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The Order
The Order may refer to: Books and comics * ''The Order'' (novel), 2020 novel by Daniel Silva * The Order (comics), the name of two fictional comic-book superhero teams in the Marvel Comics universe Computer and video games * '' The Order: 1886'', a video game * The Order, a fictional terrorist faction in the video game ''Freelancer'' (2003) * The Order (''Deus Ex''), a fictional pseudo-religious organization in the computer game ''Deus Ex: Invisible War'' (2003) * The Order, a fictional religious group in the video-game franchise ''Silent Hill'' (1999, first in series) Film and television * ''The Order'' (2001 film), an American action film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme * ''The Order'' (2003 film) (also known as ''The Sin Eater''), an American religious thriller starring Heath Ledger * ''The Order'' (2024 film), a Canadian thriller about an FBI agent who goes after a white supremacist terrorist group * ''The Order'' (TV series), a 2019–2020 American horror-drama TV ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Silva (novelist)
Daniel Silva (born December 19, 1960) is an American journalist and author of thriller and spy novels. Early life Silva was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. When he was seven years old, his family moved to Merced, California. He was raised as a Catholic. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Fresno. He began a graduate program in international relations at San Francisco State University but left when offered employment as a journalist at United Press International (UPI). Career Journalist Silva began his writing career as a journalist with a temporary position at UPI in 1984. His assignment was to cover the Democratic National Convention. UPI made Silva's position permanent and, a year later transferred him to the Washington, D.C. headquarters. After two more years, he was appointed as UPI's Middle East correspondent and moved to Cairo. Silva returned to Washington, D.C., for a position with Cable News Network's Washington bureau. He worked as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Order (comics)
The Order is the name of two fictional superhero teams appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first team was a brief offshoot of the team Defenders, and the second is part of an initiative to place a superhero team in each state of the United States. Publication history Defenders offshoot The original incarnation of The Order starred in the six-issue limited series ''The Order'' (April–Sept. 2002) intending to conquer the world to protect it. The team consisted of the original Defenders: Doctor Strange, The Incredible Hulk, Namor the Sub-Mariner and Silver Surfer. Initiative version A second Marvel Comics superhero team called The Order debuted in ''The Order'' vol. 2, No. 1 (Sept. 2007), created by writer Matt Fraction and penciler Barry Kitson. Following the fallout of Marvel Comics' "Civil War" crossover event, The Order was dubbed the ''First Super Hero Team of Tomorrow'', being the official superhero team for California as part of the Fifty S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1886
Events January * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British rule in Burma, British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5–January 9, 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is published in New York and London. * January 16 – A resolution is passed in the German Parliament to condemn the Prussian deportations, the politically motivated mass expulsion of ethnic Poles and Jews from Prussia, initiated by Otto von Bismarck. * January 18 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. * January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885). February * February 6–February 9, 9 – Seattle riot of 1886: Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, Washington. * February 8 – The West End Riots following a popular meetin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
