Masters Of Evil
The Masters of Evil is a supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first version of the team appeared in '' The Avengers'' #6 (July 1964), with the lineup continually changing over the years. Publication history The first version of the Masters of Evil debuted in '' The Avengers'' #6, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The second version of the Masters of Evil debuted in ''The Avengers'' #54, created by Roy Thomas, John Buscema, and George Tuska. The third version of the Masters of Evil debuted in ''The Avengers'' #222, created by Jim Shooter, Steven Grant, and Greg LaRocque. The fourth version of the Masters of Evil debuted in ''The Avengers'' #270, created by Roger Stern, John Buscema, and Tom Palmer. The fifth version of the Masters of Evil debuted in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' #28, created by Jim Valentino, Herb Trimpe, and Steve Montano. The sixth version of the Masters of Evil debuted in '' The Incredible Hulk'' #449, creat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Heinrich Zemo
Heinrich Zemo is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and first made a cameo appearance in ''The Avengers (comic book), The Avengers'' #4 (March 1964), before officially being introduced in ''The Avengers'' #6 (July 1964). He was retroactively added into the history of Captain America upon the superhero's reintroduction in the Silver Age of Comics two issues prior. Zemo is a Nazi Party, Nazi scientist and the founder and original leader of the Masters of Evil, and is commonly depicted as one of the greatest enemies of Captain America and the Avengers (comics), Avengers. After Zemo is killed in battle with the Avengers, he is succeeded by his Helmut Zemo, son. The character has been adapted into numerous forms of media, having most notably been voiced by Robin Atkin Downes in ''The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'' animated series. Fictional character biography Heinrich Zemo, the 12t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Greg LaRocque
Greg LaRocque (born February 24, 1954) is an American comics artist best known for his work on the ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' and ''The Flash''. Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, LaRocque worked as an assistant teacher at the Professional Institute of Art while still a teenager. He started his art career in the advertising field. Comics career Greg LaRocque began his comics career at DC Comics and his first published work was the story "That Which Conquers All" in ''Mystery in Space'' #115 (Jan. 1981). This was followed by a series of OMAC back-up stories in '' The Warlord'' #42–47 (Feb.–July 1981). His first work for Marvel Comics appeared in '' Power Man and Iron Fist'' #73 (Sept. 1981). He drew several issues of '' Marvel Team-Up'' including the last issue of the series. He and writer Louise Simonson then launched a new Spider-Man title, ''Web of Spider-Man'', in April 1985. After returning to DC Comics, LaRocque became prominent for his work illustrating the ''Legio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jim Zub
Jim Zubkavich, known professionally as Jim Zub, is a Canadian comic book writer, artist, and art instructor best known for creating comics ''Skullkickers'' (2010), '' Wayward'' (2014), and ''Glitterbomb'' (2016) for Image Comics, writing on the series '' Thunderbolts'' (2016), ''Uncanny Avengers'' (2017)'','' ''Avengers: No Surrender'' (2018), and '' Champions'' (2018) for Marvel Comics, and creating '' Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons'' (2018–2022) and '' Rick and Morty vs. Cthulhu'' (2022–2023) for Oni Press. As well as writing and creating comics, Zub is the former program co-ordinator and a current art professor at Toronto's Seneca College. Early life Jim Zub is Canadian. He grew up watching Spider-Man cartoons as a kid, and soon after fell in love with comics. He has stated that Stan Lee was a big influence on him, specifically by giving his superheroes flaws. Career Jim Zub created his first comic, '' Makeshift Miracle'', in 2001, followed by a nine-year st ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Patrick Zircher
Patrick Zircher () is an American comic book artist and penciller. Career Zircher's early career as an illustrator began with production of several completed works for '' Villains and Vigilantes'', '' Champions'' and other pen-and-paper role-playing games, as well as work for independent comic book publishers. He illustrated a number of projects for Caliber Comics including ''Dragon Star II'', ''Jason and the Argonauts'' (under the Tome Press banner), and his own creator owned series, ''Samurai 7'' (released under Caliber's Gauntlet imprint). Following this he went on to work largely for Marvel Comics on titles including ''Iron Man'', '' Thunderbolts'' and ''New Warriors''. He also did a considerable amount of work for DC, primarily on ''Nightwing'' and on '' Shadowman'' for Valiant Comics. Bibliography DC Comics *''Action Comics'' #957–958, 963–964, 969–970, 973–974, 979–980, 984 (2016–2017) *''Birds of Prey'' #13 (along with Greg Land) (2000) *'' Darkstars'' #8 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rick Remender
Rick Remender (born February 6, 1973) is an American animator, comic book writer and television producer who resides in Los Angeles, California. As a comic book creator, he is best known for his work on ''Uncanny X-Force'', ''Venom'', ''Captain America'' and ''Uncanny Avengers'', published by Marvel, as well as his creator-owned series '' Fear Agent'', '' Deadly Class'', '' Black Science'' and ''Low'', published by Image. In video games, he wrote EA's ''Dead Space'' and Epic Games' '' Bulletstorm''. In 2019, Sony Pictures Television adapted ''Deadly Class'' into a television series of the same name, for which Remender served as a showrunner and lead writer. Career Remender started out in animation, working on such films as ''The Iron Giant'', ''Anastasia'', ''Titan A.E.'' and '' The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle''.Rick Remender Kee ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Secret Avengers
''Secret Avengers'' is an American comic book Ongoing series, series published by Marvel Comics featuring a fictional black operation, black ops superhero team of the same name. The series started with Ed Brubaker on writing duties, depicting a black-ops sect of Marvel's premier super hero team, the Avengers (comics), Avengers, which operates under the guidance and leadership of Captain America, Captain Steve Rogers (the former Captain America). The series is part of the ''Avengers''-line relaunch as part of the "Heroic Age (comics), Heroic Age". Publication history Writer Ed Brubaker and artist Mike Deodato were announced as the creative team for the ''Secret Avengers'' title. A series of teaser images were released by Marvel to promote the upcoming series in February 2010, which slowly revealed the team's roster over the course of two months. The series started in late May 2010 (cover date July 2010). As of the first issue, the roster includes Beast (comics), Beast, War Machine ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thunderbolts (comics)
The Thunderbolts are an antihero/supervillain/superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team consists mostly of reformed supervillains. Created by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley, the team first appeared in ''The Incredible Hulk (comic book), The Incredible Hulk'' #449 (January 1997). Publication history The Thunderbolts were first presented, both to readers and to the Marvel Universe, in ''The Incredible Hulk (comic book), The Incredible Hulk'' #449 (January 1997), written by Peter David with art by Mike Deodato Jr., as a team of flamboyant new heroes who stepped up to fill the gap left when the Avengers (comics), Avengers were declared dead after the events of the 1996 "Onslaught (Marvel Comics), Onslaught" crossover. The final page of ''Thunderbolts (comic book), Thunderbolts'' #1 (April 1997), written by Kurt Busiek with art by Mark Bagley, revealed, however, that the Thunderbolts were actually the Masters of Evil in disguise, a surprise twi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mark Bagley
Mark Bagley (; born August 7, 1957) is an American comics artist. He has worked for Marvel Comics on such titles as ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', ''Thunderbolts (comic book), Thunderbolts'', ''New Warriors'', ''Venom (comic book), Venom'' and ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' and for DC Comics on ''Justice League (comic book), Justice League of America'', ''Batman (comic book), Batman'', and ''Trinity (comic book), Trinity''. Early life Mark Bagley was born to a military family in Frankfurt, West Germany. Career After his work in the military and at Ringling College of Art and Design, Bagley continued trying to break into the comic industry. While working a construction job, he suffered a severe injury to his leg while using a handsaw that required 132 stitches. He eventually ended up working for Lockheed Martin making technical drawings. Marvel Comics In 1983, Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter created the ''Marvel Try-out Book'' to draw new talent into the comic book industry. The c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kurt Busiek
Kurt Busiek ( ; born September 16, 1960) is an American comic book writer. His work includes the '' Marvels'' limited series, his own series titled '' Astro City'', a four-year run on '' The Avengers, Thunderbolts,'' and ''Superman.'' Early life Busiek was born in Boston. He grew up in various towns in the Boston area, including Lexington where he befriended future comic book creator Scott McCloud. Busiek did not read comics as a youngster, as his parents disapproved of them. He began to regularly read them around the age of 14, when he picked up a copy of '' Daredevil'' #120 (April 1975). That comic is the first part of a continuity-heavy four-part story arc; he was drawn to the copious history and cross-connections with other series. Throughout high school and college, he and McCloud practiced making comics. The pair contributed to comics hobbyist publications like NMP's ''Comics Feature''. During that time, Busiek had many letters published in comic book letter columns and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Incredible Hulk (comic Book)
''The Incredible Hulk'' is an ongoing comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero the Hulk and his alter ego Bruce Banner. First published in May 1962, the series ran for six issues before it was canceled in March 1963, and the Hulk character began appearing in ''Tales to Astonish''. With issue #102, ''Tales to Astonish'' was renamed to ''The Incredible Hulk'' in April 1968, becoming its second volume. The series continued to run until issue #474 in March 1999. In April 1999, it was replaced with the series ''Hulk'' which ran until February 2000 and was retitled to ''The Incredible Hulk''s third volume, running from March 2000 to March 2007 when it became ''The Incredible Hercules'' with a new title character. ''The Incredible Hulk'' returned in September 2009 beginning at issue #600, which became ''The Incredible Hulks'' in November 2010 and focused on the Hulk and the modern incarnation of his expanded family. The series returned to ''The Incredible Hulk'' vol. 4 in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Herb Trimpe
Herbert William Trimpe (; May 26, 1939 – April 13, 2015) was an American comics artist and occasional writer, best known as the seminal 1970s artist on '' The Incredible Hulk'' and as the first artist to draw for publication the character Wolverine, who later became a breakout star of the X-Men. Early life Herb Trimpe was born May 26, 1939, in Peekskill, New York,Additional, October 7, 2010. the son of Anna (Jamison) and Herbert Trimpe. He graduated from Lakeland High School. His brother, Mike Trimpe, inked an Ant-Man story that Trimpe pencilled in ''Marvel Feature'' #6 (Nov. 1972). Of his childhood art and comics influences, he said in 2002, "I really loved the Disney stuff, Donald Duck and characters like that. Funny-animal stuff, that was kind of my favorite, and I liked to draw that kind of thing. And I also liked ... Plastic Man. ... I loved comics since I was a little kid, but I was actually more interested in syndicating a comic strip than working in comics."Trimpe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jim Valentino
Jim Valentino (born October 28, 1952) is an American writer, penciler, editor and publisher of comic books, best known for his 1990–1992 work on '' Guardians of the Galaxy'' for Marvel Comics, and for co-founding Image Comics, a company publishing creator-owned comics. At Image Comics, Valentino produced books such as the superhero vigilante series '' ShadowHawk'', and the 1997 semi-autobiographical black and white book '' A Touch of Silver''. Valentino also served as publisher of Image from 1999 to 2003, during which he oversaw the diversification of Image's publication through his discovery of creators such as Robert Kirkman, who co-created the critically and commercially successful comic book '' The Walking Dead''. Early life Valentino was born on October 28, 1952, in the Bronx, New York. Career 1970s–1992 Valentino began his career in the late 1970s, creating small press and mostly autobiographical comics. The early-mid-1980s saw ''normalman'', which first appeare ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |