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Daredevil
Daredevil may refer to: * A stunt performer Arts and media Comics * Daredevil (Lev Gleason Publications), a fictional 1940s superhero popularized by writer-artist Charles Biro * Daredevil (Marvel Comics character), a Marvel comic book superhero ** Daredevil (Marvel Comics series), ''Daredevil'' (Marvel Comics series), the comic series about the Marvel character *** ''Daredevil: The Man Without Fear'', a graphic novel by Frank Miller ** Daredevil (film), ''Daredevil'' (film), a 2003 film starring Ben Affleck as the Marvel character *** ''Daredevil: The Album'', the soundtrack album to the film *** Daredevil (video game), ''Daredevil'' (video game), based on the film ** Daredevil (TV series), ''Daredevil'' (TV series), a 2015 Netflix series starring Charlie Cox as the Marvel character *** Daredevil (Daredevil episode), "Daredevil" (''Daredevil'' episode) ** Daredevil: Born Again, an upcoming Netflix series with Charlie Cox reprising the titular roles *** Daredevil (Marvel Cinemat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daredevils
''The Daredevils'' was a comics magazine and comics anthology, anthology published by Marvel UK in 1983 in comics, 1983. Aimed for a more sophisticated audience than typical light superhero adventures, ''The Daredevils'' featured Captain Britain stories by Alan Moore and Alan Davis, as well as new Night Raven text stories, and reprints of Frank Miller (comics), Frank Miller's ''Daredevil (Marvel Comics series), Daredevil'' stories. In addition to these regular features, it also included some Spider-Man stories, occasional one-off comic stories, and a variety of text articles. The title lasted eleven issues before merging with ''The Mighty World of Marvel''. Regular features Aside from the occasional pull-out posters, all contents were printed in black-and-white, not colour. * Captain Britain — always the first story in any issue, Captain Britain had just started the "Jaspers' Warp" storyline when the series transferred to ''The Daredevils''. It appeared in every issue. * Dare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stunt Performer
A stunt performer, often called a stuntman or stuntwoman and occasionally stuntperson or stunt-person, is a trained professional who performs daring acts, often as a career. Stunt performers usually appear in films or on television, as opposed to a daredevil, who performs for a live audience. When they take the place of another actor, they are known as stunt doubles. Overview A stuntman or stuntwoman typically performs stunts intended for use in a film or dramatized television. Stunts seen in films and television include car crashes, falls from great height, drags (for example, behind a horse), and explosions. There is an inherent risk in the performance of all stunt work. There is maximum risk when the stunts are performed in front of a live audience. In filmed performances, visible safety mechanisms can be removed by editing. In live performances the audience can see more clearly if the performer is genuinely doing what they claim or appear to do. To reduce the risk of injury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daredevils (role-playing Game)
''Daredevils'' is a tabletop role-playing game published by Fantasy Games Unlimited (FGU) in 1982 that is meant to emulate pulp magazine fiction of the 1930s. Description ''Daredevils'' — subtitled "Roleplaying Action and Adventure in the Two-Fisted Thirties" — is a role-playing game set in a historically accurate Earth of the 1930s that is meant to recall the adventures of pulp magazine characters such as Doc Savage, Sam Spade, Allan Quatermain, and The Shadow, as well as detective novels and film noir detective films of the 1930s and 1940s. The player takes the persona of a detective cum pulp fiction hero. Adventures for ''Daredevils'' published in following years involve other themes that were popular in 1930s pulp magazines such as lost worlds, exotic locales, and supernatural horror. The game uses the Basic Chance of Success (BCS) system first developed for FGU's ''Bushido'' and ''Aftermath!''. Components The boxed set contains: * 64-page rulebook that describes the char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daredevil (Fu Manchu Album)
''Daredevil'' is the second studio release from Fu Manchu, a Southern Californian stoner rock band, released on the Bong Load Custom Records label in 1995. A remastered version of the album was released in 2015. Track listing Personnel * Scott Hill – guitar, vocals, producer * Ruben Romano – drums, producer * Eddie Glass – guitar, producer * Brad Davis – bass, producer Additional personnel *Tom Rothrock – producer *Rob Schnapf Rob Schnapf is an American record producer and musician. He was the co-producer (along with Tom Rothrock) of Elliott Smith's albums ''Either/Or'', '' XO'' (on which he also played guitar on the song " Baby Britain"), ''Figure 8'' and ''From a ... – producer Credits Engineered and mixed by Rob and Tom. Assisted by Dennis Brower Mastered by Stephan Marcussen Cover photography by Gary Gladstone 1972 Fu Manchu photographed by Lisa Johnson All songs by Fu Manchu © 1995 Van-O-Rama Music/ASCAP Project coordination by Surfer Brad R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daredevils (band)
Daredevils was a punk rock band from Los Angeles, California. History The punk band was formed by guitarist Brett Gurewitz after his 1994 departure from Bad Religion. The Daredevils were Brett Gurewitz, director Gore Verbinski, Dean Opseth, and Josh Freese. The group released only one single " Hate You", with the B Side "Rules, Hearts" and disbanded. Members * Brett Gurewitz - guitar, vocals (see also Bad Religion) * Gore Verbinski - guitar (see also Little Kings) * Dean Opseth - bass (see also Medicine) * Josh Freese - drums (see also A Perfect Circle, Guns N' Roses, The Offspring, The Vandals, Nine Inch Nails Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN and stylized as NIИ, is an American industrial rock band formed in Cleveland in 1988. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Trent Reznor was the only permanent member of the band ...) Discography * '' Hate You'' (1996) Music videos * Hate You (1996) References Punk rock groups from Californi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Buyea
Rob Buyea (born September 12, 1976) is an American children's fiction author best known for his ''Mr. Terupt'' series of novels. In 2011, Buyea won an E.B. White Read Aloud Award for ''Because of Mr. Terupt''. He is now a full time author, residing with his wife, three daughters, and two dogs in North Andover, Massachusetts. Education Buyea earned a B.S. from the in biology from the College of Arts and Sciences (1999) and a M.A. in education from the School of Education (2000), both at Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Locate .... He was a wrestler on the Syracuse Orange team. Bibliography *'' Because of Mr. Terupt'', 2010 *''Mr. Terupt Falls Again'', 2012 *''Saving Mr. Terupt'', 2015 *''The Perfect Score'', 2017 *''The Perfect Secret'', 2018 *''The P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul White (missionary)
Paul Hamilton Hume White (26 February 1910 – 21 December 1992) was an Australian missionary, evangelist, radio program host and author. Early life and missionary work White was born in Bowral, New South Wales. After studying medicine at the University of Sydney, he married Mary Bellingham and together they travelled to Tanganyika Territory (now part of Tanzania) as Church Missionary Society (CMS) missionaries in 1938, where White established a hospital at Mvumi Mission which soon replaced Kilimatinde as the main medical centre of the CMS mission in Tanganyika. White succeeded Dr Cyril Wallace as the medical secretary of the Diocese of Central Tanganyika in 1939. In 1941 after only two years in missionary work White had to return to Australia due to his wife's illness. On the way home, he developed a boil in, to use his own words, 'a place which caused me to take a pillow, cut a hole in it, and sit very carefully (!)' Unable to take part in the shipboard entertainment he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Thompson Daviess
Maria Thompson Daviess (November 28, 1872 – September 3, 1924) was an American artist and feminist author. She is best known for her popular novels written in the early 20th century, with a "Pollyanna" outlook, as well as several short stories, among them, “Miss Selina Sue and the Soap-Box Babies," "Sue Saunders of Saunders Ridge" and "Some Juniors.". Daviess was affiliated with the Equal Suffrage League in Kentucky, being the co-founder and vice-president of the chapter in Nashville and an organizer of the chapter in Madison. Biography Maria (sometimes "Marie") Thompson Daviess was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, November 28, 1872. Her parents were John Burton Thompson Daviess (a relative of the Harrodsburg-born writer Zoe Anderson Norris) and Leonora Hamilton Daviess. The father, John B. T. Daviess, died when she was eight, and the family subsequently relocated to Nashville, Tennessee. Her paternal grandmother, also named Maria Thompson Daviess, was a columnist and lectur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawn Vestal
Shawn Vestal is an American author based in the state of Washington. He is best known for his collection of short stories, ''Godforsaken Idaho'', which earned him the PEN Robert W. Bingham Prize in 2014. He currently lives in Spokane where he is a columnist for ''The Spokesman-Review''. He and his wife Amy Cabe have a son, Cole Vestal. Bibliography * ''Godforsaken Idaho'' (2013) Little A/New Harvest * ''Daredevils'' (2016) Penguin Press Penguin Group is a British trade book publisher and part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. The new company was created by a merger that was finalised on 1 July 2013, with Bertelsmann initial ... References 1966 births Writers from Spokane, Washington Former Latter Day Saints Living people {{US-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daredevils (The Hardy Boys)
''Daredevils'' is the 159th title of the Hardy Boys series, written by Franklin W. Dixon. The book was first published by Pocket Books in 2000, and republished by Aladdin Paperbacks in 2002, and by Thorndike Press Gale is a global provider of research and digital learning resources. The company is based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, west of Detroit. It has been a division of Cengage since 2007. The company, formerly known as Gale Research and the Gale G ... in 2003. Plot summary The Hardy Boys meet popular stunt man and former family friend Terrence McCauley. His father, Brian McCauley is a friend of Fenton Hardy. Terrence became a stuntman against his father's better wishes, and now somebody's after him. After two attacks on Terrence's life, Joe Hardy enters Daredevil fest — a competition to decide the best young stuntman — as a bodyguard to protect Terrence from the stalker. More accidents happen, with Joe rescuing Terrence each time. Then, just when they think t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Hinton
Nigel Hinton (born 1941 in London) is an English novelist, primarily of fiction for teenagers. Career Hinton worked in advertising for two years, then taught English for nine years at the Hugh Christie School in Tonbridge, Kent. He then worked as a professional actor and did some teaching part-time before deciding to concentrate on writing. He has published at least twenty three novels from ''Collision Course'' (1976) to ''The Norris Girls'' (2017), including the ''Buddy'' trilogy for teenagers and the ''Beaver Towers'' stories for younger children. His novel ''The Finders'' won the Federation of Children's Book Groups Award, and ''Collision Course'' won the Dutch Silver Pen Award. His novel ''Out of the Darkness'' won the Lancashire Book Award and the Stockport Book Award. His novel ''Time Bomb'', set in 1949 in the area in which he grew up, won the 2006 Rotherham Book Award. In 2014 his short novel ''Partners In Crime'' won the Coventry Inspiration Book Award. He has adap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Cox (writer)
Greg Cox (born 1959) is an American writer of science fiction, including works that are media tie-ins. He lives in Oxford, Pennsylvania. He has written numerous ''Star Trek'' novels, including ''The Eugenics Wars'' (Volume One and Two), '' The Q Continuum'', ''Assignment: Eternity'', and ''The Black Shore''. His short fiction can be found in such anthologies as ''Star Trek: Tales of the Dominion War'', ''Star Trek: The Amazing Stories'' and ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' logs. His first " Khan" novel, ''The Eugenics Wars: Volume One'', was voted best sci-fi book of the year by the readers of ''Dreamwatch'' magazine. Cox can be found in a bonus feature on the "Director's Edition" DVD of '' Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan''. Bibliography ''Star Trek'' novels *''Star Trek: The Original Series'' **''Assignment: Eternity'' (1997), **''The Rings of Time'' (2012) **''The Weight of Worlds'' (2013) **''No Time Like the Past'' (2014) **''Foul Deeds Will Rise'' (2014) **''Child of Two W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
