Schumacher claims he originally had in mind an adaptation of Frank Miller's Batman: Year One.

1984 – 2000 ) has even more potential starting points, but is generally agreed to be the publication of Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore's Watchmen by DC Comics in 1986, as well as the publication of DC's Crisis on Infinite Earths, written by Marv Wolfman with pencils by George Pérez.

Using money from a tax refund together with a loan from Eastman's uncle, the young artists self-published a single-issue comic intended to parody four of the most popular comics of the early 1980s: Marvel Comics ' Daredevil and New Mutants, Dave Sim's Cerebus, and Frank Miller's Ronin.

The device has also appeared in the American television series Star Trek: The Next Generation as the Klingon practice of discommendation ; as a threat in Ancient Greek and Persian culture in Frank Miller's 1998 comic book series 300 and its 2007 film adaptation ; and in the 2004 role playing game Vampire the Requiem.

These are the individual stories, usually referred to as " yarns ," set in Frank Miller's Sin City universe.

Marvel enjoyed some of its best successes during Shooter's nine-year tenure as Editor-in-Chief, most notably Chris Claremont and John Byrne's run on the Uncanny X-Men, Frank Miller's run on Daredevil, Walt Simonson's run on The Mighty Thor, John Byrne's run on the Fantastic Four and Roger Stern's run on the Avengers.

" Along with Alan Moore's Watchmen and Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, it contributed to the commercial and creative revitalization of DC Comics after years of being dominated in the market by rival publisher Marvel Comics.

Frank Miller's revamp of Batman with Batman: Year One, George Pérez's relaunching of Wonder Woman in Gods and Mortals, and John Byrne's reboot of Superman in The Man of Steel all took place shortly following Crisis on Infinite Earths, and changed substantial elements of the characters ' backstories.

Frank Miller's 1998 comic book miniseries 300, and the 2006 film adaptation of the same name, portray Ephialtes as a severely deformed Spartan in exile who betrays the Spartan army after Leonidas, although sympathetic towards him, denies him the right to fight because he was unable to lift a shield high enough, thus compromising the integrity of the phalanx formation.

Frank Miller's 1998 comic book 300, presents a fictionalized version of Leonidas and the Battle of Thermopylae, as does the 2007 feature film adapted from it.

" ( Some later accounts of Robin's origin have stated that the name comes from the American robin bird, not from Robin Hood, Frank Miller's All Star Batman and Robin being a notable exception ; sometimes both sources are credited, as in Len Wein's The Untold Legend of the Batman.

In Frank Miller's non-canonical The Dark Knight Returns, the role of Robin is filled by Carrie Kelly, a thirteen year old girl.

Dark Horse also publishes creator owned comics such as Frank Miller's Sin City and 300, Mike Mignola's Hellboy, Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo, Gerard Way's Umbrella Academy, and Michael Chabon's The Escapist.

He was commended in a letter signed by the Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox on April 1, 1942, and the next day CBS radio broadcast an episode of the series, " They Live Forever ", which dramatized Miller's actions.

Farrell had to read into Frank Miller's Daredevil comics to understand Bullseye " because the expression on the character's faces in the comic books, and just the way they move sometimes, and the exaggerations of the character I'm playing he's so over-the-top that you do draw from that.

* Ava Lord, in Frank Miller's Sin City universe

The series is drawn in a modern western style made popular by graphic novels such as Frank Miller's 300.

The mini-series shared the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Limited Comic-Book Series for 1993 with Frank Miller's Daredevil: The Man Without Fear.

When writing Faith, Petrie looked to Frank Miller's violent Marvel Comics character Elektra Natchios for inspiration, claiming, " In a different, teen, punkier context, Faith is so much like Elektra.

Frank Miller's 1998 comic book 300, and the 2007 feature film adapted from it, present a heavily fictionalized version of the Immortals at the Battle of Thermopylae.

He supported Frank Miller's successful bid to succeed Davis as party leader in 1985, and took the role of rival candidate Dennis Timbrell to prepare Miller for the party's all-candidate debates.

Titled The Wolverine, the film will be based around Wolverine's exploits in Japan and will be modeled after Chris Claremont and Frank Miller's 1982 limited series on the character.

Inspired by John Byrne and Frank Miller's work on refashioning Superman and Batman, Pérez came in as the plotter and penciler of Wonder Woman.

She is one of Frank Miller's best-loved creations, and subsequent writers ' use of her is controversial as Marvel had originally promised to not resurrect the character without Miller's permission.

Frank Stack's The Adventures of Jesus, published under the name Foolbert Sturgeon, has been credited as the first underground comic.

Frank Yaconelli was named as her co-star and ' comic killer '.

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* 1957 – Frank Miller, American comic book author and film director

More than once, the magazine has enlisted popular comic book artists such as Frank Miller or Jim Lee to design and illustrate a series of " Rejected Superheroes.

Rodríguez co-directed Sin City ( 2005 ), an adaptation of the Frank Miller Sin City comic books ; Quentin Tarantino guest-directed a scene.

* January 27 – Frank Miller, American comic book writer

Joseph Frank " Buster " Keaton ( October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966 ) was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer.

Between 1868 and 1877, Carte wrote and published the music for a number of his own songs and instrumental works, as well as several comic operas: Doctor Ambrosias – His Secret, at St. George's Hall ( 1868 ); Marie, with librettist E. Spencer Mott, at London's Opera Comique in 1871 ; and Happy Hampstead, with librettist Frank Desprez, which debuted on an 1876 provincial tour and then played at the Royalty Theatre in 1877.

* Frank Cho, creator of Liberty Meadows comic strip

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Will next starred in Red, an adaptation of the comic book mini-series of the same name, in which he portrays Frank Moses.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is a four-issue comic book limited series comprising The Dark Knight Returns, The Dark Knight Triumphant, Hunt The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Falls, written and drawn by Frank Miller, originally published by DC Comics under the title Batman: The Dark Knight in 1986.

Frank Miller ( born January 27, 1957 ) is an American writer, artist, and film director best known for his dark, film noir-style comic book stories and graphic novels Ronin, Daredevil: Born Again, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City and 300.

As a 17-year-old teenager, he discovered comic books, and became a fan of creators such as John Byrne, Jack Kirby, Frank Miller and George Pérez ( as well as the writing of Alan Moore ), but was especially drawn to the more atypical art of Michael Golden and Katsuhiro Ōtomo, creator of the manga Akira.

His Prince Valiant pages were much admired by other artists, and he became a key influence on several generations of artists who were creating realistic comic strip and comic book illustrations, including Joe Kubert, Frank Frazetta, George Pratt, Mark Schultz, William Stout, Warren Tufts, the British illustrator Bill Ward, Al Williamson and Wally Wood.

The tone was usually serious, but there were moments of comic relief: Romero was something of a hypochondriac and often seemed henpecked ; Frank Smith continually complained about his brother-in-law Armand ; though Friday dated, he usually dodged women who tried to set him up with marriage-minded dates.

* Frank Thorne ( born 1930 ), comic book artist and writer best known for popularizing the Marvel Comics character Red Sonja.