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Justice League Quarterly
''Justice League Quarterly'' (''JLQ'') was a quarterly American comic book series published by DC Comics from Winter 1990 to Winter 1994; it lasted 17 issues. It had a variable cast, pulling from the Justice League membership. The title centred on short stories featuring a differing number of characters, often solo stories, and in later issues often featured a pin-up section of members of the Justice League. Various writers and artists worked on the title. Featured characters (by frequency of appearance) Five or more issues * Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) * Booster Gold * Crimson Fox * Elongated Man * Fire * Flash (Wally West) * Guy Gardner * Ice * Martian Manhunter * Maxwell Lord * Power Girl Up to five issues * Batman * Bloodwynd (Martian Manhunter) * Blue Jay * Bushmaster * Captain Atom * Dr. Light * Dr. Mist * Echo (IV) * General Glory (Joseph Jones) * Godiva * Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) * Impala * Jack O'Lantern (Marvin Noronsa) * Jack O'Lantern (Liam McHugh) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Comics
DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book series first published in 1937. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, the first comic under the DC banner being published in 1937. The majority of its published stories are set in the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous List of DC Comics characters, culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Flash (DC Comics character), Flash; as well as famous fictional teams, including the Justice League, the Teen Titans, the Suicide Squad, and the Legion of Superheroes. The universe contains an assortment of well-known supervillains, such as Lex Luthor, the Joker (character), Joker, Darkseid, and the antihero Catwoman. The company has published non-DC Universe-related mater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloodwynd
Bloodwynd is a codename used by multiple superheroes who have appeared in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character initially debuted in '' Justice League America'' #61 (April 1992) and was created by Dan Jurgens. While the character's origins were initially portrayed as an alter-ego of Martian Manhunter, subsequent portrayals of Bloodwynd depicted them as distinct and independent characters. The first Bloodwynd is a necromancer who is revealed to be a descendant of African American slaves seeking retribution against their slave owner. Through a dark ritual involving a blood gem created as a sacrifice, they gained the ability to wield its powers, which facilitated their freedom. This version of Bloodwynd, initially unnamed, is later identified as Quintus Arce. While Martian Manhunter temporarily assumed his identity, Bloodwynd remained an ally of the Justice League and a superhero with sorcerous abilities until his disappearance after the team disbanded. It is rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberon (comics)
Oberon is a character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, primarily in association with Mister Miracle. He was created by Jack Kirby, and first appeared in ''Mister Miracle'' #1 (March 1971). Fictional character biography Oberon is orphaned as a child after his family is killed in a fire. Subsequently, he works at a circus under an abusive Ringmaster (circus), ringmaster before meeting Mister Miracle#Thaddeus Brown, Thaddeus Brown, the first Mister Miracle, and becoming his assistant. After an Intergang operative kills Brown, Oberon works with his successor, the New God Scott Free. When Miracle joins Justice League International, Oberon becomes Maxwell Lord's assistant. He also attends Green Arrow and Black Canary's wedding and Ted Kord, Blue Beetle's funeral. In ''Mister Miracle'' (vol. 4), Miracle discovers that Oberon died from cancer some time prior. Other versions * An alternate timeline variant of Oberon appears in ''Justice League Annual'' (1995). * An alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metamorpho
Metamorpho (Rex Mason) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Bob Haney and Ramona Fradon, the character debuted as the lead feature in The Brave and the Bold, ''The Brave and the Bold'' (January 1965). Originally an adventurer, he was converted into a man made of a shifting mass of chemicals after being cursed by an ancient artifact while on an expedition. He is a founding member of the Outsiders (comics), Outsiders, and has also joined multiple incarnations of the Justice League. Anthony Carrigan (actor), Anthony Carrigan is set to portray the character in the DC Universe (franchise), DC Universe (DCU), beginning with the upcoming film ''Superman (2025 film), Superman'' (2025). Creation Fradon spoke on the character's genesis stating, Publication history Metamorpho's creator, Bob Haney, had seen success with DC Comics in 1964 with the titles ''Metal Men'' and ''Doom Patrol'', featuring bands of superheroes exhibiting fantast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxima (comics)
Maxima () is a character appearing in comics published by DC Comics. In her original incarnation, she was a morally ambiguous queen from the planet Almerac who is known for searching for mates among Earth's superhuman male population to be wedded as her king, and became obsessed with Superman for a time. She has also worked as a superheroine member of the Justice League. In her recent incarnations, she is reintroduced as a princess of Almerac and ally of Supergirl. Unlike her previous version, she is lesbian and struggles with following Almerac's traditions in continuing the royal line with finding a male mate. Outside of comics, Maxima has appeared in the live-action series ''Smallville'' and ''Supergirl'', respectively portrayed by Charlotte Sullivan and Eve Torres Gracie. Publication history Maxima first appeared in ''Action Comics'' #645 (September 1989) and was created by writer Roger Stern and artist George Pérez. Fictional character biography Post-Crisis The oldest chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L-Ron
L-Ron L-Ron is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writers Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis, and first appeared in '' Justice League International'' #14 (June 1988). L-Ron is initially introduced as a servant of the intergalactic warlord Manga Khan. Later, he assists the Justice League in stopping Despero by building a new control collar, using his circuitry to do so as it is made of the only material that will work. However, the collar inadvertently causes L-Ron and Despero to switch bodies when used. Despero attacks the Justice League before being destroyed and becoming a disembodied spirit. The post-''New 52'' incarnation of L-Ron, introduced in the ''Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville'' miniseries, is an assistant to the titular characters. L-Ron in other media L-Ron appears in the '' Young Justice'' episode "Cornered", voiced by Phil LaMarr. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilowog
Kilowog is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character is a member of the Green Lantern Corps. Kilowog has been substantially adapted into media outside comics, primarily in association with Green Lantern. Michael Clarke Duncan, Kevin Michael Richardson, Dennis Haysbert, and Henry Rollins, among others, have voiced the character in television series and films. Publication history Kilowog first appears in ''Green Lantern Corps'' #201 and was created by Steve Englehart and Joe Staton. Fictional character biography Origins A towering alien with a brutish cross of porcine and bull-doggish appearance, Kilowog is renowned throughout the Green Lantern Corps as the primary trainer of the Corps' newest recruits. The Guardians of the Universe recruited Kilowog, a gifted genetic scientist, from the planet Bolovax Vik, located in Space Sector 674. Kilowog was trained by Lantern List of Green Lanterns#Ermey, Ermey (a reference to R. Lee Ermey), who woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack O'Lantern (DC Comics)
Jack O'Lantern is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Fictional character biography Daniel Cormac The first Jack O'Lantern is Daniel Cormac of Ireland, who was born to a poor farmer who was granted a magic lantern by an Irish fairy. Cormac is a member of the Global Guardians, an international group of superheroes. His first recorded mission in ''Super Friends'' #8 was to help Green Lantern dismantle a bomb in Ireland. He appears in three solo back up stories in ''Super Friends'' issues #37, #40 and #44. Cormac's first appearance in the mainstream DC Comics universe is ''DC Comics Presents'' #46, helping Superman find an ancient ruin in Ireland. He is later seen as part of a group of heroes from Ireland and England trying to save the world in the ''Crisis on Infinite Earths''. When the United Nations decide to fund the Justice League International, the Global Guardians find themselves without financial support, and di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impala (DC Comics)
I.Q. I.Q. (Ira Quimby) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Ira Quimby is a small-time crook who is accidentally exposed to the radiation from a rock that had been irradiated by a Zeta Beam, transforming him into a metahuman with superhuman intelligence. Dubbing himself I.Q., he uses his new intellect to plan a series of jewelry heists. I.Q.'s heightened intelligence turns out to short-lived, but re-exposure to the rock restores it. Hawkman tracks down I.Q. by analyzing traces of the rock, and arrests I.Q. and his gang. In ''Hawkman'' #7 (April 1965), the imprisoned I.Q. discovers that his heightened intelligence returns whenever he is exposed to sunlight. He is able to create an invisibility device out of common items and escape from jail, and resume his life of crime. In subsequent stories I.Q. faces the Justice League of America, Superman and the Metal Men, Batman, the Teen Titans, the Atom (Ray Palmer), and the Elongated Man. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Jordan
Harold "Hal" Jordan, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created in 1959 by writer John Broome (writer), John Broome and artist Gil Kane, and first appeared in ''Showcase (comics), Showcase'' #22 (October 1959). Hal Jordan is a reinvention of the previous Green Lantern, who appeared in 1940s comic books as the character Alan Scott. Hal Jordan is a former fighter pilot who works for Ferris Aircraft as a test pilot, a member and occasionally leader of an intergalactic police force called the Green Lantern Corps, as well as a founding member of the Justice League, DC's flagship superhero team, alongside well-known heroes such as Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. He fights evil across the universe with a ring that grants him various superpowers but is usually portrayed as one of the protectors of Sector 2814, where Earth resides. His powers derive from his power ring (DC Comics), p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
