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Millarworld
Millarworld Limited is an imprint of comic books published by Scottish comic book writer Mark Millar as a creator-owned line, featuring characters created by him in a shared fictional universe, the Millarworld, or Millarverse. These characters include Wesley Gibson, Kick-Ass, Hit-Girl, Eggsy Unwin, Nemesis, Duke McQueen, Edison Crane, and others, while the events of '' The Unfunnies'', '' Jupiter's Legacy'', and '' Supercrooks'' exist as popular fiction within the world of the Millarworld. The imprint was launched in 2003 with the publication of the miniseries '' Wanted'', followed by '' Kick-Ass – The Dave Lizewski Years'', ''Kingsman'', '' War Heroes'', and '' The Magic Order'', and later the crossover series '' Big Game''. While the majority of series in the line are written by Millar himself, the series ''Kingsman'', '' Kick-Ass – The New Girl'' and ''Hit-Girl'' feature new writers from their second volumes onward, after Millar wrote the series' first volumes. Licen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mark Millar
Mark Millar (; born 24 December 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer who first came to prominence with a run on the superhero series ''The Authority (comics), The Authority'', published by DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint. Millar has written extensively for Marvel Comics, including runs on ''The Ultimates (comic book), The Ultimates'', which has been called "the comic book of the decade" by ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine and described as a major inspiration for the 2012 film ''The Avengers (2012 film), The Avengers'' by its co-story creator Zak Penn, ''Ultimate X-Men, X-Men'', ''Ultimate Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four'' and ''Ultimate Comics: Avengers, Avengers'' for Marvel's Ultimate Marvel, Ultimate imprint, as well as ''Marvel Knights Spider-Man'' and ''Wolverine (comic book), Wolverine''. In 2006, Millar wrote the ''Civil War (comics), Civil War'' mini-series that served as the centrepiece for the eponymous company-wide crossover storyline and later inspired the Marvel Stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Millar, Mark
Mark Millar (; born 24 December 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer who first came to prominence with a run on the superhero series '' The Authority'', published by DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint. Millar has written extensively for Marvel Comics, including runs on ''The Ultimates'', which has been called "the comic book of the decade" by ''Time'' magazine and described as a major inspiration for the 2012 film '' The Avengers'' by its co-story creator Zak Penn, ''X-Men'', ''Fantastic Four'' and ''Avengers'' for Marvel's Ultimate imprint, as well as ''Marvel Knights Spider-Man'' and ''Wolverine''. In 2006, Millar wrote the ''Civil War'' mini-series that served as the centrepiece for the eponymous company-wide crossover storyline and later inspired the Marvel Studios film '' Captain America: Civil War''. The "Old Man Logan" storyline, published as part of Millar's run on ''Wolverine'', served as the inspiration for the 2017 film ''Logan''. Millar has written numerous creator-owne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Millarworld
Millarworld Limited is an imprint of comic books published by Scottish comic book writer Mark Millar as a creator-owned line, featuring characters created by him in a shared fictional universe, the Millarworld, or Millarverse. These characters include Wesley Gibson, Kick-Ass, Hit-Girl, Eggsy Unwin, Nemesis, Duke McQueen, Edison Crane, and others, while the events of '' The Unfunnies'', '' Jupiter's Legacy'', and '' Supercrooks'' exist as popular fiction within the world of the Millarworld. The imprint was launched in 2003 with the publication of the miniseries '' Wanted'', followed by '' Kick-Ass – The Dave Lizewski Years'', ''Kingsman'', '' War Heroes'', and '' The Magic Order'', and later the crossover series '' Big Game''. While the majority of series in the line are written by Millar himself, the series ''Kingsman'', '' Kick-Ass – The New Girl'' and ''Hit-Girl'' feature new writers from their second volumes onward, after Millar wrote the series' first volumes. Licen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nemesis (Icon Comics)
''Millar & McNiven's Nemesis'' is a creator-owned comic book limited series written by Mark Millar, drawn by Steve McNiven and published by the Icon Comics imprint of Marvel Comics. Two Image Comics-published sequels followed: '' Nemesis: Reloaded'', and '' Big Game'' (both 2023), with a two further sequels, '' Nemesis: Rogues Gallery'' and '' Nemesis: Forever'', published by Dark Horse Comics in 2024 and 2025 respectively. Publication history The publicity was launched in October 2009, with a teaser image containing the caption "What if Batman was the Joker?" and in a subsequent interview Millar revealed that it was only one of a number of possible lines they went with, his favourite being "What if Batman was a total cunt?" This caused concern at DC Comics, the publisher of Batman, but Millar denied there had been threats of legal action: The series also gained pre-publication attention when Millar auctioned the right to name the main policeman character, something he had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kingsman (comics)
''Kingsman'' is an American comic book series that debuted in 2012 with the first graphic novel, subtitled ''The Secret Service''. Three sequels, subtitled '' Mum's the Word'', '' The Big Exit'', and ''The Red Diamond'', followed in 2016, 2017, and 2018 respectively. The series, following the recruitment of Gary London (later renamed Eggsy Unwin), into a secret spy organization by his uncle, Jack London, and his subsequent world-saving adventures as Agent Galahad, was initially published simply as ''The Secret Service'' before being rebranded following the release of the first film adaptation of the series.In newer collected editions of the first volume of the series, the book ''The Secret Service'' was renamed after the film adaptation ''Kingsman: The Secret Service'' and all references to MI6 were replaced by "Kingsman". The series was created by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons from a concept by Millar and an uncredited Matthew Vaughn, and set in Millar's shared universe, the Mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Agent Galahad
''Kingsman'' is a British multimedia franchise consisting of Spy fiction, spy comic books, films, and video games that follow the missions of Agent Galahad of Kingsman, a fictional secret service organization. The franchise is based on the Kingsman (comic series), comic book series created by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons, a 2012 Marvel Comics release set in the Millarworld shared universe which is based on a concept by Millar and Matthew Vaughn. It has garnered success both financially and critically. ''Kingsman: The Secret Service'', the film, is directed by Vaughn from a script that he co-wrote with Jane Goldman, starring Colin Firth and Taron Egerton. It was released in February 2015. The sequel ''Kingsman: The Golden Circle'' and the comic book ''Kingsman: The Red Diamond'' were both released in September 2017. The prequel film ''The King's Man'' was released in December 2021 starring Ralph Fiennes. The crossover comic ''Big Game (comics), Big Game'' was published in July 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jupiter's Legacy (comic)
''Jupiter's Legacy'' is an American superhero comic book series, first published in 2013, written by Mark Millar, drawn by Frank Quitely, colored and lettered by Peter Doherty and published by Image Comics. Published as a series of eponymous limited series and interstitial prequel miniseries, it is to date the longest series that Millar had published as part of his Millarworld line of creator-owned comics, spanning an issue run three times as long as his then-most recent series, '' Supercrooks'' and ''Nemesis''. It was also the first collaboration between Millar and Quitely since their work on '' The Authority'' in 2001, and Quitely's first long-form work with a writer other than Grant Morrison. The story, which is influenced by ''Star Wars'', ''King Kong'', Roman mythology and origin stories from the Golden Age of Comics, was written as Millar's treatise on superheroes' connection to the American ideal. The first few issues of the opening story arc explore the generational confl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Wanted (comics)
''Wanted'' is a comic book limited series created by writer Mark Millar and artist J. G. Jones. It was published by Top Cow in 2003 and 2004 as part of Millarworld. It features an amoral protagonist Wesley F. Gibson who discovers he is the heir to a career as a supervillain assassin in a world where such villains, The Fraternity, have secretly taken control of the planet. ''The Sunday Times'' dubbed the title "the ''Watchmen'' for super-villains." A film adaptation, very loosely based on the comic, was released in 2008, to which a video game sequel followed in 2009. Three crossover sequel comics, '' Savage Dragon: Wanted!'', '' Nemesis: Reloaded'', and '' Big Game'', were released in 2006 and 2023 by Image Comics, seeing Wesley and the Fraternity crossover with the other Millarworld franchises. In 2024, the series was republished by Dark Horse Comics as ''Wanted & Big Game''. Publication history As with '' Superman: Red Son'', Mark Millar has stated that the concept for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Unfunnies
''The Unfunnies'' is a four-issue adult comedy horror comic book mini-series created by Mark Millar and Anthony Williams and published by Avatar Press. The comic uses cartoon characters drawn in a simple style similar to Hanna-Barbera and photographs to tell the story of a comic world gone wrong. The plot intertwines several storylines that eventually meet in the end. Publication history ''The Unfunnies'' was one of the launch titles for Millarworld, the umbrella brand that the creator-owned works of Mark Millar were marketed under beginning in 2004. After being rejected by multiple publishers, Millar had Avatar Press release the book, as the company was the only one to not object to the transgressive content of the series, which Millar described as being "a very dark, multi-charactered story (along the lines of ''Magnolia'') with funny animals" that he had decided to write after "tapping into that whole ''Happiness'' vibe I've been dying to utilize since I saw my first Todd Sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Supercrooks
''Supercrooks'' is a four-issue comic book limited series by writer Mark Millar and artist Leinil Francis Yu. The series was published by the Icon Comics imprint of Marvel Comics from March–August 2012. Plot Johnny Bolt is a supervillain who tries to make money by committing robberies with other masked criminals. Each of these crimes fail due to the intervention of random superheroes. In Bolt's latest robbery, he is stopped by the Gladiator and is sentenced to five years in prison. After serving his sentence, Bolt returns to his ex-girlfriend and ex-supervillain Kasey, who now works as a waitress. Despite having psychic powers, she wants to lead a normal life and doesn't want Bolt back romantically. During their reunion, an elderly supervillain friend of theirs named Carmine informs them that he has been forced to raise $100 million for a Las Vegas casino because he was caught cheating with a man who has the power of foresight. To help his friend out, Bolt comes up with a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hit-Girl
Hit-Girl (Mindy McCready) is an antihero appearing in the Millarworld shared fictional universe, published by Marvel Comics under the company's imprint Icon Comics and later Image Comics, one of the titular characters of the ''Hit-Girl & Kick-Ass'' franchise. The character was created by artist John Romita Jr. and writer Mark Millar. She is a young and effective vigilante, trained by her father Damon McCready (Big Daddy) from an early age to be a costumed superhero and assassin, introduced in '' Kick-Ass – The Dave Lizewski Years'' as a supporting character and ultimate co-protagonist, along with Dave Lizewski. She featured in her own self-titled comic book series, '' Hit-Girl'', published from 2018 to 2020 by Image Comics. She returned in the 2023 miniseries '' Big Game'', becoming a Kingsman agent and killing Wesley Gibson. Hit-Girl is portrayed by Chloë Grace Moretz in the feature films '' Kick-Ass'' (2010) and '' Kick Ass 2'' (2013) and the video games '' Kick-Ass: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Netflix
Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. The service primarily distributes original and acquired films and television shows from various genres, and it is available internationally in multiple languages. Launched in 2007, nearly a decade after Netflix, Inc. began its pioneering DVD-by-mail movie rental service, Netflix is the most-subscribed video on demand streaming media service, with 301.6 million paid memberships in more than 190 countries as of 2025. By 2022, "Netflix Original" productions accounted for half of its library in the United States and the namesake company had ventured into other categories, such as video game publishing of mobile games through its flagship service. As of 2025, Netflix is the 18th most-visited website in the world, with 21.18% of its traffic coming from the United States, followed by the United Kingdom at 6.01%, Canada at 4.94%, and Brazil at 4.24%. History Launch as a mail-based renta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
