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Stargirl (comics)
Courtney Elizabeth Whitmore, known as Stargirl (often called Stars or Star), is a superhero created by Geoff Johns and Lee Moder who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character's name, appearance, and personality were patterned after Johns' 18-year-old sister Courtney, who died in the explosion of TWA Flight 800 in 1996. Courtney Whitmore was originally known as the second Star-Spangled Kid, but she began using the name "Stargirl" after she was presented with the Cosmic Staff by Jack Knight. Stargirl has appeared in ''Justice League Unlimited'', '' Batman: The Brave and the Bold'', ''Justice League Action'', and ''Young Justice''. She has also appeared in live-action shows ''Smallville'' played by Britt Irvin, ''Legends of Tomorrow'' played by Sarah Grey, and in her own television series played by Brec Bassinger. Publication history The character was created by writer Geoff Johns and artist Lee Moder. She made her first appearance in ''Stars and S.T.R. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Nauck
Todd Nauck ( ) is an American comic book creator, comic book artist and writer. Nauck is most notable for his work on ''Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man,'' ''Young Justice'' and his own creation, ''Wildguard (comics), Wildguard''. Career Nauck's first assignment from Marvel Comics was writing, penciling and inking "Mutant Mishaps", a story that was published on the back cover of ''What The--?!'' #21 (September 1992). He subsequently wrote and illustrated the "Mutant Mishaps" story that appeared in ''What The--?'' #25 (Summer 1993). In early 1994, Todd was hired by Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios of Image Comics when a friend from art school showed his ''WildGuard'' work to Dan Fraga at a comic book convention, who in turn showed it to Liefeld, which led to Nauck's first Image work. Nauck went on to draw such series as ''Badrock and Co.'', ''New Men (Image Comics), New Men'', ''New Force'', ''Supreme (comics), Supreme'', ''Youngblood (comics), Youngblood'' and ''Team Youngblood''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice League Unlimited
''Justice League Unlimited'' (''JLU'') is a 2004–2006 American superhero animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics universe, and specifically based on the Justice League superhero team, it is a direct sequel to the previous ''Justice League'' animated series and picks up around two years after where ''Justice League'' left off. Like its predecessor, the show is also a prequel to ''Batman Beyond''. ''JLU'' debuted on July 31, 2004, on Toonami and ended on May 13, 2006. It is the eighth and final series of the DC Animated Universe, which started with '' Batman: The Animated Series'' in 1992. Boomerang reran the series from June 3, 2007 to March 26, 2010, as part of Boomeraction. The series also aired as part of The CW's ''Vortexx'' Saturday morning block from August 25, 2012 to August 23, 2014. Overview According to animator Bruce Timm, the series finale of ''Just ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvester Pemberton
Sylvester Pemberton, alternately known as The Star-Spangled Kid and Skyman, is a superhero in the DC Comics universe. Sylvester first appeared in ''Star Spangled Comics'' #1 (October 1941) and was created by Jerry Siegel and Hal Sherman. Starting October 1941, the character headlined his own comic, ''Star Spangled Comics'', which introduced his sidekick, Stripesy. Fall 1941 was a boom period for patriotic superheroes as the country prepared to enter World War II; during this period, comic book publishers also launched Miss Victory, Miss America, U.S. Jones, the Fighting Yank, the Flag, Captain Flag and Yank and Doodle, among others. The Star-Spangled Kid and his sidekick, Stripesy, appeared in ''Star Spangled Comics'' until issue #86 (November 1948). The comic continued after that, primarily as a vehicle for Robin the Boy Wonder. In issue #131 (August 1952), the book was renamed ''Star Spangled War Stories''. The Star-Spangled Kid also appeared in ''World's Finest Comics'' fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
