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Nix Uotan
The Monitors are a group of fictional comic book Character (arts), characters, who appear in books published by DC Comics. They are based on the Monitor (Mar Novu), Monitor and the Anti-Monitor, two characters created by comic book writer Marv Wolfman and comic artist George Pérez as the main characters of DC Comics' ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' Limited series (comics), limited series. They are a group that watches all aspects of the multiverse (DC Comics), Multiverse, past and present. Most importantly, they seek to prevent crossovers between the universes, as was common before "The Crisis". The Monitors first appeared in ''Brave New World''. They are in some respects similar to the Watcher (comics), Watchers of the Marvel Universe, though they take a more active role as opposed to simply observing. Fictional history Origins One of the Monitors appears in shadow on the cover of the ''One Year Later#New series, DCU: Brave New World'' Special; the first few pages show the Moni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariel Olivetti
Ariel Olivetti (born November 15, 1967) is an Argentina, Argentine comic book penciller best known for his work on United States, American comic book titles such as ''Daredevil (Marvel Comics series), Daredevil'', ''X-Man'', ''Space Ghost'' and ''Punisher War Journal''. Career Olivetti studied Graphic Design in college and first had his work published in the Argentine magazine ''Fierro''. His first work in USA was 1995's ''The Last Avengers (comics), Avengers Story'', which was written by Peter David and published by Marvel Comics. He went on to have a brief stint as regular penciller on Marvel's ''Daredevil'' between 1997 and 1998, where he worked with writer Joe Kelly (comics), Joe Kelly. His next major work was in 1998 when he worked with writer Steven Grant on the Warren Ellis devised "Revolution (2000 comic book), Counter X" revamp of Marvel's ''X-Man'' title. In 2005 he again collaborated with Joe Kelly on DC Comics ''Space Ghost'' Limited series (comics), limited series wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giraffe
The giraffe is a large Fauna of Africa, African even-toed ungulate, hoofed mammal belonging to the genus ''Giraffa.'' It is the Largest mammals#Even-toed Ungulates (Artiodactyla), tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant on Earth. It is classified under the Family (biology), family Giraffidae, along with its closest extant relative, the okapi. Traditionally, giraffes have been thought of as one species, ''Giraffa camelopardalis'', with nine subspecies. Most recently, researchers proposed dividing them into four Neontology#Extant taxa versus extinct taxa, extant species which can be distinguished by their fur Animal coat, coat patterns. Six valid Lists of extinct species, extinct species of ''Giraffa'' are known from the fossil record. The giraffe's distinguishing characteristics are its extremely long neck and legs, horn-like ossicones, and spotted coat patterns. Its scattered range extends from Chad in the north to South Africa in the south and from Niger in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War III (DC Comics)
"World War III" is the title of two comic book sagas published by DC Comics and involving many of the superheroes of the DC Universe. The first was published in 2000 as a story-arc in the '' JLA'' ongoing series; the second was published in 2007 as a limited series of its own. JLA The original "World War III" saga was a narrative arc of the ''JLA'' series written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Howard Porter in 2000 (over ''JLA'' #36-41), and currently in print as the ''JLA, Vol. 6: World War III'' paperback. This was the final arc written by Grant Morrison and provided explanation for hints dropped over his tenure about the importance of the JLA as "forerunners" in defending the Earth from an impending menace. Lex Luthor, failing to defeat the JLA, forms a new Injustice Gang consisting of Prometheus, Queen Bee, and General Wade Eiling. The team infiltrates the Watchtower and defeats the JLA, who learn that the entity Mageddon is controlling them. Aztek, who was created to opp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bleed (comics)
Bleeding usually means the leakage or loss of blood from the body. Bleeding, bleed, or bleeder may also refer to: *Bleed (printing), intentionally printing across the expected trim line or edge of the sheet *Bleed, or spill (audio), when audio from one source is picked up by a microphone intended for a different source *Bleed, the presence of surface water on concrete *Bleed air, compressed air taken from gas turbine compressor stages * Bleeder, baseball term for a weakly hit ground ball that goes for a base hit *Bleeder, a gender term for someone who menstruates * Bleeder resistor, which passively discharges a capacitor when it is disconnected or equipment is powered off * Bleeding (computer graphics), a computer graphics term for when a graphic object passes through another in an unwanted manner * Bleeding (roads), a type of pavement distress common in asphalt roads *Bleeding, or capillary action, the ability of a substance (such as blood, ink, or water) to flow in narrow spaces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
