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Rip Hunter
Rip Hunter is a fictional time traveling hero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Jack Miller and artist Ruben Moreira, the character first appeared in ''Showcase'' #20 (May 1959). Following three more appearances in ''Showcase'' (#21, 25, 26), Rip Hunter was given his own series which ran for 29 issues (1961–65). He later starred in the eight-issue ''Time Masters'' series (1990), written by Bob Wayne and Lewis Shiner. After numerous revisions and following the events of the 2005 "Infinite Crisis" storyline, Hunter is established as the son of Booster Gold. The character, portrayed by Arthur Darvill, appeared in the first three and seventh seasons of The CW's Arrowverse television series ''Legends of Tomorrow''. Publication history The Challengers of the Unknown is a quartet of science fiction adventurers created by Jack Kirby. They debuted in 1957, and their commercial success spawned two other science fiction characters: Cave Carson and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Jurgens
Dan Jurgens (; born June 27, 1959) is an American comic book writer and artist. He is known for his work on the DC comic book storyline "The Death of Superman" and for creating characters such as Doomsday, Hank Henshaw and Booster Gold. Jurgens had a lengthy run on the Superman comic books including '' The Adventures of Superman'', '' Superman vol. 2'' and ''Action Comics''. At Marvel, Jurgens worked on series such as ''Captain America'', ''The Sensational Spider-Man'' and was the writer on ''Thor'' for seven years. He also had a brief run as writer and artist on '' Solar'' for Valiant Comics in 1995. Career 1980s After graduating from Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1981, Jurgens' first professional comic work was for DC Comics on '' The Warlord'' #63 (Nov. 1982). He was hired due to a recommendation of Warlord creator Mike Grell who was deeply impressed by Jurgens' work after being shown his private portfolio at a convention. In 1984, Jurgens was the artist for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
