Who Is Gar? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Gar is a Antarctic Press comic book character, the alter ego of Garfield Silvear, with over 44 comic issue appearances. Gar Silvear, member of the Northern Edge Guard and Julia Digger's top student.

Who is Gar?

A member of the Edge Guard along with his sister Sheila Silvear , Gar is a werejaguar from Jag's Lair. When he was young, it was attacked by the Orkrist warlord Serpentus and his parents badly injured. The town desperate for funds, Gar set out to become an adventurer, and was soon taken in by the barbarian armsmaster and martial artist, Julia Diggers . Under her wing, she taught him how to fight and treated him like a son. Eventually this caused him to grow into one of the Northern Edge Guard's strongest members. Julia spoke often of her family, who she could not reach on Earth due to a curse that had been placed on her, and Gar fell in love with her description of her adopted werecheetah daughter, Britanny . Julia encouraged this, but he was too shy to talk to Brit on her rare, once-per-year visits to Jade. Julia's curse was eventually broken and Gar eventually mustered up the courage to ask, but by then it was too late, Britanny was engaged to the alien prince Stripe Gia .

Key facts

Gar is of other origin and first appeared in "The Lich-King, Part 3". The character is published by Antarctic Press. With 44 recorded issue appearances, Gar ranks among the most featured characters in comics.