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Hawkman is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Dennis Neville, the original Hawkman first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1, published by All-American Publications in 1940. Several incarnations of Hawkman have appeared in DC Comics, all of them characterized by the use of archaic weaponry and by large, artificial wings, attached to a harness made from the special Nth metal that allows flight. Most incarnations of Hawkman work closely with a partner/romantic interest named Hawkgirl or Hawkwoman. Hawkman is most often depicted as human archaeologist Carter Hall—the modern-day reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian prince named Khufu—or as Thanagarian police officer Katar Hol from the planet Thanagar. The character is generally regarded as having one of the most confusing backstories of any in DC Comics, due to a series of reinventions over the years following DC's 1985 series '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with their first comic under the DC banner being published in 1937. The majority of its publications take place within the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Green Lantern, and Cyborg. It is widely known for some of the most famous and recognizable teams including the Justice League, the Justice Society of America, the Suicide Squad, and the Teen Titans. The universe also features a large number of well-known supervillains such as the Joker, Lex Luthor, the Cheetah, the Reverse-Flash, Black Manta, Sinestro, and Darkseid. The company has published non-DC Universe-related material, including ''Watchmen'', '' V for Vendetta'', '' Fables'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Palmiotti
James Palmiotti (born August 14, 1961) is an American writer and inker of comic books, who also does writing for games, television and film. Early life Palmiotti attended the High School of Art and Design in New York City. Career Palmiotti started at Marvel Comics in 1991. He inked titles such as the ''Punisher'', ''Ghost Rider'', '' The Nam'' and the Marvel 2099 line, and has accumulated extensive inking and writing credits. He often inked the work of his friend and collaborator Joe Quesada. Together, they created ''Ash'' and ''Painkiller Jane''. For Marvel, Palmiotti worked on the established '' Daredevil'', a run especially known for the "Guardian Devil" arc scripted by Kevin Smith. Palmiotti also worked for Dark Horse Comics, as the inker during the Doug Mahnke run on ''X''. He inked Paul Gulacy on '' Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu'', ''Punisher'' and ''Catwoman''. He inked Steve Dillon on ''Punisher'', as well as Brad Walker's pencil's on the DC Comics miniseries '' Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Tan
Philip Tan (born 1978) is a comic book writer/artist best known for his work on ''Spawn'', ''Uncanny X-Men'' and ''Iron Man''. Career Tan graduated at the University of Santo Tomas with a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture. Tan was the penciller of '' Final Crisis: Revelations'' as well as the "Agent Orange" ''Green Lantern'' story arc, which started in ''Green Lantern'' #39 and ran through issue 42. Following Agent Orange he will be penciling the second three issue arc of Grant Morrison's Batman and Robin series with issue 6 being his last. Tan has illustrated cards for the ''Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game. In 2011 Tan was the artist on ''Hawkman'', which was part of DC Comics' company-wide title relaunch, The New 52. In 2016, Philip Tan worked on the new Suicide Squad Rebirth series co-drawing with Jim Lee. Bibliography * '' Batman and Robin'' #4-6 (with Grant Morrison, DC Comics, 2009) Covers * ''Uncanny X-Men'' #422-434 (2003–2004) * ''Spawn'' #150-16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Bennett (artist)
Benedito José Nascimento (born February 3, 1968), better known as Joe Bennett, is a Brazilian comic book artist. Career Joe Bennett was born in Belém. In the 1990s he used to publish horror comics for two major Brazilian horror comics magazines: Calafrio and Mestres do Terror. His first major work in comics was for Marvel Comics in 1994. Since then, he has worked on several Marvel titles such as ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', ''Captain America'' (vol. 2), ''Fantastic Four'' (vol. 3), ''The Incredible Hulk'' (vol. 2), ''Thor'' (vol. 2) and most recently ''Captain America and the Falcon''. He has also worked for other major publishers such as in Chaos! Comics, CrossGen, Dark Horse, DC Comics and Vertigo. Other credits include ''Conan the Barbarian'', ''Doc Samson'', '' Elektra'' (vol. 2), '' Hawkeye'' (vol. 3), ''Nova'' (vol. 3), '' X-51: Machine Man'', ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''Birds of Prey'', ''Hawkman'' (vol. 4), ''Hawkgirl'', ''The Green Hornet'', '' Mark of Charon'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Sook
Ryan Sook is an American comic book artist, known for his work on books such as ''Seven Soldiers: Zatanna'', ''X-Factor'' and '' The Spectre''. His style has been compared to that of Mike Mignola, Adam Hughes, and Kevin Nowlan. Career Sook's first professional work was in ''Challengers of the Unknown'' #15, published in 1998. For the next two years, he worked primarily on books for Dark Horse, including several stories set in the ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' universe, as well as two creator-owned projects in ''Dark Horse Presents'': ''Witch's Son'' & ''Ragnok'', with writer John Arcudi. He has also inked over Matt Smith's pencils in '' Lobster Johnson: The Killer in My Skull'', a back-up story in '' Hellboy: Box Full of Evil #1''. In 2001, he earned critical and fan praise for his work on The Spectre for DC Comics. He left the book in 2002 to draw the first spin-off mini-series from Mike Mignola's ''Hellboy'', '' BPRD: Hollow Earth''. From 2003 to 2010, Sook worked primarily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rags Morales
Ralph "Rags" Morales () is an American comic book artist known for his work on various books for DC Comics, including ''Identity Crisis'', ''Countdown to Infinite Crisis'', ''Batman Confidential'', and The New 52 reboot of then Superman-centric ''Action Comics''. Morales is the co-creator, along with Brian Augustyn, of the 1990s version of '' Black Condor''. Early life Rags Morales was born in New York. He is of Puerto Rican descent, and grew up in a predominantly white suburb of the city. Morales attended a number of vocational art classes, including The Kubert School in Dover, New Jersey. Career Morales' first professional work was penciling 19 issues of ''Forgotten Realms'' with writer Jeff Grubb as part of the TSR line of books. Following ''Forgotten Realms'', Morales co-created and pencilled '' Black Condor''. Morales left DC Comics to do work for Valiant Comics, including ''Turok'', ''Archer & Armstrong'' and ''Geomancer''. He also did some licensed work on a ''Sliders'' c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Lieber
Steve Lieber (born May 19, 1967) is an American comic book illustrator known for his work on books such as ''Detective Comics'' and ''Hawkman'', and the critically acclaimed miniseries '' Whiteout'', which was adapted into a 2009 feature film starring Kate Beckinsale. His other works include the Eisner Award-winning sequel '' Whiteout: Melt'', and the thrillers ''Shooters'' and ''Underground''. With writer Nat Gertler, he co-authored ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel''. Lieber has described his career as being about "telling your own unified stories with finality." Early life Lieber grew up in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh in the state of Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1985 from Allderdice High School, studied at Pennsylvania State University but left there before graduating to finish his artistic education at The Kubert School for cartoonists in New Jersey. He studied with Joe Kubert, whom he cites as a significant influence on his career and ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Duursema
Jan Duursema (born October 27, 1954) is an American comics artist known for her work on the ''Star Wars'' comics franchise. She is the creator of Denin and Vila from Naldar, the Twi'lek Jedi Aayla Secura and the Kiffar Jedi Quinlan Vos. Career Jan Duursema's first published comics work appeared in '' Heavy Metal'' vol. 3 #3 (July 1979). She drew several stories for DC Comics' ''Sgt. Rock'' title beginning in 1980. With writer Paul Kupperberg, she co-created the Arion character in '' The Warlord'' #55 (March 1982) and the ''Arion, Lord of Atlantis'' series was launched in November 1982. Duursema was one of the artists of ''Wonder Woman'' #300 (Feb. 1983). She provided artwork to the '' Star Ace'' role-playing game from Pacesetter Ltd. Her first work for Marvel Comics, as well as her first work on the ''Star Wars'' franchise, appeared in ''Star Wars'' #92 (Feb. 1985). Back at DC, she was one of the contributors to the ''DC Challenge'' limited series in 1986 and drew the ''Advance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Howell (comics)
Richard Howell (born November 16, 1955) is an American comics artist best known as the co-founder and editor of Claypool Comics. Career Richard Howell entered the comics industry in 1977 with his self-published series ''Portia Prinz of the Glamazons''. Beginning in 1980, he and his partner Carol Kalish co-edited the New Media/Irjax line of magazines. They also ran the New Media/Irjax-owned Boston-area distributor Solar Spice and Liquors, named after a fictional corporation created by science fiction writer Poul Anderson. Howell replaced Peter B. Gillis as editorial director of New Media/Irjax in June 1981. Howell began working for Marvel Comics in 1982 and DC Comics in 1983. Writer Tony Isabella and Howell produced ''The Shadow War of Hawkman'' limited series in 1985 and an ongoing ''Hawkman'' series the following year. Howell and writer Steve Englehart crafted a twelve-issue ''The Vision and the Scarlet Witch'' limited series in 1985-1986, wherein the Scarlet Witch became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Kubert
Joseph Kubert (; September 18, 1926 – August 12, 2012) was a Poland, Polish-born Americans, American comic book artist, art teacher, and founder of The Kubert School. He is best known for his work on the DC Comics characters Sgt. Rock and Hawkman. He is also known for working on his own creations, such as Tor (comics), Tor, Son of Sinbad, and the Viking Prince, and, with writer Robin Moore, the comic strip ''Tales of the Green Beret''. Two of Kubert's sons, Andy Kubert and Adam Kubert, themselves became recognized comic book artists, as did many of Kubert's former students, including Stephen R. Bissette, Amanda Conner, Rick Veitch, Eric Shanower, Steve Lieber, and Scott Kolins. Kubert was inducted into the Harvey Awards' Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1997, and the List of Eisner Award winners#The Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame, Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1998. Early life Kubert was born September 18, 1926 to a Polish jews, Jewish family in Ozeriany, Borshchiv Hromada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Venditti
Robert Venditti is an American comic book writer, known for his work on the Top Shelf Productions title '' The Surrogates'', which was adapted to a major motion picture starring Bruce Willis directed by Jonathan Mostow for Disney., and for the Valiant Comics title '' X-O Manowar''. He is also known for his work on DC Comics titles such as ''The Flash'', '' Green Lantern'', '' Justice League'', and ''Hawkman''. He has also adapted the '' Percy Jackson & The Olympians'' and '' The Heroes of Olympus'' book series by Rick Riordan into graphic novels. Early life Robert Venditti was born in Memorial Hospital and raised in Hollywood, and Pembroke Pines, Florida Pembroke Pines is a city in southern Broward County, Florida, United States. The city is located 22 miles (35 km) north of Miami. The population of Pembroke Pines is 171,178 as of the 2020 census. It is a suburb of and the fourth-most populous c .... Though he says he always wanted to be a prose writer, he rarely read c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
