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Godiva (comics)
Godiva is the name of three DC Comics characters. One is a superhero named Dorcas Leigh, while the other two are supervillains. Publication history Godiva first appeared in ''Super Friends'' #7 and was created by E. Nelson Bridwell. Fictional character biography Dorcas Leigh is a British socialite with prehensile hair and a member of the Global Guardians. The group are later brainwashed by Queen Bee (comics), Queen Bee before being freed. In ''JSA Classified'', Delores Winters kidnaps Godiva and removes her hair. Following The New 52 continuity reboot, Godiva is renamed Dora Leigh and appears as a member of Justice League International. Powers and abilities Godiva has prehensile hair. She can perform precise actions such as lock-picking and lift up to two tons. Other characters named Godiva Teen Titans villain Godiva is a mercenary and enemy of the Teen Titans. Her base of operations is in the Swiss Alps. Superman/Batman villain Another Godiva appeared in ''Superman/Batman'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Byrne (comics)
John Lindley Byrne (; born July 6, 1950) is a British-born American comic book writer and artist of superhero comics. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on many major superheroes; with noted work on Marvel Comics's ''X-Men'' and ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four''. Byrne also facilitated the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics's ''Superman'' franchise with the Limited series (comics), limited series The Man of Steel (comics), ''The Man of Steel'', the first issue of which featured the comics' first variant cover. Coming into the comics profession as a penciller, inker, letterer, and writer on his earliest work, Byrne began co-plotting the ''X-Men'' comics during his tenure on them, for story arcs including "Dark Phoenix Saga" and "Days of Future Past", and co-creating characters such as Kitty Pryde, Emma Frost, Sabretooth (character), Sabretooth, Shadow King, and Rachel Summers. Byrne launched his writing career in earnest with ''Fantastic Four'', also serving as penciler a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |