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Lady Octopus
Lady Octopus (Carolyn Trainer), also known as Doctor Octopus II, is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, primarily as an enemy to the superheroes Spider-Man and Scarlet Spider. The character is the protégée of Otto Octavius, the original Doctor Octopus, and assumes her mentor's mantle and an upgraded version of his tentacle harness following Octavius' death in the "Clone Saga". After Octavius' resurrection only a few years later, she becomes Lady Octopus to distinguish herself from him, and has made minor appearances in several stories since. Publication history Lady Octopus was introduced in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #406 (October 1995) and was created by writer J.M. DeMatteis and artist Angel Medina. Fictional character biography Carolyn Trainer is the daughter of Seward Trainer who was a student of Otto Octavius. After Octavius was killed by Kaine during the "Clone Saga", Carolyn sought to continue her favorite professor's legacy. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Masterpieces
Marvel Masterpieces is the name of several subsequent sets of trading cards, printed during 1992-2008, depicting characters and events from Marvel Comics. Featuring large, vividly drawn card fronts and backs detailing trivia, each card showcased a different personality from Marvel's body of work. There was also a set of pop-up cards, distributed in sets of six with the Marvel Activity Sets. They measured about . Series 1 - 1992 The first set, which came out in 1992, consisted entirely of portraits painted by Joe Jusko and was published by SkyBox International, Skybox. The set included 100 standard cards, and 5 "Battle" Spectra Cards. There was a factory-tin set of the cards which also contained 5 "Lost Marvel" cards that could only be found in those tins. There were 6 promo cards and 3 pre-production prototype cards too, which were only available to dealers and/or available as free with ''Wizard'' magazine (#13 Psylocke) and comics books (Marvel Age #118 Hulk) etc. The artwork fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alistair Smythe
Alistair Alphonso Smythe () is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an enemy of the superhero Spider-Man, and the son of Spencer Smythe. After his father dedicated his life to eliminating Spider-Man and died as a result, Alistair inherited his Spider-Slayer legacy and developed a hatred for the web-slinger. He turned to a life of crime to exact revenge on Spider-Man, and created a new generation of Spider-Slayers to kill him, but this only resulted in Alistair getting paralyzed from the waist down. Later, he encased his body in a bioorganic carapace that allowed him to walk again, in addition to giving him superpowers, and adopted the alias of the Ultimate Spider-Slayer. The character has been adapted from the comics into several forms of media, including animated series and video games. Actor B.J. Novak played Alistair Smythe in the 2014 film ''The Amazing Spider-Man 2''. IGN ranked him as Spider-Man's 9t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossfire (comics)
This page lists the supporting characters of Hawkeye with some of them being exclusive to the Ultimate Marvel reality. Supporting characters * Bangs – Weapons and explosives specialist of the W.C.A.''Hawkeye & Mockingbird'' #1 (2010) * Dominic Fortune – A soldier of fortune with a connection to Mockingbird's past.''Hawkeye & Mockingbird'' #1–6 (2010)''Widowmaker'' #1–4 (2010–2011) * London – Researcher and developer of the W.C.A. * Rover – A Bio-Com (Biological Combat Unit created by the Secret Empire) rescued by Hawkeye.''Hawkeye'' vol. 2 #1–4 (1994) * Twitchy – Senior intelligence analyst of the W.C.A.''New Avengers: The Reunion'' #2–4 (2009) * Grills – A man who lives in Hawkeye's building and owns a rooftop grill on which he barbecues for his friends. He knows Clint Barton is Hawkeye, but insistently thinks the latter is "Hawkguy". Grills was later killed by the Tracksuit Mafia. ** Grills made his live-action debut in the 2021 Disney+ series '' Hawkeye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crimson Dynamo
Crimson Dynamo (Russian: Багровое Динамо, '; also Красное Динамо (Krasnoe Dinamo)) is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics who have all been powered armor–wearing Russian or Soviet agents who have clashed with the superhero Iron Man over the course of his heroic career. Publication history The Anton Vanko version of Crimson Dynamo first appeared in ''Tales of Suspense'' #46 (Oct. 1963) and was created by Stan Lee and Don Heck. The Boris Turgenov version of Crimson Dynamo first appeared in ''Tales of Suspense'' #52 (April 1964) and was created by Stan Lee, Don Rico, and Don Heck. The Alex Nevsky version of Crimson Dynamo first appeared in ''Iron Man'' #15 (July 1969) and was created by Archie Goodwin and George Tuska. The Yuri Petrovich version of Crimson Dynamo first appeared in ''The Champions'' #7 (Aug. 1976) and was created by Tony Isabella and George Tuska. The Dimitri Bukharin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constrictor (comics)
Constrictor is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The Frank Payne version of Constrictor made his first appearance in ''The Incredible Hulk'' vol. 2 #212 (1977) and was created by Len Wein and John Romita Sr., then drawn in his first issue by Sal Buscema. The character went on to feature as a supervillain in ''Captain America'' #228-229, #231 (1978–1979), ''Iron Man'' #126-127 (1979), '' Power Man & Iron Fist'' #66 (1980), ''Captain America'' Annual #5 (1981), ''Power Man & Iron Fist'' #78, #84 (1982), ''Captain America'' #281-283 (1983), #309-311 (1985), ''Fantastic Four'' #334 (1989), ''Marvel Comics Presents'' #74, #86-87. #89-92 (1991), ''The New Warriors'' Annual #2 (1992), ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' Annual #12 (1992), ''Web of Spider-Man ''Web of Spider-Man'' is the name of two different monthly comic book series starring Spider-Man that have been published by Marvel Comics since 1985 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boomerang (comics)
Boomerang (Frederick "Fred" Myers) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He has been a member of several prominent supervillain teams and clashed with several heroes throughout his career, most notably Spider-Man. Publication history Boomerang first appeared in ''Tales to Astonish'' #81 (July 1966), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. He appeared as a regular character in ''Thunderbolts'' beginning in issue #157, and remained with the team after the title transitioned into ''Dark Avengers'' beginning with issue #175 through the conclusion of the series. Boomerang features as the narrator and one of the main characters in ''Superior Foes of Spider-Man''. Fictional character biography Fred Myers was born in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, and was raised in the United States. As a young boy he developed a love for baseball, and spent years training and perfecting his pitching arm. By the time he was a young a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain America
Captain America is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the character First appearance, first appeared in ''#Golden Age, Captain America Comics'' #1 (cover dated March 1941) from Timely Comics, a predecessor of Marvel Comics. Captain America was designed as a patriotic supersoldier who often fought the Axis powers of World War II and was Timely Comics' most popular character during the wartime period. The popularity of superheroes waned following the war, and the ''Captain America'' comic book was discontinued in 1950, with a short-lived revival in 1953. Since Marvel Comics revived the character in 1964, Captain America has remained in publication. The character wears a costume bearing an Flag of the United States, American flag motif (visual arts), motif, and he carries a Captain America's shield, nearly-indestructible shield that he throws as a projectile. Captain America is the alter ego ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hobgoblin (comics)
The Hobgoblin is the alias of several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most of whom are depicted as enemies of the superhero Spider-Man and belong to the collection of adversaries that make up his rogues gallery. The first and most prominent incarnation of the Hobgoblin made his in-costume debut in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #238 in March 1983 as a criminal mastermind equipped with Halloween-themed weapons similar to those used by the Green Goblin. Although originally revealed to be Ned Leeds in 1987, the Hobgoblin's true identity was retroactively established as Roderick Kingsley ten years later in 1997. Other characters that have assumed the Hobgoblin mantle over the years include Lefty Donovan, Jason Macendale, Roderick's twin brother Daniel Kingsley, Robin Borne, Phil Urich, and Claude. Leeds, Donovan and Claude served as brainwashed stand-ins in the Kingsley brothers' mastermind conspiracy, with Macendale, Borne and Urich being th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinkerer
Tinker or tinkerer is an archaic term for an itinerant tinsmith who mends household utensils. Description ''Tinker'' for metal-worker is attested from the thirteenth century as ''tyckner'' or ''tinkler''. Some travelling groups and Romani people specialised in the trade, and the name was particularly associated with indigenous Irish Travellers and Scottish Highland Travellers – the name of whose language ''Beurla Reagaird'' means "speech of the metalworkers".Kirk, J. & Ó Baoill, D. ''Travellers and their Language'' (2002) Queen's University Belfast However, this use is considered offensive. The term "tinker", in British English, may refer to a mischievous child. Some modern-day nomads with an English, an Irish or a Scottish influence call themselves "techno-tinkers" or "technogypsies" in a revival of sorts of the romantic view of the tinker's lifestyle. "Tinker's dam" or "damn" and "tinker's curse" Both phrases wikt:tinker's damn, tinker's damn and tinker's curse c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucia Von Bardas
Vagabond Vagabond (real name Priscilla Lyons) is the former partner & girlfriend of Nomad (Jack Monroe). She prevented Black Racer's assassination attempt on Sidewinder. She thwarted and captured Dr. Karl Malus during his attempt to take over Power Broker, Inc. She was recruited and trained by the Scourge organization; during her training she had a change of heart and decided to help the U.S. Agent shut down the Scourge organization. Later she was being considered as a potential recruit for the Initiative program, according to ''Civil War: Battle Damage Report''. Other versions of Vagabond Vagabond (real name Pat Murphy) is a superhero, a police officer who dressed as a homeless man, who appeared in '' U.S.A. Comics'' #2-4. Vakume Valkin Valkyrie Brunnhilde Samantha Parrington Barbara Norris Vamp Vamp is a Corporation agent in the Marvel Universe. The character, created by Roy Thomas, Don Glut, and John Buscema, first appeared in ''Captain America'' #217 in Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret War (comics)
''Secret War'' is a 2004–2005 comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics, consisting of a central, five-issue miniseries written by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by Gabriele Dell'Otto, and a number of tie-in books. It is loosely based on classified operations told to Bendis by an anonymous high-ranking officer in the United States Intelligence Community during Bendis' childhood. The storyline involves a large-scale super-hero crossover featuring Marvel characters such as Spider-Man, Captain America, Wolverine, Daredevil, Luke Cage and Nick Fury fighting a wide array of supervillains who have received hi-tech armaments from a mysterious benefactor. The first issue was published in April 2004, and though intended originally as a bimonthly publication, it faced long delays. It was completed with issue five's publication in December 2005. The aftermath of the series was explored in stories in '' The Pulse'' and Bendis has gone on to use many of the same characters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Fisk
Richard Fisk is a fictional character, a criminal appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #83 (April 1970) and was created by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. He is the son of Wilson Fisk and Vanessa Fisk. Although originally portrayed as a villain, he later became an antihero. A younger version of the character appeared in the 2018 animated film, '' Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse''. Publication history The character Richard Fisk first appears as The Schemer in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #83 (April 1970), created by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. He first appeared as The Rose in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #253 (June 1984), but was not revealed as the Rose until ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #286 (March 1987). Fictional character biography Richard Fisk grew up as a child of privilege, believing that his father Wilson Fisk was a respectable and honorable businessman. Wilson was sometimes abusive to Richar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
