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Caretaker (comics)
The Caretaker is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. There have been two incarnations of the character. The Caretaker appeared in the 2007 film ''Ghost Rider'' and the Hulu television series '' Helstrom'', portrayed by Sam Elliott and Robert Wisdom respectively. Publication history The first Caretaker debuted in ''Ghost Rider'' vol. 3 #28 and was created by Howard Mackie and Andy Kubert. The second Caretaker debuted in ''Ghost Rider'' vol. 6 #26 and was created by Jason Aaron and Tan Eng Huat. Fictional character biography Caretaker (original) Caretaker is a member of The Blood, a mystical organization dedicated to fighting evil with himself as the guardian of the family line associated with the ancient Medallion of Power. He watches over the ''Salem Fields Cemetery'' in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, New York. The cemetery has been the site of much magical evil, partly due to an ancient race of evil beings trapped beneath it. Caretaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiction
Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditional narrow sense, "fiction" refers to written narratives in prose often referring specifically to novels, novellas, and short stories. More broadly, however, fiction encompasses imaginary narratives expressed in any medium, including not just writings but also live theatrical performances, films, television programs, radio dramas, comics, role-playing games, and video games. Definition Typically, the fictionality of a work is publicly marketed and so the audience expects the work to deviate in some ways from the real world rather than presenting, for instance, only factually accurate portrayals or characters who are actual people. Because fiction is generally understood to not fully adhere to the real world, the themes and conte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilith (Marvel Comics)
Lilith is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first of these two to appear was the daughter of Dracula. Like her father, she is also a vampire, although her powers and weaknesses differ from most other vampires. She first appeared in ''Giant-Size Chillers Featuring The Curse of Dracula'' #1 (June 1974). The second is a demon sorceress who is known as the "Mother of All Demons". She first appeared in ''Ghost Rider'' #28 (August 1992). Dracula's daughter Publication history Lilith, the daughter of Dracula, first appeared in ''Giant-Size Chillers Featuring The Curse of Dracula'' #1 (June 1974), and was created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan.Lilith: a mythological study , p.7 Most of her solo appearances were written by |
Master Pandemonium
Master Pandemonium is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The character first appeared in ''The West Coast Avengers'' vol. 2 #4 (Jan. 1986). Fictional character biography Martin Preston was born in Rutland, Vermont. He was originally an actor who lost an arm in a car crash, and made a pact with Mephisto to regain his limb. Mephisto instead took the man's other three limbs, then replaced them all with demonic grafts. He was also given a hole in his chest in the shape of an inverted five-pointed star, and the ability to survive despite this hole in his chest. He was also given the ability to command the demons inside him. At some point, Master Pandemonium became the CEO of Anvil Pictures. Master Pandemonium went seeking the five beings possessing parts of his fragmented soul. He attacked Firebird to ascertain whether she was one of these five beings, and then attacked the Thing for the same reason, and wound up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarecrow (Marvel Comics)
The Scarecrow (Ebenezer Laughton) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history Scarecrow's first appearance was in ''Tales of Suspense'' #51 (March 1964), in a story created by Stan Lee and Don Heck. Fictional character biography Ebenezer Laughton was born in Rhinebeck, New York, as the son of a farmer, along with his brother Ralph.''Captain America'' #279-280 Raised by an abusive mother, Laughton became a circus escape artist and contortionist, and while working as a carnival performer once helped Iron Man apprehend a fleeing culprit. However, he decided to make his profit in crime and became an accomplished burglar and professional thief while dressed as a scarecrow. He mostly worked alone—except for a flock of trained crows which served as carriers and killers. In his first appearance as the Scarecrow, he was defeated by Iron Man. He joined Count Nefaria's short-lived team of super-mercenaries (which included Plantm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madcap (comics)
Madcap is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history Madcap first appeared in '' Captain America'' #307 (July 1985), and was created by Mark Gruenwald and Paul Neary. Most of the villains Gruenwald introduced ''Captain America'' in were created to symbolize aspects of contemporary American culture and the world political situation. Gruenwald stated, "Madcap represents purposelessness, the disaffected youth of today who thinks 'What's the reason for doing anything?' The ultimate dropout generation." Fictional character biography Madcap (true name unknown) was originally a deeply religious young man. On the way to a picnic with his family and church community, their bus collides with a tanker truck full of Compound X07 (an experimental nerve agent developed by A.I.M.). Everyone aboard the bus, including his parents and sister Katy, are killed, leaving him as the only survivor, his body mixing with the Compound. When ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaine Cutter
Daimon Hellstrom, also known as the Son of Satan and Hellstorm, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Daimon made his live-action debut in the Hulu television series '' Helstrom'', played by Tom Austen. Publication history Encouraged by the success of the titles '' The Ghost Rider'' and ''The Tomb of Dracula'', both of which starred occult characters, Stan Lee proposed a series starring Satan, to be titled ''The Mark of Satan''. Editor Roy Thomas had reservations about this idea and suggested a series focusing on the son of Satan instead (due to an oversight, "The Mark of Satan" is mentioned in a blurb in ''Ghost Rider'' #1). According to Thomas, Lee approved of the idea, and Gary Friedrich and Herb Trimpe were assigned the task of designing the character. However, Trimpe denies this, claiming Friedrich alone designed Daimon Hellstrom and only brought him in as artist after the character was fully realized. Thomas has said ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daimon Hellstrom
Daimon Hellstrom, also known as the Son of Satan and Hellstorm, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Daimon made his live-action debut in the Hulu television series '' Helstrom'', played by Tom Austen. Publication history Encouraged by the success of the titles '' The Ghost Rider'' and ''The Tomb of Dracula'', both of which starred occult characters, Stan Lee proposed a series starring Satan, to be titled ''The Mark of Satan''. Editor Roy Thomas had reservations about this idea and suggested a series focusing on the son of Satan instead (due to an oversight, "The Mark of Satan" is mentioned in a blurb in ''Ghost Rider'' #1). According to Thomas, Lee approved of the idea, and Gary Friedrich and Herb Trimpe were assigned the task of designing the character. However, Trimpe denies this, claiming Friedrich alone designed Daimon Hellstrom and only brought him in as artist after the character was fully realized. Thomas has said h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackheart
Blackheart is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an adversary to the superhero Ghost Rider. Created by writer Ann Nocenti and artist John Romita Jr., Blackheart first appeared in '' Daredevil'' #270 (September 1989). The character has also appeared in other media, such as the 2000 video game '' Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes'', and in the 2007 film ''Ghost Rider'', in which he was portrayed by actor Wes Bentley. Publication history The character was created by Ann Nocenti and John Romita Jr. and first appeared in '' Daredevil'' #270 (September 1989). Fictional character biography Centuries of murder in a locale named Christ's Crown, New York, draws the attention of a Hell-lord, Mephisto, who creates a "son," Blackheart, from the energy of the accumulated evil. Blackheart explores the nature of evil under his father's tutelage, clashing with and failing to corrupt Daredevil and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Deacon
Dagger Dagoth Dagoth is a demon who has clashed with Doctor Strange. Daken Dakimh the Enchanter Damballah Daniel Whitehall Daniel Whitehall is a British intelligence agent also known as the Kraken. An elite assassin and member of the terrorist organization Hydra also used the name and debuted in '' Secret Warriors'' #2 (March 2009). Writer/artist Jonathan Hickman stated in an interview with Comic Book Resources that "Kraken" is a new character. The other Hydra character with that name ommander Krakenwas "a real b-list character and pretty lame. Our Kraken... has a long and elaborate history and we're going to be delving into that in a major way". Kraken is a legendary Hydra agent, whose existence had been unverifiable, until recently. Any S.H.I.E.L.D. agents that tried to find documented proof all disappeared. The Kraken preferred to work behind the scenes, seeing it as his mission to help people become what they are meant to be, usually with dangerous results. For d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orb (comics)
The Orb is the name of two supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, primarily adversaries of Ghost Rider. Publication history The Drake Shannon version of Orb debuted in ''Marvel Team-Up'' #15 (November 1973) and was created by writer Len Wein and artist Ross Andru. The second Orb first appeared in Ghost Rider (vol. 6) #26 (October 2008) and was created by Jason Aaron and Tan Eng Huat. The Orb appeared as one of the villains in the 2014 crossover story '' Original Sin'', which involved the theft of the eyes of the Watcher. Writer Jason Aaron said, "It was Tom reevorts ideally initially to use the Orb; no one will believe me on that, though. Using him is an obvious idea, but something I didn't think of until Tom mentioned it. Tom's thinking, rationally so, was that since we were doing a story which revolves around eyeballs being stolen then using a villain who got an eyeball for a head was perfect." Fictional character biography Drake Shan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zadkiel (comics)
Zabu Zadkiel Zadkiel is a former archangel in the service of Heaven and an enemy of the Ghost Rider, named after the mythical angel of the same name. Created by Jason Aaron, the character debuted in ''Ghost Rider'' (vol. 4) #27. Zadkiel was in charge of overseeing the Spirits of Vengeance in God's army, and gradually developed a hatred of humanity as God favored the sinners over the angels. This led him to decide to overpower and dethrone God, something that he would need the power of Spirits of Vengeance to do. It was revealed that he had endowed Johnny Blaze with the powers of the Ghost Rider. As a backup plan Zadkiel used Blaze's brother, Daniel Ketch. Danny was once the host for the Ghost Rider entity, and after he had exorcised the spirit he went into withdrawal. Falling off the wagon Danny soon found himself once again host to a new variation of the Ghost Rider. Zadkiel had tricked Danny into believing that by killing other Spirits of Vengeance he would be freeing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackout (Lilin)
Blackout is the name of a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is depicted as a half-demon, and is the second character to use the name within the fictional universe. A character named after Blackout is portrayed by Johnny Whitworth in the 2011 film '' Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance''. Publication history Blackout first appeared in ''Ghost Rider'' #2 in June 1990 and was created by Howard Mackie and Javier Saltares. He would continue to appear intermittently throughout ''Ghost Rider'' Vol 3 (published from 1990-1998) as well as other comics like ''New Avengers'' Vol 1 and ''Deadpool: Assassins'' Vol 1. Fictional character biography Battling Ghost Rider Blackout was a darkness-generating superhuman and professional criminal who first appeared in ''Ghost Rider'' #2 (1990). He has the ability to automatically generate a light-dampening field which negates all visible light in a significant area. His albinoesque complexion and ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
