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Master Pandemonium
Master Pandemonium is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The character first appeared in ''The West Coast Avengers'' vol. 2 #4 (Jan. 1986). Fictional character biography Martin Preston was born in Rutland, Vermont. He was originally an actor who lost an arm in a car crash, and made a pact with Mephisto to regain his limb. Mephisto instead took the man's other three limbs, then replaced them all with demonic grafts. He was also given a hole in his chest in the shape of an inverted five-pointed star, and the ability to survive despite this hole in his chest. He was also given the ability to command the demons inside him. At some point, Master Pandemonium became the CEO of Anvil Pictures. Master Pandemonium went seeking the five beings possessing parts of his fragmented soul. He attacked Firebird to ascertain whether she was one of these five beings, and then attacked the Thing for the same reason, and wound up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (''ouest'' in French, ''oest'' in Catalan, ''ovest'' in Italian, ''oeste'' in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, the word formation stems from the fact that west is the direction of the setting sun in the evening: 'west' derives from the Indo-European root ''*wes'' reduced from ''*wes-pero'' 'evening, night', cognate with Ancient Greek ἕσπερος hesperos 'evening; evening star; western' and Latin vesper 'evening; west'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin occidens 'west' from occidō 'to go down, to set' and Hebrew מַעֲרָב maarav 'west' from עֶרֶב erev 'evening'. Navigation To go west using a compass for navigation (in a place where magnetic north is the same dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooting Star (comics)
Shooting Star is a comic book superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Bill Mantlo and penciller Sal Buscema and first appeared in '' Incredible Hulk'' (vol. 2) #265 (November 1981). She is a member of the Rangers, the American Southwest superhero team. Publication history Writer Bill Mantlo and penciller Sal Buscema created the superheroine Shooting Star and the superhero team the Rangers, and both first appeared in the story "You Get What You Need!" published in '' Incredible Hulk'' (vol. 2) #265 (November 1981). In addition to their new character, the team consists of western characters Firebird, Texas Twister, the Phantom Rider (Hamilton Slade, then called Night Rider), and the contemporary Red Wolf. The next year, she appeared in the third issue of ''Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions'' along with his colleague Texas Twister. Shooting Star has been identified as one of the 142 registered superheroe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiccan (comics)
Wiccan (William "Billy" Kaplan-Altman) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been depicted as a member of the Young Avengers, a team of teenage superheroes, as well as the Champions. Created by writer Allan Heinberg and artist Jim Cheung, the character first appeared in ''Young Avengers'' #1 (April 2005). The character's appearance is patterned on that of two prominent Marvel superheroes, Thor and Scarlet Witch (Wiccan's mother), both of whom are members of the Avengers (comics), Avengers. Like the Scarlet Witch, Wiccan possesses powerful magical abilities which make him a key member of his superhero team. Recruited to the Young Avengers by Iron Lad, Wiccan's story includes the discovery that he and fellow teen hero Speed (comics), Speed are in fact long-lost twin brothers, and that the pair are reincarnations of the sons of Scarlet Witch and her husband Vision (Marvel Comics), Vision. Significant storylines for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Avengers
The Young Avengers are the names of two fictional superhero teams appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first team, created by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung, features numerous adolescent characters who typically have connections to established members of Marvel's primary superhero team, the Avengers. The Young Avengers were originally featured in a twelve issue run, later appearing in several notable Marvel crossover series, including the ''Civil War'' and '' The Children's Crusade'' events, before the series was relaunched in January 2013 as part of the Marvel NOW! rebranding by writer Kieron Gillen and artist Jamie McKelvie. The original series won the 2006 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book and the 2006 Harvey Award for Best New Series. The second volume by Kieron Gillen also received the award for Outstanding Comic Book at the 25th GLAAD Media Awards in 2014. ''Young Avengers'' follows the events of the 2004–2005 " Avengers Disass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agatha Harkness
Agatha Harkness is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is a powerful witch, typically portrayed as a friend and teacher of Wanda Maximoff, as well as the mother of Nicholas Scratch. Agatha is one of the original witches from the Salem witch trials who goes on to become a significant figure in the Marvel universe, protecting Franklin Richards as his nanny and later mentoring Wanda in the use of real magic. At one point, she had a familiar named Ebony, a cat-like creature that could sense the presence of mystical beings. Since her debut, the character has been referred to as one of the strongest magicians from the Marvel Universe. Kathryn Hahn portrayed Agatha Harkness in the Marvel Cinematic Universe miniseries ''WandaVision'' (2021), and is set to reprise her role in a spin-off series about the character, '' Agatha: Coven of Chaos''. Publication history Agatha Harkness first appears in '' Fantastic Four'' #94 and was create ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin Richards (Fantastic Four)
Franklin Benjamin Richards is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as a supporting character in ''Fantastic Four''. He has been portrayed as a child and as a budding superhero, albeit inexperienced. Franklin is an immensely powerful being with vast reality-manipulating and psionic powers beyond Omega level mutants, despite not being a mutant himself (though he was believed to be a mutant throughout most of his appearances). He is the young son of Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman of the Fantastic Four, the older brother of Valeria Richards, and the nephew of Invisible Woman's younger brother, the Human Torch. His parents named him Franklin Benjamin Richards; his middle name is taken from his godfather Ben Grimm, the Thing. Franklin's first name comes from Franklin Storm, his maternal grandfather. He has started using the code name Powerhouse.''Fantastic Four'' vol. 6 #2. Marvel Comics. During t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarlet Witch
Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. Her first appearance was in ''The X-Men'' #4 (March 1964) in the Silver Age of Comic Books. Originally said to have the ability to alter probability, the Scarlet Witch has been depicted as a powerful sorceress since the 1980s and on occasion has become powerful enough to alter reality by tapping into greater energy sources. The Scarlet Witch is first depicted as a reluctant supervillain along with her twin brother, Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver, both founding members of the Brotherhood of Mutants. A year after her debut, she joined the Avengers superhero team and ever since has often been depicted as a regular member of that or related teams (such as the West Coast Avengers and Force Works). In 1975, she married her android teammate Vision, later using borrowed magical forces to make herself preg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vision (Marvel Comics)
The Vision is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Roy Thomas and artist John Buscema, the character first appeared in ''The Avengers (comic book), Avengers'' #57 (published in August 1968, with a cover date of October 1968), and is loosely based on the Timely Comics Vision (Timely Comics), character of the same name who was an alien from another dimension. The Vision is an Android (robot), android (sometimes called a "synthezoid") built by the villainous robot Ultron created by Hank Pym. Originally intended to act as Ultron's "son" and destroy the Avengers (comics), Avengers, Vision instead turned on his creator and joined the Avengers to fight for the forces of good. Since then, he has been depicted as a frequent member of the team, and, for a time, was married to his teammate, the Scarlet Witch. He also served as a member of the Defenders (comics), Defenders. The Vision was created from a copy of the origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max (Comet Man)
Comet Man (Stephen Beckley) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history Comet Man was the subject of a Limited series (comics), limited series in 1987, created by Bill Mumy, Miguel Ferrer, and Kelley Jones. Comet Man first appeared in ''Comet Man'' #1 (February 1987), and appeared in the rest of the series from ''Comet Man'' #2-6 (March–July 1987). Comet Man and Max also appeared in ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four'' #315 to #317 (June–August 1988). The storyline of the limited series was concluded in issues #50-53 of ''Marvel Comics Presents'' (May–July 1990). Comet Man returned in issue #4 of ''Genis-Vell, Captain Marvel'' (May 2000) and later made appearances in other Marvel Comics series. Fictional character biography Early life Dr. Stephen Beckley was the son of Jack Beckley of the United States Air Force. Stephen's parents did not take too well to the news he was leaving for the South Pacifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comet Man
Comet Man (Stephen Beckley) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history Comet Man was the subject of a limited series in 1987, created by Bill Mumy, Miguel Ferrer, and Kelley Jones. Comet Man first appeared in ''Comet Man'' #1 (February 1987), and appeared in the rest of the series from ''Comet Man'' #2-6 (March–July 1987). Comet Man and Max also appeared in ''Fantastic Four'' #315 to #317 (June–August 1988). The storyline of the limited series was concluded in issues #50-53 of ''Marvel Comics Presents'' (May–July 1990). Comet Man returned in issue #4 of '' Captain Marvel'' (May 2000) and later made appearances in other Marvel Comics series. Fictional character biography Early life Dr. Stephen Beckley was the son of Jack Beckley of the United States Air Force. Stephen's parents did not take too well to the news he was leaving for the South Pacific as a Naval pilot. Jack did not know his fiancée was carrying h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantastic Four
The Fantastic Four is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team debuted in ''The Fantastic Four'' #1 ( cover dated Nov. 1961), helping usher in a new level of realism in the medium. It was the first superhero team created by artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby and editor/co-plotter Stan Lee, who developed a collaborative approach to creating comics with this title. The four characters traditionally associated with the Fantastic Four, who gained superpower (ability), superpowers after exposure to cosmic rays during a scientific mission to outer space, are: Reed Richards, Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards), a scientific genius and the leader of the group, who can stretch his body into incredible lengths and shapes; the Invisible Woman (Susan "Sue" Storm), who eventually married Reed, who can render herself invisible and project powerful invisible force fields and blasts; the Human Torch (Johnny Storm), Sue's younger brother, who can generate fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cat People (comics)
The Earth of Marvel Comics' main continuity (or " Earth-616") has contained a number of fictional hidden native humanoid races. Description Many of these races are genetic offshoots of ''Homo sapiens'' or a related ancestor. However, there are also some races that were actually created from the many animals or other lifeforms on Earth. The methods to create these beings vary from scientific to magical and their creators from aliens to humans to demons. A list of these races includes: Major races Deviants The Deviants are the enemies of the Eternals and creations of the Celestials. They are the creators of the Subterraneans. Eternals The Eternals are the enemies of the Deviants and servants of the Celestials. They also created the Evolutionaries. Evolutionaries The Evolutionaries are beings created from the Ape-Man by the Eternals to safeguard other species' evolutionary path. ''Homo mermanus'' ''Homo mermanus'' is a species of aquatic humanoids of unknown origins. There are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
