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Jean Loring
Jean Loring is a character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, formerly associated with the Atom (Ray Palmer), Atom, for whom she was a supporting character and primary love interest. She first appeared in ''Showcase (comics), Showcase'' #34 (October 1961), created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Gil Kane. The character appears continually in minor roles until the 2004 storyline ''Identity Crisis (DC Comics), Identity Crisis'', where she suffers a mental breakdown and orchestrates the deaths of Sue Dibny and Jack Drake. This would later lead her to assume the mantle of the supervillain Eclipso. Jean Loring appears as a recurring character on the CW Arrowverse television series ''Arrow (TV series), Arrow'', portrayed by Teryl Rothery. Fictional character biography Lawyer and wife Jean Loring's career as an Lawyer, attorney in Ivy Town (comics), Ivy Town began at almost the same time that her boyfriend, Ray Palmer, became the Ray Palmer (comics), Atom. Jean encountered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gil Kane
Gil Kane (; born Eli Katz , ; April 6, 1926 – January 31, 2000) was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character. Kane co-created the modern-day versions of the superheroes Hal Jordan, Green Lantern and the Atom (Ray Palmer), Atom for DC Comics, and co-created Iron Fist (character), Iron Fist and Adam Warlock with Roy Thomas for Marvel Comics. He was involved in the anti-drug storyline in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #96–98, which, at the behest of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, bucked the then-prevalent Comics Code Authority to depict drug abuse, and ultimately spurred an update of the Code. Kane additionally pioneered an early graphic novel prototype, ''His Name Is... Savage'', in 1968, and a seminal graphic novel, ''Blackmark'', in 1971. In 1997, he was inducted into both the List of Eisner Award winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |