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Fifth-week Event
A fifth week event is a novelty comic book promotion. Comic publishers schedule releases in four-week cycles, releasing on a particular day of the week (e.g., every Wednesday). In the event that a month has more than four weeks (i.e., a fifth Wednesday), publishers often sell unusual comics to fill in the scheduling gap. The fifth week event has been discontinued since longer crossovers, such as ''Blackest Night'', run for months at a time, requiring more tie-ins and fewer simultaneous crossovers. DC Comics In the 1990s, DC Comics published four monthly ''Superman'' titles. The interlocking stories created a weekly narrative that continued throughout the year, but that publishing schedule accounted for only 48 out of the 52 weeks per year. With four months each year containing a fifth Wednesday (the day comic books go on sale in America,) DC introduced a fifth Superman title, '' Superman: The Man of Tomorrow'' to fill in the skip weeks. The first skip week events were linked to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Book
A comic book, comic-magazine, or simply comic is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panel (comics), panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and written narrative, usually dialogue contained in word balloons emblematic of the comics art form. ''Comic Cuts'' was a British comic published from 1890 to 1953. It was preceded by ''Ally Sloper's Half Holiday'' (1884), which is notable for its use of sequential Cartoon, cartoons to unfold narrative. These British comics existed alongside the popular lurid "penny dreadfuls" (such as ''Spring-heeled Jack''), boys' "story papers" and the humorous ''Punch (magazine), Punch'' magazine, which was the first to use the term "cartoon" in its modern sense of a humorous drawing. The first modern American comic book, American-style comic book, ''Famous Funnies: A Carnival of Comics'', was released in the US in 1933 and was a reprinting of earlier newsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kingdom (comic Book)
''The Kingdom'' is a story arc spanning two issues of a self-titled comic book limited series, and multiple one-shot comics published by DC Comics in 1999. The story was written by Mark Waid and illustrated by Ariel Olivetti and Mike Zeck. It is both a sequel and in some ways a prequel to '' Kingdom Come'', which Waid co-wrote with Alex Ross. Both books form an ''Elseworlds'' saga, as they are abstracted from official DC Comics continuity. The storyline extended into one-shot books entitled ''New Year's Evil: Gog'', ''The Kingdom: Kid Flash'', ''The Kingdom: Nightstar'', ''The Kingdom: Offspring'', ''The Kingdom: Planet Krypton'' and ''The Kingdom: Son of the Bat''. The entire storyline was later collected into a trade paperback. Unlike ''Kingdom Come'', which features artwork by Alex Ross, ''The Kingdom'' has a different visual style. The story directly expands upon the original storyline, exploring areas of the future that were not covered in the original miniseries. Whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What If (comics)
''What If'', sometimes Stylization, stylized as ''What If…?'', is a comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics whose stories explore how the Marvel Universe might have unfolded if key moments in its history had not occurred as they did in mainstream continuity. Since ''What If'' debuted in 1977, the comics have been published in 14 series as well as occasional stand-alone issues. In 2024, Marvel announced that ''What If…?'' would expand to include alternate explorations of continuity within other non-Marvel Universe properties owned by their parent company The Walt Disney Company from its fifteenth volume onwards, beginning with ''Aliens: What If...?, Aliens: What If…?'', based on the Alien (franchise), ''Alien'' franchise, and followed by ''Marvel & Disney: What if...?'', based on classic Disney characters. In 2021, What If...? (TV series), an animated series based on the ''What If'' comics premiered on Disney+, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Multiverse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Mangaverse
The ''Marvel Mangaverse'' is a series of comic books published by Marvel Comics from 2000 to 2002, with a sequel, ''New Mangaverse'', released in 2006. The series is set in an alternate universe to the Marvel universe, where its characters are portrayed in a manga-like style. Four volumes were published, with Volumes 1 and 2 being connected by a story arc featuring multiple Marvel characters and Volumes 3 and 4 having stories focusing on Spider-Man and an alternate version of Jean Grey, respectively. The 2005 edition of ''Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe'' designates ''Marvel Mangaverse'' as Earth-2301 in the Marvel multiverse. Most of the artwork for Volume 1 was shared between different artists, each of whom contributed to one issue, with book-ends by Ben Dunn, who also did artwork for Volume 2. The artwork for the miniseries ''New Mangaverse: The Rings of Fate'' was done by Tom Hanks. Volume 1 Three years prior to the story's events, Bruce Banner discovered the Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Knights
Marvel Knights is an imprint of Marvel Comics that contained standalone material taking place inside the Marvel Universe ( Earth-616). The imprint originated in 1998 when Marvel outsourced four titles ('' Black Panther'', '' Punisher'', '' Daredevil'' and '' Inhumans'') to Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti's company Event Comics; Event hired the creative teams for the Knights line while Marvel published them. History In 1998, Marvel Comics, which had just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, asked Quesada and Palmiotti to work for Marvel in a more exclusive capacity, and contracted them and their Event Comics partners to produce a line of Marvel books dubbed ''Marvel Knights''. As editors of Marvel Knights, Quesada and Palmiotti worked on a number of low-profile characters such as ''Daredevil'', ''Punisher'', ''The Inhumans'' and ''Black Panther'',Glaser, Brian. "Q+A: Joe Quesada". ''Visual Arts Journal''. School of Visual Arts. Fall 2011. pp. 50–55. encouraging experimentation an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Company
The Power Company is a team of superheroes-for-hire in the DC Comics universe. The team, created by Kurt Busiek and Tom Grummett, first appeared in '' JLA'' #61 (February 2002). They subsequently starred in an eponymous series that ran for eighteen issues, from April 2002 to September 2003, also written by Busiek. Fictional team history Josiah Power was one of America's best lawyers until his meta-gene was triggered during the alien invasion by the activation of the Gene Bomb. Following the untimely public activation of his metagene in the courtroom, attorney Josiah Power is dismissed from his law firm. Power had little interest in becoming a traditional costumed hero, but it became readily apparent that he could not continue to practice law without any undue public attention. He capitalizes on his professional experience to organize a for-hire team of heroes much along the lines of a law firm. Their very first mission as a team is against the East Asian criminal organizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice Leagues
"Justice Leagues" is a storyline which ran through six one-shot comics. Published in 2001 by DC Comics, it introduced a revamped Justice League of America. Each issue was supposedly the first of a new series featuring one of the alternate teams, although they were just one-offs. Featured Justice League were the "Justice League of Aliens", led by Superman and Martian Manhunter; the "Justice League of Amazons", led by Wonder Woman; the "Justice League of Arkham", led by Batman; and the "Justice League of Atlantis", led by Aquaman. Cameo appearances were made by the "Justice League of Adventure" which is led by Flash (Wally West); the "Justice League of Air", led by Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner); the "Justice League of Anarchy", led by Plastic Man; and the "Justice League of Apostles", led by Zauriel. Premise In the arc, alien invaders, working through a human-seeming agent known as the "Advance Man", use Hector Hammond, a telepathic supervillain, to cause the world to forget the exi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circle Of Fire
A circle is a shape consisting of all points in a plane that are at a given distance from a given point, the centre. The distance between any point of the circle and the centre is called the radius. The length of a line segment connecting two points on the circle and passing through the centre is called the diameter. A circle bounds a region of the plane called a disc. The circle has been known since before the beginning of recorded history. Natural circles are common, such as the full moon or a slice of round fruit. The circle is the basis for the wheel, which, with related inventions such as gears, makes much of modern machinery possible. In mathematics, the study of the circle has helped inspire the development of geometry, astronomy and calculus. Terminology * Annulus: a ring-shaped object, the region bounded by two concentric circles. * Arc: any connected part of a circle. Specifying two end points of an arc and a centre allows for two arcs that together make up a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Justice Society Returns
"The Justice Society Returns" is a nine issue story arc that ran through a number of comic books published by DC Comics in 1999, reviving the Golden Age of Comic Books, Golden Age superhero team, which had previously been revived in the 1980s. Publication history The comics involved in this multi-title fictional crossover, crossover were the retro-revival issues ''Adventure Comics'' #1, ''All-American Comics'' #1, ''All Star Comics, All-Star Comics'' #1–2, ''National Comics (series), National Comics'' #1, ''Sensation Comics'' #1, ''Smash Comics'' #1, ''Star-Spangled Comics'' #1, and ''Thrilling Comics'' #1. The names included those of comics released by All-American Publications, one of the three companies that merged to form the present-day DC, as well as Quality Comics, the rights to which DC purchased in the 1950s. Plot synopsis During World War II, Nazi sympathizers begin a ritual using Dr. Occult to bring a being known as Koth to Earth, in order to ensure an Axis victory i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin Goodman (publisher), Martin Goodman as Timely Comics, and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas Comics (1950s), Atlas Comics. The Marvel era began in August 1961 with the launch of ''Fantastic Four (comic book), The Fantastic Four'' and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and numerous others. The Marvel brand, which had been used over the years and decades, was solidified as the company's primary brand. Marvel counts among List of Marvel Comics characters, its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, Wolverine (character), Wolverine, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor, Doctor Strange, Daredevil (Marvel Comics character), Daredevil, Black Panther (character), Black ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Come (comics)
''Kingdom Come'' is a four-issue comic book miniseries published in 1996 by DC Comics under their Elseworlds imprint. It was written by Mark Waid and painted in gouache by Alex Ross, who also developed the concept from an original idea. The story is set in an alternate future of the DC Universe. The new generation of heroes have lost their moral compass, becoming as reckless and violent as the villains they fight. The previous regime of heroes—the Justice League—returns under dire circumstances, which sets up a battle of the old guard against these uncompromising protectors in a conflict that will define what heroism truly is and determine the future of the planet. Development When comic book artist Alex Ross was working on '' Marvels'', published in 1994, he decided to create a similar "grand opus" about characters from DC Comics. Ross wrote a 40-page handwritten outline of what would become ''Kingdom Come'' and pitched the idea to James Robinson as a project similar in s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret (Greta Hayes)
Secret (Greta Hayes) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Fictional character biography Secret is a ghostly member of Young Justice who joins the team after Robin, Impulse, and Superboy free her from the Department of Extranormal Operations. She is later revealed to have been a human named Greta Hayes who was killed by her adoptive brother Billy Hayes. Because of the manner of her death, Greta is trapped in the mortal plane. Harm later kills Secret on Apokolips before Darkseid fully resurrects her. Subsequently, Greta enrolls at the Elias School with Cassandra Sandsmark and Cissie King-Jones. In "The New Golden Age" storyline, Secret is reimagined as the former sidekick of the Spectre. Powers and abilities As a ghost, Secret can fly, teleport, shapeshift, become ethereal, possess any sentient beings, and take souls to the "other side". In other media * Secret appears in the ''Young Justice'' (2010) episode "Secrets", voiced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
