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Thunderbolt (DC Comics)
The Thunderbolt (real name: Yz) is a fictional character appearing in comics published by DC Comics and the name of other fictional Jinn, genie variants within the 5th Dimension as well. Yz was originally portrayed as a genie-like character who hosts Johnny Thunder and then later Jakeem Thunder. He also appeared as an original and ordinary member of the Justice Society of America. Jim Gaffigan and Seth Green each voiced the character in The CW television show ''Stargirl (TV series), Stargirl''. Publication history Thunderbolt (Yz) first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1, published with a cover date of January 1940, and was created by John Wentworth and Stan Aschmeier. Fictional character biography Yz is a 5th Dimension Jinn, Genie who resided in a pen that was entrusted to Johnny Thunder on his birthday where the Badhnesians would use it to rule the world. This plan was thwarted when Badhnesia was attacked by a neighboring country. Later on, Johnny Thunder became aware of Thund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice Society Of America
The Justice Society of America (JSA, or Justice Society (JS)) is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team was conceived by editor Sheldon Mayer and writer Gardner Fox during the Golden Age of Comic Books. The JSA first appeared in ''All Star Comics'' #3 (Winter 1940–1941), making it the first team of superheroes in comic books. The original members of the Justice Society of America were Doctor Fate, Hourman, the Spectre, Sandman, Atom, the Flash, Green Lantern, and Hawkman. The team was initially popular, but after the popularity of superhero comics waned in the late 1940s, the JSA's adventures ceased with issue #57 of the title (March 1951). During the Silver Age of Comic Books, DC Comics reinvented several Justice Society members and banded many of them together in a new team, the Justice League of America. Other JSA members remained absent from comics for ten years until Jay Garrick appeared alongside Barry Allen, his Silver A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Chiaramonte
Francisco Chiaramonte (June 5, 1942 – January 28, 1983) was an American comic book artist best known as an inker for DC Comics and Marvel Comics from 1972 to 1982. Biography Born in Cuba, Frank Chiaramonte emigrated to the United States in 1967. Some of his earliest comics-related work in the U.S. was as an inker under artist-packager Will Eisner and penciler Mike Ploog on the military instructional publication '' PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly''. Additional, December 26, 2010. As fellow ''PS'' artist Murphy Anderson recalled, "Frank had come to work for Will about the same time I did, maybe a month or two later, and was just fresh from Cuba. ... s father was Sicilian, but his mother was Spanish, or Cuban. Frank considered himself as Italian as he did Cuban. ... Frank worked with me and did most of the tech art." When Ploog moved on and began finding freelance work at Marvel Comics, Chiaramonte collaborated with him as inker on several of Ploog's earliest stories, ... [...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] |