Binder spent from 1941 to 1953 with Fawcett, writing " 986 stories ... out of 1, 743, over half the entire Marvel Family saga ", per comic-book writer-editor E. Nelson Bridwell.

Vega had just read an Astérix comic-book, at the time little known in Latin America, and he was very impressed with the work ; he tried to merge Dennis the Menace's physical appearance and Astérix ' style into a single character.

* Neil Gaiman named a debauched bar in the underworld " The Hellfire Club " in his epic comic-book series The Sandman.

The comic-book incarnation of Cybertron is described in the first issue as being the size of Saturn, which would logically mean it possessed incredibly dense gravity, and yet it did not, possibly as a result of its hollow structure, honeycombed as it is by tunnels.

DC Comics and its major, longtime competitor Marvel Comics ( currently owned by Time Warner's main rival The Walt Disney Company ) together shared over 80 % of the American comic-book market in 2008.

The WaRP work eventually led to comic-book assignments from DC Comics ( Angel and the Ape, Plastic Man and Stanley and His Monster miniseries ), Marvel Comics, and First Comics ( back up stories in issues of Grimjack and scripting over Doug Rice's plots in Dynamo Joe ).

In 1992, Fleer was sold to the comic-book empire Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. for $ 265 million.

* The Order ( comics ), the name of two fictional comic-book superhero teams in the Marvel Comics universe

She starred in a serialized feature within the omnibus comic-book series Marvel Fanfare # 10 – 13 ( Aug. 1983 – March 1984 ), written by George Pérez and Ralph Macchio, with art by penciller Perez.

* Marvel Comics Presents, a Marvel Comics comic-book series

In the studio system that dominated mass-market comic-book production from the 1940s through the 1970s, breakdowns were done by the penciller or by a separate breakdown artist, rarely by the scriptwriter ; in some cases, breakdowns were done from a rough story outline before the dialogue was written ( the " Marvel method ").

John V. Romita, Sr. ( often known as simply John Romita ) ( born January 24, 1930 ) is an Italian-American comic-book artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics ' The Amazing Spider-Man.

Marvel Comics published a comic-book adaptation of the Sheena movie as Marvel Comics Super Special # 34 ( June 1984 ), reprinting it as Sheena, Queen of the Jungle # 1-2 ( Dec. 1984-Feb. 1985 ).

His first comic-book appearance was as an adversary for Doctor Strange in the pages of Marvel Premiere # 3-9 ( July 1972-July 1973 ).

Alien Legion is a science-fiction comic-book series and associated titles created by Carl Potts, Alan Zelenetz, and Frank Cirocco for Marvel Comics ; Epic Comics imprint in 1983.

The series ' introductory theme song lyrics were written by Marvel Comics ' Stan Lee, who also wrote some " Defenders of the Earth " comic-book stories.

A comic-book adaptation appeared the same year, in Marvel Comics Worlds Unknown # 6 ( April 1974 ).

* Val Mayerik ( born 1950 ), American comic-book and commercial artist, co-creator of Marvel Comics ' character Howard the Duck

Atlas / Seaboard is the term comic-book historians and collectors use to refer to the 1970s line of comics published as Atlas Comics by the American company Seaboard Periodicals, to differentiate from the 1950s ' Atlas Comics, a predecessor of Marvel Comics.

Goodman hired Warren Publishing veteran Jeff Rovin to edit the color comic-book line, and writer-artist Larry Lieber, brother of Marvel editor-in-chief Stan Lee, as editor of Atlas ' black-and-white comics magazines.

Marvel Super Hero Island is notable for its unique, comic-book styled architecture.

Wyatt Wingfoot is a fictional, comic-book supporting character in the Marvel Comics universe, who first appeared in Fantastic Four # 50 ( May 1966 ).

* Namor the Sub-Mariner, a comic-book character in the Marvel Comics Universe

* Nightside is also a comic-book miniseries published in 2001-2002 by Marvel comics and Robert Weinberg.

Blue Eagle is a fictional comic-book character in the Marvel Comics multiverse.

In 2011 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente was released, a graphic novel by Wilfred Santiago detailing Clemente's life in a comic-book format.

Inspired by his father's love of newspaper comic strips, particularly Hal Foster's Prince Valiant, Ditko found his interest in comics accelerated by the introduction of superhero Batman in 1940, and by Will Eisner's The Spirit, which appeared in a tabloid-sized comic-book insert in Sunday newspapers.

Gollum as depicted in the 1989 comic-book adaptation by David Wenzel

A three-part comic-book adaptation with script by Chuck Dixon and Sean Deming and illustrated by David Wenzel was published by Eclipse Comics in 1989.

He is contacted by the adult Elijah, who proposes to a disbelieving David that he is a real instance of the kind of person after whom comic-book superheroes are modeled.

" However, some have been critical of Lichtenstein's use of comic-book imagery and art pieces, especially insofar as that use has been seen as endorsement of a patronizing view of comics by the art mainstream ; noted comics author Art Spiegelman commented that " Lichtenstein did no more or less for comics than Andy Warhol did for soup.

By sheer luck, they land in the dressing room of James Van Der Beek ( of Dawson's Creek ) and Jason Biggs ( of American Pie ), who happen to be playing Jay and Silent Bob in The Bluntman and Chronic Movie ; Silent Bob is somewhat upset that his comic-book counterpart is being played by the " pie fucker ".

The firm, first known as Educational Comics, was founded by Max Gaines, former editor of the comic-book company All-American Publications.

During the 1980s, McLaren attempted to make a film called Fashion Beast, from a script by comic-book writer Alan Moore.

* Echo, a self-published comic-book series by Terry Moore following the Phi-project, features as an early antagonist a character who claims to be the original, biblical Cain.

Ain't It Cool News ( AICN ) is a website founded and run by Harry Knowles, dedicated to news, rumors and reviews of upcoming and currently playing films and television projects, with an emphasis on science fiction, fantasy, horror, comic-book and action genres.

The comic-book series Ex Machina posits an alternate history in which the 2001 election is won by the independent Mitchell Hundred, a former superhero called the Great Machine, who sweeps to victory after saving the second tower of the World Trade Center on September 11.

) entered popculture through a fictionalization in comic-book form by Belgian authors Ange ( plot ), Alain Janolle ( drawing ) and Caroline van den Abeele ( coulouring ): " Babalon working ", vol.

Greyshirt later appeared in Greyshirt: Indigo Sunset, a comic-book limited series and spin-off from Tomorrow Stories that was written and drawn by Veitch.

From 1985 – 1987, Fantagraphics coordinated and presented ( through Amazing Heroes ) The Jack Kirby Award for achievement in comic books, voted on by comic-book professionals.

It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for Screen Gems, and created and designed by comic-book artist Doug Wildey.

For publisher Donning / Starblaze, Foglio illustrated the MythAdventures series of fantasy novels by Robert Lynn Asprin, and later adapted the first book, Another Fine Myth, into an eight-issue comic-book series from WaRP Graphics.

In 1947, the team had rejoined editor Sullivan, by now the founder and publisher of the comic-book company Magazine Enterprises ; there they created the short-lived comical crime-fighter Funnyman.

His first comic-book work was inking the eight-page story " Snowman ", penciled by John Giunta, in the one-shot Tally-Ho Comics ( Dec. 1944 ), published by Swappers Quarterly and Almanac / Baily Publishing Company .< ref >