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Digger (Marvel Comics)
Digger is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Roderick Krupp version of Digger first appeared as a story narrator/host in the horror anthology series '' Tower of Shadows'' #1 (September 1969), in the story "At the Stroke of Midnight" by writer-artist Jim Steranko. Publication history Originally designed as one of the hosts of ''Tower of Shadows'' and its sister title, ''Chamber of Darkness'', both beginning in 1969, the Roderick Krupp version of Digger played a role similar to that of '' Tales from the Crypt'''s Crypt Keeper of the 1950s EC Comics and later HBO television series.Janson, TiMania Comics: "Comic Review: ''Dead of Night Featuring Man-Thing'' #1 Providing a panel or two of introductory material leading into and usually closing the story itself, Digger appeared sporadically through the nine-issue run of ''Tower of Shadows'' and the eight-issue run of ''Chamber of Darkness''. Digger was worked into Marve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Comic Book
An American comic book is a thin periodical literature originating in the United States, commonly between 24 and 64 pages, containing comics. While the form originated in 1933, American comic books first gained popularity after the 1938 publication of ''Action Comics'', which included the debut of the superhero Superman. This was followed by a superhero boom that lasted until the end of World War II. After the war, while superheroes were marginalized, the comic book industry rapidly expanded and genres such as horror, crime, science fiction and romance became popular. The 1950s saw a gradual decline, due to a shift away from print media in the wake of television and the impact of the Comics Code Authority. The late 1950s and the 1960s saw a superhero revival and superheroes remained the dominant character archetype throughout the late 20th century into the 21st century. Some fans comic book collecting, collect comic books, helping drive up their value. Some have sold for mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max (comics)
MAX Comics is an imprint (trade name), imprint of Marvel Comics specializing in comic book media aimed at adult-only readers. It was launched in 2001 after Marvel broke with the Comics Code Authority and established Marvel Rating System, its own rating system. History The MAX Comics imprint is not Marvel's first effort to feature explicit content in their titles. The company's Epic Comics imprint in the 1980s and early 1990s often featured stronger content than their mainstream imprint. However, the MAX Comics imprint is the first time Marvel has specifically produced comics with uncensored content. The first series to be published under the Max imprint was ''Alias (comics), Alias'', written by Brian Michael Bendis. Several limited series were then created specially for the Max imprint, such as ''Apache Skies'' and ''Haunt of Horror'', but the majority of its publications were based around existing Marvel characters, such as Howard the Duck and Devil-Slayer. One Marvel characte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supervillain
A supervillain, supervillainess or supercriminal is a major antagonist and variant of the villainous stock character who possesses Superpower (ability), superpowers. The character type is sometimes found in comic books and is often the primary adversary of a superhero in the same story. Description Supervillains are often used as foil (literature), foils to present a daunting challenge to a superhero. In instances where the supervillain does not have superhuman, mystical, or alien powers, the supervillain may possess a genius intellect or a skill set that allows them to draft complex schemes or commit crimes in a way normal humans cannot. Other traits may include wiktionary:megalomania, megalomania and possession of considerable resources to further their aims. Many supervillains share some typical characteristics of real-world dictators, gangsters, mad scientists, trophy hunting, trophy hunters, corrupt businesspeople, serial killers, and terrorism, terrorists, often having an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shroud (comics)
The Shroud (Maximillian Quincy Coleridge) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The Shroud first appeared in '' Super-Villain Team-Up'' #5 (April 1976) and was created by Steve Englehart and Herb Trimpe. Englehart has acknowledged that the character was intended as a "mashup" of DC Comics' Batman and The Shadow. "As a Marvel writer, I thought I'd never get to write the Batman, so I took some Bat-traits and mixed them with some Shadow-traits so as not to get sued and made my own homage to those dark night characters." Fictional character biography At the age of 10, Maximillian Coleridge saw his parents gunned down right before his eyes. He decided to dedicate his life to fighting crime. Upon graduation from college, he joined the mysterious temple called the "Cult of Kali", where he studied various styles of martial arts. After seven years of intense training, he graduated from that temple. During the celebra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modus Operandi
A (often shortened to M.O. or MO) is an individual's habits of working, particularly in the context of business or criminal investigations, but also generally. It is a Latin phrase, approximately translated as . Term The term is often used in police work when discussing crime and addressing the methods employed by criminals. It is also used in criminal profiling, where it can help in finding clues to the offender's psychology. It largely consists of examining the actions used by the individuals to execute the crime, prevent its detection and facilitate escape.Douglas, J. E. and A. W. Burgess, A. G. Burgess, R. K. Ressler. ''Crime classification manual'' (John Wiley & Sons, 2006) , p. 19-21. A suspect's ''modus operandi'' can assist in their identification, apprehension, or repression, and can also be used to determine links between crimes. In business, ''modus operandi'' is used to describe a firm's preferred means of executing business and interacting with other firms. Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human
Humans (''Homo sapiens'') or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus ''Homo''. They are Hominidae, great apes characterized by their Prehistory of nakedness and clothing#Evolution of hairlessness, hairlessness, bipedality, bipedalism, and high Human intelligence, intelligence. Humans have large Human brain, brains, enabling more advanced cognitive skills that facilitate successful adaptation to varied environments, development of sophisticated tools, and formation of complex social structures and civilizations. Humans are Sociality, highly social, with individual humans tending to belong to a Level of analysis, multi-layered network of distinct social groups — from families and peer groups to corporations and State (polity), political states. As such, social interactions between humans have established a wide variety of Value theory, values, norm (sociology), social norms, languages, and traditions (co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Book Resources
''CBR'', formerly ''Comic Book Resources'', is a news website primarily covering comic book news, comic book reviews, and comic book–related topics involving movies, television, anime, and video games. It is owned by Valnet, parent of publications including ''Screen Rant'', ''Collider (website), Collider'', ''MovieWeb'' and XDA Developers. History ''Comic Book Resources'' (''CBR'') was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Come Message Board, a message forum that Weiland created to discuss DC Comics' then-new Kingdom Come (comic), mini-series of the same name. ''CBR'' has featured columns by industry professionals such as Robert Kirkman, Gail Simone, and Mark Millar. Other columns were published by comic book historians and critics such as George Khoury (writer), George Khoury and Timothy Callahan. Acquisition by Valnet By April 4, 2016, ''CBR'' was sold to Valnet Inc., a Montreal, Canada–based company that owns other media properties includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Romita Jr
John Salvatore Romita (; born August 17, 1956) is an American comics artist best known for his extensive work for Marvel Comics from the 1970s to the 2020s. He is the son of artist John Romita Sr. Early life John Romita Jr. was born August 17, 1956, the son of Virginia (Bruno) and comic book artist John Romita Sr., one of the signature ''Spider-Man'' artists since the 1960s. He studied advertising art and design at Farmingdale State College in East Farmingdale, New York, graduating in 1976. Career Romita Jr.'s first contribution to Marvel Comics was at the age of 13 with the creation of the original Prowler (Marvel Comics), Prowler, a sketch of which Romita had produced. Editor Stan Lee liked the name but not the costume; Romita combined the name with a design that he had previously intended for a character called the Stalker that was intended for the never-published ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #3. Inspired by Romita's drawing, Lee, John Buscema and Jim Mooney created the Hobi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Amazing Spider-Man
''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is an ongoing American superhero American comic book, comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its title character and main protagonist. Being in the Earth 616, mainstream continuity of the franchise, it was the character's first title, launching seven months after his introduction in the final issue of ''Amazing Fantasy''. The series began publication with a March 1963 cover date and has been published nearly continuously to date over six volumes with only one significant interruption. Issues of the title currently feature an issue number within its sixth volume, as well as a "legacy" number reflecting the issue's overall number across all ''Amazing Spider-Man'' volumes. The title reached 900 issues in 2022. The series began as a bimonthly periodical before being increased to monthly after four issues. It was the character's sole monthly headlining title until ''Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man'' would launch in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Zombies 4
''Marvel Zombies 4'' is a four-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics beginning in April 2009. It is part of the ''Marvel Zombies'' series. The series is written by Fred Van Lente, penciled by Kev Walker, with covers by Greg Land. Plot The new Midnight Sons, Morbius, the Living Vampire, Werewolf by Night, Daimon Hellstrom, Jennifer Kale and the Man-Thing, each (except for Man-Thing) inoculated with a zombie virus vaccine created by Morbius, investigate a cruise ship being attacked by zombie Fishmen. As the Sons destroy the zombies, Morbius reveals that he has genetically engineered an oxidizing bacteria that causes the zombies to explode. The group kills them all only to confront zombie Piranha. Zombie Deadpool's head and Simon Garth are revealed to have been the cause of the new zombies by teleporting from A.R.M.O.R. headquarters during '' Marvel Zombies 3'', entering the ocean floor, and having Deadpool's head infect all of the Men-Fish. Garth finds Black ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Percival
Nick Percival is a British graphic artist and graphic novelist primarily known for his published comic book, concept artwork and career in computer animation directing. Biography Percival's first published work was in the monthly British comic ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' with a horror 'strange cases' tale written by Dave Stone. After several similar stories in the ''Megazine'', he then went on to paint a nine-part story set in Judge Dredd's world in the Cursed Earth with the series ''Sleeze 'n' Ryder'', where Nick worked with acclaimed writer Garth Ennis. The pair would later work together again for the British weekly comic '' 2000 AD'' on the Judge Dredd epic "Goodnight Kiss", another tale set in the radioactive wasteland of the Cursed Earth, where Judge Dredd is hunted by the assassin Jonni Kiss and the mutant Brotherhood of Marshalls. Percival also painted the Sláine story "King of Hearts" for ''2000 AD'', where he worked with the co-creator of ''2000 AD'', Pat Mills. Aside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
