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Julia Carpenter
Julia Carpenter is a fictional character, fictional Superhero#Female superheroes, superheroine character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Jim Shooter and Mike Zeck, the character first appeared ''Secret Wars'' #6 (October 1984). Julia Carpenter was known as the second Spider-Woman, later as the second Arachne, and then as the second Madame Web. Publication history As Spider-Woman, the character debuted in issue 6 of the first ''Secret Wars'' limited series in 1984. She was among the villains and was unknown to all other characters. Since that series, she has appeared as a starring character in ''Avengers West Coast'' and ''Force Works'' as well as a supporting character in the third ''Spider-Woman'' series, whose main character was Spider-Woman (Mattie Franklin), Mattie Franklin. Julia starred in her own four-part ''Spider-Woman'' miniseries which explained her origin and the origin of her enemies, Death Web (comics), Death Web. Fictional c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Wars
''Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars'', commonly known as ''Secret Wars'' for short, is a twelve-issue American comic book Fictional crossover, crossover limited series published from May 1984 to April 1985 by Marvel Comics. The series was written by Jim Shooter, with art by Mike Zeck and Bob Layton. It was tied-in with a Secret Wars (toy line), toy line of the same name from Mattel. Publication history The series was conceived by Marvel Comics' editor-in-chief Jim Shooter. In the eleventh issue of the ''Marvel Age'' news magazine, published February 1984, a news column announced the series as ''Cosmic Champions''. One month later, the twelfth issue of ''Marvel Age'' featured a cover story on the series with the revised title of ''Secret Wars''. Shooter stated: Shooter further explained Mattel's input for the series: Crossover titles include ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #249–252, ''Avengers (comics), The Avengers'' #242–243, ''Captain America (comic book), Captain America'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider-Woman (Mattie Franklin)
Spider-Woman (Martha "Mattie" Franklin) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is the third character to be called Spider-Woman. Publication history The character first appeared in ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #262 (in the shadows), in November 1998. Her first full appearance was in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #441 (1998), and her first appearance as Spider-Woman was in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' vol. 2 #5 (1999), the beginning of a three-part crossover which led directly into the launch of her own ''Spider-Woman'' series. Like ''Spider-Woman'' volume 1, ''Spider-Woman'' volume 3 pitted the protagonist against macabre and grotesque villains, and featured a closing story arc in which she looks into a mirror and sees her own face shriveled down to skin and bones. As a running joke, Spider-Woman constantly changes costumes throughout the series, including a four-issue run (#2–5) in which she adopts a new costume every issue. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vault (Marvel Comics)
The comic book stories published by Marvel Comics since the 1940s have featured several noteworthy concepts besides its fictional characters, such as unique places and artifacts. There follows a list of those features. Places Certain places feature prominently in the Marvel Universe, some real-life, others fictional and unique to the setting; fictional places may appear in conjunction with, or even within, real-world locales. Earth New York City Many Marvel Comics stories are set in New York City, where the publishing company is based. =Superhero sites= New York is the site of many places important to superheroes: * Avengers Mansion: Currently in ruin, but long the home of the Avengers. * Avengers Tower: Formerly Stark Tower, the current headquarters of the Avengers. * Alias Investigations: The private investigations firm founded and owned by Jessica Jones. * Baxter Building and Four Freedoms Plaza: The bases of the Fantastic Four. * Daily Bugle: A newspaper building wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |