The original guardians are an intentional satire of the JL.
There are LOTS of pieces of subtle and not so subtle satire across the comic and the show.
For example, one of my favorite moments when Mark says to the Martian guards, “You speak English?” And they respond all huffily, “WE SPEAK MARTIAN.” And that’s it, never explained.
Machine Head is like this too. He has zero origin story, and really doesn’t make sense as a character. Shows up in like one issue/one episode and that’s it.
The original guardians are an intentional satire of the JL.
There are LOTS of pieces of subtle and not so subtle satire across the comic and the show.
For example, one of my favorite moments when Mark says to the Martian guards, “You speak English?” And they respond all huffily, “WE SPEAK MARTIAN.” And that’s it, never explained.
Machine Head is like this too. He has zero origin story, and really doesn’t make sense as a character. Shows up in like one issue/one episode and that’s it.
Beautiful.