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Brutale (DC Comics)
B'wana Beast Zviad Baazovi Baby Boom Baby Boom is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She was among the children who were experimented on by Doctor Love while they were still in their mother's womb, causing her to develop the ability to generate accelerate matter and generate explosions with her mind. She becomes a member of Helix and an enemy of Infinity, Inc. Baby Wildebeest Bad Samaritan The Bad Samaritan (alias Zviad Baazovi) is a reformed anti-villain, and former enemy of the Outsiders who first appeared in ''The Outsiders'' #3 (January 1986). He is a former Soviet spymaster and eventually becomes the second White Queen's Bishop of Checkmate. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Baazovi is very loyal to his native country of Georgia and shows a great deal of distrust for Russia. While working with a Russian White Queen and White Queen's Knight, Baazovi has shown to be very cooperative despite their different political ideo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helix (DC Comics)
The following is a list of fictional criminal and terrorist organizations that have been published by DC Comics and their imprints. 0-9 100 Originally based in Metropolis (comics), Metropolis, the 100 kept a firm grip on the city's criminal underworld for years, indulging in crimes such as drug trafficking and racketeering. Their first appearance was in ''Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane'' #105. A Retroactive continuity, retcon in ''Superman'' #665 (September 2007) shows that during Superman's early years in Metropolis, the 100 was a smaller organization called the 10 with ties to Intergang. 1,000 The former Director of the 1,000 was a US senator named Henry Ballard who shepherded the organization's new direction and goals. Under Director Ballard, the 100 changed its name to the 1,000, attempting to expand their reach to even the Oval Office with Director Ballard as the presidential candidate. The 1,000 first appear in ''Booster Gold'' #2 (March 1986). 2000 Committee A vast cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yahoo!
Yahoo (, styled yahoo''!'' in its logo) is an American web portal that provides the search engine Yahoo Search and related services including My Yahoo, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports, y!entertainment, yahoo!life, and its advertising platform, Yahoo Native. It is operated by the namesake company Yahoo! Inc. (2017–present), Yahoo! Inc., which is 90% owned by Apollo Global Management and 10% by Verizon. Yahoo was established by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was one of the pioneers of the early Internet era in the 1990s. However, its use declined in the 2010s as some of its services were discontinued, and it lost market share to Facebook and Google. Etymology The word "yahoo" is a backronym for "Yet another, Yet Another Hierarchically Organized Oracle" or "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle". The term "hierarchical" described how the Yahoo database was arranged in layers of subcategories. The term "oracle" was intended to mean "sourc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doom Patrol
Doom Patrol is a superhero team from DC Comics. The original Doom Patrol first appeared in ''My Greatest Adventure'' #80 (June 1963), and was created by writers Arnold Drake and Bob Haney, along with artist Bruno Premiani. Doom Patrol has appeared in different incarnations in multiple comics, and have been adapted to other media. The series' creator has suspected that Marvel Comics copied the basic concept to create the X-Men, which debuted a few months later. Doom Patrol are a group of super-powered misfits whose "gifts" caused them alienation and trauma. Dubbed the "world's strangest heroes" by editor Murray Boltinoff, the original team included the Chief (comics), Chief (Niles Caulder), Robotman (Cliff Steele), Robotman (Cliff Steele), Elasti-Girl (Rita Farr), and Negative Man (Larry Trainor); Beast Boy (Garfield Logan) and Mento (comics), Mento (Steve Dayton) joined soon after. The team remained the featured characters of ''My Greatest Adventure'', which was re-titled ''Doom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Tatasciore
Fred Tatasciore ( , , born June 13, 1967) is an American voice actor who has provided voices in animated and live-action films, television shows, and video games. He is known for voicing the Hulk, Volstagg, and Beast in various Marvel media and Solomon Grundy in various DC media. Other characters he has voiced include Yosemite Sam, Taz, Soldier: 76, Shao Kahn, and Kakuzu. Since 2021, he has starred as the title character in the adult animated series '' Hit-Monkey''. Life and career As a child, Tatasciore would use his father’s recorder to record voice impressions from radio and television. He then did stand up comedy as well as improv under The Groundlings. Tatasciore studied theater arts including Shakespearean drama the University of California, Los Angeles. He also joined several comedy bands. He then became an animator. Tatasciore is known for portraying characters with deep and powerful voices, though in recent years has expanded his range. He has voiced the Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teen Titans Go!
''Teen Titans Go!'' is an American animated television series developed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic for Cartoon Network. It premiered on April 23, 2013, and is based on DC Comics' fictional superhero team the Teen Titans. The series was announced following the popularity of DC Nation's DC Nation Shorts, New Teen Titans shorts. The production companies of the series are DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation, with the animation outsourced to Canada at Copernicus Studios and Bardel Entertainment. Sporting a different animation style, ''Teen Titans Go!'' serves as a comedic standalone Spin-off (media), spin-off with little to no continuity to the original ''Teen Titans (TV series), Teen Titans'' series (although some references are included as comedic fan service) or any other media in the DC Comics franchise. Many DC characters make cameo appearances and are referenced in the background. The original principal voice cast returns to reprise their respective roles. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doom Patrol (TV Series)
''Doom Patrol'' is an American superhero television series developed by Jeremy Carver. Based on the DC Comics superhero team of the same name, the series features Jane ( Diane Guerrero), Rita Farr ( April Bowlby), Vic Stone ( Joivan Wade), Larry Trainor ( Matt Bomer and Matthew Zuk), Cliff Steele ( Brendan Fraser and Riley Shanahan), the Chief (Timothy Dalton), and Madame Rouge ( Michelle Gomez) as the members of the eponymous Doom Patrol. Although Bowlby, Bomer, and Fraser reprise their roles from the series ''Titans'', the two shows are set in separate continuities. The series premiered on February 15, 2019, exclusively for the DC Universe streaming service. The second season aired on both DC Universe and HBO Max, with the two streaming services releasing episodes simultaneously on June 25, 2020. A third season, released exclusively on HBO Max, premiered on September 23, 2021. The fourth and final season premiered on December 8, 2022, and concluded on November 9, 2023. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief (DC Comics)
The Chief (Niles Caulder) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, usually as the leader of the superhero team Doom Patrol. Please cite actual comic books rather than this encyclopedia so we can locate source material Created by Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani, he made his debut alongside the other original members of the Doom Patrol in ''My Greatest Adventure'' #80 (June 1963). Despite sharing similarities with Professor X, he is, however, a regular normal human. The Chief made his first live-action appearance on the DC Universe series ''Titans'', played by Bruno Bichir. In DC Universe and Max's eponymous ''Doom Patrol'' series, he was portrayed by Timothy Dalton in the first two seasons and guest starred in the third and fourth seasons. Publication history He first appeared in ''My Greatest Adventure'' #80 (June 1963) Please cite actual comic books rather than this encyclopedia so we can locate source material and was created by Arnold Drake an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicki Vale
Victoria Vale (usually called "Vicki") is a fictional journalist appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Batman. Her character often serves as a potential love interest, character in peril, and source for information about crimes being committed, often drawing parallels to Lois Lane from the Superman comics. Vicki Vale has appeared in several DC Comics-related media, such as the films ''Batman and Robin (serial), Batman and Robin'' (1949) (portrayed by Jane Adams (actress, born 1918), Jane Adams), ''Batman (1989 film), Batman'' (1989) (portrayed by Kim Basinger) and ''The Batman vs. Dracula'' (voiced by Tara Strong) as well as the ''Batman: Arkham'' video game franchise (voiced by Grey DeLisle). Origins While Batman co-creator Bob Kane was at Columbia Pictures for a development meeting concerning the upcoming ''Batman and Robin (serial), Batman and Robin'' (1949) serial he by chance met a young starlet in the studio com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
