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Atomic Skull
The Atomic Skull is a supervillain in American comic books published by DC Comics, who is commonly a foe of Superman. The character first appeared in 1978. Publication history The Albert Michaels version of the Atomic Skull first appeared in '' Superman'' #323 (May 1978) and was created by Martin Pasko and Curt Swan. The Joseph Martin version of the Atomic Skull first appeared in '' The Adventures of Superman'' #483 and was created by Roger Stern and Bob McLeod. Fictional character biography Albert Michaels Albert Michaels was a brilliant, but genuinely unfriendly scientist-administrator at S.T.A.R. Labs with a rare nervous system disorder that short-circuited the electrical impulses in his brain, creating painful and uncontrollable seizures. When he could not find a cure, he secretly contacted the criminal organization SKULL, and they implanted him with a radium-powered device designed to harness his neural disorder into deadly atomic "brain-blasts" in exchange for him be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curt Swan
Douglas Curtis Swan (February 17, 1920 – June 17, 1996) was an American comics artist. The artist most associated with Superman during the period fans call the Bronze Age of Comic Books, Swan produced hundreds of covers and stories from the 1950s through the 1980s. Biography Early life and career Curt Swan, whose Swedes, Swedish grandmother had shortened and Americanized the original family name of Svensson, was born in Minneapolis, the youngest of five children. Father John Swan worked for the Rail transport, railroads; mother Leontine Jessie Hanson had worked in a local hospital. As a boy, Swan's given name – Douglas – was shortened to "Doug," and, disliking the phonetic similarity to "Dog," Swan thereafter reversed the order of his given names and went by "Curtis Douglas," rather than "Douglas Curtis." Having enlisted in Minnesota's National Guard's 135th Regiment, 34th Infantry Division (United States), 34th Division in 1940, Swan was sent to Europe when the "federaliz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Pasko
Martin Joseph "Marty" Pasko (born Jean-Claude Rochefort; August 4, 1954– May 10, 2020) was a Canadian comic book writer and television screenwriter. Pasko worked for many comics publishers, but is best known for his superhero stories for DC Comics over three decades. He wrote Superman in various media, including television animation, webisodes, and a syndicated newspaper strip for Tribune Media Services, as well as comic books. He also co-created the 1975 revamp of Doctor Fate. Biography Early life and career Pasko claimed to have been born as Jean-Claude Rochefort in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. As a teenager, he was a regular contributor to comic book letter columns and co-published a fanzine, ''Fantazine'', with Alan Brennert, who is now a novelist. After attending Northwestern University and New York University, Pasko settled in New York. Comics The 1970s Pasko's first published comics writing credit was a short story titled "Package Deal " for Warren Publishing's '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominators (DC Comics)
The Dominators, collectively known as the Dominion, are a fictional character alien race appearing in comics and other media by DC Comics. Coming from the outer cosmos of the DC Universe, they are highly technologically advanced, and live in a rigid hierarchical society, in which one's caste is determined by the size of a red circle on one's forehead. They are master geneticists who can manipulate the metagene to enhance members of their own caste. Publication history Their first appearance was in 1967, in '' Adventure Comics'' #361, a story written by Jim Shooter with art by Curt Swan and Jim Mooney, in which they are presented as possibly dangerous to the Legion of Super-Heroes, but do not pose an actual threat. They appeared again in ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' #241–245 in the late 1970s, as an adversarial race in an interstellar conflict with Earth in the 30th century. In 1988 and 1989, they were revived as the villains of the " Invasion!" crossover event involving man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atomic Skull (Joseph Martin)
The Atomic Skull is a supervillain in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an enemy of Superman. The character first appeared in 1978. Publication history The Albert Michaels version of the Atomic Skull first appeared in ''Superman'' #323 (May 1978), and was created by Martin Pasko and Curt Swan. The Joseph Martin version of the Atomic Skull first appeared in '' The Adventures of Superman'' #483, and was created by Roger Stern and Bob McLeod. Fictional character biography Albert Michaels Albert Michaels was a brilliant, but genuinely unfriendly scientist-administrator at S.T.A.R. Labs with a rare nervous system disorder that short-circuited the electrical impulses in his brain, creating painful and uncontrollable seizures. When he could not find a cure, he secretly contacted the criminal organization SKULL, and they implanted him with a radium-powered device designed to harness his neural disorder into deadly atomic "brain-blasts" in exchange for him becoming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villains United
''Villains United'' is a six-issue 2005 comic book limited series, published by DC Comics, written by Gail Simone and illustrated by Dale Eaglesham and Wade Von Grawbadger, and later by Val Semeiks and Prentis Rollins. Publication history ''Villains United'' is one of four miniseries leading up to DC Comics' ''Infinite Crisis'' event and a seven-issue miniseries. This story follows the evolution of the latest incarnation of the Secret Six, and the group's ongoing plight against the machinations of the various supervillains belonging to Lex Luthor's expansive Secret Society of Super Villains. Like all major intracompany events, this series ties in with several monthly DC Comics titles, including: :''Action Comics'' #830-831 :'' Batman: Gotham Knights'' #66 :''Breach'' #7 :''Firestorm'' #17 :''Nightwing'' #109-110 :''Superman'' #221 :''Catwoman'' #46-49 :''Green Arrow'' #50 :''Flash'' #225 Plot summary For months now, former President Lex Luthor has been using his resources to assem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birds Of Prey (comic)
The Birds of Prey is a superhero team featured in several American comic book series, miniseries, and special editions published by DC Comics since 1996. The book's premise originated as a partnership between Black Canary and Barbara Gordon, who had adopted the codename Oracle at the time, but has expanded to include additional superheroines. The team name "Birds of Prey" was attributed to DC assistant editor Frank Pittarese in the text page of the first issue. The group is initially based in Gotham City and later operates in Metropolis and then relocates once more to "Platinum Flats", California, a new locale introduced in ''Birds of Prey'' in 2008. The series was conceived by Jordan B. Gorfinkel and originally written by Chuck Dixon. Gail Simone scripted the comic from issue #56 to #108. Sean McKeever was originally to replace Simone, but McKeever subsequently decided to leave the project and only wrote issues #113–117; Tony Bedard, who wrote issues #109–112, briefly took ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Atom
Captain Atom is a superhero appearing in American comic books, first in the 1960s by Charlton Comics before being acquired in the 1980s by DC Comics. Captain Atom has existed in three basic incarnations. Publication history Captain Atom was created by writer Joe Gill and artist/co-writer Steve Ditko, and first appeared in ''Space Adventures'' #33 (March 1960). Captain Atom was initially created for Charlton Comics, but was later acquired by DC Comics and revised for DC's Post-''Crisis'' continuity. In 2011, DC Comics relaunched its superhero comics and rewrote the histories of some characters from scratch, including Captain Atom, giving him a new origin, appearance and slightly altered powers. Captain Atom was the character inspiration for Doctor Manhattan, who was featured in the miniseries (and later live-action film adaptation) ''Watchmen'', which would be connected to the DC Universe in the miniseries ''Doomsday Clock''. Throughout the years, the character has been feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |