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Araña
Anya Sofia Corazon is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada, writer Fiona Avery, and artist Mark Brooks, and made her first appearance in ''Amazing Fantasy'' #1 (August 2004) under the pseudonym Araña and later in '' Young Allies'' #5 (October 2010) with the codename Spider-Girl. She is the Latina daughter of a Puerto Rican father and a Mexican mother. Publication history Anya Corazon was created by Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada, writer Fiona Avery, and artist Mark Brooks, and is based on ideas J. Michael Straczynski used in his run on '' The Amazing Spider-Man''. Araña was the star of the resurrected ''Amazing Fantasy'' comic book in 2004. After her storyline ended in ''Amazing Fantasy'' #6, she appeared in her own twelve issue series ''Araña: The Heart of the Spider'', starting in March 2005 as part of Marvel Next. The character next appeared i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Next
Marvel Next was a short lived imprint that was launched by the American comics publisher Marvel Comics in early 2005. Marvel's press release stated that Marvel Next was "not a new line or imprint" but rather "a collection of titles" intended to "spotlight young characters." Like the Tsunami imprint before it, it aimed to attract young readers. Marvel Next titles carried a "Marvel Next" tag on the cover, but not always in the typical imprint location near the regular Marvel logo. The title may have been an attempt to appeal to or identify with Generation Next. The titles were set in the Marvel Universe and most of them ('' Araña: The Heart of the Spider'', ''Young Avengers'', '' Runaways'' and '' Amazing Fantasy'') had connections to pre-existing titles, taking advantage of settings, characters and events from previous stories. Logo Use While the Marvel Next press release included ''Young Avengers'' and ''Runaways'' among the forthcoming Marvel Next books, neither series ever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Avery
Fiona Kai Avery (born September 13, 1974) is a comic book and television writer. Avery was hired as a reference editor for the fifth season of ''Babylon 5'' and later continued in that role for the failed spin-off ''Crusade''. Avery contributed several scripts for the series, including "The Well of Forever" and " Patterns of the Soul", as well as the unfilmed "Value Judgements" and "Tried and True". Following the cancellation of ''Crusade'', Avery turned to comic book writing, working for Marvel and Top Cow on titles including ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and ''Tomb Raider''. Her more recent work includes three spin-offs of J. Michael Straczynski's '' Rising Stars'' (''Bright'', ''Voices of the Dead'', and ''Untouchable'') as well as '' Araña'', the character created by Avery for Marvel. Bibliography Marvel Comics *X-Men: **'' Uncanny X-Men Annual'' '00: "Share" (with Esad Ribić, 2000) collected in ''X-Men: Eve of Destruction'' (hc, 808 pages, 2008, ) *** Scripted by Avery, plotte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rikki Barnes
Rebecca "Rikki" Barnes is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Jeph Loeb and artist Rob Liefeld, the character first appeared in ''Heroes Reborn (1996 comic), Heroes Reborn'' #1/2 (September 1996), where she was established as the Counter-Earth (comics), Counter-Earth granddaughter of Bucky Barnes, Bucky during the 1996 "Heroes Reborn (1996 comic), Heroes Reborn" storyline. Rikki crossed over to Earth-616 in the 2008 ''Onslaught Reborn'' miniseries, in which she operated as Nomad (comics), Nomad for a time, later joining the Exiles (Marvel Comics), Exiles in another reality after being repeatedly reincarnated in her grandfather's place, and then the Future Foundation in the mainstream Marvel Universe. Fictional character biography Heroes Reborn Rikki Barnes was first introduced in the ''Heroes Reborn'' series of books. She is native to this world that was created by Franklin Richards (Fantastic Four), Franklin Rich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazing Fantasy
''Amazing Adult Fantasy'', retitled ''Amazing Fantasy'' in its final issue, is an American comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics from 1961 through 1962, with the latter title revived with superhero features in 1995 and in the 2000s. The final 1960s issue, ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (cover-dated Aug. 1962), introduced the popular superhero character Spider-Man. ''Amazing Adult Fantasy'' premiered with issue #7, taking over the numbering from ''Amazing Adventures''. Publication history The science fiction-fantasy anthology ''Amazing Adult Fantasy'' began with issue #7 (cover-dated Dec. 1961), having taken over the number of the similar anthology ''Amazing Adventures''. The earlier issues before the title change featured stories drawn by a number of artists including Jack Kirby, Don Heck and Steve Ditko. ''Amazing Adult Fantasy'' featured exclusively the quick, quirky, twist-ending tales of artist Ditko and writer-editor Stan Lee that had appeared in ''Amazing Adventure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Allies (Marvel Comics)
Young Allies is the name of three fictional superhero teams appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Golden Age The Golden Age of Comic Books, Golden Age's Young Allies were a gang of kids who Anti-fascism, fought the Axis powers, Axis. Their line-up included the two key sidekicks (Bucky Barnes and Toro (comics), Toro) of then-prominent Timely Comics heroes Captain America and the Human Torch (android), Human Torch. Creation Created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby as the Sentinels of Liberty, "a multiracial group of patriotic kids", the group was led by Bucky Barnes (Captain America's teenage sidekick), and initially made up of his four friends: Knuckles (Percival Aloysius O'Toole), Jeff (Jefferson Worthing Sandervilt), Tubby (Henry Tinkle), and Whitewash Jones (Washington Jones). The group appeared in a text feature in ''Captain America'' #4 (June 1941), but were swiftly moved into the comic-proper to help Cap in his battles, and became popular enough to be spun i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
