The first tank versus tank action took place on 24 April 1918 at Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, when three British Mark IVs met an advance of three German A7Vs, supported by infantry.

* 1918 – First tank-to-tank combat, at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IVs met three German A7Vs.

Although many assume that the biblical Mark the Cousin of Barnabas ( Colossians 4: 10 ) is the same as John Mark ( Acts 12: 12, 25 ; 13: 5, 13 ; 15: 37 ) and Mark the Evangelist, the traditionally believed author of the Gospel of Mark, according to Hippolytus of Rome, the three " Mark " s are distinct persons.

The majority of Mark Antony's warships were quinqueremes, huge galleys with massive rams, that could weigh up to three hundred tons.

Legend has it that, following Ward's stage performance, he, Mark Twain, and Dan De Quille were taking a drunken rooftop tour of Virginia City until a town constable threatened to blast all three of them with a shotgun loaded with rock salt.

Mark three points A, B, C on the ruler.

The Last Supper appears in all three Synoptic Gospels: Matthew, Mark, and Luke ; and in the First Epistle to the Corinthians, while the last-named of these also indicates something of how early Christians celebrated what Paul the Apostle called the Lord's Supper.

Just three players – Mark Johnson, Brent Stanton and Scott Lucas played all 22 matches that season, the latter winning Essendon's best and fairest award, as well as being Essendon's leading goalkicker that season.

The 7-inch featured " One February Friday ", an interview between Morley and the group's three musicians (" The Lads "), Mark O ' Toole, Brian Nash and Peter Gill, over an otherwise untitled instrumental track.

The Mk IV, a newer design with a Mk II engine but a different chassis and a different body, won the following year at Le Mans ( when four Mark IVs, three Mark IIs and three Mark Is raced ).

The anonymous author drew three main sources, including the Gospel of Mark, the sayings collection known as the Q source, and material unique to his own community.

The author drew on three primary sources, each representing a distinct community: a hypothetical collection, or several collections, of sayings ( called " Q ", and shared with Luke ); the Gospel of Mark ; and material unique to Matthew ( called " M ", some of which may have originated with Matthew himself ).

In the standard order of the canonical gospels, John is fourth, after the three interrelated synoptic gospels Matthew, Mark and Luke.

Mark Waugh batted 404 minutes, and, despite controversy when Waugh hit one of his bails off ( under Law 35 he was adjudged to have finished his stroke and therefore given not out ), South Africa fell three wickets short.

* In the second book of the Danger Boy series of time travel tales, written by Mark London Williams, Dragon Sword, Peenemünde becomes a key setting in this and in the further novels.

One of Mark Twain's novels, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, popularized the word as a nickname for residents of Connecticut.

The L Magazines Mark Ashe quoted the American editions of his novels by referring to him as " Holland's Greatest Author " and " Holland's most important postwar writer ".

The musical films Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, both based on Mark Twain's novels were shot partially on location here.

The musical films Tom Sawyer ( 1973 ) and Huckleberry Finn ( 1974 ), both based on novels by Mark Twain, were partially shot here.

Virginia Dare appears in Mark Chadbourn's fantasy sequence Kingdom of the Serpent, comprising the novels Jack of Ravens and The Burning Man with a third yet to be published.

The Jumping Frogs series of books brings neglected Mark Twain treasures — stories, tall tales, novels, travelogues, plays, imaginative journalism, speeches, sketches, satires, burlesques, and much more — to readers.

The second consists of three novels by Lara Parker, Angelique's Descent, The Salem Branch, and Dark Shadows: Full Moon Rising ( to be released later in 2012 ) as well as Dreams of the Dark by horror authors Elizabeth Massie and Stephen Mark Rainey.

Anthony Horowitz is another prolific writer for the series, adapting three novels and nine short stories, while comedian and novelist Mark Gatiss has written two episodes and also guest-starred in the series, as has Peter Flannery.

The road is featured briefly in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows when Harry and his friends were escaping from Death Eaters, by J. K. Rowling ; The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins ; Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf ; Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw and its musical adaptation, My Fair Lady ; Saturday and Atonement by Ian McEwan ; several Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ; the Saki story Reginald on Christmas Presents ; several stories by John Collier ; A Room with a View by E. M. Forster ; The London Eye Mystery, The Late Mr Elvesham by Herbert G. Wells by Siobhan Dowd ; The Wish House by Celia Rees ; a The Matrix-based story, Goliath by Neil Gaiman ; features often in novels by Mark Billingham and The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon.

Cameron was born in Battersea, London, of Scottish parentage ; his father, William Ernest Cameron, was a barrister who wrote novels under the pseudonym Mark Allerton.

And, by the same token, Samuel Clemens wrote novels and Mark Twain wrote novels would have to mean the same thing but, again, the two sentences seem to convey different information.

The original hardcover versions of the novels had cover artwork by Mark Ryden that connected when the two books were placed side by side.

Many of Rosemary Sutcliff's novels are recognized as being directly influenced by Frazer, depicting individuals accepting the burden of leadership and the ultimate responsibility of personal sacrifice, including Sword at Sunset, The Mark of the Horse Lord, and Sun Horse, Moon Horse.

* Tom Sawyer, a character in several novels by Mark Twain

In the novels The Godfather Returns and The Godfather's Revenge by Mark Winegardner, Michael Corleone's penthouse is in Yorkville.

Mark Rosewater, head designer of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, cites " The Hero's Journey " as a major inspiration for " The Weatherlight Saga ," an epic storyarc that went from 1997 to 2001, and spanned multiple cardsets, comic books, and novels.

These included a full week of stories by an American writer, ( Edgar Allan Poe in 1975, Mark Twain in 1976 ); week-long adaptations of classic novels ( The Last Days of Pompeii in 1980, Les Miserables in 1982 ); and original dramas about historical figures ( Nefertiti in 1979, Alexander the Great in 1981 ).

Mark Brandon " Chopper " Read ( born 17 November 1954 ) is a former Australian criminal who wrote a series of semi-autobiographical and fictional crime novels.

Between 1983 and 1990, she finished the novels The Hustler ’ s Grotto of Christopher Street ( 1983 ), The Burning of St Mark ’ s Church ( 1985 ), Between Heaven and Earth ( 1988 ), Woodstock Phallus Cutter ( 1988 ), Aching Chandelier ( 1989 ), Double Suicide at Sakuragazuka ( 1989 ), and Angels in Cape Cod ( 1990 ), alongside several issues of the magazine S & M Sniper in collaboration with photographer Nobuyoshi Araki.

Nikolai von Michalewsky ( aka Mark Brandis ) ( January 17 1931, Dahlewitz-December 27 2000, Grasberg ) was a German writer and journalist best known for a series of science fiction novels published between 1970 and 1987.

The Mark Brandis series can be categorized as hard science fiction space opera with many allusions to seafaring novels.

Michael appears in Mark Winegardner's sequel novels The Godfather Returns and The Godfather's Revenge.

In January 2008, Dark Horse Comics began releasing a four-part monthly comic book mini-series based on Evil Dead, written by Mark Verheiden, with art by John Bolton, who provided art for the Dark Horse Army of Darkness comic.

* Boogeyman ( 1998, Dark Horse Comics ), a four issue mini-series of humorous horror stories ( with Mark Evanier ).

* Dia De Los Muertos ( Day of the Dead ) ( 1998, Dark Horse Comics ), one shot comic about the annual Mexican celebration honoring the dead ( with Mark Evanier ).

( 1999, Dark Horse Comics ), one shot comic spoofing the movie " The Blair Witch Project " ( with Mark Evanier )

* Space Circus ( 2000, Dark Horse Comics ), four issue mini-series of a boy joining a circus that travels throughout the galaxy ( with Mark Evanier ).

* Sergio Aragonés Massacres Marvel ( 1996, Marvel Comics ), Sergio Aragonés Destroys DC ( 1996, DC Comics ), and Sergio Aragonés Stomps Star Wars ( 2000, Dark Horse Comics ), the artist's comical interpretation of the superheroes of both Marvel and DC and the mythology of the Star Wars franchise ( all with Mark Evanier ).

Later Dark Ages sourcebooks for the World of Darkness lend some credence to this presumption ( insofar as they show that White Wolf liked the idea ), as does the fact that Mark Rein Hagen ( one of the core figures at White Wolf, co-creator of the World of Darkness ) was one of the founders at Lion Rampant, and a co-creator of Ars Magica.

Death Eaters recognise one another by the Dark Mark on their left forearm, a sign created by Voldemort to summon him instantly to them or vice-versa.

It virtually concludes when the Dark Mark is produced in the sky by Barty Crouch Jr.

Lord Voldemort, having regained his full strength at the end of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, summoned his followers to him by touching Peter Pettigrew's Dark Mark.

The remix album was released in November 2008 and included Soft Cell tracks remixed by such acts as Paul Dakeyne, The Grid, Manhattan Clique, Cicada, Richard X, Ladytron, MHC, Atomizer, Mark Moore, Kinky Roland, Spektrum, George Demure, Yer Man, The Dark Poets and many more.

Dark Horse Presents and Boris the Bear were the two initial titles in 1986 and within one year of its first publication, Dark Horse Comics added nine new titles to its roster, including The American, The Mark, Trekker, and Black Cross.

Another fantasy author, Mark Chadbourn, features Shugborough and the mysterious bas-relief on the Shepherd's Monument in his novel The Hounds of Avalon, part of The Dark Age sequence.

Prior to the 1988 – 89 season, Gilmour was traded to the Calgary Flames along with Mark Hunter, Steve Bozek, and Michael Dark for Mike Bullard, Craig Coxe and Tim Cokery.

* Mark Knight ( musician ), also known as TDK or " The Dark Knight "

When Harry arrives at the Burrow in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Molly finds out about Fred and George's experimenting with dangerous sweets they were manufacturing and tells them off before leaving for the Quidditch World Cup ; however, after the Dark Mark appears over the sky at the World Cup campsite, Molly is upset for yelling at Fred and George, worried that something might happen to them after she treated them so horribly.

Voldemort presses a tattoo of the Dark Mark on Wormtail's arm, and suddenly Death Eaters begin appearing in a circle around them.

In particular, Rowling had trouble with the ninth chapter, " The Dark Mark ", which she rewrote 13 times.

* Mark Koh or Saito Nagasaki ( born 1981 ), the Chairman and founding member of the Singapore Dark Alternative Movement

He wrote the story for The Dark Corner, a film noir starring Mark Stevens ; and Lured, the Douglas Sirk-directed period drama starring Charles Coburn ; both films featured Lucille Ball.