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Milestone Comics
Milestone Media Company LLC is the media company which created the Milestone Comics line, which were published and distributed by DC Comics. Milestone Media created the source material that was adapted as the ''Static Shock'' animated series. The company was founded in 1993 by a coalition of African Americans, African-American artists and writers, consisting of Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Michael Davis (comics creator), Michael Davis, Derek T. Dingle and Christopher Priest (comic book writer), Christopher Priest. The founders felt that ethnic minority, minorities were severely underrepresented in American comics and wished to address this. History Development Christopher Priest (comic book writer), Christopher Priest participated in the early planning stages of Milestone Media, and was originally slated to become the editor-in-chief of the new company, but left the endeavor for personal reasons before any of Milestone's titles were published. Michael Davis (comics creator), Mic ... [...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] |
Merchandising
Merchandising is any practice which contributes to the sale of Product (business), products ("merch" colloquially) to a retail consumer. At a retail in-store level, merchandising refers to displaying products that are for sale in a creative way that entices customers to purchase more items or products. In retail commerce, visual display merchandising means merchandise sales using product design, selection, packaging, pricing, and display that stimulates consumers to spend more. This includes disciplines and discounting, physical presentation of products and displays, and the decisions about which products should be presented to which customers at what time. Often in a retail setting, creatively tying in related products or accessories is a great way to entice consumers to purchase more. Merchandising helps to understand the ordinary dating notation for the terms of payment of an invoice. Codified discounting solves pricing problems including markups and markdowns. It helps to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmy Award
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categories. The two events that receive the most media coverage are the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Daytime Emmy Awards, which recognize outstanding work in American primetime and daytime entertainment programming, respectively. Other notable U.S. national Emmy events include the Children's and Family Emmy Awards, Children's & Family Emmy Awards for children's and family-oriented television programming, the Sports Emmy Awards for sports programming, News & Documentary Emmy Awards for news and documentary shows, and the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for technological and engineering achievements. #Regional, Regional Emmy Awards are also presented throughout the country at various times through the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Universe
The DC Universe (DCU) is the shared universe in which most stories in American comic book titles published by DC Comics take place. In context, the term "DC Universe" usually refers to the main DC Continuity (fiction), continuity. It contains various superheroes such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, the Flash (DC Comics character), Flash, and Aquaman; as well as teams such as the Justice League, the Suicide Squad, and the Teen Titans. It also contains well-known supervillains, including the Joker (character), Joker, Lex Luthor, the Cheetah (character), Cheetah, Deathstroke, the Eobard Thawne, Reverse-Flash, and Darkseid. Beyond the main continuity, the Multiverse (DC Comics), DC Multiverse encompasses all Parallel universes in fiction, alternate realities within DC Comics. The primary universe has been known by various names over time, with recent designations including "Prime Earth" or "Earth 0" (distinct from "Earth Prime"). The DC Universe and its alternate r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolis (Superman)
Metropolis is a fictional city appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, best known as the home of Superman and his List of Superman supporting characters, closest allies and some of his List of Superman enemies, foes. First appearing by name in ''Action Comics'' #16 (Sept. 1939), Metropolis is depicted as a prosperous and massive city in the Northeastern United States, in close proximity to Gotham City. In recent years, it has been stated to be located in New York (state), New York. The co-creator and original artist of Superman, Joe Shuster, modeled the Metropolis skyline after Toronto, where he was born and lived until he was ten. Since then, however, the look and feel of Metropolis has been greatly influenced by New York City.Bridwell, E. Nelson. "Metropolis Mailbag," ''Superman'' #306 (Dec. 1976). Within the DC Universe, Metropolis is depicted as being one of the largest and wealthiest cities in the world, having a population of 11 million citizens. In add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worlds Collide (comics)
"Worlds Collide" is an intercompany crossover event presented in July 1994 in the Milestone Comics titles and the Superman-related titles published by DC Comics. A one-shot comic title of the same name was written by Dwayne McDuffie, Ivan Velez Jr. and Robert L. Washington III. Publication history In the summer of 1994, DC Comics and Milestone Media published an intercompany crossover called ''Worlds Collide''. It featured a meeting between Metropolis-based superheroes from the DC Universe and Dakota-based superheroes from the Dakotaverse. Unlike many intercompany crossovers, it was intended to be part of the regular continuity and took place in the monthly issues of the involved series. The situation was somewhat complicated by the fact that in the Dakotaverse, DC superheroes such as Superman were known as fictional characters from comic books. Although the crossover initially had no lasting consequences in DC continuity (DC's '' Zero Hour'' event cancelled out everythin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intercompany Crossover
A crossover is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a single story. They can arise from legal agreements between the relevant copyright holders (known as intercompany crossovers), common corporate ownership or unofficial efforts by fans. This is different from a spoof, where one discrete character, setting, or universe, copies another character, setting, or universe, often in a comedic manner. Background Official Crossovers often occur in an official capacity in order for the intellectual property rights holders to reap the financial reward of combining two or more popular, established properties. In other cases, the crossover can serve to introduce a new concept derivative of an older one. Another intention is to give fictional characters more emotional credibility and thus increase immersion for the fans. Crossovers generally occur between properties owned by a single holder, but they can, mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kobalt (DC Comics)
''Kobalt'' is a fictional character, a comic book superhero published by DC Comics. He first appears in ''Kobalt'' #1 (June 1993), and was created by John Rozum and Arvell Jones. Publication history Kobalt was a vigilante superhero with a ruthless and fierce reputation. Some criminals even believed he was a cannibal. Kobalt carries a vendetta against the St. Cloud criminal organization. Kobalt's first appearance was in ''Kobalt'' #1 as he harasses some of the employees of St. Cloud. After the battle, Kobalt learns from fellow vigilante Clover that several of Cloud's men are manipulating his organization for profit and other sinister purpose without Cloud being aware of it. Despite this, Kobalt refuses to team up with Clover; he insists on no new partners ever. It is soon learned he had at least one before, who had managed to set up a very illegal phone line that only a few know about. One of these people is Councilman Tyler Page, the father of a teenaged son named Richard who is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xombi
Xombi (David Kim) is a superhero published by DC Comics. He first appeared in ''Xombi'' #0 (January 1994) and was created by John Rozum and Denys Cowan. Fictional character biography David Kim is a Korean-American scientist from West Orange, New Jersey who develops regenerative nanotechnology. Before Kim can test his invention, the villain Dr. Sugarman attempts to steal the nanites, mortally wounding him. Kim's assistant Kelly injects him with the nanites to save his life, but is killed and partially devoured by them. Following this, Kim becomes involved in the affairs of various races of ancient supernatural beings known collectively as the Shadow Worlds. In ''Final Crisis'', Orion kills his father Darkseid, destabilizing the multiverse. Dharma transfers the Milestone characters to the DC universe, altering history so that they always existed there. Furthermore, an alternate timeline variant of Kim who became a Green Lantern is introduced. A second ''Xombi'' series debuted in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadow Cabinet (comics)
The Shadow Cabinet is a superhero team created by Milestone Comics and published by DC Comics. They first appeared in ''Shadow Cabinet'' #0 (January 1994), and were created by Dwayne McDuffie, Robert L. Washington III and John Paul Leon. Almost all of the original run, issues #4-11 and #13-17, were written by Matt Wayne. Publication history In the Milestone Comics universe the Shadow Cabinet is a secret organization of superhuman beings acting to protect the world by neutralizing potential threats while they are still relatively harmless - "''to save humanity from itself, no matter what that requires''". Various Cabinet members may be sent on "deep-cover" missions lasting months, or even years (during which time some choose to defect), their total membership at any time is known only to their leader. The base of operations for the Shadow Cabinet is the Shadowspire, a subterranean complex within the Himalayas and typically accessible only via the Shadowslide, their teleporte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SkyBox International
SkyBox International Inc., formerly Impel Marketing, was an American trading card manufacturing company based in Durham, North Carolina started in 1990 and operated until 1995. History Impel Marketing In 1990, The Liggett Group Inc., a U.S. tobacco company, announced it would change its name to Brooke Group Ltd. and split into two subsidiaries, Liggett Group Inc. and Impel Marketing Inc. Liggett covered the tobacco business, while Impel covered its non-tobacco activities. At the time of the announcement, the company had small businesses in collectible football and basketball cards as well as confectionery products, both of which used the same distribution channels as cigarettes. Impel was to be headquartered in Durham, North Carolina and was expected to broaden the scope of the company's sports and entertainment business. SkyBox Impel Marketing changed its name to SkyBox International Inc. in April 1992. That same year, the company appointed Magic Johnson as its spokesperson. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood Syndicate
The Blood Syndicate is a multicultural vigilante gang of superhumans created by Milestone Comics and published by DC Comics. The team first appeared in ''Blood Syndicate'' #1 (April 1993), and was created by Dwayne McDuffie, Ivan Velez Jr. and Denys Cowan. Publication history In Milestone Comics' fictional city of Dakota, the Blood Syndicate is a loose affiliation of super-powered individuals brought together by circumstance; 35 issues of their eponymous comic book, written largely by Ivan Velez Jr., were published between 1993 and 1996. The Blood Syndicate differed from other supergroups in being a gang. In fact, they were the surviving remnants of multiple street gangs (thus the name, a combination of "Paris Island Bloods" and "Force Syndicate"), who had gained superpowers in the so-called Big Bang, and decided to use them for a greater purpose. Their constant in-fighting, the unsustainability of their methods, and their lack of a central vision (particularly after the deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
