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Peter B. Gillis
Peter B. Gillis (December 19, 1952 – June 20, 2024) was an American comic book writer best known for his work at Marvel Comics and First Comics in the mid-1980s, including the series '' Strikeforce: Morituri'' and the digitally drawn comic series '' Shatter''. Biography Peter B. Gillis' first work in the comics industry was as a freelance writer for Marvel Comics. His first published comics story was "Saturday Night Furor" in ''Captain America'' #224 (Aug. 1978). and He then wrote various issues of ''Marvel Two-In-One'', '' What If...?'', and ''Super-Villain Team-Up'' from 1978 to 1980. The irregular publishing frequency of the final issues of ''Super-Villain Team-Up'' was due to a legal maneuver to prevent DC Comics from trademarking the term "supervillain". Starting in 1980, Gillis then worked as editorial director for the Florida-based publisher New Media Publishing's new line of magazines; he left that position in June 1981. He is best known for the digital comic '' Shatt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Plains, New York
White Plains is a city in and the county seat of Westchester County, New York, United States. It is an inner suburb of New York City, and a commercial hub of Westchester County, a densely populated suburban county that is home to about one million people. White Plains is located in south-central Westchester County. Its downtown (Mamaroneck Avenue) is north of Midtown Manhattan. The city's total population was 59,599 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 53,077 at the 2010 census. According to the city government, the daytime weekday population is estimated at 250,000. History Early history At the time of the Dutch settlement of Manhattan in the early 17th century, the region had been used as farmland by the Weckquaeskeck tribe, a Wappinger people, and was called "Quarropas". To early traders it was known as "the White Plains", either from the Gnaphalium, white balsam (''Gnaphalium polycephalum'') which was said to have covered it,''Encyclopædia Britannica'', E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Society Of Super Villains
Secret Society of Super Villains (SSoSV) is a DC Comics title that debuted in May–June 1976. The series presented a group of DC's supervillains, mostly foes of the Justice League, Justice League of America. The series was cancelled with issue #15 in July 1978, as part of the DC Implosion, a period when DC suddenly cancelled dozens of comics. In the decades following the cancellation of the original book, the fictional group has returned in many forms. Series conception Editor Gerry Conway created the team to be "a kind of 'evil' Justice League", inspired by the "Rogues Gallery" that fellow editor Julie Schwartz created for Barry Allen, the Flash. Since other editors were somewhat possessive towards the more popular DC Comics supervillains, Conway resorted to sifting through DC's back issues in search of members, finally selecting a lineup of relatively obscure and/or forgotten villains. Conway said: "Obviously, this was lifted from ''Dick Tracy'', but having costumed villains wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gammarauders
''Gammarauders'' is a post-apocalyptic board wargame published by TSR, Inc., in which players act as the human handlers of giant mutant creatures called ''bioborgs''. A 10-issue comic book series associated with the game was published by DC Comics. Three of these comics also featured a "micro-RPG" installment that allowed readers to create their own bioborgs and handlers. Despite its normally grim post-apocalypse setting, the game and comic series had a humorous atmosphere. An expansion set called ''Revenge of the Factoids'' was also released. It contained new bioborgs, new types of military units, and new types of terrain. Setting ''Gammarauders'' takes place in the distant future during a time period called the Gamma Age. Nuclear war has devastated much of the world, leaving a few pockets of civilization separated by vast expanses of wasteland called "The Big Nada." Two major power groups formed after the war: The Gammarauders (who seek to rebuild the world) and the Slugnoids (w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Flame (comics)
Black Flame or Blackflames, may refer to: Music Bands * Black Flame (band), Italian black metal band * The Black Flames (band), band who released the 1990 song "Let Me Show You" ('The Black Flames' song) off their eponymous album ''The Black Flames'' Albums * ''Black Flame'' (album), 2018 studio album by British metalcore band Bury Tomorrow * ''The Black Flame'' (album), a 2006 album by Swedish heavy metal band Wolf * ''The Black Flames'' (album), 1991 album by The Black Flames containing the song "Let Me Show You" ('The Black Flames' song) Songs * "Black Flame" (song), 2018 song by Bury Tomorrow, the title track off the eponymous album ''Black Flame'' (album) Literature * ''The Black Flame'' (magazine), a bi-annual publication of the Church of Satan * Black Flame (publisher), publisher of science fiction, fantasy, horror, cult fiction; an imprint of BL Publishing and Games Workshop Books * ''Black Flame'' (book), 2009 book on the global history of anarchism by Lucien van ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaze Barlow And The Eternity Command
Blaze may refer to: Films * ''Blaze'' (1989 film), starring Paul Newman and Lolita Davidovich, the latter as stripper Blaze Starr * ''Blaze'' (2018 film), based on the life of country musician Blaze Foley * ''Blaze'' (2022 film), an Australian drama film Music Groups * Blaze (group), a house-music production team formed in 1984 in New Jersey, US * Blaze (Japanese band), a band known for its song "Fire" Albums * ''Blaze'' (Lagwagon album), 2003 * ''Blaze'' (Herman's Hermits album) Songs * "Blaze" (song), a 2008 single by J-pop singer Kotoko * "Blaze", a single by Japanese singer Kinya Kotani * "Blaze", the debut single of Korean rock band Rolling Quartz Other media * ''Blaze'' (novel), a 2007 novel by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman * Blaze (toy), a rocking-horse riding toy produced by Mattel in the 1960s Sports and games Mascots * Blaze (UAB mascot), the dragon mascot of the University of Alabama at Birmingham athletic teams * Blaze (Paralympic mascot), the pho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Potts
Carl Potts (born November 12, 1952) is an Americans, American comics artist, writer, teacher, and editor best known for creating the series ''Alien Legion'' for the Marvel Comics imprint Epic Comics. Early life Born in Oakland, California, and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Hawaii, Potts received an associate degree in commercial art from Chabot College in Hayward, California. He received his bachelor's degree in creative writing and editing from Empire State College, SUNY – Empire State College. Career After contributing to such comics fanzines as the anthology ''Venture'', Potts drew backgrounds and some secondary figures for a late fill-in issue of DC Comics' ''Richard Dragon, Richard Dragon: Kung Fu Fighter'', being drawn by San Francisco Bay Area, Bay Area comics artists Jim Starlin and Alan Weiss (comics), Alan Weiss. Potts began his comics career in 1975. Relocating to New York City, he freelanced briefly until joining Neal Adams' commercial art company and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eternals (comics)
The Eternals are a race of humanoids appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They were created by Jack Kirby, making their first appearance in ''The Eternals'' #1 (July 1976). In the Marvel Universe, the Eternals are an offshoot of humanity known as ''Homo immortalis'' which were created one million years ago by the enigmatic Extraterrestrial life, alien Celestial (comics), Celestials to defend Earth with their superhuman powers and abilities. Their primary adversaries are the Deviant (comics), Deviants, who share a similar origin and pose a regular threat to humanity. Due to their virtual immortality, Eternals have largely secluded themselves from humans, with their god-like status forming the basis of various mythological figures around the world. Since their appearance, the Eternals have had several of their own series, in addition to crossing into other titles, such as ''Thor'' and ''X-Men''. They made their debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Defenders (comic Book)
''The Defenders'' is the name of several comic book titles featuring the team the Defenders and published by Marvel Comics, beginning with the original ''The Defenders'' comic book series which debuted in 1972. Publication history The Defenders first appeared as a feature in ''Marvel Feature'' #1 (December 1971). Due to the popularity of their tryout in ''Marvel Feature'', Marvel soon began publishing ''The Defenders''. Writer Steve Englehart has stated that he added the Valkyrie to the Defenders in issue #4 "to provide some texture to the group." Englehart wrote "The Avengers–Defenders War" crossover in '' The Avengers'' #116–118 (October–December 1973) and ''The Defenders'' #9–11 (October–December 1973). Len Wein briefly wrote the series, and later became the editor for several issues. Steve Gerber first worked on the characters in ''Giant-Size Defenders'' #3 (January 1975) and became the writer of the main title with issue #20 the following month. He wrote the seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strange Tales
''Strange Tales'' is a Marvel Comics comics anthology, anthology series. The title was revived in different forms on multiple occasions. Doctor Strange and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (feature), Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. made their debuts in ''Strange Tales''. It was a showcase for the science fiction/suspense stories of artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, and for the groundbreaking work of writer-artist Jim Steranko. Two previous, unrelated magazines also bore that title. Monsters and sorcerers The Marvel Comics series ran 168 issues, cover-dated June 1951 to May 1968. It began as a horror (genre), horror anthology from the company's 1950s precursor, Atlas Comics (1950s), Atlas Comics. Initially modeled after the gory morality tales of the popular EC Comics, EC line of comics, ''Strange Tales'' became less outré with the 1954 establishment of the Comics Code, which prohibited graphic horror, as well as vampires, zombies and other classical monsters. The comic chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
