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Jim Balent () is an American comics artist, writer, and publisher from Pennsylvania. He is best known for his long run on ''Catwoman'' between 1993 and 1999. Balent has also drawn ''Batman'' and '' Lobo'' for DC Comics, as well as some of the issues of ''Purgatori'' for the independent comic book publisher Chaos! Comics. Career Balent's early work for DC Comics includes backup stories in '' Sgt. Rock'' such as "The Deadliest Casualty" in issue #393 (October 1984) and "The Ninja" in #397 (February 1985). An Atom story drawn by Balent was published as a Bonus Book in ''Power of the Atom'' #4 (November 1988). Balent and writer Jo Duffy launched an ongoing ''Catwoman'' series in August 1993. Balent drew ''Catwoman'' through issue #77 (February 2000). He and writer Chuck Dixon created Geist in ''Detective Comics Annual'' #6 (1993). As the artist of ''Catwoman'', Balent worked on several Batman crossover stories including " Contagion", " Cataclysm", and " No Man's Land". In 1999, Balen ...
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Holly Golightly (comics)
Holly Golightly (born September 1, 1964) is an American comics artist and writer. She was formerly known as Fauve and has also worked under the name Holly G! Biography Holly Golightly entered the comics industry in the 1990s under the pen name Fauve, doing work for the Carnal Comics title ''True Stories of Adult Film Stars'', including three issues on Sarah-Jane Hamilton (one of which sported her first published cover illustration) and stories featuring Julia Ann, Janine Lindemulder, and Lilli Xene. She names artist Frank Thorne as her "hero" for his work on ''Red Sonja''. Golightly's list of work ranges from ''Nightmare Theatre'' for Chaos! Comics to ''Sabrina'' for Archie Comics to her creator-owned work such as ''Vampfire'' and ''School Bites''. She is the colorist for husband Jim Balent's '' Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose'' as well as the model for Tarot herself. She has frequently been shown on the photo covers dressed as Tarot and as Catress from the ''3 Little Kittens' ...
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Chuck Dixon
Charles Dixon (born April 14, 1954) is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on the Marvel Comics character the Punisher and on the DC Comics characters Batman, Nightwing, and Robin in the 1990s and early 2000s. Early life Dixon was born in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Upper Darby, reading comics of all genres. He is a graduate of Upper Darby High School (1972). Career 1980s Chuck Dixon's earliest comics work was writing '' Evangeline'' for Comico Comics in 1984 and then for First Comics. Editor Larry Hama hired him to write back-up stories for Marvel Comics' '' Savage Sword of Conan''. Writing under the name "Charles Dixon", he would eventually take over the lead feature of Conan on a semi-regular basis. He contributed stories to the Hama edited re-boot of '' Savage Tales'' highlighted by a number of western stories illustrated by John Severin. In 1986, he began working for Eclipse Comics, writing ''Airboy'' which was edited by T ...
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Darkstars
The first Darkstars were a group of intergalactic policemen that appeared in comic books published by DC Comics. They were introduced in ''Darkstars'' #1 (October 1992 in comics, 1992), and were created by Michael Jan Friedman and Larry Stroman. The series lasted a total of 39 issues, ending with issue #38 (Jan. 1996 in comics, 1996), with an issue #0 (Oct. 1994) published between issues #24 and 25 during the ''Zero Hour (comics), Zero Hour'' crossover event storyline. Development In an interview Michael Jan Friedman spoke on the genesis of the group stating, "I went to the justice league editor and said 'you know I would like to do a Martian manhunter story, and he goes you know we have so much inventory on Martian Manhunter solo stories and I said well I would like to do Green Lantern, well we got so much inventory on Green Lantern, and I was like alright okay I get it, those were two of my favorite superheroes at DC growing up, and I said boy someday ill do a green lantern st ...
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Guardian Of Gotham
Guardian usually refers to: * Legal guardian, a person with the authority and duty to care for the interests of another * ''The Guardian'', a British daily newspaper (The) Guardian(s) may also refer to: Places * Guardian, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community in Webster County * Guardian Nunatak, a landform on Antarctica's Dufek Coast * Guardian Rock, an islet off the Antarctic Peninsula in Bigourdan Fjord * Guardian telephone exchange, Manchester, England * Wonder Mountain's Guardian, a roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland, Vaughan, Ontario People * GuardiaN (Ladislav Kovács; born 1991), Slovak professional video-game player * Angel Guardian (born 1998), Filipina actress and singer * Don Guardian (born 1953), mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Guardian (comics), characters from various comics * Guardian (DC Comics), a DC Comics superhero * Guardian (''Highlander''), a character in ...
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Vampirella
Vampirella () is a vampire superheroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and comic book artist Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969), a sister publication of '' Creepy'' and ''Eerie''. Writer-editor Archie Goodwin later developed the character from horror-story hostesses, in which capacity she remained through issue #8 (Nov. 1970), to a horror-drama leading character. The magazine was published continuously until 1983, when Warren Publishing ceased operations and its assets were bought by Harris Publications. ''Vampirella'' comics, both new and reprints, have continued through various publishers into the 21st century. Publication history Warren Publishing Vampirella initially appeared in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror-comics magazine ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969), running to issue #112 (March 1983),
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Batgirl
Batgirl is the name of several fictional superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, depicted as female counterparts and allies to the superhero Batman. The character Betty Kane was introduced into publication in 1961 by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff as Bat-Girl, and was replaced in 1967 by Barbara Gordon, who became the most iconic Batgirl. The character debuted in ''Detective Comics'' #359 (January 1967) by writer Gardner Fox and artist Carmine Infantino, introduced as the niece/adoptive daughter of police commissioner James Gordon. Batgirl operates in Gotham City, allying herself with Batman and the original Robin, Dick Grayson, along with other masked vigilantes. The character appeared regularly in ''Detective Comics'', ''Batman Family'', and several other books produced by DC until 1988. That year, Barbara Gordon appeared in Barbara Kesel's ''Batgirl Special'' #1, in which she retires from crime-fighting. She subsequently appeared in Alan Mo ...
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Dark Horse Presents
''Dark Horse Presents'' was a comic book published by Dark Horse Comics from 1986 in comics, 1986. Their first published series, it was their flagship title until its September 2000 in comics, 2000 cancellation. The second incarnation was published on MySpace, running from July 2007 in comics, 2007 until August 2010 in comics, 2010. A third incarnation began in April 2011 in comics, 2011, released in print form once again. Publishing history First incarnation: Volume 1 ''Dark Horse Presents'' was conceived as an anthology title and was the first comic to be released by the newly formed Dark Horse Comics in 1986. The first issue featured ''Black Cross'' on the cover and featured the first appearance of Paul Chadwick's ''Concrete (comics), Concrete''. The title became successful thanks to the increasing popularity of ''Concrete'' which quickly became the regular cover feature for much of the first few years of the title. ''Concrete'' eventually spun off into its own title, and this ...
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Bleeding Cool
''Bleeding Cool'' is an Internet news site, focusing on comics, television, film, board games, and video games. Owned by Avatar Press, it was launched by Rich Johnston in 2009. Avatar Press also publishes an associated magazine, also called ''Bleeding Cool''. Content Among Bleeding Cool's features are a power list detailing the most influential people in the comics industry. In 2012, Bleeding Cool covered sexual harassment accusations leveled against DC Comics editor Eddie Berganza, beginning with an incident at WonderCon in Anaheim, California. Though that initial article was a blind item that did not name the victim or accused, four years later, Bleeding Cool named Berganza when it accused him of sexual harassment, and detailed how he had risen in the ranks at DC even after the accusations became known to his employers. This was followed by a November 2017 BuzzFeed report on accusations leveled against Berganza by several women that led to his termination from DC. In Nov ...
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Forbidden Planet (bookstore)
Forbidden Planet is the trading name of three separate businesses with online and retail bookstores selling science fiction, fantasy and popular culture products. The original store was opened in London in 1978 named after the 1956 feature film Forbidden Planet, of the same name. Specialising in film and television merchandise, the shops sell comic books, graphic novels, fantasy and Horror fiction, horror, manga, DVDs, video games, and a wide variety of Co-branding, co-branded edition/Special edition, collector's items, promotional apparel and Promotional merchandise, merchandise and Collectable, collector's items. History Founding Forbidden Planet London was the third major comics store in the city, eventually replacing what had been the leading shop, Derek Stokes's Dark They Were and Golden Eyed (bookshop), Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed, which had started in 1969, and coming after Frank Dobson (comics), Frank and Joan Dobson's Weird Fantasy in New Cross.Sallis, Ed. "Fan-Th ...
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Project Fanboy
Project Fanboy (PF) is an American website that publishes news, interviews and reviews about the American comic book industry. In addition, the site hosts comic book fan-voted awards. It was founded by Stephen Jondrew and Scott Williams in the fall of 2005 as an alternative site that covers mainstream comic book news, but also promotes smaller independent works. History The Project Fanboy website was launched in 2005 as an independently run promoter of comic books and creators in the comic book industry. A little known site in its first three years, it eventually began publishing interviews and reviews of independent comic books in 2008. The site garnered little interest until May 2008, with the introduction of the annual Project Fanboy Awards. At the 2009 MegaCon comic book convention the winners of the 2008 Project Fanboy Awards were announced. The awards sparked controversy amongst comic book fans with the announcement of Jim Balent's company Broadsword Comics receiving thr ...
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Cataclysm
Cataclysm is derived from the Greek (), 'down, against', and (), 'wash over, surge'. It may refer to: Common meanings *Generally, any large-scale disaster *Deluge (mythology) *Doomsday event, see hypothetical risks to civilization, humans, and planet Earth *A catastrophic natural event: ** List of geological phenomena **earthquake, the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves **volcanic eruption Video games *'' World of Warcraft: Cataclysm'', an expansion pack of Blizzard Entertainment's ''World of Warcraft'' *'' Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead'', an open-source cross-platform roguelike video game *'' Homeworld: Cataclysm'', a stand-alone expansion, of the ''Homeworld'' space-based RTS franchise Books and comics * Cataclysm (''Dragonlance''), a fictional event in the ''Dragonlance'' novels *'' Batman: Cataclysm'', a DC Comics crossover story arc featuring Batman * '' Cataclysm: The Ultimates' Last Stand'', a 2013–2014 crossover storyl ...
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