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Sebastian Druid
Secret Warriors is an alias for the fictional group Team White created by Nick Fury, a team of superpowered agents appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The name "secret warriors" also refers to the members of other hidden groups in the comics series ''Secret Warriors'' and its related titles. Team White was the main team led by Nick Fury from 2009 to 2011. First appearance was in "The Mighty Avengers" #13 (July 2008). Publication history Created by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev, the characters were introduced in ''Mighty Avengers'' #13, and debuted as a team in ''Secret Invasion'' #3, both published in 2008. The team was introduced in the ''Secret Invasion'' tie-in issues of ''Mighty Avengers'' and then featured in their own ongoing series. This series was co-plotted by Bendis with Jonathan Hickman writing. and was one of the titles launching as part of the Dark Reign storyline. The series was promoted by a series of passwords and clues given in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leinil Francis Yu
Leinil Francis Yu (born 1977) is a People of the Philippines, Filipino comic book artist, who began working for the United States, American market through Wildstorm Productions. Career Leinil Francis Yu was first recognized after winning the ''Wizard: The Comics Magazine, Wizard''s Drawing Board Contest, his first published work. He was first hired by Whilce Portacio to do some work for Wildstorm and started his comic book artist's career on ''Aster: The Last Celestial Knight'' #3 (with Ronaldo Roxas) in the mid-1990s, but that work fell through. Portacio then passed on samples of Yu's work to Marvel Comics, who subsequently hired him to work on ''Wolverine (comic book), Wolverine''. After his run on ''Wolverine'' he moved on to work on Marvel's core ''Uncanny X-Men, X-Men'' title in 2000, which was being written by Chris Claremont at the time. Yu continued to work on other Marvel titles such as ''Fantastic Four'', ''Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk'' and ''The New Avengers (comics), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Book Resources
''Comic Book Resources'', also known by the initialism CBR, is a website dedicated to the coverage of comic book–related news and discussion. History Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Come Message Board, a message forum that Weiland created to discuss DC Comics' then-new mini-series of the same name. Comic Book Resources features columns written by industry professionals that have included Robert Kirkman, Gail Simone, and Mark Millar. Other columns are published by comic book historians and critics such as George Khoury and Timothy Callahan. In April 2016, Comic Book Resources was sold to Valnet Inc., a Montreal-based company based known for its acquisition and ownership of media properties including Screen Rant. The site was relaunched as CBR.com on August 23, 2016, with the blogs integrated into the site. The company has also hosted a YouTube channel since 2008, with 3.97 million subscribers as of December 21, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabe Jones
Gabriel "Gabe" Jones is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Jack Kirby, he made his first appearance in World War II war comics series ''Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos'' #1 (May 1963). Derek Luke portrayed the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film '' Captain America: The First Avenger''. Publication history Gabe Jones appeared as a regular cast-member in virtually every issue and annual of ''Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos.'' In present-day stories, initially in the feature " Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." in ''Strange Tales'', he appears as an agent of that fictional espionage organization — inexplicably aged very little, like fellow World War II vet and agent Dum Dum Dugan, despite a retcon explanation for agency head Nick Fury's youthfulness. As a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Jones has appeared in issues of '' The Avengers'', '' Iron Man'', '' Capta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asgardians (Marvel Universe)
Asgard is a fictional realm and its capital city appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Based on the Asgard, realm of the same name from Germanic mythology (particularly Norse mythology, Norse), Asgard is home to the Asgardians and other beings adapted from Norse mythology. Asgard first appeared in ''Journey into Mystery'' #85 (October 1962) by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby, and features prominently in stories that follow the Marvel Comics superhero Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor, who appeared two issues earlier. Asgard has appeared in comics and various media adaptations, including the Marvel Cinematic Universe films ''Thor (film), Thor'' (2011), ''Thor: The Dark World'' (2013), ''Avengers: Age of Ultron'' (2015), ''Thor: Ragnarok'' (2017), ''Avengers: Endgame'' (2019), and the Disney+ series ''Loki (TV series), Loki'' (2021). Eventually Asgard was relocated to Earth and appeared in ''Avengers: Endgame'' and ''Thor: Love and Thunder'' (2022). Fictional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siege (comics)
''Siege'' is an American comic book published by Marvel Comics from January to May 2010. It deals with the climax of the " Dark Reign" storyline, which saw Norman Osborn become the United States primary defense officer, leading H.A.M.M.E.R. as well as employing his own evil Avengers. The story depicts Loki manipulating Osborn into leading an all-out assault on Asgard, at the time located within the United States. Captain America and his own Avengers lead a rebellion against Osborn. The events in ''Siege'' led to Marvel Comics introducing the subsequent storyline " Heroic Age". Publication history "Siege"' consists of an eponymous four-issue mini-series, and a number of related tie-in books, including one-shots, miniseries, and existing ongoing series. Marvel announced in early 2010 that the company's "Siege" storyline would be followed by the " Heroic Age" story-line. This was first hinted at in the story by Athena to Amadeus Cho. Publication aftermath The end was described ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leviathan (Marvel Comics)
Leviathan (russian: Левиафан), also called the Leviathan Horde, is a fictional Soviet-based terrorist organization appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history Leviathan first appeared in ''Secret Warriors'' #11 and was created by Jonathan Hickman and Stefano Caselli. Fictional organization history Little is known of this mysterious organization, save that it was born out of the Communist Bloc in the same way that Hydra was born out of the Axis powers, and that Leviathan brought 100,000 of the Eastern Bloc's finest Cold War agents to the facility known as Cold Storage, where the majority were placed in cryonic suspension until needed. Apparently, the higher ups of Leviathan were involved in a collaborative game with the Hydra leader Baron Strucker, S.H.I.E.L.D. leader Nick Fury, and Hand grandmaster Soji Soma where the meeting was set by Aries. They gathered together alien technology from the Brood and a collection of tanks. Together, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Garrett (comics)
John Garrett is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', portrayed by Bill Paxton in season one and James Paxton in season seven. Publication history John Garrett first appeared in '' Elektra: Assassin'' #2 (September 1986), and was created by Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz. Fictional character biography John Garrett worked for the CIA and went through special covert training.''Secret Warriors'' #9 In 1961, Leonardo da Vinci invited Garrett to the Pieta base in Rome to be a member of the Great Wheel. Leonardo sent Garrett, Vasili Dassiev, Shoji Soma and Daniel Whitehall to Giza to acquire a power source from a Brood vessel after destroying the Brood inside. Garrett approved the idea of using the power source to run the rejuvenations chambers found by another team. He was present when the chambers were stolen by Russian soldiers led by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kraken (character)
References to the fictional kraken are found in film, literature, television, and other popular culture forms. Comics In various comics, particularly DC Comics, DC and Marvel Comics, multiple creatures have been named Kraken (character), Kraken. The List of The Umbrella Academy characters#Number Two / The Kraken (Diego Hargreeves), Kraken from ''The Umbrella Academy'' was named so after the kraken (sea monster) as he has the ability to breathe under water. In the Walt Disney Productions, Disney comic series "Tamers of Nonhuman Threats", the Kraken appears in the fifth story, "Let's Get Kraken". In this story, the Kraken has a natural enemy, the sperm whale. The kraken is an aquatic monster that has appeared in many comics publications. A Kraken was featured in the story "The Kraken" in issue #49 of ''Adventures into the Unknown'' by American Comics Group, ACG in 1953. ''Champion Comics'' #5 (March 1940, Harvey Comics), ''Monster Hunters'' #10 (Oct. 1977, Charlton Comics), ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Fury, Agent Of Nothing
Nick Fury, Agent of Nothing is a story arc in the Marvel Comics series ''Secret Warriors''. It was the first story arc in the Secret Warriors series. Publication history The storyline was written by Brian Michael Bendis and Jonathan Hickman. #''Nick Fury, Agent of Nothing: Part 1'', April 2009 #''Nick Fury, Agent of Nothing: Part 2'', May 2009 #''Nick Fury, Agent of Nothing: Part 3'', June 2009 #''Nick Fury, Agent of Nothing: Part 4'', July 2009 #''Nick Fury, Agent of Nothing: Part 5'', August 2009 #''Nick Fury, Agent of Nothing: Part 6'', September 2009 Plot Nick Fury, suspicious of the current state of affairs following the dismantling of S.H.I.E.L.D., after the end of the Secret Invasion by the Skrull empire, breaks into The Carousel, a S.H.I.E.L.D. base in Chicago. Information found there leads him to send the Secret Warriors to recon the Black Ice facility in Odessa, TX, where they break cover and battle both HAMMER and HYDRA forces. The HYDRA agents manage to escape and steal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skrull
The Skrulls are a fictional race of extraterrestrial shapeshifters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Skrulls first appeared in ''Fantastic Four'' #2 and were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. They originated from the planet Skrullos and their empire is located in the Andromeda Galaxy. Their infiltration of Earth was a major event in the Marvel Comics universe as shown in the crossover event ''Secret Invasion''. The Skrulls have made numerous appearances in animated television and video games before making their live-action cinematic debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film, '' Captain Marvel'' (2019). Skrulls have also appeared in '' Spider-Man: Far From Home'' (2019) and the Disney+ series ''WandaVision'' and '' What If...?'' (both 2021), and will return in the upcoming series ''Secret Invasion'' (2023). Publication history The Skrulls first appeared in ''Fantastic Four'' #2 and were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The Skrulls next appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Avengers
The Young Avengers are the names of two fictional superhero teams appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first team, created by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung, features numerous adolescent characters who typically have connections to established members of Marvel's primary superhero team, the Avengers. The Young Avengers were originally featured in a twelve issue run, later appearing in several notable Marvel crossover series, including the ''Civil War'' and '' The Children's Crusade'' events, before the series was relaunched in January 2013 as part of the Marvel NOW! rebranding by writer Kieron Gillen and artist Jamie McKelvie. The original series won the 2006 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book and the 2006 Harvey Award for Best New Series. The second volume by Kieron Gillen also received the award for Outstanding Comic Book at the 25th GLAAD Media Awards in 2014. ''Young Avengers'' follows the events of the 2004–2005 " Avengers Disass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
