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  Marauders (comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Marauders are a group of fictional characters, supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe and enemies of the X-Men.
They are agents of Mister Sinister, and are best known for their involvement in the Mutant Massacre, in which they slaughtered the mutant community known as the Morlocks.
Harpoon (Kodiak Noatak), a young Inuit who can charge objects (usually his Slayspears - 20 pound (9 kg) barbed harpoons) with electrical, concussive force, or stunning energies.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marauders_(comics)   (494 words)

  
 Ahab (comics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ahab can generate powerful energy harpoons that are formed from, and attached to, his own life force.
A hit from one of these harpoons can kill or seriously injure the target, and anyone who attempts to grab a harpoon gets burned.
Each harpoon is keyed to its target's genetic structure, and cannot be moved or deflected by energy; it only stops when it strikes its target, or a close blood relative thereof.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ahab_(comics)   (330 words)

  
 Chupacabra24's ChupaCAWs: Harpoon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
For those not in the know (or for those that don't read comics, or weren't around back then, or whatever), the early 200's were a trouble-filled time for The Uncanny X-Men.
Harpoon was an Inuit (Eskimo) mutant with the ability to channel energy into mini-spears that he threw.
But after trying to do Scalp and Harpoon here, I just didn't have the patience, and with OCW's inception, I didn't have the time, so two strikes, which in my book is enough for "not gonna happen." Maybe in an upcoming Smackdown game, if they ever make one that's superhero-friendly...
home.earthlink.net /~supachupa/harpoon.html   (327 words)

  
 Issue 14
Harpoon is a political satire magazine that is very reminiscent of Mad Magazine.
I asked the lady how much these Cerebus comics were and she took a look at them and said "$1.00 each", which was the cover price.
While my comics are in a storage facility, they do occasionally come in contact with them and I don't want to explain to them why their dad is a smut peddler.
www.tomheroes.com /justnewsprint/justnews14.htm   (3736 words)

  
 YOJOE.COM | Harpoon
Harpoon was released carded as part of the G.I.Joe Extreme series in 1996.
Harpoon and Black Dragon were produced in lesser numbers than all the other figures.
Harpoon came with two fl guns, the larger of which could shoot water.
www.yojoe.com /action/other/extreme/harpoon   (73 words)

  
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It was hanging there by a harpoon thrust thru the middle, nailed onto the wall.
Harpoon readied a harpoon from his quiver, and it quickly began to glow brightly as he energized it with his mutant power.
It shoved Arclight and Harpoon right thru the kitchen walls, demolishing most of the room, even as it sent Sam flying directly upwards, thru the ceiling, the roof of the house, and towards the darkening skies like a Cannonball...
solo.abac.com /lubakmetyk/others/samy/twelve1.txt   (4564 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: X-Men (movie)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
// Marvel Comics In Marvel comic books, particularly those of the X-Men franchise, a mutant is a human being who is born with genetic modifications that allow for abilities not possessed by normal humans.
Iceman (Robert Louis Bobby Drake) is a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics universe, and an original and current member of the X-Men.
Robert Kelly is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/X_Men-(movie)   (2836 words)

  
 guides.ign.com
Crawl after him and harpoon him after he is behind the tall weeds.
Now move around and harpoon the soldier in the east when he is looking away.
Harpoon him, then take out the other nearby soldier as he walks away from you.
guidesarchive.ign.com /guides/11528/pg4.html   (1920 words)

  
 Aquaman (Modern/Post-Crisis) - www.ezboard.com
Its primary weapon, a retractable harpoon, can be drawn into its casing to be temporarily replaced with a prosthetic hand.
The The harpoon line made of a tungsten steel cable that is capable of supporting 2 tons without breaking.
The harpoon, made of a high-grade hardened vanadium-titanium alloy, can be made to spin at high speeds and act as a drill, launched at an opponent to entangle them, or to wrap around an object to prevent a fall.
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 FANBOY PLANET.com .: jsc-globalfrequency12 :.
The problem: Nobody ordered the damn thing to activate, nobody can shut it down, the military team guarding the uplink station are under orders to shoot on sight after activation, and any spacecraft detected near the satellite will cause it to drop it’s payload.
Yes, all that info was delivered in roughly five pages of spacious panels, leaving the rest of the book to a classic balancing act of problem solving and obstacle dodging.
Copyrights and trademarks for existing entertainment (film, TV, comics, wrestling) properties are held by their respective owners and are used with permission or for promotional purposes of said properties.
www.fanboyplanet.com /comics/jsc-globalfrequency12.php   (772 words)

  
 The Comics Curmudgeon » 2005 » April
Enterprising Photoshop-wielding readers of this feature have already had their fun creating Garfield strips that encapsulate the comic’s essential blankness (though this one appears to be the only one still online).
Comics reproduced here for purposes of review only, and all rights remain with their creators; please don't sue me. All comments remain the property and responsibility of those who posted them.
It is in no way affiliated with Funny Paper, which used to read the comics so you don't have to, and may do so again.
joshreads.com /?m=200504   (1389 words)

  
 Comixfan Forums - Harpoon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Inuit Harpoon is a member of the Marauders, a team of villains brought together by Mr Sinister.
During the Mutant Massacre, Harpoon was responsible for damaging Angel's wings, trapping Shadowcat in a phased state, and preventing Colossus from reverting to his human form.
Harpoon has the ability to transform longirudinal objects into various unknown forms of energy.
www.comixfan.com /xfan/forums/showthread.php?t=4783   (251 words)

  
 Welcome to UXN - Decimation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Erg carrying Beatiful Dreamer stumbles and falls, and Arclight and Harpoon are about to finish them off, but the three heroes step in.
Jean thinks that Warren should follow her, while she herself will go down into the tunnels to help the team, but he knows that his responsibilities are with the team.
Harpoon wants to take her out with a long range attack, but suddenly a figure teleports in behind him and knocks him out.
www.uncannyxmen.net /db/issues/showquestion.asp?fldAuto=366   (1493 words)

  
 Aquaman Quick Answers
Aquaman is a comic book character first created in 1941 by National Periodical Publications (which later became DC Comics).
Aquaman had multiple comic book adventures in his own feature every year from 1941 to 1983, when he had his first hiatus.
The simple harpoon was later replaced by a sophisticated S.T.A.R. labs harpoon prosthesis.
www.amasci.com /~tegan/aqua/faq   (1048 words)

  
 Bens Own Horribly Subjective Comic Rankings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
These comics are also excellent, but arent as consistently excellent as the others.
Some comics either post too irregularly to catch every day, or are simply more entertaining in larger doses.
These are comics that I used to read, and dont anymore for one reason or another.
www.wam.umd.edu /~btrahan/pangolincomics.html   (300 words)

  
 Warrenellis.com » I Had To Kill The Pig
The harpoon locked down into the receiver chamber, and the air compressor hissed, charging the gun.
I fumbled another one into the chamber and slammed down the receiver lock, hoping there was enough push left in the compressor for another shot at the little crapmachine.
I put a harpoon through the bastard pig from arsehole to breakfast-time, skewering it in mid-air.
www.warrenellis.com /index.php?p=357   (631 words)

  
 IGN: Harpoon 4 Preview
For those of you who aren't up to date with the latest in military power, Harpoon 4 comes with a full database of contemporary platforms, weapons and sensors with full info and drawings, photos and video where available.
In addition to the huge High Tide campaign (written by Larry Bond himself) that's included with the title, Harpoon 4 will also ship with a very slick scenario editing system that enables players to make a huge number of their own missions.
While Harpoon has always been a game about strategy and not looks, it must be said that the new 3D engine is actually pretty impressive and adds a great deal to the feel of the game.
pc.ign.com /articles/134/134673p1.html   (693 words)

  
 Comics Should Be Good: Comics you should own - Aquaman
The fact that hunters use similar harpoons to spear dolphins in issue #4 (guest-starring Lobo!) is a subtle reminder that Arthur is both an Atlantean and a surface-dweller, even though David has changed his ancestry so that he's not descended from a light-house keeper anymore.
These comics won't change the world or anything, but if you want high-speed action-adventure, you can't really go wrong with them.
He was going to be restored to normalcy, including having his hand back and intact (since, to my mind, the harpoon had more than served its purpose), but he was going to turn governing of Atlantis permanently over to Garth, while acting as a sort of roving ambassador for Atlantean interests.
goodcomics.blogspot.com /2005/05/comics-you-should-own-aquaman.html   (2389 words)

  
 OAFE - DC Comics' Aquaman and Dolphin custom figures
After having his hand eaten by a school of pirrhana, Aquaman donned a cybernetic harpoon and sunk into the depths of depression.
Aquaman has recently replaced his harpoon with a cybernetic gauntlet that functions in place of his hand.
Aquaman was a Total Justice Aquaman (duh), with the harpoon cut off and a section of the left arm of Superman, the Mold They Use for Everything, painted gold.
www.oafe.net /customs/dc_aqua.php   (187 words)

  
 Makah harpoon misses first whale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The whale dived, and the harpoon missed in yesterday afternoon's tense renewal of an old tradition.
At 3:55 p.m., the hunters were practically on top of the whale as Parker stood and hurled the harpoon.
On the same boat was Wayne Johnson, captain of the whalers, who stood ready to fire a.577-caliber gun to dispatch the whale after it had been harpooned.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/whal11.shtml   (2054 words)

  
 Comic World News | Spin Doctors
Harpoon left Angel pinned to a wall (a catalyst that would late have angel's winds amputated) and left Kitty stuck in her "phased out" state.
Some elements I kept as partial echoes such as Vertigo's skirt maintaining her old moving pattern and Blockbusters full form shirt keeps the pattern of his old one sided spandex.
Harpoon's old outfit fits underneath his new Eskimo gear to ground his character and emphasize his heritage.
www.comicworldnews.com /cgi-bin/index.cgi?column=spindoctors&page=6   (1735 words)

  
 Aquaman, Monarch of the Deep   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
He is a natural linguist capable of speaking many languages, possibly through an inadvertant interaction of his telepathy, and can understand and be understood by any sea creature through the direct application of his marine telepathy.
Send your email comments about Aquaman to DC Comics at: dcconline@aol.com Your email should be forwarded to someone, and you may get a response from a DC Comics representative.
DC Comics' address is 1700 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 Visit Warner Bros.' DC Comics Online web site.
www.starnet-database.com /dbase_deo/profiles/aquaman/aquaman.html   (1227 words)

  
 News@FetusX.com - Fetus-X official web site
These are the comic artists that challenge your intelligence rather than insult it.
Demian5's weekly newspaper comic "Viereck Geschichten" is published in the "Zurich Express." The Comics Journal writes that Demian5 "treats the underground staples of sex, low humor, and drug experiences with wit and artistic virtuosity...
Hart's fl and white comic offers a sweet, left-wing diatribe against the corporate takeover of the marketplace and the apparent consequent acquisition of our souls." Tom Hart is not only a serializer.net contributor, but editor as well.
www.fetusx.com /news/101602.html   (686 words)

  
 Aquaman
Having lost his left hand, Aquaman once replaced it with a retractable, cybernetic hook that could spin like a drill and could be fired like a harpoon.
Eventually through Atlantean metallurgy, Aquaman was able to mentally shape his artificial appendage into any shape he desired like an edge or a point; although he preferred to leave it in the form of a normal hand.
The JLA and related characters, names and indicia are trademarks of DC Comics © 2004.
galileo.spaceports.com /~xsufiru/databank/Aquaman   (657 words)

  
 Optical Sloth :: Small Press Comic Emporium
All in all this was the weakest issue of the bunch, mostly due to that crappy stretch of art and a disjointed story, but the disjointed story is one of the good things about this comic.
Not that #6 is a magic number in any way, and he never said that things would be making sense at this point, this was just the number of comics that he sent me. This one is all about Chester, sitting in a bar and telling the story of his life.
This is $2.95, contact info is up there and, while I might advise you to wait for the graphic novel if you want this to make any sense at all, this is really something that everybody should take a look at.
www.opticalsloth.com /index.php?module=pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=7&pid=454   (1117 words)

  
 2005 Eisner nominations announced - The Comics Journal Message Board   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
With most comics awards (whether the Eisners, Harveys, or many others), several of the categories are slanted toward "mainstream" companies (Best Serialized Story, Best Penciller/Inker, Best Coloring, and even Best Writer), because they are grounded in the traditional assembly-line approach to comics that the big companies use.
The comic content was better and there was more of it this year, with fewer artsy-fartsy flourishes, and was a much better package as a result.
I don't know an artist who saw this at San Diego who wasn't floored by it, and that includes comic strip guys, lifelong superhero artists, and all of the indie and small press guys who were insanely jealous of the whole project.
www.tcj.com /messboard/ubb/Forum1/HTML/009528.html   (3698 words)

  
 : RevolutionSF - The Matrix Comics : Review
Many of these early stories, illustrated by a lot of the biggest names in alternative comics, were posted on the “Matrix” promotional website up to a year before the first movie’s initial release.
To that end, he fashions a harpoon and lures the Sentinel into an ambush, but is killed by the very object of his obsession.
Comics fans and “Matrix” fans alike ought to be extremely happy with “The Matrix Comics” collected volume.
www.revolutionsf.com /article.html?id=2121   (1840 words)

  
 Index to Comic Art Collection: "Captain America And" to "Captain Axis"
Comic Book Heroes of the Screen / by William Schoell.
22 in The Comics Journal, no. 140 (Feb. 1991) -- James Galton honored as literacy volunteer, Marvel honored by FBI for educational comic Captain America Goes to War Against Drugs.
Captain America Comics, no. 74 (Oct. 1949) -- Cover title: Captain America's Weird Tales.
www.lib.msu.edu /comics/rri/crri/captand.htm   (8565 words)

  
 World Famous Comics >> Tony's Online Tips - Tony Isabella, Nov 14, 2002
The attendance estimates for the event were staggering, the Eisner Awards were interesting, and, as usual, I was envious of those who attended the hundred-odd panels hosted by my pal Mark Evanier, but it was only the news of projects by friends whose talents I admire that got my afficionado mojo working.
I'm more eager to learn details of a reported Charlton Comics revival than of the Chaos Comics bankruptcy, though I'm naturally concerned for the creators left unpaid and without work in the wake of the latter.
Ever since DC Comics announced a new OUTSIDERS book on Sunday and that one of the revived team's members is the daughter of Black Lightning, I've been deluged with e-mails asking me about the title and the character and all things Lightning.
www.worldfamouscomics.com /tony/back20021114.shtml   (2830 words)

  
 Harpoon Magazine
Harpoon Magazine (http://www.harpoonmag.com) is a self-declared "Serious Journal of Humor." The magazine provides an online taste of the new print humor magazine, featuring timely and insightful political and cultural humor, with satirical comics and witty parody.
The first comic strip is Frankengates (http://www.frankengates.com) about the misadventures of Billy Frankengates, as he takes Microstuff to world domination.
There are a couple of features that seems to be more like a cross between comics strips and comic books.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/278/18052   (120 words)

  
 MEET THE GAGMEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Barry Dutter is a writer who has worked in the comics business since the age of 18.
Gary Fields has been drawing comics and cartoons professionally for 20 years for comic book, strips, children's books, gag panel and magazines.
As a freelancer, he’s taken on a wide variety of assignments that have included advertising and editorial illustration, comic book work, children's books, murals and layout art.
www.gagmagazine.com /thegagmen.htm   (741 words)

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