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Shade (character)
The Shade (Richard Swift) is a comic book character developed in the 1940s for National Comics, first appearing in the pages of ''Flash Comics'' in a story titled "The Man Who Commanded the Night", scripted by Gardner Fox and illustrated by Hal Sharp. Debuting as a villain, the Shade was best known for fighting against two generations of superheroes, most notably the Golden Age and Silver Age versions of the Flash. He eventually became a mentor for Jack Knight, the son of the Golden Age Starman, Ted Knight, a hero the Shade had also fought. Though portrayed in Silver Age comics as a thief with a cane that could manipulate shadows, the character was reinvented in 1994 as a morally ambiguous Victorian-era immortal who gained the ability to manipulate shadows and immortality from an unexplained mystical event. In 2009, the Shade was ranked as IGN's 89th-greatest villain of all time. The Shade appeared as a major character from the season 1 finale onwards in '' Stargirl'', played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starman (comics)
Starman is a name used by several different DC Comics superheroes, most prominently Starman (Ted Knight), Ted Knight and his sons David and Starman (Jack Knight), Jack. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Jack Burnley, the original Starman, Ted Knight, first appeared in ''Adventure Comics'' #61 (April 1941). An astronomer, Knight invented a "gravity rod", later reinvented as a "cosmic rod", allowing him to fly and manipulate energy, and donned a red and green costume with a distinctive finned helmet. Like most Golden Age of Comic Books, Golden Age heroes, Starman fell into obscurity in the 1950s. In the ensuing years, several characters, with varying degrees of relation to the original, briefly took the mantle of Starman. In ''Zero Hour: Crisis in Time'' #1 (September 1994), writer James Robinson (comics), James Robinson and artist Tony Harris (comics), Tony Harris introduced Jack Knight, the son of the first Starman. A reluctant non-costumed hero, he inherited his father' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Cake
Jonathan James Cake (born 31 August 1967) is an English actor who has worked on various TV programmes and films. His notable screen roles include Jack Favell in ''Rebecca'' (1997), Oswald Mosley in '' Mosley'' (1997), Japheth in the NBC television film ''Noah's Ark'' (1999), Tyrannus in the ABC miniseries ''Empire'' (2005) and Det. Chuck Vance on the ABC drama series ''Desperate Housewives'' (2011–2012). Early life Cake was born in Worthing, Sussex. His father was a glassware importer and his mother a school administrator. He is the youngest of three sons. When he was four years old, he was invited on stage during a traditional British pantomime for children. This exposure ignited his interest in the performing arts. By the age of eight, Jonathan had taken drama classes and took part in plays. As a teenager, he toured Britain with London's National Youth Theatre. After leaving school, Cake studied English at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He became a rugby player in co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Kull (DC Comics)
King Kull (also known as the Beastman or the Beast Man) is a supervillain, created by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck. He originally appeared in Fawcett Comics in the early fifties before that company ceased publishing its superhero titles. DC Comics would later revive the character in the nineteen seventies, where he now appears as a foe of Captain Marvel. Publication history Created by writer Otto Binder and artist C. C. Beck, King Kull's first appearance was in ''Captain Marvel Adventures'' #125 (cover-dated October 1951). King Kull appeared in adventures of Captain Marvel during the 1950s and the period in which DC Comics revived the hero during the 1970s. Fictional character biography In prehistoric times (according to one account around 28,000 BC), King Kull is ruler of the Submen (also called Beast-Men), a brutish but technologically advanced race that ruled humanity until they were overthrown in a revolt thousands of years ago, as the humans vastly outnumbered them and killed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiddler (comics)
The Fiddler is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, as an enemy of the first Flash. Two live-action versions of the Fiddler are featured in DC-based television shows on The CW network; a female country music artist played by Miranda MacDougall in ''The Flash''s fourth season and a teenage savant musician played by Max Frantz in the DC Universe streaming service show '' Stargirl'' in the first two seasons. The show also appears on The CW Network. Publication history Fiddler first appeared in ''All-Flash'' #32 (December 1947/January 1948) and was created by Robert Kanigher and Lee Elias. Earlier, a character with the same name, though only superficially similar, appeared in multiple Action Comics episodes of the Vigilante (starting with Action Comics #59, April 1943 cover date). Fictional character biography The Fiddler's history was changed somewhat during the ''Crisis on Infinite Earths''. Pre-''Crisis'' The Fiddler started out as a thief wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wizard (DC Comics)
The Wizard is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The Wizard was played by Joe Knezevich in the first season of the television series '' Stargirl'' for DC Universe and The CW network. Publication history The Wizard first appeared in ''All Star Comics'' #34 (April–May 1947) in the story titled "The Wiles of The Wizard" written by Gardner Fox with art by Irwin Hasen. In October 1947, the Wizard was one of the six original members of the Injustice Society, who began battling the Justice Society of America in ''All Star Comics'' #37 (October 1947). Fictional character biography Born approximately 1913, William Asmodeus Zard grew up living a life of crime. As a gun man for various crime bosses, he ultimately ended up in jail. With the passage of time, he formulated a strategy to become a specialized kingpin. In order to accomplish this task, he moved to Tibet and trained under a proficient lama in the mystic arts of illusion and deception. Upon c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flash Of Two Worlds
"Flash of Two Worlds!" is a landmark comic book story that was published in ''The Flash (comic book), The Flash'' #123 (Sept. 1961). It introduces Earth-Two, and more generally the concept of the Multiverse (DC Comics), multiverse, to DC Comics. The story was written by Gardner Fox under the editorial guidance of Julius Schwartz (whose subsequent autobiography was titled ''Man of Two Worlds''), and illustrated by Carmine Infantino. In 2009, DC Comics released a new digitally remastered graphic novel collection, ''DC Comics Classics Library: The Flash of Two Worlds''. It features the classic flagship story and other subsequent pre-Crisis Flash material. Plot summary At a charity event organized by Iris Allen, Iris West, Flash (Barry Allen), the Flash performs super-speed tricks to entertain the children there as the scheduled magician has not come. Recreating a Indian rope trick, rope climbing trick, the Flash begins technobabble, vibrating his molecules when he suddenly disappears ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flash (Barry Allen)
The Flash (comics), Flash (Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in ''Showcase (comics), Showcase'' #4 (October 1956), created by writer Robert Kanigher and penciler Carmine Infantino. Barry Allen is a reinvention of the original Flash, Flash (Jay Garrick), Jay Garrick. Because he is a speedster, his power consists mainly of superhuman speed. Various other effects are also attributed to his ability to control the slowness of molecular vibrations, including his ability to vibrate at speed to pass through objects. The Flash wears a distinct red and gold costume treated to resist friction and wind resistance, traditionally storing the costume compressed inside a ring. Barry Allen's classic stories introduced the concept of the Multiverse (DC Comics), Multiverse to DC Comics, and this concept played a large part in DC Comics, DC's various reboot (fiction), continuity reboots over the dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |