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Power Girl
Power Girl, also known as Kara Zor-L and Karen Starr, is a superheroine appearing in American comic books by DC Comics, making her first appearance in ''All Star Comics'' #58 (January/February 1976). Power Girl is the cousin of the superhero Superman, but from an alternate universe in the fictional multiverse in which DC Comics stories are set. Originally hailing from the world of Earth-Two, first envisioned as the home of DC's wartime heroes as published in 1940s comic books, Power Girl becomes stranded in the main universe where DC stories are set, and becomes acquainted with that world's Superman and her own counterpart, Supergirl. In common with Supergirl's origin story, she is the daughter of Superman's aunt and uncle and a native of the planet Krypton. The infant Power Girl's parents enabled her to escape the destruction of her home planet by placing her in a rocket ship. Although she left the planet at the same time that Superman did, her ship took much longer to reach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice Society Of America
The Justice Society of America (JSA, or Justice Society (JS)) is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team was conceived by editor Sheldon Mayer and writer Gardner Fox during the Golden Age of Comic Books. The JSA first appeared in ''All Star Comics'' #3 (Winter 1940–1941), making it the first team of superheroes in comic books. The original members of the Justice Society of America were Doctor Fate (Kent Nelson), Doctor Fate, Hourman (Rex Tyler), Hourman, the Jim Corrigan, Spectre, Sandman (Wesley Dodds), Sandman, Atom (Al Pratt), Atom, the Flash (Jay Garrick), Flash, Alan Scott, Green Lantern, and Hawkman (Carter Hall), Hawkman. The team was initially popular, but after the popularity of superhero comics waned in the late 1940s, the JSA's adventures ceased with issue #57 of the title (March 1951). During the Silver Age of Comic Books, DC Comics reinvented several Justice Society members and banded many of them together in a new team, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice League
The Justice League (also known as The Justice League of America) are a team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team first appeared in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #28 (March 1960). The team was conceived by writer Gardner Fox as a revival of the Justice Society of America, a similar team from DC Comics from the 1940s which had been pulled out of print due to a decline in sales. The Justice League is an all-star ensemble cast of established superhero characters from DC Comics' portfolio. Diegetically, these superheroes usually operate independently but occasionally assemble as a team to tackle especially formidable villains. This in contrast to certain other superhero teams such as the X-Men, whose characters were created specifically to be part of the team, with the team being central to their identity. The cast of the Justice League usually features a few highly popular characters who have their own solo books, such as Superman and Batman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Mounts
Paul Mounts is an artist who has worked as a colorist in the comics industry, on comics including ''Fantastic Four'', ''Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man'' and ''Ultimates''. Career Mounts often colors the artwork of collaborator Amanda Conner, who feels that Mounts is a compatible colorist for her work, as he achieves "the right amount of bounciness or moodiness, depending on what's needed."Salavetz, Judith; Drate, Spencer. ''Creating Comics!'', 2010, Rockport Publishers, pp, 34 and 35 Mounts' art was featured in "The Perspiration Implementation", the October 19, 2015 episode of the American sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory''. In the episode, comic book store owner Stuart Bloom asks the women for ideas on how to attract more women to his shop, and Amy Farrah Fowler ( Mayim Bialik) points out that an illustration hanging on one of the shop's walls, "Girl on a Leash", may not be conducive to attracting female customers. The image, which was illustrated by Amanda Conner and colored by M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Hoberg
Richard Renick Hoberg (; born June 7, 1952) is an American comics artist and animator. Newspaper strips Hoberg began his career in comic books in the mid-1970s, working for Russ Manning on ''Tarzan'' comic books for overseas distribution (1975–1976) and later assisted Manning on the ''Star Wars'' comic strip (1979–1980). Hoberg also ghosted Sunday pages for Fred Kida on ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' strip (1981–1982). Comic books Between 1977 and 1979, Hoberg contributed artwork for Marvel Comics' ''The Invaders'', ''Kull the Destroyer'', '' Savage Sword of Conan'', '' Star Wars'', and '' What If...?''. In the 1980s, Hoberg mainly drew for such DC Comics titles as ''All-Star Squadron'', '' Batman'', '' The Brave and the Bold'', '' Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!'', '' Checkmate'', '' Green Arrow'', ''Green Lantern'', and '' Justice League of America Annual''. He was one of the contributors to the '' DC Challenge'' limited series in 1986. Writer Dennis Mallonee and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilah Sturges
Lilah Sturges (; born Matthew Sturges, October 1970) is an American writer of comics and fantasy novels. She is best known for co-writing with Bill Willingham the Eisner-award-nominated ''Jack of Fables'', and other comics published by Vertigo Comics / DC Comics. Career In the 1990s, Sturges was a member of the writers' collective Clockwork Storybook, which also included Willingham, Chris Roberson, and Mark Finn. Beginning in 2006, she and Willingham co-wrote the 50-issue ''Jack of Fables'' (a spin-off from Willingham's popular '' Fables'' series). In 2008 she began writing the 42-issue ''House of Mystery'' as well. After signing an exclusive deal with DC Comics later that year, Sturges wrote ''Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes), Blue Beetle'' from #29 to its end with #36, and ''Final Crisis Aftermath: Run!'' featuring the Human Flame. In 2009 she partnered again with Willingham writing ''Justice Society of America'' beginning with issue #29. She is the author of two novels—''Midwinter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judd Winick
Judd Winick (born February 12, 1970) is an American cartoonist, comic book writer and screenwriter, as well as a former reality television personality. He first gained fame for his stint on MTV's ''The Real World: San Francisco'' in 1994, before finding success as a comic book creator with ''Pedro and Me'', an autobiographical graphic novel about his friendship with ''The Real World'' castmate and AIDS educator Pedro Zamora. Winick wrote lengthy runs on DC Comics' ''Green Lantern (comic book), Green Lantern'' and ''Green Arrow'' series and created ''The Life and Times of Juniper Lee'' animated TV series for Cartoon Network, which ran for three seasons. As part of his run on ''Batman (comic book), Batman'', Winick wrote the 2005 storyline "Batman: Under the Hood, Under the Hood", which featured the return of Jason Todd, the second Robin (character), Robin (who was murdered by the Joker (comics), Joker in the 1988 storyline "Batman: A Death in the Family, A Death in the Family"), now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Gray
Justin Gray is an American comic book writer working mostly for DC Comics. Career Gray has often collaborated with fellow writer Jimmy Palmiotti on series such as ''Hawkman'', '' Jonah Hex'', '' Power Girl'', ''21 Down'', ''Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters'' and '' The Resistance''. The two also co-wrote '' Jonah Hex: No Way Back'', an original graphic novel to coincide with the release of the film. Currently, along with Palmiotti, Gray is writing the monthly '' Jonah Hex'' and '' Freedom Fighters'' for DC Comics, as well as the miniseries '' Time Bomb'' for Radical Publishing. In addition he has also worked on comic books based on video games like ''Prototype'', as well as writing the screenplay for the ''Dead Space'' prequel animated film '' Dead Space: Downfall''. Bibliography Comics Wildstorm *''Gen 13'' vol. 3 #0, "21 Down" and "The Resistance" (with Jimmy Palmiotti, Jesús Saiz and Juan Santacruz, July 2002) *''21 Down'' #1-12 (September 2002-September 2003) **'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Palmiotti
James Palmiotti (born August 14, 1961) is an American writer and inker of comic books, who also does writing for games, television and film. Early life Palmiotti attended the High School of Art and Design in New York City. Career Palmiotti started at Marvel Comics in 1991. He inked titles such as the ''Punisher'', '' Ghost Rider'', '' The Nam'' and the Marvel 2099 line, and has accumulated extensive inking and writing credits. He often inked the work of his friend and collaborator Joe Quesada. Together, they created ''Ash'' and ''Painkiller Jane''. For Marvel, Palmiotti worked on the established ''Daredevil'', a run especially known for the "Guardian Devil" arc scripted by Kevin Smith. Palmiotti also worked for Dark Horse Comics, as the inker during the Doug Mahnke run on ''X''. He inked Paul Gulacy on '' Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu'', ''Punisher'' and ''Catwoman''. He inked Steve Dillon on ''Punisher'', as well as Brad Walker's pencil's on the DC Comics miniseries '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Kupperberg
Paul Kupperberg (born June 14, 1955) is an American writer and comics editor. He is currently a writer and executive editor at Charlton Neo Comics and Pix-C Webcomics, and a contributing author with Crazy 8 Press. Formerly, he was an editor for DC Comics and executive editor of Weekly World News, as well as a writer of novels, comic books, and newspaper strips. Career Paul Kupperberg entered the comics field from comics fandom. He and Paul Levitz produced the comics fanzine ''The Comic Reader'' between 1971 and 1973, and ''Etcetera'' between 1972–1973. Comics Kupperberg has written an estimated 1,000 comic book stories, primarily at DC, for the Julius Schwartz-edited ''Superman'', ''Action Comics'', ''Supergirl'', and ''Superboy'' titles, as well as the new ''Doom Patrol'', ''Vigilante'', ''Green Lantern'', ''The Brave and the Bold'', '' Showcase'', '' The Superman Family'', ''House of Mystery'', ''Weird War Tales'', ''Justice League of America'', ''Ghosts'', ''Star Trek'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superhero Fiction
Superhero fiction is a genre of speculative fiction examining the adventures, personalities and ethics of costumed crime fighters known as superheroes, who often possess superhuman powers and battle similarly powered criminals known as supervillains. The genre primarily falls between hard fantasy and soft science fiction spectrum of scientific realism. It is most commonly associated with American comic books, though it has expanded into other media through adaptations and original works. Common plot elements Superheroes A superhero is most often the protagonist of superhero fiction. However, some titles, such as ''Marvels'' by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross, use superheroes as secondary characters. A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a type of stock character possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers" and dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes—ranging from brief epi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Conner
Amanda Conner is an American comics artist and commercial art illustrator. She began her career in the late 1980s for Archie Comics and Marvel Comics, before moving on to contribute work for Claypool Comics' '' Soulsearchers and Company'' and Harris Comics' ''Vampirella'' in the 1990s. Her 2000s work includes '' Mad'' magazine, and such DC Comics characters as Harley Quinn, Power Girl, Atlee. Her other published work includes illustrations for ''The New York Times'' and ''Revolver'' magazine, advertising work for products such as Arm & Hammer, Playskool, design work for ABC's ''Nightline'', and commercials for A&E's ''Biography'' magazine. Early life Amanda Conner studied at The Kubert School in Dover, New Jersey. She names as influences Joe Kubert, for teaching his students to compose pages as if they were to be devoid of any dialogue or word balloons, and Frank Miller for his pacing and his ability to create tension and intense action and reactions.''Creator-Owned Heroes'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight
Flight or flying is the process by which an object moves through a space without contacting any planetary surface, either within an atmosphere (i.e. air flight or aviation) or through the vacuum of outer space (i.e. spaceflight). This can be achieved by generating aerodynamic lift associated with gliding or propulsive thrust, aerostatically using buoyancy, or by ballistic movement. Many things can fly, from animal aviators such as birds, bats and insects, to natural gliders/parachuters such as patagial animals, anemochorous seeds and ballistospores, to human inventions like aircraft (airplanes, helicopters, airships, balloons, etc.) and rockets which may propel spacecraft and spaceplanes. The engineering aspects of flight are the purview of aerospace engineering which is subdivided into aeronautics, the study of vehicles that travel through the atmosphere, and astronautics, the study of vehicles that travel through space, and ballistics, the study of the flight of projec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
