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The Faustus Method
Doctor Faustus (Johann Fennhoff) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted usually as an adversary of Captain America. An Austrian psychiatrist and criminal mastermind who employs psychological manipulation on his enemies, the character was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in ''Captain America'' #107 (November 1968). Johann Fennhoff appeared in the first season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series '' Agent Carter'', portrayed by Ralph Brown. Publication history Faustus' name comes from the famous character of Christopher Marlowe's Renaissance play ''The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus'' about a man who sold his soul to Lucifer in exchange for 24 years of service from a devil called Mephistophiles in order to gain all knowledge. This character predates the Christopher Marlowe play, in the legend built around the real-life Johann Georg Faust. Fictional character biog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Comics'' in 1951 and its predecessor, ''Marvel Mystery Comics'', the ''Marvel Comics'' title/name/brand was first used in June 1961. Marvel was started in 1939 by Martin Goodman (publisher), Martin Goodman as Timely Comics, and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas Comics (1950s), Atlas Comics. The Marvel era began in June 1961 with the launch of ''The Fantastic Four'' and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and many others. The Marvel brand, which had been used over the years and decades, was solidified as the company's primary brand. Marvel counts among List of Marvel Comics characters, its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor, Doc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Brown
Ralph William John Brown (born 18 June 1957) is an English actor and writer, known for playing Danny the drug dealer in ''Withnail and I'', the security guard Aaron (a.k.a. "85") in ''Alien 3'', DJ Bob Silver in ''The Boat That Rocked'' aka ''Pirate Radio'', super-roadie Del Preston in ''Wayne's World 2'', the pilot Ric Olié in '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' and Henry Clinton in '' Turn: Washington's Spies''. He won The Samuel Beckett Award for his first play ''Sanctuary'' written for Joint Stock Theatre Company in 1987, and the Raindance and Sapporo Film Festival awards for his first screenplay for the British film ''New Year's Day'' in 2001. Early life Brown was born in Cambridge, the son of Heather R. and John F. W. Brown. He has a younger brother, Paul. He lived in Portsmouth, Hampshire until the age of seven, then moved to East Sussex where he attended Lewes Priory School. He graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with a B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everyman (Marvel Comics)
Everyman (Larry Ekler) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The Everyman first appeared in ''Captain America (comic book), Captain America'' #267 (Mar 1982) and was created by J. M. DeMatteis and Mike Zeck. He also appears in ''Marvel Team-Up'' #131-133 (July–September 1983). The character subsequently appears as ''Zeitgeist'' in ''Alpha Flight'' #78 (December 1989), and ''Captain America'' #390 (August 1991), #393 (October 1991), and #442 (August 1995), in which he is killed. Zeitgeist received an entry in the ''All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z'' #12 (2006). A new, female Everyman named Lauren Fai was introduced in the 2018 Limited series (comics), limited series ''Luke Cage - Marvel Digital Original''. Fictional character biography Larry Ekler was the son of Milton Ekler, a hard-working lower-class man who never gave up on the American dream, though he eventually died penniless. Larry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daredevil (Marvel Comics Character)
Daredevil is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Daredevil was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett, with an unspecified amount of input from Jack Kirby. The character first appeared in ''Daredevil'' #1 (April 1964). Writer/artist Frank Miller's influential tenure on the title in the early 1980s cemented the character as a popular and influential part of the Marvel Universe. Daredevil is commonly known by such epithets as "Hornhead", "The Man Without Fear" and "The Devil of Hell's Kitchen". Daredevil is the alias of Matthew Michael "Matt" Murdock, a blind lawyer. His origins stem from a childhood chemical accident that gave him special abilities. While growing up in the historically gritty or crime-ridden working class Irish-American neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen in New York City, Matt Murdock is blinded by a radioactive substance that falls from an out-of-control truck after he pushes a man out of the pat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Director
William Burnside, PhD,''Captain America'' #602 also known as the Captain America of the 1950s, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Sal Buscema in '' Captain America'' #153–156 (Sept.–Dec. 1972) as an explanation for the reappearance of Captain America and Bucky in 1953 in ''Young Men'' comics and their subsequent adventures in the 1950s. It established through retroactive continuity that the character was a completely different one from the original Captain America, who was firmly established in '' The Avengers'' #4 as disappearing near the end of World War II. Since this revelation, the character serves as a foil personality to his predecessor. In a later storyline, the character was given a new white costume and the title The Grand Director by Buscema and writers Roger McKenzie and Jim Shooter, in ''Captain America'' #232 (April 1979), and altered to be a villain and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
