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Plantman
Plantman is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The Samuel Smithers version of Plantman first appeared in ''Strange Tales'' #113 and was created by Stan Lee, Jerry Siegel (under the alias of Joe Carter), and Dick Ayers. The Paul version of Plantman first appeared in ''The Astonishing Ant-Man'' #7 and was created by Nick Spencer and Ramon Rosanas. Fictional character biography Samuel Smithers Growing up as a poor London orphan, Samuel Smithers found refuge and work as a lab assistant with a famous botanist who was researching the intelligence of plant life. After the botanist's death, Smithers traveled to the United States, hoping to continue his mentor's work. He invents a device capable of communicating with plants. Laughed out of the scientific community when he attempts to show his findings, he only finds work as a gardener. However, a freak lightning storm strikes Smithers' plant ray-gun, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunderbolts (comics)
The Thunderbolts are a fictional antihero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team consists mostly of reformed supervillains. Publication history The Thunderbolts first appeared in ''Hulk, The Incredible Hulk'' #449 (January 1997) and were created by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley. The Thunderbolts were first presented, both to readers and to the Marvel Universe, as a group of super-powered figures who became heroes to help protect the world when the Avengers (comics), Avengers were declared dead after the events of the 1996 "Onslaught (Marvel Comics), Onslaught" crossover. The final page of the first issue of their comic book, however, revealed that the Thunderbolts were actually the Masters of Evil in disguise, a surprise twist carefully guarded by Marvel. In subsequent storylines, the group rejects their leader Helmut Zemo, Baron Helmut Zemo and attempts to become heroes in their own right, eventually under the leadership of the Avenger Hawkey ... [...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] |
Porcupine (comics)
Porcupine is the name used by two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Alexander Gentry incarnation of Porcupine appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series '' She-Hulk: Attorney at Law''. Publication history The first Porcupine, Alexander Gentry, first appeared in ''Tales to Astonish'' #48 (October 1963) and was created by Stan Lee and Don Heck. The second Porcupine, Roger Gocking, first appeared in ''Daughters of the Dragon'' #3 (May 2006) and was created by Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Khari Evans. Fictional character biography Alexander Gentry Alexander Gentry was originally a scientist who worked as a weapons designer for the United States Army. He conceived the idea of designing a battlesuit in imitation of a porcupine: it would be covered with quill-like projections for defense. Moreover, it would be able to shoot its quills, or gases, flames, chemicals, paralysis-inducing pellets, or weapons from quill-like tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plant Man
Plant man or ''variation'', may refer to: People * Plantsman or plantman, a plant nursery worker * Gardener or plant man * Horticulturalist or plant man * Botanist or plant man * Factory worker or plant man, a worker at a plant Persons * A man by the name of "Plant" * Greg Morton (born 1953), U.S. American football player with a horticultural passion leading to the nickname "Plant Man" * Gary Young (drummer) (born 1953), U.S. musician with the stagename "Plantman" Characters * Plantman, a Marvel Comics character * Plant Man, a character from ''Mega Man''; see List of ''Mega Man'' characters * Plant Man, a character from the TV cartoon '' Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles'' Other uses * ''The Plantsman'', a horticultural magazine * "The Plant Man" (episode), a 1966 season 3 number 12 episode 70 of ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' (TV series) * "Plant Man", a 2008 episode of ''The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack''; see List of ''The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unicorn (Marvel Comics)
Unicorn is the codename of multiple different supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The first Unicorn (Milos Masaryk) debuted in ''Tales of Suspense'' #56 (Aug. 1964) and was created by Stan Lee and Don Heck. Fictional character biography Milos Masaryk Milos Masaryk was a Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ... intelligence agent assigned to track down the original Crimson Dynamo#The original Crimson Dynamo, Crimson Dynamo, who defects to United States, America. Wearing technology designed by the Dynamo, Masaryk gives himself the alias the "Unicorn" and battles Iron Man, but is defeated. The Unicorn was among the villains affected by Doctor Doom's high-frequency emotion charger, and was compelled to at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarecrow (Marvel Comics)
The Scarecrow (Ebenezer Laughton) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history Scarecrow's first appearance was in '' Tales of Suspense'' #51 (March 1964), in a story created by Stan Lee and Don Heck. Fictional character biography Ebenezer Laughton was born in Rhinebeck, New York, as the son of a farmer, along with his brother Ralph.''Captain America'' #279-280 Raised by an abusive mother, Laughton became a circus escape artist and contortionist, and while working as a carnival performer once helped Iron Man apprehend a fleeing culprit. However, he decided to make his profit in crime and became an accomplished burglar and professional thief while dressed as a scarecrow. He mostly worked alone—except for a flock of trained crows which served as carriers and killers. In his first appearance as the Scarecrow, he was defeated by Iron Man. He joined Count Nefaria's short-lived team of super-mercenaries (which included Plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triton (comics)
Triton is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in '' Fantastic Four'' #45 (December 1965). He belongs to the subspecies of humans called inhumans, who are born with superhuman abilities. Triton made his live action debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) with the 2017 television series ''Inhumans'', portrayed by Mike Moh. Publication history He first appeared in '' Fantastic Four'' #45 (December 1965), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Fictional character biography Triton is member of the Inhumans' Royal Family, son of Mander and Azur, brother to Karnak, and cousin to Gorgon, Black Bolt, Maximus, Medusa, and Crystal. Triton was born on the city-state island of Attilan and was exposed to the Terrigen Mist as an infant. The mists altered his body, turning his skin green and giving him the ability to breathe underwater, as well as surviving the cold t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Enforcers
The comic book stories published by Marvel Comics since the 1940s have featured several fictional teams and organizations and this page lists them. 0–9 198 A A-Force A-Next A.I. Army Because of his revelation that he is now a simulated A.I., Tony Stark became Mark One and started to establish the A.I. Army which also consists of Albert, Awesome Android, Egghead II, H.E.R.B.I.E., M-11, Machine Man, Machinesmith, Quasimodo, Super-Adaptoid, Walking Stiletto, the Dreadnoughts, a Sentinel, several Constructo-Bots, several Nick Fury LMDs, and an unnamed bomb disposal robot. This group wants to obtain equal rights with organic beings through whatever way possible. Acolytes Action Pack Action Pack is Kentucky's sanctioned superhero team that's part of the Fifty-State Initiative. Its known members are Vox, Prima Donna, and Frog-Man (who was briefly replaced by a Skrull). Advanced Idea Mechanics Advocates Squad Agents of Atlas Agents of Fortune Aladdin Aladdi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggia (comics)
Maggia is a fictional international crime syndicate appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The organization exists in Marvel's main shared universe, known as Earth-616, as well as other Marvel universes. Its structure is somewhat similar to the real-world New York Mafia (which is itself rarely mentioned in Marvel publications), but the Maggia differs in that it frequently hires supervillains and mad scientists to work for them. Some of the prominent Maggia members are supervillains themselves, such as Hammerhead, Silvermane, Count Nefaria and his daughter Madame Masque. The Maggia has come into conflict with various superheroes, including Spider-Man, Daredevil, the Fantastic Four, and the Avengers. Comic creator Scott Shaw believes that the Maggia were created to avoid offending the real-life Mafia, as some comic book distributors had Mafia ties in the 1960s. Since their debut in comics, the Maggia have been adapted into several forms of media, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viper (Marvel Comics)
Viper is the name of four supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first version Jordan Stryke first appeared in ''Captain America'' #157 (January 1973), created by Steve Englehart, Steve Gerber, Sal Buscema and John Verpoorten. Ophelia Sarkissian is the second version, and a third version appears in recent years. Publication history The first version (Jordan Stryke) was created by Steve Englehart, Steve Gerber, Sal Buscema and John Verpoorten, and first appeared in ''Captain America'' #157 (January 1973). The third version was created by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting, and first appeared in ''Captain America'' (Vol. 5) #28 (September 2007). Fictional character biography Jordan Stryke Jordan Stryke (a.k.a. Jordan Dixon) is the first version of Viper. He was the brother of Leopold Stryke, also known as the costumed criminal Eel. They each formed costumed identities without the other realizing this fact. Viper concealed this fact by usin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Siegel
Jerome Siegel ( ; October 17, 1914 – January 28, 1996) Roger Stern. ''Superman: Sunday Classics: 1939–1943'' DC Comics/ Kitchen Sink Press, Inc./Sterling Publishing; 2006 was an American comic book writer. He is the co-creator of Superman, in collaboration with his friend Joe Shuster. Siegel and Shuster were inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1993. Siegel also used pseudonyms including Joe Carter and Jerry Ess. Biography Early life Jerry Siegel was born on October 17, 1914, in Cleveland, Ohio, to a Jewish family. His parents were both Jewish immigrants who arrived in New York in 1900, having fled anti-Semitism in their native Lithuania. His father was born Mikhel Iankel Segalovich and his mother was born Sora Meita Khaikels, but they changed their names to Michael and Sarah Siegel after moving to America. Jerry was the last of six children (Isabel, Leo, Minerva, Roslyn, and Harry). His fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inhumans
The Inhumans are a fictional superhuman race of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The comic book series has usually focused more specifically on the adventures of the Inhuman Royal Family, and many people associate the name "Inhumans" with this particular team of superpowered characters. The Inhumans first appeared in ''Fantastic Four'' #45 (December 1965), though members Medusa and Gorgon appeared in earlier issues of that series (#36 and #44, respectively). Their home, the city of Attilan, was first mentioned years earlier, in a ''Tuk the Caveboy'' story written and drawn by Jack Kirby that appeared in ''Captain America Comics'' #1 (March 1941). The city was described as the home of a race that was evolutionarily advanced when human beings were still in the Stone Age. The Inhuman Royal Family has been adapted to numerous Marvel animated series and video games over the years. Inhuman characters were introduced in the Marvel Cinema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
