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Empress (character)
Empress (Anita Fite) is a fictional character, a superheroine in the DC Comics universe. She first appeared in '' Young Justice'' #16 (January 2000), and was created by Peter David and Todd Nauck. Fictional character biography Anita Fite is the daughter of Donald Fite, a member of the All Purpose Enforcement Squad and an early enemy of Young Justice. She grew up learning Haitian Vodou from her mother and grandmother. After the villain Agua Sin Gaaz kills her mother, Anita becomes the superhero Empress, inspired by Arrowette and deriving her name from her mother's nickname for her. In ''Young Justice'' #24 (October 2000), Gaaz returns and kills Empress' father, then retreats to the country Zandia. However, Empress' parents are reincarnated as children, who she becomes a guardian to.''Final Crisis'' #1 (July 2008) Powers and abilities Empress wields a portion of the Anti-Life Equation The Anti-Life Equation is a fictional concept appearing in American comic books published by D ... [...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] |
Young Justice
Young Justice is a fictional DC Comics superhero team consisting of teenaged heroes. The team was formed in 1998 when DC's usual teen hero group, the Teen Titans, had become adults and changed their name to the Titans. Like the original ''Teen Titans'', ''Young Justice'' was centered on three previously established teen heroes: Superboy (Kon-El), Superboy, Tim Drake, Robin, and Bart Allen, Impulse, but grew to encompass most teenaged heroes in the DC Universe. In the 2003 mini-series ''Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day'', both groups disbanded and members of each formed two new teams of Teen Titans and Outsiders (comics), Outsiders. The series was revived in 2019 under the Wonder Comics imprint for teen readers, reuniting most of the original core cast. Fictional history Robin, Superboy, and Impulse first join in a one-shot, part of the "GirlFrenzy" Fifth week event, called ''Young Justice: The Secret'', written by Todd DeZago, where they first encounter the mysterious supe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter David
Peter Allen David (September 23, 1956 – May 24, 2025), often abbreviated PAD, was an American writer of comic books, novels, television, films, and video games.Buxton, Marc (March 29, 2014)"From 'Future Imperfect' to '2099': Peter David's Greatest Hits" Comic Book Resources. His notable comic book work includes an award-winning 12-year run on '' The Incredible Hulk'', as well as runs on ''Aquaman'', ''Young Justice'', '' SpyBoy'', ''Supergirl'', ''Fallen Angel'', ''Spider-Man'', ''Spider-Man 2099'', '' Captain Marvel'', and ''X-Factor''. David's ''Star Trek'' work included comic books and novels such as the ''New Frontier'' book series. His other novels included film adaptations, media tie-ins, and original works, such as the ''Apropos of Nothing'' and ''Knight Life'' series. His television work includes series such as ''Babylon 5'', ''Young Justice'', '' Ben 10: Alien Force'' and Nickelodeon's '' Space Cases'', which he co-created with Bill Mumy. David often jokingly describe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Nauck
Todd Nauck ( ) is an American comic book creator, comic book artist and writer. Nauck is most notable for his work on ''Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man,'' ''Young Justice'' and his own creation, ''Wildguard (comics), Wildguard''. Career Nauck's first assignment from Marvel Comics was writing, penciling and inking "Mutant Mishaps", a story that was published on the back cover of ''What The--?!'' #21 (September 1992). He subsequently wrote and illustrated the "Mutant Mishaps" story that appeared in ''What The--?'' #25 (Summer 1993). In early 1994, Todd was hired by Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios of Image Comics when a friend from art school showed his ''WildGuard'' work to Dan Fraga at a comic book convention, who in turn showed it to Liefeld, which led to Nauck's first Image work. Nauck went on to draw such series as ''Badrock and Co.'', ''New Men (Image Comics), New Men'', ''New Force'', ''Supreme (comics), Supreme'', ''Youngblood (comics), Youngblood'' and ''Team Youngblood''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haitian Vodou
Haitian Vodou () is an African diasporic religions, African diasporic religion that developed in Haiti between the 16th and 19th centuries. It arose through a process of syncretism between several traditional religions of West Africa, West and Central Africa and Roman Catholicism. There is no central authority in control of the religion and much diversity exists among practitioners, who are known as Vodouists, Vodouisants, or Serviteurs. Vodou teaches the existence of a transcendent creator divinity, Bondyé, Bondye, under whom are spirits known as . Typically deriving their names and attributes from traditional West and Central African deities, they are equated with Roman Catholic saints. The divide into different groups, the ("nations"), most notably the Rada lwa, Rada and the Petro lwa, Petwo, about whom various myths and stories are told. This theology has been labelled both Monotheism, monotheistic and Polytheism, polytheistic. An initiatory tradition, Vodouists commonly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superhero
A superhero or superheroine is a fictional character who typically possesses ''superpowers'' or abilities beyond those of ordinary people, is frequently costumed concealing their identity, and fits the role of the hero, typically using their powers to help the world become a better place, or dedicating themselves to protecting the public and fighting crime. Superhero fiction is the genre of fiction that is centered on such characters, especially, since the 1930s, in American comic books (and later in Hollywood films, film serials, television and video games), as well as in Japanese media (including '' kamishibai'', '' tokusatsu'', manga, anime and video games). Superheroes come from a wide array of different backgrounds and origins. Some superheroes (for example, Batman and Iron Man) derive their status from advanced technology they create and use, while others (such as Superman and Spider-Man) possess non-human or superhuman biology or use and practice magic to ach ... [...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] |
