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Buddy Blank
OMAC (Buddy Blank) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Publication history OMAC was created by writer-artist Jack Kirby towards the end of his contract with the publisher following the cancellation of his ''New Gods'' series; it was reportedly developed strictly due to Kirby needing to fill his contractual quota of 15 pages a week. The character is inspired by Captain America, but lives in the future, an idea Kirby had conceived years earlier while at Marvel Comics but had never realized. Fictional character biography Set in the near future ("The World That's Coming"), OMAC is a corporate nobody named Buddy Blank who is changed via a "computer-hormonal operation done by remote control" by an A.I. satellite called "Brother Eye" into the super-powered One-Man Army Corps (OMAC). OMAC works for the Global Peace Agency (GPA), a group of faceless people who police the world using pacifistic weapons. The world balance is too dangerous for large arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warlord (DC Comics)
The Warlord is a sword and sorcery character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer-artist Mike Grell, he debuted in '' 1st Issue Special'' #8 (November 1975). The titular character, Travis Morgan, obtains the name "Warlord" as he fights for the freedom of the people of Skartaris. Development Grell described the Warlord's genesis "as a comic strip called ''Savage Empire''... ''Savage Empire'' was born of my admiration for Hal Foster's '' Prince Valiant'' and Burne Hogarth's ''Tarzan'', combined with my fascination with archaeology and lost civilizations". Grell described pitching his idea to DC Comics: "I completely revised the concept from ''Savage Empire'' into ''The Warlord''. The story of an archeologist who stumbles through a time portal and winds up in Atlantis became the story of US spy pilot whose SR-71 is damaged while on a mission over Russia and plunges through an opening at the North pole into the world at the center on the earth, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Bedard
Antony J. L. Bedard is an American writer and editor who has worked in the comic book industry since 1992, and in the video game industry since 2012. His best known video game works include several installments in the ''Call of Duty'' franchise, such as '' Black Ops 4'', '' Black Ops Cold War'', ''Vanguard'', and '' Modern Warfare III''. As a writer, he is known for the co-creation of ''Negation'' and his writing for '' Route 666'' for CrossGen Comics, as well as his run on Marvel Comics ''X-Men'' spin-off '' Exiles'', and multiple series for DC Comics including ''Birds of Prey'', '' Green Lantern: New Guardians'', ''Supergirl'', and a trilogy of San Diego Comic-Con exclusive comics involving Colonel Sanders. He also wrote the screenplay to the 2008 animated feature '' Turok: Son of Stone''. Background When Bedard was in college, he was a member of the Alpha Gamma chapter of the Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity. While a member, he started writing comics about his friends in the fraternit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean McKeever
Sean Kelley McKeever (born 1972) is an American comic book writer. Born in Appleton, Wisconsin he grew up in Eagle River. Career Since the end of his creator-owned teen drama series '' The Waiting Place'', which was published from 1997 to 2002, McKeever has written several series for Marvel Comics, including ''The Incredible Hulk'', ''Sentinel'', '' Mary Jane'', ''Inhumans'' and ''Gravity''. In 2005, he won an Eisner Award for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition. He has written for the monthly comic books ''Gravity'', '' Marvel Adventures Spider-Man'', ''Sentinel'' and '' Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane'', all for Marvel Comics, and on January 9, 2007, DC Comics announced that McKeever had signed an exclusive contract with the publisher. He was a part of the writing team working on DC's weekly series '' Countdown'', and took over for Gail Simone as the writer of ''Birds of Prey'' after issue #112, however, his last issue was #117 due to time constraints with deadlines. Sean als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Dini
Paul McClaran Dini (; born August 7, 1957) is an American writer, animator, and comic book artist. He has served as a producer and writer for several Warner Bros. Animation/DC Comics animated series, most notably ''Batman: The Animated Series'' (1992–1995), and the subsequent DC Animated Universe. Dini and Bruce Timm co-created the characters Harley Quinn and Batman (Terry McGinnis), Terry McGinnis. Dini began writing on ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' for Filmation (1983-1984) Then later for Warner Bros. Animation on ''Tiny Toon Adventures''. In addition to ''Batman: The Animated Series'', Dini was a writer for ''Superman: The Animated Series'' (1996–2000), writer and co-creator for ''The New Batman Adventures'' (1997–1999), and writer and developer for ''Batman Beyond'' (1999–2001). He also co-created ''Freakazoid!'' (1995–1997) with Timm, produced ''Duck Dodgers (TV series), Duck Dodgers'' (2003–2005), developed and scripted ''Krypto the Superdog'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countdown To Final Crisis
''Countdown'', also known as ''Countdown to Final Crisis'' for its last 24 issues based on the cover, was a comic book Limited series (comics), limited series published by DC Comics. It debuted on May 9, 2007, directly following the conclusion of the last issue of ''52 (comics), 52''. The series is written primarily by Paul Dini, along with a rotating team of writers and artists. ''Countdown'' consists of 51 issues, numbered in reverse and published weekly for one year. The series covers much of the fictional DC Universe, told in parallel narratives through the interconnecting stories of a cast of characters. It frequently crosses over with List of DC Comics publications (K–O), other DC titles. Unlike the ''52'' limited series of the previous year, ''Countdown'' is not depicted as taking place in "Real time (media), real time" but presumably operates on the same floating timeline as DC Comics stories in general. Production history The series follows the success of ''52 (comics) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elseworlds
Elseworlds is the publication imprint (trade name), imprint for American comic books produced by DC Comics for stories that take place outside the DC Universe Canon (fictional), canon. Elseworlds publications are set in alternate realities that deviate from the established continuity of DC's regular comics. The "Elseworlds" name was trademarked in 1989, the same year as the first ''Elseworlds'' publication. History ''Imaginary Stories'' The title page of "Superman, Cartoon Hero!" (a slightly retooled reprint of 1942's "Superman, Matinee Idol") stated that the story was "Our first imaginary story", and continued to say: "In 1942, a series of Superman shorts started showing throughout the U.S.! So, with tongue firmly in cheek, the DC team turned out this story of what might have happened if Lois Lane had decided to see... Superman, Cartoon Hero!" The story opens with Lois determined to learn Superman's secret identity and going to the theater to see the Superman (1940s animated fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Generations
A generation is all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively. Generation or generations may also refer to: Science and technology * Generation (particle physics), a division of the elementary particles * Generation in carrier generation and recombination, a process with mobile charge carriers (semiconductors) * Generation in biology, a (usually multicellular) life stage, see biological life cycle * Electricity generation * Programming language generations, classes of a programming style's power Books * ''Generations'' (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics series * '' Superman & Batman: Generations'', a DC Comics series * ''Generations'' (book), a 1991 analysis of Anglo-American history by William Strauss and Neil Howe *'' GENERATION: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland'', a series of visual arts projects, exhibitions and events * ''Generations'' (DC Comics), a limited series from DC Comics *'' The Generation: The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Byrne (comics)
John Lindley Byrne (; born July 6, 1950) is a British-born American comic book writer and artist of superhero comics. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on many major superheroes; with noted work on Marvel Comics's ''X-Men'' and ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four''. Byrne also facilitated the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics's ''Superman'' franchise with the Limited series (comics), limited series The Man of Steel (comics), ''The Man of Steel'', the first issue of which featured the comics' first variant cover. Coming into the comics profession as a penciller, inker, letterer, and writer on his earliest work, Byrne began co-plotting the ''X-Men'' comics during his tenure on them, for story arcs including "Dark Phoenix Saga" and "Days of Future Past", and co-creating characters such as Kitty Pryde, Emma Frost, Sabretooth (character), Sabretooth, Shadow King, and Rachel Summers. Byrne launched his writing career in earnest with ''Fantastic Four'', also serving as penciler a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
