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Legion Of Doom (Arrowverse)
The Legion of Doom is a group of supervillains who originated in ''Challenge of the Superfriends'', an animated series from Hanna-Barbera based on DC Comics' Justice League. The Legion of Doom has since been incorporated into the main DC Universe, appearing in comics, as well as further animated and live-action adaptations, and also video games. History In each episode of ''Challenge of the Superfriends'' that they appeared, the Legion of Doom would enact a plot against the Super Friends and a plot to take over the world only to be met with defeat by the end of the story. In some episodes, they would escape capture through a last-minute escape plan often contrived by Luthor. Other times, the Legion of Doom (or portions of it) would end up apprehended. The episode "History of Doom" showed that Lex Luthor assembled 12 supervillains in order to form the most powerful and sinister group the world had ever seen. Development When the ''Challenge of the Superfriends'' season was origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Manta
Black Manta (David Milton Hyde) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Bob Haney and artist Nick Cardy, the character first appeared in ''Aquaman'' #35 (September 1967). He has since endured as the archenemy of the superhero Aquaman. Black Manta has had numerous Origin story, origin stories throughout his comic book appearances, having been a young boy kidnapped and enslaved by Piracy, pirates on their ship; an orphan subjected to cruel experiments in Arkham Asylum; and a high-seas Treasure hunting, treasure hunter caught in a mutual cycle of vengeance with Aquaman over the deaths of their fathers. Despite these different versions of his past, Black Manta is consistently depicted as a ruthless underwater mercenary who is obsessed with ruining Aquaman's life. As Aquaman's nemesis, Black Manta has been part of the superhero's defining stories, including the murder of List of Aquaman supporting characters#Aquababy, Arthur Curry, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animated Series
An animated series, or a cartoon series, is a set of Animation, animated films with a common title, usually related to one another. These episodes typically share the same main heroes, some different secondary characters and a basic theme. Series can either have a finite number of episodes like, for example, miniseries, a definite end, or be open-ended, without a predetermined number of episodes. They can be released on television, in movie theaters, on the internet or direct-to-video. Like other creative works, cartoon series can be of a wide variety of List of genres, genres and have different target audiences: both males and females, both Children's television series, children and adult animation, adults. Television Animated Television show, television series are aired daily or on certain days of the week during a prescribed Broadcast programming#Time slot, time slot, including, for example, saturday-morning cartoons, List of American prime time animated television series, pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penguin (character)
The Penguin (Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. The character made his first appearance in ''Detective Comics'' #58 (December 1941) and was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger.''Detective Comics'' #58 The Penguin is one of Batman's most enduring enemies and belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up Batman's rogues gallery. The Penguin has repeatedly been named one of the best Batman villains and one of the greatest villains in comics. The Penguin was ranked #51 in IGN's list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time. The Penguin is a Gotham City mobster who fancies himself the number one "Gentleman of Crime". He is most often seen as a short, fat man with a long nose who wears a monocle, top hat, and morning suit while carrying his signature umbrella. He also has a cigarette holder in his mouth. The Penguin uses high-tech umbrellas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joker (character)
The Joker is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson, the character first appeared in the debut issue of the comic book ''Batman (comic book), Batman'' on April 25, 1940. Credit for the Joker's creation is disputed; Kane and Robinson claimed responsibility for his design while acknowledging Finger's writing contribution. Although the Joker was planned to be Killing off, killed off during his initial appearance, he was spared by editorial intervention, allowing the character to endure as the archenemy of the superhero Batman. In the DC Universe, the Joker is portrayed as a criminal mastermind and the antithesis of Batman in personality and appearance. He was introduced as a murderous Psychopathy, psychopath with a warped, sadistic personality disorder, sadistic sense of humor but became a comical prankster in the late 1950s in response to regulation by the Comics Code Authority, before retur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Kull (DC Comics)
King Kull (also known as the Beastman or the Beast Man) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published originally by Fawcett Comics and currently by DC Comics. Created by Otto Binder and C. C. Beck, he originally first appeared in Fawcett Comics’ ''Captain Marvel Adventures'' in October 1951, and appeared from then until 1953 when the company ceased publishing its superhero titles. DC later acquired Fawcett's properties, and revived the character in the 1970s. Publication history Created by writer Otto Binder and artist C. C. Beck, King Kull's first appearance was in ''Captain Marvel Adventures'' #125 (cover-dated October 1951). King Kull appeared in adventures of Captain Marvel during the 1950s and the period in which DC Comics revived the hero during the 1970s. Fictional character biography King Kull is the ruler of the Submen (also called Beast-Men), a brutish but technologically advanced race who ruled humanity until being overthrown in a revolt. Afterw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mister Atom
Mister Atom is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC comics. He is a radioactive robot who is regularly seen as an enemy of Shazam. The character first appeared in ''Captain Marvel Adventures'' #78 in November 1947. Along with other members of Shazam's rogues' gallery, Mister Atom was recruited by Mister Mind to be part of the second Monster Society of Evil in 1973. Publication history Mister Atom first appeared in ''Captain Marvel Adventures'' #78 and was created by Otto Binder and C. C. Beck. He was initially owned by Fawcett Comics before the company went bankrupt following a lawsuit against DC Comics, who acquired their properties. Fictional character biography Golden Age and Pre-Crisis version Mister Atom is a nuclear-powered robot created by Dr. Charles Langley, who sacrifices himself to animate him. Atom battles Captain Marvel before traveling to the future and being destroyed in an atomic furnace. Decades later, King Kull resurrects Atom, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Adventures Of Batman
''The New Adventures of Batman'' is an animated series that aired on CBS from February 12 to May 28, 1977, featuring the DC Comics superheroes Batman, Dick Grayson, Robin, and Barbara Gordon, Batgirl. The series was a Filmation and DC Comics production in association with Warner Bros. Television (whose current parent company is Warner Bros. Discovery). Plot In ''The New Adventures of Batman'', the "Dynamic Duo" fights crime in Gotham City, encountering the classic List of Batman Family enemies, Batman rogues gallery as well as some original villains. Complicating matters is Bat-Mite, a well-meaning imp from another dimension called Ergo, who considers himself Batman's biggest fan. As a result, he wears a variant of Batman's costume and attempts to help him, only to often create more problems. Missing is Alfred Pennyworth, Alfred, the faithful butler of Batman's alter ego Bruce Wayne; also notable in this series are the inverted colors of the circled "R" on Robin's costume. Voice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shazam! (TV Series)
''Shazam!'' is an American superhero television series that was produced for Saturday Mornings by Filmation (the studio's first non-animated series), based on the superhero Captain Marvel, now known as Shazam, of Fawcett Comics' comic book series ''Whiz Comics'' (now owned by DC Comics). The program starred Michael Gray as Billy Batson, a teenage boy who can transform into the superhero Captain Marvel, originally played by Jackson Bostwick and later by John Davey, by speaking the magic word "Shazam!" With his guardian "Mentor" (Les Tremayne), Billy travels the country in a 1973 Dodge Open Road motorhome, looking for injustices to resolve. The show ran from 1974 to 1976 on CBS's Saturday morning lineup. From 1975 to 1977 it was known as ''The Shazam!/Isis Hour'' and included ''The Secrets of Isis'', a series about an Ancient Egyptian superheroine resurrected in the body of a schoolteacher, as the second half of the hour. Format The Mentor character, as played by Les Tremayne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmation
Filmation Associates was an American production company founded by Lou Scheimer, Hal Sutherland and Norm Prescott in 1962, before closing by Group W Productions on February 3, 1989. Located in Reseda, California, Filmation produced animated and live-action productions. Notable productions that the company produced include the DC Comics and Archie Comics animated adaptations, '' Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids'', the animated version of ''Star Trek'' and the two adaptations of the Mattel toyline ''Masters of the Universe'' (''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' and '' She-Ra: Princess of Power''). History Background Lou Scheimer and Filmation's main director Hal Sutherland met in 1957 while working at Larry Harmon Pictures on the made-for-TV '' Bozo'' and ''Popeye'' cartoons. Eventually Larry Harmon closed the studio by 1961. Scheimer and Sutherland went to work at a small company called True Line, one of whose owners was Marcus Lipsky, who then owned Reddi-wip w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Sivana
Doctor Sivana is the name of two fictional, related characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original Doctor Sivana's alter-ego is Dr.Thaddeus Bodog Sivana, a recurring enemy of the superhero Captain Marvel created by Bill Parker and C. C. Beck and first appeared in '' Whiz Comics'' #2 ( cover-dated February 1940) by Fawcett Comics. A mad scientist and inventor bent on world domination, the character was established as Captain Marvel's main archenemy during the Golden Age, appearing in over half of the Fawcett ''Captain Marvel'' stories published between 1939 and 1953. Thaddeus has kept his role as one of the key archenemies of Captain Marvel (now Shazam) throughout the character's appearances in DC Comics, which eventually acquired the rights to Fawcett's superhero characters. In 2009, Doctor Sivana was ranked as IGN's 82nd-greatest comic book villain of all time. The second character known as Doctor Sivana is Dr.Georgia Sivana, P.h.D, the daugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Marvel (DC Comics)
Captain Marvel, later known as Shazam () for legal reasons, is a superhero in American comic books originally published by Fawcett Comics and currently published by DC Comics. Artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker (comics), Bill Parker created the character in 1939. Shazam first appeared in ''Whiz Comics'' #2 (cover-dated Feb. 1940), published by Fawcett Comics. Shazam is the alter-ego of William Joseph "Billy" Batson, a young boy who is granted magical powers by the Wizard by speaking the magic word "SHAZAM!", an acronym of six "immortal elders": Solomon, Heracles, Hercules, Atlas (mythology), Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury (mythology), Mercury, and transforms into a costumed adult superhero with various superpowers derived from specific attributes of the aforementioned elders. The character battles evil in the form of an extensive rogues' gallery, most of them working in tandem as the Monster Society of Evil, including primary Archenemy, archenemies Black Adam, Doctor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Friends
''Super Friends'' is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes which ran from 1973 to 1985 on ABC as part of its Saturday-morning cartoon lineup. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera and was based on the Justice League of America and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics. The title of the series varied from season to season, as did the superheroes on the team. Nine seasons, comprising a total of 93 episodes, were produced. Series titles Over the years, the show existed under several titles: * '' Super Friends'' (1973) * '' The All-New Super Friends Hour'' (1977) * '' Challenge of the Superfriends'' (1978) * '' The World's Greatest SuperFriends'' (1979) * '' SuperFriends'' (1980–1983) * '' Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show'' (1984) * '' The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians'' (1985) Writing Plotlines for the later series involved many of the familiar DC Comics super-villains, like the Joker and the Riddler, that the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
