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Caliban (Marvel Comics)
Caliban is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #148 (August 1981), by writer Chris Claremont and artist Dave Cockrum. A mutant with the ability to sense other mutants, he was originally a member of the Morlocks. He was also a member of the X-Factor, X-Men, X-Force and The 198. He was chosen twice by Apocalypse as one of the Horsemen of Apocalypse, first as Death and the second time as Pestilence, and Apocalypse also enhanced his superpowers through genetic manipulation. The character was portrayed in film by Tómas Lemarquis in '' X-Men: Apocalypse'' (2016) and his alternate older version by Stephen Merchant in '' Logan'' (2017). Publication history Caliban's first appearance was in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #148 (Aug. 1981), written by Chris Claremont and illustrated by Dave Cockrum. Fictional character biography He is born an albino mutant with a pale complexion and large yellow eyes. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvador Larroca
Salvador Larroca () is a Spanish comic book artist, primarily known for his American work on various ''X-Men'' titles for Marvel Comics. After starting his career as a Cartography, cartographer, Larroca transitioned to working as a comics artist in the 1980s at Marvel UK, contributing to ''Dark Angel'' and ''Death's Head II''. He then did work in North American comics, including DC Comics' ''Flash (comics), Flash'' and Marvel Comics' ''Ghost Rider'', ''Heroes Return'', ''Fantastic Four'', ''The Invincible Iron Man (comics), The Invincible Iron Man'', and various titles related to the ''X-Men'' franchise and Ultimate Marvel imprint. Larocca has also provided artwork for Marvel's spinoffs and licensed books, such as ''Star Wars'' in the 2010s and ''Alien (franchise), Alien'' in 2021. His work on the former attracted criticism for his heavy reliance on tracing stills from ''Star Wars'' films, resulting in an "awkward hyperrealism" that was likened to the uncanny valley effect. Care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Merchant
Stephen James Merchant (born 24 November 1974) is an English comedian, writer, director, and actor. He was the co-writer and co-director of the British TV comedy series ''The Office (British TV series), The Office'' (2001–2003), and co-writer, co-director, and co-star of both ''Extras (TV series), Extras'' (2005–2007) and ''Life's Too Short (TV series), Life's Too Short'' (2011–2013) alongside Ricky Gervais. With Gervais and Karl Pilkington, he hosted ''The Ricky Gervais Show'' in its radio, podcast, audiobook, and television formats; the radio version won a bronze Sony Award. He also provided the voice of the robotic "Intelligence Dampening Sphere" Wheatley (Portal), Wheatley in the video games ''Portal 2'' (2011) and ''LEGO Dimensions'' (2015). Merchant co-developed the Sky1, Sky One travel documentary series ''An Idiot Abroad'' (2010–2012) and co-created ''Lip Sync Battle'' (2015–2019). Merchant has performed as a stand-up comedian, which led to him writing and sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dazzler (Marvel Comics)
Dazzler (Alison Blaire) is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, often in association with the X-Men. She first appeared in ''Uncanny X-Men'' #130 (February 1980). A Mutant (Marvel Comics), mutant with the ability to convert sound vibrations into light and energy beams, Dazzler was developed as a cross-promotional, multi-media creation between Casablanca Records and Marvel Comics until the tie-ins were dropped in 1980. The character was created by a committee of Marvel staff, principally writer/editor Tom DeFalco and illustrator John Romita Jr. She starred in a self-titled series in the early 1980s which lasted forty-two issues, a Marvel Graphic Novel titled ''Dazzler: The Movie'', a four-issue limited series co-starring Beast (comics), The Beast titled ''Beauty and the Beast'', and later joined the cast of ''Uncanny X-Men''. She has also featured in other Marvel teams. The character is considered a gay icon due to LGBT readers, particularl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storm (Marvel Comics)
Storm is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum, the character first appeared in ''Giant-Size X-Men'' #1 (May 1975). Descended from a long line of African witch-priestesses, Storm is a member of a fictional subspecies of humans born with Superpower (ability), superhuman abilities known as Mutant (Marvel Comics), mutants. She is able to control the weather and atmosphere and is considered to be one of the most powerful mutants on the planet. Storm is a member of the X-Men, a group of mutant heroes fighting for peace and equal rights between mutants and humans. She was the most prominently featured X-Men character in the 1980s, at which time it was the best-selling comic book in America. During this decade, she also acted as the acknowledged leader of the team. Born Ororo Munroe to a tribal princess of Kenya and an African-American photojournalist father, Storm was raised in Harlem, New York City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunder (comics)
S'Byll S'Byll (sometimes spelled S'byll) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. S'Byll is a Skrull that was raised on the planet Satriani. She was responsible for curing Super-Skrull of his disease. Silver Surfer used some of his Power Cosmic to help S'Byll restore the Skrulls' shapeshifting abilities as she temporarily wielded a portion of the Power Cosmic. Because of this, she was later sworn in a Skrull Empress. Sabra Sabreclaw Sabreclaw (Hudson Logan) is a character a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics who first appeared in ''J2 (comics), J2'' #8 (May 1999). He is the half-brother of Wild Thing (comics), Wild Thing and son of Wolverine (character), Wolverine. The character has claws (similar to Sabretooth (character), Sabretooth), a healing factor, and enhanced physical capabilities. His healing factor allows him to rapidly regenerate damaged or destroyed areas of his cellular structure an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plague (comics)
Karen Page Pagon Paibok Doctor Paine Dr. Thaddeus Paine is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Len Kaminski, first appeared in ''Morbius the Living Vampire'' #4 (December 1994). He is a sadistic personality disorder, sadist who was Congenital insensitivity to pain, unable to feel pain and has Prosthesis, prosthesic hands equipped with surgical tools. Doctor Paine is a silent partner of Dr. David Langford which got threatened, resulting in the deaths of Martine Bancroft and his business partner. Doctor Paine then experiments on Morbius, Morbius the Living Vampire much like his inhumane medical experiments on the homeless, resulting in the Living Vampire vengefully destroying his facility while the Doctor escaped. Doctor Paine next tortured Eddie Brock and experimented on the Venom (character), Venom symbiote, resulting in both individuals as Venom getting revenge by phenethylamine, imbalancing his brain. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masque (comics)
Masque is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Masque was originally a prominent member of the sewer-dwelling community of mutant outcasts called the Morlocks, led by Callisto. Publication history Masque first appeared in ''Uncanny X-Men'' #169-170 (May–June 1983), and was created by Chris Claremont and Paul Smith. Masque appeared as part of the "Morlocks" entry in '' The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition'' #9, and the ''All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z'' #7 (2006). Masque appeared in ''Marauders'' #18 (2021) by Gerry Duggan, Stefano Caselli, and Matteo Lolli. Fictional character biography Little is known about Masque's life, except that he was born with severe facial deformities, which led to him living the life as an outcast. This was furthered when Masque discovered that he was a mutant born with the ability to alter people's faces and bodies, reshaping them to whatever he wants. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callisto (comics)
Callisto is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Paul Smith, the character first appeared in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #169 (May 1983). She belongs to a subspecies of humans known as mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities. She is also known under the codename White Knight. Callisto was the leader of New York City's subterranean mutant settlement, the Morlocks, a group of mutants who are unable to assimilate into human society. However, she lost that position in a duel against Storm. The latter subsequently entrusted the group to Callisto as her representative. Although they once could not tolerate each other's presence, they have since developed a relationship based on mutual respect. Since her original introduction in comics, the character has been featured in various other Marvel-licensed products, including films and animated television series. Callisto made her live-action debut in the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Person
Third person, or third-person, may refer to: * Third person (grammar), a point of view (in English, ''he'', ''she'', ''it'', and ''they'') ** Illeism, the act of referring to oneself in the third person * Third-person narrative, a perspective in plays, storytelling, or movies * Third-person view, a point of view in video games where the camera is positioned above the player character or characters * Third-person (video games), a graphical perspective used in video games ** Third-person shooter, a genre of 3D shooters with a third-person point of view * The Third Person, a graphic novel by Emma Grove * Third Person (band), a 1990s musical trio formed in New York City * ''Third Person'' (film), a 2013 film See also * First person (other) * Second person (other) * Third party (other) * Third (other) Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', i.e., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of River Avon, Warwickshire, Avon" or simply "the Bard". His extant works, including William Shakespeare's collaborations, collaborations, consist of some Shakespeare's plays, 39 plays, Shakespeare's sonnets, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays List of translations of works by William Shakespeare, have been translated into every major modern language, living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tempest
''The Tempest'' is a Shakespeare's plays, play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610–1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that he wrote alone. After the first scene, which takes place on a ship at sea during a tempest, the rest of the story is set on a remote island, where Prospero, a magician, lives with his daughter Miranda (The Tempest), Miranda, and his two servants: Caliban, a savage monster figure, and Ariel (The Tempest), Ariel, an airy spirit. The play contains music and songs that evoke the spirit of enchantment on the island. It explores many themes, including Magic (supernatural), magic, betrayal, revenge, forgiveness and family. In Act IV, a wedding masque serves as a play-within-a-play, and contributes spectacle, allegory, and elevated language. Although ''The Tempest'' is listed in the First Folio as the first of Shakespeare's comedies, it deals with both tragic and comic themes, and modern criticism has created a category of Shakespeare's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
