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Hitman (DC Comics)
Hitman (Tommy Monaghan) is a character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Garth Ennis and John McCrea and first appeared in '' The Demon Annual'' #2 before receiving his own series by Ennis and McCrea that ran for 61 issues. Background ''Hitman'' chronicles the exploits of Tommy Monaghan, an ex-Marine Gulf War veteran turned contract killer from the Cauldron, a lower-class Irish district of Gotham City. He first appears in ''The Demon Annual'' #2 (part of the " Bloodlines" crossover in the summer of 1993), when he is attacked and bitten by a Bloodlines parasite called Glonth. Instead of dying, the bite unexpectedly triggers his metagene and grants him x-ray vision and moderate telepathy. A side effect is that his corneas and irises are solid black, indistinguishable from his pupils; the sight managed to unnerve Batman when he first saw them. The inherited powers later come with limits, and Monaghan uses them selectively, both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McCrea (comics)
John McCrea (born 1966) is a comic book artist best known for his collaborations with writer Garth Ennis. Career In 1989, after a few years of drawing television and toy tie-ins, he illustrated Ennis's debut, the political series ''Troubled Souls'', in ''Crisis (comic), Crisis'', as well as its sequel, the farce ''For a Few Troubles More''. He later illustrated the series ''Carla Allison'' in ''Deadline magazine, Deadline''. He broke into American comics in 1993, drawing Ennis's run on DC Comics's ''The Demon (comics), The Demon'', followed by its spin-off, ''Hitman (DC Comics), Hitman'', from 1996 to 2001, on which McCrea developed a versatile drawing style equally at home with goofy humour, action, and subtle characterisation. Hitman issue 34 won the Eisner Award for Eisner Award for Best Single Issue/One-Shot, Best Single Issue in 1999. His wilder, more exaggerated cartooning found an outlet with ''Dicks'', a mini-series spinning off from ''For a Few Troubles More'' into mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joker (character)
The Joker is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson, the character first appeared in the debut issue of the comic book ''Batman (comic book), Batman'' on April 25, 1940. Credit for the Joker's creation is disputed; Kane and Robinson claimed responsibility for his design while acknowledging Finger's writing contribution. Although the Joker was planned to be Killing off, killed off during his initial appearance, he was spared by editorial intervention, allowing the character to endure as the archenemy of the superhero Batman. In the DC Universe, the Joker is portrayed as a criminal mastermind and the antithesis of Batman in personality and appearance. He was introduced as a murderous Psychopathy, psychopath with a warped, sadistic personality disorder, sadistic sense of humor but became a comical prankster in the late 1950s in response to regulation by the Comics Code Authority, before retur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death (DC Comics)
Death of the Endless is a fictional character, a Personifications of death, personification of death who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. She first appeared in ''The Sandman (comic book), The Sandman'' vol. 2, #8 (August 1989) and was created by Neil Gaiman and Mike Dringenberg. In the DC Universe continuity, Death is both the end of life and a psychopomp. Like most personifications of death, Death meets with the recently deceased and guides them into their new existence. Unlike most personifications of death, she also visits people as they are born, according to Destruction (DC Comics), Destruction in the ''Sandman Special: The Song of Orpheus''. Evidently, only she seems to remember these encounters. In the special issue, it is also revealed that Death was known in ancient Greece as Teleute. Physically, Death is also opposite to the traditional western culture personification of death, the Grim Reaper. In ''The Sandman'', Death instead appears as an attra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
