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The Vigilant (comics)
The Vigilant are a British superhero team who appear in comics published by Rebellion Developments. The team is mainly made up of updated versions of extant IPC/Fleetway Publications characters that are now owned by Rebellion, mixed with some original characters. Creation Having successfully purchased the long-running British comic '' 2000 AD'' from Egmont Publishing in 2000, Rebellion expanded their rights to other IPC/Fleetway Publications characters in 2016, buying the library for post-1970 characters and stories from Egmont. Rebellion planned to use the properties in both the ''Treasury of British Comics'' series of reprint collections and original material. The original strips had largely inhabited their own separate fictional universes when originally published, even when part of the same anthology titles. However, similar to the 2005 WildStorm series ''Albion'', Rebellion decided to create material featuring characters crossing over in what was dubbed the "Rebellion-vers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steel Commando
The Steel Commando is a British comic character, appearing in strips published by IPC Magazines. Created by Frank S. Pepper, the character first appeared in the first issue of the short-lived boys' weekly adventure anthology comic '' Thunder'', dated 17 October 1970. After ''Thunder'' ended in March 1971 the strip continued in ''Lion'' until 1974. The character is a robotic soldier fighting for the British Army in World War II; due to a programming error the mechanical man will only obey the orders of layabout Private Ernest 'Excused Boots' Bates. Creation ''Thunder'' was one of several new titles devised by IPC Magazines between 1969 and 1971. An all-new line-up of strips was devised for the new comic, including Adam Eterno and Black Max. "The Steel Commando" was created by the experienced Frank S. Pepper, who had a long history with IPC and its predecessors Amalgamated Press and Fleetway Publications, beginning with "Rockfist Rogan" for '' The Champion'' in 1937 before crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albion (comics)
''Albion'' is a six-issue comic book limited series plotted by Alan Moore, written by his daughter Leah Moore and her husband John Reppion, with covers by Dave Gibbons and art by Shane Oakley and George Freeman. As a result of a deal forged by Vice-President Bob Wayne of DC Comics and Publishing Director Andrew Sumner of IPC Media, it was published through DC Comics' WildStorm imprint. The series aimed to revive classic IPC-owned British comics characters such as Captain Hurricane, Robot Archie, The Steel Claw and The Spider (as well as minor characters like Fishboy and Faceache), all of whom appeared in comics published by Odhams Press and Amalgamated Press IPC Media during the 1960s and early 1970s, such as '' Smash!'', '' Valiant'', and '' Lion''.Contino, Jennifer M"Andrew Sumner & ''Albion''" Comicon.com (Feb. 22, 2005). Publication history Debuting with a cover date of August 2005, the first two issues were released monthly, with the third issue delayed two months ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Sliney
Will Sliney is an Irish comic books artist. He is known as the co-creator of the ''Star Wars'' character Ren, and for his work on comic books such as the ''Marvel's Fearless Defenders'' series, the graphic novel ''Celtic Warrior: The Legend of Cú Chulainn'', and the monthly series ''Spider-Man 2099''. Early life Will Sliney is from Ballycotton in County Cork and went to Cork Institute of Technology where he graduated in Multimedia. Career Sliney's career began in Irish and UK small press publications before moving to create art for ''Farscape'' and ''Star Wars'' comics. He later began working Marvel Comics. From March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland, Sliney has presented short drawing lessons in the "We Will Draw" segment of RTÉ Television's ''Home School Hub''. Personal life He proposed to his girlfriend in September 2015 and their first son was born in August 2018. Sliney is a volunteer for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution The Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Coleby
Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus authority ''Simon'' * Tribe of Simeon, one of the twelve tribes of Israel Places * Şimon ( hu, links=no, Simon), a village in Bran, Brașov, Bran Commune, Braşov County, Romania * Șimon, a right tributary of the river Turcu in Romania Arts, entertainment, and media Films * Simon (1980 film), ''Simon'' (1980 film), starring Alan Arkin * Simon (2004 film), ''Simon'' (2004 film), Dutch drama directed by Eddy Terstall Games * Simon (game), ''Simon'' (game), a popular computer game * Simon Says, children's game Literature * Simon (Sutcliff novel), ''Simon'' (Sutcliff novel), a children's historical novel written by Rosemary Sutcliff * Simon (Sand novel), an 1835 novel by George Sand * ''Simon Necronomicon'' (1977), a purported grimoire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lion Stories
The British weekly boys' comic ''Lion'' was published between 1952 and 1974 by the Amalgamated Press, Fleetway Publications and IPC. The 10,000 Disasters of Dort :Published: May 18, 1968, to November 23, 1968 :Writer: Mike Butterworth :Artists: Luis Bermejo, José Ortiz When Ratta, dictator of Dort, finds his planet has fifty years before being destroyed by its sun he identifies the Earth of 2000 as the only suitable home for his people. To force Earth into agreeing, he announces he will be unleashing ten thousand disasters on Earth. Sure enough, New York is destroyed when Ratta's technology renders all of the metal in the city unstable; Paris is made uninhabitable due to an aggressive alien weed; Melbourne is overran by enlarged animals; tea is used to most of the population of London are transformed into violent maniacs; incredible weaponry is given to the savage Jamali tribesmen of central Arabia; all electricity on Earth is temporarily removed; a brief ice age freezes the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cat Girl (comics)
The Cat Girl is a British comic character who has appeared in eponymous strips published by IPC Magazines and Rebellion Developments. The character, a girl called Cathy Carter who finds a suit that gives her the attributes of a cat and becomes a crimefighter, first appeared in the launch issue of weekly girls' comic '' Sally'' on 14 June 1969. Creation In 1969 Fleetway Publications and Odhams Press had been merged to form IPC Magazines under the ownership of the Mirror Group and Reed International. The company's sheaf of successful juvenile titles were a major attraction, and thus IPC would launch a succession of new comics with newly appointed managing editor John Sanders charged with devising them. The first of these was the girls' weekly '' Sally'' in June 1969. Compared to many other girls' titles covering "struggling orphans, wandering waifs, and fish-out-of-water stories", the new title featured an unusual amount of adventure strips, including "Legion of the Super-Slav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly's Eye
''Kelly's Eye'' was a British comics, British adventure comic strip. It first appeared in ''Knockout (UK comics), Knockout'' in 1962, moved to ''Valiant (comics), Valiant'' in 1963, and lasted until sometime in 1974. The strip was revived in ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' in 1991–1993. Tim Kelly possesses a jewel, the Eye of Everlasting Life, which protects him from death by granting him invulnerability. Publication history ''Kelly’s Eye'' was published in ''Knockout'' from 21 July 1962 to 16 February 1963, and in ''Valiant'' (which absorbed ''Knockout'') from 23 February 1963 to sometime in 1974. Scripts were by Tom Tully (writer), Tom TullySteve HollandMike Western (1925-2008) Bear Alley, 20 May 2008 and Tom Kerr; the art was largely by Francisco Solano López (comics), Francisco Solano López. A number of the strips were subsequently reprinted in ''Vulcan (Fleetway), Vulcan'' in 1975–1976. In 1991, the strip was revived, by the creative team of Alan McKenzie, Brett Ewins, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tri-Man
''Smash!'' was a weekly British comic book, published initially by Odhams Press and subsequently by IPC Magazines, from 5 February 1966 to 3 April 1971. After 257 issues it merged into ''Valiant''. During 1967 and 1968 ''Smash!'' was part of Odhams' Power Comics line, notable for its publication of American superhero strips. During this period, alongside British humour strips, ''Smash!'' included black-and-white superhero reprints originally published in the US by Marvel Comics and DC Comics. In late 1968, ''Smash!'' absorbed its sister titles '' Pow!'' and ''Fantastic'', thereby becoming the last surviving Power Comics title. In March 1969 ''Smash!'' underwent a major relaunch, and thereafter featured solely British content: a mixture of humour, sporting and adventure strips. A further relaunch in 1970 was almost as extensive, with a number of new strips introduced and an equal number cancelled. ''Smash!'' was sized 9.75" x 12" (#1-162) and 9.25" x 12" ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Steel Claw (comics)
The Steel Claw was one of the most popular comic book heroes of British weekly adventure comics of the 1960s and 1970s. The character was revived in 2005 for '' Albion'', a six issue mini-series published by the Wildstorm imprint of DC Comics. Publishing history ''The Steel Claw'' first appeared in the debut edition of '' Valiant'' dated 6 October 1962. The strip was one of several put together for the comic by Fleetway editors Ken Mennell, Jack Le Grand and Sid Bicknell, and was then refined by writer Ken Bulmer and artist Jesús Blasco. After the first three serials, Bulmer left the title, and was replaced by Tom Tully. ''The Steel Claw'' appeared in ''Valiant'' throughout much of the 1960s and was one of the most popular strips in the comic. Tully wrote the series for the remainder of its run. The story ended briefly in May 1970, but a year later was back, retitled ''Return of the Claw'', which would run until 1973. In 1967, Fleetway featured the character in a number of dige ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robot Archie
Robot Archie is the name of a fictional comic book character from ''Lion'', a weekly British boys' adventure title. Publishing history ''Robot Archie'' appeared in ''Lion'' Issue #1 in February 1952; it was published by Amalgamated Press — at the time, the biggest publisher of weekly adventure comics in the UK, along with DC Thomson. ''Lion'' was a science fiction action-adventure title in the mould of ''Eagle'', and was a direct competitor to it. Archie began his career in ''Lion'' with the moniker ''The Jungle Robot''. The character was created by writer E. George Cowan and artist Ted Kearon (also known as Jim Kearon). The strip lasted 25 weeks before it took a five-year hiatus and returned in 1957 as ''Archie, The Robot Explorer'', eventually becoming better known as ''Robot Archie''. The strip was one of ''Lions most popular during the '60s, but the character's adventures ended when ''Lion'' was finally cancelled in May '74. The series was published in France and the Neth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judge Dredd Megazine
''Judge Dredd: The Megazine'' is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in September 1990. It is a sister publication to '' 2000 AD''. Its name is a play on words, formed from "magazine" and Judge Dredd's locale Mega-City One. Content Like ''2000 AD'', ''Judge Dredd Megazine ''is an anthology, featuring both ongoing and stand-alone stories. Some series have comprised a specific storyline while others only a loose thematic connection. Originally the Megazine only set stories in the world of ''Judge Dredd'', including both spin-off series and ''Future Shock''-style done-in-one stories, starting with '' Strange Cases'' and continuing with ''Tales from the Black Museum''. It has since expanded to include some unconnected stories and text pieces, including articles, interviews and reviews. Unlike ''2000 AD'', reprint material has been extensively used in order to bring costs down. As well as older ''2000 AD'' stories such as '' Helltrekkers'', there have also been reprints that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creator Ownership In Comics
In the United States, creator ownership in comics is an arrangement in which the comic book creator retains full ownership of the material, regardless of whether the work is self-published or published by a corporate publisher. In some fields of publishing, such as fiction writing, creator ownership has historically been standard. In other fields—such as comics, recorded music, or motion pictures—creator ownership has traditionally been uncommon, with either work for hire or publisher purchase of the material being standard practice. This article traces the changing standards of the comic book industry. History Early twentieth century In 1906, Richard F. Outcault took his creation ''Buster Brown'' from the ''New York Herald'' to the ''New York American''. Outcault had not applied for a copyright to Buster Brown, but asserted a "common-law title"—what comics historian Don Markstein asserted is one of the earliest claims to creators' rights. The court decided the ''Herald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |