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Sanctum Sanctorum (Marvel Comics)
The Sanctum Sanctorum is a fictional building appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, as the residence and headquarters of Doctor Strange. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the building first appeared in '' Strange Tales'' #110 (July 1963). It is located at the address 177A Bleecker Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. This is a reference to the address of an apartment once shared by writers Roy Thomas and Gary Friedrich. The Sanctum Sanctorum has appeared in various media adaptations, including animated television series, video games, and in numerous media within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Publication history The Sanctum Sanctorum first appeared with Doctor Strange in his debut in ''Strange Tales'' #110 (July 1963), drawn by Steve Ditko. The details of the building have varied by artist, with one reviewer noting, for example, of ''Marvel Premiere #3'' (July 1972) that " t since the heady days of Ditko for instance, did the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Lee
Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber ; December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American comic book author, writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Comics which later became Marvel Comics. He was Marvel's primary creative leader for two decades, expanding it from a small publishing house division to a multimedia corporation that dominated the comics and film industries. In collaboration with others at Marvelparticularly co-writers and artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditkohe co-created iconic characters, including Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor, the Hulk, Hank Pym, Ant-Man, the Wasp (character), Wasp, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther (character), Black Panther, Daredevil (Marvel Comics character), Daredevil, Doctor Strange, the Scarlet Witch, and Black Widow (Natasha Romanova), Black Widow. These and other characters' introductions in the 1960s pioneered a more naturalistic approa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
177 Bleecker Street
Year 177 ( CLXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Commodus and Plautius (or, less frequently, year 930 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 177 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Lucius Aurelius Commodus Caesar (age 15) and Marcus Peducaeus Plautius Quintillus become Roman Consuls. * Commodus is given the title ''Augustus'', and is made co-emperor, with the same status as his father, Marcus Aurelius. * A systematic persecution of Christians begins in Rome; the followers take refuge in the catacombs. * The churches in southern Gaul are destroyed after a crowd accuses the local Christians of practicing cannibalism. * Forty-eight Christians are martyred in Lyon (Saint Blandina and Pothinus, bishop of Lyon, are among them). [...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] |
Rintrah (comics)
R'Klll R'Klll (sometimes spelled R'Kill) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is depicted as the wife of Dorrek VII, the mother of Anelle, and the grandmother of Hulkling. Raa of the Caves Raava Raava is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character, created by Saladin Ahmed and Christian Ward, first appeared in ''Black Bolt'' #1 (May 2017). She is a Skrull pirate and the mother of Skragg. Raava was in a deep-space torture prison for being against the Skrull Empire, and worked with Black Bolt, Metal Master (comics), Metal Master, Blinky and Absorbing Man to escape. Raava in other media Raava appears in ''Secret Invasion (miniseries), Secret Invasion'', portrayed by Nisha Aaliya. This version works as an agent for Gravik's Resistance by impersonating James Rhodes (Marvel Cinematic Universe), James Rhodes (portrayed by Don Cheadle) for political gambits. Raava comes into conflict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wong (comics)
Wong is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in ''Strange Tales'' #110 (July 1963). Wong was unnamed until ''Strange Tales'' #119 (April 1964). He is a supporting character of the superhero Doctor Strange. He stems from a family of monks living in Kamar-Taj. The character was portrayed by Clyde Kusatsu in the 1978 television film '' Dr. Strange''. Benedict Wong portrays the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films ''Doctor Strange'' (2016), '' Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018), '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019), ''Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings'' (2021), '' Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021), and ''Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'' as well as the Disney+ series '' She-Hulk: Attorney at Law'' (both 2022). Additionally, he voices an alternate timeline version in the Disney+ animated series '' What If...?'' (2021) Publication history Wong deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clea Strange
Clea Strange () is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, Clea first appeared in the Doctor Strange feature in ''Strange Tales'' #126 (November 1964). She is a magic (paranormal), sorceress, the disciple, lover, and eventual wife of Doctor Strange, Doctor Stephen Strange, and his third successor as Sorcerer Supreme. Clea is a human-appearing being and maternally related to the other-dimensional Faltine race of energy beings. The daughter of Umar (Marvel Comics), Umar and niece of the demonic tyrant Dormammu, Clea has been, sporadically, ruler of the Dark Dimension, the mystical realm to which Dormammu had been banished and that he subsequently conquered. In 2022, she made her live-action debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film ''Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'', portrayed by Charlize Theron. Publication history The character was introduced during a story arc in which Doctor Strange con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hood (comics)
The Hood (Parker Robbins) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Brian K. Vaughan, and artists Kyle Hotz and Eric Powell (comics), Eric Powell, the character was introduced in his own self-titled limited series, which started with ''Hood'' #1 (July 2002). Robbins was originally a petty criminal, until an encounter with a Nisanti demon which he defeated and robbed of its hood and boots, gaining superpowers in the process, such as levitation and invisibility. As "the Hood", he's a well-known figure in the New York City criminal underworld, and eventually formed his own crime syndicate. Anthony Ramos is set to portray the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series ''Ironheart (miniseries), Ironheart'' (2025). Publication history Created by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artists Kyle Hotz and Eric Powell (comics), Eric Powell, the Hood first appeared in his own self-titled MAX limited series in 2002, which feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chemistro
Three characters have taken the moniker of the supervillain Chemistro appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The Curtis Carr incarnation of Chemistro first appeared in '' Luke Cage, Hero for Hire'' #12 and was created by writer Steve Englehart and artist George Tuska. The Archibald Morton incarnation of Chemistro first appeared in ''Power Man'' #37 and was created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Ron Wilson. The Calvin Carr incarnation of Chemistro first appeared in ''Power Man and Iron Fist'' #93 and was created by writer Kurt Busiek and artist Ernie Chan. Fictional character biography Curtis Carr Curtis Carr is a chemist from Kansas City, Kansas who created an "alchemy gun" capable of transmuting matter. Company president Horace Claymore is impressed until Curtis voices his intent to keep the device. Claymore argues that since the gun was made on company time, it belongs to Mainstream. When Claymore fires him, Curtis becomes Chemist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orb Of Agamotto
Dr. Stephen Vincent Strange is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in ''Strange Tales'' #110 (cover-dated July 1963). Doctor Strange serves as the Sorcerer Supreme, the primary protector of Earth against Magic in fiction, magical and Mysticism, mystical threats. Strange was introduced during the Silver Age of Comic Books in an attempt to bring a different kind of character and themes of mysticism to Marvel Comics. The character starts as an intelligent and arrogant Neurosurgery, neurosurgeon who is injured in a car accident. Because his hands had suffered severe nerve damage from the accident, he was told that current medical therapy and rehabilitation would not be enough to enable him to practice again as a surgeon. Unable to accept this prognosis, he travels the world searching for alternative ways of healing, which leads him to the Ancient One, the Sorcerer Supreme. Strange b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collider (website)
Valnet, Inc. is a Canadian media company established in August 2012 by Hassan and Sam Youssef in Montreal, Quebec. It operates primarily in the entertainment media industry, where it has sought to acquire producers of content in this space. In this way, it has become the parent company of several internet media publications including ''TheGamer'', ''Collider'', ''Comic Book Resources'', ''MovieWeb'', ''Screen Rant'', ''Game Rant'', XDA Developers, and MakeUseOf. According to ''TheWrap'', Valnet websites prioritise "mass quantity over quality" and " SEO bait" content. There have been complaints from writers about working conditions and the low pay offered by the company. History Students Matt Keezer, Stephane Manos, Sam and Hassan Youssef met through their common interest in competitive foosball, and started a business in online pornography in 2003, growing their successful enterprise under the Brazzers name. Keezer began Pornhub under the company Interhub separately from Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townhouse
A townhouse, townhome, town house, or town home, is a type of Terraced house, terraced housing. A modern townhouse is often one with a small footprint on multiple floors. In a different British usage, the term originally referred to any type of Townhouse (Great Britain), city residence (normally in London) of someone whose main or largest residence was a English country house, country house. History Historically, a townhouse was the city residence of a noble or wealthy family, who would own one or more country houses in which they lived for much of the year. From the 18th century, landowners and their servants would move to a townhouse during the Season (society), social season (when major Ball (dance), balls took place). United States and Canada In the United States and Canada, a townhouse has two connotations. The older predates the automobile and denotes a house on a small footprint in a city, but because of its multiple floors (sometimes six or more), it has a large living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
