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Quakemaster
Quakemaster is a fictional supervillain in the DC Comics universe. He first appeared in '' DC Special'' #28 (June–July 1977) and was co-created by writer Bob Rozakis and artist John Calnan. Fictional character biography Robert Coleman is an architect of some note in Gotham City. His reputation is irreparably damaged when an apartment complex he designed and built does not withstand a hurricane. Feeling that he has been wrongly branded, Coleman creates the alias of the Quakemaster and uses his super-charged jackhammer to create earthquakes in Gotham City. His scheme backfires and only his buildings are damaged in the quakes. Quakemaster is defeated and captured by Batman. Quakemaster is later released and recruited by the Secret Society of Super Villains to be part of the team working with the Silver Ghost to kill the Freedom Fighters. This story was scheduled to appear in ''The Secret Society of Super-Villains'' #16-17, but the title was canceled before it could be publish ...
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Ventriloquist (character)
The Ventriloquist is the name of multiple supervillains appearing in American comic books and other media published by DC Comics. All of the Ventriloquist's versions are enemies of Batman, belonging to the collective of adversaries that make up Batman's List of Batman Family adversaries#Classic rogues gallery, rogues gallery. The character has been featured in various media adaptations, such as feature films, television series and video games. Andrew Sellon portrays a new version of the character in the television series ''Gotham (TV series), Gotham''. In the Gotham season 5, fifth season, he finds the dummy Scarface and becomes the Ventriloquist. Publication history There are currently three incarnations of the Ventriloquist: the first and original incarnation, Arnold Wesker, first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #583 (February 1988) and was created by John Wagner, Alan Grant (writer), Alan Grant, and Norm Breyfogle; the second Ventriloquist, Peyton Riley, was introduced in '' ...
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DC Special
''DC Special'' was a comic book anthology series published by DC Comics originally from 1968 to 1971; it resumed publication from 1975 to 1977. For the most part, ''DC Special'' was a theme-based reprint title, mostly focusing on stories from DC's Golden Age; at the end of its run it published a few original stories. Publication history ''DC Special'' began publication with an issue focusing on the work of artist Carmine Infantino and cover dated October–December 1968. Some of the themes the title covered were special issues devoted to individual artists such as Infantino and Joe Kubert, strange sports stories, origins of super-villains, and stories of historical literary adventure characters such as Robin Hood and The Three Musketeers. Issue #4 featured many supernatural characters and writer Mark Hanerfeld and artist Bill Draut crafted the first appearance of Abel, who later became (along with his brother Cain) a major character in Neil Gaiman's '' The Sandman''. The series w ...
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John Calnan
John Calnan (February 26, 1932 – December 27, 2016) was an American comics artist best known as the co-creator of Lucius Fox with writer Len Wein. Early life John Calnan graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. One of his instructors was Jerry Robinson. Career John Calnan's first work in the comic book industry was with fellow artist Tom Gill on ''The Lone Ranger'' series. Calnan later moved into the advertising field. He stated in a 2011 interview that he "became an advertising art director and TV producer for agencies and still kept the comic work on the side." Calnan began working for DC Comics in 1966 and drew a large number of stories for that publisher's horror comics titles such as ''Ghosts'', '' The Unexpected'', and '' The Witching Hour''. His earliest credited work at DC Comics appeared in '' Our Fighting Forces'' #104 (Nov.–Dec. 1966). He worked primarily with editors Murray Boltinoff, Joe Orlando, and Robert Kanigher. A "Johnny Peril" s ...
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DC Comics
DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book series first published in 1937. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, the first comic under the DC banner being published in 1937. The majority of its published stories are set in the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous List of DC Comics characters, culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Flash (DC Comics character), Flash; as well as famous fictional teams, including the Justice League, the Teen Titans, the Suicide Squad, and the Legion of Superheroes. The universe contains an assortment of well-known supervillains, such as Lex Luthor, the Joker (character), Joker, Darkseid, and the antihero Catwoman. The company has published non-DC Universe-related mater ...
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Hero Hotline
Hero Hotline is a fictional DC Comics corporate superteam introduced in ''Action Comics, Action Comics Weekly'' #637 (cover-dated January 1989). It was created by Bob Rozakis and Stephen DeStefano. History Hero Hotline is a corporate 24/7 hero for hire company created by the Coordinator, a man who was secretly World War II hero Harry "Tex" Thompson the Tex Thompson, Americommando. The Coordinator only communicates with the agency as a shadowy figure on a communication screen. Their hotline number is 1-800-555-HERO. They regularly take on the smaller missions from the common man; on occasion they have to fight the odd supervillain. ''Infinite Crisis'' Years after their own series ended, Hero Hotline was revealed to still be active in ''Teen Titans'' Annual #1 (March 2006), mentioned in passing as being among the heroes aiding in the evacuation of Blüdhaven during ''Infinite Crisis''. The member 'Private Eyes' is seen in the realm of Limbo, participating in a multi-hero battle ag ...
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Modus Operandi
A (often shortened to M.O. or MO) is an individual's habits of working, particularly in the context of business or criminal investigations, but also generally. It is a Latin phrase, approximately translated as . Term The term is often used in police work when discussing crime and addressing the methods employed by criminals. It is also used in criminal profiling, where it can help in finding clues to the offender's psychology. It largely consists of examining the actions used by the individuals to execute the crime, prevent its detection and facilitate escape.Douglas, J. E. and A. W. Burgess, A. G. Burgess, R. K. Ressler. ''Crime classification manual'' (John Wiley & Sons, 2006) , p. 19-21. A suspect's ''modus operandi'' can assist in their identification, apprehension, or repression, and can also be used to determine links between crimes. In business, ''modus operandi'' is used to describe a firm's preferred means of executing business and interacting with other firms. Pl ...
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Cataclysm
Cataclysm is derived from the Greek (), 'down, against', and (), 'wash over, surge'. It may refer to: Common meanings *Generally, any large-scale disaster *Deluge (mythology) *Doomsday event, see hypothetical risks to civilization, humans, and planet Earth *A catastrophic natural event: **List of geological phenomena **earthquake, the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves **volcanic eruption Video games *'' World of Warcraft: Cataclysm'', an expansion pack of Blizzard Entertainment's ''World of Warcraft'' *'' Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead'', an open-source cross-platform roguelike video game *'' Homeworld: Cataclysm'', a stand-alone expansion, of the ''Homeworld'' space-based RTS franchise Books and comics * Cataclysm (''Dragonlance''), a fictional event in the ''Dragonlance'' novels *'' Batman: Cataclysm'', a DC Comics crossover story arc featuring Batman * '' Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand'', a 2013–2014 crossover storyli ...
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Infinite Crisis
"Infinite Crisis" is a 2005–2006 comic book storyline published by DC Comics, consisting of an eponymous, seven-issue comic book limited series written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George Pérez, Ivan Reis, and Jerry Ordway, and a number of tie-in books. The main miniseries debuted in October 2005, and each issue was released with two variant covers: one by Pérez and one by Jim Lee and Sandra Hope. The series storyline was a sequel to DC's 1985 limited series ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', which "rebooted" much of the DC continuity in an effort to fix 50 years of allegedly contradictory character history. It revisited characters and concepts from ''Crisis'', including the existence of DC's Multiverse. Some of the characters featured were alternate versions of comic icons such as an alternate Superman named Kal-L, who came from a parallel universe called Earth-Two. A major theme was the nature of heroism, contrasting the often dark and conflicted modern-day ...
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Superman
Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, which first appeared in the comic book ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1, published in the United States on April 18, 1938.The copyright date of ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1 was registered as April 18, 1938. See Superman has been regularly published in American comic books since 1938, and has been adapted to other media including radio serials, novels, films, television shows, theater, and video games. Superman was born Kal-El, on the fictional planet Krypton (comics), Krypton. As a baby, his parents Jor-El and Lara (character), Lara sent him to Earth in a small spaceship shortly before Krypton was destroyed in a natural cataclysm. His ship landed in the American countryside near the fictional town of Smallville (comics), Smallville, Kansas. He was found and adopted by farmers Jonathan and Martha Kent, who named him Clark Kent. Clark began developing Superpower (ability), superhuman abi ...
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Manchester Black
Manchester Black is a fictional character in American comic books published by DC Comics, in particular those featuring Superman. He was created by Joe Kelly and Doug Mahnke in ''Action Comics'' #775 (March 2001). Introduced as an antihero, the character later becomes a supervillain. David Ajala portrays Manchester Black in ''Supergirl''. Fictional character biography Manchester Black is the leader of a team of super-powered antiheroes called the Elite, who gain popularity for viciously killing their foes. Superman battles the Elite, beating them and temporarily depowering Black by damaging his brain. Following this, Black's sister Vera assumes leadership of the Elite's remnants. In ''Our Worlds at War'', Manchester Black regains his powers and joins the Suicide Squad to recruit Doomsday and battle Imperiex. Black later battles Superman before realizing the error of his ways and committing suicide. Manchester Black is resurrected in ''The New 52'' continuity reboot and depicted ...
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Justice League International
Justice League International (JLI) is a fictional DC comics superhero team that succeeded the original Justice League from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. The team enjoyed several comic books runs, the first being written by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis, with art by Kevin Maguire, created in 1987. Due to editorial conflicts, the team's new makeup was based largely on newer characters, such as Booster Gold, and recent acquisitions from other comic book companies, such as The Blue Beetle. In 2010 and 2011, the team experienced a resurgence as part of the '' Blackest Night'' and ''New 52'' comic runs. Publication history Following the events of the company-wide crossovers ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' and '' Legends'', Justice League of America writer J. M. DeMatteis was paired with writer Keith Giffen and artist Kevin Maguire on a new Justice League series. However, at the time, most of the core Justice League characters were unavailable. Superman was limited to John B ...
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