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Secret Defenders
The Defenders are a set of superhero groups with rotating membership appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin G .... They are usually presented as a "non-team" of individualistic "outsiders" who, in their prior adventures, are known for following their own agendas. The team often battle mysticism, mystic and supernatural threats. Its original incarnation was led by Doctor Strange and included Hulk, Namor, and Silver Surfer. They first appeared as the Defenders in ''Marvel Feature'' #1 (Dec. 1971), before receiving their own title, ''The Defenders (comic book), The Defenders'', in 1972. The group had a rotating line-up from 1972 until 1986, with Dr. Strange and the Hulk being usually constant members along with a numb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giclée
Giclée ( ) describes Digital printing, digital prints intended as fine art and produced by inkjet printers. The term is a neologism, ultimately derived from the French language, French word ''gicleur,'' coined in 1991 by Printmaking, printmaker Jack Duganne. The name was originally applied to fine art prints created on a modified Iris printer in a process invented in the late 1980s. It has since been used widely to mean any fine-art printing, usually archival, printed by inkjet. It is often used by artists, galleries, and print shops for their high quality printing, but is also used generically for art printing of any quality. Origins The word ''giclée'' was adopted by Jack Duganne around 1990. He was a printmaker working at Graham Nash#Nash Editions, Nash Editions. He wanted a name for the new type of prints they were producing on a modified Iris printer, a Large format (photography), large-format, Image resolution, high-resolution industrial prepress proofing inkjet printer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supernatural
Supernatural phenomena or entities are those beyond the Scientific law, laws of nature. The term is derived from Medieval Latin , from Latin 'above, beyond, outside of' + 'nature'. Although the corollary term "nature" has had multiple meanings since the ancient world, the term "supernatural" emerged in the Middle Ages and did not exist in the ancient world. The supernatural is featured in folklore and religious contexts, but can also feature as an explanation in more secular contexts, as in the cases of superstitions or belief in the paranormal. The term is attributed to non-physical entity, non-physical entities, such as angels, demons, gods and ghost, spirits. It also includes claimed abilities embodied in or provided by such beings, including Magic (supernatural), magic, telekinesis, levitation (paranormal), levitation, precognition and extrasensory perception. The supernatural is hypernymic to religion. Religions are standardized supernaturalist worldviews, or at least m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Larsen
Erik J. Larsen (born December 8, 1962) is an American comic book artist, writer, and publisher. He currently acts as the chief financial officer of Image Comics. He gained attention in the early 1990s with his art on Spider-Man series for Marvel Comics. In 1992 he was one of several artists who stopped working for Marvel to found Image Comics, where he launched his superhero series '' Savage Dragon'' – one of the longest running creator-owned superhero comics series – and served for several years as the company's publisher. Early life Larsen was born on December 8, 1962, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has one older brother and two younger sisters. Growing up in Bellingham, Washington, he became interested in comics through his father, a professor of English who read EC Comics, and owned a large collection of '' Captain Marvel Adventures''. Through him, Larsen was exposed to those books and those of Marvel Comics, and began to buy comics in earnest in the mid-1970s. It was Larse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Luke Cage
Lucas "Luke" Cage, born Carl Lucas and also known as Power Man, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Archie Goodwin, George Tuska, Roy Thomas, and John Romita Sr. in 1972, he was the first African–American superhero by Marvel Comics to be the main character in his own series. Stories featuring Luke Cage often relate to issues of race and class. His origin invokes criticism of police brutality and the prison system in the United States, and his 1970s stories focus on his efforts to support himself as a businessman. His creators were initially inspired by Blaxploitation cinema and subsequently by the Black Power movement. The character was intensely masculine and sexualized in his 20th century appearances, but these aspects were tempered as Cage's focus shifted to his life as a husband and father. Cage was introduced in ''Luke Cage, Hero for Hire'' #1 (June 1972); he was the first Black superhero to star in his own regular ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daimon Hellstrom
Daimon Hellstrom, also known as the Son of Satan and Hellstorm, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Daimon made his live action debut in the television series ''Helstrom (TV series), Helstrom'', portrayed by Tom Austen. Publication history Encouraged by the success of the titles ''Ghost Rider (comic book), Ghost Rider'' (vol. 2) and ''The Tomb of Dracula'', both of which starred occult characters, Stan Lee proposed a series starring Satan, to be titled ''The Mark of Satan''. Editor Roy Thomas had reservations about this idea and suggested a series focusing on the son of Satan instead (due to an oversight, "The Mark of Satan" is mentioned in a blurb in ''Ghost Rider'' (vol. 2) #1). According to Thomas, Lee approved of the idea, and Gary Friedrich and Herb Trimpe were assigned the task of designing the character. However, Trimpe denies this, claiming Friedrich alone designed Daimon Hellstrom and only brought him in as artist after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beast (Marvel Comics)
Beast is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and is a founding member of the X-Men. The character was introduced as a mutant possessing ape-like superhuman physical strength and agility, oversized hands and feet, a genius-level intellect, and otherwise normal appearance and speech. Eventually being referred to simply as "Beast", Dr. Henry Philip "Hank" McCoy underwent progressive physiological transformations, gaining animalistic physical characteristics. These include blue fur, both simian and feline facial features, pointed ears, fangs, and claws. Beast's physical strength and senses increased to even greater levels. Despite Hank McCoy's feral appearance, he is depicted as a brilliant, well-educated man in the arts and sciences, known for his witty sense of humor, and characteristically uses barbed witticisms with long words and intellectual references to distract his foes. He is a world authority on biochemistry and genetics, the X-Men's m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gargoyle (comics)
Gargoyle is a name shared by two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first Gargoyle, Yuri Topolov, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, is a supervillain and the first enemy of the Hulk, who first appeared in ''The Incredible Hulk (comic book), The Incredible Hulk'' #1 (May 1962). The second Gargoyle, Isaac Christians, created by J. M. DeMatteis and Don Perlin, is a human/demon hybrid superhero and a member of the Defenders (comics), Defenders, who first appeared in ''Defenders (comics), The Defenders'' #94 (April 1981). Publication history The first Gargoyle, Yuri Topolov, appears in ''The Incredible Hulk (comic book), The Incredible Hulk'' #1 (May 1962), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby Jack Kirby (; born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comics artist, comic book artist, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patsy Walker
Patricia "Patsy" Walker is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stuart Little and Ruth Atkinson, Patsy Walker first appeared in ''Miss America Magazine'' #2 (November 1944), published by Marvel precursor Timely Comics, and became Hellcat in ''The Avengers (comic), The Avengers'' #144 (February 1976). She premiered as the star of a Teen humor comics, teen Romance comics, romantic-comedy series, and was later integrated into Marvel superhero franchises such as the Avengers (comics), Avengers and the Defenders (comics), Defenders as the Hellcat. Following her reintroduction as the Hellcat, the character has been described as one of Marvel's most notable and powerful female heroes. Rachael Taylor portrayed Trish Walker (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Trish Walker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) series ''Jessica Jones (TV series), Jessica Jones'' (2015–2019), ''Luke Cage (TV series), Luke Cage'' (2016), and ''The Defenders (miniser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nighthawk (Marvel Comics)
Nighthawk is the name of several characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. There have been several versions of the character: two supervillains-turned-superheroes from the mainstream Marvel Universe continuity (Earth-616), Kyle Richmond (who belonged to the Squadron Sinister) and Tilda Johnson (the former Deadly Nightshade); two S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, Jackson Norriss and Joaquin Pennyworth; five from alternate universes, who belonged to various incarnations of the Squadron Supreme, including Kyle and Neal Richmond of Earth-712, and an African-American version of Richmond from Earth-31916 who primarily kills white supremacists and mentors Tilda upon traveling to Earth-616; and a simulacrum of Richmond created by Mephisto and programmed by the Power Elite to serve as a member of the Squadron Supreme of America under the command of Phil Coulson. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Scoot McNairy plays impersonator Jackson Norriss in the live- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valkyrie (Marvel Comics)
Valkyrie, also known by her Asgard (comics), Asgardian name Brunnhilde, is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Steve Englehart and Sal Buscema, the character first appeared in ''The Defenders (comic book), Defenders'' #4 (November 1972). She is based on the Norse mythology, Norse mythological figure Brynhildr. Valkyrie became a mainstay of the superhero team known as the Defenders (comics), Defenders and a close ally and one-time love interest of the god Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor. Valkyrie was selected by Odin (comics), Odin to lead his personal Military organization#Commands, formations and units, unit of shield-maidens, the Valkyrior. Renowned for her prowess in battle, Valkyrie is often accompanied by her Flying horses, winged horse Aragorn (comics), Aragorn and carries the enchanted sword Dragonfang. In the 2010s, Valkyrie became a founding member of the Secret Avengers and co-leader of the Fearless Defenders with Misty Kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
