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Ultimate Requiem
''Ultimate Requiem'' is a series of comic books published by Marvel Comics. It takes place in the Ultimate Universe following the events of ''Ultimatum''. The X-Men and Fantastic Four stories were published as one shots, while the Spider-Man story was published as a two-issue limited series. The books serve as an epilogue to each of the Ultimate Universe's three core titles, which were all canceled following ''Ultimatum''. The issues in the series are the last ones published as ''Ultimate Marvel'' comic books before the imprint was relaunched as ''Ultimate Comics''. Plot summary Spider-Man J. Jonah Jameson and Ben Urich returned to the ''Daily Bugle'' offices, still shocked at the widespread destruction caused by the Ultimatum Wave. Jameson believes his family were dead and admits that he was wrong about Spider-Man's supposed criminal status. However, the ''Daily Bugles website is still operational, and the remaining staff are determined to keep writing and let the world kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Immonen
Stuart Immonen () is a Canadian comics artist. He is best known for his work on ''Nextwave'', ''Ultimate X-Men'', '' The New Avengers'', ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', and ''Ultimate Spider-Man''. His pencils are usually inked by Wade Von Grawbadger. Early life Stuart Immonen grew up in a Finnish Canadian family in Canada. The first comics he read as a child were Disney comics and Harvey Comics. He would later seek out superhero comics from Marvel Comics. Sporadic distribution in the 1970s and 1980s led to the development of an eclectic sense of taste in titles, as he was often only able to find a few issues available per series. A later increase in self-publishing in Toronto spurred him to pursue a career in comics following his studies at university. Career In 1988, he self-published a series titled ''Playground''; it was his first published work. From 1990 through 1992, he drew several issues of ''Rock 'N' Roll Comics'' for Revolutionary Comics, including issues on Prince, 2 Live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limited Series (comics)
In the field of comic books, a limited series is a comics series with a predetermined number of issues. A limited series differs from an ongoing series in that the number of issues is finite and determined before production, and it differs from a one shot in that it is composed of multiple issues. The term is often used interchangeably with miniseries (mini-series) and maxiseries (maxi-series), usually depending on the length and number of issues. In Dark Horse Comics' definition of a limited series, "this term primarily applies to a connected series of individual comic books. A limited series refers to a comic book series with a clear beginning, middle and end". Dark Horse Comics and DC Comics refer to limited series of two to eleven issues as miniseries and series of twelve issues or more as maxiseries, but other publishers alternate terms. Characteristics A limited series can "vary widely in length, but often run from three to ten issues. They can usually be distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative Versions Of Jean Grey
Jean Elaine Grey is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been known under the aliases Marvel Girl, Phoenix and Dark Phoenix. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in ''Uncanny X-Men, The X-Men'' #1 (Sept. 1963). Jean is a member of a subspecies of humans known as Mutant (Marvel Comics), mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities. She was born with Telepathy, telepathic and Psychokinesis, telekinetic powers. Her powers first manifested when she saw her childhood friend being hit by a car. She is a caring, nurturing figure, but she also has to deal with being an Omega-level mutant and the physical manifestation of the cosmic Phoenix Force. Jean experienced a transformation into the Phoenix in the ''X-Men'' storyline "The Dark Phoenix Saga". She has faced death numerous times in the history of the series. Her first death was under her guise as Marvel Girl, when s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X-Mansion
The X-Mansion or Xavier Institute is the common name for a mansion and research institute appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The mansion is depicted as the private estate of Charles Francis Xavier, a character in X-Men comics. It serves as the base of operations and training site of the X-Men. It is also the location of an accredited private school for mutant children, teenagers, and sometimes older aged mutants, the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, formerly the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters. The X-Mansion is also the worldwide headquarters of the X-Corporation. The X-Mansion's address is 1407 Graymalkin Lane, Salem Center, located in Westchester County, New York. The school's motto is " mutatis mutandis". In a 2011 edition of the comic, Wolverine re-opens the school, at the same address, under the name of the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. After the Terrigen Cloud becomes toxic enough to mutants that they die from M-Pox, Stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative Versions Of Magneto
Magneto (; birth name: Max Eisenhardt; Pseudonym, alias: Erik Lehnsherr and Magnus) is a fictional Character (arts), character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, the character first appears in ''Uncanny X-Men, The X-Men'' #1 (cover-dated September 1963) as an adversary of the X-Men. The character is a powerful Mutant (Marvel Comics), mutant, one of a fictional subspecies of humanity born with superhuman abilities, who has the ability to generate and control magnetic fields. Magneto regards mutants as evolutionarily superior to humans and rejects the possibility of peaceful human-mutant coexistence; he initially aimed to conquer the world to enable mutants, whom he refers to as ''homo superior'', to replace humans as the dominant species. Writers have since fleshed out his origins and motivations, revealing him to be a Holocaust survivors, Holocaust survivo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |