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Rocket Raccoon (limited Series)
''Rocket Raccoon'' was a four-issue comic book limited series that was published in 1985 and featuring the eponymous character. It was written by Bill Mantlo, penciled by Mike Mignola and inked by Al Gordon (Issue # 3 was inked by Al Milgrom). All covers by Mignola and Gordon. The series took place on half world where Rocket and his anthropomorphic allies fought killer clowns with lethal juggling balls and deadly unicycles and who spoke in a stilted language full of alliteration and rhyme. Publication history This series was reprinted as backup stories in the 1980s ''Transformers'' (Marvel UK) series. In November 2008, the ''Rocket Raccoon'' limited series was reprinted in the ''Annihilation Classic'' books. Plot synopsis Rocket and his animal companions were genetically manipulated animals with human level intelligence and a bipedal body construction. They were created to be caretakers of the inmates (or "loonies") on the verdant side of halfworld. Rocket was a guard who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Gordon (comics)
Alan Gordon (born June 22, 1953) is an American comic book creator primarily known as an inker and writer. He is best known for his 1990s work on DC Comics' ''Legion of Super Heroes'' and the ''Justice League of America'', Marvel Comics' ''Fantastic Four'', and Image Comics' creator-owned ''WildStar (Image Comics), WildStar''. He is not to be confused with another Al Gordon who illustrated comics in the 1950s. Biography Early life Gordon was born in San Francisco, California.Bierbaum, Tom & Mary. "Legion Outpost," ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' vol. 4, #3 (Jan. 1990). Early career Gordon's career began in the mid-1970s as inker of the story "A Christmas Carol", starring Michael T. Gilbert's talking animals in fiction, talking animal detective the Wraith (independent comics), Wraith, in ''Quack (comics), Quack'' #6 (Dec. 1977), from the early independent comics publisher Star Reach. The following year, Gordon began freelance inking for Marvel Comics, working with pencilers Bob B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annihilation (comics)
"Annihilation" is a 2006 crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics, highlighting several outer space-related characters in the Marvel Universe. The central miniseries was written by Keith Giffen, with editor Andy Schmidt. Publication history A 48-page one-shot issue, ''Annihilation: Prologue'', was released on March 15, 2006. It was followed by four concurrent 4-issue miniseries, ''Silver Surfer'' (April 1, 2006), '' Super-Skrull'' (April 12, 2006), ''Nova'' (April 19, 2006), and ''Ronan the Accuser'' (April 26, 2006). ''Annihilation'' was published as a six issue miniseries beginning in August 2006. It was followed by two issues of '' Annihilation: Heralds of Galactus'' and a new volume of Nova. While not published with the ''Annihilation'' banner, ''Drax the Destroyer: Earthfall'' #1–4 (Sept 2005) and ''Thanos'' #7–12 (2004) were preludes to the event. Plot summary Thanos Thanos visits the intergalactic prison, the Kyln. With the help of Star-Lord, he defeats the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Spotlight
''Marvel Spotlight'' is a comic book comics anthology, anthology series published by Marvel Comics as a try-out book. It stood out from Marvel's other try-out books in that most of the featured characters made their first appearance in the series. The series originally ran for 33 issues from November 1971 to April 1977. A second volume ran for 11 issues from July 1979 to March 1981. Publication history ''Marvel Spotlight'' was one of three tryout books proposed by Stan Lee after he transitioned from being Marvel Comics' writer and editor to its president and publisher, the others being ''Marvel Feature'' and ''Marvel Premiere''. The advantage of such tryout books was that they allowed the publisher to assess a feature's popularity without the marketing investment required to launch a new series, and without the blow to the publisher's image with readers if the new series immediately failed. The series began with a Red Wolf (comics), Red Wolf story. Editor Roy Thomas explained: " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quasar (Wendell Vaughn)
Quasar (Wendell Elvis Vaughn) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is one of Marvel's cosmic heroes, a character whose adventures frequently take him into outer space or other dimensions. However, Quasar deviates from the archetype of the noble, dauntless alien set by such Silver Age cosmic heroes as the Silver Surfer, Adam Warlock and Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) in that he is an everyman. He starred in an eponymous monthly ongoing series written by Mark Gruenwald that ran for sixty issues beginning in 1989 and has served as a member of The Avengers. Publication history The character first appeared as Marvel Boy in ''Captain America'' #217 (Jan. 1978). He continued to make guest appearances in ''Captain America'', ''The Incredible Hulk'', '' Marvel Two-in-One'', and '' The Avengers''. He was revamped as Quasar by Mark Gruenwald, and first appeared under this new name in ''The Incredible Hulk'' vol. 2 #234 (April 1979). Quasar rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nova (Richard Rider)
Nova (Richard Rider) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character appeared historically as the star of his own series, and at other times, as a supporting character in team books such as ''The New Warriors''. He is a member of the intergalactic police force known as the Nova Corps, for which he gained superhuman abilities including enhanced strength, flight and resistance to injury. Publication history The character was created in 1966 by writer Marv Wolfman in issue #3 of his fanzine, ''Super Adventures''. Then known as The Star, he was an alien doctor named Denteen who found a spaceship containing pills which gave him a different superhuman power every five minutes. In issue #6, Wolfman and writer Len Wein reimagined the character, now a prisoner named Kraken Roo who turns out to become the superhero Black Nova. Years later, Wolfman (working for Marvel Comics) and artist John Romita Sr. tweaked the design of the character's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales To Astonish
''Tales to Astonish'' is the name of two American comic book series and a One-shot (comics), one-shot comic published by Marvel Comics. The primary title bearing that name was published from January 1959 to March 1968. It began as a science-fiction anthology that served as a showcase for such artists as Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, then featured superheroes during the period fans and historians call the Silver Age of Comic Books. It became ''The Incredible Hulk (comic book), The Incredible Hulk'' with issue No. 102 (April 1968). Its sister title was ''Tales of Suspense''. A second Marvel comic bearing the name, reprinting stories of the undersea ruler the Sub-Mariner, ran 14 issues from December 1979 to January 1981. A superhero one-shot followed in 1994. Publication history Science-fiction anthology ''Tales to Astonish'' and its sister publication ''Tales of Suspense'' were both launched with a January 1959 cover date. The early run of the first volume of ''Tales to Astonish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bug (comics)
Bug is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Bug was originally a member of the Micronauts and later joined the second incarnation of the Guardians of the Galaxy. When he first appeared in ''Micronauts'' #1 (dated January 1979), Bug was also known as Galactic Warrior, taking this name from a figure from the Micronauts toy line on which the comic book series was based. The toy based characters were all owned by Takara Co., Ltd., with any original characters owned by Marvel. Starting with the fourth issue the Galactic Warrior's title was dropped. This was done after Marvel realized that since the character's design looked nothing like the toy, they could assume ownership if they used a different name.Cronin, BriaComic Book Urban Legends Revealed #153 Comic Book Resources, May 1, 2008 Publication history Micronauts membership Bug appeared as a featured character throughout ''Micronauts'' original run, starting from the first issue un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Paperback (comics)
In comics in the United States, a trade paperback (shortened: TPB or trade) is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually presenting either a complete miniseries, a story arc from a single title, or a series of stories with an arc or common theme. A trade paperback may reproduce the stories either at the same size in which they were originally presented (in comic book format), in a smaller "digest-sized" format, or a larger-than-original hardcover. This article applies to both paperback and hardcover collections. In the comics industry, the term "trade paperback market" may refer to the market for any collection, regardless of its actual cover. A trade paperback differs from a graphic novel in that a graphic novel is usually original material. It is also different from the publishing term '' trade paperback'', which is a book with a flexible cardstock cover that is larger than the standard mass market paperback format. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |