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The Order (comics)
The Order is the name of two fictional superhero teams appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first team was a brief offshoot of the team Defenders, and the second is part of an initiative to place a superhero team in each state of the United States. Publication history Defenders offshoot The original incarnation of The Order starred in the six-issue limited series ''The Order'' (April-Sept. 2002) intending to conquer the world in order to protect it. The team consisted of the original Defenders: Doctor Strange, The Incredible Hulk, Namor the Sub-Mariner and Silver Surfer. Initiative version A second Marvel Comics superhero team called The Order debuted in ''The Order'' vol. 2, #1 (Sept. 2007), created by writer Matt Fraction and penciler Barry Kitson. Following the fallout of Marvel Comics' Civil War crossover event, The Order was dubbed the ''First Super Hero Team of Tomorrow'' being the official superhero team for California as part of the Fifty Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fictional Character
In fiction, a character (or speaker, in poetry) is a person or other being in a narrative (such as a novel, play, radio or television series, music, film, or video game). The character may be entirely fictional or based on a real-life person, in which case the distinction of a "fictional" versus "real" character may be made. Derived from the Ancient Greek word , the English word dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in '' Tom Jones'' by Henry Fielding in 1749. From this, the sense of "a part played by an actor" developed.Harrison (1998, 51-2) quotation: (Before this development, the term ''dramatis personae'', naturalized in English from Latin and meaning "masks of the drama," encapsulated the notion of characters from the literal aspect of masks.) Character, particularly when enacted by an actor in the theatre or cinema, involves "the illusion of being a human person". In literature, characters guide readers through their stories, hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Initiative
The Initiative may refer to: * The Initiative (company) The Initiative is an American video game development company based in Santa Monica, California. As a Division (business), division of Xbox Game Studios, the company was founded in 2018 to build AAA games for the Xbox consoles and Windows. The com ..., a video game development company based in Santa Monica * " The Initiative", an episode of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' * '' Civil War: The Initiative'', a comic book branding as well as a one-shot comic book {{DEFAULTSORT:Initiative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yandroth
Y'Garon Y'Garon is a demon who has clashed with Marada the She-Wolf and Dracula. Yandroth Yandroth was the humanoid Scientist Supreme of the " otherdimensional" planet "Yann" and a would-be-conqueror who, with his robot Voltorg, has fought Doctor Strange as a counterpart to the latter's title of Sorcerer Supreme. Doctor Strange defeats Yandroth, sending him to seemingly fall forever through an alternate dimension, the Dimension of Dreams. There, he gains great magical knowledge and learns that he could gain great power by destroying a world. He returns to Earth and constructs an "Omegatron", although he suffers injuries received when he was hit by a truck in New York City. His physical body dies, thus activating the Omegatron. As the Omegatron, he battles Doctor Strange, Namor, and the Hulk, who come together as the Defenders for the first time. Yandroth is placed under a time displacement spell by Doctor Strange. The Omegatron is eventually released from the time displacement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ardina
Ardina is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Fictional character biography The Defenders were told by Papa Hagg that they needed female analogs to counter The Order, and they found analogs of all the Order except for the Silver Surfer. Papa Hagg gave them a magic dagger to siphon off some of the Silver Surfer's energy and create a female by using a spell invoking Umar, Hecate, Demeter, Jord, and Apalla. Once Ardina was created, she and the rest of the Defenders were banished to a far off place. The Defenders were rescued from this strange place by Dr. Christopher Ganyrog and Romantic Objective Pamela. The Defenders then learned that they were on the planet Yann and that Yandroth was manipulating the Order. When many of the Earth's heroes attacked the Order, the Defenders and warriors of Yann helped the heroes. Yandroth's manipulations were revealed and the Order broke away from his influence and defeated him. The people of Yann took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
