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Max (comics)
MAX Comics is an imprint of Marvel Comics specializing in comic book media aimed at adult-only readers. It was launched in 2001 after Marvel broke with the Comics Code Authority and established its own rating system. The MAX Comics imprint is not Marvel's first effort in featuring explicit content in their titles. The company's Epic Comics imprint in the 1980s and early 1990s often featured stronger content than their mainstream imprint. However, the MAX Comics imprint is the first time Marvel has specifically produced comics with uncensored content. While some works such as ''Alias'' have received acclaim, the imprint has attracted controversy, with some critics considering some of the titles to be gratuitous in its use of mature or vulgar content. Since 2012, the new works under the MAX imprint have been limited to the Punisher series. Marvel now portrays MAX as a rating indicating mature content, rather than a separate brand. History The first series to be published under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Comics'' in 1951 and its predecessor, ''Marvel Mystery Comics'', the ''Marvel Comics'' title/name/brand was first used in June 1961. Marvel was started in 1939 by Martin Goodman (publisher), Martin Goodman as Timely Comics, and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas Comics (1950s), Atlas Comics. The Marvel era began in June 1961 with the launch of ''The Fantastic Four'' and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and many others. The Marvel brand, which had been used over the years and decades, was solidified as the company's primary brand. Marvel counts among List of Marvel Comics characters, its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor, Doc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rawhide Kid
The Rawhide Kid (real name: Johnny Bart, originally given as Johnny Clay) is a fictional Old West cowboy appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. A heroic gunfighter of the 19th-century American West who was unjustly wanted as an outlaw, he is one of Marvel's most prolific Western characters. He and other Marvel western heroes have on rare occasions guest-starred through time travel in such contemporary titles as '' The Avengers'' and ''West Coast Avengers''. In two mature-audience miniseries, in 2003 and 2010, he is depicted as gay. Publication history Atlas Comics The Rawhide Kid debuted in a 16-issue series (March 1955-Sept. 1957) from Marvel's 1950s predecessor, Atlas Comics. Most of the covers from the series were produced by highly acclaimed artists, generally either Joe Maneely or John Severin, but also Russ Heath and Fred Kida. Interior art for the first five issues was by Bob Brown, with Dick Ayers at the reins thereafter. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werewolf By Night
The Werewolf by Night (usually referred to by other characters simply as the Werewolf) is the name applied to two fictional characters who are werewolves appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first incarnation of Werewolf by Night, Jack Russell, first appeared in ''Marvel Spotlight'' #2 (February 1972), while the second incarnation, Jake Gomez, debuted in ''Werewolf by Night'' #1 (October 2020). The Jack Russell incarnation of Werewolf by Night appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe feature ''Werewolf by Night'' TV special, portrayed by Gael García Bernal. Publication history Prior to the formation of the Comics Code Authority in 1954, Marvel's predecessor Atlas Comics published a five-page short story titled "Werewolf by Night!" in '' Marvel Tales'' #116 (July 1953). With the relaxation of the Comics Code Authority's rules in 1971, it became possible for the first time to publish code-approved comic books with werewolves. The Jack Russell v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man-Thing
The Man-Thing (Dr. Theodore "Ted" Sallis) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writers Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, and Gerry Conway and artist Gray Morrow, the character first appeared in ''Savage Tales'' #1 (May 1971), and went on to be featured in various titles and in his own series, including ''Adventure into Fear''. Steve Gerber's 39-issue run on the series is considered to be a cult classic. The Man-Thing is a large, slow-moving, empathic, humanoid swamp monster living in the Florida Everglades near a Seminole reservation and the fictional town of Citrusville in Cypress County (also fictional), Florida. The character made its live-action debut in the film ''Man-Thing'' (2005), played by Conan Stevens. He later appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television special ''Werewolf by Night'' (2022), motion-captured by Carey Jones and with Jeffrey Ford providing additional vocalizations. Publication history As descri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Of Night (comics)
MAX Comics is an imprint of Marvel Comics specializing in comic book media aimed at adult-only readers. It was launched in 2001 after Marvel broke with the Comics Code Authority and established its own rating system. The MAX Comics imprint is not Marvel's first effort in featuring explicit content in their titles. The company's Epic Comics imprint in the 1980s and early 1990s often featured stronger content than their mainstream imprint. However, the MAX Comics imprint is the first time Marvel has specifically produced comics with uncensored content. While some works such as ''Alias'' have received acclaim, the imprint has attracted controversy, with some critics considering some of the titles to be gratuitous in its use of mature or vulgar content. Since 2012, the new works under the MAX imprint have been limited to the Punisher series. Marvel now portrays MAX as a rating indicating mature content, rather than a separate brand. History The first series to be published under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cage (MAX)
Lucas "Luke" Cage, born Carl Lucas and also known as Power Man, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in ''Luke Cage, Hero for Hire'' #1 (June 1972) and was created by Archie Goodwin, George Tuska, Roy Thomas, and John Romita Sr. He is one of the earliest black superheroes to be featured as the protagonist and title character of a Marvel comic book. Created during the height of the blaxploitation genre, Luke Cage had been imprisoned for a crime he did not commit and gained the powers of superhuman strength and unbreakable skin after being subjected voluntarily to an experimental procedure. Once freed, he becomes a " hero for hire" and has forty-nine issues of solo adventures (comic title renamed to ''Luke Cage, Power Man'' with issue #17). In issue #50, Cage teams up with fellow superhero Iron Fist as part of a crime-fighting duo in the renamed title, ''Power Man and Iron Fist''. He later marries the super-powe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Punisher (2004 Series)
''The Punisher'' (re-titled ''Frank Castle: The Punisher'' after issue #66; sometimes referred to as ''The Punisher MAX'') was a comic book ongoing series published under the MAX imprint of Marvel Comics, featuring vigilante and antihero the Punisher. Publication history Garth Ennis, also writer of the 2000 and 2001 ''Punisher'' series, wrote issues #1–60 of the series. Also like the earlier series, Tim Bradstreet provided the covers for those issues. Continuing his run on the character, Ennis used the freedom of the MAX imprint to write more graphic and hard-edged stories than had previously been seen. Ennis also wrote two miniseries accompanying the main series, '' The Punisher Presents: Barracuda'' and '' Born'', and several one-shots. With issue #61, Gregg Hurwitz replaced Ennis as writer, joining artist Laurence Campbell to do a five-issue story arc. With issue #66 released on January 21, 2009, the series was re-titled ''Frank Castle: The Punisher'', with writer Duane Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born (comics)
''Born'' is a four-issue comic book limited series written by Garth Ennis, illustrated by Darick Robertson, and published by Marvel Comics through the MAX imprint in 2003. Publication history The miniseries was released through Marvel's MAX imprint, though the events of it are regarded as canon to the main Marvel Universe in ''Civil War Files'', an in-universe spin-off of the ''Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe'' in which Iron Man notes that the Punisher is "the sole survivor of the Firebase Valley Forge massacre." Ennis announced in 2013 that he would be writing another ''Punisher'' limited series, and two years later expanded on this statement by revealing that the miniseries would be a ''Born'' prequel titled '' Punisher: The Platoon''. Plot ''Born'' documents Frank Castle's time serving as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps during his final tour in Vietnam in 1971. The story is told primarily through the eyes of Stevie Goodwin, a young Marine counting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blade (comics)
Blade (Eric Cross Brooks) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Marv Wolfman and penciller Gene Colan, his first appearance was in the comic book ''The Tomb of Dracula'' #10 (July 1973) as a supporting character, but later went on to star in his own storylines. Devoting his life to ridding the world of all vampires, Blade utilizes his unique physiology to become the perfect vampire hunter; while originally depicted as a human immune to vampire bites, Blade was retroactively established to be a dhampir following his adaptation as such in ''Spider-Man: The Animated Series'' and the ''Blade'' film series. He is the father of Brielle Brooks. The character has been substantially adapted from the comics into various forms of media, including films, television series, and video games. Blade was portrayed by Wesley Snipes in the films ''Blade'', ''Blade II'' and '' Blade: Trinity'', and by Sticky Fingaz in the televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
