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Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme
''Doctor Strange'' is a series of several comic book volumes featuring the character Doctor Strange and published by Marvel Comics, beginning with the original ''Doctor Strange'' comic book series that debuted in 1968. Publication history ''Doctor Strange'' vol. 1 The original ''Strange Tales'' series ended with issue #168 (May 1968). The following month, Doctor Strange's adventures continued in the full-length ''Doctor Strange'' #169, with Nick Fury moving to the newly launched ''Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' Expanded to 20 pages per issue, the ''Doctor Strange'' solo series ran 15 issues, #169-183 (June 1968 – November 1969), continuing the numbering of ''Strange Tales''.DeFalco in Roy Thomas wrote the run of new stories, joined after the first three issues by the art team of penciler Gene Colan and inker Tom Palmer through the end. Colan drastically altered the look of the series, as Thomas recounted: "... he had his own view of what these other worlds should look li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Colan
Eugene Jules Colan (; September 1, 1926 – June 23, 2011)Eugene Colan at the Social Security Death Index via FamilySearch.org. Retrieved on February 22, 2013. was an Americans, American Comic book creator, comic book artist best known for his work for Marvel Comics, where his signature titles include the superhero series ''Daredevil (Marvel Comics series), Daredevil'', the cult-hit Satire, satiric series ''Howard the Duck'', and ''The Tomb of Dracula'', considered one of comics' classic horror fiction, horror series. He co-created the Falcon (comics), Falcon, the first African-American superhero in mainstream comics; Carol Danvers, who would become Ms. Marvel and Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics), Captain Marvel; and the non-costumed, supernatural vampire hunter Blade (comics), Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gillis
Peter B. Gillis (December 19, 1952 – June 20, 2024) was an American comic book writer best known for his work at Marvel Comics and First Comics in the mid-1980s, including the series '' Strikeforce: Morituri'' and the digitally drawn comic series '' Shatter''. Biography Peter B. Gillis' first work in the comics industry was as a freelance writer for Marvel Comics. His first published comics story was "Saturday Night Furor" in ''Captain America'' #224 (Aug. 1978). and He then wrote various issues of ''Marvel Two-In-One'', '' What If...?'', and ''Super-Villain Team-Up'' from 1978 to 1980. The irregular publishing frequency of the final issues of ''Super-Villain Team-Up'' was due to a legal maneuver to prevent DC Comics from trademarking the term "supervillain". Starting in 1980, Gillis then worked as editorial director for the Florida-based publisher New Media Publishing's new line of magazines; he left that position in June 1981. He is best known for the digital comic '' Shatt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorling Kindersley
Dorling Kindersley Limited (branded as DK) is a British multinational publishing company specialising in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 63 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a subsidiary of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides, DK Eyewitness Travel), history, geography, science, space, nature, sports, gardening, cookery, parenting and many others. The worldwide CEO of DK is Paul Kelly. DK has offices in New York, Melbourne, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto, Madrid, Beijing, and Jiangmen. DK works with licensing partners such as The Walt Disney Company, Disney, Lego, LEGO, DC Comics, the Royal Horticultural Society, MasterChef, and the Smithsonian Institution. DK has commissioned authors such as Mary Berry, Monty Don, Robert Winston, Huw Richards, and Steve Mould for a range of books. History DK was founded in 1974 by Chri ... [...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 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 monsters. The comic chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
