The legacy of the shield among other comics characters includes the time-traveling mutant superhero Cable telling Captain America that his shield still exists in one of the possible futures ; Cable carries it into battle and brandishes it as a symbol.

In these stories Hergé placed more emphasis on characters than plot, and indeed Tintin's most memorable companions, Captain Haddock and Cuthbert Calculus ( in French Professeur Tryphon Tournesol ), were introduced at this time.

The normally rich cast of characters was pared to a minimum-Tintin, Captain Haddock, and the sherpa Tharkey-as the story focused on Tintin's dogged search for Chang.

The Captain and the Kids was very similar to The Katzenjammer Kids in terms of content and characters, but Dirks had a looser and more verbal style than Knerr, who on the other hand often produced stronger, more direct gags and drawings.

The Captain and the Kids also introduced some new characters.

In Star Trek: The Original Series episode I, Mudd, the Liar paradox is used by the characters of Captain Kirk and Harry Mudd to confuse and ultimately disable an android.

Marvel counts among its characters such well-known properties as Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, Captain America and Daredevil ; antagonists such as the Green Goblin, Magneto, Doctor Doom, Galactus, and the Red Skull.

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.

Unlike the DC Universe, few of Marvel's 1940s characters have become major characters in modern publications ; Captain America is one exception, and to a lesser extent his contemporary, the Sub-Mariner, is as well, primarily because both of these characters were reintroduced to readers and to the Marvel Universe during the 1960s.

The characters are hired by Captain Gregor Lopez, famous explorer, for a journey to the Ringworld that does not go completely as planned.

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.

In Captain Rainbow, Crazy Tracy from Link's Awakening is one of the featured characters where she wants to enslave all men in the world.

The film also introduced Jürgen Prochnow as the U-boat Captain, who became a good example of Peterson's action characters, a man at war and who dares danger and fate at sea.

Many of the characters of the Fourth Expedition — Parkhill, Captain Wilder, and Hathaway — re-appear in later stories.

The subtitle, A Novel without a Hero, is apt because the characters are all flawed to a greater or lesser degree ; even the most sympathetic have weaknesses, for example Captain Dobbin, who is prone to vanity and melancholy.

Some stories featured team-ups with other characters from the Marvel Universe, including Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Sunfire, and the mid-1970s X-Men.

The same theme is seen to a lesser extent in the other characters, some of whom reveal their flaws ( Simes & the Captain ), and some of whom rise to the occasion ( Sam, minor characters such as the rich Daiglers, and Ellie, who proves not only highly intelligent, but resourceful and fiercely independent ).

Along with Captain James T. Kirk and Dr. Leonard " Bones " McCoy, he is one of the three central characters in the original Star Trek series and its films.

Captain Kangaroo had a loose structure, built around life in the " Treasure House " where the Captain ( the name " kangaroo " came from the big pockets in his coat ) would tell stories, meet guests, and indulge in silly stunts with regular characters, both humans and puppets.

" Many of the openings featured non-celebrities, but some featured stars from TV shows, most of which broadcast over CBS, such as The Bob Newhart Show and One Day at a Time, as well as other characters with a connection to the network, including William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, dressed as Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock ; characters from the Peanuts cartoons ; and Fred Rogers from Mister Rogers ' Neighborhood.

Dirk Benedict ( born March 1, 1945 ) is an American movie, television and stage actor, perhaps best known for playing the characters Lieutenant Templeton " Faceman " Peck in The A-Team television series and Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica film and television series.

He was replaced by two animated characters who made semi-regular appearances: Lieutenant Arex, whose Edosian species had three arms and three legs ; and Lt. M ' Ress, a female Caitian.

The film features minor roles for many of The Next Generations recurring characters ; Dwight Schultz reprised his role of Lieutenant Reginald Barclay, while Patti Yasutake briefly appeared as Nurse Alyssa Ogawa.

The series would have included several new characters, such as Commander Willard " Will " Decker, the Executive Officer, Lieutenant Ilia, and the Vulcan Lieutenant Xon.

Several fictional characters from the " Star Trek " series " The Next Generation "— Lieutenant Commander Data, his " mother " Julianna Soong Tainer, and his brothers Lore and B-4 — are androids equipped with positronic brains created by Dr. Noonien Soong.

Some of the recurring characters LaMarr performed on MADtv were Desperation Lee (" Funky Walker Dirty Talker "), Jaq the UBS Guy, " sexy player " Rick, talentless R & B singer Savante and Rocket Revengers star Lieutenant Abraham Jefferson ( a. k. a. Lincoln Willis ).

He has his characters watch a sitcom named Say, Jim, about a starship all of whose officers " were black except for the Communications Officer, a freckled, redhead named Lieutenant O ' Hara.

* In chapter six of the novel Master and Commander by Patrick O ' Brian a volunteer seaman who reveals his past as a sin eater is ostracized by the crew, prompting a brief discussion between the characters Dr. Maturin and Lieutenant Dillon of traditions of sin eating in England and Ireland.

Its plot ( concerned with a German commando unit sent into England to kidnap Winston Churchill ) was fresh and innovative ( although the plot is clearly reminiscent of Alberto Cavalcanti's wartime film Went the Day Well ?, which itself was directly based on the 1942 Graham Greene short story The Lieutenant Died Last ), and the characters had significantly more depth than in his earlier work.

The eight movies cover the events of just three novels ( Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, Lieutenant Hornblower, and Hornblower and the Hotspur ), and various alterations and additions are made to the source material ( e. g. the recurring characters of Lt. Archie Kennedy, Matthews and Styles ).

* The Mask – Doyle ( Lieutenant Kellaway's partner ), Kablamus, various one-shot characters

In 1997, Yearwood began playing a recurring role on the CBS military drama, JAG, where she played Lieutenant Commander Teresa Coulter, a Navy coroner and forensic specialist, who develops feelings for one of the main characters.

Although he appeared in many dramatic roles, he may be best remembered for his " crusty " comedic characters such as Staff Sergeant Luther Rizzo in M * A * S * H ( TV-Series 1979-83 ); Lieutenant — and later, Captain — Thaddeus Harris in Police Academy ( 1984 – 94 ), Captain Felix Maxwell in Mannequin ( 1987 ) and as Detective Lieutenant Louie Provenza from TNT's television crime drama The Closer, in which he has was featured in all 109 aired episodes across seven seasons, starting in 2005.

Gerry Anderson defended his series against the accusations of racism and political incorrectness by reminding critics that Lieutenant Green, Melody Angel and Harmony Angel are heroic characters despite being of either African or Asian descent.

Recurring characters Lieutenant Bressler ( Harry Guardino ) and Frank DiGiorgio ( John Mitchum ) reprise their roles for the last time in a Dirty Harry film.

Side characters, such as Colonel Hoffman, Anthony Carmine, and Lieutenant Kim, also aid Delta Squad.

* The new series has more complex romantic subplots, with both Captain Scarlet in the present and Captain Black in the past dating Destiny Angel, and the hints of a potential relationship between Captain Blue and Lieutenant Green, as well as flirtations between several other characters.

The Lieutenant Marvels are fictional characters, a team of superheroes in the Fawcett Comics and DC Comics universes.

Griffin's book series, The Corps with two supporting characters, Steve Koffler and Lieutenant Macklin passing through the Marine Parachute School at NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey.

While the majority of the characters featured in the first novels are original to this series, the Vulcan Lieutenant Commander T ' Prynn appeared in two other Star Trek novels — the Lost Era's The Art Of The Impossible by Keith R. A. DeCandido, and Deep Space Nine's Lesser Evil by Robert Simpson ( and was also mentioned in Unity by S. D Perry ).

In this drama the main characters are: the hard-boiled Lieutenant Detective Random Coolzip ; his wife, Peggy, who is also his dispatcher ; their son, Skip Coolzip, a junior policeman ; and their daughter, Kim, a pornographic film actress.