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Headmen
The Headmen is a group of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The Headmen first appearance, first appeared (as a team) in ''The Defenders (comic book), The Defenders'' #21 (March 1975) and were created by Steve Gerber, Sal Buscema, and Sal Trapani. Fictional team biography The Headmen are a group who believe that they should rule the world by virtue of the intellect. Gorilla-Man#Arthur Nagan, Dr. Arthur Nagan wanted society to operate like a precision instrument, Dr. Jerry Morgan wanted a society where his genius was recognized, Chondu the Mystic wanted personal wealth and Ruby Thursday wanted to replace the head of every human with a plastic head of her own design. They fought the Defenders (comics), Defenders, She-Hulk, and Spider-Man on different occasions. ''Defenders'' writer Steve Gerber formed the Headmen from 1950s anthology, anthological horror fiction, horror-story characters appearing in the reprint title ''We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorilla-Man
Gorilla-Man is an alias used by three different fictional superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, beginning in 1954 with the character of Kenneth Hale, and continuing with Arthur Nagan, who also appeared in 1954 and Franz Radzik, who first appeared in 1962. Publication history The character of Kenneth Hale first appeared in ''Men's Adventures'' #26 (March 1954). Dr. Arthur Nagan first appeared in ''Mystery Tales'' #21 (Sept. 1954), and was created by Bob Powell. This story was reprinted in ''Weird Wonder Tales'' #7 (Dec. 1974). Steve Gerber created the Headmen after reading the reprint issue. The character subsequently appears in '' The Defenders'' #21 (March 1975), 31–33 (January–March 1976), 35 (May 1976), ''The Defenders'' Annual #1 (Oct. 1976), ''Power Man/Iron Fist'' #68 (April 1981), ''Marvel Age'' Annual #1 (1985), ''The Sensational She-Hulk'' vol. 2 #1–3 (May–July 1989), ''Avengers: Deathtrap: The Vault Graphic Novel'' (1991), '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruby Thursday
Ruby Thursday (Thursday Rubinstein) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is usually depicted as a member of the Headmen. She is named for the Rolling Stones song, "Ruby Tuesday (song), Ruby Tuesday". Publication history Ruby Thursday first appeared in ''The Defenders (comic book), The Defenders'' #32-33 (February–March 1976), and was created by Steve Gerber, Sal Buscema and Jim Mooney. The character subsequently appears in ''Defenders'' #35 (May 1976), ''Defenders'' Annual #1 (October 1976), ''Omega the Unknown'' #9-10 (July, September 1976), ''Defenders'' #76-77 (October–November 1979), ''The Sensational She-Hulk'' vol. 2 #1-3 (May–July 1989), ''Web of Spider-Man'' #73 (February 1991), ''Deathlok'' #2-5 (August–November 1991), ''Marvel Comics Presents'' #97 (December 1992), ''The Defenders'' vol. 2 #5 (July 2001), 8-10 (October–December 2001), ''I Heart Marvel, I ♥ Marvel: Outlaw Love'' (April 2006), ''She-Hulk'' vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chondu The Mystic
Chondu the Mystic, sometimes known as Chondu the Magician, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Chondu the Mystic first appeared in ''Tales of Suspense'' #9 and was created by Doug Wildley and George Evans while his monstrous form was created by Steve Gerber and Sal Buscema. Fictional character biography Chondu was once a sideshow magician before becoming a professional criminal. In his first appearance, he lectured on yoga and sent an escaped convict to Limbo. Chondu later joins the Headmen. Dr. Arthur Nagan transplants Chondu's brain into Nighthawk's body in a bid to exploit the Defenders. Doctor Strange defeats him in a fight and mystically places Chondu's consciousness in a fawn's body. Meanwhile, Nagan and Ruby Thursday carry out a series of alterations to Chondu's original body. His altered body is a monstrous, demonic-looking form with eight lampreys for arms, bird-wings, a horn from his skull, fangs, a forked tongue, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Of Fantasy
''World of Fantasy'' was a science fiction/fantasy comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics' 1950s predecessor company, Atlas Comics (1950s), Atlas Comics. Lasting from 1956 to 1959, it included the work of several notable comics artists, including industry legends Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Bill Everett. The Marvel Comics antagonist Shrunken Bones (Dr. Jerry Morgan), of the supervillain team the Headmen, first appeared as a supporting character in a standalone science-fiction story in issue #11 (cover-dated April 1958). Publication history ''World of Fantasy'' ran 19 issues, cover-dated May 1956 to August 1959, and was published bimonthly for all but two issues, #8 and #9 (Aug. & Dec. 1957). It was edited by Stan Lee and written by himself, the uncredited Larry Lieber, and Atlas Comics (1950s), Atlas staff writers, the latter uncredited except for Carl Wessler. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She-Hulk
She-Hulk (Jennifer "Jen" Walters) is a fictional Character (arts), character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist John Buscema, she first appeared in ''The Savage She-Hulk'' #1 (cover-dated February 1980 in comics, 1980). Walters is a lawyer who, after an injury, received an emergency blood transfusion from her cousin, Hulk, Bruce Banner, and acquired a milder version of his Hulk condition. As such, Walters becomes a large, powerful, green-hued version of herself. Unlike Banner she largely retains her personality, in particular the majority of her intelligence and emotional control. Like Hulk, she is still susceptible to outbursts of anger and becomes much stronger when enraged. In later series, her transformation is permanent, and she often breaks the fourth wall for humorous effect and running gags. She-Hulk has been a member of the Avengers (comics), Avengers, the Fantastic Four, Heroes for Hire, the Defenders (co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defenders (comics)
The Defenders are a set of superhero groups with rotating membership appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are usually presented as a "non-team" of individualistic "outsiders" who, in their prior adventures, are known for following their own agendas. The team often battle mysticism, mystic and supernatural threats. Its original incarnation was led by Doctor Strange and included Hulk, Namor, and—eventually—Silver Surfer. They first appeared as the Defenders in ''Marvel Feature'' #1 (Dec. 1971). The group had a rotating line-up from 1972 until 1986, with Dr. Strange and the Hulk being usually constant members along with a number of other mainstays such as Valkyrie (Marvel Comics), Valkyrie, Nighthawk (Marvel Comics), Nighthawk, Patsy Walker, Hellcat, Gargoyle (comics), Gargoyle, Beast (comics), Beast, the Daimon Hellstrom, Son of Satan and Luke Cage, and many temporary members. The publication was retitled near the end of the run as ''The New Defend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |