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Hugo Strange
Hugo Strange is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. The character is one of Batman's first recurring villains, and was also one of the first to discover his secret identity. The character first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #36 (February 1940). A notorious enemy of Batman, the character has appeared in various forms of non-comics media, including animation, video games, and the live-action television series '' Gotham'', where he is portrayed by BD Wong. Fictional character biography Pre-''Crisis'' Golden Age Professor Hugo Strange first appears in ''Detective Comics'' #36 (February 1940) as a scientist and criminal mastermind who uses a stolen "concentrated lightning" machine to generate a dense fog every night so his gang can rob banks unseen, though he knows that Batman poses a threat to him. Batman, who already knows of Strange's experiments, begins investigating him after one of his henchmen comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Bolland
Brian Bolland (; born 26 March 1951)Salisbury, Mark, ''Artists on Comic Art'' (Titan Books, 2000) , p. 11 is a British comics artist. Best known in the United Kingdom as one of the Judge Dredd artists for British comics anthology ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'', he spearheaded the 'British Invasion (comics), British Invasion' of the American comics industry, and in 1982 produced the artwork alongside author Mike W. Barr on ''Camelot 3000'', which was DC Comics' first 12-issue comicbook maxiseries created for the direct market. Bolland illustrated the critically acclaimed 1988 graphic novel ''Batman: The Killing Joke'', an origin story for Batman supervillain the Joker (character), Joker, with writer Alan Moore. He gradually shifted to working primarily as a cover artist, producing the majority of his work for DC Comics. Bolland created cover artwork for the ''Animal Man (comic book), Animal Man'', ''Wonder Woman'', and ''Batman: Gotham Knights'' superhero comic book series. In 1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |