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Blizzard (Donald Gill)
Blizzard is the name of different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as a member of Iron Man's rogues gallery. The Donnie Gill incarnation has had the most appearances, appearing in several forms of animated media and video games as well as a live-action incarnation in the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', portrayed by Dylan Minnette, though the Gregor Shapanka and Randy Macklin incarnations have also appeared in animation. Publication history Created by Stan Lee and Don Heck, the Gregor Shapanka version of Blizzard appeared as Jack Frost in ''Tales of Suspense'' #45 (Sept. 1963), and as Blizzard beginning in ''Iron Man'' #86 (May 1976). He was killed off in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Annual #20 (Nov. 1986). The Donnie Gill Blizzard first appeared in ''Iron Man'' #223 (Oct. 1987) and was created by David Michelinie and Bob Layton. The Randy Macklin version of Blizzard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Comic Book
An American comic book is a thin periodical originating in the United States, on average 32 pages, containing comics. While the form originated in 1933, American comic books first gained popularity after the 1938 publication of ''Action Comics'', which included the debut of the superhero Superman. This was followed by a superhero boom that lasted until the end of World War II. After the war, while superheroes were marginalized, the comic book industry rapidly expanded and genres such as horror, crime, science fiction and romance became popular. The 1950s saw a gradual decline, due to a shift away from print media in the wake of television and the impact of the Comics Code Authority. The late 1950s and the 1960s saw a superhero revival and superheroes remained the dominant character archetype throughout the late 20th century into the 21st century. Since 1934 and since 1939 two most comic book publishers of DC Comics and Marvel Comics. DC and Marvel comic book publishers, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Tuska
George Tuska (; April 26, 1916 – October 16, 2009),George Tuska at the Social Security Death Index via FamilySearch. Retrieved on 5 March 2013. Note George Tuska at the Lambiek Comiclopedia erroneously gives death date as October 15 who early in his career used a variety of pen names including Carl Larson, was an American comic book and newspaper comic strip Comics artist, artist best known for his 1940s work on various Captain Marvel (DC Comics), Captain Marvel titles and the crime fiction series ''Crime Does Not Pay (comics), Crime Does Not Pay'' and for his 1960s work illustrating Iron Man and other Marvel Comics characters. He also drew the DC Comics newspaper comic strip ''The World's Grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demon In A Bottle
"Demon in a Bottle" is a nine-issue story arc from the comic book series ''The Invincible Iron Man'' (vol. 1), published in issues 120 through 128 in 1979 by Marvel Comics. It was written by David Michelinie and Bob Layton and illustrated by John Romita, Jr., Bob Layton, and Carmine Infantino. "Demon in a Bottle" is concerned with Tony Stark's alcoholism. Publication history The storyline ran in ''Iron Man'' #120–128 (March–Nov. 1979), plotted by David Michelinie and Bob Layton, with script by Michelinie. John Romita, Jr. pencilled the breakdown sketches, with Layton providing finished art. Issue #122 (May 1979) was both plotted and scripted by Michelinie, penciled by Carmine Infantino and inked by Layton. "Demon in a Bottle" was originally only the title of the final issue in the storyline. When the storyline was collected in trade paperback in 1984 and 1989, it was published under the title ''The Power of Iron Man''. "Demon in a Bottle" later became the popular name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daredevil (Marvel Comics Character)
Daredevil is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Daredevil was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett, with an unspecified amount of input from Jack Kirby. The character first appeared in ''Daredevil'' #1 (April 1964). Writer/artist Frank Miller's influential tenure on the title in the early 1980s cemented the character as a popular and influential part of the Marvel Universe. Daredevil is commonly known by such epithets as "Hornhead", "The Man Without Fear" and "The Devil of Hell's Kitchen". Daredevil is the alias of Matthew Michael "Matt" Murdock, a blind lawyer. His origins stem from a childhood chemical accident that gave him special abilities. While growing up in the historically gritty or crime-ridden working class Irish-American neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen in New York City, Matt Murdock is blinded by a radioactive substance that falls from an out-of-control truck after he pushes a man out of the pat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in the anthology comic book '' Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) in the Silver Age of Comic Books. He has since been featured in films, television shows, novels, video games, and plays. Spider-Man is the alias of Peter Parker, an orphan raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben in New York City after his parents Richard and Mary Parker died in a plane crash. Lee and Ditko had the character deal with the struggles of adolescence and financial issues and gave him many supporting characters, such as Flash Thompson, J. Jonah Jameson, and Harry Osborn; romantic interests Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane Watson, and the Black Cat; and foes such as Doctor Octopus, the Green Goblin, and Venom. In his origin story, Spider-Man gets superhuman spider-powers and abilities from a bite from a radioactive spider; these include clinging t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Bugle
The ''Daily Bugle'' (at one time ''The DB'') is a fictional New York City tabloid newspaper appearing as a plot element in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The ''Daily Bugle'' is a regular fixture in the Marvel Universe, most prominently in Spider-Man comic titles and their derivative media. The newspaper first appeared in the Human Torch story in ''Marvel Mystery Comics'' #18 (April 1941), returned in ''Fantastic Four'' #2 (Jan. 1962), and its offices first shown in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #1 (March 1963). The ''Daily Bugle'' was first featured on film in the 2002 film ''Spider-Man''. The fictional newspaper is meant to be a pastiche of both the New York '' Daily News'' and the ''New York Post'', two popular real-life New York City tabloids. The outlet appears in Sam Raimi's ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–07), Marc Webb's ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' duology (2012–14) and Sony's Spider-Man Universe (2018–present). The agency is reimagined as a sensati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electro (Marvel Comics)
Electro (Maxwell "Max" Dillon) () is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, he was introduced in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #9 (Feb. 1964) as an adversary to the superhero Spider-Man. Electro has since endured as one of the web-slinger's List of Spider-Man enemies, most prominent foes, though he has also come into conflict with other heroes, most notably Daredevil (Marvel Comics character), Daredevil. He is a founding member of the Sinister Six, and the leader of the original incarnation of the Emissaries of Evil, the first supervillain teams to oppose Spider-Man and Daredevil, respectively. In the original version of the story, Max Dillon was a lineman for an electric company who turned to a life of crime after being struck by lightning while working on a power line and becoming a living electric capacitor. Electro's superpowers revolve around controlling electricity, which he can absorb to "charge" himsel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
