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Matt Wayne
Matt S. Wayne is an American writer of comic books and television. Wayne is probably best known for his work on the animated series '' Niko and the Sword of Light'', '' Cannon Busters'' and '' Ben 10: Omniverse'', and writing and editing comic books for Milestone Media. Biography Wayne was born in Cleveland, Ohio, grew up in Milford, Michigan, and attended the University of Michigan. He was childhood friends with writer Richard Pursel and was high school and college friends with writer Dwayne McDuffie. Comic books Wayne's first comic book credit was for material in ''Marvel Year-In-Review'' #1 for Marvel Comics. He then wrote several stories for Hamilton Comics. When McDuffie co-founded the comic book company Milestone Media, Wayne was hired as an editor on titles such as ''Icon'' and '' Hardware''. Wayne also wrote several titles, including the series '' Shadow Cabinet'' and '' Heroes''. After Milestone ceased publishing monthly comics in 1997, Wayne wrote for DC Comics. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Hardware (comics)
Hardware (Curtis Metcalf) is a fictional superhero published by DC Comics. An original character from DC's Milestone Media, Milestone Comics imprint, he first appeared in ''Hardware'' #1 (April 1993), and was created by Dwayne McDuffie and Denys Cowan. Publication history ''Hardware'' was the first of Milestone's titles to be published, and (along with ''Blood Syndicate'', ''Icon (character), Icon'', and ''Static (DC Comics), Static'') was one of the company's main titles. Fictional character biography Milestone universe Curtis Metcalf is a working class child prodigy who was discovered aged 12–13 by a big-time businessman, Edwin Alva Sr., who enrolled him in A Better Chance, "a program intended to get minority group, minority students into elite prep schools". Metcalf proved to be much smarter than all the other prep school students, graduating at age 14 and earning his first college degree at age 15. Alva paid for Metcalf's college tuition in exchange for him working as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV Series)
''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' is an American superhero fiction, superhero cartoon series, animated television series developed by Victor Cook and Greg Weisman based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. In terms of overall tone and style, the series is based primarily on the Stan Lee, Steve Ditko and John Romita Sr. era of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', with a similar balance of action (genre), action, drama, and comedy as well as a high school setting. However, it also blends material from all eras of the comic's run up to that point in addition to other sources such as the ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' comics and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man (2002 film series), ''Spider-Man'' film trilogy. ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' was jointly produced by Marvel Entertainment, Sony Pictures, Culver Entertainment, Adelaide Productions, and Sony Pictures Television. It premiered on March 8, 2008, during the Kids' WB programming block of The CW Television Network, The CW. The series aired its second s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legion Of Super Heroes (TV Series)
''Legion of Super Heroes'' is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation, adapted from the DC Comics series of the same name. It debuted on September 23, 2006, and centers on a young Superman's adventures in the 31st century, fighting alongside the eponymous group of superheroes. The show was produced by one of its main character designers James Tucker, a co-producer of the '' Justice League Unlimited'' series, for the Kids' WB line-up on The CW network. The series drew on the rich history of the Legion of Super-Heroes, taking inspiration from stories set during all time periods of the team's nearly 50-year history in comics. It also had a tie-in spin-off comic book series, ''Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century'', that lasted 20 issues. The series was cancelled after its second season. Development history A few months before ''Legion of Super Heroes'' premiered, the Legion appeared in the '' Justice League Unlimited'' episode "Far Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice League Unlimited
''Justice League Unlimited'' (''JLU'') is an American superhero animated series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation with DC Comics in season 3 and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Universe, and specifically based on the Justice League superhero team, it is a direct sequel to the previous '' Justice League'' animated series and picks up around two years after it. ''JLU'' debuted on July 31, 2004, on Toonami and ended on May 13, 2006. It is the eighth and final series of the DC Animated Universe, serving as the conclusion to a shared universe which began with '' Batman: The Animated Series''. Notably, it is the most continuity-heavy show of the DC Animated Universe, and weaves together characters and plot lines from past series. ''Justice League Unlimited'' received critical acclaim. Overview According to producer Bruce Timm, the series finale of '' Justice League'', "Starcrossed", was possibly meant to be the final episode of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storm Hawks
''Storm Hawks'' is a Canadian animated television series created by Asaph Fipke and produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment. It premiered on YTV in Canada on September 8, 2007, and on Cartoon Network in the United States on May 25, 2007. Plot ''Storm Hawks'' is set on a fictional world called Atmos, a largely mountainous world consisting of scattered, towering, plateau-like land masses known as terras. Directly below the terras lie the Wastelands, the most dangerous area of Atmos, with infernal fires and wicked creatures. Because of the geography, travel is mostly dependent on flight. The technology of Atmos is based around energy-generating crystals, used to power the various devices in the series. Patrolling the skies of Atmos are the Squadrons, groups of warriors who pilot motorcycle-like vehicles called Skimmers that can semi-transform into flying machines. Each Squadron is led by a Sky Knight and these warriors are loosely managed by the Sky Knight Council. In the backstor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krypto The Superdog
''Krypto the Superdog'' is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on Superman's canine companion Krypto, which premiered on Cartoon Network on March 25, 2005 (exactly 50 years after his comic debut), and aired on The CW's Saturday morning block Kids' WB from September 23, 2006, until September 15, 2007. 39 episodes were produced. A comic book series (based on the TV show) was published by DC Comics under the Johnny DC imprint, which lasted 6 issues, from 2006 to 2007. The show was developed by producers Alan Burnett and Paul Dini, who had produced the successful '' Batman: The Animated Series'' and '' Superman: The Animated Series''. Instead of continuing in that style, ''Krypto'' was produced in a manner reminiscent of the Hanna-Barbera shows of the 1960s to the 1980s, from the sound effects down to the animation style. (Veteran Hanna-Barbera designer Iwao Takamoto served as a creative consultant.) Plot As the planet Krypton is about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom And Jerry Tales
''Tom and Jerry Tales'' is an American Animated series, animated television series featuring the cat-and-mouse duo Tom and Jerry. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Turner Entertainment Co., it is the seventh installment in the ''Tom and Jerry'' franchise as well as the first ''Tom and Jerry'' production to emulate the Tom and Jerry filmography, original theatrical shorts created by Hanna-Barbera founders and former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio staff William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; it originally ran in the United States from September 23, 2006 to March 22, 2008, on Kids' WB. This is the first ''Tom and Jerry'' television series from Warner Bros. Animation after parent company WarnerMedia, Time Warner had bought Turner Broadcasting System, then-owners of the franchise, in 1996. Joseph Barbera served as executive producer for the series before his death on December 18, 2006, making this the final ''Tom and Jerry'' project with his involvement, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Phantom
''Danny Phantom'' is an American animated paranormal superhero action adventure television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. It premiered on April 3, 2004, immediately after the 2004 Kids' Choice Awards, and concluded on August 24, 2007. The series follows Danny Fenton, a teenage boy who, after an accident with an unpredictable portal between the human world and the "Ghost Zone", becomes a human-ghost hybrid and takes on the task of saving his town (and the world) from subsequent ghost attacks using an evolving variety of supernatural powers. He is aided by his two best friends, Sam Manson and Tucker Foley, and later by his older sister Jazz, who for most of the series' run are among the only people who know of his double life. Throughout its run, ''Danny Phantom'' received five Annie Award nominations and positive reviews. In recent years, the series received renewed attention and critical acclaim from critics and audiences, with many considering it to be Hartm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
''What's New, Scooby-Doo?'' is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation for Kids' WB. It is the ninth incarnation of the ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise that began with ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'' and the first ''Scooby-Doo'' series in a decade (since ''A Pup Named Scooby-Doo'' ended in 1991). It is also the first Scooby Doo series to be produced by Warner Bros. Animation, and the first since both the foreclosure of Hanna-Barbera and William Hanna's death in 2001. The show follows the format of ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'', in which Scooby-Doo, and his companions Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy, travel to varying locations solving mysteries; this format is modernized for ''What's New, Scooby-Doo?'', in which the characters utilize technology that did not exist at the time ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'' first aired. The series marked the return of Velma and Fred as main characters in the regular Scooby-Doo franchise since 1984's '' The New Scooby-Doo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Static Shock
''Static Shock'' is an American superhero animated television series based on the Milestone Media/DC Comics superhero Static. It premiered on September 23, 2000, on the WB Television Network's Kids' WB programming block. ''Static Shock'' ran for four seasons, with 52 half-hour episodes in total. The show revolves around Virgil Hawkins, a 14-year-old boy who uses the secret identity of "Static" after exposure to a mutagen gas during a gang fight which gave him electromagnetic powers. It was the first time that an African-American superhero was the titular character of their own broadcast animation series. ''Static Shock'' was produced by Warner Bros. Animation from a crew composed mostly of people from the company's past shows, but also with the involvement of two of the comic's creators, Dwayne McDuffie and Denys Cowan. ''Static Shock'' had some alterations from the original comic book because it was oriented to a pre-teen audience. Although originally not intended to be par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poochini
''Poochini'' (also known as ''Poochini's Yard'') is an animated television series which was originally aired worldwide on February 2, 2000, but it did not air in the United States until September 7, 2002. The series follows the life of a grey black-eared hound mix named Poochini who runs away from home after his rich owner dies, gets captured by the dog pound and is adopted by an average American family. Despite being created and co-produced by the San Francisco-based entertainment company Wild Brain, ''Poochini'' was not shown in the United States for over two years after its production. Co-produced and internationally distributed by Munich-based media group EM.TV and distributed by The Television Syndication Company for US syndication, ''Poochini'' is based on the award-winning pilot short ''A Dog Cartoon'' (1999). Poochini had only made 26 episodes with the final one airing in the United States on March 1, 2003. The series was aired on syndication, The WB 100+ Station Grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
