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Echo (DC Comics)
Earthworm Earthworm is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Herbert Hynde is a criminal who ran a baby-selling ring while operating as Earthworm until it attracted the attention of Huntress. Though the ring was shut down, Earthworm escaped into the sewers. In "Underworld Unleashed", Earthworm sells his soul to Neron and gains a worm-like body that enables him to dig rapidly and control vermin. He accompanies Blackguard and Cheetah in attacking the Warriors bar before being defeated. Simon Ecks Eclipso Eel Eel is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Gangster version Eel is a gangster who fought Blue Beetle. Star-Spangled Kid villain Eel is a slippery master criminal who fought Star-Spangled Kid and Stripsey. Blackhawks villain Eel is a criminal who is a member of the League of Anti-Blackhawks alongside Owl, Buzzard, and Chameleon and an enemy of the Blackhawks. Mortimer Co ... [...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] |
Belle Reve (DC Comics)
This page lists the locations in the DC Universe, the shared universe setting of DC Comics. Sites Arrowcave The Arrowcave is the former base of operations of the Green Arrow and Speedy. Avernus Cemetery Avernus Cemetery is a hidden burial ground in Central City for the enemies of the Flash known as the Rogues. Batcave The Batcave is the headquarters of Batman. It is located beneath Wayne Manor. Big Belly Burger Big Belly Burger is a fast food chain that was founded in the 1950s and later bought by LexCorp. It started out in the fictional location of Coast City, home of the Green Lantern. The restaurant was inspired by Bob's Big Boy. It has appeared in various media outside comics, including the Arrowverse and '' Blue Beetle'', and serves as inspiration for a food establishment at the DC Universe area of Six Flags. Burnside Burnside is a borough of Gotham City that is connected to Gotham by the Burnside Bridge. It is home to ''The New 52'' version of Batgirl (Barbara Gordon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Dini
Paul McClaran Dini (; born August 7, 1957) is an American writer, animator, and comic book artist. He has served as a producer and writer for several Warner Bros. Animation/DC Comics animated series, most notably ''Batman: The Animated Series'' (1992–1995), and the subsequent DC Animated Universe. Dini and Bruce Timm co-created the characters Harley Quinn and Batman (Terry McGinnis), Terry McGinnis. Dini began writing on ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' for Filmation (1983-1984) Then later for Warner Bros. Animation on ''Tiny Toon Adventures''. In addition to ''Batman: The Animated Series'', Dini was a writer for ''Superman: The Animated Series'' (1996–2000), writer and co-creator for ''The New Batman Adventures'' (1997–1999), and writer and developer for ''Batman Beyond'' (1999–2001). He also co-created ''Freakazoid!'' (1995–1997) with Timm, produced ''Duck Dodgers (TV series), Duck Dodgers'' (2003–2005), developed and scripted ''Krypto the Superdog'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Adomian
James Adomian is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and impressionist. He is best known for his work on ''Comedy Bang! Bang!'', ''Chapo Trap House'', ''Last Comic Standing'', ''The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson'' where he Impressionist (entertainment), impersonated President George W. Bush until 2009, and for portraying Bernie Sanders during the 2016 ''Trump vs. Bernie'' tour. He voices Talking Ben in the ''Talking Tom and Friends (TV series), Talking Tom and Friends'' animated series and also the Nickelodeon animated series Pig Goat Banana Cricket. Early life Adomian was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on January 31, 1980, and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. His family moved to Los Angeles when he was ten years old. Adomian is an alumnus of Los Angeles Baptist High School and attended Whittier College studying in a self-designed major in Economics and Theatre Arts. He notes that he did not graduate during a 2017 interview with Pete Holmes. Adomian is of partial Armenian descent. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harley Quinn (TV Series)
''Harley Quinn'' is an American adult animated black comedy superhero television series based on the DC Comics character of the same name created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm. The series is written and executive-produced by Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker, and Dean Lorey, and follows the adventures of Harley Quinn and her partner Poison Ivy after leaving her boyfriend, the Joker. The show premiered on November 29, 2019. The first and second seasons premiered on DC Universe, before moving to HBO Max for its third season and then Max for its fourth. A standalone holiday-themed special episode premiered on February 9, 2023. In November 2023, the series was renewed for a fifth season, which premiered on January 16, 2025. A sixth season is in development. A spin-off series, '' Kite Man: Hell Yeah!'' premiered in July 2024. Premise The series follows the adventures of Harley Quinn and her journey of self-discovery after breaking up with the Joker upon realizing that he neve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noose (comics)
Nabu Nabu is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. First appearing in ''More Fun Comics'' #67 in May 1941, he is a major supporting character in ''Doctor Fate'' titles. A fictionalized version of the Mesopotamian god of the same name, he frequently serves as the first person to call himself Fate before serving as a guiding force and mentor of several bearers of Doctor Fate, notably being his agents for the Lords of Order. Over time, Nabu is characterized as cold and relentless in his battles against the Lords of Chaos, resorting to manipulating his first apprentice by usurping control of Kent Nelson's mind and body while being the chief cause of Inza Cramer's mental breakdown. This characterization becomes consistent although the character has also attempted to learn from his errors. In modern continuities, while his history of his mental control over Nelson is intact, he agrees to cede control to Khalid Nassour, favoring his newest hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conner Kent
Conner Kent is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared as a modern variation of Superboy in ''The Adventures of Superman (comic book), The Adventures of Superman'' #500 (June 1993), and was created by writer Karl Kesel and artist Tom Grummett. From the character's debut in 1993 to 2003, Superboy was depicted as a genetically-engineered metahuman human cloning, clone of human origin designed by Paul Westfield of Project Cadmus as a duplicate and equivalent of Superman, though released before he had fully matured. The character was retroactive continuity, retconned in ''Teen Titans (comic series), Teen Titans'' (vol. 3) #1 (September 2003) as a human/Kryptonian binary clone made from the DNA of Superman and Lex Luthor. This has since become the character's most enduring origin story in later comic books and media adaptations. He later adopts the honorary Kryptonian name Kon-El and the private name Conner Kent. Conner made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reign Of The Supermen
"The Death of Superman" is a crossover story event mostly featured in DC Comics' Superman-related publications. The crossover, which originated from editor Mike Carlin and writers Dan Jurgens, Roger Stern, Louise Simonson, Jerry Ordway, and Karl Kesel, began in December 1992 and lasted until October 1993. It was published in ''Superman'', ''Action Comics'', '' The Adventures of Superman'', '' Superman: The Man of Steel'', '' Justice League America'', and ''Green Lantern''. Since its initial publication, "The Death of Superman" has been reprinted in various formats and editions. Development began after a planned story, in which Clark Kent (Superman) and Lois Lane would be married, was postponed to coincide with a similar storyline in the television series '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman''. While pitching possible replacements, Ordway jokingly suggested that they should kill Superman. As Superman comic sales had declined in recent years, the writing teams felt t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan Edge
Morgan Edge is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Originally a supporting character, he is a media mogul who acquires '' The Daily Planet'' and employs Clark Kent as a television journalist for his WGBS TV network. After the '' Crisis on Infinite Earth'' series which led to a revision of the DC Universe, the character was a leader of Intergang. Adrian Pasdar portrayed Morgan Edge in the Arrowverse series ''Supergirl''. In ''Superman & Lois'', Adam Rayner played a version of the character who is also Superman's Kryptonian half-brother Tal-Rho. Publication history Morgan Edge first appeared in '' Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen'' #133 and was created by Jack Kirby. Kirby based his physical appearance on actor Kevin McCarthy, while his personality was inspired by television executive James T. Aubrey. According to Kirby's production assistant Mark Evanier, Kirby "wanted to explore the theme of organized crime gaining a foothold in corporate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. It is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. She was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Agee
Steven Douglas Agee (; born February 26, 1969) is an American comedian, actor, writer and musician, known for roles including Steve Myron on the Comedy Central series '' The Sarah Silverman Program'' and as John Economos in the DCEU superhero film '' The Suicide Squad'' (2021), the streaming television series '' Peacemaker'' (2022), and in the film ''Shazam! Fury of the Gods'' (2023). He also served as the on-set stand-in for Nanaue / King Shark. Career Agee is also a musician. He played guitar and bass in various rock bands in the 1990s, and has collaborated with Brendon Small in the past. He played bass guitar in a commercial for ''Rocksmith 2014'' and released a comedy-punk album, ''Scab'', on September 4, 2021. Filmography Film Television Web Video games Writing credits * 2005–08: ''Jimmy Kimmel Live! ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', sometimes shortened to ''JKL'', is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, and broadcast on ABC. The ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Universe (franchise)
The DC Universe (DCU) is an American media franchise and shared universe based on characters from DC Comics publications. It was created by James Gunn and Peter Safran, co-chairmen and co-CEOs of DC Studios. The DCU is a soft reboot of a previous franchise, the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), retaining select cast members and narrative elements but disregarding others. In contrast with the previous state of DC Comics adaptations, the DCU features a united continuity and story across live-action films and television, animation, and video games. Concurrent DC adaptations that do not fit this continuity are labeled " DC Elseworlds". After Discovery, Inc. and WarnerMedia merged to become Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CEO David Zaslav revealed a plan to revitalize the DC brand following the poor reception of the DCEU. Gunn and Safran were hired to lead the newly formed DC Studios in November 2022 after working on several DCEU projects, including the film '' The Suicide Squa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
