Bang Comics/The Epsilon Guard

The Epsilon Guard is an American comic and one of the big hitters of Bang Comics.
== Synopsis ==
Since 1971, two years after the Moon Landing, aliens have found Earth and numerous refugees immigrated to Earth as twenty years later. tensions between humans and numerous alien species are starting to get rough. As a result, former military officer Kevin Caldwell decides to gather a team of five aliens/half-aliens to form a team devoted to showing that not all aliens are bad.
== Characters ==
=== Main ===
* Kevin Caldwell/Captain Epsilon - a former military officer who grows sympathetic of aliens as he wears a high-tech suit of armor known as the Epsilon Armor which allows him to fly, survive dangerous hits and can fire out energy beams as he forms and leads the first team of the Epsilon Guard, wanting to show that not all aliens are bad.
* Ikarion Palvix/Gnawer - a surprisingly intelligent and calm-witted alligator-like alien known as a Revolix who was chosen to join the Epsilon Guard both thanks to his intelligence and his raw strength as he is somewhat a team player and had lived on Earth ever since his parents fled Revolix with him in the womb.
* Masako Watanabe/Inferno - a shy and secluded Japanese-Blazikorian hybrid teenager who had been afraid of her ability to transform into a living collection of flames as she gets found by Kevin who convinces her that she can use her powers for good, making her the youngest recruit of the Epsilon Guard.
* Reamma Dartes/Valkyrie - a brash and brutal and somewhat loner member of the winged warrior race known as the Ballerd who fled Ballerd Prime due to realizing the corruption of the leaders as she doesn't get along with her teammates.
* Hive - a hivemind of alien locust-like creatures who are the last of their kind as they fled to Earth to evade genocide, being quite friendly and energetic despite being the last of their kind as they willingly join the Epsilon Guard, being capable of forming into numerous constructs due to being a bunch of alien locusts.
* Patrick Lars/Slow-Mo - a cocky and egotistical human-Chronostalian hybrid who has been raised by a rather rich family but has to hide his alien powers, which allows him to slow down time to an impressive degree, joining the Epsilon Guard and often gets into trouble thanks to his cocky and egotistical nature.
==== Joins Later ====
*George Sampson/Dynamoman - an alien from a long-gone planet who was captured and raised by one of the first government organizations that despite aliens known as the Glove as he was raised to believe that he was a human and initially leads the Glove's anti-alien immigration propaganda team known as the Liberty Squadron. He begins to learn that he is an alien and has a crisis of faith, willingly joining the Epsilon Guard after breaking free from the Liberty Squadron and the Glove. He joins the Epsilon Guard part so he can redeem for all of the crimes he did as a part of the Liberty Squadron and part so he can figure out what exactly his alien heritage is.
*Rosie Amberdexis/Talon - the daughter of an owl-lizard-human hybrid alien known as a Yrik and a human who has been acting as a local vigilante after seeing how dangerous humans can be as she was found by Gnawer after he helped her fight a more aggressive and violent gang of alien bikers. He ends up convincing her to join the Epsilon Guard.
=== Supporting ===
*Elizabeth "Lizzie" Caldwell - Kevin's niece and surrogate daughter who has a massive child-like sense of wonder as she can sometimes cause trouble when Kevin brings her in on the Wheel (Epsilon Guard's base) but she truly means well and is quite giddy and energetic.
*Arleen Greene - a somewhat aggressive politician who is aware about how numerous people are not fans of aliens being integrated into society but believes that it's America's duty to allow those who need homes to live, sometimes working with the Epsilon Guard due to her realizing they are the only way people might listen to aliens.
=== Antagonists ===
*Colonel Nathaniel Dreyfus/The Guardian - a ruthless and corrupt former army colonel who is Kevin's former commander and a terrifying bigot who despises aliens coexisting with humanity and forms the anti-alien organization known as Humanity First as he wears a gigantic armor that makes him extremely strong and imposing, becoming the Epsilon Guard's most dangerous and persistent threat.
*Symivar Kaynee - a terrifying and muscular granite-like alien who is a galaxy wide conqueror as he was responsible for the genocide of Hive's race as he sets his eyes on Earth to conquer next, being one of the Epsilon Guard's most dangerous threats, being quite surprised and amused at the fact that a "dump planet" is a home to many refugees.
*Thaddeus Walker - a cold government agent who leads the Glove as he sees alien refugees as a threat to humanity as he has his hands all over the government, being unable to be defeated in traditional means as he is responsible for the formation of the Liberty Squadron and commands them behind the scenes.
**The Liberty Squadron - a team of superheroes designed by the government subgroup known as the Glove to be anti-alien immigration propaganda, primarily either detaining illegal alien immigrants, severely punishing innocent aliens or sometimes fighting serious threats but rarely. Consisting of:
***Travis Markus/Hunter - a high-ranking operative of the Glove who is tasked with joining the Liberty Squadron just to make sure their members don't rebel, as he takes the guise of a mysterious hero dressed in all black and uses numerous gadgets, absolutely despising aliens and hates how they coexist with humanity.
***Serena Mathis/Whip - a sadistic and violent criminal who was arrested for doing crimes against aliens who she irrationally despises as the Glove bailed her out of prison and injected her with a super soldier formula, making up a story of her being a warrior made of clay as she wields a whip that can electrocute those inside of it as she suspects something is up with Dynamoman, wanting him out of the way.
***Bolt - an emotionless android designed to be one of the fastest things alive as he is blindly loyal to the Glove, having no emotions and no desires, only loyalty and the goal to kill and detain aliens, usually being repaired after being destroyed in fights, having memories of the previous encounter.
***Sean Wright/Nano-King - a former construction worker whose latest building was bought by an alien couple as it caused him to irrationally assault them, hating how buildings made for humans are being used by aliens now. He gets bailed out of prison by the Glove and given a gauntlet that allows him to control nano-machinery as he joins the Liberty Squadron for revenge against aliens.
***Carter Polenski/Hydrator - a cold and cynical scientist working for the Glove who is responsible for creating the gadgets and machinery that the Liberty Squadron use as he is forced to put on an act as Hydrator, the stupid and lovable lost human prince of Atlantis as he wields a scythe that can control water and despises aliens with a passion.
***Hazmat - an unstable former military officer who is forced to wear a hazmat suit to prevent his radiation from leaking as he wants to destroy all life, being the Liberty Squadron's seventh and most dangerous member, only being summoned as a last resort, with everyone on the team being terrified of him.
*Eluvir "The Goliath" Orgniez - a giant and hulking red tusked alien who leads a gang of alien bikers as he is a rather violent soul, hating it when anyone speaks up to him as he haunts Redwood City with his gang of highly disposable and usually replaced bikers as he quite enjoys picking on the weak, often clashing against the Epsilon Guard.
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== Issues ==
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== Trivia ==
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