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100 (DC Comics)
The 100, The 10, and The 1,000 are fictional organized crime groups appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The 100 debuted in ''Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane'' #105 (October 1970) and were created by Robert Kanigher and Ross Andru. The 1,000 debuted in ''Booster Gold'' #2 (March 1986) and were created by Dan Jurgens. The 10 debuted in ''Superman'' #665 (September 2007) and were created by Kurt Busiek and Rick Leonardi. The 100 made their live-action debut in the television series ''Black Lightning''. Additionally, Blackguard of the 1,000 appeared in the DC Extended Universe film '' The Suicide Squad'' (2021), portrayed by Pete Davidson. Fictional team history The 100 The 100, formerly known as ''El Ciento'' (the one hundred), was founded by 71 men and women from all over Europe who came together in Aragon, Spain in the year 1462, and named themselves El Ciento in order to honor their 29 dead allies. The surviving members of El Ciento combined various scient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intergang
Intergang is a fictional organized crime syndicate appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Armed with technology supplied by the villainous New Gods of the planet Apokolips, they consistently appear as enemies of various DC superheroes. Intergang appears in the DC Extended Universe film '' Black Adam'' (2022). Publication history Intergang first appeared in '' Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen'' #133 (October 1970) and was created by Jack Kirby. Members of Intergang were first shown in the first issue of Kirby's ''Forever People'' in 1971. Fictional organization history Pre-''Crisis'' Intergang was founded in the 1920s by a gangster, Moxie "Boss" Mannheim, who was later killed by rivals. It was then revived by Morgan Edge and run by Boss Moxie's son Bruno "Ugly" Mannheim. Bruno was, however, getting orders and weaponry from Darkseid, who was using Intergang to help track down the Anti-Life Equation. Morgan Edge was the head of the Galaxy Broadcasting System televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Jurgens
Dan Jurgens (; born June 27, 1959) is an American comic book writer and artist. He is known for his work on the DC comic book storyline "The Death of Superman" and for creating characters such as Doomsday, Hank Henshaw and Booster Gold. Jurgens had a lengthy run on the Superman comic books including '' The Adventures of Superman'', '' Superman vol. 2'' and ''Action Comics''. At Marvel, Jurgens worked on series such as ''Captain America'', ''The Sensational Spider-Man'' and was the writer on ''Thor'' for seven years. He also had a brief run as writer and artist on '' Solar'' for Valiant Comics in 1995. Career 1980s After graduating from Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1981, Jurgens' first professional comic work was for DC Comics on '' The Warlord'' #63 (Nov. 1982). He was hired due to a recommendation of Warlord creator Mike Grell who was deeply impressed by Jurgens' work after being shown his private portfolio at a convention. In 1984, Jurgens was the artist for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aragon, Spain
Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to south): Huesca, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza. The current Statute of Autonomy declares Aragon a '' historic nationality'' of Spain. Covering an area of , the region's terrain ranges diversely from permanent glaciers to verdant valleys, rich pasture lands and orchards, through to the arid steppe plains of the central lowlands. Aragon is home to many rivers—most notably, the river Ebro, Spain's largest river in volume, which runs west–east across the entire region through the province of Zaragoza. It is also home to the highest mountains of the Pyrenees. , the population of Aragon was , with slightly over half of it living in its capital city, Zaragoza. In 2020, the economy of Aragon generated a GDP of million, which repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booster Gold
Booster Gold (Michael Jon Carter) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Dan Jurgens, the character first appeared in ''Booster Gold'' #1 (February 1986) and has been a member of the Justice League. He is initially depicted as a glory-seeking showboat from the future, staging high-publicity heroics through his knowledge of historical events and futuristic technology. Carter develops over the course of his publication history and through personal tragedies to become a hero weighed down by his reputation. The character has been portrayed in live action television by Eric Martsolf in '' Smallville'' and by Donald Faison in the seventh season of the Arrowverse series ''Legends of Tomorrow''. Publication history Booster Gold first appeared in ''Booster Gold'' #1 (February 1986), being the first significant new character introduced into DC Universe continuity after ''Crisis on Infinite Earths''. The next year, he began to appear regularl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oval Office
The Oval Office is the formal working space of the President of the United States. Part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, it is located in the West Wing of the White House, in Washington, D.C. The oval-shaped room features three large south-facing windows behind the president's desk and a fireplace at the north end. It has two built-in bookcases, and four doors: the east door opens to the Rose Garden; the west door leads to a private study and dining room; the northwest door opens onto the main corridor of the West Wing; and the northeast door opens to the office of the president's secretary. Presidents generally decorate the office to suit their personal taste, choosing furniture, drapery, and often commissioning their own oval-shaped carpet. Artwork is selected from the White House's own collection, or borrowed from museums for the length of the president's term in office. Cultural history The Oval Office has become associated in Americans' min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Lightning
Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character, created by writer Tony Isabella and artist Trevor Von Eeden, first appeared in ''Black Lightning'' #1 (April 1977), during the Bronze Age of Comic Books. Although his precise origin story has varied over the years, he has generally always been depicted as a metahuman superhero who uses the ability to generate and control electricity to defend his community – and the world – as Black Lightning. Although not the first black superhero to feature in DC Comics stories, Black Lightning was DC's first African-American superhero to headline his own series. In his earliest stories, Black Lightning is depicted as a schoolteacher from the crime-ridden Suicide Slum area of Metropolis (comics), Metropolis who acquires electrical superpowers from a technologically advanced power belt that he puts to use to clean up crime in his neighborhood. Over time, Pierce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halo (DC Comics)
Halo is a fictional superheroine that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. She first appeared in a special insert in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #200 (July 1983) and was created by Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo. The character's origin involves spirit possession. An alien being took over the body of a recently murdered woman and resurrected her. Halo initially suffered from amnesia, having no access to the memories of either the alien or the human host. Publication history Halo first appeared in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #200 and was created by Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo. Fictional character biography Halo is a gestalt of a human woman named Violet Harper and an Aurakle, an ancient energy-being resembling a sphere of iridescent light. The Aurakle species emerged from the Source billions of years ago at the dawn of time. When sociopath Violet Harper was murdered by Syonide, an operative of the 100 and Tobias Whale, the Aurakle, who had been observing her out of curio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorn (comics)
Rose and Thorn are the two personalities of two characters (one in the Golden Age of Comics, Golden Age and one in the Silver Age of Comics, Silver Age) within publication of DC Comics. Before the ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', Rose Canton came from Earth-Two and Rose Forrest from Earth-One of the Multiverse (DC Comics), Multiverse. Fictional character biography Rose Canton Thorn (Rose Canton) is a woman with a split personality whose villainous personality has the ability to control plants. Initially, she and her hired thugs opposed Jay Garrick, the Flash. After being (apparently) cured of her Thorn persona, Rose married Alan Scott and had two children, Jade (comics), Jennie-Lynn Hayden and Obsidian (comics), Todd James Rice by him. After a resurgence of her madness, she left Scott and put her children up for adoption, then went into seclusion for many years. She finally resurfaced and faced the Justice Society several times before her sanity returned, and she committed suicide. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suicide Slum
Suicide Slum (official name Southside) is a notorious fictional slum in publications from DC Comics. The area was first introduced in the "Newsboy Legion" feature as a slum in New York City. It was later placed in Superman's city, Metropolis, when the Newsboy Legion was reintroduced. The Southside is also known as The Simon Project in the Post-''Crisis'' continuity. Fictional history Southside, also known as The Simon Project (in the Post-''Crisis'' continuity), and most notably, Suicide Slum, has been at various times the stomping ground of several superheroes, including the Guardian (who protected the Newsboy Legion) and Black Lightning. It was based on the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City in which Jack Kirby grew up. In the comics the district's real name is Hobb's Bay. It was occasionally referred to by this name in the alternate continuity of '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman''. Suicide Slum is also the site of The Ace o' Clubs, a bar owned by Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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