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Revolutionary War (comics)
''Revolutionary War'' is a comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics. It was released as a set of eight one-shot issues between March and May 2014, and was created to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the end of Marvel UK's short-lived attempt to break into the American comic market, addressing several story points that had been left unresolved due to the mass cancellation of the imprint in 1994. Creation In 1992, Paul Neary took over as editor-in-chief of Marvel's British division. He planned an ambitious expansion for the company that included exporting a large number of titles to the booming American market. After initial success the line was expanded but encountered problems by 1993, when the American direct market rapidly collapsed. Marvel UK attempted to weather the storm by cancelling many series; however, this was not enough and the company cancelled the remaining titles in 1994, going out of business shortly afterwards. The abrupt nature of rescheduling and cancella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Brooks (comics)
Mark Brooks is an American comic book artist. For his cover art, he was awarded the Inkpot Award in 2014. He has produced designs for a line of Marvel figures manufactured by Sideshow Collectibles. Career Brooks' first published work was in 10th Muse, written by Marv Wolfman for Image Comics, in which he penciled the Atlas back-up stories in 2001. His first cover was a variant for the Atlas #1 one-shot from Avatar Press, which he also penciled. His other early work included illustrating the covers for Transformers: More Than Meet the Eyes for Dreamwave Productions, G.I Joe vs. the Transformers for Devil's Due Publishing, and Ultraman Tiga for Dark Horse Comics. In 2004, Brooks penciled and provided the cover art for a number of issues of Marvel Age Spider-Man, his first collaboration with Marvel. He then worked on Cable & Deadpool for two issues before moving on to illustrate the first arc of Amazing Fantasy (vol.2) featuring Anya Corazon. He signed an exclusive co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Britain And MI13
''Captain Britain and MI13'' is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics and written by Paul Cornell, with art by Leonard Kirk. The series centers on the fictional British government agency MI: 13, which is dedicated to protecting the United Kingdom from supernatural threats. The main strikeforce is led by the superhero Captain Britain (Brian Braddock), and consists of various Marvel Comics characters that are of British descent or have a connection to the country. The series launched as a tie-in to the ''Secret Invasion'' event in May 2008 and ceased publication with issue #15. Publication history The idea for the series grew out of Cornell's first Marvel MAX limited series ''Wisdom'', which is centered around Pete Wisdom and MI: 13. Editor Nick Lowe said, "I loved working with Paul on ''Wisdom'' and wanted to expose more readers to his writing." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Diego Comic-Con
San Diego Comic-Con is a comic book convention and multi-genre entertainment event held annually in San Diego, California, at the San Diego Convention Center. Founded in 1970, originally showcasing primarily comic books and science fiction/fantasy media, Comic-Con has grown to include a large range of popular culture, pop culture and entertainment elements across virtually all genres. According to ''Forbes'', Comic-Con is the "largest convention of its kind in the world". Since 2010, Comic-Con has filled the San Diego Convention Center to capacity with over 130,000 attendees. Comic-Con is home to the Eisner Awards, which recognizes creative achievement in American comic books, often referred to as the comic industry's equivalent to the Academy Awards. San Diego Comic Convention, Trade name, doing business as Comic-Con International, is the corporate name of the public-benefit nonprofit corporation behind Comic-Con. The corporation also organizes WonderCon, an annual convention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bleeding Cool
''Bleeding Cool'' is an Internet news site, focusing on comics, television, film, board games, and video games. Owned by Avatar Press, it was launched by Rich Johnston in 2009. Avatar Press also publishes an associated magazine, also called ''Bleeding Cool''. Content Among Bleeding Cool's features are a power list detailing the most influential people in the comics industry. In 2012, Bleeding Cool covered sexual harassment accusations leveled against DC Comics editor Eddie Berganza, beginning with an incident at WonderCon in Anaheim, California. Though that initial article was a blind item that did not name the victim or accused, four years later, Bleeding Cool named Berganza when it accused him of sexual harassment, and detailed how he had risen in the ranks at DC even after the accusations became known to his employers. This was followed by a November 2017 BuzzFeed report on accusations leveled against Berganza by several women that led to his termination from DC. In Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twitter
Twitter, officially known as X since 2023, is an American microblogging and social networking service. It is one of the world's largest social media platforms and one of the most-visited websites. Users can share short text messages, images, and videos in Microblogging, short posts commonly known as "Tweet (social media), tweets" (officially "posts") and Like button, like other users' content. The platform also includes direct message, direct messaging, video and audio calling, bookmarks, lists, communities, a chatbot (Grok (chatbot), Grok), job search, and Spaces, a social audio feature. Users can vote on context added by approved users using the Community Notes feature. Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur), Evan Williams, and was launched in July of that year. Twitter grew quickly; by 2012 more than 100 million users produced 340 million daily tweets. Twitter, Inc., was based in San Francisco, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Wacker
Stephen Wacker is an American comic book editor and television, animation, podcast and digital media producer. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for '' Rocket & Groot'' and has overseen many comic book series at ''DC Comics'' and ''Marvel Comics''. He is well known for editing comics such as '' 52'', ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', '' Hawkeye'', '' Ms. Marvel'', '' Daredevil'', and '' Captain Marvel''. Career In 2000, Wacker was hired as an assistant editor at ''DC Comics'' where he worked on comics including '' JLA'', '' JSA'', and '' 52''. He was recruited by ''Marvel Comics'' in 2006 and held the position of Senior Editor, working primarily on the Spider-Man titles (including '' Brand New Day'') and '' Guardians of the Galaxy'' franchises. In 2013, he relocated from ''Marvel Comics New York headquarters to '' Marvel Animation'' in Los Angeles where he held the position of VP of Animation. Wacker is credited as co-executive producer on many of their animated series, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warheads (comics)
''Warheads'' was a Marvel UK comic book series which ran for 14 issues in the early 1990s (January 1992–May 1993) and was followed by the two-issue mini-series ''Warheads: Black Dawn''. The stories contained in the comic were also serialised in the UK comics anthology '' Overkill''. The Warheads were mercenaries employed by the nefarious and Faustian Mys-Tech organisation to capture advanced technology or mystical artifacts from alien worlds, time periods, or other dimensions. The book had guest appearances, such as the X-Men, Silver Surfer, Mephisto, X-Force, and agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. It features many backup 'flashback' stories. Publication history Paul Neary was instrumental in creating the whole Mys-Tech concept for Marvel UK, including the original Warheads outline. The characters in ''Warheads'' were first visualised by artist Gary Erskine with the first scripts for the strips provided by Nick Vince, followed by John Freeman and Craig Houston, who is now a compute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motormouth And Killpower
Motormouth (Harley Davis) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Paul Neary and developed by writer Graham Marks, with initial designs by Gary Frank ( Supreme Power, The Incredible Hulk). As the title character of her own series, ''Motormouth'' (later ''Motormouth & Killpower'') was part of a line of original comics released in the early-to-mid 1990s by Marvel UK. She is a teenage street rat from London, England, with a fierce temper who curses constantly. She is 5 ft 4 in (1.62 m) tall and weighs roughly (. Publication history ''Motormouth'' ran for 12 issues, with Harley and later her partner Killpower going to various alternative realities from the regular Marvel Universe. Fictional character biography Harley is orphaned at age 11 and grows up as part of a gang that lives in the East End of London. They survive by foraging and stealing. Her incredibly foul language earns her the nickname "Motormo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Soldiers
''Super Soldiers'' was a comic book published by the Marvel UK imprint of Marvel Comics in 1993. Part of the shared Marvel Universe setting, it centered on a team of superhuman British soldiers, with some plot aspects drawing on the background of Marvel's successful Captain America character. Publication history The series was canceled after eight issues, after the first part of a new storyline, when Marvel UK abruptly ceased publishing new material. Fictional team history The Super Soldiers consisted mostly of individuals modified using biotechnology based on the American supersoldier codenamed Nuke. These characters were part of a British supersoldier program, which had been officially disbanded due to a mission gone wrong, and years later reformed along with other characters such as the rowdy mutant Guvnor, the Savage Land warrior woman Xantia, and the revived (after hibernating since the 1970s) martial artist Dragonfly, to work alongside S.H.I.E.L.D. and the U.S. Agent. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death's Head II
Emmanuel da Costa Emmanuel da Costa is a fictional character appearing in American comic book published by Marvel Comics. Emmanuel da Costa is an Afro-Brazilian businessman and the father of Roberto da Costa. Dagger Dagoth Daggoth is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Dagoth is a demon who clashes with Doctor Strange. Daken Dakimh the Enchanter Dakimh the Enchanter is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Dakimh is described as a wise but eccentric wizard that lived in pre-cataclysmic Atlantis, and who was the pupil of the sorceress Zhered-Na, who was banished from Atlantis by King Kamuu for prophesying that the continent would sink below the ocean. After starting a cult, Zhered-Na takes her favored disciple Dakimh and greatly extends his life span so that he ages at an extremely slow rate. While Zhered-Na perishes, Dakimh survives the cataclysm that sinks Atlantis and escapes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knights Of Pendragon
The Knights of Pendragon are a fictional team of heroes featuring in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters appeared in two series published by Imprint (trade name), imprint Marvel UK between 1990 in comics, 1990 and 1993 in comics, 1993. The first incarnation was written by Dan Abnett and John Tomlinson (comics), John Tomlinson, with art by Gary Erskine. The series featured a mixture of new and extant characters, and takes place in the shared Marvel Universe. Creation and publication history First series ''The Knights of Pendragon'' was Marvel UK's third attempt at producing an American-format 'book length' comic series, following ''Dragon's Claws'' and ''Death's Head''. Whereas those titles had been science fiction-based action-adventure series, ''Knights of Pendragon'' was a highly political and environmental comic, its themes borrowing heavily from Matter of Britain, British folklore and the growing New Age and Paganism (contemporary), neopagan subcultures. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Angel (Marvel Comics)
Dark Angel (Shevaun Haldane), originally Hell's Angel, is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics under their imprint Marvel UK. Created by Bernie Jaye and Geoff Senior, the character first appeared in ''Hell's Angel'' #1 (July 1992). Publication history Dark Angel first appeared in ''Hell's Angel'' #1 (July 1992), created by Bernie Jaye and Geoff Senior. The character and the comic book were both renamed to ''Dark Angel'' with issue #6 due to legal threats from the Hells Angels biker club. Their lawsuit was settled by Marvel agreeing to pay $35,000 as a charitable gift to Ronald McDonald House in the name of both Marvel and the Hell's Angels, in addition to renaming the character. Fictional character biography In the Middle Ages, the sorcerers who would become the Mys-Tech Board of Directors were granted immortality by the demon Mephisto in exchange for the continued sacrifice of mortal souls. One of these men, Ranaulph Haldane, had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
