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Taserface
Taserface is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a supervillain and a recurring adversary of the original Guardians of the Galaxy. Taserface appears in several forms of media, such as the Marvel Cinematic Universe film ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'' (2017) and Disney+ animated series '' What If...?'' (2021) as a different version, portrayed by Chris Sullivan. Publication history Taserface first appeared in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' #1 (June 1990), and was created by Jim Valentino. Valentino stated that his young son Aaron came up with the character's name. He believed that the name was "kind of lame...but no worse than Pruneface, Clayface, Two-Face, or any other character with the word face as part of their name." Fictional character biography Taserface originates from a planet with a primitive culture and wields technology created by Iron Man centuries prior. He comes into conflict with the Guardians of the Galaxy an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Sullivan (actor)
Chris Sullivan (born July 19, 1980) is an American actor and musician. He starred on Cinemax's ''The Knick'' as Tom Cleary, and on the NBC drama ''This Is Us'' as Toby Damon, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Career Much of Sullivan's early stage experience came in Chicago, where he received improv training at the iO Theater. Among his Chicago stage experiences were in the cast of ''Defending the Caveman'' at the Lakeshore Theater and the cast of ''The Ballad of Emmett Till'' at the Goodman Theatre. After appearing in the original Broadway cast of '' Lombardi'', Sullivan joined the long-running revival of ''Chicago'' in 2011. He first gained attention for his portrayal of Tom Cleary on the Cinemax drama ''The Knick''. He also played Taserface in ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'' and Benny Hammond in ''Stranger Things.'' He has starred in single episodes of various TV series: '' A Gifted Man'' (2012), '' Elementary'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yondu Udonta (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Yondu Udonta, or simply Yondu (), is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The original version of the character is depicted as the last survivor of his species, a spiritual warrior who can control his arrows through sound waves, and a founding member of the original Guardians of the Galaxy from the 31st century of the alternate reality of Earth-691. In other media, Yondu has appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, portrayed by Michael Rooker, and the ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' animated series, voiced by James Arnold Taylor. The former version is a cyborg and member of the Ravagers and was later incorporated into the comics continuity, depicted as the first Yondu's ancestor. Publication history The Earth-691 version of Yondu first appeared in '' Marvel Super-Heroes'' #18 (January 1969), written by Arnold Drake and penciled by Gene Colan. According to Roy Thomas, all of the original Guardians of the Galaxy were created in a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guardians Of The Galaxy (film)
''Guardians of the Galaxy'' (retroactively referred to as ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1'') is a 2014 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 10th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Directed by James Gunn, who wrote the screenplay with Nicole Perlman, it features an ensemble cast including Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, and Bradley Cooper as the titular Guardians, along with Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Djimon Hounsou, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, and Benicio del Toro. In the film, Peter Quill (Pratt) and a group of extraterrestrial criminals go on the run after stealing a powerful artifact. Perlman began working on the screenplay in 2009. Producer Kevin Feige first publicly mentioned ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' as a potential film in 2010 and Marvel Studios announced it was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travis Willingham
Travis Willingham is an American voice actor known for his character portrayals in video games and English anime Dubbing, dubs. His notable roles include Roy Mustang in the ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' franchise, Cleo in ''Glass Fleet'', Ginko in ''List of Mushishi episodes, Mushishi'', Portgas D. Ace in ''One Piece (1999 TV series), One Piece'', Takashi "Mori" Morinozuka in ''List of Ouran High School Host Club episodes, Ouran High School Host Club'', Yu Kanda in ''List of D.Gray-man episodes, D. Gray-man'', and Cameron Campbell in ''Camp Camp''. Willingham's video game roles include Guile (Street Fighter), Guile in the ''Street Fighter'' franchise, Knuckles the Echidna in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise, Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor in various Marvel Comics, Marvel games, and Isaac Frost in Fight Night Champion. He has been a cast member of the web series ''Critical Role'' since 2015, in which he and other voice actors play ''Dungeons & Dragons''. He co-founded the production co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin Goodman (publisher), Martin Goodman as Timely Comics, and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas Comics (1950s), Atlas Comics. The Marvel era began in August 1961 with the launch of ''Fantastic Four (comic book), The Fantastic Four'' and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and numerous others. The Marvel brand, which had been used over the years and decades, was solidified as the company's primary brand. Marvel counts among List of Marvel Comics characters, its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, Wolverine (character), Wolverine, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor, Doctor Strange, Daredevil (Marvel Comics character), Daredevil, Black Panther (character), Black ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thanos Threat
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groot (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Groot is a fictional character voiced by Vin Diesel and portrayed in various forms and capacities via motion capture by Diesel, Krystian Godlewski, Sean Gunn, James Gunn and Terry Notary, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. A tree-like extraterrestrial humanoid known as a flora colossus, the character is a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy and a close associate of Rocket in particular. The initial incarnation of the character sacrifices himself to save his allies during the battle against Ronan the Accuser at the climax of the first film, leaving behind a sapling which grows into a new Groot, colloquially known as "Baby Groot" and differentiated offscreen by James Gunn as the original's "son". Raised by Rocket as an adoptive son, the new Groot gradually grows to a similar size as his predecessor over the course of his next several appearances. He participates in the conflicts against Ego and then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kraglin Obfonteri
Kraglin is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by plotter Stan Lee, writer Ernie Hart and artist Don Heck, he first appeared in ''Tales to Astonish'' #46 (August 1963). He is a member of the Ravagers. A version of the character named Kraglin Obfonteri, portrayed by Sean Gunn, appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise. Publication history The character, created by plotter Stan Lee, writer Ernie Hart and artist Don Heck, debuted in ''Tales to Astonish'' #46 (cover-dated Aug. 1963). Kraglin is a A-Chilitarian, an alien humanoid and was introduced as a one-off villain that was defeated by Ant-Man and Wasp. After that single appearance, Kraglin returned in ''All-New Guardians of the Galaxy Annual'' #1 (Aug. 2017), by Chad Bowers, Chris Sims and Danilo Beyruth. Fictional character biography Kraglin is an A-Chilitarian from the planet A-Chiltar III and has the appearance of a furry, purple being with multi-faceted eyes. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ComicBook
''ComicBook.com'' is an entertainment website that offers news in the fields of comic books, television, films, video games, and anime. The site came online in 1996 serving as a holding page for sales links and press releases related to comic books under various domain names, before becoming ''ComicBook.com'' in 2004. In 2007, Joe Blackmon founded the website as a comic book news site. The site was relaunched in 2014 following Shannon Terry becoming CEO. ''ComicBook.com'' was acquired by CBS Interactive (which later became part of Paramount Global) in 2018 before Paramount Global sold it to Savage Ventures in 2024, and Ben Kendrick was hired as the editorial director. Background ''ComicBook.com'' began as a holding page containing sales links and press releases related to comic books and had various names used by various companies: in 1996, American Entertainment used it for their websites, ''Smash'', ''Another Universe'', and ''Mania Magazine''. The site was acquire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gunn
James Francis Gunn Jr. (born August 5, 1966) is an American filmmaker. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at Troma Entertainment with ''Tromeo and Juliet'' (1996). He then began working as a director, starting with the horror-comedy film '' Slither'' (2006), and moving to the superhero genre with ''Super'' (2010), '' Guardians of the Galaxy'' (2014), '' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'' (2017), '' The Suicide Squad'' (2021), and '' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3'' (2023). In 2022, Warner Bros. Discovery hired Gunn and his longtime producer Peter Safran to become co-chairmen and co-CEOs of DC Studios. Under DC Studios, Gunn will co-produce and executive produce every film and television series under the upcoming DC Universe (DCU) media franchise alongside Safran, which will act as a soft-reboot of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). In the DCU, he is the creator of the series ''Creature Commandos'' (2024) and the writer-director of the upcoming fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newsarama
''Newsarama'' is an American website that publishes news, interviews, and essays about the American comic book industry. It is owned by Future US. In June 2020, Newsarama was merged with the website ''GamesRadar+'', also owned by Future US. History Message board column ''Newsarama'' began in mid-1995 as a series of Internet forum postings on the Prodigy (ISP), Prodigy comic book message boards by fan Mike Doran. In the forum postings, Doran shared comic book-related news items he had found across the World Wide Web and, as these postings became more regular and read widely, he gave them the title "Prodigy Comic Book Newswire." In January 1997, Doran began to post a version of the column titled ''The Comics Newswire'' on Usenet's various rec.arts.comics communities. The name of the column evolved to ''The Newswire'', and then to ''CBI Newsarama'', before finally becoming ''Newsarama'' in 1998, with the help of co-creator Matt Brady. That year, Doran broke the news of Jim Lee's s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
