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Omega Men
The Omega Men are a fictional team of extraterrestrial superheroes who have appeared in various comic book series published by DC Comics. They first appeared in ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 2) #141 (June 1981), and were created by Marv Wolfman and Joe Staton. Publication history After appearances in ''Green Lantern'', ''Action Comics'' and '' The New Teen Titans'', the Omega Men were featured in their own comics series which ran for 38 issues from April 1983 to May 1986. During its run, writer Roger Slifer and artist Keith Giffen created the mercenary anti-hero Lobo. Later creators included writers Doug Moench and Todd Klein (who also lettered later issues in the run), artists Tod Smith, Shawn McManus and Alex Niño, and inkers Mike DeCarlo, Jim McDermott and Greg Theakston. Members of the Omega Men also appeared in the 2004 eight-issue ''Adam Strange'' limited series, as well as the 2005 ''Infinite Crisis'' lead-in 6-issue limited series, '' Rann-Thanagar War'' and the 2008 follow-up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasqual Ferry
Pasqual Ferry (sometimes credited as Paschalis, Pascual or Pascal Ferry) is a Spanish comic book artist and penciller. Biography Ferry is known in the United States' comic industry for his work on ''Heroes for Hire'' (1997), ''Action Comics'' (2000) and ''Adam Strange'' (2004). Other titles he has worked on include ''Plasmer'' (1993), ''Marvel 2099, 2099: World of Tomorrow'' (1996) and ''Warlock (New Mutants), Warlock'' (1999). In 2005, he and writer Grant Morrison began work on the ''Seven Soldiers of Victory'' Limited series (comics), limited series ''Shilo Norman, Mister Miracle'', which introduced a new version of the character. However, for reasons that have not been made known, he was only able to do the first issue. In mid-2006, Ferry became the new artist on Marvel Comics, Marvel's ''Ultimate Fantastic Four'' with writer Mike Carey (British writer), Mike Carey. In 2010 Ferry became the regular artist on Marvel Comics, Marvel's ''Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor'' teamed with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Book
A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and written narrative, usually, dialogue contained in word balloons emblematic of the comics art form. "Comic Cuts" was a British comic published from 1890 to 1953. It was preceded by "Ally Sloper's Half Holiday" (1884) which is notable for its use of sequential cartoons to unfold narrative. These British comics existed alongside of the popular lurid "Penny dreadfuls" (such as "Spring-heeled Jack"), boys' " Story papers" and the humorous Punch (magazine) which was the first to use the term "cartoon" in its modern sense of a humorous drawing. The interweaving of drawings and the written word had been pioneered by, among others, William Blake (1757 - 1857) in works such as Blake's "The Descent Of Christ" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infinite Crisis
"Infinite Crisis" is a 2005–2006 comic book storyline published by DC Comics, consisting of an eponymous, seven-issue comic book limited series written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George Pérez, Ivan Reis, and Jerry Ordway, and a number of tie-in books. The main miniseries debuted in October 2005, and each issue was released with two variant covers: one by Pérez and one by Jim Lee and Sandra Hope. The series storyline was a sequel to DC's 1985 limited series ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', which "rebooted" much of the DC continuity in an effort to fix 50 years of contradictory character history. It revisited characters and concepts from that earlier ''Crisis'', including the existence of DC's Multiverse. Some of the characters featured were alternate versions of comic icons such as an alternate Superman named Kal-L, who came from a parallel universe called Earth-Two. A major theme was the nature of heroism, contrasting the often dark and conflicted modern- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Strange
Adam Strange is a fictional space adventurer appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by editor Julius Schwartz with a costume designed by Murphy Anderson, he first appeared in ''Showcase (comics), Showcase'' #17 (November 1958). Adam Strange made his live action debut in the television series ''Krypton (TV series), Krypton'', portrayed by Shaun Sipos. Publication history In 1957, DC Comics editorial director Irwin Donenfeld held a meeting with editors Jack Schiff and Julius Schwartz in his office, asking them each to create a new science fiction hero, one from the present and one from the future. Given first pick Schiff chose to create one from the future, Space Ranger. Schwartz was happy with the pick feeling that readers would more readily identify with a hero from the present. He conceived the idea of an Earth man repeatedly traveling to a planet in the Alpha Centauri star system by using a "Zeta-beam" altered by space radiation. Since Adam Strange was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Theakston
Greg Allen Theakston (November 21, 1953 – April 22, 2019) was an American comics artist and illustrator who worked for numerous publishers. He is known for his independent publications as a comics historian under his Pure Imagination imprint, as well as for developing the Theakstonizing process used in comics restoration. He used the pseudonym Earl P. Wooten. Early career Greg Theakston became involved in the Detroit area fandom community, contributing to Detroit's Fantasy Fans and Comic-collector's Group on their fanzine ''The Fan Informer'' (1968–71), as well as his own publication, ''The Aardvark Annual'' (1968), and ''Titan''. For much of the 1970s Theakston helped organize the Detroit Triple Fan Fair, credited as one of the first conventions in the United States dedicated to comic books, eventually owning it after working on a number of shows. After graduating from Redford High School in 1971, Theakston worked with artist Jim Steranko at his Supergraphics publishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim McDermott (illustrator)
Jim McDermott (June 24, 1960 in Lowell, Massachusetts) is a New Hampshire-based artist who has illustrated for animation, magazines and comic books. After graduating in 1982 from Boston's New England School of Art and Design (now part of Suffolk University), McDermott headed west, where he held a position as the staff illustrator for a publishing firm before entering the animation industry. For Columbia Pictures Television/DiC Entertainment's animated ''The Real Ghostbusters'' (1986–91), McDermott created concept drawings and designed characters, props and backgrounds. Leaving California after a decade, he did freelance work in Texas before returning to New England in 1993. When the rates of famed caricaturist Bruce Stark became so high that Salem Sportswear (Hudson, New Hampshire) could no longer afford his illustrations for T-shirt designs, the company hired McDermott as a replacement, viewing him as the only illustrator capable of doing artwork similar to Stark and Jack Dav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Niño
Alex Niño (born May 1, 1940) is a Filipino comics artist best known for his work for the American publishers DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and Warren Publishing, and in '' Heavy Metal'' magazine. Biography Early life and career Alex Niño was born May 1, 1940, in Tarlac, Central Luzon, the Philippines, the son of a professional photographer. Niño studied medicine briefly at the University of Manila before leaving in 1959 to pursue his childhood goal of becoming a comics artist. In 1965, after studying under artist Jess Jodloman, Niño collaborated with Clodualdo del Mundo Sr. to create the feature "Kilabot Ng Persia" ("The Terror of Persia") for ''Pilipino Komiks''. Niño and Marcelo B. Isidro later created the feature "Dinoceras" for ''Redondo Komiks''. Other Valry Philippine work includes the series ''Gruaga - The Fifth Corner of the World'' for ''Pioneer Komiks''; the feature "Mga Matang Nagliliyab" ("The Eyes that Glow in the Dark") with Isidro for '' Alcala Komiks''; and for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawn McManus
Shawn McManus (born June 30, 1958) is an American artist who has worked extensively over three decades for DC Comics and other companies, notably for DC's Vertigo imprint including the ''Fables'' series. Comics Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, McManus entered the comics field in the early 1980s with work for '' Heavy Metal'' and DC Comics. For the June 1983 issue of ''Heavy Metal'' he collaborated with Bhob Stewart and John Coffey on "Zenobia". Six months later, McManus and Stewart teamed with Jim McDermott on "Symbiosis", also in ''Heavy Metal'' (December 1983). He drew the Green Arrow backup feature in ''Detective Comics'' in 1983-1984. McManus gained wider attention when he illustrated two issues of '' The Saga of the Swamp Thing'' written by Alan Moore. McManus worked with writer Todd Klein on ''Omega Men'', creating Zirral and other characters for that series. He has drawn issues of ''Doctor Fate'' and '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight''. He collaborated with Neil Gai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Klein
Todd Klein (born January 28, 1951) is an American comic book letterer, logo designer, and occasional writer, primarily for DC Comics. Biography Early career Todd Klein broke into comics in the summer of 1977, hired by DC Comics as a staff production worker. This job entailed pasting together text pages (such as letter columns), putting logos, display lettering, and type on covers, and doing art and lettering corrections on comics pages. Other staffers included colorists Bob LeRose and Anthony Tollin, writer Bob Rozakis, inker Steve Mitchell, and letterer John Workman. Over the next months and years, Klein tried his hand at all those things, but found lettering suited him best. Workman helped Klein get started with the basic tools and techniques, and Klein studied the work of Gaspar Saladino, Workman, Ben Oda, and John Costanza; as well as Marvel Comics letterers Tom Orzechowski, Jim Novak, and Joe Rosen. Klein landed his first freelance lettering job in the fall of 1977, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Moench
Douglas Moench (; born February 23, 1948) is an American comic book writer notable for his ''Batman'' work and as the creator of Moon Knight, Deathlok, Black Mask, ''Electric Warrior'' and ''Six from Sirius''. He is also known for his critically acclaimed eight year run on '' Master of Kung Fu''. Early life Born in Chicago, Illinois, Moench has written novels, short stories, newspaper feature articles, weekly newspaper comic strips, film screenplays and teleplays. His first published work was ''My Dog Sandy'', a comic strip printed in his elementary school newspaper. Moench had a fan letter printed in The Amazing Spider-Man issue #17 (Oct. 1964) in which he praised the art of Steve Ditko. He began his professional writing career with scripts for ''Eerie'' #29 and ''Vampirella'' #7 (both cover dated September 1970) and articles for the ''Chicago Sun-Times''. In 1973, he moved to New York City. Career Moench began working for Marvel Comics in 1973, with his first story for the com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lobo (DC Comics)
Lobo is a character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. The Lobo character was created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, and he first appeared in ''Omega Men'' #3 (June 1983). Lobo is an alien from the utopian planet of Czarnia, and he works as an interstellar mercenary and bounty hunter. Lobo was first introduced as a hardened villain in the 1980s, but he soon fell out of use with writers. He remained in limbo until his revival as a bounty hunter with his own comic in the early 1990s. Writers attempted to use Lobo as a parody of the 1990s trend towards "grim and gritty" superhero stories, but he was instead enthusiastically accepted by fans of the trend. This popularity led to the character having a much higher profile in DC Comics stories from then on, as well as starring roles in various series in the decades since. Lobo made his live-action debut in the 2019 premiere episode of the second season of the television series ''Krypton'', portrayed by Emmett J. Scanlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
