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Marvel Next
Marvel Next was a short lived imprint that was launched by the American comics publisher Marvel Comics in early 2005. Marvel's press release stated that Marvel Next was "not a new line or imprint" but rather "a collection of titles" intended to "spotlight young characters." Like the Tsunami imprint before it, it aimed to attract young readers. Marvel Next titles carried a "Marvel Next" tag on the cover, but not always in the typical imprint location near the regular Marvel logo. The title may have been an attempt to appeal to or identify with Generation Next. The titles were set in the Marvel Universe and most of them ('' Araña: The Heart of the Spider'', ''Young Avengers'', '' Runaways'' and ''Amazing Fantasy'') had connections to pre-existing titles, taking advantage of settings, characters and events from previous stories. Logo Use While the Marvel Next press release included ''Young Avengers'' and ''Runaways'' among the forthcoming Marvel Next books, neither series ever ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runaways (comics)
''Runaways'' is a superhero comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series features a group of teenagers who discover that their parents are part of an evil crime organization known as "the Pride". Created by Brian Vaughan and Adrian Alphona, the series debuted in July 2003 as part of Marvel Comics' "Tsunami" imprint. The series was canceled in September 2004 at issue #18, but due to high numbers of trade collection sales, Marvel revived the series in February 2005. Originally, the series featured a group of six kids whose parents routinely met every year for a charity event. One year, the kids spy on their parents and learn they are "the Pride", a criminal group of mob bosses, time-travelers, wizards, evil scientists, alien invaders and telepathic mutants. The kids steal weapons and resources from their parents and learn that they themselves inherited their parents' powers; Alex Wilder, a prodigy, leads the team while Nico Minoru learns she is a powerful witch, Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X-23
Laura Kinney (designation X-23) is a fictional superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with Wolverine (character), Wolverine, whose codename she has also used, and the X-Men. The character was created by writer Craig Kyle for the ''X-Men: Evolution'' television series in 2003, before debuting in the ''NYX (comics), NYX'' comic series in 2004. Since then she has headlined two six-issue miniseries written by Kyle and Christopher Yost, the ''X-23 (one-shot), X-23'' (2010) one-shot and the 2010 ''X-23 (2010 series), X-23'' (vol. 3) ongoing series written by Marjorie Liu, the 2015 ''All-New Wolverine'' ongoing series by writer Tom Taylor (writer), Tom Taylor, and the 2018 ''X-23 (2018 series), X-23'' (vol. 4) ongoing series by writer Mariko Tamaki. she has headlined the ongoing series ''Laura Kinney: Wolverine'' by writer Erica Schultz. Laura has also appeared in several team books such as ''Avengers Academy'', ''New X-Men (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spellbinders
''Spellbinders'' is a comic book published by Marvel Comics as part of the Marvel Next comic book branding. Created by writer Mike Carey and artist Mike Perkins, the six-issue limited series debuted in March 2005. It is part of the Marvel Universe but does not feature obvious links to other comic books. The series is set around John Hathorne High School, a fictional high school in Salem, Massachusetts, where magic is accepted as a fact. There are rivalries between magical students ("wicks") and non-magical students ("blanks"), and between the various covens. The story centers around Kim Vesco, a girl who has strange dreams and an interest in sculpture. Development Concept and creation At the time Mike Carey was primarily associated with DC Comics, particularly their mature readers Vertigo Comics line and the title ''Lucifer'', he hoped that the series would help him get away from being pigeonholed as a "dark" writer. He referred to the title as a "magical horror fantasy." Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machine Teen
Machine Teen is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in ''Machine Teen'' #1 beginning in 2005. Adam Aaronson, a high school student, has a good life: he is captain of the all-star football team, a straight 'A' student and is liked by everyone. However, he discovers that he is really a robot created by the man he thought was his father, Isaac Aaronson. Publication history ''Machine Teen'' was a comic book published by Marvel Comics starting in July 2005, loosely based on ''Machine Man'' and created by Marc Sumerak and Mike Hawthorne. It was published as a five-issue mini-series and carried the Marvel Next logo. The main character of ''Machine Teen'' is Adam Aaronson. Machine Teen appeared as a supporting character in ''Avengers Academy'' in issue #21 (Jan 2012) and issue #26 (April 2012). Fictional character biography Early life Some years ago, Aaron Isaacs, a pioneering programmer and engineer in the fie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livewires (comic)
''Livewires'' is a six-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics in 2005. The series was written by Adam Warren, who also provided layouts, and pencilled by Rick Mays and Jason Martin. The series stars a group of fictional androids who are members of a covert black ops program code named Project Livewire. These androids are on a mission to seek out and destroy other black ops. Characters *Cornfed looks like a big farm boy and seems to be the team's muscle, but he is actually in charge of all mechanical repairs. He can usually be found behind the scenes giving support and coordinating the team's missions. *Gothic Lolita is the ''actual'' muscle even though she does not look the part. Social Butterfly used the term " Ben Grimm in black babydoll lace" to describe Gothic Lolita. Her code-name and look are both in reference to the Gothic Lolita fashion style popular in Japan. Gothic Lolita herself has described her role as "smashing and bashing duty." *Hollowpoin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gravity (comics)
Greg Willis is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Sean McKeever and artist Mike Norton, the character First appearance, first appeared in ''Gravity'' #1 (August 2005 in comics, 2005). Willis is known under the Code name, codename Gravity. The character has been a member of the Young Allies (Marvel Comics), Young Allies, the Fifty State Initiative, and the Great Lakes Avengers at various points in his history. Development Concept and creation Sean McKeever and Mike Norton wanted to create their own character inspired by the college-aged Spider-Man from the 1980s they grew up with. They described the character as a modern take on the classic superhero struggles, inspired by McKeever's own Midwestern background and the balance of action and everyday life found in the 1980s ''Amazing Spider-Man''. Gravity's journey as a rookie hero, learning from mistakes and trying to navigate both crime-fighting and personal challenges, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazing Fantasy
''Amazing Adult Fantasy'', retitled ''Amazing Fantasy'' in its final issue, is an American comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics from 1961 through 1962, with the latter title revived with superhero features in 1995 and in the 2000s. The final 1960s issue, ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (cover-dated Aug. 1962), introduced the popular Marvel Comics, Marvel superhero Spider-Man. ''Amazing Adult Fantasy'' premiered with issue #7, taking over the numbering from ''Amazing Adventures''. Publication history The science fiction-fantasy anthology ''Amazing Adult Fantasy'' began with issue #7 (cover-dated Dec. 1961), having taken over the number of the similar anthology ''Amazing Adventures''. The earlier issues before the title change featured stories drawn by a number of artists including Jack Kirby, Don Heck and Steve Ditko. ''Amazing Adult Fantasy'' featured exclusively the quick, quirky, twist-ending tales of artist Ditko and writer-editor Stan Lee that had appeared in ''Ama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Avengers
The Young Avengers are the names of two superhero teams appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung, the first team appeared in ''Young Avengers'' #1 (April 2005). The Young Avengers team features numerous adolescent characters who typically have connections to established members of Marvel's primary superhero team, the Avengers (comics), Avengers. ''Young Avengers'' follows the events of the 2004–2005 "Avengers Disassembled" storyline. The four founding members of the team are gathered as a result of the Vision (Marvel Comics)#Modern Age, Vision's plan for the reformation of the Avengers in the event the team disbanded. In the series, newspapers refer to the young heroes as "super-powered fanboys" and label them the "Young Avengers", a name the team members initially dislike but that sticks nonetheless. Publication history The first team appeared in ''Young Avengers'' #1 (April 2005), created by Allan Heinberg and J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imprint (trade Name)
An imprint of a publisher is a trade name under which it publishes a work. A single publishing company may have multiple imprints, often using the different names as brands to market works to various demographic consumer segments. Description An imprint of a publisher is a trade name—a name that a business uses for trading commercial products or services—under which a work is published. Imprints typically have a defining character or mission. In some cases, the diversity results from the takeover of smaller publishers (or parts of their business) by a larger company. In the video game industry, some game companies operate various publishing labels. Electronic Arts' (EA) 2008 CEO, John Riccitiello, stated that, with the establishing of Rockstar, Take-Two Interactive effectively invented the "label" corporate structure, which EA followed into in 2008. This model has influenced rivals including Activision Blizzard, ZeniMax, Electronic Arts from 2008 to 2018, Warner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anya Corazon
Aña "Anya" Sofia Corazón (surname alternatively shown without diacritic, Corazon, over the years) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada, writer Fiona Avery, and artist Mark Brooks, the character made her first appearance in ''Amazing Fantasy'' #1 (August 2004). She is the Latina daughter of a Puerto Rican father and a Mexican mother. Corazón was the first Marvel character to adopt the identity Araña (Spider), before becoming Spider-Girl (''Young Allies'' #5, October 2010). She is third Spider-Girl published by Marvel, and the first to appear in the mainstream Marvel universe. Anya Corazón / Spider-Girl made her cinematic debut in the animated '' Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'' (2023), and is played by Isabela Merced in Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) film ''Madame Web'' (2024). Publication history Anya Corazon was created by Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada, writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Universe
The Marvel Universe is a fictional shared universe where the stories in most American comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Comics take place. Superhero teams such as the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and many Marvel superheroes live in this universe, including characters such as Spider-Man, Wolverine, Iron Man, Captain America, and Hulk. It also contains well-known supervillains such as Doctor Doom, Magneto, Green Goblin, Loki, and Thanos. It also contains antiheroes such as Deadpool, Ghost Rider, Punisher, Elektra, and Black Cat. The Marvel Universe is further depicted as existing within a " multiverse" consisting of thousands of separate universes, all of which are the creations of Marvel Comics and all of which are, in a sense, "Marvel universes". In this context, "Marvel Universe" is taken to refer to the mainstream Marvel continuity, which is known as Earth-616 or ''Prime Earth''. History Some of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
