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Edward Buckman
The Hellfire Club is a fictional society appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Hellfire Club often comes into confrontation with the X-Men mutant superhero team. Although the Club appears to merely be an international social club for wealthy elites, its clandestine Inner Circle seeks to influence world events and advance their agenda. The Hellfire Club was created in 1980 by the ''Uncanny X-Men'' writer/artist duo of Chris Claremont and John Byrne (comics), John Byrne, who were inspired by a 1966 episode of the British television series ''The Avengers (TV series), The Avengers'' ("A Touch of Brimstone").''X-Men Companion II''. 1982. Fantagraphics Books. The name "Hellfire Club" was a popular name for gentlemen's clubs in the 18th century. The Inner Circle's hierarchy is modeled on the pieces of a chess set, with Black and White sets of Kings, Queens, Bishops and Rooks. The Hellfire Club and its Inner Circle were introduced in "The Dark Phoenix Saga", a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Finch (comics)
David Finch is a comics artist known for his work on Top Cow Productions' ''Cyberforce (Image Comics), Cyberforce'', as well as numerous subsequent titles for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, such as ''The New Avengers (comics), The New Avengers'', ''Moon Knight'', ''Ultimatum (Ultimate Marvel), Ultimatum'', and ''Brightest Day''. He has provided album cover art for the band Disturbed (band), Disturbed, and done concept art for films such as ''Watchmen (2009 film), Watchmen''. Career David Finch started his comics career drawing Top Cow Productions' ''Cyberforce (Image Comics), Cyberforce'', after series creator and studio founder Marc Silvestri ceased his run as writer/artist on that book. Finch co-created ''Ascension (comics), Ascension'' with Matt "Batt" Banning. He later worked on the first three issues of ''Aphrodite IX'' with David Wohl. In 2003, Finch returned to comics for a year-long arc on ''Ultimate X-Men'' with writer Brian Michael Bendis. Following that, the duo moved on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
