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Genesis (DC Comics)
"Genesis" is a comic book Fictional crossover, crossover storyline published by DC Comics that ran through a self-titled four-issue weekly Limited series (comics), miniseries and various #Tie-ins, tie-in issues, all cover-dated October 1997. The main miniseries was written by John Byrne (comics), John Byrne and drawn by Ron Wagner. Plot The storyline revolves around the concept of the "Godwave", an interstellar phenomenon created by Source (comics), the Source that spread across the universe, creating Deity, gods on its first pass before reaching the edge of the universe and bouncing back, creating demigods and metahumans on its second pass. The Godwave threatens reality when it reaches back to its starting point, altering or neutralizing the abilities of various metahumans and making ordinary humans feel like something is missing. The superheroes of Earth and the New Gods of New Genesis battle Darkseid to prevent him from accomplishing his plan to seize the power of the Godwave. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Davis
Alan Davis (born 18 June 1956) is an English comic book writer and artist, known for his work on ''Captain Britain'', ''The Uncanny X-Men'', ''The ClanDestine, ClanDestine'', ''Detective Comics'', ''Excalibur (comic book), Excalibur'', ''JLA: The Nail'' and ''JLA: Another Nail''. Career UK work Davis began his career in comics on an English fanzine. His first professional work was a strip called ''The Crusader'' in ''Frantic Magazine'' for Dez Skinn's revamped Marvel UK line. Davis's big break was drawing the revamped Captain Britain story in ''The Mighty World of Marvel, Marvel Superheroes''. At the time, he was working full-time in a warehouse in Corby doing work that included loading trucks. He initially had no interest in pursuing a career in comics, as he considered drawing to be a hobby.Davis, Alan (w). "Stick with it, it gets better!", ''X-Men Archives Featuring Captain Britain'' #1 (July 1995), Marvel Comics (New York City), p. 4. Due to his inexperience, Davis did no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supergirl (comic Book)
''Supergirl'' is the name of seven comic book series published by DC Comics, featuring various characters of Supergirl, the same name. The majority of the titles feature Superman's cousin Supergirl (Kara Zor-El), Kara Zor-El. Publication history Volume 1 (1972–1974) The first series featured the original Supergirl, Superman's cousin Supergirl (Kara Zor-El), Kara Zor-El. It began publication in 1972 following a 44-issue run of Supergirl stories in ''Adventure Comics'', ending with issue #424 (October 1972). The series lasted for 10 issues until 1974, after which the character began appearing regularly in ''The Superman Family'' commencing with issue #165. The release of the last issue of ''Supergirl'' was delayed for several months due to a nationwide paper shortage. Volume 2 (1982–1984) During its first year of publication, the second Kara Zor-El series was titled ''The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl''. With issue #13, the name was shortened to ''Supergirl'', and the titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fictional Crossover
A crossover is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a single story. They can arise from legal agreements between the relevant copyright holders (known as intercompany crossovers), common corporate ownership or unofficial efforts by fans. This is different from a spoof, where one discrete character, setting, or universe, copies another character, setting, or universe, often in a comedic manner. Background Official Crossovers often occur in an official capacity in order for the intellectual property rights holders to reap the financial reward of combining two or more popular, established properties. In other cases, the crossover can serve to introduce a new concept derivative of an older one. Another intention is to give fictional characters more emotional credibility and thus increase immersion for the fans. Crossovers generally occur between properties owned by a single holder, but they can, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Book
A comic book, comic-magazine, or simply comic is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panel (comics), panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and written narrative, usually dialogue contained in word balloons emblematic of the comics art form. ''Comic Cuts'' was a British comic published from 1890 to 1953. It was preceded by ''Ally Sloper's Half Holiday'' (1884), which is notable for its use of sequential Cartoon, cartoons to unfold narrative. These British comics existed alongside the popular lurid "penny dreadfuls" (such as ''Spring-heeled Jack''), boys' "story papers" and the humorous ''Punch (magazine), Punch'' magazine, which was the first to use the term "cartoon" in its modern sense of a humorous drawing. The first modern American comic book, American-style comic book, ''Famous Funnies: A Carnival of Comics'', was released in the US in 1933 and was a reprinting of earlier newsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Rubinstein
Josef "Joe" Rubinstein (born 4 June 1958) is a comic book artist and inker, most associated with inking Marvel Comics' ''The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe'' and the 1982 four-issue ''Wolverine'' miniseries by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller. He is also known for giving artist Art Adams his first professional work.Goulart, Ron. ''The Great Comic Book Artists, Volume 2'', 1989, St. Martin's Press Early life Josef Rubinstein was born in Wrocław, Poland in 1958. He moved with his family to the United States, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1972. Career Rubinstein started his artist career in the early 1970s as a teenager. Primarily working as an inker, his artwork has been published by major U.S. comics publishers including Marvel Comics, DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics. However, he first entered the industry as an office assistant to Neal Adams and Dick Giordano at Continuity Associates. While working this position, he learned how to ink from Giordano. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Wagner
Ron J. Wagner is an People of the United States, American comics artist who has drawn for titles such as ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Marvel Comics), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', ''The Punisher'', ''Nth Man: The Ultimate Ninja'', and ''Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight''. He is also an animation storyboard artist, games designer, and portrait artist. He attended the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, in a class which also included Lee Weeks, Andy Kubert, and Adam Kubert. Wagner's earliest work in professional comics, while in his third and final year at the Kubert School, was drawing backgrounds for Stan Woch in World's Finest Comics. While penciler on ''Morbius, Morbius, the Living Vampire'', Wagner repeatedly came into conflict with the Comics Code Authority due to his insertion of sexually explicit content into his backgrounds. Bibliography In roughly chronological order, comics work includes: *''New Talent Showcase'' #15, DC Comics, 1985 *''Savage Tal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Byrne (comics)
John Lindley Byrne (; born July 6, 1950) is a British-born American comic book writer and artist of superhero comics. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on many major superheroes; with noted work on Marvel Comics's ''X-Men'' and ''Fantastic Four (comic book), Fantastic Four''. Byrne also facilitated the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics's ''Superman'' franchise with the Limited series (comics), limited series The Man of Steel (comics), ''The Man of Steel'', the first issue of which featured the comics' first variant cover. Coming into the comics profession as a penciller, inker, letterer, and writer on his earliest work, Byrne began co-plotting the ''X-Men'' comics during his tenure on them, for story arcs including "Dark Phoenix Saga" and "Days of Future Past", and co-creating characters such as Kitty Pryde, Emma Frost, Sabretooth (character), Sabretooth, Shadow King, and Rachel Summers. Byrne launched his writing career in earnest with ''Fantastic Four'', also serving as penciler a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
