[1] In Image Comics, the original Guardians of the Globe are a private organization funded by War Woman and Darkwing, appearing in Invincible and Capes.
Robert Kirkman, in his author notes for Invincible: The Ultimate Collection, Volume 1, explains that he went with these archetypes because he had only 18 pages to get the reader to care for the characters before their brutal deaths.
[3] After the massacre of the original team, the United States government re-established the Guardians of the Globe under the supervision of the fictional Global Defense Agency.
In addition to Robot, the original roster for the new team includes Dupli-Kate, Rex Splode, Monster Girl, Shrinking Rae, and Black Samson.
In order of appearance, the released posters were: In an interview with Comic Book Resources in March 2010, Kirkman explained that although the later images were deliberately farcical, the campaign was intended to announce a six-issue miniseries spinning out of Invincible.
The miniseries, he said, would deal with the earthbound characters of the Invincible universe, while that title focused on "The Viltrumite War", an eight-issue storyline that would be set solely in space.
Brit, Outrun, Kaboomarang, Le Brusier, Pegasus and Yeti were all later captured by Robot's drones following Bulletproof's betrayal of the remaining Guardians in exchange for his freedom.