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Secret Origins
''Secret Origins'' is the title of several comic book series published by DC Comics which featured the origin stories of the publisher's various characters. Publication history ''Secret Origins'' was first published as a one-shot in 1961 and contained only reprinted material. The title became an ongoing reprint series in February–March 1973 which ran for seven issues and ended in October–November 1974. The title was used on various compilations of origin stories, including '' Limited Collectors' Edition'' #C-39: ''Secret Origins Super-Villains'' (October–November 1975) and #C-45: ''More Secret Origins Super-Villains'' (June–July 1976) as well as '' DC Special Series'' #10 (1978) and 19 (Fall 1979). Its most well-known incarnation was a 50-issue series that ran from April 1986 to August 1990, plus three ''Annual''s and one ''Special''. Typically, an issue would clarify the post-''Crisis'' origins of a number of characters, usually two as most of the issues were doubl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Bolland
Brian Bolland (; born 26 March 1951)Salisbury, Mark, ''Artists on Comic Art'' (Titan Books, 2000) , p. 11 is a British comics artist. Best known in the United Kingdom as one of the Judge Dredd artists for British comics anthology ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'', he spearheaded the 'British Invasion (comics), British Invasion' of the American comics industry, and in 1982 produced the artwork alongside author Mike W. Barr on ''Camelot 3000'', which was DC Comics' first 12-issue comicbook maxiseries created for the direct market. Bolland illustrated the critically acclaimed 1988 graphic novel ''Batman: The Killing Joke'', an origin story for Batman supervillain the Joker (character), Joker, with writer Alan Moore. He gradually shifted to working primarily as a cover artist, producing the majority of his work for DC Comics. Bolland created cover artwork for the ''Animal Man (comic book), Animal Man'', ''Wonder Woman'', and ''Batman: Gotham Knights'' superhero comic book series. In 1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Diablo (character)
El Diablo is a name shared by several characters appearing in media published by DC Comics: Lazarus Lane, Rafael Sandoval, and Chato Santana. Santana appears in the 2016 ''Suicide Squad'' film, set in the DC Extended Universe. Publication history The Lazarus Lane incarnation of El Diablo first appeared in ''All-Star Western'' #2 (October 1970), and was created by Robert Kanigher and Gray Morrow. The character starred in a four-issue miniseries published by DC Comics through their Vertigo imprint as a mature readers title; ''El Diablo'' #1 (March 2001) was written by Brian Azzarello and drawn by Danijel Zezelj. The Rafael Sandoval incarnation of El Diablo first appeared in ''El Diablo'' #1 (August 1989), and was created by Gerard Jones and Mike Parobeck. The Chato Santana incarnation of El Diablo first appeared in ''El Diablo'' #1 (September 2008) and was created by Jai Nitz, Phil Hester and Ande Parks. Fictional character biography Lazarus Lane Lazarus Lane is the original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Boring
Wayne Boring (June 5, 1905 – February 20, 1987) was an Americans, American Comics artist, comic book artist best known for his work on Superman from the late 1940s to 1950s. He occasionally used the pseudonym Jack Harmon. Biography Early life and career Boring attended the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minnesota School of Art and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Art Institute. In 1937, he began "Ghostwriter, ghosting" (drawing for hire without credit) on such comic book features as Slam Bradley and Doctor Occult for the Jerry Siegel-Joe Shuster studio. In 1938, Siegel and Shuster's character Superman was published in ''Action Comics'' #1, for the DC Comics precursor National Allied Publications, and Boring became a ghost on the soon spun off Superman (comic strip), ''Superman'' comic strip, eventually becoming the credited artist. Superman comic books In 1942, the by-then-named National Comics hired Boring as a staff artist, teaming him as penciler th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |