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Salvation Run
''Salvation Run'' is a seven-issue 2007-2008 DC Comics limited series which was designed to tie into the company's major event series ''Final Crisis'' in 2008. Premise The series, which is based on a pitch from George R. R. Martin, follows a world where various supervillains are captured by the Suicide Squad and imprisoned on a distant planet. The story features the villains splitting into alliances and either attempting to escape the planet, known as "Salvation", or choosing to rule over it. Bill Willingham started as writer, but had to hand the project over to Lilah Sturges after only three issues due to illness. The first issue was released in November 2007. Major characters in ''Salvation Run'' include Lex Luthor, the Joker, the Rogues (Heat Wave, Captain Cold, Weather Wizard, Abra Kadabra and Mirror Master), and other morally ambiguous heroes such as Scandal Savage and Catwoman. Tie-ins to the series were released in ''Countdown to Final Crisis'', '' Outsiders'', '' ...
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Sean Chen (artist)
Sean Chen (born August 15, 1968) is an American comic book artist. Career Chen is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University where he received a bachelor's degree in industrial design. He started his career after being discovered by Barry Windsor-Smith. He began his career at Valiant Comics, penciling their flagship title, '' X-O Manowar'', as well as '' Bloodshot'','' Harbinger'', and '' Rai and the Future Force''. His debut book, ''RFF'' #9, sold over 900,000 copies. After Valiant, he then moved on to Marvel Comics, where he drew ''Iron Man'' for over three years. His other works include ''Wolverine The wolverine ( , ; ''Gulo gulo''), also called the carcajou or quickhatch (from East Cree, ''kwiihkwahaacheew''), is the largest land-dwelling species, member of the family Mustelidae. It is a muscular carnivore and a solitary animal. The w ...'', ''Elektra'', and the maxi-series '' X-Men: The End''. Chen also lends his talents to Marvel's Creative Services Division wher ...
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Captain Cold
Captain Cold (Leonard Snart) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, the character first appeared in '' Showcase'' #8 (June 1957). In his comic book appearances, Captain Cold is depicted as an adversary of various superheroes known as the Flash, most notably Barry Allen, and serves as the leader of the Rogues, a loose criminal association. As part of 2011's The New 52 reboot, Captain Cold and his team live by a code never to kill. The character has been substantially adapted from the comics into various forms of media, including television series and video games. Actor Wentworth Miller portrayed Captain Cold in The CW's Arrowverse television series ''The Flash'' and ''Legends of Tomorrow''. In 2009, Captain Cold was ranked as IGN’s 27th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time. Fictional character biography Leonard Snart was raised by an abusive father and took refuge with his grandfather, wh ...
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Bart Allen
Bartholomew Henry "Bart" Allen II is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. A speedster (fiction), speedster, he first appeared under the alias Impulse and later became the second Kid Flash and the fourth Flash (comics), Flash. Created by Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo, Bart first made a cameo in ''The Flash (comic book), The Flash'' (vol. 2) #91 in 1994 before his full debut in issue #92. He has since been featured as the lead character in ''Impulse'' (1995–2002) and ''The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive'' (2006–2007). Bart also appears in the series ''Young Justice'' and ''Teen Titans'' as a member of both superhero teams. As first conceived by writers, Bart was born in the 30th century to Meloni Thawne and Don Allen, and is part of a complex family tree of superheroes and supervillains. His father, Don, is one of the Tornado Twins and his paternal grandfather is Barry Allen, the second Flash. His paternal grandmother, Iris West, is also the adopti ...
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