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Super-Sons
The Super-Sons are a pair of fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The characters were created by Bob Haney and Dick Dillin and first appeared in '' World's Finest Comics'' #215 (January 1973). The characters were featured in stories about the sons of Superman and Batman. In 2017, DC Comics launched a ''Super Sons'' monthly comic book series featuring new versions of the characters, going by the names Superboy ( Jonathan Kent, the son of Superman and Lois Lane), and Robin (Damian Wayne, the son of Batman and Talia al Ghul). Publication history The Super-Sons first appeared together in '' World's Finest Comics'' #154 (December 1965). Batman's imaginary son was seen first in ''Batman'' #131 (April 1960), ''Batman'' #145 (February 1962) and ''Batman'' #163 (May 1964). The Super-Sons, Superman Jr. (Clark Kent Jr.) and Batman Jr. (Bruce Wayne Jr.), were college-aged versions of their superhero fathers. Their mothers are never referred to by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World's Finest Comics
''World's Finest Comics'' is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1941 to 1986. The series was initially titled ''World's Best Comics'' for its first issue; issue #2 (Summer 1941) switched to the more familiar name. Michael E. Uslan has speculated that this was because DC received a cease and desist letter from Better Publications, Inc., who had been publishing a comic book entitled ''Best Comics'' since November 1939. Virtually every issue featured DC's two leading superheroes, Superman and Batman, with the earliest issues also featuring Batman's sidekick, Robin. Publication history The idea for ''World's Best Comics'' #1 originated from the identically formatted 1940 ''New York World's Fair Comics'' featuring Superman, Batman, and Robin with 96 pages and a cardboard cover. The year before there was a similar 1939 '' New York World's Fair Comics'' featuring Superman but without Batman and Robin because Bob Kane and Bill Finger had not yet created them. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elseworlds 80-Page Giant
''Elseworlds 80-Page Giant'' is an 80-page collection of ''Elseworlds'' stories published by DC Comics. The collection was withdrawn and pulped after DC became concerned about a scene in one of the stories. Publication history This comic included the stories "''Superman Jr. Is No More!''", featuring the Super-Sons, and "'' Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter''", among others. DC Comics President Paul Levitz deemed the Letitia Lerner story inappropriate (for featuring scenes depicting the baby Superman in a microwave, among others) and ordered the press run halted and the printed issues destroyed. Despite this, around 2,000 copies of the issue had already been shipped to the UK. Although DC attempted to recall these copies, they quickly became a highly sought after collector's item, and estimates of available copies range between 700 and 2,000. The Letitia Lerner story earned two Eisner Awards, and was later republished in the pages of ''Bizarro Comics'' (a collection originally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Kent (DC Comics)
Jon Kent is a fictional character appearing in American comic book, American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the son of the superhero Superman and ''Daily Planet'' reporter Lois Lane. Created by Dan Jurgens, the character first appeared in ''Convergence: Superman'' #2 (July 2015). Jon is the newest character in the DC Universe who assumes the superhero persona of Superboy and later takes on the mantle of Superman. The character has appeared in other media, including the TV series ''Superman & Lois'', the animated film ''Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons'', and video games. Publication history The character was created by writer/artist Dan Jurgens and first appeared in DC's "Convergence (comics), Convergence" event in the miniseries ''Convergence (comics), Convergence: Superman'' #2 (July 2015). Half Kryptonian and half-human, Jon is the biological son of post-''Crisis on Infinite Earths, Crisis'' Superman/Clark Kent and Lois Lane and the coupl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Haney
Robert Gilbert Haney, Jr. (March 15, 1926 – November 25, 2004) was an American comic book writer, best known for his work for DC Comics. He co-created the Teen Titans as well as characters such as Lance Bruner, Metamorpho, Eclipso, Cain, and the Super-Sons. Biography Early life and career Haney grew up in Philadelphia, where he read popular newspaper comic strips such as '' Prince Valiant'' and '' Flash Gordon'', and was a regular listener of radio dramas. Haney attended Swarthmore College. During World War II, he served in the Navy and saw action during the Battle of Okinawa. After the war, he earned a Master's degree from Columbia University and then embarked on a writing career, publishing a number of novels under a variety of assumed names. In 1948, Haney entered the comic book industry. His first published comics story was "College for Murder" in ''Black Cat'' #9 (January 1948). From 1948 to 1955 Haney wrote crime and war comics for a number of publishers, including Faw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis O'Neil
Dennis "Denny" Joseph O'Neil (May 3, 1939 – June 11, 2020) was an American comic book writer and editor, principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics from the 1960s through the 1990s, and Group Editor for the Batman family of titles until his retirement. His best-known works include ''Green Lantern/Green Arrow'' and ''Batman (comic book), Batman'' with Neal Adams. For ''Batman'', the team is credited with returning the character to his dark pulp fiction roots, in contrast to the campy Batman (TV series), ''Batman'' television series of the 1960s. However, comics historian Les Daniels considers O'Neil's "vengeful obsessive-compulsive" Batman to be an original interpretation that has influenced all subsequent portrayals of the character. It was during this run that O'Neil co-created the Batman villains Ra's al Ghul and Talia al Ghul. During their ''Green Lantern/Green Arrow'' run, O'Neil and Adams introduced a mature, realistic tone through stories such as "Snowbirds Don't Fly ... [...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] |