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Treasury Of British Comics
Treasury of British Comics is a line of comic book collections published by Rebellion Developments, collecting British comics stories from the libraries of Amalgamated Press/Fleetway Publications/IPC Magazines. History Rebellion Developments had purchased '' 2000 AD'' and ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' from Fleetway Publications in 2000. At the time, ownership of the library of material the later had published in its various incarnations was split, with characters who had appeared before 1 January 1970 sold to Danish publisher Egmont as part of TI Media (the latest incarnation of IPC Magazines, who made short-lived licensing deals for the characters with WildStorm (via Time Warner) and Titan Books in 2006. Dan Dare meanwhile was sold off separately to the Dan Dare Corporation, while the fact-based contents of ''Look and Learn'' and ''Ranger'' were purchased by Look and Learn Magazines Ltd. Fleetway meanwhile licensed occasional reprint collections of the post-1970 material they still o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebellion Developments
Rebellion Developments Limited is a British video game developer based in Oxford, England. Founded by Jason and Chris Kingsley in December 1992, the company is best known for its ''Sniper Elite'' series and multiple games in the ''Alien vs. Predator'' series. Sister company Rebellion Publishing has published comic books since 2000, when it purchased '' 2000 AD'', the publisher of characters such as Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper. History Origins (1992–1999) Rebellion was founded on 4 December 1992 by brothers Jason and Chris Kingsley in Oxford, England. The pair had just finished academic degrees at the University of Oxford, and had ambitions of starting doctorates. In their spare time, they did freelance work in the games industry. When their freelance jobs roles began to expand and they were taking on more management responsibilities, they decided to establish Rebellion in Oxford. The foundation of the studio was laid when the brothers secured a deal with video game publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scream! (comics)
''Scream!'' was a British weekly horror comic anthology that was published for 15 issues by IPC Magazines in 1984. Controversy over horror comics had led to the introduction of the Children and Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act 1955, under which the first prosecution occurred in 1970. The editorial approach to ''Scream!'' was to de-emphasise the horror label and deliberately not repeat the style of its more controversial precursors, making it more tongue-in-cheek for younger readers, as evidenced by its coverline "not for the nervous". List of stories Stories included: *'' The Dracula File'' — the lead strip, about Dracula hunting in 1980s England. Written mainly by Gerry Finley-Day and occasionally written by Simon Furman. *''The Thirteenth Floor'' — ''Scream!s most popular strip, concerning Max, a crazed computer, in charge of an elevator in a 17-storey apartment building - when someone bad or evil steps inside, Max would take them to The Thirteenth Floor, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Eterno
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as "mankind". tells of God's creation of the world and its creatures, including ''adam'', meaning humankind; in God forms "Adam", this time meaning a single male human, out of "the dust of the ground", places him in the Garden of Eden, and forms a woman, Eve, as his helpmate; in Adam and Eve eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge and God condemns Adam to labour on the earth for his food and to return to it on his death; deals with the birth of Adam's sons, and lists his descendants from Seth to Noah. The Genesis creation myth was adopted by both Christianity and Islam, and the name of Adam accordingly appears in the Christian scriptures and in the Quran. He also features in subsequent folkloric and mystical elaborations in later Judaism, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staz Johnson
Stewart "Staz" Johnson is an English comic book artist and penciller, best known for his work on DC Comics' '' Robin'' and ''Catwoman'' series. Biography Johnson got his start working on magazines which covered the then-burgeoning fantasy role playing games industry. From there he got work at Marvel UK where he worked on weekly comic book series such as ''Transformers'' and ''Action Force''. During this period Johnson's first work was published in the US in Marvel Comics ''G.I. Joe European Missions'' in 1989; however this was not original work - the series reprinted his Marvel UK ''Action Force'' material. In 1992 he did his first work for Fleetway Edition's '' 2000 AD'', a ''Tharg's Future Shocks'' feature. His most recent work on the title was part of a Rogue Trooper serial in 2003. His work on Marvel UK's '' Death Wreck'' series in 1994 led to him getting work from Marvel US on titles such as ''Thor'' (1994), ''Force Works'' (1995) and '' Spider-Man: Funeral for an Octop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lion (comics)
''Lion'' was a weekly British comics periodical published by Amalgamated Press/Fleetway Publications from 23 February 1952 to 18 May 1974. A boys' adventure comic, ''Lion'' was originally designed to compete with ''Eagle (British comics), Eagle'', the popular weekly comic published by Hulton Press that had introduced Dan Dare (ironically, ''Eagle'' was later merged into ''Lion''). ''Lion'' lasted for 1,156 issues. By the 1960s ''Lion'' had settled into being one of the most popular British weekly titles of the time. Editor Bernard Smith was always proud to say that he had the latest issue of ''Lion'' delivered to Buckingham Palace every Friday, the young Prince Charles being an avid reader (in 1960, Prince Charles was 11 years old). Publication history In 1954, Amalgamated Press (AP) editor Reg Eves was named editor of ''Lion''. Despite having no interest in science fiction, Eves was under orders from management to have a space hero to compete with Dan Dare, and commissioned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 10,000 Disasters Of Dort
"The 10,000 Disasters of Dort" is a British comic strip published in the weekly anthology ''Lion'' from 18 May to 23 November 23 1968, published by Fleetway Publications. Written by Mike Butterworth and drawn by Spanish artists Luis Bermejo and José Ortiz, it concerns a terror campaign against Earth by aliens from the fictional doomed planet Dort, who hope to force humanity into sharing their home. Publication history The story was originally serialised in 28 two-page weekly black-and-white episodes in ''Lion'' from 18 May to 23 November 23 1968; during this run "The 10,000 Disasters of Dort" was featured three times on the comic's front cover. The following year, an additional strip featured in the 1970 edition of ''Lion Annual''. The story was reprinted in ''Lion'' itself between 22 December 1973 and 18 May 1974 (twice being featured on the cover), appearing in the title's final issue before it was merged with ''Valiant''. As a result, the final two episodes were redrawn subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Beth
Black Beth is a British comic character who has appeared in eponymous strips published by IPC Magazines and Rebellion Developments. While the character was created in the 1970s, she did not appear in print until 1988, debuting in the '' Scream! Holiday Special''. After a further hiatus of thirty years, Black Beth was revived by Rebellion in 2018. The story concerns a roaming, avenging female warrior in a fantasy world. Creation IPC Magazines was one of the biggest British comic publishers in the 1970s and considered a horror anthology named ''Scream'' in response to a potential gap in the market. Dummy copies were made of the title, which advanced enough to plan a dark fantasy story named "Black Beth" was drawn by Spanish artist Blas Gallego, who was mainly experienced in providing illustrations for magazines at the time. The writer of the story has never been established, nor has the intended format - while serials in British weekly comics were typically between two and four pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Leopard From Lime Street
''The Leopard from Lime Street'' was a comic strip appearing in the British comic ''Buster (comic), Buster'' from 1976 in comics, 1976 to 1985 in comics, 1985. Written by Tom Tully (writer), Tom Tully,Tully author page Simon and Schuster website. Retrieved 12 May 2021. it was drawn in a 'realistic' comic style by Mike Western and Eric Bradbury,Ian Wheeler Mike Western remembered , Down The Tubes, 21 May 2008 much like Marvel Comics's Spider-Man comic (to which it bears numerous similarities), in direct contrast to the stylized cartoony style of the rest of ''Buster''. Publishing history Original run ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thirteenth Floor
''The Thirteenth Floor'' is a 1999 science fiction neo-noir film written and directed by Josef Rusnak, and produced by Roland Emmerich through his Centropolis Entertainment company. It is loosely based upon '' Simulacron-3'' (1964), a novel by Daniel F. Galouye, and a remake of the German TV-film ''World on a Wire'' (1973). The film stars Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Dennis Haysbert. In 2000, ''The Thirteenth Floor'' was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film, but lost to ''The Matrix.'' Plot In 1999 Los Angeles, Hannon Fuller (Mueller-Stahl) owns a multibillion-dollar computer enterprise and is the inventor of a newly completed virtual reality (VR) simulation of 1937 Los Angeles, filled with simulated humans unaware they are computer programs. When Fuller is murdered just as he begins premature testing of the VR system, his friend and protégé, Douglas Hall (Bierko), who is also the heir to the company, become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rise And Fall Of The Trigan Empire
''The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire'', later called simply ''The Trigan Empire'', is a science fiction comic series written mainly by Mike Butterworth with artwork (initially watercolours, later gouache) by Don Lawrence, among others. It told the story of an alien culture in which futuristic technology, such as antigravity vehicles and energy ray weapons, was blended with architecture, dress, and customs reminiscent of ancient civilizations, the most obvious being those of Ancient Greece and Rome. The stories revolved around a strong and heroic leader who defended his empire from constant threats from both outside and within. The comic remains notable for the unique artwork by Don Lawrence which combines a painterly photo-realistic style with caricaturistic renderings that remain anatomically convincing. Background The series initially ran from 1965 to 1982, dealing with the long-past events of an empire on the distant planet of Elekton. Heavily influenced by mythological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy's Boots
''Billy's Boots'' was a popular British comic strip by writer Fred Baker and artist John Gillatt, later continued by Mike Western. The original Billy's Boots was an earlier humorous series, written and drawn by Frank Purcell, which appeared in Tiger from December 23rd 1961 until July 13th 1963, with a similar premise to this later series. The later more serious Billy appeared in the first issue of '' Scorcher'' in 1970, and later moved to ''Tiger'' when the two comics merged in 1974. In 1985 ''Tiger'' in turn merged with ''Eagle'' and the strip moved again, however just a year later Billy's adventures relocated once more, this time to ''Roy of the Rovers''. New adventures were included in the weekly comic until May 1990 (later followed by reprints), before he switched to ''Best of Roy of the Rovers Monthly''. The strip also appeared in annuals, including annuals for comics which had themselves ceased publication, and is still fondly remembered by fans of the "golden age" of British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third World War
World War III or the Third World War, often abbreviated as WWIII or WW3, are names given to a hypothetical worldwide large-scale military conflict subsequent to World War I and World War II. The term has been in use since at least as early as 1941. Some apply it loosely to limited or more minor conflicts such as the Cold War or the war on terror. In contrast, others assume that such a conflict would surpass prior world wars in both scope and destructive impact.''The New Quotable Einstein''. Alice Calaprice (2005), p. 173. Due to the development of nuclear weapons in the Manhattan Project, which were used in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki near the end of World War II, and their subsequent acquisition and deployment by many countries afterward, the potential risk of a nuclear apocalypse causing widespread destruction of Earth's civilization and life is a common theme in speculations about a third world war. Another primary concern is that bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
