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Todd Nauck returns with "the world's only made for TV super-team" in December in Wildguard: Fire Power from Image Comics.

In Wilguard: Casting Call, readers had the opportunity to choose a member of the team from a large pool of heroes. They chose Freezerburn, who joined the four other "winners" from the book: Red Rover, Ignacia, Snapback and Lily Hammer. Wildguard: Fire Power follows the five survivors as they attempt to prove their worth as heroes, under the leadership of producer/superhero/superstar Four.

As you might expect, things don't go as smoothly as planned.

"One of the four pre-selected characters, Ignacia, is a hero with flame based powers," Nauck said. "The readers voted in Freezerburn who has ice and fire powers. So now we have two fire powered heroes on a five-member team. Some say this makes the team unique. Some say it makes one of the characters redundant. The scrutiny may prove too much for one character."

The one-shot also features a back-up story starring the hero who finished sixth in the original reader voting. In "Where Are They Now?," Nauck and artists Sean Galloway and Tim Kane follow Little Miss Sunshine back to her Florida hometown as she investigates the disappearances of local college students.

Nauck will appear on the Nov. 24 episode of "On the Cover," a pop culture game show broadcast weekdays on the PAX network. He mentioned the book during the episode.

"I love pop culture and watching game shows," Nauck said "So getting to participate on a new show all about celebrities was right up my alley. And when the host asked about my work in comics, I took this opportunity to pimp Wildguard."

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Now if only my CBS will actually pull THESE Wildguard issues like they promised to do with the last series...!

Ooooh, can't wait. I hope at some point we get a bit more back story on Wannabe as well. In Casting Call there were hints that she *actually* had powers, but we never really got to see them. Although maybe not knowing is what makes her interesting in the first place...

Started out great for me...and i never got the final issue. Which sucked majorly.

Hope to get them all this time.

ok you've peaked my intrest could somebody give a little background on this book? it totaly went below my radar.

WILDGUARD is a creator-owned series by Todd Nauck (Young Justice, The Legends of the Legion min-series). The first mini, WildGuard: Casting Call had its own thread .

Basically, it was American Idol for superheros. Former child heroine Four set up an Idol-like casting show for a new team of heroes she would lead. of the five heroes picked, one was left up to readers to vote onto the team via electronic votes at www.wildguard.com . Great premise, and alot of fun.

Here are the first four pages of the comic, scheduled for December.

WhooooOOP! <shuts eyes, scrolls down to Quick Reply box>

Thankfully, I'm at home on a dial-up connection. I don't WANNA spoil this! Note to self: Avoid this thread until December!

That's why I put spoiler in the title Pov. I'll post anything I hear about the issue here. Just to keep tempting you.

(Not LOOOOking, not LOOOOking...!)