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Solomon Kane (comics)
Solomon Kane is a fictional character featured in several comics published by Marvel Comics between 1973 and 1994. He was originally created by the pulp-era writer Robert E. Howard. Dark Horse Comics began publishing a new series of Kane stories in 2008, and also published collections of the 1970s Marvel stories in 2009. Marvel Comics Marvel Comics published several comic books featuring Solomon Kane. He was the lead character in the six-issue limited series ''Sword of Solomon Kane'', published 1985-6. He also appeared numerous times in the company's black and white, non-Code approved magazine format comics, most frequently in ''Savage Sword of Conan'', starring Howard's most popular pulp character. The complete list of Marvel's Solomon Kane story appearances are: * '' Monsters Unleashed'' #1 (August 1973), an adaptation of Howard's ''Skulls in the Stars'' by Roy Thomas, art by Ralph Reese. * ''Dracula Lives'' #3 (October 1973), Kane meets Dracula by Thomas, art by Alan Weiss. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monsters Unleashed (comics)
''Monsters Unleashed'' is the title of an American black-and-white comics magazine published by Magazine Management and two color comic-book miniseries from Marvel Comics. The first ran from 1973 to 1975. The two miniseries ran consecutively in 2017. Magazine Management (1973–1975) The first publication titled ''Monsters Unleashed'' was an American black-and-white horror comics magazine published by Magazine Management, a corporate sibling of Marvel Comics. The series ran 11 issues cover-dated 1973 to April 1975), plus one annual publication. With sister titles including ''Dracula Lives!'', ''Tales of the Zombie'' and ''Vampire Tales'', it was published by Marvel Comics' parent company, Magazine Management, and related corporations, under the brand emblem Marvel Monster Group. The first issue was dated simply 1973, but the second issue of the magazine, published quarterly, was cover-dated September 1973. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kull Of Atlantis
Kull of Atlantis or Kull the Conqueror is a fictional character created by writer Robert E. Howard. The character was more introspective than Howard's subsequent creation, Conan the Barbarian, whose first appearance was in a re-write of a rejected Kull story. His first published appearance was "The Shadow Kingdom" in ''Weird Tales'' (August, 1929). Kull was portrayed in the 1997 film ''Kull the Conqueror'' by actor Kevin Sorbo. Fictional character biography Life in Atlantis Kull was born in pre-cataclysmic Atlantis c. 100,000 BC, depicted as inhabited at the time by barbarian tribes. East of Atlantis lay the ancient continent of Thuria, of which the northwest portion is divided among several civilized kingdoms. The most powerful among these was Valusia; others included Commoria, Grondar, Kamelia, Thule, and Verulia. Note that the word "Thuria" never appears in any of the Kull stories. Howard coined the term while tying Kull's world to Conan's in the 1936 essay "The Hyborian Ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indicia (publishing)
Indicia is the plural of the Latin word ''indicium'', meaning distinguishing marks. In magazine and comic book publishing, indicia refers to a piece of text traditionally appearing on the first recto page after the cover, which usually contains the official name of the publication, its publication date, information regarding editorial governance of the publication, and a disclaimer regarding disposition of unsolicited submissions. Placement of indicia has moved away from being exclusively on the inside first recto page. Since 2006, American comic books commonly have indicia on the inside last verso page, while magazines may place their indicia almost anywhere within the publication (often on whichever page has the table of contents). See also * Indicia (philately) * Colophon * Front matter * Masthead (American publishing) In American usage, a publication's masthead is a printed list, published in a fixed position in each edition, of its owners, departments, officers, contributors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin MacNeil
Colin MacNeil is a People of the United Kingdom, British comics artist, best known for his work on ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' and in particular on ''Judge Dredd'' and other stories within his world like ''Inspector Shimura, Shimura'' and ''Devlin Waugh''. MacNeil has illustrated cards for the ''Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game. Bibliography *''Future Shocks, Tharg's Future Shocks'' (with Grant Morrison, collected in ''The Best of Tharg's Future Shocks'', 160 pages, November 2008, ): ** "Fruitcake and Veg" (in ''2000 AD'' #508-509, 1987) ** "Fair Exchange" (in ''2000 AD'' #514, 1987) *''Strontium Dog'' (with Alan Grant (writer), Alan Grant): ** "A Sorry Case" (in ''2000 AD'' #540-543, 1987) ** "The Final Solution: Replay" (in ''2000 AD'' #682, 1990) ** "The Final Solution Part 2" (in ''2000 AD'' #683-687, 1990) *''Chopper (Judge Dredd character), Chopper'' (with John Wagner): ** "Soul on Fire" (in ''2000 AD'' #594-597, 1988) ** "Song of the Surfer" (in ''2000 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Arcudi
John Arcudi is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on '' The Mask'' and '' B.P.R.D.'', and his series '' Major Bummer''. Early life Arcudi grew up in Buffalo, New York. He attended Columbia University as an English major and developed an appreciation for the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs and William Faulkner. Career Arcudi worked for Malibu Comics upon its founding in 1986, working on its Eternity line. That same year he started writing for comics, making his first sales to ''Savage Tales'' and '' Savage Sword of Conan'' for Marvel Comics, and becoming a regular contributor to the humor magazine ''Cracked''. Arcudi worked on a number of comic books based on films, including '' RoboCop'', ''Terminator'', ''Predator'', ''Alien'', and '' The Thing''. Two of these graphic works were subsequently adapted as full-length novels published by Bantam Books. Arcudi’s series ''Barb Wire'', featuring bounty hunter and bartendress Barbara Kopetski, was adapted into a fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Duffy
Mary Jo Duffy (born February 9, 1954) is an American comic book editor and writer, known for her work for Marvel Comics in the 1980s and DC Comics and Image Comics in the 1990s. Biography A native of the New York City area, Duffy attended Wellesley College. As a young woman, she had letters published in Marvel Comics letter columns in the mid-1970s. She made an in-comic appearance as an autograph seeker in ''Iron Man'' #103 (Oct. 1977). Her first credit as editor appeared in ''The Defenders'' #61 cover dated July 1978. Her writing work for Marvel, which began as an assistant to Archie Goodwin, included ''Conan the Barbarian'', ''Fallen Angels'', ''Power Man and Iron Fist'', ''Star Wars'', ''Wolverine'', and a St. Francis of Assisi biography ''Francis, Brother of the Universe''. Her run on ''Power Man and Iron Fist'' was the longest and most successful of the series, and was noted for using a lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek approach at a time when Marvel was pushing darker and mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Moench
Douglas Moench (; born February 23, 1948) is an American comic book writer notable for his ''Batman'' work and as the creator of Moon Knight, Deathlok, Black Mask, ''Electric Warrior'' and ''Six from Sirius''. He is also known for his critically acclaimed eight year run on '' Master of Kung Fu''. Early life Born in Chicago, Illinois, Moench has written novels, short stories, newspaper feature articles, weekly newspaper comic strips, film screenplays and teleplays. His first published work was ''My Dog Sandy'', a comic strip printed in his elementary school newspaper. Moench had a fan letter printed in The Amazing Spider-Man issue #17 (Oct. 1964) in which he praised the art of Steve Ditko. He began his professional writing career with scripts for ''Eerie'' #29 and ''Vampirella'' #7 (both cover dated September 1970) and articles for the ''Chicago Sun-Times''. In 1973, he moved to New York City. Career Moench began working for Marvel Comics in 1973, with his first story for the com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Gan
Steve Gan (born May 22, 1945) is a Chinese-born Filipino comics artist. He is best known for co-creating Panday with Carlo J. Caparas and Marvel Comics' Star-Lord and Skull the Slayer. Biography Steve Gan was born as Santos S. Gan but changed his first name to "Steve" in admiration of Steve Ditko. Gan studied architecture at the Mapúa Institute of Technology and later worked as an artist in the Komiks industry. It was as Steve Gan that he got a huge break drawing for American comic book publisher Marvel Comics, sending work through his United States-based agent, the Filipino comic book artist Tony DeZuñiga. In 1974, Gan began drawing for Marvel Comics and contributed to their line of black-and-white magazines including ''Savage Tales'' and ''Dracula Lives''. He co-created Star-Lord and Skull the Slayer with writers Steve Englehart and Marv Wolfman respectively. Gan was highly regarded for his artwork on both Conan titles ''Conan the Barbarian'' and '' Savage Sword of Conan' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Meugniot
Will Meugniot is an American writer, storyboard and comics artist, film producer and director. He is known for his work on animated shows in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Partial list of works * ''The Adventures of Corduroy'' (storyboard artist) * '' Batman: The Animated Series'' (storyboard artist) * ''Biker Mice from Mars'' (storyboard artist, 2006 version) * ''Bionic Six'' (storyboard director) * ''Bob the Builder'' (director, ''Ready, Steady, Build!'') * ''Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars'' (storyboard director) * ''Captain America'' (unproduced due to Marvel's bankruptcy problems, replaced by ''Spy Dogs'') * ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' (storyboard artist, supervising producer, supervising director, for DIC Entertainment) * ''Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future'' (storyboard artist) * '' Conan the Adventurer'' (producer) * '' C.O.P.S.'' (storyboard artist) * ''Defenders of the Earth'' (storyboard director) * ''Denver the Last Dinosaur'' (storyboard artist) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald F
Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the Gaelic pronunciation by English speakers, and partly associated with the spelling of similar-sounding Germanic names, such as ''Ronald''. A short form of ''Donald'' is ''Don''. Pet forms of ''Donald'' include ''Donnie'' and ''Donny''. The feminine given name ''Donella'' is derived from ''Donald''. ''Donald'' has cognates in other Celtic languages: Modern Irish ''Dónal'' (anglicised as ''Donal'' and ''Donall'');. Scottish Gaelic ''Dòmhnall'', ''Domhnull'' and ''Dòmhnull''; Welsh '' Dyfnwal'' and Cumbric ''Dumnagual''. Although the feminine given name ''Donna'' is sometimes used as a feminine form of ''Donald'', the names are not etymologically related. Variations Kings and noblemen Domnall or Domhnall is the name of many ancie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Preview
''Marvel Preview'' is a black-and-white comics magazine published by Magazine Management for fourteen issues and the affiliated Marvel Comics Group for ten issues. The final issue additionally carried the imprint Marvel Magazines Group. Publication history An umbrella title that showcased a different heroic-adventure, science-fiction, or sword-and-sorcery character in virtually every issue. The title introduced the Marvel Comics characters Dominic Fortune in issue #2, Star-Lord in #4, and Rocket Raccoon in #7. The vigilante character the Punisher, introduced as an antagonist in the comic book ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', had his first solo story in issue #2. The magazine experienced scheduling difficulties, with various "Next Issue" announcements proving unreliable. Issue #2 promised an adventure of the Marvel superhero Thor in #3, but a Blade story appeared, with the Thor story remaining unseen until #10. As well, two different issues, #20 and 24, are dated "Winter 1980, at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Chaykin
Howard Victor Chaykin (; born October 7, 1950) is an American comic book artist and writer. Chaykin's influences include his one-time employer and mentor, Gil Kane, and the mid-20th century illustrators Robert Fawcett and Al Parker. Early life Howard Chaykin was born in Newark, New Jersey, to Rosalind Pave and Norman Drucker, who soon separated. Chaykin was initially raised by his grandparents in Staten Island, New York City, until his mother married Leon Chaykin in 1953 and the family moved to East Flatbush and later to 370 Saratoga Avenue, Brownsville, Brooklyn. At 14, Reprinted in Chaykin moved with his now divorced mother to the Kew Gardens section of Queens. He said in 2000 he was raised on welfare after his parents separated and that his absent biological father eventually was declared dead, although Chaykin, as an adult, located him alive. Chaykin's "nutty and cruel" adoptive father, whom Chaykin until the 1990s believed was his natural father, encouraged Chaykin's inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
