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Justice League America
Justice League International (JLI) is a fictional DC Comics, DC comics superhero team that succeeded the original Justice League from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. The team enjoyed several comic books runs, the first being written by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis, with art by Kevin Maguire (artist), Kevin Maguire, created in 1987. Due to editorial conflicts, the team's new makeup was based largely on newer characters, such as Booster Gold, and recent acquisitions from other comic book companies, such as Ted Kord, The Blue Beetle. In 2010 and 2011, the team experienced a resurgence as part of the ''Blackest Night'' and ''The New 52, New 52'' comic runs. Publication history Following the events of the company-wide crossovers ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' and ''Legends (comics), Legends'', Justice League of America writer J. M. DeMatteis was paired with writer Keith Giffen and artist Kevin Maguire on a new Justice League series. However, at the time, most of the core Justi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Maguire (artist)
Kevin Maguire (born September 9, 1960) is an Americans, American comics artist, known for his work on series such as ''Justice League'', ''Batman Confidential'', ''Captain America (comic book), Captain America'', and ''X-Men''. Career Maguire's first credited published comics work was ''The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe'' vol. 2 #6 in 1986. He debuted at DC Comics with artwork in ''Who's Who in the DC Universe, Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe'' #23 and 25. In 1987, Maguire was the artist on the relaunch of ''Justice League International, Justice League'' written by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis. Maguire left the series with issue #24 (February 1989) but returned for Giffen and DeMatteis' final story in #60 (March 1992). The two writers and Maguire reunited in 2003 for the ''Super Buddies, Formerly Known as the Justice League'' miniseries and its 2005 sequel, ''Formerly_Known_as_the_Justice_League#I_Can't_Believe_It's_Not_the_Justice_League, I C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorling Kindersley
Dorling Kindersley Limited (branded as DK) is a British multinational publishing company specialising in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 63 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a subsidiary of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides, DK Eyewitness Travel), history, geography, science, space, nature, sports, gardening, cookery, parenting and many others. The worldwide CEO of DK is Paul Kelly. DK has offices in New York, Melbourne, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto, Madrid, Beijing, and Jiangmen. DK works with licensing partners such as The Walt Disney Company, Disney, Lego, LEGO, DC Comics, the Royal Horticultural Society, MasterChef, and the Smithsonian Institution. DK has commissioned authors such as Mary Berry, Monty Don, Robert Winston, Huw Richards, and Steve Mould for a range of books. History DK was founded in 1974 by Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Baron
Mike Baron (born July 1, 1949) is an American comic book writer and novelist. He is the creator of ''Badger (comics), Badger'' and the co-creator of ''Nexus (comics), Nexus'' with Steve Rude. He is also well known as the first writer on Marvel Comics' ''The Punisher (1987 series), The Punisher'' ongoing series, and the second volume of DC Comics' ''The Flash (comic book), The Flash''. Biography Mike Baron entered the comics industry with an illustrated text piece in ''Weird Trips Magazine'' #1 (March 1974) published by Kitchen Sink Press. In 1981, he published his first formal comics script with ''Nexus (comics), Nexus'', the science fiction title he co-created with illustrator Steve Rude; the series garnered numerous honors, including Eisner Awards for both creators. A prolific creator, Baron is responsible for ''The Badger'', ''Ginger Fox'', ''Spyke (limited series), Spyke'', ''Feud'', and many other comic book properties. He and artist Jackson Guice relaunched ''The Flash (comi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman is a superheroine who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in ''All Star Comics'' Introducing Wonder Woman, #8, published October 21, 1941, with her first feature in ''Sensation Comics'' #1 in January 1942. She was created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton (choreographer), Charles Moulton), and artist Harry G. Peter in 1941. Marston's wife, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Elizabeth, and their life partner, Olive Byrne, are credited as being his inspiration for the character's appearance. She is one of the first DC superheroes and is one of the strongest superheroes of all time. The ''Wonder Woman (comic book), Wonder Woman'' title has been published by DC Comics almost continuously ever since. In her homeland, the island nation of Themyscira (DC Comics), Themyscira, her official title is Princess Diana of Themyscira. When blending into the society outside her homelan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publication History Of Wonder Woman
The fictional DC Comics character Wonder Woman was created by William Moulton Marston. She was introduced in Introducing Wonder Woman, ''All Star Comics'' #8 (October 1941), then appeared in ''Sensation Comics'' #1 (January 1942), Six months later, she appeared in Wonder Woman (comic book), her own comic book series (summer 1942). Since her debut, five regular series of ''Wonder Woman'' have been published, the fifth launched in June 2016 as part of ''DC Rebirth''. The Golden Age Wonder Woman was introduced in Introducing Wonder Woman, ''All Star Comics'' #8 (October 1941), during the era known to comics historians as the "Golden Age of Comic Books". Following this debut, she was featured in ''Sensation Comics'' #1 (January 1942), and six months later appeared in her own comic book series (Summer 1942). Wonder Woman took her place beside the extant superheroines or antiheroines Fantomah, the Black Widow (Claire Voyant), Black Widow, the Invisible Scarlet O'Neil, and Canada's Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
