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Captain Jack, Modoc Renegade, Portland, OR: Binford & Mort, 1938 ; reprint 1958, 1979, novel inspired by the Modoc War and related events
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" The term made an impact into English pulp science fiction starting from Jack Williamson's The Cometeers ( 1936 ) and the distinction between mechanical robots and fleshy androids was popularized by Edmond Hamilton's Captain Future ( 1940 – 1944 ).
On top of this, he still performed other gestures, such as arranging police protection with his personal assurances for local artists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, when they were threatened by Nazi supporters for their new patriotic comic book superhero, Captain America.
The Marvel Comics company itself exists within the Marvel Universe, and versions of people such as Stan Lee and Jack Kirby have appeared in some of the stories, whereas characters like Steve Rogers, ( Captain America's alter ego ), have worked for Marvel.
* 1873 – Captain Jack and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War.
After graduating at the top of her class from Starfleet Academy's medical school, Beverly married Lieutenant Jack Crusher, who served under Captain Jean-Luc Picard on the USS Stargazer.
Dr. Crusher and Captain Picard were also acquaintances whilst the character's husband was alive, as Picard and Jack Crusher were close friends.
* In the episodes " Day One " and " End of Days ", Captain Jack Harkness uses a green device somewhat similar to a sonic screwdriver.
Shortly afterward, Ditko found work at the studio of celebrated writer-artists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, who had created Captain America and other characters and had instituted numerous industry innovations.
Ditko's known assistant work includes aiding inker Meskin on the Jack Kirby pencil work of Harvey Comics ' Captain 3-D # 1 ( Dec. 1953 ).
* June 4 – American Indian Wars: The Modoc War ends with the capture of Captain Jack.
Captain Davis identified the following traders in the Ellice Group: Edmund Duffy ( Nanumea ); Jack Buckland ( Niutao ); Harry Nitz ( Vaitupu ); John ( also known as Jack ) O ' Brien ( Funafuti ); Alfred Restieaux and Fenisot ( Nukufetau ); and Martin Kleis ( Nui ).
The Shield predates Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's Captain America by 15 months, and his sidekick Dusty, from Pep Comics # 11, January 1941, predates Cap's sidekick Bucky by three months.
In 1901, Young Captain Jack was completed by Stratemeyer and promoted as Alger's last work.
* Mike Kazaleh's comic The Adventures of Captain Jack took place on the planet Pootwattle and featured a character who used many of Doodles ' jokes and catchphrases, such as " That's a killer!
He appeared in Martin Scorsese's " The Departed " as Captain Oliver Queenan, a commanding officer who is watching an undercover cop ( Leonardo DiCaprio ) who is a mole in an Irish American mob run by a vicous mob boss ( Jack Nicholson ).
To thank Great Ormond Street Hospital, Depp visited the hospital in November 2007 dressed in his Captain Jack Sparrow outfit and spent 4 hours reading stories to the children.
Folksinger and blues musician Leadbelly references Johnson in a song about the Titanic: " Jack Johnson wanna get on board, Captain said I ain't hauling no coal.
In " Utopia " the Doctor states that he finds it difficult to look at Captain Jack Harkness because Jack's existence has become fixed in time and space.
* President Franklin D. Roosevelt was played by Captain Jack Young, a lookalike who is seen only from the back.
Unlike classical Philoctetes, she is not recalled to her home but, rather, consigned by Captain Jack to the center of the Sun.
The line-up of late afternoon adventure serials included Bobby Benson and the B-Bar-B Riders, The Cisco Kid, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy, Captain Midnight, and The Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters.
Captain Jack led his band back to California, and the Modoc War of 1872 broke out when the US Army tried to take them by force to return them to Oregon.
The revival of Doctor Who led by the openly gay writer Russell T Davies has also seen nods towards the slash fans beyond the omnisexual Captain Jack Harkness and other characters from the spin-off Torchwood.
The Red Skull was introduced in Timely Comics ' Captain America Comics # 1 ( cover-dated March 1941 ), written and drawn by the team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby.
Captain and Modoc
Canby is named for Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, a Civil War general who was later killed in the Modoc War by Captain Jack and his group of warriors.
Captain Jack was a chief of the Native American Modoc tribe of California and Oregon, and was their leader during the Modoc War.
With 53 Modoc warriors, Captain Jack held off 1, 000 men of the U. S. Army for 7 months.
The Modoc, entrenched in Captain Jack's Stronghold south of Tule Lake, resisted army attacks and fought US forces to a stalemate.
At one point, someone told the Modoc leader Captain Jack that the governor of Oregon intended to hang nine Modoc, apparently without trial, as soon as they surrendered.
General Canby was shot in the face by Captain Jack of the Modoc tribe who was later hanged for the killing.
Captain Jack's Stronghold, named for Modoc chief Captain Jack, is a part of Lava Beds National Monument.
During the Modoc War, Captain Jack's band settled here following the Battle of Lost River, and held off a United States Army force outnumbering them by as much as 10 to 1 for several months.
After fleeing the Stronghold, the band of Modoc splintered, and the last group, made up of Captain Jack, John Schonchin, Black Jim, and Boston Charley were captured on June 1, 1873.
The place was named for Captain Jack's Stronghold held by the Modoc from 1872 to 1873 during the Modoc War, at the nearby Lava Beds National Monument.
Kintpuash ( Strikes the water brashly ), better known as Captain Jack ( circa 1837-October 3, 1873 ), was a chief of the Native American Modoc tribe of California and Oregon, and was their leader during the Modoc War.
In 1865, Kintpuash, a Modoc leader better known as Captain Jack, led the Modoc people from the reservation back to their home.
In 1869, the Modoc were rounded up by the United States Army and returned to the Klamath Reservation, but conditions had not improved, and Captain Jack led a band of about 180 Modoc to the Tule Lake area in April, 1870.
Captain Jack's advisers, apparently not attuned to relevant differences between Modoc and Euro-American culture, suggested that the Army would leave in response to killing their leader, General Edward Canby.
Captain Jack successfully avoided the Army until a number of Modoc agreed to hunt him down and turn him in ; these men included Hooker Jim, Bogus Charley, Shacknasty Jim and Steamboat Frank.
Captain and Renegade
Amiable Renegade: The Memoirs of Captain Peter Drake ( 1671-1753 ) Stanford University Press, ( 1960 ).
* Amiable Renegade: The Memoirs of Captain Peter Drake ( 1671-1753 )
* Captain Nick " Havoc " Parker, a fictional character in the computer game, Command & Conquer: Renegade
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