Seven Soldiers: Manhattan Guardian Vol 1 2

"Homeless Superior": As All-Beard's train car speeds down Manhattans' subway tunnels, Guardian hangs on by a single chain, hoping only to save his fiancee, Carla. However, the chain is cut by All-Beard, sending Jake tumbling down the railway.

"Homeless Superior"
Seven Soldiers: Manhattan Guardian Vol 1 #2
July, 2005
Executive Editor	Dan DiDio
Cover Artists	Cameron Stewart Moose Baumann
Homeless Superior
Writers	Grant Morrison
Pencilers	Cameron Stewart
Inkers	Cameron Stewart
Colorists	Moose Baumann
Letterers	Pat Brosseau
Editors	Peter Tomasi Harvey Richards
Previous Issue	Seven Soldiers: Manhattan Guardian # 1
Next Issue	Seven Soldiers: Manhattan Guardian # 3

Ed I'm a magnet for death and trouble. I can't go on with this after what hapenned.

— Manhattan Guardian (Jake Jordan)

Seven Soldiers: Manhattan Guardian #2 is an issue of the series Seven Soldiers: Manhattan Guardian (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 2005. It was published on May 18, 2005.

Synopsis for "Homeless Superior"

As All-Beard's train car speeds down Manhattans' subway tunnels, Guardian hangs on by a single chain, hoping only to save his fiancee, Carla. However, the chain is cut by All-Beard, sending Jake tumbling down the railway. As he gets up, another train-car stops behind him; this one belonging to All-Beards' rival, No-Beard. No-Beard lets Jake aboard, agreeing to help him get to All-Beards' car.

While they traverse through the tunnels, No-Beard explains that he and All-Beard are having a race to see who can find the "Long-Lost Foundation Stone of New York", a legendary six-sided god-machine left behind long ago by the city's architects. As No-Beards' train approaches All-Beards', Jake and some pirates engage in an cross-train brawl with the rival gang. Jake and Carla jump off, and the pirates fall to their doom as the track ends at a "Dead Mans Junction".

Jake and Carla go to Larry's funeral, and Jake reconvenes with Ed, as he contemplates quitting the Guardian persona.

Meanwhile, it is revealed that both All-Beard and No-Beard survived the train wreckage, and the duo make it to "Heart of New York", a podium surrounded by broken chains and radioactive liquid. All-Beard and No-Beard tread through the liquid and arrive at the podium, where the find the stone. The stone however, turns out to be a small six-sided dice. Nonetheless, they are satisfied with their discovery.

Days later, tales of a "Mad Pirate-King" haunting the subway on his ghost train full of skeletons arise, but turn out to be just No-Beard, who is sick and soon to die after being exposed to the radioactive liquid under the city.

Appearing in "Homeless Superior"

Featured Characters:

• Manhattan Guardian (Jake Jordan)

Supporting Characters:

• Ed Stargard

Antagonists:

• No-Beard
• All-Beard (Dies)

Other Characters:

• Carla Marcus
• Horigal (Cameo)
• Soapy (Appears only as a corpse)

Locations:

• Manhattan, New York
  • Manhattan Guardian Building

Items:

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Vehicles:

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Notes

• This issue is part 7 of the Seven Soldiers storyline and the story continues in Seven Soldiers: Zatanna #2

Trivia

• While No-Beard drives through the subway tunnel, his car runs over the monster Horigal, who was last seen chasing Klarion in Seven Soldiers: Klarion #1. This event is replayed in Seven Soldiers: Klarion #2.
• No-Beard also mentions to Jake that there are tales of a "big, wild world under the sidewalk", and underground markets where "Puritan kiddie-snatchers" trade with "Talking Rats".

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Seven Soldiers: Manhattan Guardian series
• Images from Seven Soldiers: Manhattan Guardian Vol 1 2