Noted for his imaginative approach to superheroes, Morrison was given the opportunity to rehabilitate second-string characters from throughout DC's long history. Greenlighted to totally transform his chosen protagonists, he rehabilitated marginal and altogether forgotten figures, characters "who had super powers but weren't necessarily super-heroes."
The premiere volume--three more are scheduled--collects the initial stories of the first four soldiers belonging to a team that's not a team: the Shining Knight, from King Arthur's Round Table; the Guardian, an ex-cop become a newspaper's in-house crime-buster; Zatanna, a magician who's lost her powers; and rebellious Klarion the Witch Boy, an otherdimensional goth. The story of each is self-contained, but Morrison promises that the characters will soon discover they are all confronting a common enemy that threatens civilization.
The premiere volume--three more are scheduled--collects the initial stories of the first four soldiers belonging to a team that's not a team: the Shining Knight, from King Arthur's Round Table; the Guardian, an ex-cop become a newspaper's in-house crime-buster; Zatanna, a magician who's lost her powers; and rebellious Klarion the Witch Boy, an otherdimensional goth. The story of each is self-contained, but Morrison promises that the characters will soon discover they are all confronting a common enemy that threatens civilization.