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Dark Circle
The Dark Circle is a criminal organization appearing in media published by DC Comics, primarily as an enemy of the Legion of Super-Heroes. They first appeared in 1968, created by Jim Shooter as a criminal organization founded by five members and consisting of them and their clones. The Dark Circle concept was later modified to consist of members from five core worlds instead of clones. A later version, introduced following the '' Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!'' reboot, was led by Brainiac 4 and had several known Legion enemies among their ranks instead of generic masked henchmen. Fictional history The Dark Circle first appear in ''Adventure Comics'' #367 as an insurgent group planning to conquer the United Planets in the 30th century. It is composed of five people and their clones. In the "Five Years Later" continuity, the Dark Circle is an ancient quasi-religious movement. When the Dominators conquer Earth, the Dark Circle secretly aids the resistance movement, hoping to gain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Comics
DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book series first published in 1937. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, the first comic under the DC banner being published in 1937. The majority of its published stories are set in the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous List of DC Comics characters, culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Flash (DC Comics character), Flash; as well as famous fictional teams, including the Justice League, the Teen Titans, the Suicide Squad, and the Legion of Superheroes. The universe contains an assortment of well-known supervillains, such as Lex Luthor, the Joker (character), Joker, Darkseid, and the antihero Catwoman. The company has published non-DC Universe-related mater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bane (DC Comics)
Bane is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench, and Graham Nolan, the character first appeared in ''Batman: Vengeance of Bane'' #1 (January 1993). He is regarded as one of Batman’s most enduring enemies, part of the collective of adversaries that make up Batman's List of Batman family enemies, rogues gallery. In his comic book appearances, Bane is an international criminal with a combination of brute strength and exceptional intelligence. Born and raised in the Peña Duro prison on the Caribbean island of Santa Prisca, where he served a life sentence for his father King Snake's revolutionary activities, Bane becomes a test subject for the super-steroid known as "Venom". After escaping from the prison, Bane travels to Gotham City, where he defeats Batman and breaks the superhero's back. This event is commonly referred to as "Breaking the Bat", and Bane is often regarded as one of the few villains to have signific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comics Characters Introduced In 1968
a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. There is no consensus among theorists and historians on a definition of comics; some emphasize the combination of images and text, some sequentiality or other image relations, and others historical aspects such as mass reproduction or the use of recurring characters. Cartooning and other forms of illustration are the most common means of image-making in comics. Photo comics is a form that uses photographic images. Common forms include comic strips, editorial and gag cartoons, and comic books. Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels, and comic albums, have become increasingly common, along with webcomics as well as scientific/medical comics. The history of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Characters Created By Jim Shooter
Character or Characters may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''Character'' (novel), a 1936 Dutch novel by Ferdinand Bordewijk * ''Characters'' (Theophrastus), a classical Greek set of character sketches attributed to Theophrastus Music * ''Character'' (Dark Tranquillity album), 2005 * ''Character'' (Julia Kent album), 2013 * ''Character'', an album by Rachael Sage, 2020 * ''Characters'' (John Abercrombie album), 1977 * ''Characters'' (Stevie Wonder album), 1987 * "Character", a song by Ryokuoushoku Shakai, 2022 Types of entity * Character (arts), an agent within a work of art, including literature, drama, cinema, opera, etc. ** Character actor, an actor known for playing unusual, eccentric or interesting characters in supporting roles ** Character sketch or character, a literary description of a character type * Game character (other), various types of characters in a video game or role playing game ** Player character, as above but who is c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouroboros
The ouroboros or uroboros (; ) is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent symbolism, snake or European dragon, dragon Autocannibalism, eating its own tail. The ouroboros entered Western tradition via Egyptian mythology, ancient Egyptian iconography and the Greek Magical Papyri, Greek magical tradition. It was adopted as a symbol in Gnosticism and Hermeticism and, most notably, in alchemy. Some snakes, such as rat snakes, have been known to consume themselves. Name and interpretation The term derives , from ''oura'' 'tail' plus ''-boros'' '-eating'. The ''ouroboros'' is often interpreted as a symbol for eternal cyclic renewal or a Eternal return, cycle of life, death and rebirth; the snake's Sloughing, skin-sloughing symbolises the Metempsychosis, transmigration of souls. The snake biting its own tail is a fertility symbol in some religions: the tail is a Phallus, phallic symbol and the mouth is a yonic or womb-like symbol. Historical representations Ancient Egypt One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Zero
Black Zero is a name shared by two supervillains, two terrorist organizations, one special forces group, and a computer virus that have all appeared in various comic book series published by DC Comics. Fictional character biography Original Black Zero The original Black Zero solely appeared in ''Superman'' #205 (1968), and was created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino. He is a space saboteur who destroys planets and was hired to destroy Krypton by maintaining pressure in its core. In the present, Black Zero comes to Earth, threatening to destroy it as he did Krypton. In desperation, Superman releases Jax-Ur, a prisoner of the Phantom Zone, who wishes to avenge Krypton's destruction. After launching a missile toward Earth, Black Zero attacks Jax-Ur with red kryptonite, mutating him into a Gorgon-like form. Jax-Ur then petrifies Black Zero with his gaze and shatters his body. Black Zero organization The first post-''Crisis'' version of Black Zero appeared in the 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brainiac (character)
Brainiac is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino, and debuted in ''Action Comics'' #242 (July 10, 1958). He has since endured as one of Superman's greatest List of Superman enemies, enemies. The character's name is a portmanteau of the words ''brain'' and ''maniac''. In his comic book appearances, Brainiac is commonly depicted as a Superintelligence, superintelligent Android (robot), android or cyborg from the planet Coluan, Colu who is obsessed with collecting all knowledge in the known universe. He travels the galaxy and shrinks cities to bottle size for preservation on his skull-shaped spaceship before destroying their source planets, believing the knowledge he acquires to be most valuable if he alone possesses it. Among these shrunken cities is Kandor (comics), Kandor, the capital of Superman's home planet Krypton (comics), Krypton, and Brainiac is even responsible for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mon-El
Lar Gand, known mainly as Mon-El (and alternatively as Valor and M'Onel), is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the Legion of Super-Heroes, Superboy (Kal-El), Superboy, and Superman. The character has been reinterpreted over the years, but in all versions serves as a hero with abilities similar to those of Superman, sometimes serving as a substitute for him. Mon-El appears in the Supergirl (season 2), second season of ''Supergirl (TV series), Supergirl'', portrayed by Chris Wood (actor), Chris Wood. Additionally, Superman X, a character loosely based on Mon-El, appears in the animated series ''Legion of Super Heroes (TV series), Legion of Super Heroes'', voiced by Yuri Lowenthal. Publication history A precursor to the Lar Gand character appeared in the story "Superman's Big Brother", in ''Superman (comic book), Superman'' #80 (February 1953). He was named Halk Kar, and had a logo-less costume almost identical to Supe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
