Category: Silver Age Latin writers

The later usage was in part attributed to the choices of gold, silver and bronze to represent the first three Ages of Man in Greek mythology: the Golden Age, when men lived among the gods ; the Silver age, where youth lasted a hundred years ; and the Bronze Age, the era of heroes, and was first adopted at the 1904 Summer Olympics.

Of these, modern historians categorize the Golden Age and Silver Age as mythical, but consider the Bronze Age and Iron Age historically valid.

* Silver Age

The Silver Age lasted through the late 1960s or early 1970s, during which time Marvel Comics revolutionized the medium with such naturalistic superheroes as Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's Fantastic Four and Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's Spider-Man.

In the Silver Age comics continuity, Clark gained superpowers upon landing on Earth, and gradually learned to master them, adopting the superhero identity of Superboy at the age of eight.

Unlike in the Silver Age, his powers developed over several years, only coming to their peak when he was an adult.

Traditionally, Lois Lane ( and sometimes others ) would often suspect Superman of truly being Clark Kent ; this was particularly prominent in Silver Age stories, including those in the series Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane.

The verse innovations of the Augustan writers were carefully imitated by their successors in the Silver Age of Latin Literature.

Today, the modern Latin poets who use the dactylic hexameter are generally as faithful to Virgil as Rome's Silver Age poets.

The Flash's reimagining in Showcase # 4 ( October 1956 ) proved sufficiently popular that it soon led to a similar revamping of the Green Lantern character, the introduction of the modern all-star team Justice League of America ( JLA ), and many more superheroes, heralding what historians and fans call the Silver Age of comic books.

* 2012 – Sheldon Moldoff, Golden Age and Silver Age comic book artist ( b. 1920 )

Perhaps the first Bantu speakers to arrive in present day Zimbabwe were the makers of early Iron Age pottery belonging to the Silver Leaves or Matola tradition, third to fifth centuries A. D., found in southeast Zimbabwe.

* Iron Duke is the name of a supervillain character in the Silver Age Sentinels roleplaying game, based in part on Isambard Kingdom Brunel

In the Silver to Bronze Age stories as well as in the " Green, Green Glow of Home " episode of Lois & Clark New adventures of Superman Kryptonite is a stable transuranic element ( element 126 ) that finally decays to iron.

Category: Post – Silver Age Latin writers

Birthright also reinvents the Silver Age concept of Luthor befriending Clark Kent as a young man.

Luthor's current origin appears to be a synthesis of aspects from the Silver Age continuity and the The Man of Steel mini-series.

Marvel's major heroes are those created between 1961 and 1963, during Marvel's " Silver Age ": Spider-Man, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Daredevil, Thor, the Hulk, Ant-Man and the Wasp, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and S. H. I. E. L. D .’ s director, Nick Fury.

One example is issues 48, 49, and 50 of the original Fantastic Four comic book which are notable for introducing the characters of Galactus and Silver Surfer.

Superman's Kryptonian heritage was a frequent factor in Silver Age Superman comic storylines, as he was fully aware of his origins from an early age.

* L ' homme à l ' étoile d ' argent ( The Man with the Silver Star ), a 1969 comic from the French comic series Lt. Blueberry was directly inspired by Rio Bravo.

The company's most noteworthy period was during the Silver Age of comic books, which had begun with DC Comics ' successful revival of superheroes in 1956.

During this period near the end of the industry revival historians call the Silver Age of comic books, Adams was soon assigned his first superhero covers, illustrating that of the Superman flagship Action Comics # 356 ( Nov. 1967 ) and the same month's Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane # 79 ( Nov. 1967 ), featuring Superman and a mysterious new costumed character, Titanman.

* John Silver, a fictional space pirate with mechanical leg who appears in the Italian comic book Nathan Never, was inspired by Long John Silver.

* 2003 La Plumilla de Plata ( Silver Inkpen Award ) in Mexico for his lifetime achievements and contributions to comic books.

Issue three, an anthology comic called Tales of the Uncanny, featured USA, Ultimate Special Agent based on Captain America, and Hypernaut, who was based on Iron Man, with elements taken from Silver Surfer, Green Lantern, Arnim Zola ( in appearance ), and Swamp Thing.

Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Books ( 1956-c. 1970 ), the character has appeared in both comic books and graphic novels, and other DC Comics-related products such as animated and live-action television series, trading cards, toys, and video games.

Some fez sightings include The Seventh Doctor in the 1988 episode, " Silver Nemesis " ( Season 25 ), The Eighth Doctor in the 2003 Doctor Who comic, " Doctor Who and the Nightmare Game ", and most notably, The Eleventh Doctor, who sports a fez in the 2010 episode, " The Big Bang ".

Debuting in the Silver Age of comic books, Quicksilver has featured in four decades of Marvel continuity, starring in the self-titled series Quicksilver and as a regular team member in superhero title the Avengers.

The original strip, originated by Dave Donaldson, written by Steve Bright and mostly drawn by John Geering until his death in 1999, is essentially a parody of Superman with shades of Captain Marvel and his British twin, Marvelman and occasionally other Silver Age characters, while also combining comic slapstick with a heavy dose of eccentric British humour similar to Alan Moore's contemporary work on Captain Britain.

* OB ( cartoon ), a comic strip by Burton Silver

Debuting in the Silver Age of comic books, the character has appeared in over four decades of Marvel publications, and starred in the popular titles Marvel Premiere and Strange Tales ; five self-titled volumes and several related limited series.

Thomas became an early and active member of Silver Age comic book fandom when it organized in the early 1960s — primarily around Jerry Bails, whose enthusiasm for the rebirth of superhero comics during that period led Bails to found the fanzine Alter Ego, an early focal point of fandom.

Mortimer Weisinger ( April 25, 1915 – May 7, 1978 ) was an American magazine and comic book editor best known for editing DC Comics ' Superman during the mid-1950s to 1960s, in the Silver Age of comic books.

Steranko earned lasting acclaim for his innovations in sequential art during the Silver Age of comic books, particularly his infusion of surrealism, op art, and graphic design into the medium.

Debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Books, the characters have appeared in comic books and other DC Comics-related products such as animated television series, clothing, figurines and trading cards.

Buscema's first published comics work had come before that: inking John Buscema's pencil art on four 39-to 40-page stories in the superhero comic The Silver Surfer # 4-7 ( Feb .- Aug. 1969 ); and inking Larry Lieber's pencils on the regular-sized, 20-page Western The Rawhide Kid # 68 ( Feb. 1969 ).

He has won many awards for his books, such as the Golden Brush in 1990 for Boris Bear and the Silver Brush for Miffy In The Tent in 1996.

His books of poetry include Poems 1913 and 1914 ( 1914 ); Poems Translated from the French ( 1914 ); Three Poems ( 1916 ); The Barn ( 1916 ); The Silver Bird of Herndyke Mill ; Stane Street ; The Gods of the World Beneath, ( 1916 ); The Harbingers ( 1916 ); Pastorals ( 1916 ); The Waggoner and Other Poems ( 1920 ); The Shepherd, and Other Poems of Peace and War ( 1922 ); Old Homes ( 1922 ); To Nature: New Poems ( 1923 ); Dead Letters ( 1923 ); Masks of Time: A New Collection of Poems Principally Meditative ( 1925 ); Japanese Garland ( 1928 ); Retreat ( 1928 ); Winter Nights: A Reminiscence ( 1928 ); Near and Far: New Poems ( 1929 ); A Summer's Fancy ( 1930 ); To Themis: Poems on Famous Trials ( 1931 ); Constantia and Francis: An Autumn Evening, ( 1931 ); Halfway House: A Miscellany of New Poems, ( 1932 ); Choice or Chance: New Poems ( 1934 ); Verses: To H. R. H. The Duke of Windsor, ( 1936 ); An Elegy and Other Poems ( 1937 ); On Several Occasions ( 1938 ); Poems, 1930-1940 ( 1940 ); Shells by a Stream ( 1944 ); After the Bombing, and Other Short Poems ( 1949 ); Eastward: A Selection of Verses Original and Translated ( 1950 ); Records of Friendship ( 1950 ); A Hong Kong House ( 1959 ); Poems on Japan ( 1967 ).

George Silver, an English fencer who wrote two books ( 1599, 1605 ) including lengthy sections on staff fighting does not use the term " quarterstaff ", but instead calls it a " short staff " ( as opposed to the " long staff ").

Nearby are Silver Lake and the Big Slough, locations mentioned in her books.

* Michael Silver ( 1988 )-NFL columnist for Yahoo Sports ; previously, award-winning NFL writer for Sports Illustrated, authoring the magazine's Super Bowl game story for 12 straight years from 1994 through 2006 ; co-author of books by Jerry Rice, Dennis Rodman, Kurt Warner, and Natalie Coughlin

Noted children's author Cynthia Rylant has written a slender volume, Old Town in the Green Groves, that covers the two years in Laura's life between On The Banks of Plum Creek and By The Shores of Silver Lake which are unnarrated in the original series of books.

De Smet, South Dakota attracts many fans with its historic sites from the books By the Shores of Silver Lake, The Long Winter, Little Town on the Prairie, These Happy Golden Years, and The First Four Years.

Urizen is described as having multiple books: Gold, Silver, Iron, and Brass.

The Seven Sleepers appear in two books of Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising series ; Will Stanton awakens them in The Grey King, and in Silver on the Tree they ride in the last battle against the Dark.

The local underground caves were used as the filming location for the underworld, ruled by the evil Lady of the Green Kirtle ( played by Barbara Kellerman ), in the 1990 BBC adaptation of The Silver Chair ( one of the Narnia books written by C. S.

In Ben Kane's books The Forgotten Legion, The Silver Eagle and Road To Rome, Decimus Brutus is shown as a fairly major character to the plot.

During his run on Supreme Power, Frank also provided covers for a diverse number of Marvel books, such as Silver Surfer # 7 ; Wolverine / Punisher # 2 ; The Incredible Hulk # 75 ; issues 4 and 6 of the Supreme Power spin-off miniseries, Doctor Spectrum ; The Amazing Spider-Man # 515 and 517 ; Black Panther # 10 ; and numerous others, as well as two pages of interior art for the Avengers: Finale one-shot.

In all, the only three books in which the Cowardly Lion does not rate at least a mention are The Tin Woodman of Oz, Grampa in Oz, and The Silver Princess in Oz.

Cisneros has also been author, editor or collaborator in several books, including Interwoven Destinies: Cities and the Nation, a project with the late former HUD Secretary Jack Kemp ; Opportunity and Progress: A Bipartisan Platform for National Housing Policy was presented the Common Purpose Award for demonstrating the potential of bipartisan cooperation ; and Casa y Comunidad: Latino Home and Neighborhood Design, a publication that took the first-ever look at the growing and increasingly prosperous U. S. Latino community and its housing needs, was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Silver Medal in the category of best business book of 2006.