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Bolivar Trask
Bolivar Trask is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a military scientist whose company Trask Industries is well known as the creator of the Sentinels. He is also the father of Larry Trask and Madame Sanctity. Bolivar Trask appears in the 2014 film '' X-Men: Days of Future Past'', portrayed by Peter Dinklage. Publication history Bolivar Trask was created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, and first appeared in ''The X-Men'' #14 (November 1965). Fictional character biography Bolivar Trask was an anthropologist who saw the rise of mutants as a threat to humanity. Bolivar was the father of Larry Trask, ironically revealed to be a mutant precognitive. Bolivar had realized this, and gave his son a medallion which suppresses his power. Bolivar is also the father of Tanya, a mutant whose ability to travel through time causes her to vanish but is rescued by Rachel Summers in a far future and become a part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professor Xavier And The X-Men
''Professor Xavier and the X-Men'' is an American comic book series featuring the X-Men published by Marvel Comics for 18 issues from November 1995 to April 1997. Publication history The comic was part of Marvel's experimental 99 cents comics line, which was meant to attract new, young readers who might have been put off by the then US$1.50/1.95 standard prices for comic books. The line was also known for the series ''Untold Tales of Spider-Man'', but was ultimately financially unsuccessful, with all of the books being cancelled by 1997. The series focused on stories from the era of the original X-Men of the 1960s, and started off with a contemporary remake of ''The X-Men'' #1 with new dialogue and art that was told from the point of view of Jean Grey. The series generally focused on retelling old stories from perspective of specific characters, including both heroes and villains.PROFESSOR XAVIER AND THE X-MEN #1 – November 1995 http://notblogx.blogspot.com/2008/10/profess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Summers
Rachel Anne Summers (also known as Rachel Grey) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-plotter John Byrne (comics), John Byrne. In her first appearance, the character's surname was not revealed;''The Uncanny X-Men'' #141–142 (Jan.–Feb. 1981) in later appearances, she was established as the daughter of the Parallel universe (fiction), alternate future counterparts to Cyclops (Marvel Comics), Cyclops and Jean Grey, Jean Grey-Summers from the dystopian Days of Future Past timeline, making her the sister of Nate Grey and half sister of Cable (comics), Cable as well as the niece of Havok (comics), Havok and Vulcan (Marvel Comics), Vulcan. Although she is considered a unique Multiverse (Marvel Comics), multiversal anomoly with no alternate-universe counterparts,''The Uncanny X-Men'' #462 (Sept. 2005) this has been contradicted by references to her stated relationships to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Age Of Apocalypse
"Age of Apocalypse" is a 1995 comic book crossover storyline mostly published in the X-Men franchise of books by Marvel Comics. The ''Age of Apocalypse'' briefly replaced the universe of Earth-616 and had ramifications in the main Marvel Comics universe when the original timeline was restored. It was later retconned as having occurred in the alternate universe of Earth-295. During the entirety of the ''Age of Apocalypse'' event the regularly published X-Men comics were replaced by new X-Men related mini series, focusing on various teams and individuals in the ''Age of Apocalypse'' world including ''X-Calibre'', ''Gambit and the X-Ternals'', ''Generation Next'', ''Astonishing X-Men'', ''Amazing X-Men'', ''Weapon X'', ''Factor X'', ''X-Man'' and ''X-Universe''. The event was bookended by two one shots, ''X-Men Alpha'' and ''X-Men Omega''. The storyline starts with Legion (David Haller), a psychotic mutant who traveled back in time to kill Magneto before he can commit various cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humanity's Last Stand
Humanity's Last Stand is a fictional radical anti-mutant fringe group appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters are depicted as enemies of the X-Men. The group's first appearance was in ''Uncanny X-Men Annual 1995''. History Humanity's Last Stand was behind the creation of a false Mutant Liberation Front, formed by human members of H.L.S. posing as mutants. The humans use drugs and or technologically enhanced suits in order to mimic mutant powers. The goal of this is to discredit mutants. They also attempted to murder humans who sympathized with mutants, which led them to battle the Punisher and his allies. Members * Simon Trask - Founder and brother of Bolivar Trask. He has a technological wire in his body. * Eli Garibaldi''Uncanny X-Men'' #95. Marvel Comics. - * Joelle Guthrie - Quit * Tim Preacher - Quit * Lieutenant Commander Coral Trent - * Commander Jared McGee - * Sean Lockwood - * Hound - * The Razors - Robots with techno-organic armor. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Ekuatur Nunka''), is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about west of the mainland. The country's capital and largest city is Quito. The territories of modern-day Ecuador were once home to a variety of Indigenous groups that were gradually incorporated into the Inca Empire during the 15th century. The territory was colonized by Spain during the 16th century, achieving independence in 1820 as part of Gran Colombia, from which it emerged as its own sovereign state in 1830. The legacy of both empires is reflected in Ecuador's ethnically diverse population, with most of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassandra Nova
Cassandra Nova is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, Cassandra first appeared in '' New X-Men'' #114 (July 2001). Cassandra is a "mummudrai," a parasitic life form born bodiless on the astral plane. The mummudrai that became Cassandra became telepathically entangled with the future Charles Xavier, who possesses vast mutant telepathic powers. This granted Cassandra some psionic powers herself, including the ability to exit the womb and create a body. Cassandra is Xavier's ideological dark shadow, bent on destruction and genocide. She is most infamous for commanding an army of Sentinels to massacre 16 million mutants within the mutant homeland of Genosha. In 2009, Cassandra Nova was ranked as IGN's 50th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time, the only villain from the 21st century to make the list. Fictional character biography Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bastion (comics)
Bastion is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Scott Lobdell and Pascual Ferry and first made a cameo appearance in ''X-Men The X-Men are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, first appearing in Uncanny X-Men, ''The X-Men'' #1 by artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby and writer/editor Stan Lee in 1963. Although initially cancelled in ...'' #52 (May 1996) while his first full appearance was in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #333 (June 1996). Fictional character biography Operation: Zero Tolerance Bastion is a mysterious man named Sebastion Gilberti who had risen to power in a relatively short time in the Federal government of the United States, U.S. Government and began assembling the international anti-mutant strike force Operation: Zero Tolerance (OZT). When the X-Men learned about the existence of OZT some months before the operation became public, Gambit (Marvel Comics), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X-Force
X-Force is a fictional team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the X-Men. Conceived by writer/illustrator Rob Liefeld, the team first appeared in '' New Mutants'' #100 (April 1991) and soon afterwards was featured in its own series called '' X-Force''. The group was originally a revamped version of the 1980s team, the New Mutants. X-Force's first leader was the mutant Cable. An offshoot of the X-Men, X-Force takes a more militant and aggressive approach towards its enemies compared to the X-Men. An alternate incarnation of X-Force appears in the 2018 film ''Deadpool 2'' as part of the ''X-Men'' film series. A planned X-Force film adaption by 20th Century Fox was in production, but it was cancelled after Disney acquired 20th Century Fox. Publication history Publication The ''X-Force'' series was successful in the early 1990s, but its popularity waned after Liefeld left, which caused Marvel to impl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beast (comics)
Beast (Dr. Henry Philip "Hank" McCoy) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and is a founding member of the X-Men. Originally called "The Beast", the character was introduced as a mutant possessing ape-like superhuman physical strength and agility, oversized hands and feet, a genius-level intellect, and otherwise normal appearance and speech. Eventually being referred to simply as "Beast", Hank McCoy underwent progressive physiological transformations, gaining animalistic physical characteristics. These include blue fur, both simian and feline facial features, pointed ears, fangs, and claws. Beast's physical strength and senses increased to even greater levels. Despite Hank McCoy's feral appearance, he is depicted as a brilliant, well-educated man in the arts and sciences, known for his witty sense of humor, and characteristically uses barbed witticisms with long words and intellectual references to distract his foes. He is a world authority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X-Men
The X-Men are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, first appearing in ''The X-Men'' #1 by artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby and writer/editor Stan Lee in 1963. Although initially cancelled in 1970 due to low sales, following its 1975 revival and subsequent direction under writer Chris Claremont, it became one of the most recognizable and successful franchises of Marvel Comics. They have appeared in numerous books, television shows, the 20th Century Fox ''X-Men'' films, and video games. The ''X-Men'' title may refer to the superhero team itself, the eponymous comic series, or the broader franchise including various solo titles and team books such as the New Mutants, Excalibur, and X-Force. In the Marvel Universe, mutants are humans who are born with a genetic trait called the X-gene which grants them natural superhuman abilities. Due to their differences from the majority of humanity, mutants are subject to prejudice and discrimination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master Mold
Master Mold is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics most commonly appearing as an enemy of the X-Men and Mutant (Marvel Comics), mutant-related comic books. Publication History The Master Mold first appeared in ''The X-Men'' #15–16 (Dec. 1965–Jan. 1966), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The character subsequently appears in ''The Incredible Hulk'' Annual #7 (1978), ''X-Factor'' #13–14 (Feb.–March 1987), ''Power Pack'' #36 (April 1988), ''Marvel Comics Presents'' #18–24 (May–July 1989), ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #246–247 (July–Aug. 1989), ''The Sensational She-Hulk'' #30 (Aug. 1991), and ''Cyclops: Retribution'' #1 (Jan. 1994). The Master Mold received an entry in ''Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe#Publication history, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89'' #5. Fictional character biography 1960s: Beginnings & Original Destruction Master Mold was created by Dr. Bolivar Trask ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professor X
Professor X (Charles Francis Xavier) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as the founder and sometimes leader of the X-Men. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in ''The X-Men'' #1 (September 1963). Xavier is a member of a subspecies of humans known as mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities. He is an exceptionally powerful telepath, who can read and control the minds of others. To both shelter and train mutants from around the world, he runs a private school in the X-Mansion in Salem Center, located in Westchester County, New York. Xavier also strives to serve a greater good by promoting peaceful coexistence and equality between humans and mutants in a world where zealous anti-mutant bigotry is widespread. Throughout much of the character's history in comics, Xavier is a paraplegic using a standard or modified wheelchair. One of the world's m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
