Adam entered the fray as well. Hal was only able to leave with Evil Star when Russia's Rocket Red Brigade appeared and allowed him passage into Russia. (52 #6)

After this, Black Adam continued to build his international coalition, calling heroes from around the world to a conference in Kahndaq. His proposed "Freedom of Power Treaty" would formally prohibit metahumans from non-participating nations from entering a country's boundaries. Member nations would also agree to assist each other if such a threat arose. (#10) Adam's treaty was more of a success in ideology than practice.

On neutral territory, Ralph Dibny, the former Elongated Man encountered the Accomplished Perfect Physician after fending off a yeti near Nanda Parbat (in the Himalayas). The Physician explained that the yeti is a man named Hu Wei, a reserve member of the Great Ten who discovered the atavistic trigger gene to transform men into monsters. Together, Ralph and the Physician captured the Hu Wei. (#32)

The Chinese government is often criticized for it's human rights record, the details of which do not escape some members of the Great Ten. Like the Physician, most of them work for the greater good of the Chinese people despite their reservations about the Communist government. Thundermind, in particular, questioned China's role in plotting to assassinate their new "ally," Black Adam. (#45)

Perhaps China has good reason to be suspicious of the Americans; their next encounter was disastrous. Checkmate took action when it discovered the possibility of a Kobra mole in China's secret metahuman development facility. Checkmate would not allow Kobra to attain the secrets to such power, and assembled a team to investigate the facility in Hebei province. The Great Ten were waiting. (Checkmate #3)

Before a conflict could ensue, the August General stepped in to mediate. All went well until Count Vertigo, acting under orders of Amanda Waller, was caught trying to smuggle secrets out of the country. The General ordered the Checkmate agents' deaths, but officials from Checkmate themselves (including the Chinese Ambassador Shi), halted the altercation. (#4)

+ Building Bridges

After Checkmate's own Black King's Bishop (the Chinese Shen Li Po) was removed from his position, he was replaced by the August General himself! (Checkmate #16) This move made many of the upper level agents—including the Black King—understandably wary. The General admitted that he would function as an informant to China, but convinced Checkmate that at least he was the devil they knew. He has since been visited by his lover, the Ghost Fox Killer, (#19) who aided Checkmate in their war against Kobra. (#24)

For all their defenses, though, the Great Ten could not stop Talia from kidnapping the Mother of Champions from Huairou Province. Niang Guan Jun was subjected to the experiments of Dr. Creighton Kendall, who hoped he could engineer children from her who did not age rapidly. (Nightwing #144) Kendall succeeded in producing one child who aged normally. When Nightwing dismantled Talia's operation, Niang returned with this baby to China. (#146)

52 #6 (2006)

52 #6, 10, 32, 45 • Checkmate v.2 #3-4, 19, 24 • Nightwing #144-146

Newsarama: Greg Rucka on the Great Ten • Newsarama: Great Ten Preview Gallery

The Green Lantern Corps

This group is covered in great detail elsewhere.

The Unofficial Green Lantern Corps Web Page • Fanzing #6: The Green Lantern Issue

Green Lantern v.2 #107, 130-132, 148-160, 162-173, 177, 179-185,  187-190
(as a backup feature)
Green Lantern Corps #206-224 (1986-88)
Tales of the Green Lantern Corps, 3-issue limited series (1981)
Green Lantern Corps Quarterly, 8 issues (1992-94)
Green Lantern Corps: Recharge, 5-issue limited series (2005)
Green Lantern Corps, current (2006-)

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