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Barry Kitson
Barry Kitson is a British comic book artist. Biography Kitson's first professional work was ''Spider-Man'' for Marvel UK. He also drew many stories for ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'', beginning with a "Future Shocks" tale written by Peter Milligan as well as others by Grant Morrison, and going on to achieve great acclaim with his detailed work on Judge Anderson written by Alan Grant (writer), Alan Grant. Kitson provided illustrations for "Osgood Peabody's Big Green Dream Machine", a Superman text story written by Grant Morrison which appeared in the 1986 British ''Superman Annual''. His first American work for DC Comics was a ''Barbara Gordon, Batgirl Special'' published in 1988. He and writers Keith Giffen and Alan Grant launched the ''L.E.G.I.O.N.'' series in February 1989. The ''Azrael (comic book), Azrael'' series was crafted by Kitson and writer Dennis O'Neil beginning in February 1995. While drawing ''Azrael'', Kitson drew part of the "Batman: Contagion, Contagion" storyli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azrael (comic Book)
''Azrael'' was an American comic book ongoing series, published by DC Comics based on the character Azrael. The name, inspired by the Judaic Angel of Death, is primarily associated with two characters: Jean-Paul Valley and Michael Lane. Valley was primarily featured between 1992 and 2003, while Lane was the star of a comics series which ran from 2009 to 2011. Publication history ''Batman: Sword of Azrael'' Azrael made his debut in a limited series called ''Batman: Sword of Azrael'', in which he was introduced as a mild-mannered college student named Jean-Paul Valley, who becomes an assassin and acts on the will of a religious cult known as the Order of St. Dumas. His father, Ludovic Valley, had carried out the duties of the role until suffering severe gunshot wounds at the hands of a weapons-dealer named Carlton LeHah, at which point he was able to contact Jean-Paul and on his deathbed reveal that he had been brainwashing his son in preparation for the role since birth, unbeknown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contagion
Contagion may refer to: Medicine * Contagious disease Social science * Emotional contagion, a tendency to feel others' emotions * Behavioral contagion, a tendency to mimic others' behavior * Law of contagion, a folk belief related to magical thinking * Financial contagion, a scenario in which financial shocks spread to other financial sectors * Hysterical contagion, an effect in which a group exhibits physical symptoms due to a psychological cause * Sacred contagion, the belief that spiritual properties pass from one entity to another * Complex contagion, a social networking phenomenon * Contagion heuristic, a psychological technique Film and television * ''Contagion'' (1987 film), directed by Karl Zwicky * ''Contagion'' (2002 film), featuring Bruce Boxleitner * ''Contagion'' (2011 film), directed by Steven Soderbergh * "Contagion" (''Star Trek: The Next Generation''), 1989 TV episode Music * ''Contagion'' (Oceano album), 2010 * "Contagion", a song by Black Dahlia Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Order (comics)
The Order is the name of two fictional superhero teams appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first team was a brief offshoot of the team Defenders, and the second is part of an initiative to place a superhero team in each state of the United States. Publication history Defenders offshoot The original incarnation of The Order starred in the six-issue limited series ''The Order'' (April-Sept. 2002) intending to conquer the world in order to protect it. The team consisted of the original Defenders: Doctor Strange, The Incredible Hulk, Namor the Sub-Mariner and Silver Surfer. Initiative version A second Marvel Comics superhero team called The Order debuted in ''The Order'' vol. 2, #1 (Sept. 2007), created by writer Matt Fraction and penciler Barry Kitson. Following the fallout of Marvel Comics' Civil War crossover event, The Order was dubbed the ''First Super Hero Team of Tomorrow'' being the official superhero team for California as part of the Fifty Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teen Titans
The Teen Titans are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, frequently in eponymous monthly series. As the group's name indicates, the members are teenage superheroes, many of whom have acted as sidekicks to DC's premier superheroes in the Justice League. The original team later becomes known as the Titans when the members age out of their teenage years, while the Teen Titans name is continued by subsequent generations of young heroes. First appearing in 1964 in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #54, the team was formed by Wally West, Kid Flash (Wally West), Dick Grayson, Robin (Dick Grayson), and Garth (comics), Aqualad (Garth) before adopting the name Teen Titans in issue 60 with the addition of Donna Troy, Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) to their ranks. Over the decades, DC has cancelled and relaunched ''Teen Titans'' many times, and a variety of characters have been featured heroes in its pages. Significant early additions to the initial quartet of Titans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |