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Jim Balent
Jim Balent () is an American comics artist, writer, and publisher from Pennsylvania. He is best known for his long run on ''Catwoman'' between 1993 and 1999. Balent has also drawn ''Batman'' and '' Lobo'' for DC Comics, as well as some of the issues of ''Purgatori'' for the independent comic book publisher Chaos! Comics. Career Balent's early work for DC Comics includes backup stories in '' Sgt. Rock'' such as "The Deadliest Casualty" in issue #393 (October 1984) and "The Ninja" in #397 (February 1985). An Atom story drawn by Balent was published as a Bonus Book in ''Power of the Atom'' #4 (November 1988). Balent and writer Jo Duffy launched an ongoing ''Catwoman'' series in August 1993. Balent drew ''Catwoman'' through issue #77 (February 2000). He and writer Chuck Dixon created Geist in ''Detective Comics Annual'' #6 (1993). As the artist of ''Catwoman'', Balent worked on several Batman crossover stories including " Contagion", " Cataclysm", and " No Man's Land". In 1999, Balen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holly Golightly (comics)
Holly Golightly (born September 1, 1964) is an American comics artist and writer. She was formerly known as Fauve and has also worked under the name Holly G! Biography Holly Golightly entered the comics industry in the 1990s under the pen name Fauve, doing work for the Carnal Comics title ''True Stories of Adult Film Stars'', including three issues on Sarah-Jane Hamilton (one of which sported her first published cover illustration) and stories featuring Julia Ann, Janine Lindemulder, and Lilli Xene. She names artist Frank Thorne as her "hero" for his work on ''Red Sonja''. Golightly's list of work ranges from ''Nightmare Theatre'' for Chaos! Comics to ''Sabrina'' for Archie Comics to her creator-owned work such as ''Vampfire'' and ''School Bites''. She is the colorist for husband Jim Balent's '' Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose'' as well as the model for Tarot herself. She has frequently been shown on the photo covers dressed as Tarot and as Catress from the ''3 Little Kittens' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Dixon
Charles Dixon (born April 14, 1954) is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on the Marvel Comics character the Punisher and on the DC Comics characters Batman, Nightwing, and Robin in the 1990s and early 2000s. Early life Dixon was born in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Upper Darby, reading comics of all genres. He is a graduate of Upper Darby High School (1972). Career 1980s Chuck Dixon's earliest comics work was writing '' Evangeline'' for Comico Comics in 1984 and then for First Comics. Editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' '' Savage Sword of Conan''. Writing under the name "Charles Dixon", he would eventually take over the lead feature of Conan on a semi-regular basis. He contributed stories to the Hama edited re-boot of '' Savage Tales'' highlighted by a number of western stories illustrated by John Severin. In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing ''Airboy'' which was edited by T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkstars
The first Darkstars were a group of intergalactic policemen that appeared in comic books published by DC Comics. They were introduced in ''Darkstars'' #1 (October 1992 in comics, 1992), and were created by Michael Jan Friedman and Larry Stroman. The series lasted a total of 39 issues, ending with issue #38 (Jan. 1996 in comics, 1996), with an issue #0 (Oct. 1994) published between issues #24 and 25 during the ''Zero Hour (comics), Zero Hour'' crossover event storyline. Development In an interview Michael Jan Friedman spoke on the genesis of the group stating, "I went to the justice league editor and said 'you know I would like to do a Martian manhunter story, and he goes you know we have so much inventory on Martian Manhunter solo stories and I said well I would like to do Green Lantern, well we got so much inventory on Green Lantern, and I was like alright okay I get it, those were two of my favorite superheroes at DC growing up, and I said boy someday ill do a green lantern st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guardian Of Gotham
Guardian usually refers to: * Legal guardian, a person with the authority and duty to care for the interests of another * ''The Guardian'', a British daily newspaper (The) Guardian(s) may also refer to: Places * Guardian, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community in Webster County * Guardian Nunatak, a landform on Antarctica's Dufek Coast * Guardian Rock, an islet off the Antarctic Peninsula in Bigourdan Fjord * Guardian telephone exchange, Manchester, England * Wonder Mountain's Guardian, a roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland, Vaughan, Ontario People * GuardiaN (Ladislav Kovács; born 1991), Slovak professional video-game player * Angel Guardian (born 1998), Filipina actress and singer * Don Guardian (born 1953), mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Guardian (comics), characters from various comics * Guardian (DC Comics), a DC Comics superhero * Guardian (''Highlander''), a character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vampirella
Vampirella () is a vampire superheroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and comic book artist Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969), a sister publication of '' Creepy'' and ''Eerie''. Writer-editor Archie Goodwin later developed the character from horror-story hostesses, in which capacity she remained through issue #8 (Nov. 1970), to a horror-drama leading character. The magazine was published continuously until 1983, when Warren Publishing ceased operations and its assets were bought by Harris Publications. ''Vampirella'' comics, both new and reprints, have continued through various publishers into the 21st century. Publication history Warren Publishing Vampirella initially appeared in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror-comics magazine ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969), running to issue #112 (March 1983), [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batgirl
Batgirl is the name of several fictional superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, depicted as female counterparts and allies to the superhero Batman. The character Betty Kane was introduced into publication in 1961 by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff as Bat-Girl, and was replaced in 1967 by Barbara Gordon, who became the most iconic Batgirl. The character debuted in ''Detective Comics'' #359 (January 1967) by writer Gardner Fox and artist Carmine Infantino, introduced as the niece/adoptive daughter of police commissioner James Gordon. Batgirl operates in Gotham City, allying herself with Batman and the original Robin, Dick Grayson, along with other masked vigilantes. The character appeared regularly in ''Detective Comics'', ''Batman Family'', and several other books produced by DC until 1988. That year, Barbara Gordon appeared in Barbara Kesel's ''Batgirl Special'' #1, in which she retires from crime-fighting. She subsequently appeared in Alan Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
