Who Is Gerard Gardner? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Gerard Gardner is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Gerald Gardner, with over 35 comic issue appearances. Cyborg mercenary and brother of Guy Gardner.

Who is Gerard Gardner?

Origin Mace Gardner was born to Roland and Peggy Gardner in Baltimore, Maryland . His drunken father was always particularly proud of Mace, but he was also considerably abusive to both his mother and his younger brother, Guy . After breaking several records in college football, Mace became a policeman in his home town and ended up setting his brother Guy straight after he ended up on the wrong side of the law. Unfortunately, things took a turn for the worse for Mace when he was dealing with a drug trafficker and ended up being shot and paralyzed from the waist down. Depressed with no way out in sight, Mace tried to commit suicide by drowning himself in a river. This ended up driving his father's alcoholism to a whole new level, and ultimately killed him. As it turned out however, Mace had survived his suicide attempt and was recruited by the corrupt organization known as Quorum . They enhanced him with cybernetics and made him into the mercenary known as Militia.

Key facts

Gerard Gardner is of cyborg origin and first appeared in "Yesterday's Sins 2 of 4: Dream a Deadly Dream". The character is published by DC Comics. With 35 recorded issue appearances, Gerard Gardner ranks among the most featured characters in comics.