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Anansi (Marvel Comics)
Anansi is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, based on the Akan folktale character of the same name. The character first appeared as an unnamed god in ''Thor'' #398 by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz and made his named appearance in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (vol. 2) #48 by J. Michael Straczynski and John Romita Jr. Fictional character biography Anansi was a member of the Vodu, deities worshipped by the tribes of Africa. According to Ezekiel Sims and the Ashanti tribe in Ghana, Anansi was the first Spider-Man who used his powers to travel through Africa. Anansi made a deal with the Sky God, Nyame, offering his eternal service in exchange for more enlightenment and, after transmitting his power and knowledge to the Great Web, vanished. His temple was then used by Peter Parker to defeat the totemic wasp entity, Shathra and was then used as a battle arena, when Peter and Ezekiel started fighting to appease the totemic entity Gatekeeper. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thor (comic Book)
''Thor'', or ''The Mighty Thor'', is the name of several comic book titles featuring the character Thor and published by Marvel Comics, beginning with the original ''Thor'' comic book series which debuted in 1966. Publication history The Marvel Comics superhero Thor debuted in the science fiction/fantasy anthology title '' Journey into Mystery'' #83 (cover-date August 1962), and was created by editor-plotter Stan Lee, scripter Larry Lieber, and penciller-plotter Jack Kirby. Subsequent stories of the 13-page feature "The Mighty Thor" continued to be plotted by Lee, and were variously scripted by Lieber or by Robert Bernstein, working under the pseudonym "R. Berns". Various artists penciled the feature, including Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott, Don Heck, and Al Hartley. With ''Journey into Mystery'' #101 (Feb. 1964), the series began a long and definitive run by writer and co-plotter Lee and penciler and co-plotter Kirby that lasted until the by-then-retitled ''Thor'' #179 (Aug. 1970). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hercules (Marvel Comics)
Hercules Panhellenios is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Books, the character is based on Heracles of Greek mythology (despite using the name of his Roman equivalent, Hercules). Since his first appearance, he has been a perennial member of the superhero team the Avengers. The character has appeared in various forms of media, including television series and video games. Brett Goldstein portrays the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film '' Thor: Love and Thunder'' (2022). Publication history While several characters named Hercules appeared in Golden Age Marvel Comics, the mythological figure first appeared in '' U.S.A. Comics'' #7 (March 1943), in which he appeared in shadow behind a window to give a suit of power to Martin Burns, who became Marvel Boy. Two issues prior, in ''U.S.A. Comics'' #5, Menalaos had similarly given powers to Lon Craig as Roko the Amazing. In ''Young Allies'' #16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inheritors (comics)
The Inheritors are a supervillain group which appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The family of Morlun, they typically are enemies of Spider-Man and the iterations of him. Publication history The Inheritors, who made their first appearance in ''The Superior Spider-Man'' #33 as part of the "Spider-Verse" storyline, were created by Christos Gage and M. A. Sepulveda, based on the Ancients, an earlier version of Morlun's family introduced in the 2006 novel '' Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours'', written by Jim Butcher. "Spider-Geddon" again depicts the Inheritors; Gage said, "They’re terrific villains – they literally eat spider-people! They’re like vampires who feed on their life forces. And now that they're back, they have a score to settle. They’re trying to recapture their former power and glory, and God help anyone who gets in the way." Fictional history The Inheritors are a clan of totem hunters from Earth-001 who feed from animal, human and de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider-UK
Spider-UK of the Captain Britain Corps, or simply Spider-UK, is the name of several British alternate-reality superheroes appearing in American comic books published in Marvel Comics. The first Spider-UK, Billy Braddock, a Spider-Man endling of the Captain Britain Corps from Earth-833, is introduced in the '' Spider-Verse'' event, becoming the leader of the Web Warriors before dying during '' Spider-Geddon''. The second Spider-UK, Zarina Zahari, a Spider-Woman W.H.O. agent from Earth-834, recruited by Madame Web in the lead-up to the End of the Spider-Verse event, in which Billy also returns. An original incarnation of Spider-UK named Malala Windsor appears in '' Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'', voiced by Sofia Barclay. Publication history The Billy Braddock version of Spider-UK first appeared in ''Edge of Spider-Verse'' #2, as one of the lead characters in the " Spider-Verse" storyline and was created by Jason Latour and Robbi Rodriguez. The Zarina Zahari version ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider-Verse
Spider-Verse is a comic book series issued by Marvel Comics since 2014. Its first major event/storyline started on November 5 in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (2014) No. 9 along with an individual issue named ''Spider-Verse Team-Up''. This event took 20 publications to be completed and featured nearly every variant of Spider-People and Spider-Man that had appeared in the comics and other media in the over fifty years since Spider-Man's creation, all under attack by Morlun and his family, the Inheritors. This first major storyline, however, was preceded by a full-flagged ''Spider-Verse'' series titled ''Edge of the Spider-Verse'', which served to introduce some new characters that would lead the event, such as Spider-Gwen and Miguel O’Hara. The comic book series has received generally positive reviews and proved to be one of the most popular comics related to Spider-Man universe in recent history. Following the conclusion of the event in ''Amazing Spider-Man'' No. 14, seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niko Henrichon
Niko Henrichon is a Canadian comic book writer/artist. He is best known his work with writer Brian K. Vaughan in creating the graphic novel '' Pride of Baghdad''. Henrichon's first major work was a graphic novel titled ''Barnum!'', written by Howard Chaykin and David Tischman, but he also did work for ''Fables'', '' New X-Men'', ''Sandman'', and ''Spider-Man''. He regularly provides covers for ''Marvel Comics'' and ''DC Comics'' on series like ''Fantastic Four'' and ''X-Men The X-Men are a superhero team in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, the team first appeared in Uncanny X-Men, ''The X-Men'' #1 (September 1963). Although initial ...''. Kees Kousemaker's Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved March 16, 2012. References |
Fairy Tales
A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, household tale, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic, enchantments, and mythical or fanciful beings. In most cultures, there is no clear line separating myth from folk or fairy tale; all these together form the literature of preliterate societies. Fairy tales may be distinguished from other folk narratives such as legends (which generally involve belief in the veracity of the events described) and explicit moral tales, including beast fables. Prevalent elements include dragons, dwarfs, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, griffins, merfolk, monsters, monarchy, Pixie, pixies, talking animals, Troll, trolls, Unicorn, unicorns, Witchcraft, witches, Magician (fantasy), wizards, magic, and enchantments. In less technical contexts, the term is also used to describe something blessed with unusual happiness, as in "fairy-tale ending" (a ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
