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  List of DC Comics characters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Note that most, but not all, of these characters exist within the DC Universe; some listed are part of the Wildstorm Universe, others of Alan Moore's America's Best Comics line, and others are characters from stand-alone stories or Elseworlds.
In the eighties, DC published comics under the name of Who's Who in the DC Universe to catalogue the characters they had then.
DC had also published a Showcase series and a DC Cosmic Cards line to keep track with their characters.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_DC_Comics_characters   (399 words)

  
 DC Comics News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
DC Comics Publisher Paul Levitz is equally enthusiastic about the partnership.
DC will be a full creative partner in the process, with DC editors, writers, and artists collaborating with WizKids’ designers and sculptors to produce the program.
DC Comics is pleased to announce that Janexy Virella has been named Representative — Marketing Services.
www.dccomics.com /news/newsarc/080301.html   (1453 words)

  
 Mantis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mantis is also the name of several insects in the Mantidae family:
Mantis shrimps, also known as stomatopods or mantid lobsters, are predatory crustaceans.
Haying Mantis is a farm machine used to process bales of hay, produced by Justice Enterprises Inc.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mantis   (264 words)

  
 Mantis
Energy Absorption: Mantis is able to absorb any power source to enhance his strength and project energy blasts.
Mantis was the first of Darkseid’s agents to arrive on earth.
Mantis has an insatiable appetite for power and has even risen against Darkseid, only to be suitably humbled for his hubris.
rapsheet.co.uk /RapSheetMain/Character.asp?UniqueId=755   (149 words)

  
 Scott McCullar Takes A Thrilling Shot in Shooting Star Comics Anthology #2
Becoming a comic creator has become a side venture for me, but I have no plans of ever quitting my "day job" as a college art professor and graphic designer.
McCullar: Well, the concept of my Thrill Seeker Comics Universe is to take archetypes from nearly 60 years of history of comics and combine them with other fascinating characters from films, television, novels and some other ideas floating around my head and amalgamate them into something new.
I hope to see Shooting Star become a legitimate leader in independent comics at some point where my own THRILL SEEKER COMICS series will be housed with my own universe of characters that will allow my pals and fellow collaborators to also self-publish their own titles in our cooperative venture.
www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /news/106130529782267.htm   (1977 words)

  
 The Legion of Super-Heroes Online Companion: Volume 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
He left comics in 1968 when he and a group of fellow creators were dismissed by DC Comics after asking for basic health benefits.
When Carmine Infantino became editorial director of DC Comics in 1968, Plastino, along with many other long-time DC artists, was phased out of the company's future plans in favor of the new style of illustration which Neal Adams had brought into the industry.
In 1962 Klein arrived at DC Comics, where he was often paired with penciller Curt Swan on the Superman family of titles.
www.legiononline.net /volume1/creators.html   (3455 words)

  
 Movie Poop Shoot - COMICS 101
On the other hand, DC Comics, and particularly Infantino, were known to be openly contemptuous of the Marvel style at that time, and I could certainly envision a situation where they might jump at any opportunity to declare these books unsuccessful, as opposed to giving them more time to build an audience.
DC Comics has occasionally made the remark, with no undue pride, that they’ve paid Kirby more for creating Darkseid than Marvel did for creating their entire universe.
DC Direct, DC Comics’ in-house toy company, produced two action-figure two-packs based on New Gods characters, one of Darkseid and Orion and one of Mister Miracle and Big Barda.
www.mp-shoot.com /comics101/23.html   (2865 words)

  
 X-E - DC Comics Super Powers!
Through the years, DC's various media forms could never quite gage if Harvey Dent was caucasian or not, a problem magnified 1000x over after the first Batman movie came out and people refused to let go of the idea that Billy Dee Williams was part of the DC universe.
Still, it is a ship that could potentially swing the balance of power to the bad guys, so its time for the forces of good to stop kidding themselves into believing there's anyway to defy defeat without the son of Krypton himself, Superman.
DC really overestimated Superman's popularity if they thought that many people were going to send in mail order forms for a useless figure from a fledging toyline.
www.x-entertainment.com /messages/465.html   (2009 words)

  
 DC DIRECT Action Figures, Action Figures: 12-inch, Busts, Mini-Figures, Prop Replicas, Puppets, Snow Globes, Statues, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
DC DIRECT Action Figures, Action Figures: 12-inch, Busts, Mini-Figures, Prop Replicas, Puppets, Snow Globes, Statues, at Entertainment Earth.
This series features characters surrounding the events of the Knightfall comic series, in which Batman was injured and temporarily replaced on the Streets of Gotham.
The Death of Superman is one of the most poignant events in comics history, as it killed off one of the greatest comics character ever created, making The Return of Superman one of the most celebrated and highly anticipated story arcs.
www.entertainmentearth.com /c/DC_DIRECT.html   (1402 words)

  
 Motime Like the Present
It's one of a number of Marvel and DC adventures that took place in Rutland, Vermont on Hallowe'en, and since it's the only one I still have, it's the I'm going to discuss...
As flip commentary on the probable social dysfunctionality of people who get into the habit of amassing things like comics, movies, toys, etc., this is probably dead on, but it seems kind of foolish in the context of this issue...
From the moment of their inception, in the 1930s, super-hero comics had always been published serially, but it was only in the 1960s, at Marvel, that the texts began to reflect an awareness of this formal “seriality”.
www.ynot.motime.com /archive/2003-10   (3982 words)

  
 York Sunday News Online - COMICS: JLA/Avengers contest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The questions are based on comic books published from 1941 to the present.
No matter, just do your best and prove to your mother that it really was worth keeping all those comics, because this is a contest that tests the depth of your back issue collection, not your ability to remember current comic-book continuity.
Next month's Comics on the Brain column, slated to run Sunday, Nov. 2, will contain the answers and the names of the three winners.
www.yorksundaynews.com /Stories/0,1413,137~25139~1678052,00.html   (1232 words)

  
 DCU Silver Age Appearance List: M (part 1)
===================================================================== DC Comics Presents #28 (second story) [December 1980] MADAME ROUGE (Laura DeMille) A former actress and mistress of disguise who used her powers of elongation as a member of the Brotherhoof of Evil.
===================================================================== DC First Issue Special #5 [August 1975] Justice League of America #140 [March 1977] Justice League of America #141 [April 1977] MANHUNTER 2070 ===================================================================== Showcase #100 [May 1978] the MANHUNTERS A group of robots built by the Guardians of the Universe as their first peacekeeping force until the Manhunters betrayed them.
All character names, pictures, and pretty much everything on this web page is copyrighted DC Comics, Inc. This web page is not endorsed by DC Comics or Warner Bros. This page was created by either using Edit for DOS or Notepad.
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 Comic Book Stores
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Comics etc. : Extensive in-house inventory of back issue comics, including Marvel comics, DC comics, Image comics, Dark Horse comics and more.
Comics, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Equity Marketing, Inc....
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 The Official Website of Scott McCullar (and home of Thrill Seeker Comics)
My creator-owned independent comic book series called THRILL SEEKER COMICS features a rotating cast that includes the Yellow Jacket: Man of Mystery, several generations of the Emerald Mantis and the time traveling Chrononaut in each issue of SHOOTING STAR COMICS ANTHOLOGY as a short feature.
He is also a comic book writer and an artist who has written and drawn for various comic book publishers such as Shooting Star Comics, West End Games and DC Comics.
This website, its operators, and content contained within relating to DC Comics characters are not authorized by DC Comics.
www.scottmccullar.com   (463 words)

  
 Down the Tubes.net: Comics Writers and Artists Resources
Written, designed, and art-directed by Chip Kidd, Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross marks the first time outside of the comics market that a hardcover trade volume will feature the entire DC Comics universe of super-heroes as imagined by a single visual artist.
In addition to collecting the highlights of Ross' considerable career at DC Comics, this 256-page hardcover book will include hundreds of never-before-seen sketches and new material, including an original Superman and Batman story written by Kidd, and a re-telling of Robin's origin written by Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Paul Dini (Batman: The Animated Series).
Marvel Comics originally had great success with their Conan comic, which was written by Roy Thomas -- who stayed with the book for 10 years -- and initially drawn by Barry Windsor Smith.
www.downthetubes.net /news_archive/2002/11_november2002.html   (2256 words)

  
 Obscure DCU Characters - Round II - DC Comics Message Boards
In that thread, DC experts such as Mikishawm, Rich Morrisey, D.R. Black, and others helped me (and anyone else who had questions to ask) clear out the whats, hows, and whys, of some of the more forgotten (but not necessarily forgettable) inhabitants of the DC Universe.
Introduced in the twilight of DC's original run in the Western genre, Super-Chief was the creation of writer Gardner Fox and artist Carmine Infantino, featured in a mere three issues of ALL-STAR WESTERN in 1960-1961 (117-119) before that title was cancelled.
The star of the comic book was to be "an adult caveman, the chief of a tribe of the emerging Cro-Magnons.
members.aol.com /outpost2ezine4/ObscureChars2.htm   (18818 words)

  
 Playing Mantis® - Polar Lights®   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Since the 1930s, Bob Kane’s masterful creation of a super hero who is under the guise of a bat has been the center of attention for television shows, movies, books and of course, comic books.
First up are the 1940s DC Comics BATMOBILE and the 1960s DC Comics BATMOBILE.
Each one is authentically-detailed and resembles the one found in the pages of the classic comics.
www.playingmantis.com /pl/news_details.php?articleid=587   (210 words)

  
 TwoMorrows Publishing - New Gods Concept Drawings - Kirby Collector Twentysixth Issue
Jack Kirby Collector celebrates the life and career of the "King" of comics through interviews with Kirby and his contemporaries, feature articles, and rare and unseen Kirby artwork.
Mantis, Lightray, and Space Guardian, inks by Frank Giacoia, color by Kirby.
Lightray and Mantis ™ and © DC Comics, Inc..
www.twomorrows.com /kirby/articles/26godsconcepts.html   (134 words)

  
 New Gods: the comics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
They made various appearances in DC comics over the next 10 years, but there were not many significant events which involved the New Gods at all.
So DC was afraid to tell Jack that they didn't want to lose publishable characters but they wanted to have him finish his epic.
DC gave Kirby several sizable checks for the outstanding toy sales and thanking him.
fastbak.tripod.com /ngcomics.htm   (2895 words)

  
 Comics Continuum
The issue is written by Marv Wolfman, with art by Robert Teranishi, Carlos Mota and Keith Aiken.
John Crichton and the crew of the Moya arrive in a system featuring two different civilizations in the midst of a war.
Marvel Comics has released an image from Hood, an upcoming MAX title by Brian K. Vaughan and Kyle Hotz.
www.comicscontinuum.com /stories/0202/02   (559 words)

  
 DC Comics Action Figures - joeacevedo.com
Action figures based on DC Comics Superheroes have been around for many years.
My favorite DC Comics toy lines are JLA and TOTAL JUSTICE.
Below is a list of the DC Comics characters that have been made,or planned for, in 3" to 7" inch Action Figures.
www.joeacevedo.com /docs/figurezone/dccomicsfigures.htm   (107 words)

  
 The Superhero Hype! Boards - DC Comics in April
Even more so for Wondie since I just started reading her comic like 5 issues ago (thanks, Lackey).
I was digging through a.25 bin and grabbed the issue where the new guy is introduced, and at the end Wonder Woman takes him flying, and I loved it.
April will be a good month for me as a comic collector, but it will be hell for me as a poor college student.
www.superherohype.com /forums/printthread.php?t=157628&pp=40   (950 words)

  
 - Games Store   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Web of Lies is the fourth expansion in the Diamond set, and covers Mantis, Phoenix and Unicorn clans.
Play with Gozoku Personalities that quietly dispose your opponents, use the new Raiding mechanic to steal his resources, or cut opposing forces down with Duelists.
The fourth expansion for the fastest growing CCG out there is a DC expansion with the super-powered Son of Krypton; Superman at it's heart.
www.otherrealms.com /store/store.asp?action=show&category=24   (614 words)

  
 Comics Continuum
For covers and four-page previews of DC Comics' Vertigo titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, CLICK HERE.
Dark Horse Comics reported that despite what it called "a hefty overprint," the first issue of the Conan series by Kurt Busiek and Cary Nord has completely sold out on its first day of release.
The first offering will be an exclusive weekly comic strip based on the comic book CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations, which is about a group of vampire secret agents who work for a branch of the CIA.
www.comicscontinuum.com /stories/0402/27   (2054 words)

  
 DC Comics - A
Superman is President of the DC "United States" universe.
This is an increadible run of Action Comics from a tough time period to collect.
All-Star Comics #58-74 (1976-1978) are among some of the most undervalued Bronze-Age comics published.
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 DC Comics Action Figures, Statues, Entertainment Earth. Action Figures, Toys, Collectibles, and Gifts, Mint Condition ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
These figures from the highly popular DC Direct line of action figures portray some of DC\'s most popular and well-known characters as they looked in their very first appearances!
These figures from the highly popular DC Direct line of action figures portray some of DC\'s most popular and well-known...
From the DC First Appearance Series 2 action figure set features the Green Lantern.
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 KOCHCOMICS Tradepaperbacks, Graphic Novel
Icaro is the mind-bending adventure of a young man with the ability to fly, and a young woman who risks her life to help him achieve his freedom from a vast and oppressive laboratory.
I DIE AT MIDNIGHT From DC COMICS CVRPR $6.95 by Kyle Baker On New Year's Eve, a would-be suicide reconsiders and must find an antidote and rebuild his failing romantic relationship before the ball drops at midnight.
INCREDIBLE HULK TRANSFORMATIONS From MARVEL COMICS $17.95 Bruce Banner's initial transformation into the rampaging man-brute known as the Hulk was only the beginning, only the first of the many alterations he would undergo over the long and torturous years since the detonation of the gamma bomb.
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 The Comic Guru - Online Comic Store for the UK!
Alan Moore's Across The Universe the DC Universe Stories of Alan Moore.
Comic Care Long Boxes (they hold about 300 comics) (Volume 1)
DC Comics Presents Justice League of America (Volume 1)
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 Superman - DC-13 No 252 June 31603 Superman 100 pages
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