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Matt Wayne
Matt S. Wayne is an American writer of comic books and television. Wayne is probably best known for his work on the animated series ''Niko and the Sword of Light'', ''Cannon Busters'' and '' Ben 10: Omniverse'', and writing and editing comic books for Milestone Media. Biography Wayne was born in Cleveland, Ohio, grew up in Milford, Michigan, and attended the University of Michigan. He was childhood friends with writer Richard Pursel and was high school and college friends with writer Dwayne McDuffie. Comic books Wayne's first comic book credit was for material in ''Marvel Year-In-Review'' #1 for Marvel Comics. He then wrote several stories for Hamilton Comics. When McDuffie co-founded the comic book company Milestone Media, Wayne was hired as an editor on titles such as ''Icon'' and '' Hardware''. Wayne also wrote several titles, including the series '' Shadow Cabinet'' and ''Heroes''. After Milestone ceased publishing monthly comics in 1997, Wayne wrote for DC Comics. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Hardware (comics)
Hardware (Curtis Metcalf) is a fictional superhero published by DC Comics. An original character from DC's Milestone Media, Milestone Comics imprint, he first appeared in ''Hardware'' #1 (February 1993), and was created by Dwayne McDuffie and Denys Cowan.Hardware Biography Publication history ''Hardware'' was the first of Milestone's titles to be published, and (along with ''Blood Syndicate'', ''Icon (character), Icon'', and ''Static (DC Comics), Static'') was one of the company's Flagship#Flagship in language, flagship titles. Fictional character biography Milestone Universe Curtis "Curt" Metcalf is a genius inventor who, in his Hardware identity, uses a variety of high-tech gadgets to fight organised crime. A central irony of the series (of which Metcalf is fully aware) is that Metcalf's employer, respected businessman Edwin Alva—who provides the resources Metcalf uses to create Hardware's hardware—is secretly the crime boss whom Hardware is trying to bring down. Metcalf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV Series)
''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' is an American superhero animated television series based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, developed for television by Greg Weisman and Victor Cook. In terms of overall tone and style, the series is based principally on the Stan Lee, Steve Ditko and John Romita Sr. era of ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' comic books, with a similar balance of action, drama and comedy as well as a high school setting. However, it also tends to blend material from all eras of the comic's run up to that point in addition to other sources such as the ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' comics by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley, as well as Sam Raimi's ''Spider-Man'' film series. ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' was jointly produced by Adelaide Productions and Marvel Entertainment. It premiered on March 8, 2008, during the Kids' WB programming block of The CW. The series aired its second season on Marvel's sister network Disney XD in the United States and ended its run on N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legion Of Super Heroes (TV Series)
''Legion of Super Heroes'' is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation, adapted from the DC Comics series of the same name. It debuted on September 23, 2006, and centers on a young Superman's adventures in the 31st century, fighting alongside the eponymous group of superheroes. The show was produced by one of its main character designers James Tucker, a co-producer of the ''Justice League Unlimited'' series, for the Kids' WB line on The CW network. The series drew on the rich history of the Legion of Super-Heroes, taking inspiration from stories set during all time periods of the team's nearly 50-year history in comics. Continuity is internally consistent but is not shared with any previous incarnation of the Legion, either animated or in print. It also had its own tie-in spin-off comic book series that lasted 20 issues. The series was cancelled after its second season. Development history A few months before ''Legion of Super Heroes'' premie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice League Unlimited
''Justice League Unlimited'' (''JLU'') is a 2004–2006 American superhero animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics universe, and specifically based on the Justice League superhero team, it is a direct sequel to the previous ''Justice League'' animated series and picks up around two years after where ''Justice League'' left off. Like its predecessor, the show is also a prequel to ''Batman Beyond''. ''JLU'' debuted on July 31, 2004, on Toonami and ended on May 13, 2006. It is the eighth and final series of the DC Animated Universe, which started with '' Batman: The Animated Series'' in 1992. Boomerang reran the series from June 3, 2007 to March 26, 2010, as part of Boomeraction. The series also aired as part of The CW's ''Vortexx'' Saturday morning block from August 25, 2012 to August 23, 2014. Overview According to animator Bruce Timm, the series finale of ''Just ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storm Hawks
''Storm Hawks'' is an animated television series created by Asaph A. Fipke and was produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment. It premiered on YTV in Canada on September 8, 2007, and on Cartoon Network in the United States on May 25, 2007. Reruns formerly aired on Family CHRGD and Nickelodeon Canada. Plot ''Storm Hawks'' is set on a fictional world called Atmos, a largely mountainous world consisting of scattered, towering, plateau-like land masses known as terras. Directly below the terras lie the Wastelands, the most dangerous area of Atmos, with infernal fires and wicked creatures. Because of the geography, travel is mostly dependent on flight. The technology of Atmos is based around energy-generating crystals, used to power the various devices in the series. Patrolling the skies of Atmos are the Squadrons, groups of warriors who pilot motorcycle-like vehicles called Skimmers that can semi-transform into flying machines. Each Squadron is led by a Sky Knight and these warriors a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krypto The Superdog
''Krypto the Superdog'' is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on Superman's canine companion Krypto, which premiered on Cartoon Network on March 25, 2005 (exactly 50 years after his comic debut), and aired on The CW's Saturday morning block Kids' WB from September 23, 2006 until September 15, 2007. 39 episodes were produced. A comic book series (based on the TV show) was published by DC Comics under the Johnny DC imprint, which lasted 6 issues, from 2006 to 2007. The show was developed by producers Alan Burnett and Paul Dini, who had produced the successful '' Batman: The Animated Series'' and '' Superman: The Animated Series''. Instead of continuing in that style, ''Krypto'' was produced in a manner reminiscent of the Hanna-Barbera shows of the 1960s to the 1980s, from the sound effects down to the animation style (veteran Hanna-Barbera designer Iwao Takamoto served as a creative consultant). Plot As the planet Krypton is about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom And Jerry Tales
''Tom and Jerry Tales'' is an American animated television series featuring the cat-and-mouse duo Tom and Jerry. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Turner Entertainment, it is the seventh installment in the ''Tom and Jerry'' franchise as well as the first ''Tom and Jerry'' production to emulate the original theatrical shorts created by Hanna-Barbera founders and former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio staff William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; it originally ran in the United States from September 23, 2006 to March 22, 2008, on Kids' WB. This is the first ''Tom and Jerry'' television series from Warner Bros. Animation after parent company Time Warner had bought Turner Broadcasting System, then-owners of the franchise, in 1996. Joseph Barbera served as executive producer for the series before his death on December 18, 2006 (making this the final ''Tom and Jerry'' project with his involvement), and received story credit on some episodes of the first season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Phantom
''Danny Phantom'' is an American animated superhero action adventure television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. The series follows Danny Fenton, a teenage boy who, after an accident with an unpredictable portal between the human world and the "Ghost Zone", becomes a human-ghost hybrid and takes on the task of saving his town (and the world) from subsequent ghost attacks using an evolving variety of supernatural powers. Danny is aided in his quest by his two best friends Sam Manson and Tucker Foley, and later, his older sister Jazz, who for most of the series' run are among the only people who know of his double life. Throughout its run, ''Danny Phantom'' received five Annie Award nominations and positive reviews. In the recent years, it has received renewed attention and critical acclaim from critics and audiences, being considered by many as Hartman's best and most acclaimed work. Additionally, ''Danny Phantom'' has spawned video games, home video releases, toy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
''What's New, Scooby-Doo?'' is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation for Kids' WB. It is the ninth incarnation of the ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise that began with Hanna-Barbera's ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'' and the first ''Scooby-Doo'' series in a decade, since ''A Pup Named Scooby-Doo'' ended in 1991 and the first since both the foreclosure of Hanna-Barbera studios and William Hanna's death in 2001. The show follows the format of ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'', in which Scooby-Doo, and his companions Fred, Daphne, Velma, and Shaggy, travel to varying locations solving mysteries; this format is modernized for ''What's New, Scooby-Doo?'', in which the characters utilize technology that did not exist at the time ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'' first aired. It is the first television series in the franchise in which Frank Welker, Grey DeLisle and Mindy Cohn respectively portrayed the voices of Scooby-Doo, Daphne, and Velma, and where Casey Kasem mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Static Shock
''Static Shock'' is an American superhero fiction, superhero List of animated television series, animated television series based on the Milestone Media/DC Comics superhero Static (DC Comics), Static. It premiered on September 23, 2000, on the WB, the WB Television Network's Kids' WB block programming, programming block. ''Static Shock'' ran for four seasons, with 52 half-hour episodes in total. The show revolves around Virgil Hawkins, a 14-year old boy who uses the secret identity of "Static" after exposure to a mutagen gas during a gang fight which gave him electromagnetic powers. It was the first time that an African-American superhero was the titular character of their own broadcast animation series. ''Static Shock'' was produced by Warner Bros. Animation from a crew composed mostly of people from the company's past shows, but also with the involvement of two of the comic's creators, Dwayne McDuffie and Denys Cowan. ''Static Shock'' had some alterations from the original comi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poochini
''Poochini'' (also known as ''Poochini's Yard'') is a short-lived animated television series which was originally aired worldwide in February 2, 2000, but it did not air in the United States until September 1, 2002. The series follows the life of a grey black-eared Hound mix named Poochini who runs away from home after his rich owner dies, gets captured by the dog pound and is adopted by an average American family. Despite being created and co-produced by the San Francisco-based entertainment company Wild Brain, ''Poochini'' was not shown in the United States for over two years after its production. Co-produced and internationally distributed by Munich-based media group EM.TV, ''Poochini'' is based on the award-winning pilot short ''A Dog Cartoon'' (1999). Poochini had only made 26 episodes with the final one airing in the United States on March 1, 2003. The series was aired on syndication, The WB 100+ Station Group and Toon Disney in the United States, Teletoon in Canada, Nic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
