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Ultimo (Marvel Comics)
Ultimo is a fictional giant robot appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was once controlled by the Mandarin and has fought against Iron Man several times. Publication history Ultimo made a cameo appearance in ''Tales of Suspense'' #76 (April 1966) and its first full appearance was in ''Tales of Suspense'' #77 (May 1966), and was created by Stan Lee and Gene Colan. CBR rated Ultimo at #10 on their list of "Marvel's 10 Most Powerful Giants", referring to him as "a doomsday weapon created by a long-destroyed alien culture". Fictional character biography Origin Ultimo is a gigantic android that is thousands of years old. Ultimo was constructed by an alien species that has since been destroyed by their own creation, which they called "The doomsday device", apparently a combat instrument and a weapon of mutually assured destruction. Ultimo confirmed that his "masters" had not contacted him in "thousands of years". The first time (chronologically speaking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroyuki Takei
is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the multicultural hit, ''Shaman King''. Career Hiroyuki Takei started drawing manga with writer EXIAD on SD Département Store Series which they created for a fanzine. Early in his career, he became the assistant to Tamakichi Sakura on ' as in 1992 and Kōji Kiriyama (''Ninku''). At that time, he also submitted his first yomikiri Dragdoll Group to the Tezuka Award but was rejected. In 1994, Takei submitted his short story ''Anna the Itako'' to the 48th Tezuka Award and won the honorable mention. He was later introduced to Nobuhiro Watsuki and became his assistant along with Eiichiro Oda on ''Rurouni Kenshin''. Takei published his short story ''Death Zero'' in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' winter special and ''Butsu Zone'' in the summer special of 1996. A reworked version of ''Butsu Zone'' became his first manga series published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' of 1997. Takei's longest-running series, ''Shaman King'' began serializa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thor (Marvel Comics)
Thor Odinson is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is based on the Thor, Norse mythological god of the same name, the Asgard (comics), Asgardian List of thunder gods, god of thunder whose enchanted hammer Mjolnir (comics), Mjolnir enables him to fly and manipulate weather, among his #Powers and abilities, other superhuman attributes. A founding member of the superhero team the Avengers (comics), Avengers, Thor has a host of List of Thor (Marvel Comics) supporting characters, supporting characters and List of Thor (Marvel Comics) enemies, enemies. Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Books, the character First appearance, first appeared in ''Journey into Mystery'' #83 (August 1962) and was created by artist Jack Kirby, writer Stan Lee, and scripter Larry Lieber. The character has starred in several ongoing series and Limited series (comics), limited series, and appears in all volumes of the Avengers series. The charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Force (comics)
Force (born Clayton "Clay" Wilson, legally changed to Carl Walker) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in ''Prince Namor, the Savage Sub-Mariner'' #67 (Nov. 1972) and was created by Steve Gerber and Don Heck. A version of Clay Wilson appeared in the The Punisher (TV series), television adaption of the first season of ''The Punisher (TV series), The Punisher'' played by Tim Guinee set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Fictional character biography Clayton Wilson is a graduate student at Empire State University working as a research assistant to scientist Dr. Damon Walters, who develops a prototype device for creating a protective force shield, force field. Wilson steals the prototype force field generator, creates a battle-suit that incorporates it, and adopts the alias "Force". The character then goes on a Running amok, rampage through New York City until he was defeated by hero Namor, Namor the Sub-Mari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guardsman (comics)
Guardsman was the name of a supervillain/superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The name was later applied to a squad of agents who wear suits of power armor while working security at the Vault. The character first appeared in ''Iron Man'' #43 (Nov 1971). Fictional character biography Kevin O'Brien Kevin O'Brien was born in Chicago. He became an engineer and inventor working for the newly opened Lakani Island plant of Stark Industries who came to the attention of Tony Stark when he invented a stun-ray that managed to harmlessly disperse a crowd of violent protestors. Tony invited Kevin to transfer to the main plant on Long Island, and he accepted. Despite a careless streak that once caused the laboratory he was working in to explode, he became a close friend of Tony and was soon appointed head of Stark Industries' research department. On several occasions, Kevin assisted Tony and the supposed bodyguard Iron Man, notably against the Spymaster and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |