Socialist Red Guardsman

SOCIALIST RED GUARDSMAN

Real Name: Gu Lao

Class: Human mutate / technology-user

Occupation: Superhero

Group Affiliation: Great Ten

Known Relatives: unnamed children (deceased)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Great Wall of China, Beijing, China

First Appearance: 52 #6 (June, 2006)

Powers: Guardsman's body emitted immense amounts of radiation. he wore a containment suit to control his radiation levels, and the suit could focus his radioactivity into energy blasts.

History: Gu Lao was given radioactive powers during an accident, and became one of China's first government sponsored superheros as the Socialist red Guardsman.

(52 / WWIII Part Four: United We Stand #1) <Week 50, Day 7> Black Adam arrived in China, and prepared to destroy the entire country for their government's role in his family's death. He defeated Celestial Archer and the Great Ten before China allowed the American superhero community to square off against him. Black Adam was a god with nothing left to lose, and each punch he threw was intended to kill. His savagery was winning the day until Martian Manhunter reappeared and flooded his brain with his own loss, the death of the entire Martian species. Black Adam was distracted long enough for Captain Marvel to hurl a Shazam bolt at him. Theo Adam was powerless, and left with amnesia. He staggered away unnoticed from the end of WWIII.

Comments: Created by Grant Morrison & J.G. Jones