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Apocalypse In Other Media
Originally an archenemy of the X-Men in Marvel comic books, the supervillain Apocalypse has appeared in various forms of media, including animated television series, live-action films and video games, while merchandise of the character include toys and trading cards. Television * Apocalypse appears in '' X-Men: The Animated Series'', voiced by John Colicos in the first four seasons and James Blendick in season five. This version is an immortal and invincible megalomaniac who seeks to purge the world of humanity and mutants before remaking it in his image and possesses the additional ability to enlarge himself. Throughout the series, he makes several attempts to instigate a war between humanity and mutants while his subordinate Mystique brainwashes select mutants to become his Horsemen, only to be foiled by the X-Men, Archangel, and a time-traveling Bishop and Cable throughout the first three seasons. In the four-part season four finale "Beyond Good and Evil", Cable destroys A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Simonson
Louise Simonson (née Mary Louise Alexander; born September 26, 1946) is an American comic book writer and editor. She is best known for her work on comic book titles such as ''Conan the Barbarian'', ''Power Pack'', ''X-Factor'', ''New Mutants'', '' Superman: The Man of Steel'', and ''Steel''. She is often referred to by the nickname "Weezie". Among the comic characters she co-created are Cable, Steel, Power Pack, Rictor, Doomsday and the X-Men villain Apocalypse. In recognition of her contributions to comics, Comics Alliance listed Simonson as one of twelve female comics creators deserving of lifetime achievement recognition. Early life and career In 1964 while attending Georgia State College, Louise met fellow student Jeffrey Catherine Jones. The two began dating and were married in 1966. Their daughter Julianna was born the following year. After graduation, the couple moved to New York City. Louise modeled for artist Bernie Wrightson's cover of DC Comics' '' House of Secrets'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apocalypse (comics)
Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is one of the world's first mutants, and was originally a principal villain for the original X-Factor team and now for the X-Men and related spin-off teams. Created by writer Louise Simonson and artist Jackson Guice, Apocalypse first appeared in ''X-Factor'' #5 (May 1986). Apocalypse is one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe. Since his introduction, the character has appeared in a number of ''X-Men'' titles, including spin-offs and several limited series. Apocalypse has also been featured in various forms of media. Oscar Isaac portrayed the character in '' X-Men: Apocalypse''. Conception and creation While writing the first five issues of ''X-Factor'', Bob Layton dropped hints of a villain operating behind the scenes and leading the Alliance of Evil (mentioned in ''X-Factor'' #4, May 1986). Layton intended to reveal this character to be the Daredevil villain the O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cable (character)
Cable (Nathan Christopher Charles Summers) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with X-Force and the X-Men. The child Nathan first appeared as a newborn infant in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #201 (Jan. 1986) created by writer Chris Claremont and penciler Rick Leonardi, while the adult warrior Cable was created by writer Louise Simonson and artist/co-writer Rob Liefeld, and first appeared in ''The New Mutants'' #87 (March 1990). Initially, Cable's origin was undecided and he was assumed to be a separate character. It was later decided that he was actually an older version of the child Nathan, having later become a time traveler. Nathan Summers is the son of the X-Men member Cyclops (Scott Summers) and his first wife Madelyne Pryor (Jean Grey's clone). This makes him the "half"-brother of Rachel Summers (a child of Scott and Jean from the "Days of Future Past" timeline) and Nate Grey (a child created from Scott a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop (Marvel Comics)
Lucas Bishop is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, particularly titles associated with the X-Men. He first appears as a member of Xavier's Security Enforcers (XSE), a Mutant (Marvel Comics), mutant police force from a dystopian future of the Marvel Universe. He travels to the 20th century and joins the X-Men, a team he knew only as legends. Bishop experiences difficulty adjusting to the norms of the time period. Bishop made frequent appearances in X-Men: The Animated Series, the ''X-Men'' animated series of the 1990s. Bishop was portrayed by Omar Sy in the 2014 film ''X-Men: Days of Future Past''. Publication history Created by Whilce Portacio and John Byrne (comics), John Byrne, the character first appeared in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #282 (November 1991). Bishop had four limited series. The first series is the self-titled ''Bishop'' series, where he tracked and fought Mountjoy (comics), Mountjoy. The series ran for four issues, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Worthington III
Warren Kenneth Worthington III, originally known as Angel and later as Archangel, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and is a founding member of the X-Men. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in ''The X-Men'' #1 (September 1963). Angel is a mutant, an evolved species of humans who are born with superhuman abilities. The character originally possesses a pair of large feathered wings extending from his back, enabling him to fly. He is the heir of the Worthington family fortune, and this privileged background results in Warren being stereotyped as self-absorbed and unable to deal with hardships during his early years with the X-Men. This personality was ultimately replaced with a more introspective and brooding personality in the late 1980s, when the character was changed into the darker "Archangel" persona. While Angel's wings were originally feathered, his transition to Archangel resulted in metal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horsemen Of Apocalypse
The Horsemen of Apocalypse are a team of supervillain characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The Horsemen of Apocalypse are first mentioned in ''X-Factor'' #10 (Nov. 1986), and make their full appearance in ''X-Factor'' #15 (April 1987) where they were created by writer Louise Simonson and artist Walt Simonson. The first comic-book characters of this name were an unrelated team of aliens from the race known as the Axi-Tun that attacked Earth in ancient and modern times. They appeared in ''Giant Size Fantastic Four'' #3 (Nov. 1974). Fictional biography The group consists of four individuals (usually mutants) that have been genetically altered and mentally conditioned to serve the ancient mutant, Apocalypse, either willingly or forcibly. They are enhanced or endowed with new abilities, and are always given the same titles based upon the biblical Four Horsemen Death, Famine, Pestilence (replacing the biblical Conquest), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystique (character)
Mystique (Raven Darkhölme) Marvel Directory. Retrieved October 23, 2008. is a appearing in s published by , commonly in association with the . Created by artist and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Blendick
James Blendick (born 1941) is a Canadian character actor. He is perhaps best known for his 30-year-long association with the Stratford Festival. Career Among the productions in which he has performed leads are ''Much Ado About Nothing'', ''The Cherry Orchard'', '' Waiting For Godot'', ''Juno and the Paycock'', ''Coriolanus'', ''Richard III'', ''Amadeus'', ''The Little Foxes'', ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'', ''Midsummer Night's Dream'', ''Twelfth Night'' and ''School For Scandal'' among many others. More recently he appeared in the title role of ''Titus Andronicus'' (2000) and as Gonzalo in '' The Tempest'', with Christopher Plummer (2010) at the Stratford Festival. Blendick has also performed on Broadway (opposite Plummer in ''Cyrano)'', at the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, at the Old Globe, San Diego and at the Grand Theatre, London. He has also acted extensively in film and television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Colicos
John Colicos (December 10, 1928 – March 6, 2000) was a Canadian actor. He performed on stage and television in the United States and Canada. Career Colicos was born in Toronto, Ontario, to a Greek father and a Canadian mother. In 1957 he appeared in ''Mary Stuart'' at the Phoenix Theatre in New York City and in 1963 he appeared in ''Troilus and Cressida'' at the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. His other New York theatre credits are ''King Lear'' (1956), '' The Devils'' (1965–1966), ''Serjeant Musgrave's Dance'' (1966), and ''Soldiers'' (1968). Mr. Colicos' skill in acting resulted in his being chosen to play the title role in a memorable and first-ever production of ''King Lear'' (1964) at the Stratford Festival. He appeared as Monks in a television version of ''Oliver Twist'' for the ''DuPont Show of the Month'' series in 1959. He also gave memorable performances in 1966 on the CBS soap opera ''The Secret Storm''; as the unscrupulous Thomas Cromwell in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cybernetics
Cybernetics is a wide-ranging field concerned with circular causality, such as feedback, in regulatory and purposive systems. Cybernetics is named after an example of circular causal feedback, that of steering a ship, where the helmsperson maintains a steady course in a changing environment by adjusting their steering in continual response to the effect it is observed as having. Cybernetics is concerned with circular causal processes such as steering however they are embodied,Ashby, W. R. (1956). An introduction to cybernetics. London: Chapman & Hall, p. 1. including in ecological, technological, biological, cognitive, and social systems, and in the context of practical activities such as designing, learning, managing, conversation, and the practice of cybernetics itself. Cybernetics' transdisciplinary and "antidisciplinary" character has meant that it intersects with a number of other fields, leading to it having both wide influence and diverse interpretations. Cybernetics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apocalypse 1992
Apocalypse () is a literary genre in which a supernatural being reveals cosmic mysteries or the future to a human intermediary. The means of mediation include dreams, visions and heavenly journeys, and they typically feature symbolic imagery drawn from the Hebrew Bible, cosmological and (pessimistic) historical surveys, the division of time into periods, esoteric numerology, and claims of ecstasy and inspiration. Almost all are written under pseudonyms (false names), claiming as author a venerated hero from previous centuries, as with Book of Daniel, composed during the 2nd century BCE but bearing the name of the legendary Daniel. Eschatology, from Greek ''eschatos'', last, concerns expectations of the end of the present age, and apocalyptic eschatology is the application of the apocalyptic world-view to the end of the world, when God will punish the wicked and reward the faithful. An apocalypse will often contain much eschatological material, but need not: the baptism of J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trading Cards
A trading card (or collectible card) is a small card, usually made out of paperboard or thick paper, which usually contains an image of a certain person, place or thing (fictional or real) and a short description of the picture, along with other text (attacks, statistics, or trivia). There is a wide variation of different types of cards. Trading cards are traditionally associated with sports (baseball cards are particularly common) but can also include subjects such as ''Pokémon'' and other non-sports trading cards. These often feature cartoons, comic book characters, television series and film stills. In the 1990s, cards designed specifically for playing games became popular enough to develop into a distinct category, collectible card games. These games are mostly fantasy-based gameplay. Fantasy art cards are a subgenre of trading cards that focus on the artwork. History Origins Trade cards are the ancestors of trading cards. Some of the earliest prizes found in retail pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
