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Monarch (comics)
Monarch is the name of three fictional DC Comics supervillains. The first Monarch is Hank Hall, formerly Hawk, who later renames himself Extant for the '' Zero Hour: Crisis in Time'' crossover event. The second Monarch is a quantum field duplicate of Nathaniel Adam, a U.S. Air Force Captain. The third Monarch is a mentally unstable Captain Atom. Monarch was created by Archie Goodwin, Denny O'Neil, and Dan Jurgens and first appeared in '' Armageddon 2001'' #1 (May 1991). Hank Hall Monarch is an oppressive tyrant from a bleak, dystopian Earth in the year A.D. 2030. The people are unhappy with his rule, particularly a scientist named Matthew Ryder, an expert on temporal studies, who is convinced he can use his technology to travel back in time and prevent the maniacal ruler from ever coming to power. He learns that, in 1991, one of Earth's heroes eventually turned evil, eliminated the other superheroes of Earth, and became Monarch, who would conquer the world 10 years later. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waverider (comics)
Waverider (Matthew Ryder) is a superhero appearing in media published by DC Comics universe. He was created by Archie Goodwin and Dan Jurgens, with the first version of the character, Matthew Ryder, first appearing in '' Armageddon 2001'' #1 (May 1991). A second version of the character is a Hypertime-line counterpart and partner of the original, who became Waverider after his superpowered doppelgänger's death during the storyline '' Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!'' (September 1994). A third version of the character first appeared in ''Convergence: Booster Gold'' #2 (July 2015) as a reborn older version of the pre-'' Flashpoint'' Booster Gold (also created by Jurgens). After his transformation, he is instrumental to saving the multiverse in ''Convergence'' #8. His powers are the same as the original Waverider, but his knowledge and history are Booster Gold's. Fictional character biography Matthew Ryder is a scientist from a post-apocalyptic 2030 led by the villain Monarch. He buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Rothstein
Albert Julian "Al" Rothstein, also known as Nuklon and Atom Smasher, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Atom Smasher is known for his powers of size and density manipulation and superhuman strength. The character made his live-action debut in ''The Flash'', portrayed by Adam Copeland. He also appears in '' Black Adam'', portrayed by Noah Centineo. Publication history Atom Smasher was created by Roy Thomas and Jerry Ordway, and first appeared in '' The All-Star Squadron'' #25 (September 1983). He was named after Thomas' friend Allan Rothstein. Creation Thomas spoke in the character's genesis stating, In All-Star Squadron #21, I'd had the non-super-powered Atom of 1942 knocked around by an atomically-charged villain I called Cyclotron. (An " atom-smasher," get it?) The artists were a couple of guys named Ordway and Machlan. It was hinted that radiation absorbed from Cyclotron would act slowly on The Atom--a subtle (?) foreshadowing of the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |