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Flowers For Rhino
"Flowers for Rhino" is a Spider-Man story by Peter Milligan and Duncan Fegredo. Published in 2001, it is a pastiche of the science fiction story ''Flowers for Algernon''. "Flowers for Rhino" appeared in ''Spider-Man's Tangled Web'' #5–6. Plot summary Rhino, a brutish and dimwitted enemy of Spider-Man, suffers a mid-life crisis after he attempts to rescue Stella, the beautiful daughter of a mob boss, who coldly informs him after he is hired as a full-time bodyguard on the grounds that he is too stupid to be a serious romantic or business threat. Recalling a recent meeting with the doctors who created his latest suit, he undergoes a brain operation that turns him into a super genius. With his new intellect, he quickly demonstrates a change in his usual methods, allowing him to defeat Spider-Man, subsequently running away with Stella to start his own crime organization. With his new intellect, he writes a novel, gets a restraining order that prevents Spider-Man from attacking him, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider-Man's Tangled Web
''Spider-Man's Tangled Web'' was an American superhero comic book series starring Spider-Man and his supporting cast published by Marvel Comics for 22 issues from June 2001 to March 2003. The title was an anthology series, where various creative teams not usually associated with Spider-Man could display their take on the character. Creation The series was devised by Joe Quesada and Axel Alonso shortly after they became Marvel Comics' editor-in-chief and senior editor respectively. Creators for the series were directed to focus more on the characters connected to Spider-Man rather than focusing on the character himself. A similar approach had previously been tried with ''Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man'' in 1999–2000. However, Alonso's contacts from his work with DC Comics and their Vertigo Comics, Vertigo imprint attracted a number of acclaimed creators to the series, including Darwyn Cooke, Garth Ennis, Duncan Fegredo, Jim Mahfood, Ted McKeever, Peter Milligan, Paul Pope and G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flowers For Algernon
''Flowers for Algernon'' is a short story by American author Daniel Keyes, which he later expanded into a novel and adapted for film and other media. The short story, written in 1958 and first published in the April 1959 issue of ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'', won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960. The novel was published in 1966 and was joint winner of that year's Nebula Award for Best Novel (with '' Babel-17''). Algernon is a laboratory mouse who has undergone surgery to increase his intelligence. The story is told by a series of progress reports written by Charlie Gordon, the first human subject for the surgery, and it touches on ethical and moral themes such as the treatment of the mentally disabled. Although the book has often been challenged for removal from libraries in the United States and Canada, sometimes successfully, it is frequently taught in schools around the world and has been adapted many times for television, theater, radio and as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultimate Marvel Team-Up
''Ultimate Marvel Team-Up'' is a comic book series, published by Marvel Comics which ran for 16 issues, including a concluding ''Ultimate Spider-Man Super Special''. It is set in one of Marvel's shared universes, the Ultimate Universe and is based on the original universe ''Marvel Team-Up''. The whole series starred Spider-Man teaming up with another superhero each issue. The series was written by Brian Michael Bendis, with each arc drawn by a different artist. Issues, artists and characters Issue 1 * Starring: Spider-Man & Wolverine vs. Sabretooth * Penciled and Inked by: Matt Wagner * Trivia: Sabretooth's first appearance in Ultimate Marvel. Issues #2-3 * Starring: Spider-Man & Hulk * Penciled by: Phil Hester and inked by Ande Parks * Trivia: Hulk's first appearance in Ultimate Marvel. Issues #4-5 * Starring: Spider-Man & Iron Man vs. Latverian mercenaries * Penciled and Inked by: Mike Allred * Trivia: Iron Man's first appearance in Ultimate Marvel. Issues #6-8 * Starri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a superhero in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appearance, first appeared in the anthology comic book ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) in the Silver Age of Comic Books. Considered one of the most popular and commercially successful superheroes, he has been featured in List of Spider-Man titles, comic books, Spider-Man in television, television shows, Spider-Man in film, films, List of video games featuring Spider-Man, video games, Spider-Man in literature, novels, and plays. Spider-Man has the secret identity of Peter Benjamin Parker. Initially, Peter was depicted as a teenage high-school student and an orphan raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben in New York City after his parents, Richard and Mary Parker, died in a plane crash. Lee, Ditko, and later creators had the character deal with the struggles of adolescence and young adulthood and gave him many List of Spider-Man su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
