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Nova (Frankie Raye)
Nova (Frankie Raye) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Roy Thomas and artist George Pérez, the character first appeared in ''Fantastic Four'' #164 (November 1975). Frankie Raye was portrayed by Beau Garrett in the 2007 film '' Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer''. Publication history The character first appeared as Frankie Raye in ''Fantastic Four'' #164 (November 1975) and was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist George Pérez. After several years as a minor supporting character, she became a herald of Galactus and assumed the name "Nova" in ''Fantastic Four'' #244 (July 1982) by John Byrne. The character was killed in ''Silver Surfer'' #75 (December 1992). Writer Kathryn Immonen and artist Tonči Zonjić revived Frankie Raye in the ''Heralds'' limited series in 2010. Fictional character biography While working for the United Nations as an interpreter, Frankie Raye meets Johnny Storm and becomes his g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Avengers (comics)
The New Avengers are a team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The title has been used for four American comic book series. The first two were written by Brian Michael Bendis and depicted a version of Marvel's premiere superhero team, the Avengers. The third was written by Jonathan Hickman and depicted a group of characters called the Illuminati (formerly introduced in ''New Avengers'' vol. 1 #7, July 2005). The fourth is written by Al Ewing and depicts the former scientific terrorist group A.I.M., reformed as "Avengers Idea Mechanics", whose field team has appropriated the name "New Avengers" for itself. A version of the New Avengers debuted in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film '' Thunderbolts*'' (2025), and are set to return in '' Avengers: Doomsday'' (2026). Publication history Volume 1 (2005–2010) ''The New Avengers'' is a spin-off of the long-running Marvel Comics series '' The Avengers''. The first issue, writte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonči Zonjić
Tonči Zonjić is a Croatian comic book artist, writer and illustrator living in Toronto, Canada. He is best known for his work on Mike Mignola's '' Lobster Johnson'' series, and the Eisner Award-nominated ''Jake Ellis'' series. He designed the Praetorian Guards in '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Episode VIII)''. Early life Zonjić grew up in Opuzen, Croatia. He developed an interest in comics through the work of Edvin Biuković and Darko Macan. After high school, he moved to Zagreb where he studied Animation and New Media at the Academy of Fine Arts. Career Zonjić started out as an illustrator at the age of 15, publishing a cover for the magazine ''Futura'', and got into comics by creating a fanzine called ''Pipci!'' (''Tentacles!'') in 2004."Repped Artists: Tonči Zonjić" Splash Page Comic Art.< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skrull
The Skrulls () are a race of List of fictional extraterrestrials, extraterrestrial shapeshifters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They first appeared in ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four'' #2 and were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. They originated from the planet Skrullos and their Galactic empire, empire is located in the Andromeda Galaxy. Their infiltration of Earth was a major event in the Marvel Comics universe as shown in the crossover (fiction), crossover event ''Secret Invasion''. The Skrulls have made numerous appearances in animated television and video games before making their live-action cinematic debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film ''Captain Marvel (film), Captain Marvel'' (2019). Skrulls have also appeared in ''Spider-Man: Far From Home'' (2019) and the Disney+ series ''WandaVision'', ''What If...? (TV series), What If...?'' (both 2021) and ''Secret Invasion (miniseries), Secret Invasion'' (2023), and the film ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Torch (android)
The Human Torch, also known as Jim Hammond, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer and artist Carl Burgos, he first appearance, first appeared in ''Marvel Mystery Comics, Marvel Comics'' #1 (October 1939), published by Marvel's predecessor, Timely Comics. The "Human" Torch was an Android (robot), android created by scientist Phineas Horton, off of the tutelage of Victor Timely. He possessed the ability to surround himself with fire and control flames. In his earliest appearances, he was portrayed as a science fiction monstrosity, but quickly became a hero and adopted a secret identity as a police officer for the New York City Police Department. The Human Torch was one of Timely Comics' three signature characters, along with Captain America and Namor. Like many superheroes, the Human Torch fell into obscurity by the 1950s. In 1961, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby repurposed his name and powers for Human Torch, Johnny Storm, a member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phineas Horton
Haechi Haechi (Mark Sim) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Christopher Yost and Marcus To, he first appeared in ''New Warriors'' (vol. 5) #2 (March 2014). Sim is among the latent Inhumans who gained powers from the Terrigen Mist bomb, gaining the ability to absorb energy and transform into a draconian bull-like creature resembling his namesake. He later joins a new incarnation of the New Warriors. Haechi in other media Haechi appears in '' Avengers Assemble'', voiced by Todd Haberkorn. 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 characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. Hairbag Hairbag (Michael Suggs) is a mutant villain. He was recruited by Mister Sinister to be a member of his Nasty Boys, whose sole purpose was to harass the government-sponsored team X-Fac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Pollard
Keith Pollard (; born January 20, 1950) is an American comic book artist. Originally from the Detroit area, Pollard is best known for his simultaneous work on the Marvel Comics titles ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', ''Fantastic Four'', and ''Thor'' in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Career Keith Pollard made his professional comics debut in 1974 with stints on such titles as ''Master of Kung Fu'', '' Deadly Hands of Kung Fu'', '' Astonishing Tales'', and '' Black Goliath''. In the mid 1970s he also drew original covers for some of the weekly titles in the Marvel UK imprint. He was the regular penciller of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' from issue #186 (Nov. 1978) through issue #205 (June 1980) and pencilled the backup feature in ''The Amazing Spider-Man Annual'' #15 (1981). With writer Marv Wolfman, Pollard introduced the Black Cat in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #194 (July 1979). Wolfman and Pollard were the creative team for both ''Fantastic Four'' #200 (Nov. 1978) and ''The Amazing Spi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marv Wolfman
Marvin Arthur Wolfman (born May 13, 1946) is an American comic book and novelization writer. He worked on Marvel Comics's ''The Tomb of Dracula'', for which he and artist Gene Colan created the vampire-slayer Blade (character), Blade, and DC Comics's ''Teen Titans, The New Teen Titans'' and the ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' limited series with George Pérez. Among the many characters Wolfman created or co-created are Cyborg (DC Comics), Cyborg, Raven (DC Comics), Raven, Starfire (Teen Titans), Starfire, Deathstroke, Tim Drake, Rose Wilson, Nova (Richard Rider), Nova, Black Cat (Marvel Comics), Black Cat, Phobia (comics), Phobia, Bullseye (Marvel Comics), Bullseye, Adrian Chase, Vigilante (Adrian Chase), the Omega Men, and the Nightwing identity of Dick Grayson. Early life Marv Wolfman was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of police officer Abe and housewife Fay. He has a sister, Harriet, 12 years older. When Wolfman was 13, his family moved to Flushing, Queens, in New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Wein
Leonard Norman Wein (; June 12, 1948 – September 10, 2017) was an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine (character), Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel superhero team the X-Men (including the co-creation of Nightcrawler (character), Nightcrawler, Storm (Marvel Comics), Storm, and Colossus (character), Colossus). Additionally, he was the editor for writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons' influential DC miniseries ''Watchmen''. Wein was inducted into the List of Eisner Award winners#The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame, Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2008. Early life and education Wein was born on June 12, 1948, in New York City, and was raised in a American Jews, Jewish household. One of two children of Phillip and Rosalyn (née Bauman) Wein, he lived in The Bronx until age 7, when he moved with his family to Levittown, New York, on Long Island. There he graduated from Division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Wilson (comics)
Ron Wilson is an American comics artist known for his work on comic books starring the Marvel Comics character The Thing, including the titles ''Marvel Two-in-One'' and '' The Thing''. Wilson spent eleven years, from 1975 to 1986, chronicling The Thing's adventures through different comic titles. He co-created the '' Wolfpack'' characters with writer Larry Hama as well as D-Man (Dennis Dunphy) with writer Mike Carlin. Early life Ron Wilson was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in the Canarsie neighborhood. Career Wilson entered the comics industry in the early 1970s at Marvel Comics where he produced both cover illustrations and interior artwork. He was the regular artist on ''Marvel Two-in-One'' from 1975 to 1978 and again from 1980 to 1983; while additionally working on titles such as '' Black Goliath'', ''Power Man'', '' The Hulk!'' and ''Captain Britain''. In the 1980s, after the cancellation of ''Marvel Two-in-One'', Wilson teamed with writer John Byrne on ''The T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Buckler
Rich Buckler (February 6, 1949 – May 19, 2017) was an Americans, American comics artist and penciller, best known for his work on Marvel Comics' ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four'' in the mid-1970s and for creating the character Deathlok in ''Astonishing Tales'' #25. Buckler drew virtually every major character at Marvel and DC Comics, DC, often as a cover artist. Career As a teenager in Detroit, Buckler was involved in comics fandom. He attended the initial iterations of the Detroit Triple Fan Fair, eventually running the convention along with originator Robert Brosch in 1969–1970. Buckler's first comics work was as a teenager with the four-page historical story "Freedom Fighters: Washington Attacks Trenton" in the King Features comic book ''Flash Gordon'' #10 (cover-dated Nov. 1967). In 1971, he did some work for Skywald Publications but made a "wrong move" by attempting to date the daughter of Skywald's co-owner Israel Waldman. At DC Comics, he drew the "Thorn ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Sinnott
Joseph Leonard Sinnott (; October 16, 1926 June 25, 2020) was an American comic book artist. Working primarily as an inker, Sinnott is best known for his long stint on Marvel Comics' ''Fantastic Four'', from 1965 to 1981 (and briefly in the late 1980s), initially over the pencils of Jack Kirby. During his 60 years as a Marvel freelance artist and then remote worker salaried artist, Sinnott inked virtually every major title, with notable runs on '' The Avengers'', '' The Defenders'', and ''Thor''. In the mid-2000s, Stan Lee cited Sinnott as the company's most in-demand inker, saying jocularly, " ncilers used to hurl all sorts of dire threats at me if I didn't make certain that Joe, and only Joe, inked their pages. I knew I couldn't satisfy everyone and I had to save the very most important strips for im To most pencilers, having Joe Sinnott ink their artwork was tantamount to grabbing the brass ring." Sinnott's art appeared on two US Postal Service commemorative stamps in 2007 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Torch
The Human Torch (Jonathan Lowell Spencer "Johnny" Storm) is a fictional superhero character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is a founding member of the Fantastic Four. He is writer Stan Lee's and artist Jack Kirby's reinvention of a similar, previous character, the android Human Torch of the same name and powers who was created in 1939 by writer-artist Carl Burgos for Marvel Comics' predecessor company, Timely Comics. Like the rest of the Fantastic Four, Johnny gained his powers on a spacecraft bombarded by cosmic rays. He can engulf his entire body in flames, fly, absorb fire harmlessly into his own body, and control any nearby fire by sheer force of will. "Flame on!", which the Torch customarily shouts when activating his full-body flame effect, has become his catchphrase. The youngest of the group, he is brash and impetuous in comparison to his reticent, overprotective and compassionate older sister, Susan Storm, his sensib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
