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Gangbuster (DC Comics)
Gangbuster is a comic book fictional character, a DC Comics superhero. He first appeared as Jose Delgado in ''Superman (comic book), The Adventures of Superman'' #428 (May 1987), and as Gangbuster in ''The Adventures of Superman'' #434 (November 1987). He was created by Marv Wolfman and Jerry Ordway. Rebekah is the niece of the original Gangbuster. Creation Ordway spoke on the genesis of the character stating, Fictional character biography Gangbuster I Jose Delgado grew up in the Metropolis (comics), Metropolis area known as Suicide Slum. As he grew older he became a skilled boxer. He went into teaching and ended up as a high school teacher in metropolis (comics), Metropolis. He became a mentor to Jerry White (the son of Perry White). When Lex Luthor enlisted youth gangs into organized crime under his control, Jose adopted the identity of Gangbuster to deal with the threat posed to the teenagers in his community. Jose Delgado suffered a spinal injury while saving Lois Lane's li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Adams (comics)
Arthur Adams (born April 5, 1963) is an American comics artist, comic book artist and writer. He first broke into the American comic book industry with the 1985 Marvel Comics miniseries ''Longshot (Marvel Comics), Longshot''. His subsequent interior comics work includes a number of Marvel's major books, including ''The Uncanny X-Men'', ''Excalibur (comic book), Excalibur'', ''X-Factor (comic book), X-Factor'', ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four'', ''The Incredible Hulk (comic book), Hulk'', and ''Ultimate Comics: X'', as well as books by various other publishers, such as ''Action Comics'', ''Vampirella'', ''The Rocketeer (character), The Rocketeer'', and ''The Authority (comics), The Authority''. Adams has also illustrated books featuring characters for which he has a personal love, such as ''Godzilla (comics), Godzilla'', the ''Creature from the Black Lagoon'', and ''Gumby'', the latter of which garnered him a 1988 Eisner Award for Eisner Award for Best Single Issue/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinity (comic Book)
''Trinity'' is an American comic book series published by DC Comics featuring the superheroes Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. The first series was published weekly from 2008 to 2009. In 2016, a second monthly comic book series was launched by DC Comics. Development Busiek first pitched the idea in 2006 to Dan DiDio following the announcement of ''52''. His initial pitch involved a 12-page weekly book in which the first 7 pages were focused on an ongoing story with Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, and the remaining 5 pages were used to promote the rest of the line. The book was planned to follow up ''52'', but will wound up being pushed back a year, and developing into a full 22-page book with two stories, and the promotional idea being dropped. The series was the "mystery project" which had been mentioned by Kurt Busiek previously and was his reason for leaving ''Aquaman''. Like ''52'', also by DC Comics, the series would last for 52 issues and would be self-contained. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobias Whale
Tobias Whale is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the archenemy of Black Lightning. Whale appears in the live-action Arrowverse series ''Black Lightning'', portrayed by Marvin "Krondon" Jones III. Publication history Created by Tony Isabella and Trevor Von Eeden, the character made his first appearance in ''Black Lightning'' #1 (April 1977). Fictional character biography Tobias Whale is an African American kingpin with albinism, who works his way up from the rackets to head the Metropolis branch of the 100. A school teacher named Jefferson Pierce speaks out against the 100's drug trafficking, and, as a response, they make an example of one of his students: Earl Clifford. Joey Toledo leads his men into attacking Earl and hits him with a car. Seeking to avenge the murdered student and receiving help from his tailor friend Peter Gambi, Pierce becomes Black Lightning and attacks Joey and his men. After defeating his henchmen, Joey Toled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Lightning
Black Lightning (Jefferson Michael "Jeff" Pierce) is a superhero who appears in American comic book published by DC Comics. The character, created by writer Jenny Blake Isabella with artist Trevor Von Eeden, first appeared in ''Black Lightning'' #1 (April 1977), during the Bronze Age of Comic Books. Although his precise origin story has varied over the years, he is generally depicted as a metahuman superhero who uses the ability to generate and control electricity to defend his community – and the world – as Black Lightning. Although not the first black superhero to be featured in DC Comics stories, Black Lightning was DC's first African Americans, African-American superhero to headline his own series. In his earliest stories, Black Lightning was depicted as a schoolteacher from the crime-ridden Suicide Slum area of Metropolis (comics), Metropolis who acquires electrical superpowers from a technologically advanced power belt that he put to use to clean up crime in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
