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Clay Quartermain
Clay Quartermain is a fictional character, a secret agent appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history Created by writer-artist Jim Steranko, he first appeared in ''Strange Tales'' #163 (December 1967). Clay Quartermain appears as an agent of the fictional espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D., beginning in the feature " Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." in Marvel Comics' ''Strange Tales'' in 1967, and continuing into the subsequent series ''Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' in 1968. He became the S.H.I.E.L.D. liaison to General Thunderbolt Ross's "Hulkbusters" military program, and a supporting character in ''The Incredible Hulk'' (vol. 2), beginning with issue #187 (May 1975). A Life Model Decoy (LMD) replica of Quartermain was a featured character in the 1988 miniseries ''Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D.''. Quartermain has since had guest appearances in issues of ''Alias'', ''Cable'', '' The Defenders'', ''Marvel Team-Up'', '' The Pulse'', ''Silver Sab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strange Tales
''Strange Tales'' is a Marvel Comics comics anthology, anthology series. The title was revived in different forms on multiple occasions. Doctor Strange and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (feature), Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. made their debuts in ''Strange Tales''. It was a showcase for the science fiction/suspense stories of artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, and for the groundbreaking work of writer-artist Jim Steranko. Two previous, unrelated magazines also bore that title. Monsters and sorcerers The Marvel Comics series ran 168 issues, cover-dated June 1951 to May 1968. It began as a horror (genre), horror anthology from the company's 1950s precursor, Atlas Comics (1950s), Atlas Comics. Initially modeled after the gory morality tales of the popular and groundbreaking EC Comics, EC line of comics, ''Strange Tales'' became less outré with the 1954 establishment of the Comics Code, which prohibited graphic horror, as well as vampires, zombies and other classical monste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alias (comics)
''Alias'' is a comic book series created by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Gaydos. It was published by Marvel Comics under Marvel's MAX imprint for a total of 28 issues from 2001 to 2004. The protagonist of ''Alias'' is Jessica Jones, a former costumed superhero named Jewel who left that life behind to become a private investigator. The running thread is Jessica's character development, as the layers of her past and personality are revealed to the reader while, simultaneously, she tries to come to terms with them herself. Characters from the series moved to Bendis' subsequent series '' The Pulse''. ''Alias'' was the basis of the first season of the Netflix Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) series '' Jessica Jones'', which premiered in November 2015. '' Jessica Jones'', a follow-up ongoing series to ''Alias'' created by Bendis and Gaydos as a tie-in to the television series, began publication in 2016. Publication history ''Alias'' was one of the titles th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Jones (comics)
Rick Jones is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Rick has been a sidekick and friend to The Hulk, Captain America, Mar-Vell / Captain Marvel, Rom the Spaceknight, and Genis-Vell / Captain Marvel. He has been an active participant in many significant Marvel Universe story lines including the Kree-Skrull War and the Destiny War. He later acquired powers, causing his learning capabilities to be greatly increased. He decided to direct his new ability towards communications technology, and ended up becoming a hacktivist known as the Whisperer.''Avengers Standoff: Assault On Pleasant Hill Alpha'' #1. Marvel Comics. Publication history Rick Jones was created in 1962 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and first appeared in '' Hulk'' #1 (May 1962). Fictional character biography Rick Jones was born in Scarsdale, Arizona. He lost his parents at a young age and grew up in an orphanage. Later, he accepts a dare to drive out to a bomb testing gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |