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M'Shulla Scott
Killraven (Jonathan Raven) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been depicted as a freedom fighter in several post-apocalyptic alternate futures. Created by co-plotters Roy Thomas and Neal Adams, scriptwriter Gerry Conway, and penciller Adams, the character first appeared in ''Amazing Adventures'' vol. 2, #18 (May 1973). The series featured the first dramatic interracial kiss in American color comic books. Publishing history Co-creator Neal Adams' early ideas for Killraven involved the character being the son of a Doc Savage archetype. This conception had been reworked by the first issue, a multiple-creator goulash in which the two originators and co-plotters turned the scripting over to another writer, and in which artist co-creator Adams penciled only the first 11 pages and Howard Chaykin the remaining nine. The second issue was fully written by the debut's scripter, Gerry Conway, followed in the third by Marv Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazing Adventures 30 (1970)
Amazing may refer to: Music Performers * The Amazing, a Swedish indie rock band Albums * ''Amazing'' (Banaroo album), 2006 * ''Amazing'' (Elkie Brooks album), 1996 * ''Amazing'' (Marcia Hines album) or the title song, 2014 * ''Amazin'' (Trina album) or the title song, 2010 * '' Amazing: The Best of Alex Lloyd'' or the title song (see below), 2006 Songs * "Amazing" (Aerosmith song), 1993 * "Amazing" (Alex Lloyd song), 2001 * "Amazing" (Danny Saucedo song), 2012 * "Amazing" (Foxes song), 2016 * "Amazing" (Francesca Michielin song), 2014 * "Amazing" (George Michael song), 2004 * "Amazing" (High and Mighty Color song), 2007 * "Amazing" (Inna song), 2009 * "Amazing" (Josh Kelley song), 2003 * "Amazing" (Kanye West song), 2009 * "Amazin'" (LL Cool J song), 2003 * "Amazing" (Matt Cardle song), 2012 * "Amazing" (Seal song), 2007 * "Amazing" (Tanja song), representing Estonia at Eurovision 2014 * "Amazing" (Vanessa Amorosi song), 2011 * "Amazing" (Westlife song), 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don McGregor
Donald Francis McGregor (born June 15, 1945) is an American comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics; he is the author of one of the first graphic novels. Early life Don McGregor was born in Providence, Rhode Island, where he worked myriad jobs as a young adult, including as a security guard, at a bank, at a movie theater, and "for my grandfather's company, hichprinted, among other things, the patches the astronauts wore on their flights to the moon." He additionally served as a supply sergeant in a military police unit of the Rhode Island Army National Guard. His first work in print was in the letters-to-the-editor columns of various Marvel Comics titlesDon McGregor at the |
Luis Garcia (artist)
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Origins The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also thLodewijs in the Dutch given names database Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form Lodewijk. and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the French name Louis, a derivat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creepy (magazine)
''Creepy'' was an American horror (genre), horror-comics magazine launched by Warren Publishing in 1964. Like ''Mad (magazine), Mad'', it was a black-and-white newsstand publication in a magazine format and did not carry the seal of the Comics Code Authority. An anthology magazine, it initially was published quarterly but later went bimonthly. Each issue's stories were introduced by the host character, Uncle Creepy. Its sister publications were ''Eerie'' and ''Vampirella''. Launch Illustrator and editor Russ Jones, the founding editor of ''Creepy'' in 1964, said he approached ''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' magazine publisher James Warren (publisher), Jim Warren with the idea of horror comics similar to the 1950s' EC Comics comic books. Warren also choose not to use the comics industry's voluntary self-censorship Comics Code Authority for his black and white magazines. Warren eventually agreed. Jones recalled that: Joe Orlando was not only an illustrator for ''Creepy'' but also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Publishing
Warren Publishing was an American magazine company founded by James Warren (publisher), James Warren, who published his first magazines in 1957 and continued in the business for decades. Magazines published by Warren include ''After Hours (magazine), After Hours'', ''Creepy (magazine), Creepy'', ''Eerie'', ''Famous Monsters of Filmland'', ''Help! (magazine), Help!'', and ''Vampirella''. Initially based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the company moved by 1965 to New York City. Publishing history Founding Begun by James Warren, Warren Publishing's initial publications were the horror fiction, horror-fantasy--science fiction movie magazine ''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' and ''Monster World'', both edited by Forrest J Ackerman. Warren soon published ''Spacemen (magazine), Spacemen'' magazine and in 1960 ''Help! (magazine), Help!'' magazine, with the first employee of the magazine being Gloria Steinem. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenwood Publishing
Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (GPG), also known as ABC-Clio/Greenwood (stylized ABC-CLIO/Greenwood), is an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which is today part of ABC-Clio. Established in 1967 as Greenwood Press, Inc. and based in Westport, Connecticut, GPG publishes reference works under its Greenwood Press imprint, and scholarly, professional, and general interest books under its related imprint, Praeger Publishers (). Also part of GPG is Libraries Unlimited, which publishes professional works for librarians and teachers. History 1967–1999 The company was founded as Greenwood Press, Inc. in 1967 by Harold Mason, a librarian and antiquarian bookseller, and Harold Schwartz who had a background in trade publishing. Based in Greenwood, New York, the company initially focused on reprinting out-of-print works, particularly titles listed in the American Library Association's first edition of ''Books for College Libraries'' (1967), unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M'Shulla Scott
Killraven (Jonathan Raven) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been depicted as a freedom fighter in several post-apocalyptic alternate futures. Created by co-plotters Roy Thomas and Neal Adams, scriptwriter Gerry Conway, and penciller Adams, the character first appeared in ''Amazing Adventures'' vol. 2, #18 (May 1973). The series featured the first dramatic interracial kiss in American color comic books. Publishing history Co-creator Neal Adams' early ideas for Killraven involved the character being the son of a Doc Savage archetype. This conception had been reworked by the first issue, a multiple-creator goulash in which the two originators and co-plotters turned the scripting over to another writer, and in which artist co-creator Adams penciled only the first 11 pages and Howard Chaykin the remaining nine. The second issue was fully written by the debut's scripter, Gerry Conway, followed in the third by Marv Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of enslaved Africans who are from the United States. While some Black immigrants or their children may also come to identify as African-American, the majority of first generation immigrants do not, preferring to identify with their nation of origin. African Americans constitute the second largest racial group in the U.S. after White Americans, as well as the third largest ethnic group after Hispanic and Latino Americans. Most African Americans are descendants of enslaved people within the boundaries of the present United States. On average, African Americans are of West/ Central African with some European descent; some also have Native American and other ancestry. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, African immigrants generally do not s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmilla Frost
Fafnir Falcon Sam Wilson Joaquin Torres Falcona Falligar the Behemoth Falligar the Behemoth, also known simply as Falligar, is a fictional deity who makes a single appearance in '' Thor: God of Thunder'' #3 (December 2012), as one of the victims of Gorr the God Butcher, who killed Falligar and left his corpse rotting on the shores of his home planet, with his worshipers surrounding him and praying for his resurrection. Falligar the Behemoth in other media * Falligar the Behemoth's corpse appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film '' Thor: Love and Thunder'' (2022). Famine One of the Horsemen_of_Apocalypse Fancy Dan Fandral Fang Fang is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Fang is a Lupak who is a member of the Royal Elite of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. Created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum, the character first appeared in ''X-Men'' #107 (October 1977). Fang appears to be a hybrid of an alien and a wolf; he has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Colan
Eugene Jules Colan (; September 1, 1926 – June 23, 2011)Eugene Colan at the Social Security Death Index via FamilySearch.org. Retrieved on February 22, 2013. was an Americans, American Comic book creator, comic book artist best known for his work for Marvel Comics, where his signature titles include the superhero series ''Daredevil (Marvel Comics series), Daredevil'', the cult-hit Satire, satiric series ''Howard the Duck'', and ''The Tomb of Dracula'', considered one of comics' classic horror fiction, horror series. He co-created the Falcon (comics), Falcon, the first African-American superhero in mainstream comics; Carol Danvers, who would become Ms. Marvel and Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics), Captain Marvel; and the non-costumed, supernatural vampire hunter Blade (comics), Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
