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Jack T. Chance
Jack T. Chance is a fictional character featured in comic books published by DC Comics. He is a Green Lantern from the world of Garnet—also known as Hellhole. Physically, he is a tall, blue-skinned humanoid. Other distinguishing features include a trademark trench coat, what appear to be brown leather pants, and a skull around his neck. He first appears in ''Green Lantern Corps Quarterly'' #1 in the summer of 1992. The story was entitled "Layin' Down the Law". Created by John Ostrander and Flint Henry, Chance is loosely based upon another Ostrander character named GrimJack. Fictional character biography Green Lantern of Garnet Jack T. Chance is from the planet Garnet, also known as 'Hellhole' because it is one of the worst criminal worlds in existence. Repeatedly the Guardians of the Universe dispatched Green Lanterns to this planet in hope of redeeming the world, but each attempt ended in failure, usually fatally for the Green Lantern. The last Guardian-sent agent, Pathavim Set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chance Live
Chance may refer to: Mathematics and Science * In mathematics, likelihood of something (by way of the Likelihood function and/or Probability density function). * ''Chance'' (statistics magazine) Places * Chance, Kentucky, US * Chance, Maryland, US * Chance, Oklahoma, US * Chance, South Dakota, US * Chance, Virginia, US * Chancé, a commune in Brittany, France People * Chance (name), a given name and surname * Chance the Rapper (born 1993), Chicago hip hop recording artist * Kamal Givens or Chance (born 1981), American rapper and reality-show contestant * Chancellor, formerly Chance (born 1986), American singer-songwriter and record producer Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Chance'' (1984 film), a Russian science fiction comedy film * ''Chance'' (1990 film), an action film starring Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and Dan Haggerty * ''Chance'' (2002 film), directed by and starring Amber Benson * ''Chance'' (2009 film), directed by Abner Benaim * Chance (2019 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinestro Corps
The Sinestro Corps, occasionally known as the Yellow Lantern Corps, is a supervillainous analog to the Green Lantern Corps in the DC Universe. Their power is derived from the emotional electromagnetic spectrum of fear; the corps is led by the supervillain Sinestro. Publication history The Sinestro Corps first appears in ''Green Lantern'' vol. 4 #10 and was created by Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver. Fictional history Before the Corps The Parallax entity is a space parasite that is the embodiment of fear that was imprisoned within the Central Power Battery on Oa. As time passed, the entity became known as the yellow impurity, the cause for the power rings' weakness to the color yellow.''Green Lantern: Rebirth'' #3 (2005) Thaal Sinestro, at the time the universe's greatest Green Lantern, was sent to Earth by Supernova in a plot to erase Guy Gardner from history. Booster Gold was assigned to prevent this from happening. To do so, he convinced Sinestro to leave Earth, claim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Comics Superheroes
DC, D.C., D/C, Dc, or dc may refer to: Places * Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia), the capital and the federal territory of the United States * Bogotá, Distrito Capital, the capital city of Colombia * Dubai City, as distinct from the Emirate of Dubai Science, technology and mathematics * DC or Direct current, electric current which flows in only one direction ** DC bias, a waveform's mean value ** Decicoulomb (dC), a unit of electric charge * Dené–Caucasian languages, of east Asia and western North America * New Zealand DC class locomotive * Methylphosphonyl dichloride, a chemical weapons precursor Biology and medicine * DC., standard author abbreviation for botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778-1841) * Dendritic cell, a type of immune cell * Doctor of Chiropractic, a qualification in alternative medicine Computing * dc (computer program), a desktop calculator * DC coefficient a.k.a. constant component in discrete cosine transform * Data cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Comics Extraterrestrial Superheroes
DC, D.C., D/C, Dc, or dc may refer to: Places * Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia), the capital and the federal territory of the United States * Bogotá, Distrito Capital, the capital city of Colombia * Dubai City, as distinct from the Emirate of Dubai Science, technology and mathematics * DC or Direct current, electric current which flows in only one direction ** DC bias, a waveform's mean value ** Decicoulomb (dC), a unit of electric charge * Dené–Caucasian languages, of east Asia and western North America * New Zealand DC class locomotive * Methylphosphonyl dichloride, a chemical weapons precursor Biology and medicine * DC., standard author abbreviation for botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778-1841) * Dendritic cell, a type of immune cell * Doctor of Chiropractic, a qualification in alternative medicine Computing * dc (computer program), a desktop calculator * DC coefficient a.k.a. constant component in discrete cosine transform * Data center, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Comics Aliens
DC, D.C., D/C, Dc, or dc may refer to: Places * Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia), the capital and the federal territory of the United States * Bogotá, Distrito Capital, the capital city of Colombia * Dubai City, as distinct from the Emirate of Dubai Science, technology and mathematics * DC or Direct current, electric current which flows in only one direction ** DC bias, a waveform's mean value ** Decicoulomb (dC), a unit of electric charge * Dené–Caucasian languages, of east Asia and western North America * New Zealand DC class locomotive * Methylphosphonyl dichloride, a chemical weapons precursor Biology and medicine * DC., standard author abbreviation for botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778-1841) * Dendritic cell, a type of immune cell * Doctor of Chiropractic, a qualification in alternative medicine Computing * dc (computer program), a desktop calculator * DC coefficient a.k.a. constant component in discrete cosine transform * Data center ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comics Characters Introduced In 1992
a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. There is no consensus amongst theorists and historians on a definition of comics; some emphasize the combination of images and text, some sequentiality or other image relations, and others historical aspects such as mass reproduction or the use of recurring characters. Cartooning and other forms of illustration are the most common image-making means in comics; '' fumetti'' is a form that uses photographic images. Common forms include comic strips, editorial and gag cartoons, and comic books. Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels, comic albums, and ' have become increasingly common, while online webcomics have proliferated in the 21st century. The hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emerald Twilight
"Emerald Twilight" is a 1994 comic book story told in ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 3) #48–50, written by Ron Marz, drawn by Darryl Banks and published by DC Comics. The story introduced a new Green Lantern, Kyle Rayner, who gained a significant fan following. "Emerald Twilight" was collected as a Trade paperback (comics), trade paperback collection in 1994 reprinting the entire three-issue story arc in one volume as ''Green Lantern: Emerald Twilight'' (), with cover art by Tony Harris (artist), Tony Harris. It was later collected again in 2003 as the ''Green Lantern: Emerald Twilight/New Dawn'' TPB (), reprinting ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 3) #48–50 and also #51–55, the early stories of Rayner becoming the new Green Lantern with new cover art by Alan Davis and Mark Farmer. A second collection was released in the 2017 trade paperback ''Kyle Rayner, Green Lantern, Volume One'' including ''Green Lantern'' #0 and 56–57, ''R.E.B.E.L.S.'' '94 #1 and ''Teen Titans, The New Titans'' #116â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ke'Haan
Ke'Haan is a fictional character featured in comic books published by DC Comics. He is a very tall, well-muscled humanoid alien with reddish-orange skin, a partially bald head and three brown locks down the center of his head. Other distinguishing features include a pair of bull-like horns. He first appeared in ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 3) #49 (February 1994): "Emerald Twilight Part Two: The Present". Fictional character biography History Ke'Haan of Varva past was formerly the second in command to Green Lantern trainer Kilowog. He was also the designated protector of sector 786. Together, he and Kilowog were the top trainers for newly appointed Green Lantern Corps recruits. Over the course of his life, he was regarded as the toughest teacher on Oa. However this tough training was noted for producing some of the toughest Lanterns found in the corps.''Green Lantern'' (vol. 4) #12 (July 2006) When Sector 112 was without a Lantern, he took Kentor Omoto's daughter Laira under his wing. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laira (comics)
Published by DC Comics, the Green Lantern Corps has at least 7200 members, two per sector (originally 3600 members, one per sector), in addition to assorted other members who fulfil roles other than patrolling. Although seven characters—Alan Scott, Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, Simon Baz, and Jessica Cruz—are primarily associated with the name, a number of other members of the Corps have appeared in the DC comics. Eponymous Green Lanterns These seven characters are most closely associated with the name "Green Lantern" and have been the title characters of ''Green Lantern'' comics. Alan Scott Alan Scott was the original Green Lantern character created in the Golden Age of Comic Books. Alan created the mantle and identity of Green Lantern by himself and is not associated with the Green Lantern Corps, since his power ring was de-authorized by the Guardians even before his obtaining it. Prior to the Crisis, Scott's ring ran on magic, and not the Central Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graf Toren
Guy Gardner, one of the characters known as Green Lantern, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, usually in books featuring the Green Lantern family of characters, and for a time (late 1980s through mid 1990s) was also a significant member of the Justice League family of characters. He usually appears in books featuring the Green Lantern Corps, an intergalactic police force in which Gardner has usually been depicted as a member. Gardner's original design was based on actor Martin Milner. Finn Wittrock will portray Gardner in the upcoming live action HBO Max series ''Green Lantern''. Publication history Guy Gardner was created by John Broome and Gil Kane in ''Green Lantern'' #59 (March 1968), although the character was changed significantly in the 1980s by Steve Englehart and Joe Staton who turned him into a jingoistic parody of an ultra-macho "red-blooded American male". This latter remains the character's archetype to this date. Englehart reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boodikka
Boodikka is a character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, and a member of the Green Lantern Corps. Her name is a play on the ancient British warrior-queen Boudica. Publication history Boodikka first appeared in ''Green Lantern'' Vol. 3 #20 and was created by Gerald Jones, Pat Broderick, Romeo Tanghal, Albert De Guzman, and Anthony Tollin. Fictional character biography At three centuries of age, the warrior Boodikka of the planet Bellatrix was originally recruited by the sphere-like Chaselon of Barrio III to join the then-reconstituted Green Lantern Corps. Boodikka had belonged to something called the "Bellatrix Bombers", a group of women mercenaries for hire by planets to clear the spaceways of hostile forces. The "Bellatrix Bombers" had broken up at some point, the majority of the team apparently having been killed along the way. Initially Hal Jordan was dismayed and otherwise put off by Boodikka's inherently aggressive attitude. Despite this, Kilowog, a renowned t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomar-Tu
Tomar-Tu is a fictional character, a Green Lantern featured in comic books published by DC Comics. He is a member of an extraterrestrial race called Xudarians. Tomar-Tu is the son and successor of another Green Lantern Corps officer Tomar-Re. He first appeared in ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 3) #4 story titled "Among My Souvenirs". He became a Green Lantern in ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 3) #24 (May 1992) in a story titled "The Decision". He was created by Gerard Jones. Fictional character biography Early years The story of the Xudarian who would one day become the second Green Lantern of Xudar with the name "Tomar" began years before his birth when one of the guardians of the universe went mad. This renegade Guardian "Appa Ali Apsa" had made it his point of duty to capture entire cities from other planets. These captured cities were then incorporated into the planet Oa. The collection of these separate pieces of other worlds flung together became known as the Mosaic world. Tomar Tu o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
