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Green Arrow And Black Canary
''Green Arrow and Black Canary'' was a comic book ongoing series published by DC Comics starring superheroes Green Arrow and Black Canary. Publication history The first issue (December 2007) was written by Judd Winick with art by Cliff Chiang. The series spun out of ''Green Arrow/Black Canary: Wedding Special'' (November 2007) by Winick and artist Amanda Conner. With issue #7, Mike Norton replaced Chiang. With issue #15, Andrew Kreisberg replaced Winick. According to the announcements of then-upcoming titles at DCComics.com, the title was reverted to ''Green Arrow'' beginning with issue #30. After the events of '' Justice League: Cry For Justice'', wherein Green Arrow killed the villain Prometheus for destroying Star City (which killed Roy Harper's daughter), Black Canary took Green Arrow's not telling her as a sign he wants to be alone and left him, supposedly ending the marriage. This series ended in 2011 when DC relaunched its entire universe. Green Arrow went to Star City in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Chiang
Cliff Chiang is an American comic book artist. Formerly an assistant editor at DC Comics, he is now an illustrator, known for his work on '' Human Target'', ''Beware the Creeper'' and ''Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre'', ''Green Arrow/Black Canary'', '' Wonder Woman'' and ''Paper Girls''. Early life Chiang graduated from Harvard College, with a joint degree in English Literature and Visual Arts."About" cliffchiang.com, accessed December 23, 2010. Career Chiang illustrated the series ''/'', under writer[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prometheus (DC Comics)
Prometheus is a name used by multiple supervillains appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Grant Morrison (writer) and Arnie Jorgensen (pencils), the most recognized version made his first appearance in ''New Year's Evil: Prometheus'' (February 1998). Commonly an adversary of the Justice League and a villainous Foil (narrative), foil personality to Batman (similar to villains Killer Moth, Wrath (comics), Wrath, and Hush (character), Hush), Prometheus would serve as an enemy to superheroes including Batman, Green Arrow and Midnighter. In 2009, Prometheus was ranked as IGN's 80th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time. On The CW's live-action Arrowverse TV series ''Arrow (TV series), Arrow'', the character was portrayed by Josh Segarra and voiced by Michael Dorn. Publication history Curt Calhoun debuted in ''Blue Beetle'' (vol. 6) #3 (August 1986). A new version of Prometheus debuted in ''New Year's Evil: Prometheus'' (February 1998) and returned in ''JLA (c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackest Night
"Blackest Night" is a 2009–10 American comic book crossover storyline published by DC Comics, consisting of an eponymous central miniseries, written by Geoff Johns and penciled by Ivan Reis, along with a number of tie-in issues. ''Blackest Night'' involves Nekron, a personified force of death who reanimates deceased superheroes and seeks to eliminate all life and emotion from the universe. Geoff Johns has identified the series' central theme as emotion. The crossover was published for eight months as a limited series and in both the ''Green Lantern'' and '' Green Lantern Corps'' comic titles. Various other limited series and tie-ins, including an audio drama from Darker Projects, were published. Background The storyline was first mentioned at the conclusion of the "Sinestro Corps War" in ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 4) #25. As the war between the Green Lantern and Sinestro Corps reaches its climax, the four Green Lanterns of Earth— Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, John Stewart, and Kyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merlyn (DC Comics)
Merlyn (Arthur King), otherwise known as the Dark Archer, is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. He is a deadly bow-wielding assassin and contract killer and the archnemesis of Green Arrow, though writers have developed him over the years as an adversary of other superheroes as well, such as Batman and Black Canary. In 2012, the character made his live-action debut on The CW's television series ''Arrow'', portrayed by John Barrowman under the name Malcolm Merlyn. The character also appeared on other Arrowverse shows. Publication history Created by Mike Friedrich, Neal Adams, and Dick Dillin, Merlyn made his debut in ''Justice League of America'' #94 in November 1971. In 2012, The CW's live-action TV show ''Arrow'' introduced Malcolm Merlyn as the first season's main antagonist, and his son Tommy Merlyn as Oliver Queen's best friend, a concept that would later be integrated into the comics. John Barrowman, who portrays Malcolm Merlyn in the series, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shado (DC Comics)
Shado is a fictional archer published by DC Comics. She first appeared in '' Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters'' #1 (August 1987), and was created by Mike Grell. Shado is notable for being an antagonist and a love interest to Green Arrow in DC comic books, and is distinguished from other recurring characters by being both his rapist and the mother of his child. The character was later revised following DC's 2011 reboot, envisioning her as a former lover of Green Arrow's father, and the mother of his half-sister, Emiko. A reimagined version of Shado appeared as a recurring character on The CW Arrowverse show ''Arrow'', played by Celina Jade. In this version, she is neither Oliver's rapist nor the mother of his sister, but his lover and second teacher as an archer whose death haunts him in his later career as Green Arrow. The actress also portrayed her twin sister Mei in the third season. Publication history After a significant appearance in ''Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of Assassins
The League of Assassins (sometimes renamed the League of Shadows or Society of Shadows in adapted works) is a group of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The group is depicted as a collective of assassins who work for Ra's al Ghul, an enemy of the superhero Batman and the Green Arrow. The group appeared in ''Strange Adventures'' #215 (December 1968), but did not become officially known as the League of Assassins until ''Detective Comics'' #405 (November 1970). The League of Assassins has been adapted into other media several times, predominantly in animated ''Batman'' productions, the live-action Batman film series ''The Dark Knight trilogy, The Dark Knight Trilogy'', as well as the CW TV show ''Arrow (TV series), Arrow'', and the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox TV show ''Gotham (TV series), Gotham''. Origins League of Assassins Yasser split from the ancient ''Order of the Assassins'' in a successor movement. Their followers claim to have annul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |