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Nicholas Scratch
Nicholas Scratch is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The son of Agatha Harkness, he is a warlock and father of the Salem's Seven and predominantly a foe of the Fantastic Four and Patsy Walker. The character made his live-action debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe miniseries '' Agatha All Along'', portrayed by Abel Lysenko. Publication history Nicholas Scratch first appeared in ''Fantastic Four'' #185 (August 1977) and was created by Len Wein (writer) and George Pérez (artist). The name "Nicholas Scratch" is an amalgam of colloquial and euphemistic names for the Devil: "Old Nick" and " Old Scratch" or "Mr. Scratch" (as used in "The Devil and Daniel Webster"). Fictional character biography The son of Agatha Harkness, Nicholas Scratch originates from New Salem, Colorado, a secret community of magic users. After Agatha leaves Salem, Scratch becomes a warlock and the father of Salem's Seven with several mothers. He turns Salem's resid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin Goodman (publisher), Martin Goodman as Timely Comics, and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas Comics (1950s), Atlas Comics. The Marvel era began in August 1961 with the launch of ''Fantastic Four (comic book), The Fantastic Four'' and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and numerous others. The Marvel brand, which had been used over the years and decades, was solidified as the company's primary brand. Marvel counts among List of Marvel Comics characters, its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, Wolverine (character), Wolverine, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor, Doctor Strange, Daredevil (Marvel Comics character), Daredevil, Black Panther (character), Black ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Scratch
Old Scratch or Mr. Scratch is a nickname or pseudonym for the Devil. The name likely comes from Middle English ''scrat'', the name of a demon or goblin, derived from Old Norse ''skratte''. Mentions Examples of usage of the name "Old Scratch" are found in: Literature *" The Devil and Tom Walker" (1824) by Washington Irving *''A Christmas Carol'' (1843) by Charles Dickens *''The Three Clerks'' (1857) by Anthony Trollope *''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876) by Mark Twain *''The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo'' (1900) by Rudyard Kipling *"The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1936) by Stephen Vincent Benét *"Prologue to an Adventure" (1938) by Dylan Thomas *"The Fair to Middling (1959) by Arthur Calder-Marshall *" The Last Rung on the Ladder" (1978) by Stephen King *'' Miracle Monday'' (1981) by Elliot S. Maggin *'' Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell'' (2004) by Susanna Clarke *''The Barn at the End of Our Term'' (2007) by Karen Russell *''Homestuck'' (2009) by Andrew Hussie *''I, Ripper'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Death, also known as Rio Vidal, is a Character (arts), fictional character portrayed by Aubrey Plaza in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise based on the Marvel Comics character Death (Marvel Comics), of the same name. As the Personifications of death, personification of death, she is immortal. Besides her status as a cosmic entity, the MCU and Marvel Comics characters differ greatly. Likenesses of Death appeared in the MCU films ''Guardians of the Galaxy (film), Guardians of the Galaxy'' and ''Thor: Love and Thunder'', before being portrayed for the first time by Plaza in the Disney+ series ''Agatha All Along (miniseries), Agatha All Along''. Death was one of the entities who created the Infinity Stones. As Rio Vidal, Death is described as the original green witch; she can take a human form and was in a relationship with Agatha Harkness (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Agatha Harkness. After Agatha hid from her, Death sought to deliver Agatha's death and played along as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agatha Harkness (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Agatha Harkness is a character portrayed by Kathryn Hahn in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Harkness is depicted as a powerful witch who has long dabbled in dark magic. After murdering her original coven and failing to prevent the death of her son Nicholas Scratch, Harkness spends centuries as a conwoman, using " The Ballad of the Witches' Road" to lure in gullible witches and siphon their powers. Most recently, Harkness infiltrates the Westview anomaly and inserts herself into Wanda Maximoff's life in hopes of unraveling the mystery of her reality-warping abilities. Once her intentions are uncovered, Harkness battles Maximoff and is trapped in a spell that overrides her identity. She spends three years in Westview playing the part of a harmless, nosy neighbor, until Billy Maximoff breaks her out of the spell. With the Salem Seven and her ex-lover Death chasing after her, Harkness forms a coven of tro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Ouimette
Stephen Ouimette is a Canadian actor and director. Although mostly known for his stage work, particularly at the Stratford Festival of Canada and on Broadway in '' La Bete'', he achieved TV fame (and a Gemini Award) as the ghostly Oliver Welles in the drama '' Slings and Arrows''. From 2016 to 2019, Ouimette was the head of Stratford's Birmingham Conservatory, a training program for young actors. Ouimette is also a voice actor, and is known for voicing Beetlejuice in the eponymous animated series, Angel in '' X-Men: The Animated Series'', and Pompadour in ''Babar Babar (), also variously spelled as Baber, Babur, and Babor is a male given name of Persian language, Persian origin, and a popular male given name in Pakistan. It is generally taken in reference to the Persian language, Persian ''babr'' (Persian ...''. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United They Stand
''The Avengers: United They Stand'' (also known simply as ''The Avengers'') is an animated series based on the Marvel Comics superhero team Avengers. It consists of 13 episodes, which originally premiered on October 30, 1999, and was produced by Avi Arad. It was canceled on February 26, 2000. The series features two founders of the team, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and introduces Wonder Man, Tigra, Hawkeye, Falcon, Vision and Scarlet Witch. Ownership of the series eventually passed to Disney following Saban Entertainment’s closure, which also includes Marvel Productions. Plot The series features a team broadly based on the West Coast Avengers, composed of the Wasp, Wonder Man, Tigra, Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, Falcon, and Vision, and led by Ant-Man/Giant-Man. For undetermined reasons, the Avengers' "Big Three" were not regular fixtures in the series – Captain America and Iron Man made only guest appearances in one episode each, while Thor did not appear outside of the opening titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuma-Gorath
Shuma-Gorath () is a character (arts), character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Steve Englehart and Frank Brunner, the character first appeared in ''Marvel Premiere'' #10 (September 1973). Shuma-Gorath belongs to the Great Old Ones, a race of ancient eldritch beings who predate Earth. It is a recurring antagonist of the superhero Doctor Strange. Publication history Shuma-Gorath first appears as an adversary for Doctor Strange in ''Marvel Premiere'' #10 (September 1973 in comics, 1973), created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Frank Brunner. The character's name is taken from Robert E. Howard's short story "Kull of Atlantis, The Curse of the Golden Skull," which features a dying magician named Rotath invoking the "iron-bound books of Shuma-Gorath" in a curse against humanity. Heroic Signatures holds the rights to the Shuma-Gorath name, due to its use in Howard's story, along with additional elements related to the Conan the Barbarian an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Knights 4
''Marvel Knights 4'' is the name of a comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero team, the Fantastic Four. The series was launched as part of the company's Marvel Knights imprint, and ran for 30 issues (Apr. 2004 – Aug. 2006). All issues in the series were written by playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes play (theatre), plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between Character (arts), characters and is intended for Theatre, theatrical performance rather than just Readin ... Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, and presented stories that focused less upon science fiction themes than typical Fantastic Four tales. Publication history In 2004, Marvel Comics' editor-in-chief Joe Quesada announced that playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa would become the new writer for ''Fantastic Four'', one of the company's flagship titles. Soon thereafter, Marvel announced that Aguirre-Sacasa would be given a new Fantastic Four title to be pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorcerer Supreme
Dr. Stephen Vincent Strange is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in ''Strange Tales'' #110 (cover-dated July 1963). Doctor Strange serves as the Sorcerer Supreme, the primary protector of Earth against magical and mystical threats. Strange was introduced during the Silver Age of Comic Books in an attempt to bring a different kind of character and themes of mysticism to Marvel Comics. The character starts as an intelligent and arrogant neurosurgeon who is injured in a car accident. Because his hands had suffered severe nerve damage from the accident, he was told that current medical therapy and rehabilitation would not be enough to enable him to practice again as a surgeon. Unable to accept this prognosis, he travels the world searching for alternative ways of healing, which leads him to the Ancient One, the Sorcerer Supreme. Strange becomes his student and learns to be a mast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mephisto (Marvel Comics)
Mephisto is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in ''Silver Surfer (comic book), Silver Surfer'' #3 (December 1968), and was created by Stan Lee and John Buscema and based on Mephistopheles: a demon character from the Faust legend, who has sometimes been referred to as Mephisto. Introduced as a recurring adversary of the Silver Surfer and Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze), Mephisto has also endured as one of Spider-Man's most prominent adversaries, Sinister War, being responsible for Norman Osborn, Norman and Harry Osborn's respective transformations into the Green Goblin and Kindred (Marvel Comics), Kindred; and for the superhero's One More Day (comics), loss of his marriage to Mary Jane Watson, considering their future daughter Mayday Parker, Spider-Girl his archenemy. The father of Blackheart, Jezebel, and Father Priest, Mephisto has often come into conflict with Doctor Strange, Doctor Doom, Scarlet Witch and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sons Of The Serpent
The Sons of the Serpent are a supervillain group appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Don Heck, the group first appeared in '' The Avengers'' #32 (September 1966). The Sons of the Serpent is depicted as a racist organization. It experiments on people attempting to cross the American border. Superhero Joaquín Torres was notably captured by the group, and their experiments resulted in a painful transformation, turning him into a hybrid of a vampire and a falcon. The organization is also known under the codename Sons of the Shield. Publication history 1960s The Sons of the Serpent debuted in '' The Avengers'' #32 (September 1966), created by Stan Lee and Don Heck. It appeared in the 1972 ''Defenders'' series, the 1989 ''Captain Marvel'' series, and the 1996 ''Captain America'' series. 2000s The Sons of the Serpent made a cameo in the 2008 ''Runaways'' series, and appeared in the 2010 ''Avengers: Children's Crusa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunderbolts (comics)
The Thunderbolts are an antihero/supervillain/superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team consists mostly of reformed supervillains. Created by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley, the team first appeared in ''The Incredible Hulk (comic book), The Incredible Hulk'' #449 (January 1997). Publication history The Thunderbolts were first presented, both to readers and to the Marvel Universe, in ''The Incredible Hulk (comic book), The Incredible Hulk'' #449 (January 1997), written by Peter David with art by Mike Deodato Jr., as a team of flamboyant new heroes who stepped up to fill the gap left when the Avengers (comics), Avengers were declared dead after the events of the 1996 "Onslaught (Marvel Comics), Onslaught" crossover. The final page of ''Thunderbolts (comic book), Thunderbolts'' #1 (April 1997), written by Kurt Busiek with art by Mark Bagley, revealed, however, that the Thunderbolts were actually the Masters of Evil in disguise, a surprise twi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
