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Bobbie Chase
Barbara "Bobbie" Chase (born August 21) is an editor and writer in the comic book industry. She worked for Marvel Comics throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1994–1995, she was one of Marvel Group's Editors-in-Chief, the highest level a female editor has ever achieved at the company. She was Vice President of Talent Development at DC Comics from 2015 to 2020. As an editor, she has helped launched the careers of such creators as Salvador Larroca and Jamal Igle, and worked closely with writer Peter David on his acclaimed run on ''The Incredible Hulk''. She also edited significant runs on the Marvel Comics titles ''G.I. Joe'', '' Captain America'', '' Iron Man'', ''Sensational She-Hulk'', ''Thor'', '' Fantastic Four'', ''Ghost Rider'', ''X-Force'', '' Doctor Strange'', '' Spirits of Vengeance'', '' Morbius'', '' Nightstalkers'', '' Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins'', ''Blade'', '' Elektra'', ''Alpha Flight'', and the Marvel/Paramount Comics Star Trek line, including brand-new pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Edge
Marvel Edge was a short-lived Marvel Comics imprint lasting from 1995 to 1996. Some of Marvel's "edgier" (more adult) titles were moved into the Marvel Edge imprint. These included titles featuring such characters as Daredevil, Doctor Strange, the Ghost Rider, the Hulk, Nick Fury, and the Punisher. Marvel Edge was discontinued right before the Onslaught Saga (comics cover-dated May 1996). History Following an inter-office shake-up in late 1994, Tom DeFalco was removed as Marvel's Editor-in-Chief."Newswatch: DeFalco Resigns from Marvel". ''The Comics Journal'' (Fantagraphics Books) (174): 25. February 1995. Rather than name a successor, Marvel appointed five "Editors-in-Chief", each of whom would oversee a certain number of titles and, by extension, a certain portion of the Marvel Universe. This change was reflected externally by collecting all Marvel monthlies into broad groups: the X-Men titles, the Spider-Man titles, and three new imprints, one of them being Marvel Edg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Strange
Doctor Stephen Strange is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in ''Strange Tales'' #110 (cover-dated July 1963). Doctor Strange serves as Sorcerer Supreme, the primary protector of Earth against Magic in fiction, magical and Mysticism, mystical threats. Strange was introduced during the Silver Age of Comic Books in an attempt to bring a different kind of character and themes of mysticism to Marvel Comics. The character starts as a brilliant but egotistically arrogant Neurosurgery, neurosurgeon who is injured in a car accident. Because his hands have severe nerve damage from the accident, he is told that current medical therapy and rehabilitation would not be enough to enable him to practice again as a surgeon. Unable to accept this prognosis, he travels the world searching for alternative ways of healing, which leads him to the Ancient One, the Sorcerer Supreme. Strange becomes h ... [...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] |