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Invincible (character)
Invincible (Markus Sebastian "Mark" Grayson) is a superhero created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Cory Walker, currently drawn by Ryan Ottley. Invincible first appeared in a preview as part of ''Savage Dragon'' #102 (August 2002), before graduating to his own self-titled regular series in 2003, as the premier title in Image Comics' then-new superhero line, a relaunch of the Image Universe. Invincible appears in ''Invincible'', ''Bomb Queen'', ''Noble Causes'', ''The Pact'', ''Savage Dragon'', '' The Astounding Wolf-Man'', ''Dynamo 5'', '' I Hate Fairyland – I Hate Image'', and ''Battle Beast''. Born in 1987, Invincible is the son of Omni-Man, an extraterrestrial superhero of the Viltrumite race. Invincible inherited his father's complete array of superpowers and has sworn to protect the Earth. As a teenager, he had trouble adjusting to his newfound powers and coping with the reality of superhero work and his origins. Invincible is voiced by Patrick Cavanaugh in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Ottley
Ryan Ottley (born 1975) is an American comic book artist and comic book writer, writer, best known for work on Image Comics' ''Invincible (comics), Invincible'' and Marvel Comics' ''Amazing Spider-Man''. Career Ottley began drawing ''Invincible (comics), Invincible'' with issue 8, and continued on the book for 14 years, drawing 127 issues of its 144-issue run. During the course of his work on the book he co-created characters including Battle Beast, Angstrom Levy, Conquest, and Powerplex. In an interview with comic book website Project Fanboy, Ottley discussed how he got into the comic book industry after being fired from his previous job working in a medical supply warehouse. Ottley decided now was a great time to try to get into comics again and began actively building exposure for his work on the internet through the websites digitalwebbing.com and penciljack.com. Ottley penciled the first five issues of Kirkman and Todd McFarlane's ''Haunt (comics), Haunt'', an ongoing ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atom Eve
Atom Eve (Samantha Eve Wilkins) is a fictional superheroine in the Image Universe, first appearing in '' Invincible'' #2 (February 2003) by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Cory Walker. Originally dating Rex Splode before marrying Mark Grayson, Atom Eve possesses the ability to manipulate matter at a subatomic level, allowing her to alter the molecular structure of objects, including her own body. She has been featured in comic books, television series, video games, and novels. Atom Eve's secret identity is Samantha Eve Wilkins. Initially, she was depicted as a teenage high school student at Reginald Vel Johnson High School and was raised in Chicago, Illinois, by her adoptive parents, Betsy and Adam Wilkins. She was placed in their care after her biological mother, Polly, died during childbirth, and her creator, Dr. Elias Brandyworth, was murdered. Eve was born with superhuman powers due to an experiment conducted on her biological mother during pregnancy, granting her an inna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon (company)
Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American Multinational corporation, multinational technology company engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. Founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos in Bellevue, Washington, the company originally started as an online marketplace for books but gradually expanded its offerings to include a wide range of product categories, referred to as "The Everything Store". Today, Amazon is considered one of the Big Tech, Big Five American technology companies, the other four being Alphabet Inc., Alphabet, Apple Inc., Apple, Meta Platforms, Meta, and Microsoft. The company has multiple subsidiaries, including Amazon Web Services, providing cloud computing; Zoox (company), Zoox, a self-driving car division; Kuiper Systems, a satellite Internet provider; and Amazon Lab126, a computer hardware R&D provider. Other subsidiaries include Ring (company), Ring, Twitch (service), Twitch, IMDb, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to Planetary habitability, harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all of Earth's water is contained in its global ocean, covering Water distribution on Earth, 70.8% of Earth's crust. The remaining 29.2% of Earth's crust is land, most of which is located in the form of continental landmasses within Earth's land hemisphere. Most of Earth's land is at least somewhat humid and covered by vegetation, while large Ice sheet, sheets of ice at Polar regions of Earth, Earth's polar polar desert, deserts retain more water than Earth's groundwater, lakes, rivers, and Water vapor#In Earth's atmosphere, atmospheric water combined. Earth's crust consists of slowly moving tectonic plates, which interact to produce mountain ranges, volcanoes, and earthquakes. Earth's outer core, Earth has a liquid outer core that generates a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omni-Man
Omni-Man (Nolan Grayson) is a character in American comic books published by Image Comics. He was created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Cory Walker (with Ryan Ottley) as an expansion of a character concept created by Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse. Omni-Man is the father of Invincible (character), Invincible and Oliver Grayson, and a member of the alien Viltrumite race, working as a superhero on Earth. Omni-Man appears in Supreme (character), ''Supreme'', Invincible (comics), ''Invincible'', ''Noble Causes'', and ''Dynamo 5''. In the Invincible (TV series), ''Invincible'' television series and the video games ''Invincible: Guarding the Globe'' and ''Mortal Kombat 1'', Omni-Man is voiced by J. K. Simmons. Publication history Omni-Man (as Omniman) was first referenced in Alan Moore's and Chris Sprouse's Supreme (character)#The Story of the Year, ''Supreme: The Story of the Year'' (August 1996–September 1997), in which the titular Supreme (character), Supreme (in his civilian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Hate Fairyland – I Hate Image
''I Hate Fairyland'', also known as ''Fuck Fairyland'', is a black comedy fantasy comic written and illustrated by Skottie Young, and published by Image Comics, which started publication in October 2015. The comic follows Gertrude "Gert", a woman who was transported to a mystical world called Fairyland as a child. Twenty-seven years later, Gert is now an un-aging, violent misanthrope who, alongside her reluctant guide and friend Larry Wentsworth III, also known as "Larry", constantly tries and fails to return to Earth, across the storylines ''Madly Ever After'', ''Fluff My Life'', ''Good Girl'', ''I Hate Image'', ''Sadly Never After'', ''Fluff This World'', ''Gert's Inferno'', ''Last Gert Standing'', ''In the Mean Time'', and ''Happy End Game''. While the comic went on hiatus after the release of Issue #20 in July 2018, a revival series written by Young and illustrated by Brett Bean began in November 2022, still under the name ''I Hate Fairyland'' but starting with a new #1 issu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dynamo 5
Dynamo 5 is a comic book superhero team created by writer Jay Faerber and artist Mahmud A. Asrar, which appears in an eponymous series published by Image Comics. The team first appeared in ''Dynamo 5'' #1 (Jan. 2007). The monthly series ended with issue #25 (Oct. 2009). The team later appeared in a 2010 miniseries, ''Dynamo 5: Sins of the Father'', and the one-shot (comics), one-shot ''Dynamo 5 Holiday Special 2010'' (Dec. 2010). ''Dynamo 5'' is a Spin-off (media), spin-off of ''Noble Causes'', a previous comic book series created by Faerber set in the Image Universe, which also explores the dynamics of a superhero family. Publication history ''Dynamo 5'' is a Spin-off (media), spin-off of ''Noble Causes'', another comic book series created by Faerber and published by Image Comics, which likewise explores the dynamics of a superhero family. Faerber created ''Dynamo 5'' with the intent of making it more action-driven. The team is composed of five young men and women, each of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Astounding Wolf-Man
''The Astounding Wolf-Man'' is a superhero comic book series launched by American company Image Comics on May 5, 2007. It ran until its final 25th issue in 2010. A spin-off of Robert Kirkman's ''Invincible'', the series was created and written by Kirkman with art by Jason Howard. The first issue of ''The Astounding Wolf-Man'' was given away for free as part of Free Comic Book Day. A " director's cut" edition of the first issue was released in the same date as the second issue. The story is that of Gary Hampton, a wealthy CEO of a record company who is mauled by a werewolf while on a family vacation. The story revolves around Gary's efforts to control his animalistic instincts and use his powers for good and to be a superhero, despite being plagued by a curse. Conclusion Robert Kirkman ended ''The Astounding Wolf-Man'' in 2010 with the story arc "Legacy". Although Wolf-Man's own series was concluded and all loose ends tied up, Kirkman pointed out that characters from Wolf-Man's uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noble Causes
''Noble Causes'' is an American comic book series created and written by Jay Faerber, illustrated by a variety of artists and published by Image Comics. It was launched in 2002. The series follows the lives of the Nobles, a wealthy superhero family in the Image Universe. The stories focus less on the Nobles fighting supervillains and more on their personal lives. Originally intended to be an ongoing title, it was downgraded into a series of miniseries and one-shots. It finally became an ongoing title in 2004. Beginning with issue #32, the series jumped five years after the previous storyline. At this point, the characters Gaia, Race and Liz are no longer active part in the family, while Doc's new wife, Olympia, and her two children joined the Noble family. The series concluded in 2008 with the publication of issue #40.Arrant, Chris"The Other Family of Superheroes: Retiring NOBLE CAUSES" Newsarama. August 3, 2010 Characters The Nobles *Dr. Dudley "Doc" Noble: Patriarch of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bomb Queen
Bomb Queen is an American fictional comic book character created by Jimmie Robinson. She first appeared in Image Comics' ''Bomb Queen'' Vol. 1, #1, and has subsequently appeared in eight limited series, four single-issue specials, and a crossover in '' The Savage Dragon'' #134. Bomb Queen is a villainess who has eliminated and subsequently banned all superheroes from the fictional city of New Port City. She rules the city as a dictator; the limitations she has placed over the city's criminals have made her a popular leader. Fictional character biography Bomb Queen was originally part of a quartet of supervillains called The Four Queens, who reigned over New Port City. When all the superheroes in town were finally defeated or slain, the Queens turned on Bomb Queen. Bomb Queen emerged as the victor, and took control over the local government, without any superpowers of any kind, armed only with bombs and athletic ability. Bomb Queen founded New Port City's "No Heroes" law, (outlaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Image Universe
The Image Universe (IU) is a fictional universe in which some of the stories published by Image Comics take place. It was introduced in the early years of the publisher, shared by the various creators who formed the Image partnership. The independent, creator-owned nature of their work led to limited interaction between their characters, and little coordination of the Image Universe as a shared setting, with the primary versions populated by a number of superheroes/villains, including Supreme, Invincible, Omni-Man, Spawn, Angela, Atom Eve, the Savage Dragon, Gert, Bomb Queen, and Witchblade, as well as incarnations of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It has mainly served as the ostensible setting of occasional crossovers between different series, including '' Deathmate'', '' Image United'', '' The Invincible War'', and ''Crossover'', all existing within a "multiverse" consisting of a multitude of different universes; in this context, "Image Universe" refers to the mainstream ... [...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] |
