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Arclight (comics)
Arclight (Philippa Sontag) is a mutant supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist John Romita Jr., she is a former military officer who later becomes an assassin. She is primarily known as a member the original Marauders team, a group of mutants who often work for the mad scientist villain Mister Sinister. As a Marauder, she has often fought the X-Men as well as related teams and heroes such as X-Factor and X-Force. Like many of the Marauders, Arclight has been killed in battle more than once, only to be revived each time by Sinister through advanced cloning techniques. The character has made scattered minor appearances throughout other forms of media, such as animated television series and the film '' X-Men: The Last Stand'', in which she was portrayed by Omahyra Mota. Publication history Arclight first appeared in silhouette in ''Uncanny X-Men'' #210 (Oct. 1986), then made her first full appearance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arclight
An arclight or arc lamp is a lamp that produces a bright light by generating an electric arc across two electrodes. Arclight, Arc Light or arc light may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Characters * Arclight (comics), a mutant super-villain character from Marvel Comics * Arclight (DC Comics), a super-villain character from DC Comics * Arclight family, characters from the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal'' Music * ''Arc Light'' (album), a 2009 album by Lau * ''Arclight'' (album), a 2016 album by Julian Lage * ''Arclight'', the third album by Swedish rock band Silverbullit * "Arclight", a song by VNV Nation, from the album ''Empires'' * "Arclight", a song by Deathstars, from the album ''Night Electric Night'' * "Arclight", a song by Exhumed from the album '' Anatomy Is Destiny'', 2003 Theaters * ArcLight Hollywood, a cinema complex in Hollywood, California * ArcLight Sherman Oaks, a cinema complex in Sherman Oaks, California Other arts and entertainment * ''Arc Light'' (novel), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Pack
Power Pack is a superhero team consisting of four young siblings appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Louise Simonson and artist June Brigman, they first appeared in their own series in 1984, which lasted 62 issues, and have since appeared in other books. Power Pack is the first team of pre-teen superheroes in the Marvel Universe and the first team of heroes in comics to feature characters of that age operating without adult supervision. In 2005, the title was relaunched as a series aimed at younger readers—though this was eventually declared a separate continuity from that of the original series and the mainstream Marvel Universe. The team consists of four siblings: Alex Power, Julie Power, Jack Power, and Katie Power. The dying alien called Whitey, a scientist of the Kymellian race, transfers one of his four superpowers to each of the Power children so they can save their planet from the alien conquerors known as the Snarks. The chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain America
Captain America is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the character First appearance, first appeared in ''#Golden Age, Captain America Comics'' #1 (cover dated March 1941) from Timely Comics, a predecessor of Marvel Comics. Captain America was designed as a patriotic supersoldier who often fought the Axis powers of World War II and was Timely Comics' most popular character during the wartime period. The popularity of superheroes waned following the war, and the ''Captain America'' comic book was discontinued in 1950, with a short-lived revival in 1953. Since Marvel Comics revived the character in 1964, Captain America has remained in publication. The character wears a costume bearing an Flag of the United States, American flag motif (visual arts), motif, and he carries a Captain America's shield, nearly-indestructible shield that he throws as a projectile. Captain America is the alter ego ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superia
Superia (Dr. Deidre Wentworth) is a supervillain and criminal scientist appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history She first appeared in ''Captain America'' #387 (1991) and was created by writer Mark Gruenwald and artist Rik Levins. Fictional character biography Little is known of the past of the woman known as Superia, but she was first seen where she and a small army of female supervillains plotted to sterilize all other women in the world, making their reproductive capabilities valuable beyond measure. She was initially inspired to use her scientific knowledge to conquer the world when she discovered, via use of a "time probe", that a descendant of hers, Thundra, would rule the world-spanning matriarchy of the "Femizons". Her plan was thwarted by Captain America and his allies ( Paladin, Diamondback, Asp and Black Mamba). She later appeared alongside a much smaller group of Femizons, consisting of Blackbird, Iron Maiden, Nightshade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morlocks (comics)
Morlocks are a group of mutant characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters are usually depicted as being associated with the X-Men in the Marvel Universe. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Paul Smith, they were named after the subterranean race of the same name in H. G. Wells' novel ''The Time Machine'', but unlike in the Wells book, they are not a faceless, threatening mass of villains. They first appeared as a group in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #169 (May 1983). Caliban appeared prior to that, but he was not yet a member of the Morlocks. The Morlocks were depicted as an underground society (both literally and figuratively) of outcast mutants living as tunnel dwellers in the sewers, abandoned tunnels, and abandoned subway lines beneath New York City. The Morlocks were composed of mutant misfits, especially those mutants who, because of physical mutations or other conspicuous manifestations of their mutant genetics, were unab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shock Wave
In physics, a shock wave (also spelled shockwave), or shock, is a type of propagating disturbance that moves faster than the local speed of sound in the medium. Like an ordinary wave, a shock wave carries energy and can propagate through a medium but is characterized by an abrupt, nearly discontinuous, change in pressure, temperature, and density of the medium. For the purpose of comparison, in supersonic flows, additional increased expansion may be achieved through an expansion fan, also known as a Prandtl–Meyer expansion fan. The accompanying expansion wave may approach and eventually collide and recombine with the shock wave, creating a process of destructive interference. The sonic boom associated with the passage of a supersonic aircraft is a type of sound wave produced by constructive interference. Unlike solitons (another kind of nonlinear wave), the energy and speed of a shock wave alone dissipates relatively quickly with distance. When a shock wave passes throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scalphunter (Marvel Comics)
Scalphunter (John Greycrow) is a fictional Mutant (Marvel Comics), mutant villain character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history His first appearance was in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #210, during the ''Mutant Massacre'' event. This character was created by Chris Claremont, John Romita Jr. and Dan Green (artist), Dan Green. Fictional character biography Assembling the Marauders Scalphunter is a member of the Comanche tribe of Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans who originally fought in World War II for the United States but was to be executed for murdering his fellow officers. He is shot by a firing squad and is believed dead. However, he survives and is found and recruited by enigmatic mastermind Mister Sinister early on. Later, apparently not working under Sinister, he kills the employer of the savage mutant Sabretooth (comics), Sabretooth and offers Sabretooth money to join Scalphunter's boss as a mercenary, which Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Of X
"Dawn of X" is a 2019 relaunch of the ''X-Men'' line of comic books published by Marvel Comics in the wake of the twin miniseries ''House of X'' and ''Powers of X''. This initiative culminated in the crossover event '' X of Swords'', which was followed by a sequel relaunch named " Reign of X" in December 2020. Publication history The initiative was announced at "The Next Big Thing" panel as San Diego Comic-Con 2019, intended to tell the story of mutantkind in a new status quo established by Jonathan Hickman after the ''House of X''/''Powers of X'' (''HOX''/''POX'') event concluded, redefining ''X-Men'' as a brand and its place in the Marvel Universe, with all creative teams working closely under Hickman's supervision. Titles Prelude series Ongoing series Limited series One-shots ''Giant-Size X-Men'' ''X of Swords'' Other Release order # ''House of X'' #1 # ''Powers of X'' #1 # ''House of X'' #2 # ''Powers of X'' #2 # ''Powers of X'' #3 # ''House of X'' #3 # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inferno (Marvel Comics)
"Inferno" was a Marvel Comics company-wide crossover storyline in 1989 that mainly involved the mutant titles, namely ''Uncanny X-Men'', ''X-Factor'', '' X-Terminators'', ''Excalibur'', and '' The New Mutants''. The story concerned the corruption of Madelyne Pryor into the Goblin Queen, the final transformation of Illyana Rasputin into the Darkchylde, the demonic transformation of Hobgoblin, and a demonic invasion of New York City. The series was written by Louise Simonson, Chris Claremont, Steve Engelhart, Gerry Conway, David Michelinie, Ann Nocenti, Walter Simonson, Jon Bogdanove, Terry Austin, and Julianna Jones. Plot Two demons from Limbo, S'ym and N'astirh, plan a demonic invasion of Earth. Their plan revolves around Illyana Rasputin of the New Mutants, as her mutant power allows her to open passages between Limbo and Earth. During one of the New Mutants' routine stopovers in Limbo, N'astirh casts a spell blocking Illyana's teleportation power, thus trapping the Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punisher
The Punisher (Francis "Frank" Castle, born Castiglione) is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru. The Punisher made his first appearance in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' The Amazing Spider-Man 129, #129 (cover-dated February 1974), originally depicted as an Assassination, assassin and List of Spider-Man enemies, adversary of the superhero Spider-Man. The character is depicted as an Italian-American vigilante who employs murder, kidnapping, extortion, coercion, Assault (tort), threats of violence, and torture in his campaign against crime. Driven by the deaths of his wife and two children, who were killed by the American Mafia, mob for witnessing a killing in New York City's Central Park, the Punisher wages a one-man war on crime. A veteran (originally of the Vietnam War''Punisher'' #6 (Marvel Comics, 2000). and later Retroactive continuity, updated altern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fictioneer Books
David Anthony Kraft (May 31, 1952 – May 19, 2021) was an American comic book writer, publisher, and critic. He was primarily known for his long-running journal of interviews and criticism, ''Comics Interview'', as well as for work for Marvel Comics in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Writing career Before his comics career, Kraft worked as a rock and roll journalist. In September 1976, he became editor of ''FOOM'' with issue #15, Marvel's self-produced fan magazine, lasting as editor until the magazine's final issue (#22) in 1978. Known for his offbeat approach, Kraft first made a name for himself as a comic book author with his work on Marvel Comics' '' The Defenders'', particularly the 1977 "Scorpio Saga" story-arc (issues #46, 48–50). In ''The Defenders'', Kraft wrestled with large philosophical issues: the temptations of power, the Cold War and nuclear power, sibling rivalry, and growing old alone. Scorpio also listened to a record by Edgard Varèse. Kraft also merged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comics Interview
David Anthony Kraft (May 31, 1952 – May 19, 2021) was an American comic book writer, publisher, and critic. He was primarily known for his long-running journal of interviews and criticism, ''Comics Interview'', as well as for work for Marvel Comics in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Writing career Before his comics career, Kraft worked as a rock and roll journalist. In September 1976, he became editor of ''FOOM'' with issue #15, Marvel's self-produced fan magazine, lasting as editor until the magazine's final issue (#22) in 1978. Known for his offbeat approach, Kraft first made a name for himself as a comic book author with his work on Marvel Comics' '' The Defenders'', particularly the 1977 "Scorpio Saga" story-arc (issues #46, 48–50). In ''The Defenders'', Kraft wrestled with large philosophical issues: the temptations of power, the Cold War and nuclear power, sibling rivalry, and growing old alone. Scorpio also listened to a record by Edgard Varèse. Kraft also merged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
