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Peter David Bibliography
This is a bibliography of works by writer Peter David. Novels *''Alien Nation (novel series), Alien Nation: Body and Soul'', Pocket Books, 1993. *''Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), Battlestar Galactica: Sagittarius Is Bleeding'', Tor Books, 2006. *''Darkness of the Light'', Tor Books, 2007. *''Dinotopia: The Maze'', Random House Books, 1998. *''Fantastic Four: What Lies Between'', Pocket Star Books, 2007. *''Howling Mad'', Ace Books, 1989. *''What Savage Beast'', Diane Pub Co, 1995. *''Tigerheart'', Del Rey Books, 2008. *''Election Day'', Pocket Star Books, 2008. *''Year of the Black Rainbow'' (with Claudio Sanchez), 2010 *''Fable: The Balverine Order'', 2010. *''Fable: Blood Ties'', 2011. *''The Camelot Papers'', 2011. *''Pulling Up Stakes'', 2012. *''Pulling Up Stakes 2'', 2012. *''Artful: A Novel'', 2014. *''List of Halo media#Novels, Halo: Hunters in the Dark'', 2015. Modern Arthur *''Knight Life'', Ace Hardcover, 1987. *''One Knight Only'', Ace, 2003. *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Comic Con
The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to comics, Western comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, cosplay, toys, Film, movies, and television. It was first held in 2006. With an attendance of 200,000 in 2022, it is North America's most attended fan convention. The New York Comic Con is a for-profit event produced and managed by ReedPop, a division of Reed Exhibitions, RX and Reed Elsevier, and is not affiliated with the long running non-profit San Diego Comic-Con, nor the Big Apple Comic Con, Big Apple Convention, later known as the Big Apple Comic-Con, owned by Wizard Entertainment. History Previous conventions in New York The first recorded "official" comic book convention occurred in 1964 in New York City. Known as the "New York Comicon",Ballman"The 1964 New York Comicon: The True Story Behind the World's First Comic Book Convention (The 1960s: The Silver Age of Comic Conventions) (Volume 1)"/ref>History Channel"Superheroes Dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider-Man 2
''Spider-Man 2'' is a 2004 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of Spider-Man. Directed by Sam Raimi and written by Alvin Sargent from a story conceived by Michael Chabon and the writing team of Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, the film was produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel Enterprises and Laura Ziskin Productions, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. It is the second installment in Raimi's Spider-Man (2002 film series), ''Spider-Man'' trilogy and the sequel to ''Spider-Man (2002 film), Spider-Man'' (2002). The film stars Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker (2002 film series character), Peter Parker / Spider-Man, alongside Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, and Donna Murphy. Peter Parker fights to stop scientist Otto Octavius (film character), Dr. Otto Octavius from recreating a dangerous experiment, while also dealing with a personal crisis. Principal photography began in April 2003 in New York City and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Vs
DC most often refers to: * Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia), the capital of the United States * DC Comics, an American comic book publisher * Direct current, electric current which flows in only one direction DC, D.C., D/C, Dc, or dc may refer to: Places * Bogotá, Distrito Capital, the capital city of Colombia * Dubai City Science, technology and mathematics * dC, decicoulomb, a tenth of a Coulomb, the SI unit of electric charge * New Zealand DC class locomotive * Methylphosphonyl dichloride, a chemical weapons precursor * A don't care term, in digital logic Biology and medicine * Dendritic cell, a class of immune cell * Doctor of Chiropractic, a qualification in alternative medicine Computing * dc (computer program), a command-line based calculator on Unix-derived systems * DC coefficient, in a discrete cosine transform * Data center, a physical location housing computing-related gear * Device context, part of the legacy Microsoft Windows graphics API * Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sachs And Violens
''Sachs & Violens'' is an American comic book created by writer Peter David and co-developed with artist George Pérez. This four-issue miniseries was published from 1993 to 1994 by Marvel Comics's Epic Comics imprint, in which creators retained the rights. The series was part of the imprint's Heavy Hitters line, and featured a greater amount of violence and adult situations compared with mainstream comic books of the time, and as such was recommended for mature readers. The titular duo later appeared as supporting characters in David's other creator-owned series, ''Fallen Angel''. Publication history ''Sachs & Violens'' is an American comic book four-issue miniseries published from November 1993 to July 1994 by Marvel Comics's Epic Comics imprint, in which creators retained the rights. It was created by writer Peter David and co-developed with artist George Pérez. The series was part of the imprint's Heavy Hitters line, which also Included ''Lawdog'', ''Terrarists'', ''Brats Biz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creepy (magazine)
''Creepy'' was an American horror comics magazine launched by Warren Publishing in 1964. Like '' Mad'', it was a black-and-white newsstand publication in a magazine format and did not carry the seal of the Comics Code Authority. An anthology magazine, it initially was published quarterly but later went bimonthly. Each issue's stories were introduced by the host character, Uncle Creepy. Its sister publications were ''Eerie'' and ''Vampirella''. Launch Illustrator and editor Russ Jones, the founding editor of ''Creepy'' in 1964, said he approached ''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' magazine publisher Jim Warren with the idea of horror comics similar to the 1950s' EC Comics comic books. Warren also choose not to use the comics industry's voluntary self-censorship Comics Code Authority for his black and white magazines. Warren eventually agreed. Jones recalled that: Joe Orlando was not only an illustrator for ''Creepy'' but also a story editor on early issues, with his masthead cred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreadstar
''Dreadstar'' was the first comic-book series published by American publisher Epic Comics, an imprint of Marvel Comics, in 1982. It was centered on Vanth Dreadstar, sole survivor of the entire Milky Way galaxy, and an ensemble cast of crewmates, including cyborg sorcerer Syzygy Darklock, and their struggle to end an ancient war between two powerful, evil empires: The Church of The Instrumentality, run by the Lord Papal; and the Monarchy, administered by a puppet king. The comic book, created by Jim Starlin, was bimonthly during most of its run. Epic published 26 issues, after which it was published by First Comics who carried it for 38 more issues, for a total of 64 issues. The first 41 issues were published bi-monthly, after which the book was published monthly for a time, though it resumed bi-monthly publication with issue #51. In the early 1990s, a six issue limited series was published by Malibu Comics' Bravura line of creator-owned titles. Jim Starlin had stated in interv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice (New Universe)
Justice (John Roger Tensen) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character appeared in the New Universe imprint of Marvel Comics, primarily as the protagonist of a 32-issue comic book series of the same name published from 1986 to 1989. Most of its run was written by Peter David and penciled by Lee Weeks, though it also featured rare 1980s Marvel work from Keith Giffen. David later reintroduced Justice as a supporting character in ''Spider-Man 2099'', a series with a very different setting. This version of the character, also known as the Net Prophet, was older and had different powers. In 2007, the New Universe concepts were also revived, in a modified form, as a single-title ongoing series, ''newuniversal''. A new version of John Tensen is one of the main characters featured in that series and two other characters with 'Justice' powers have also appeared. This is a different character from the Justice (comics), Justice of Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Lantern
Green Lantern is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. They fight evil with the aid of rings that grant them a variety of extraordinary powers, all of which come from imagination, fearlessness, and the electromagnetic spectrum of emotional willpower. The characters are typically depicted as members of the Green Lantern Corps, an intergalactic law enforcement agency. The first Green Lantern character, Alan Scott, was created in 1940 by Martin Nodell with scripting or co-scripting of the first stories by Bill Finger during the Golden Age of Comic Books and usually fought common criminals in Capitol City (and later, Gotham City) with the aid of his magic ring. For the Silver Age of Comic Books, John Broome and Gil Kane reinvented the character as Hal Jordan in 1959 and introduced the Green Lantern Corps, shifting the nature of the character from fantasy to science fiction. During the Bronze Age of Comic Books, Dennis O'Neil a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thirdspace
Thirdspace may refer to: * '' Babylon 5: Thirdspace'', a 1998 American made-for-television film * Third place In sociology, the third place refers to the social surroundings that are separate from the two usual social environments of home ("first place") and the workplace ("second place"). Examples of third places include Church (building), churches, C ... (also third space), the social surroundings separate from the two usual social environments of home and the workplace * Thirdspace, a theory by postmodern political geographer and urban theorist Edward Soja {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Beginning
In the Beginning may refer to: Biblical phrase * "In the beginning" (phrase), a phrase in the Bible verses of Genesis 1:1 and John 1:1 Books * ''In the Beginning'' (novel), a novel by Chaim Potok * ''In the Beginning'' (Peter Gossage book) * ''In the Beginning'', a 2004 story arc and collected edition in ''The Punisher'' comics * '' In the Beginning... Was the Command Line'', a 1999 long essay by Neal Stephenson * ''In the Beginning: B.C. 4004'' (In the Garden of Eden), the first play in George Bernard Shaw's ''Back to Methuselah'' series Film, radio and television * '' In the Beginning: The Bible Stories'', a 1997 anime series created by Osamu Tezuka * '' Babylon 5: In the Beginning'', a 1998 ''Babylon 5'' TV movie * '' The Bible: In the Beginning...'', a 1966 epic film recounting the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis * ''In the Beginning'' (miniseries), a 2000 TV film starring Martin Landau * ''In the Beginning'' (2009 film), a French drama * ''In the Beginning'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After Earth (film)
''After Earth'' is a 2013 American science fiction post-apocalyptic action-adventure film co-produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, who co-wrote the script with Gary Whitta. The film was loosely based on an original story idea by Will Smith about a father-and-son trip in the wilderness before it was eventually reworked into a sci-fi setting, taking place 1,000 years in the future where humans evacuated Earth to another planet due to a massive environmental catastrophe. It is the second film after ''The Pursuit of Happyness'' (2006) that stars real-life father and son Will and Jaden Smith; Will Smith, his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, his brother-in-law Caleeb Pinkett, and business partner James Lassiter also produced the film via their company Overbrook Entertainment while Columbia Pictures distributed the film. The film was co-produced by John Rusk, who was also the first assistant director on this film as well as on many of Shyamalan's other films. The film follows father an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battleship (film)
''Battleship'' is a 2012 American military science fiction action film based on the board game of the same name by Hasbro. The film was directed by Peter Berg from a script by brothers Jon and Erich Hoeber and stars Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Rihanna in her feature film debut, Tadanobu Asano, Hamish Linklater and Liam Neeson. Filming took place in Hawaii and on . In the film, the crews of a small group of warships are forced to battle against a naval fleet of extraterrestrial origin in order to thwart their destructive goals. ''Battleship'' premiered in Tokyo on April 3, 2012, and was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on May 18, 2012. The film received generally negative reviews and underperformed at the box-office, grossing $303 million worldwide against a production budget of $209–220 million, losing both Universal and Hasbro $150 million. Plot In 2005, potentially habitable "Planet G" is discovered, and in 2006, a com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
