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WildGuard is acomic book series about a "made-for-TV"superhero team. The series was created, written and drawn byTodd Nauck and published byImage Comics. Nauck initially published the characters in 1993,[citation needed] inashcan comics he published while sending out submissions. It was published againin 2003. The set ofminiseries andone-shots chronicles the exploits of the superhero team, the initial miniseries,WildGuard: Casting Call, introduced the characters in anAmerican Idol-style program. Fans voted online on a fifth member onto the team.
The first six issues were later collected in Trade paperback.
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 officialWildGuardwebsite 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.
The trade paperback collecting issues 1–6 was followed withWildGuard: Firepower, the two-issueWildGuard: Fool's Gold mini-series, andWildGuard: Insider #1–3 in May 2008.
