Marvels the pull list free comics on marvel unlimited marvels pull list. Discover a character s comic book appearances, and browse issues containing your favorite marvel characters. The spirit was printed in full comics that were placed in newspapers in 1940 the newspapers were concerned over the comic boom with superheros. The worlds most powerful harbinger is toyo harada, a japanese businessman who runs the mysterious harbinger foundation. The event kicked off with a slide show presentation for super.
Frank miller screenplay, will eisner comic book series. Whether it was will eisner creating a new visual language for comics or darwyn cookes bold cartooning in dcs last spirit comic, a big reason for interest has been in the art, with the stories acting as a secondary concern. These powers include superhuman physicality, the ability to regenerate from any wound if he consumes enough matter, the ability to alter his body shape, and the ability to communicate with machines. The 100 best comic book characters of all time paste. The spirit was printed in full comics that were placed in newspapers in 1940 the. The spirit is a fictional masked crimefighter created by cartoonist will eisner. Secondly, this is the spirit as done by a silver age loving former animator with writing skills to. He first appeared june 2, 1940, as the main feature of a 16page, tabloidsized, newsprint comic book insert distributed in the sunday edition of register and tribune syndicate newspapers. Spirit volume 1 was an ongoing series, published by dc comics.
There isnt a single character in the movie who talks like a real person. In fact, the mask and gloves that are the spirit s trademarks were a concession to his publishing partner, who didnt think the series would sell without having a bona fide masked hero. Characters with an immunity to a certain power will be included in a subcategory under that power, as with telepaths and telepathic immunity for a list of superpowers, see category. What makes the spirit stories magical, however, is that eisner seemed unconstrained by the limitation of the comics. Nonfeature lead character group comic strip character primarily newest character in database 28 may 2018.
Harbingers, also known as psiots, are a race of evolved superhumans with psionic powers in the valiant universe. Character click links for info about character and hisher religious practice. So the full comics were printed and placed in the middle of the paper and distributed weekly in most major united states cities at the united states. Death, taxes andthe spirit starring the spirit and ward healy. Sgt orourke introduction synopsis while chasing dr. When a rookie cop named denny colt returns from the beyond as the spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces from the shadows of central city. Whether you are a reader or a longtime collector this app has a variety of tools that allows you to organize and catalog your collection. Of the countless comic book characters from all over the galaxy, there are several from. The spirit dennis colt is a superhero detective created by will eisner. The gcd is building the most comprehensive comics database. In the meantime, i hope you find this resource to be both useful and enjoyable. Give our search a try, take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site, or use my. Everyone thought he had died but he woke up in a cemetery. Dennis colt earthspirit dc database fandom dc wiki.
This database is a comprehensive list of comic book characters ranging from the most famous superheroes and villains to the obscure and the mysterious. Sometimes the spirit was only a minor character in his own stories, but that was okay, because eisner, one of the outstanding geniuses of american comics, always let the needs of the story take precedence over the needs of its title character. Will eisners legendary newspaper comic creation was denny colt, a police. Click here to return to the main page of wildwood cemetery. This page contains information about spirit volume 1. Tchalla was twotimes time magazines person of the year and sixtimes people magazines sexiest man alive. The octopus who kills anyone unfortunate enough to see his face who has other plans. The spirit section, as the insert was popularly known, continued until october 5, 1952. Rookie cop denny colt returns from the beyond as the spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight. Bloodshot is a character in the valiant universe, a violent but heroic supersoldier with nanites in his blood that give him special powers. Jules feiffer had raved about the spirit in the great comic book heroes and the sample he printed was cool, but when i saw the iw book i thought, this is what he was so crazy about. The spirit might have started out as a sunday strip in a newspaper that was looking to capitalize on the budding comic book industry, but now the character represents one of the mediums biggest. Theyll need to join forces and use all the knowhow, kindness. Mar 02, 2020 wisconsins comic book heroes, villains.
Then we go into various knockoff characters and what that means. Use this free, interactive site to look up your favorite characters, artists, writers, or comic book series. Denny colt, commissioner dolan, and his daughter ellen are reintroduced in this goforbroke, shootthelightsout collection of crime stories filled with action, adventure, humor and sexy girls. The spirit, which premiered in june 1940 and ran continuously until october 1952, was the brainchild of will eisner, arguably one of the most important men in the history of comic books. It is quirky at times, hamhanded at times, but lovingly made. Religion of comic book characters listed by religious group. The romance titles began in the late 1940s, after the superhero books faded in popularity, and continued.
This character is exclusive to the continuity of earthad. The spirit, midnight and knockoff characters comic. Scripts by will eisner and jules feiffer, art by will eisner. Read over 75,000 comics and over 700 free comics available from publishers such as marvel, dc, image, boom, idw, top shelf, and oni press on your iphone, ipad. Fade unknown comic book characters database wiki fandom. Here are 15 characters to check out between superhero movies. Yet as they adventure across the kingdom, they discover that they bring out the very best in the other person. Dc comics have reprinted all of the original weekly stories in chronological order in the spirit archives this means a new generation of fans should be able to enjoy one of the most memorable american comic book series. This is a older game, long out of print, but i was a huge fan of it obviously and would love to get a group back together at some point. This wiki has information about characters from comics and comic based shows that few people know about. Queer comics database discover your next queer read. Also a tiny vignette of the respective character, with art taken. Marvel comics is an american comic book company owned by marvel publishing, inc.
The 25 greatest comic book artists from the last 25 years. It is fully searchable and includes data on creator credits, story details, or other publication details for comic books worldwide. The foundation recruits and trains harbingers as part of haradas private army. It was said that will eisner, the creator, had raised comics to an art form and that he was ahead of his time. Sand saref eva mendes mentions robin, morgenstern stana katic mentions the electra complex based on the daughter of agamemnon, the basis for the marvel character elektra, and the spirit gabriel macht mentions thors hammer. Each wiki entry is the title of a comic book series.
Characters by power arranges characters by their superpowers or abilities distinction should be made between the power itself and the origin or source of that power. If you need a quick guideline for creating a new wiki page, please use this handy wikiskeleton. Eisners intent was to have a series that focused on characters and storytelling, rather than to create a superhero comic book. There are several references to other comic book characters throughout the film.
Originally, it was created and distributed as a weekly insert for more conventional newspapers of the register and tribune syndicate, rather than as a traditional comic. For ease of use, the database has been arranged in alphabetical order. Frank miller takes the spirit and has great fun with it. Combat, plastic man, police comics, smash comics and the spirit. Gcd issue the best of the spirit grand comics database. The spirit, midnight and knockoff characters comic tropes. We index characters by eye color, hair color, hair length, age, gender, and animal ears. Set in the classic period of the spirit s golden age, the 1940s, the first 12issue story arc follows the strips most beloved characters, commissioner dolan, his daughter ellen, ebony white and sammy as they attempt to unca why the spirit has been missing, and presumed dead, for the past two years. Before anyone cries outrage at why george perez and walt simonson are not on this list, despite continuing to produce amazing work, please remember that were just talking about seminal works from the last 25 years. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. The spirit is a masked vigilante fighting for justice. The spirit 406 will eisners legendary newspaper comic creation was denny colt, a police detective that took on the identity of the masked vigilante, the spirit, upon seemingly being resurrected. Comic book realm use our database to track your comic.
Table of contents with only hero name and page number. Avengers for all the variations of the subject on the site. In fact, in many of the stories, the spirit is almost a peripheral character, with the focus on other characters that get involved in crimes. Under each title will be the most recent publication dates if known, the status of the book, main characters, minor characters, creative team, and the storyline up to the last issue. Looking for a list of comics with art by kevin nowlan or with covers by alan davis. Continue to next page of this list 51 through 100 character.
The spirit 406 will eisners legendary newspaper comic creation was denny colt, a police detective that took on the identity of the masked vigilante, the spirit, upon seemingly being resurrected after his death. Caspar milquetoast is a comic strip character created by h. One of the most useful resources is cat yronwodes the spirit checklist, a recent version of which can be downloaded from here. Az list of marvel comic characters marvel comic characters list. You can even record your slabbed collection and the app will provide you with fair market value on the book. Into the spiderverse introduced a whole new audience to the lovable and sassy character known as spiderham, an alternate version of spiderman that, you know, is a pig. Cobra, in central city in 1940, a young policeman named denny colt. In the second issue of the 1960s harvey comics spirit comic book, his name is given as zitzbath zark. Far from home absolute carnage everyone is a target. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The spirit was a success not just in the papers, but also in more conventional comic books.
Webster described caspar milquetoast as the man who speaks softly and gets hit with a big stick. Spirit of vengeance at the grand comics database spirit of vengeance wileaydus autolycus is the ghost rider from an alternate future of the marvel universe and member of the galactic guardians. Kingcati almost didnt connect with the spirit because the first spirit comic i read was an iw reprint of very mainstream noneisner stories. Browse a comprehensive az list of marvel comic characters. The grand comics database gcd is a nonprofit, internetbased organization of international volunteers dedicated to building an open database covering all printed comics throughout the world. Whether you are an avid comic collector, a repeat offender one who once collected but fell by the wayside, are new to the industry, or someone who came across some old comics, welcome to the world of comics. Rum and monkey isnt responsible for its content, however good it may be. Dec 25, 2008 it all works wonderfully if youre willing to view the film as, uncharitably, being unintentionally funny or more genuinely as a gentle lampoon of comic book films by one of the great figures of the graphic novel genre. There are some who believe harada is an evil megalomaniac, including teenager. Wisconsin comic book heroes, villains to occupy you between. See what bloggers and the media say about librarything.
Dell became part of bantam doubleday dell in 1988, ceasing to exist as an independent company. You can try to refresh the page by clicking here, if this does not fix the error, you can contact the administrator. To celebrate the last 25 years in comics, were looking back at the greatest comic book artists from the last quarter century. She starred in a namesake, fourpage weekly feature published in a sunday newspaper comics insert colloquially called the spirit section, which ran from june 2, 1940 to november 3, 1946. The checklist was the first comprehensive listing of all published appearances of the spirit, and rthe first attempt to identify the many people who worked on the series with will eisner but it by no means represented the entirety of my spirit index, which also provided complete character listings and plot summaries for all 645 spirit sections.
This page was last edited on 28 november 2018, at 11. Danielle is named after lukes teammate and best friend iron fist danny rand. Take samuel l jacksons character, the octopus for example. Each pack is grouped around a particular character or theme, and there is no duplication within any pack. This database is a comprehensive list of comic book characters, arranged alphabetically. The spirit of 76 real name william naslund is a fictional character appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. Black panther was ranked 51st on igns top 100 comic book heroes in 2011. Catalog your books from amazon, the library of congress and 4941 other libraries.
The appeal of comics featuring the spirit has almost always been the art. The companys comic book division folded in 1973, although dell continued to publish the occasional book with comics content, including newspaper strip collections. Welcome to the mayfair games dc heroes rpg online character database. Welcome to the unknown comic book characters database wiki edit. The lion king reasons why scar and zira arent related. The visual search engine for all animated characters. Will eisners legendary newspaper comic creation was denny colt, a police detective that took on the identity of the masked vigilante, the spirit, upon seemingly being resurrected. This app is perfect for any and all comic book collectors. Unknown comic book characters database wiki fandom. Will eisners legendary newspaper comic creation was denny colt, a police detective that took on the identity of the masked vigilante, the spirit, upon seemingly being resurrected after his death.
Marvel comics database is a wiki anyone can edit, full of characters like spiderman, wolverine, iron man, and the hulk, comic books, and movies. When the heroic princess amira rescues the kindhearted princess sadie from her tower prison, neither expects to find a true friend in the bargain. The avengers comic books category for a complete list. All dogs go to heaven official an all dogs christmas carol characters. Lady luck is an american comic strip and comic book crime fighter and adventuress created and designed in 1940 by will eisner with artist chuck mazoujian. World comic character database comic book characters. Nov 01, 2005 what i learned was that the spirit was a detectivetype comic written in the 1940s.
Original index for this series was created from the indexing work of henry steele. Within those approximate 80 years, comic book stories and the avatars within have. When you flip through a comic book, youre looking at a medium that has existed for less than a century. When ebon took over the nightbreed, fade became loyal to him. Librarything connects you to people who read what you do. Dec 09, 2008 that said this is far from a dimeadozen superhero book. He longed for his real, old home, and liked ebons idea to use nightingales dark matter creation power to make all dakota dark after nightingale and brickhouse helped static bring down ebon, fade realized that even ebons plan would not have gotten him what he desired, acceptance. This version of spirit earth ad, including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the multiverse in the 198586 crisis on infinite earths limited series and is now considered apocryphal. Firstly, the protagonist is the spirit, a character with over 75 years of history, and who has been graced by some of the finest names in comics from will eisner to alan moore. Marvel counts among its characters such wellknown properties as spiderman, the xmen and their member wolverine, the fantastic four, the hulk, thor, captain america, iron man, daredevil, ghost rider and many others. Danielle cage is a fictional character in marvel comics, the young daughter of luke cage and jessica jones. Fewer and fewer can remember a time when dcs superman was inarguably the character most associated with the term superhero or when. Comic book value packs comic book value packs are a great way to pick up a lot of comics cheaply.
All characters in database sorted by number of appearances. Commissioner dolan 121 police commissioner in central city, the spirits town. Which of the spirits femme fatales knew denny colt as a child. Cobra denny colt falls into a vat of chemicals and is presumed dead. The spirit kitchen sink press, 1983 series at the grand comics database. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. In 2011, ign ranked the spirit 21st in the top 100 comic book heroes of all time. Pgell is a femme fatale who perennially tries to seduce the spirit to a life of crime at her side. How to train your dragon official shorts characters. Ebony white was a young taxi driver from central city. Cast of the spirit and other eisner comic book characters or characters that have met or. Nov 21, 2018 on november 8, nintendo hosted a press conference in regards to the upcoming release of super smash bros. Marvel fans will love the spiderham and venom qfigs from qmx.