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Ox (comics)
The Ox is the alias of two characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The original incarnation, Raymond Bloch, is one of the founding members of the Enforcers, a team usually in the employment of crime bosses like the Kingpin, Mister Fear, or Hammerhead, and a recurring threat of the superheroes Spider-Man and Daredevil. The second incarnation, Ronald Bloch, also became a member of the Enforcers after his twin brother's apparent death. Publication history The Raymond Bloch incarnation of Ox first appeared in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #10 (March 1964), and was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The character subsequently appears in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #14 (July 1964), #19 (December 1964), ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' Annual #1 (1964), ''Daredevil'' #15 (April 1966), and #86 (April 1972) The Ronald Bloch incarnation of Ox first appeared in ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #19-20 (June–July 1978), and was created by Bill Mantlo and Sal Busce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Lark
Michael Lark (born 1966) is an American comics artist and colorist. Lark has provided pencils for DC Comics' ''Batman'', '' Terminal City'', ''Gotham Central'' and '' Legend of the Hawkman''. His work for Marvel Comics includes '' The Pulse'' and ''Captain America''. He created Lazarus with Greg Rucka Gregory Rucka (born November 29, 1969) is an American writer known for the series of novels starring his character Atticus Kodiak, the creator-owned comic book series '' Whiteout'', ''Queen & Country'', '' Stumptown'' and '' Lazarus'', as well a ..., contributing to every issue. References American comics artists 1966 births Living people {{US-comics-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sal Buscema
Sal Buscema (; ; born Silvio Buscema, January 26, 1936) is an American comics artist, primarily for Marvel Comics, where he enjoyed a ten-year run as artist of ''The Incredible Hulk'' and an eight-year run as artist of ''The Spectacular Spider-Man''. He is the younger brother of comics artist John Buscema. Biography Early life and career Born in Brooklyn, New York City, to Sicilian parents, Sal Buscema was the youngest of four siblings. His elder brothers Alfred and John, a celebrated comic-book artist, and his sister Carol predeceased him.Amash, Jim, with Eric Nolen-Weathington, ''Sal Buscema: Comics' Fast & Furious Artist''. Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing, 2010; ( trade paperback); (hardcover), p. 6 Their father, who was born in Italy and died in 1973, was a barber. Buscema grew up a fan of Hal Foster's ''Prince Valiant'' comic strip,Amash, p. 9 of George Tuska's comic-book art, (requires scrolldown) and of commercial illustrators such has Robert Fawcett, Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Rabbit (comics)
The White Rabbit (Dr. Lorina Dodson) is a supervillainess appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been depicted as an enemy of Spider-Man. Publication history She first appeared in ''Marvel Team-Up'' #131 in July 1983, and was created by J.M. DeMatteis, Kerry Gammill, and Mike Esposito. Fictional character biography Born to a wealthy family, Lorina Dodson who would become the White Rabbit grew up in a safe, secure environment and was showered with all the material possessions she ever wanted. However, she was bored, and only found entertainment from classic literature, such as ''Alice in Wonderland''. As she grew older, her family married her off to an older gentleman named Lewis Dodson (a name derived from the author of the Alice in Wonderland books, Lewis Carroll, whose real name was Charles Dodgson). At the time of the marriage, she was twenty-five and he was eighty-two. She resented being treated as a trophy wife, so she killed her hus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swarm (comics)
Swarm is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character's entire body is composed of bees, and is mainly featured as an enemy of Spider-Man. Publication history Swarm first appeared in ''The Champions'' #14 (July 1977). He was created by Bill Mantlo and John Byrne. Fictional character biography Fritz von Meyer was born in Leipzig, Germany and became one of Adolf Hitler's top scientists specializing in toxicology and melittology. Escaping capture after World War II, he was a beekeeper or ''apiarist'' in South America and discovered a colony of mutated bees. Intrigued by their intelligence and passive nature, von Meyer attempted to enslave the queen bee but failed and the bees devoured him, leaving only his skeleton. The bees' unique qualities caused von Meyer's consciousness to be absorbed into them, allowing him to manipulate the hive to do his will while his skeletal remains are inside the swarm itself. His consciousness mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squid (Marvel Comics)
Squid is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Squid first appears in ''Peter Parker: Spider-Man'' vol. 2 #16 and was created by Howard Mackie and John Romita Jr. Fictional character biography After his mother died, Don Callahann had a hard time relating to his father, "Big Mike" Callahan. He eventually fell into the wrong crowd and ended up transformed into a mouthless squid-like creature. In his first outing as a supervillain, Squid and his girlfriend Ms. Fortune battled Spider-Man on a rooftop. Spider-Man defeated them. After their failure, the ones responsible for Squid's creation attacked him and Ms. Fortune (who barely survived). She broke up with Squid. Squid was later hired by an unnamed Upper West Side crime boss to eliminate the local businessmen that won't sell their properties to him. Squid later dragged a cigar store owner named "Old Man" Frenzetti into the sewers and later killed him. He later confronted his father a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gibbon (comics)
Gibbon is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history Created by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr., the Gibbon first appeared in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #110 (July 1972). The character subsequently appears in ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #111, ''The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #59-#60 (October–November 1981), #245-246 (April–May 1997), #252-253 (December 1997-January 1998), #256 (June 1998), ''She-Hulk'' #6 (May 2006), ''Punisher War Journal'' #4 (April 2007), #16 (April 2008), and ''Marvel Apes'' #1-4 (September–October 2008). The Gibbon received an entry in the ''All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe'' A-Z #4 (2006) Fictional character biography Martin Blank Martin Blank is a man who was seemingly born a mutant with an ape-like build and agility. Gibbon later joins a circus where he does well as an acrobat. Martin Blank begins his career as a friend of Spider-Man's while wearing a gibbon suit. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walrus (comics)
The Walrus is a comedic supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the enemy of Spider-Man and Frog-Man. Publication history Walrus first appeared in ''The Defenders (comic book), The Defenders'' #131 (May 1984) and was created by J. M. DeMatteis, J.M. DeMatteis, Peter Gillis, and Alan Kupperberg. Fictional character biography The Walrus is a supervillain and foe of Spider-Man. He wears a costume that resembles a walrus. Despite being physically strong, he proves to be completely inept at villainy. While most supervillains are interested in stealing money or taking over the world, but just like any other List of monsters in Marvel Comics, monsters (e.g., kaiju), the Walrus was content with mindless property damage; reminiscent of the Hulk, as well as his enemies, the Abomination (character), Abomination, Juggernaut (character), Juggernaut, and Rhino (character), Rhino (also one of Spider-Man's enemies). He considered his role as a supervillain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider-Man (Miles Morales)
Miles Gonzalo MoralesAhmed, Saladin (w), Garrón, Javier (a). ''Miles Morales: Spider-Man'' #1 (2018) Marvel Comics (New York). () is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, and is one of the characters known as Spider-Man. The character was created in 2011 by writer Brian Michael Bendis and Italian artist Sara Pichelli, with input by Marvel's then-editor-in-chief Axel Alonso. Miles Morales first appeared in ''Ultimate Fallout'' #4 (August 2011), following the death of Peter Parker. The 13-year-old biracial teenage son of an African-American father and a Puerto Rican mother, he is the second Spider-Man to appear in Ultimate Marvel, an imprint with a separate continuity from the mainstream Marvel Universe called the Ultimate Universe ( Earth-1610). He was featured in the '' Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man'' comic book series, and after Marvel ended the Ultimate imprint in 2015, Miles was made a character in the main M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-New, All-Different Marvel
All-New, All-Different Marvel (ANADM) is a 2015–2019 branding for Marvel Comics' entire main line of comics. Taking place after the crossover storyline "Secret Wars", it details the new Marvel Universe, with nearly 60–65 titles relaunched with first issues, with a total of 76 issues. Marvel NOW! 2.0 and Marvel Legacy are concurrent with it. Publication history It was announced in February 2015 by Marvel that following the "Secret Wars" storyline, a new universe would be established by combining the 616 Universe and 1610 Ultimate Universe. Soon after, Marvel revealed a title called the '' All-New, All-Different Avengers'' for Free Comic Book Day, a preview of the new Marvel Universe that featured many "legacy heroes", a term used for new characters taking on the role of established heroes. The comic also featured a preview of ''Uncanny Inhumans''. In early June 2015, Marvel unveiled two photos depicting many of its iconic and lesser known characters post-"Secret Wars". Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heroic Age (comics)
The Heroic Age is a 2010 comic book branding that ran through a number of books published by Marvel Comics. It began in May 2010, marking a major change in the status quo of the Marvel Universe after the events of the "Siege" crossover event, similarly to how " The Initiative" and " Dark Reign" dealt with the aftermath of "Civil War" and "Secret Invasion", respectively. Publication history Marvel publisher Dan Buckley stated that the Heroic Age was intended to be more constrained in its scope than previous initiatives: The initiative began in May 2010's ''Avengers'' #1, which reunited Iron Man, Captain America (both Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes), Thor, and Hawkeye as teammates. The same month saw the start of a four-issue comics anthology limited series called ''Age of Heroes'', with Kurt Busiek writing the lead story. The idea behind the series is that, according to Tom Brevoort, "seeing as how Heroic Age will impact on characters both large and small, we thought it might be f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eel (comics)
The Eel is an alias used by two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first character to take up the identity was Leopold Stryke who first appeared in ''Strange Tales'' #112 (October 1963) created by Stan Lee and Dick Ayers, while his successor, Edward Lavell, first appeared in ''Power Man and Iron Fist'' #92 (April 1983). Both Eels were at one point members of the Serpent Squad even though the character they portray was not actually based on a snake, but on a fish that resembled a snake. Neither Eel has ever been featured as a regular character in any of Marvel's ongoing or limited series. The original Eel, Leopold Stryke, wore a suit that could generate an electrical charge like an electric eel and was coated with a slippery substance. He was often depicted as a henchman, normally teaming up with other criminals such as Plantman, Porcupine, Scarecrow and Unicorn. He later became a founding member of the Serpent Squad along with his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seaside Heights, New Jersey
Seaside Heights is a borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the borough's population was 2,887,DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Seaside Heights borough, Ocean County, New Jersey , . Accessed January 28, 2012. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
