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Convergence (comics)
"Convergence" is a comic book storyline published by DC Comics that ran from April to May 2015. The series consists of an eponymous #0 issue, an eight-issue core miniseries, and 40 two-issue tie-in miniseries. "Convergence" continues from the weekly series ''Earth 2: World's End'' and ''The New 52: Futures End''. In the story, Brainiac (character), Brainiac collects cities and inhabitants from various timelines that have ended and traps them in domes on a planet outside of time and space. He then exposes the domes to one another to see how the characters interact. This event marks the return of DC characters and timelines from before the 2011 "Flashpoint (comics), Flashpoint" storyline that led to the creation of The New 52 Universe. Publication history In 2014, DC Comics announced the ''Convergence'' miniseries as a conclusion to ''The New 52: Futures End'' and ''Earth 2: World's End''. The miniseries was stated to involve characters from the pre-"Flashpoint (comics), Flashp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethan Van Sciver
Ethan Daniel Van Sciver (No date on article; date appears in the website') (; born September 3, 1974) is an American comics artist. He illustrated and drew covers for a number of superhero titles in the 2000s, primarily for DC Comics, including ''Green Lantern (comic book), Green Lantern'' and ''The Flash: Rebirth'', and ''New X-Men (2001 series), New X-Men'' for Marvel Comics. In the late 2010s, his "ComicArtistPro Secrets" channel on YouTube focused on right-wing social commentary, through which he became a central figure in Comicsgate. Early life Ethan Van Sciver was born September 3, 1974 in Utah. He and his younger brother, alternative comics, alternative cartoonist Noah Van Sciver, grew up in Merchantville, New Jersey, Merchantville in South Jersey, southern New Jersey, and he graduated from Pennsauken High School in 1992. Van Sciver decided on a career in the comic-book field after seeing the 1978 movie ''Superman (1978 film), Superman'' as a child, but only began to read ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Convergence may refer to: Arts and media Literature *''Convergence'' (book series), edited by Ruth Nanda Anshen * "Convergence" (comics), two separate story lines published by DC Comics: **A four-part crossover storyline that united the four Weirdoverse titles in 1997 **A 2015 crossover storyline spanning the DC Comics Multiverse * ''Convergence'' (journal), an academic journal that covers the fields of communications and media * ''Convergence'' (novel), by Charles Sheffield * ''Convergence'' (Cherryh novel), by C. J. Cherryh Music * ''Convergence'' (Front Line Assembly album), 1988 * ''Convergence'' (David Arkenstone and David Lanz album), 1996 * ''Convergence'' (Dave Douglas album), 1999 * ''Convergence'' (Warren Wolf album), 2016 Other media * ''Convergence'' (Pollock), a 1952 oil painting by Jackson Pollock * ''Convergence'' (2015 film), an American horror-thriller film * ''Convergence'' (2019 film), a British drama film *''Convergence'', a 2021 Netflix film by Orlando von ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Dzhugashvili; 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin, his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1922 to 1952 and as the fourth Premier of the Soviet Union, premier from 1941 until his death. He initially governed as part of a Collective leadership in the Soviet Union, collective leadership, but Joseph Stalin's rise to power, consolidated power to become an absolute dictator by the 1930s. Stalin codified the party's official interpretation of Marxism as Marxism–Leninism, while the totalitarian political system he created is known as Stalinism. Born into a poor Georgian family in Gori, Georgia, Gori, Russian Empire, Stalin attended the Tiflis Theological Seminary before joining the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. He raised f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Son
''Superman: Red Son'' is an American three-issue prestige format comic book mini-series published by DC Comics that was released under their ''Elseworlds'' imprint in 2003. Author Mark Millar created the comic with the premise "What if Superman had been raised in the Soviet Union?" It received critical acclaim and was nominated for the 2004 Eisner Award for best limited series. The story mixes alternate versions of DC super-heroes with alternate-reality versions of real political figures such as Joseph Stalin and John F. Kennedy. The series spans approximately 1953–2001, save for a futuristic epilogue. In ''Red Son'', Superman's rocket ship lands on a Ukrainian collective farm rather than in Kansas. As an adult he becomes a state-sponsored superhero whose civilian identity is kept a state secret, and who in Soviet radio broadcasts, is described not as fighting for "truth, justice, and the American Way", but as "the Champion of the common worker who fights a never-ending battle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
