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Marco (comics)
Question is a name used by several fictional superhero characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Steve Ditko, the Question first appeared in Charlton Comics' ''Blue Beetle'' #1 (June 1967), and was acquired by DC Comics in the early 1980s and incorporated into the DC Universe. The Question's secret identity was originally Vic Sage, later retconned as Charles Victor Szasz. However, after the events of the 2006–2007 miniseries '' 52'', Sage's protégé Renee Montoya took up his mantle and became his successor. Following The New 52 relaunch, Question was reintroduced as an unknown mystical entity and Sage as a government agent, before being restored to his traditional detective persona and name after the events of DC Rebirth. As conceived by Ditko, the Question was an adherent of Objectivism during his career as a Charlton hero, much like Ditko's earlier creation, Mr. A. In the 1987–1990 solo series from DC, the character developed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supervillain
A supervillain, supervillainess or supercriminal is a major antagonist and variant of the villainous stock character who possesses Superpower (ability), superpowers. The character type is sometimes found in comic books and is often the primary adversary of a superhero in the same story. Description Supervillains are often used as foil (literature), foils to present a daunting challenge to a superhero. In instances where the supervillain does not have superhuman, mystical, or alien powers, the supervillain may possess a genius intellect or a skill set that allows them to draft complex schemes or commit crimes in a way normal humans cannot. Other traits may include wiktionary:megalomania, megalomania and possession of considerable resources to further their aims. Many supervillains share some typical characteristics of real-world dictators, gangsters, mad scientists, trophy hunting, trophy hunters, corrupt businesspeople, serial killers, and terrorism, terrorists, often having an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Rebirth
DC Rebirth is a 2016 relaunch by the American comic book publisher DC Comics of its entire Line (comics), line of ongoing monthly superhero comic book titles. Using the end of The New 52 (2011–2016) initiative in May 2016 as its launching point, DC Rebirth restored the DC Universe to a form much like that prior to the 2011 "Flashpoint (comics), Flashpoint" storyline while still incorporating numerous elements of The New 52, including its continuity. It also saw many of its titles move to a twice-monthly release schedule, along with being released at . DC Comics ended the Rebirth branding in December 2017, opting to include everything under a larger "DC Universe" banner and naming. The continuity and repercussions established by Rebirth continues into the New Justice (2018–2021), Infinite Frontier (2021–2023), and Dawn of DC (2023-2024) relaunches. Publication history ''DC Universe: Rebirth Special'' and initiative launch In January 2016, DC Comics co-publishers Dan DiDio an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Sienkiewicz
Boleslav William Felix Robert Sienkiewicz ( ; ; born May 3, 1958) is an American artist known for his work in comic books—particularly for Marvel Comics' ''The New Mutants (comic book), The New Mutants'', ''Moon Knight,'' and ''Elektra: Assassin''. He is the co-creator of the character Legion (Marvel Comics), David Haller / Legion, the basis for the FX (TV channel), FX television series Legion (TV series), ''Legion''. Sienkiewicz's work in the 1980s was considered revolutionary in mainstream US comics due to his highly stylized art that verged on abstract art, abstraction and made use of oil painting, photorealism, collage, mimeograph, and other forms generally uncommon in comic books. Early life Sienkiewicz was born May 3, 1958, in Blakely, Pennsylvania. When he was five years old, he moved with his family to the Hainesville, New Jersey, Hainesville section of Sandyston Township, New Jersey, where he attended elementary and secondary school. Sienkiewicz began drawing "when [h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Lemire
Jeff Lemire (; born March 21, 1976) is a Canadian comic book writer, artist, and television producer. He is the author of critically acclaimed titles including the '' Essex County Trilogy'', '' Sweet Tooth'', and '' The Nobody''. His written work includes '' All-New Hawkeye'', '' Extraordinary X-Men'', ''Moon Knight'' and ''Old Man Logan'' for Marvel; ''Superboy'', '' Animal Man'', '' Justice League Dark'', and ''Green Arrow'' for DC; '' Black Hammer'' and ''Mazebook'' for Dark Horse; ''Descender'' and '' Gideon Falls'' for Image Comics; and '' Bloodshot Reborn'' for Valiant. In 2021, ''Sweet Tooth'' was adapted as a Netflix television series through Susan and Robert Downey Jr.'s production company Team Downey, with Lemire serving as an on-set consultant. Lemire has also collaborated with musicians such as Eddie Vedder on his ''Matter of Time'' animated video and Gord Downie on '' Secret Path,'' a multimedia storytelling project. Early life Lemire was born and raised in Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Black Label
DC Black Label (also referred to simply as Black Label) is an imprint of American comic book publisher DC Comics consisting of original miniseries and reprints of books previously published under other imprints. The imprint intends to present traditional DC Universe characters for a mature audience with stand-alone Prestige Format series. The first title of the imprint, '' Batman: Damned'', was released on September 19, 2018. Publication history Single issues of comic books that are issued under the ''Black Label'' line will be published in Prestige Format. If a comic book series exceeds a miniseries run length, it will be published in standard format. All series are eventually collected in hardcover format. Black Label was launched in September 2018. Black Label is designed for writers and artists to create more adult oriented/"edgy" stories, without having to follow the rules of continuity and age ratings. With the discontinuation of DC's Vertigo imprint, new and current se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denys Cowan
Denys Cowan (; born January 30, 1961) is an American comics artist, television producer, media executive and one of the co-founders of Milestone Media. Early life Denys Cowan was first inspired by superheroes as a child from reruns of the 1950s TV show ''Adventures of Superman (TV series), Adventures of Superman'' with George Reeves. He did not yet know what a comic book was, and would not learn about them until the third grade. After Cowan's mother died, he moved in with his grandparents, and attended school in that district, where he met a future fellow comics creator, Derek Dingle, who drew comics with his brother. Dingle showed Cowan his first comic book, an issue of Jack Kirby's ''New Gods''.Cowan, Denys (December 2018). "How I broken into comics with...Denys Cowan", ''DC Nation'' #5, Page 2, DC Comics (Burbank, California). Cowan attended the High School of Art and Design in New York City. One day in the school lunchroom, the 14-year-old Cowan met someone who worked for artis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis O'Neil
Dennis "Denny" Joseph O'Neil (May 3, 1939 – June 11, 2020) was an American comic book writer and editor, principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics from the 1960s through the 1990s, and Group Editor for the Batman family of titles until his retirement. His best-known works include ''Green Lantern/Green Arrow'' and ''Batman (comic book), Batman'' with Neal Adams. For ''Batman'', the team is credited with returning the character to his dark pulp fiction roots, in contrast to the campy Batman (TV series), ''Batman'' television series of the 1960s. However, comics historian Les Daniels considers O'Neil's "vengeful obsessive-compulsive" Batman to be an original interpretation that has influenced all subsequent portrayals of the character. It was during this run that O'Neil co-created the Batman villains Ra's al Ghul and Talia al Ghul. During their ''Green Lantern/Green Arrow'' run, O'Neil and Adams introduced a mature, realistic tone through stories such as "Snowbirds Don't Fly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crisis On Infinite Earths
''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' is a 1985 to 1986 American comic book fictional crossover, crossover series published by DC Comics. Written by Marv Wolfman and penciller, pencilled by George Pérez, it was first released as a 12-issue limited series (comics), limited series from April 1985 to March 1986. As the main piece of a crossover event, some plot elements were featured in tie-in issues of other publications. Since its initial publication, the series has been reprinted in various formats and editions. The idea for the series stemmed from Wolfman's desire to abandon the Multiverse (DC Comics), DC Multiverse depicted in the company's comics—which he thought was unfriendly to readers—and create a single, unified DC Universe (DCU). The foundation of ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' developed through a character called the Monitor (Mar Novu), Monitor, introduced in Wolfman's ''Teen Titans, The New Teen Titans'' in July 1982 before the series itself started. At the start of ''Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comics Code Authority
The Comics Code Authority (CCA) was formed in 1954 by the Comics Magazine Association of America as an alternative to government regulation. The CCA enabled comic publishers to self-regulate the content of American comic book, comic books in the United States. The code was voluntary, as there was no law requiring its use, although some advertisers and retailers looked to it for reassurance. Some publishers including Dell Comics, Dell, Western Publishing, Western, and Gilberton (publisher), Gilberton (Classics Illustrated), never used it.(Golden, Christopher; Stephen Bissette, Thomas E. Sniegoski (2000) ''The Monster Book'' Simon & Schuster) Its code, commonly called "the Comics Code", lasted until the early 21st century. The CC formation followed a moral panic centered around a series of Senate hearings and the publication of psychiatrist Fredric Wertham's book ''Seduction of the Innocent''. Members submitted comics to the CCA, which screened them for adherence to its code, then a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Markstein's Toonopedia
Don Markstein's Toonopedia (subtitled A Vast Repository of Toonological Knowledge) is an online encyclopedia of print cartoons, comic strips and animation, initiated February 13, 2001. Donald D. Markstein, the sole writer and editor of Toonopedia, termed it "the world's first hypertext encyclopedia of toons" and stated, "The basic idea is to cover the entire spectrum of American cartoonery." Markstein began the project during 1999 with several earlier titles: he changed Don's Cartoon Encyberpedia (1999) to Don Markstein's Cartoonopedia (2000) after learning the word "Encyberpedia" had been trademarked. During 2001, he settled on his final title, noting, "Decided (after thinking about it for several weeks) to change the name of the site to Don Markstein's Toonopedia, rather than Cartoonopedia. Better rhythm in the name, plus 'toon' is probably a more apt word, in modern parlance, than 'cartoon', for what I'm doing." Comic strips Toonopedia author Donald David Markstein (March 21, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Kaye (voice Actor)
David Kaye is a Canadian voice actor. He is best known for animation roles such as Megatron in five of the ''Transformers'' series (''Beast Wars: Transformers, Beast Wars'', ''Beast Machines: Transformers, Beast Machines'', ''Transformers: Armada, Armada'', ''Transformers: Energon, Energon'', and ''Transformers: Cybertron, Cybertron''), Optimus Prime in ''Transformers: Animated'', Professor X in ''X-Men: Evolution'', Cronus in ''Class of the Titans'', Khyber in ''Ben 10: Omniverse'', several characters in ''Avengers Assemble (TV series), Avengers Assemble'', and Duckworth in the reboot of ''DuckTales (2017 TV series), DuckTales''. He is also known for anime roles including List of Inuyasha characters#Sesshomaru, Sesshōmaru in ''Inuyasha'' and Treize Khushrenada in ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', and video game roles such as Clank (Ratchet & Clank), Clank in the ''Ratchet & Clank'' series and Nathan Hale in the ''Resistance (video game series), Resistance'' series. He is also the an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corey Burton
Corey Burton is an American voice actor. He is the current voice of Captain Hook, Ludwig Von Drake and others for The Walt Disney Company, Shockwave on '' The Transformers'', Brainiac in the DC Animated Universe, Count Dooku and Cad Bane in the ''Star Wars'' franchise, Zeus in '' Hercules: The Animated Series'' and the '' God of War'' series, and Hugo Strange in '' Batman: Arkham City''. Career Early career Burton started his career at age 17 under the stage name Corey Weinman, with an imitation performance of Hans Conried for Disney. He studied radio acting with Daws Butler for four years and went on to work with nearly all of the original Hollywood radio actors in classic-style radio dramas. He was unsure at first about pursuing voice-work, due to his shy demeanor and Asperger syndrome, but credits the diverse world and character design of Disney's The Haunted Mansion attraction as his inspiration to move forward. Disney Burton has done extensive voice-work for Disney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
