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Birds Of Prey (team)
The Birds of Prey is a superhero team featured in several American comic book ongoing series, series, miniseries, and special editions published by DC Comics since 1996. The book's premise originated as a partnership between Black Canary and Barbara Gordon, who had adopted the codename Oracle at the time, but has expanded to include additional Superhero#Female superheroes and villains, superheroines. The team name "Birds of Prey" was attributed to DC assistant editor Frank Pittarese in the text page of the first issue. The group is initially based in Gotham City and later operates in Metropolis (comics), Metropolis and then relocates once more to "Platinum Flats", California, a new locale introduced in ''Birds of Prey'' in 2008. The series was conceived by Jordan B. Gorfinkel and originally written by Chuck Dixon. Gail Simone scripted the comic from issue #56 to #108. Sean McKeever was originally to replace Simone, but McKeever subsequently decided to leave the project and only wro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Comics
DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book series first published in 1937. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, the first comic under the DC banner being published in 1937. The majority of its published stories are set in the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous List of DC Comics characters, culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Flash (DC Comics character), Flash; as well as famous fictional teams, including the Justice League, the Teen Titans, the Suicide Squad, and the Legion of Superheroes. The universe contains an assortment of well-known supervillains, such as Lex Luthor, the Joker (character), Joker, Darkseid, and the antihero Catwoman. The company has published non-DC Universe-related mater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misfit (DC Comics)
Misfit (Charlotte Gage-Radcliffe) is a fictional character in the . She first appeared in ''Birds of Prey'' #96 (September 2006) as a wannabe Batgirl, taking on the name and wearing a homemade Batgirl costume; although Black Canary and Huntress dissuade her from continuing to use the monicker, she subsequently creates her own superhero identity as Misfit. Fictional character biography The new Batgirl Misfit debuts as a shadowy figure, wearing a homemade variation of Barbara Gordon's classic Batgirl costume, accurate enough to be mistaken for the original article at night. She seems to have some proficiency with martial arts and Batarangs, as she is able to save a couple from muggers. The male of the rescued couple says "Batgirl is back!" This is enough for Barbara to send Black Canary and Huntress to find the new Batgirl. With Gypsy as a lure, acting as a damsel in distress, the girl then reveals herself, and after displaying her metahuman powers of teleportation, superstrength ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Simone
Gail Simone (born July 29, 1974) is an American writer best known for her work in comics on DC Comics, DC's ''Birds of Prey (comics), Birds of Prey'', ''Batgirl'', Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja, and for being the longest running female writer on Wonder Woman to date. Other notable works include ''Clean Room'', ''Secret Six (comics), Secret Six'', ''Welcome to Tranquility'', ''Atom (comics), The All-New Atom'', and ''Deadpool''. She enjoyed a long-running stint on ''The Simpsons'' comics and has also written for television and video games. In 2024, Orbit Books published her debut novel ''Red Sonja: Consumed''. Her work has been nominated for a number of awards including the GLAAD Media Award, and she is the recipient of an Inkpot Award at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con. Career Early work Gail Simone was born and raised in Oregon. A former hairdresser who studied theater in college,Housel, Rebecca (March 3, 2013)"Gail Simone!"Dr. Rebecca Housel. Simone first came to public not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Hernandez
Gilberto Hernández (born February 1, 1957), usually credited as Gilbert Hernandez and also by the nickname Beto (), is an American cartoonist. He is best known for his ''Palomar''/''Heartbreak Soup'' stories in ''Love and Rockets (comics), Love and Rockets'', an Alternative comics, alternative comic book he shared with his brothers Jaime Hernandez, Jaime and Mario Hernandez (comics), Mario. Early life Gilbert Hernández was born and grew up in Oxnard, California to a Mexican father and Texas-born mother. He had five brothers and one sister, raised by their mother and grandmother, as their father was rarely around. They were exposed to comic books early in life through their mother, who passed on her love of the medium to her children. Young Gilbert read all he could, with the exception of romance comics. He set his passions on becoming a graphic storyteller, learning everything he could by studying what he found in comics, while developing his drawing skills through constan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Moore (cartoonist)
Terry Moore (born 1954) is an American cartoonist, known for the series ''Strangers in Paradise'', '' Rachel Rising'', and the founding of Homage Comics. His work has won him recognition in the comics industry, including the Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story in 1996 for ''Strangers in Paradise'' #1–8, which was collected in the trade paperback ''I Dream of You''. Early life Moore was born in Texas and he grew up in the Southern United States, Africa, and England. His younger sister was born while his family lived in Africa. He started drawing in sketchbooks since he was eight, and when he was thirteen, he learned to play the electric guitar. He has said his greatest career influence is ''Peanuts''' Charles Schulz. While working as a musician, Moore met and married his wife. When they decided to have a family, he took a more stable job as a video editor. He moved into cartooning when he became tired of editing. Career Following the examples of independent comic creator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Blackhawk
Lady Blackhawk is an alias used by three fictional comic book characters appearing in American comic books. The first, Zinda Blake, was introduced in a DC Comics publication in 1959 (''Blackhawk (DC Comics), Blackhawk'' #133); the second, Natalie Reed, appeared in a DC Comics title in 1988. The third, as-yet-unnamed, Lady Blackhawk debuted in a DC Comics title in 2011. All three characters were aviators and soldiers. Reed has not appeared since the 1992 one-shot special; Blake was more recently a regular character in the Birds of Prey (comic book), ''Birds of Prey'' comic book from 2004 to 2009, and from 2010 to 2011. The third Lady Blackhawk appears in the ''Blackhawks (DC Comics), Blackhawks'' comic. Zinda Blake Character history Zinda Blake, the first published Lady Blackhawk, is a fictional DC Comics character. She was introduced in Blackhawk (DC Comics), ''Blackhawk'' #133 (February 1959). The Quality Comics characters were purchased by DC Comics and DC published ''Blackhawk'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
