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Jazz (comics)
''X-Men: The 198'' is a comic book limited series that was published by Marvel Comics and set in the Marvel Universe shortly after the ''House of M'' and ''Decimation'' events. The five-issue series began publication in January 2006. The series focuses on the supporting cast of the X-Men, whose ranks have been severely depleted following ''Decimation''. Plot In ''House of M'' #7, the Scarlet Witch removes the powers of the overwhelming majority of the world's mutants in an event, eventually called " M-Day". As a reaction, the United States government forms a superhuman-monitoring Office of National Emergency (ONE), and sets up a team of human-piloted Sentinel robots ( Sentinel Squad ONE) to monitor the Xavier Institute. ''X-Men: The 198'' revolves around the tension and conflicts of the 198 mutant refugees on the Xavier Institute grounds and the Sentinel Squad ONE. Tensions also rise between X-Men. Xavier's Mansion Mutant Sanctuary After the events of Decimation, many of the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Comics'' in 1951 and its predecessor, ''Marvel Mystery Comics'', the ''Marvel Comics'' title/name/brand was first used in June 1961. Marvel was started in 1939 by Martin Goodman (publisher), Martin Goodman as Timely Comics, and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas Comics (1950s), Atlas Comics. The Marvel era began in June 1961 with the launch of ''The Fantastic Four'' and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and many others. The Marvel brand, which had been used over the years and decades, was solidified as the company's primary brand. Marvel counts among List of Marvel Comics characters, its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor, Doc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toad (Marvel Comics)
Toad (Mortimer Toynbee) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, he first appeared in ''Uncanny X-Men, The X-Men'' #4 (March 1964). He is most often depicted as an enemy of the X-Men and was originally a hunchbacked Mutant (Marvel Comics), mutant with superhuman leaping ability. He was Magneto (Marvel Comics), Magneto's wikt:toady, sniveling servant (or "toady") in the 1960s line-up of the Brotherhood of Mutants, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. He eventually led his own version of the Brotherhood, which was more involved in petty crime than mutant liberation. Since his inception, the character has appeared in numerous media adaptations, such as television series, films, and video games. For example, Ray Park played a significantly different version of Toad in 2000's X-Men (film), ''X-Men'' film, and after that, aspects of this Toad have since been implemented into the comic book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magma (comics)
Magma (Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla, also known as Alison Crestmere) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by Chris Claremont, John Buscema, Glynis Wein and Bob McLeod, and first appears in the series ''New Mutants'' and is also associated with various ''X-Men''-related comics. Like other New Mutants characters, Amara was originally depicted as a young mutant aspiring to become a hero. She is a mutant with the ability to generate lava and uses the codename Magma.''The New Mutants'' #10 Publication history Magma debuted in ''The New Mutants'' #8 (Oct. 1983), appearing in that title regularly through ''The New Mutants'' #57 (Nov. 1987), in which she departs the titular supergroup to join their rivals, the Hellions. Along with the other New Mutants, she appeared as an occasional supporting character in ''The Uncanny X-Men'', with issue #189 (1985) as a salient issue featuring her conflict with Selene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
