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Brava (comics)
''Strikeforce: Morituri'' was a science fiction comic book series published by Marvel Comics from 1986 to 1989. The series was created by writer Peter B. Gillis and artist Brent Anderson. The premise is that aliens have invaded Earth and nearly succeeded in conquering it and stripping it of its resources. A scientist discovers a process which can provide humans with superhuman powers, effectively creating a group of defending superheroes. However, the process would also ensure that the empowered humans would die within a year of being empowered. The series thus focused on the heroism of the main characters in fighting the invaders, while living with the knowledge that their fates were sealed regardless of whether or not they prevailed. The title comes from the Latin phrase "''Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant''" ("Hail Caesar, we who are about to die salute you"), a salute that according to popular legend (although not academically agreed) was uttered by Roman gladiators befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Anderson (comics)
Brent Anderson (born June 15, 1955) is an American comics artist known for his work on '' X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills'' and the comic book series ''Astro City''. Early life In junior high school, Brent Anderson discovered the pantheon of characters in Marvel Comics. The first Marvel comic he read was ''Fantastic Four'' #69, "By Ben Betrayed" (Dec. 1967), "They were a family who had super-powers and helped each other out. I wanted to be part of a family like that," he says. Anderson began writing and drawing his own comics on school binder paper, creating a pantheon of his own that included "Radium the Robot" and "The Chameleon". After doing fanzine illustrations, Anderson's first professional comics work appeared in the mid-1970s in independent/underground publications such as ''All-Slug'', ''Tesserae'', and ''Venture''. Career Anderson was one of several artists to draw the comics adaptation of '' Xanadu'' in ''Marvel Super Special'' #17 (Summer 1980). In 1981, '' Ka-Zar The Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislature, legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest (after Johannesburg). Colloquially named the ''Mother City'', it is the largest city of the Western Cape province, and is managed by the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality (South Africa), metropolitan municipality. The other two capitals are Pretoria, the executive capital, located in Gauteng, where the Presidency is based, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital in the Free State (province), Free State, where the Supreme Court of Appeal is located. Cape Town is ranked as a Alpha world city, Beta world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. The city is known for Port of Cape Town, its harbour, for its natural setting in the Cape Floristic Region, and for landmarks such as Table Mountain and Cape P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scatterbrain (Morituri)
{{Infobox comics character , image=Scatterbrain Morituri.jpg , converted=y , caption=Scatterbrain (center), between Toxyn (left) and Scaredycat (right)Art by Brent Anderson , character_name=Scatterbrain , real_name=William Deguchi , publisher=Marvel Comics , debut= ''Strikeforce Morituri'' #6 (May 1987) , creators= Peter B. Gillis Brent Anderson , alliances= Strikeforce: Morituri , powers=Telepathy Enhanced strength Scatterbrain (Will Deguchi) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as a member of the Strikeforce: Morituri. The character was created by Peter B. Gillis and Brent Anderson. Publication history Scatterbrain (Will Deguchi) was created by writer Peter B. Gillis and artist Brent Anderson and debuted in ''Strikeforce: Morituri'' #6 (May 1987). The codename "Scatterbrain" was introduced in issue #8, in which he also joined the title cast of Strikeforce: Morituri. Scatterbrain remained in the regular cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scaredycat
Scaredycat (Pilar Lisieux) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as a member of the Strikeforce: Morituri. The character was created by Peter B. Gillis and Brent Anderson. Publication history Scaredycat was created by writer Peter B. Gillis and artist Brent Anderson. She had a cameo appearance in ''Strikeforce: Morituri'' #5, in the shadows, before making her first full appearance in #6. Subsequently, she joined the cast of Strikeforce: Morituri in #8, up until her death in #19. Notably, her hair was black in her first full appearance, before the artist settled on brown. Fictional character biography Not much is known about Pilar Lisieux, prior to her joining Strikeforce: Morituri. An avid New Age follower, she believed in the existence of spiritual energy in everything and often indulged in meditations, considering herself a mystic. At some point, in 2073, she decided to undergo the Morituri process and assist i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackthorn (comics)
Blackthorn (Aline Pagrovna) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as a member of the Strikeforce: Morituri. The character was created by Peter B. Gillis and Brent Anderson. Publication history Aline Pagrovna (Blackthorn) was created by writer Peter B. Gillis and artist Brent Anderson and debuted in ''Strikeforce: Morituri'' #1 (December 1986), a Marvel Comics series set in a dystopian future, where young people, intent on fighting an invading alien species, undergo a scientific process which grants them superhuman abilities, albeit significantly reducing their lifespan in the process. The codename "Blackthorn" was introduced in issue #2. Blackthorn remained in the regular cast of the book throughout ''Strikeforce: Morituri'' #1-15. She subsequently went missing, before reappearing in issues #19-20, which tied up her hanging story threads and ended with her inevitable death. Blackthorn was the last member o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radian (Morituri)
Radian (Louis Armanetti) is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as a member of the Strikeforce: Morituri. The character was created by Peter B. Gillis and Brent Anderson. Publication history Radian (Louis Armanetti) was created by writer Peter B. Gillis and artist Brent Anderson and debuted in ''Strikeforce: Morituri'' #1 (December 1986). The codename "Radian" was introduced in issue #2. Radian remained in the regular cast of the book until his death in ''Strikeforce: Morituri'' #15. Fictional character biography Virtually nothing is known of Louis Armanetti's life, prior to his decision to join the Strikeforce: Morituri. A jokester and quick to mask his insecurities and fears behind jokes, in 2073, Armanetti volunteered for the Morituri process, a revolutionary scientific progress which gifts ordinary people with superhuman abilities. Armanetti was found genetically compatible for the proces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adept (comics)
Adept (Jelene Anderson) is superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as member of the Strikeforce: Morituri. The character was created by Peter B. Gillis and Brent Anderson. Publication history Adept (Jelene Anderson) was created by writer Peter B. Gillis and artist Brent Anderson and debuted in ''Strikeforce: Morituri'' #1 (December 1986). The codename "Adept" was introduced in issue #2. Adept remained in the regular cast of the book until her death in ''Strikeforce: Morituri'' #13. The character is distinct through the series as having a very strong religious feeling. Together with Blackthorn, Adept was one of the favorite characters of series creator Gillis: "I had a real soft spot for Adept, since she was the first fundamentalist Christian character to be portrayed positively for as long as I can remember". Gillis himself defines himself as “about as non-fundamentalist-Christian as you can get". Commenting f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vyking
Vyking (Harold Carl Everson) is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as a member of the Strikeforce: Morituri. The character was created by Peter B. Gillis and Brent Anderson. Publication history Vyking (Harold Carl Everson) was created by writer Peter B. Gillis and artist Brent Anderson and debuted in ''Strikeforce: Morituri'' #1 (December 1986). The codename "Vyking" was introduced in issue #2. Vyking remained in the regular cast of the book, as the principal character and team leader, up until his sudden death in issue #6. Fictional character biography Harold Carl Everson was born in Alexandria, Virginia, the son of Justin and Hilary. Harold was an aspiring young writer, agonizing over how to best use his life and looking for a purpose. Some of his literary works received good reviews in his local network. After the Earth and its Paedia World Government began a savage war against the invadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snapdragon (Morituri)
Snapdragon (Lorna Leigh Raeburn) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as a member of the Strikeforce: Morituri. The character was created by Peter B. Gillis and Brent Anderson. Publication history Snapdragon (Lorna Leigh Raeburn) was created by writer Peter B. Gillis and artist Brent Anderson and debuted in ''Strikeforce: Morituri'' #1 (December 1986). The codename "Snapdragon" was introduced in issue #2. Snapdragon remained a regular character until her death in issue #4. She was the first regular character to die in the series, opening a long string of deaths. Fictional character biography Nothing is known of Lorna Leigh Raeburn's life prior to her joining Strikeforce: Morituri. A sassy, confident young woman, at some point, in 2073, she volunteered for the Morituri program, a program which could confer superhuman abilities to ordinary people, to be used in the ongoing war of Earth against the evil alien rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Processing Unit
A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor or just processor, is the electronic circuitry that executes instructions comprising a computer program. The CPU performs basic arithmetic, logic, controlling, and input/output (I/O) operations specified by the instructions in the program. This contrasts with external components such as main memory and I/O circuitry, and specialized processors such as graphics processing units (GPUs). The form, design, and implementation of CPUs have changed over time, but their fundamental operation remains almost unchanged. Principal components of a CPU include the arithmetic–logic unit (ALU) that performs arithmetic and logic operations, processor registers that supply operands to the ALU and store the results of ALU operations, and a control unit that orchestrates the fetching (from memory), decoding and execution (of instructions) by directing the coordinated operations of the ALU, registers and other co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of Australia). The Moon is a planetary-mass object with a differentiated rocky body, making it a satellite planet under the geophysical definitions of the term and larger than all known dwarf planets of the Solar System. It lacks any significant atmosphere, hydrosphere, or magnetic field. Its surface gravity is about one-sixth of Earth's at , with Jupiter's moon Io being the only satellite in the Solar System known to have a higher surface gravity and density. The Moon orbits Earth at an average distance of , or about 30 times Earth's diameter. Its gravitational influence is the main driver of Earth's tides and very slowly lengthens Earth's day. The Moon's orbit around Earth has a sidereal period of 27.3 days. During each synodic period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danger Room
The Danger Room is a fictional training facility appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It first appeared in ''The X-Men'' #1 (September 1963) and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The facility is depicted as built for the X-Men as part of the various incarnations of the X-Mansion. Its primary purpose is to train the X-Men, initially using traps, projectile firing devices, flamethrowers, and mechanical dangers such as presses and collapsing walls. These were replaced by holographics, when the Danger Room was rebuilt using Shi'ar technology. It gained sentience in ''Astonishing X-Men'' as Danger. Publication history An obstacle course in which the X-Men train appears in ''The X-Men'' #1 (September 1963), but the Danger Room is never mentioned by name. The name "Danger Room" is first used in ''The X-Men'' #2 (November 1963). According to X-Men writer/editor/co-creator Stan Lee, "the Danger Room was Jack Kirby's idea. I thought it was great because we coul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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