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Seven Soldiers Of Victory
The Seven Soldiers of Victory (also known as Law's Legionnaires) is a team of fictional comic book superheroes in the DC Comics universe. They first appeared in '' Leading Comics'' #1 (Winter 1941), and were created by Mort Weisinger and Mort Meskin. The team was a short-lived assembly of some of the less famous superheroes in the DC Universe who have made occasional appearances since their Golden Age debut. Fictional team history Pre-''Crisis'' The Seven Soldiers of Victory (also known as the Law's Legionnaires) is DC Comics' second super-hero team, following the Justice Society of America. Like the Justice Society, the membership of the Seven Soldiers is drawn from DC's anthology comics: Vigilante (from ''Action Comics''); Crimson Avenger (from ''Detective Comics''); Green Arrow and Speedy (from ''More Fun Comics''); Shining Knight (from ''Adventure Comics''); and Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy (from '' Star-Spangled Comics''). Unlike most superhero teams, the Seven Soldie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shining Knight (Sir Justin)
Shining Knight (Sir Justin) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, the first of several to use the name Shining Knight. He was created by Creig Flessel and first appeared in ''Adventure Comics'' #66 (September 1941). He appeared regularly until issue #125, and off and on until issue #166. The character appeared on the ''Justice League Unlimited'' animated series and the ''Stargirl (TV series), Stargirl'' live-action series, voiced by Chris Cox (voice actor), Chris Cox in the former and portrayed by Mark Ashworth in the latter. Fictional character biography Sir Justin, the newest member of the Knights of the Round Table in King Arthur (DC Comics), King Arthur's court, is one of many knights who witnessed the death of Queen Guinevere's cousin Sir Fallon. While searching for Fallon's killer, the ogre Blunderbore, Justin frees the wizard Merlin (DC Comics), Merlin from a tree. In gratitude, Merlin gives him enchanted armor and weaponry and tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luis García-López
José Luis García-López (born March 26, 1948) is a Spanish people, Spanish-Argentines, Argentine comics artist who works in the United States, particularly in a long-running relationship with DC Comics. In addition to his storytelling art, he produced the official reference art for characters in the ''DC Comics Style Guide'', as used in licensed merchandise. Early life José Luis García-López was born on March 26, 1948 in Lalín, Province of Pontevedra, Spain, and lived since age three in Argentina. He was inspired by artists as Alex Raymond, Hal Foster, Harold Foster, Milton Caniff, :es:José Luis Salinas, José Luis Salinas, and Alberto Breccia. Career During the 1960s, García-López worked for Charlton Comics. In 1974, he moved to New York, where he met DC Comics editor Joe Orlando. His first interior art credit for DC was June 1975's "Nightmare In Gold" back-up in ''Action Comics'' #448, where he inked the pencils of artist Dick Dillin. The following month, he inked the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Chan
Ernesto Chan (July 27, 1940 – May 16, 2012), born and sometimes credited as Ernie Chua, was a Filipinos, Filipino-Americans, American comics artist, known for work published by Marvel Comics and DC Comics, including many Marvel issues of series featuring Conan the Barbarian (comics), Conan the Barbarian. Chan also had a long tenure on ''Batman (comic book), Batman'' and ''Detective Comics''. Other than his work on Batman, Chan primarily focused on non-superhero characters, staying mostly in the genres of Horror comics, horror, War comics, war, and sword and sorcery. Biography Ernie Chan was born Ernie Chua due to what he called "a typographical error on my birth certificate that I had to use until I had a chance to change it to 'Chan' when I got my [U.S.] citizenship in '76." He migrated to the United States in 1970 and became a citizen in 1976. For a number of years, he worked under the name Ernie Chua but he was later credited as Ernie Chan. He studied with John Buscema and wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Grell
Mike Grell (born September 13, 1947) is an American comic book writer and artist, known for his work on books such as '' Green Lantern/Green Arrow'', '' The Warlord'', and '' Jon Sable Freelance''. Early life Grell studied at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, the Chicago Academy of Fine Art, and took the Famous Artists School correspondence course in cartooning. To avoid getting drafted into Army service during the Vietnam War, he enlisted for four years in the U.S. Air Force, including a stint as illustrator in Saigon. After the Air Force, Grell enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Art, and also worked as a freelance graphics artist. Career Grell entered the comics industry as an assistant to Dale Messick on the '' Brenda Starr'' comic strip in 1972. DC Comics In 1973 Grell moved to New York City, and began his long relationship with DC Comics. At DC, Grell worked on characters such as Aquaman, Batman, Green Arrow, and the Phantom Stranger in arcs or single-iss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Elias
Lee Elias (May 21, 1920 – April 8, 1998) was a British- American comics artist. He was best known for his work on the '' Black Cat'' comic book published by Harvey Comics in the 1940s. Biography Emigrating to the United States from Manchester, England, when he was a boy, Elias studied art at the Cooper Union and the Art Students League of New York. He started working in comics in 1943 at Fiction House, where his work included features such as "Captain Wings" in '' Wing Comics'', on which he succeeded Bob Lubbers, as well as the Western hero Firehair. After leaving Fiction House in 1946, he worked for several different comics companies, including Timely Comics, Hillman Periodicals, and National/DC where he worked on such characters as the Flash, Tommy Tomorrow, and Black Canary. He drew three issues of '' All Star Comics'' in 1947 and co-created the Fiddler and the original Star Sapphire with writer Robert Kanigher in '' All-Flash'' #32 (Dec. 1947). ''Black Cat' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Chaykin
Howard Victor Chaykin (; born October 7, 1950) is an Americans, American comics artist, comic book artist and writer. Chaykin's influences include his one-time employer and mentor, Gil Kane, and the mid-20th century illustrators Robert Fawcett and Al Parker (artist), Al Parker. Early life Howard Chaykin was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Rosalind Pave and Norman Drucker, who soon separated. Chaykin was initially raised by his grandparents in Staten Island, New York City, until his mother married Leon Chaykin in 1953 and the family moved to East Flatbush and later to 370 Saratoga Avenue, Brownsville, Brooklyn. At 14, Reprinted in Chaykin moved with his now divorced mother to the Kew Gardens, Queens, Kew Gardens section of Queens, New York, Queens. He said in 2000 he was raised on Welfare spending#United States, welfare after his parents separated and that his absent biological father eventually was declared dead, although Chaykin, as an adult, located him alive. Chaykin's "nutty a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Dillin
Richard Allen Dillin (December 17, 1928 – March 1, 1980)Richard Dillin at the United States Social Security Death Index via FamilySearch.org. Retrieved on February 23, 2013. Also Richard Dillin at the United States Social Security Death Index via GenealogyBank.com. Retrieved on January 8, 2016. was an Americans, American comics artist best known for a 12-year run as the penciler of the DC Comics superhero-team series ''Justice League, Justice League of America''. He drew 115 issues from 1968 until his death in 1980. Early life and career Dick Dillin was born in Watertown, New York. Note: Source erroneously gives birth year as 1929 Determined since chil ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Samachson
Joseph Samachson (October 13, 1906 – June 2, 1980) was an American scientist and writer, primarily of science fiction and comic books. Biography Joseph Samachson was born on October 13, 1906, in Trenton, New Jersey, the son of Russian Jewish parents, Anna (Roshansky) and David Louis Samachson, a businessman.Biography by Joe Desris, in ''Batman Archives'', Volume 3 (DC Comics, 1994), p. 224 Samachson died of complications from Parkinson's disease on June 2, 1980, in Chicago, Illinois. He had a son, Michael Samachson, and a daughter, the photographer Miriam Berkley. Career Biochemist A graduate of Rutgers University, he earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from Yale at the age of 23. He was an assistant professor at the College of Medicine, University of Illinois. He also headed a laboratory in metabolic research at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Hines, Illinois, a research unit dealing with diseases that affect the skeleton. Comics historian Jerry Bails wrote that Samachson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthurian
According to legends, King Arthur (; ; ; ) was a king of Britain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain. In Welsh sources, Arthur is portrayed as a leader of the post-Roman Britons in battles against the Anglo-Saxons in the late-5th and early-6th centuries. He first appears in two early medieval historical sources, the '' Annales Cambriae'' and the ''Historia Brittonum'', but these date to 300 years after he is supposed to have lived, and most historians who study the period do not consider him a historical figure.Tom Shippey, "So Much Smoke", ''review'' of , ''London Review of Books'', 40:24:23 (20 December 2018) His name also occurs in early Welsh poetic sources, such as '' Y Gododdin''. The character developed through Welsh mythology, appearing either as a great warrior defending Britain from human and supernatural enemies or as a magical figure of folklore, and was sometimes associated with the Welsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wing (DC Comics)
Drury Walker Trane Walker Amanda Waller Bill Walsh Warhawk Warhawk (Rex Stewart) is a fictional character created for the DC Animated Universe, voiced by Peter Onorati. 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. He is the future son of Green Lantern and Hawkgirl and a member of the Justice League. Other versions * An alternate universe variant of Hawk inspired by Warhawk appears in ''Justice League of America'' (vol. 2) #25. * A group called the Warhawks appear in "The New 52" as Thanagar's military force. Warlock's Daughter Warlord Warp Wavelength Eduardo Reyes was a mercenary and assassin, and the father of Allegra Garcia. Having light manipulation powers, he dubbed himself as Wavelength, and came into conflict with Gunfire. Waverider Bruce Wayne Damian Wayne Martha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star-Spangled Comics
''Star Spangled Comics'' is a comics anthology published by DC Comics which ran for 130 issues from October 1941 to July 1952. It was then retitled ''Star Spangled War Stories'' and lasted until issue #204 (February–March 1977). Publication history ''Star Spangled Comics'' debuted with an October 1941 cover date. The series began as a superhero title featuring the adventures of the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy who appeared until #86 (November 1948). This feature had the distinction of a teen hero with an older sidekick (the reverse of the usual arrangement). With issue #7 (April 1942), the title starred the Joe Simon and Jack Kirby-created Newsboy Legion. A series of stories featuring Robin, the Boy Wonder began in issue #65 (February 1947) and continued through the end of the title with issue #130, and primarily featured Robin solo adventures, but also included some occasional cameos by Batman. Comics historian Brian Cronin has noted that due to Robin's feature in ''Star Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
