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Superhuman Speed
A Speedster is a character, primarily in superhero comics, whose powers primarily relate to superhuman speed (also known as superspeed). Primary abilities shared by all speedsters include running at speeds far in excess of human capability (to varying degrees) and resistance to the side effects (air resistance, inability to breathe, dynamic shock resulting from contact with objects at high speed, etc.) that result from such velocity. In almost all cases, speedsters can physically attack opponents by striking them at high speed, imparting great kinetic energy without themselves being harmed. A variety of other powers have been attributed to speedsters, depending on the story, their power's origin, and their universe's established continuity and rules. Plausibility and artistic license The use of speedsters in fiction requires artistic license due to the laws of physics that would prohibit such abilities. Moving at the speed of sound, for example, would create sonic booms that are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speedsters (The Flash 750)
__NOTOC__ Speedster may refer to: Aircraft * Kadiak KC-2 Speedster, a 1930s American radial engined homebuilt biplane design * Rearwin Speedster, a 1930s American airplane design * Theiss Speedster, an American biplane design Automotive * Speedster (automobile), a type of car body closely related to the roadster, examples of which are : ** Auburn Speedster ** Little Detroit Speedster ** Opel Speedster ** Plymouth Prowler ** Porsche Speedster ** Studebaker Speedster ** Confederate Hellcat Speedster, designed by South African Pierre Terblanche Other uses * ''Speedster'' (album), a studio album by Japanese boy band Generations from Exile Tribe * Speedster (fiction), a character whose powers primarily relate to superhuman speed * Speedster, a 1997 PlayStation game by Psygnosis Psygnosis Limited (known as SCE Studio Liverpool or simply Studio Liverpool from 1999) was a British video game developer and publisher headquartered at Wavertree Technology Park in Liverpool. Found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tensile Strength
Ultimate tensile strength (UTS), often shortened to tensile strength (TS), ultimate strength, or F_\text within equations, is the maximum stress that a material can withstand while being stretched or pulled before breaking. In brittle materials the ultimate tensile strength is close to the yield point, whereas in ductile materials the ultimate tensile strength can be higher. The ultimate tensile strength is usually found by performing a tensile test and recording the engineering stress versus strain. The highest point of the stress–strain curve is the ultimate tensile strength and has units of stress. The equivalent point for the case of compression, instead of tension, is called the compressive strength. Tensile strengths are rarely of any consequence in the design of ductile members, but they are important with brittle members. They are tabulated for common materials such as alloys, composite materials, ceramics, plastics, and wood. Definition The ultimate tensile streng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Byrne's Next Men
''John Byrne's Next Men'' (also known as ''Next Men'' or ''JBNM'') is an American comic book series written and drawn by John Byrne. The first volume of the series was published by Dark Horse Comics between 1991 and 1995. A nine-issue miniseries was published by IDW Publishing in 2010 and 2011, followed by another series titled ''Next Men: Aftermath'' in 2012. Publication history The Next Men characters made a prototypical appearance as "Freaks" in a lithography plate that was published within the ''History of the DC Universe Portfolio'' in 1986. Byrne had originally pitched the series to DC Comics, but the series never surfaced there. With some changes, Byrne changed the concept to fit in with his work on the graphic novel ''2112'', to become the ''John Byrne's Next Men'' series. Two characters from the "Freaks" artwork somewhat retained their physical looks and became the lead characters of the ''Next Men'' series: heroine Jasmine (aka "Jazz") and villain Aldus Hilltop. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Byrne (comics)
John Lindley Byrne (; born July 6, 1950) is a British-born American writer and artist of superhero comics. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on many major superheroes; with noted work on Marvel Comics' ''X-Men'', ''She-Hulk'' and ''Fantastic Four''. Byrne also facilitated the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics' ''Superman'' franchise, the first issue of which featured comics' first variant cover. Coming into the comics profession as penciller, inker, letterer and writer on his earliest work, Byrne began co-plotting the ''X-Men'' comics during his tenure on them, and launched his writing career in earnest with ''Fantastic Four'' (where he also served as penciler and inker). During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works, including ''Next Men'' and ''Danger Unlimited''. He scripted the first issues of Mike Mignola's ''Hellboy'' series and produced a number of ''Star Trek comics'' for IDW Publishing. Hailed as one of the most prolific and influential comic book artists ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
