The X-Men is the most popular team of superheroes in comic books in the 1990s. Featuring an often changing lineup of young mutant superheroes and unusually complex story lines, the X-Men have found a consistently large and loyal audience of comic-book readers. Since 1980 only Spider-Man and Batman have rivaled them in popularity and sales. The X-Men's market clout has helped publisher Marvel Comics remain the undisputed industry leader, and the series' formula has been widely imitated throughout the superhero genre. Few other comic-book series of recent decades have been as influential.
Bruce is the leader of Wayne Enterprises. Tony is the owner of Stark Industries. When Bruce was a child, he was deeply traumatized by his parents’ murder. In his adult life, this led him to fight crime in Gotham City as Batman. Tony’s family story has changed with each reboot of the comic book character.
Super man was created by American writer Jerry Siegel and American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio. Superman was discovered and adopted by a Kansas farmer and his wife, the child is raised as Clark Kent and imbued with a strong moral compass. Very early he started to display superman abilities, which upon reaching maturity he resolved to use for the benefit of humanity. Superman possesses extraordinary power, with the character traditionally described as “faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in single bound.” Superman’s famous arsenal of powers has included flight, super-strength, invulnerability to non-magical attacks, super-speed, vision powers. The vision powers include x-ray, heat-emitting, telescopic, infra-red and microscopic vision.
Johnny’s father’s name is Mr. Ike Turner and his mother’s name is Mrs. Tina Turner. Johnny, along with his parents, is a secret agent with a lot of attitude. He has a friend by the name of Tucker, Tuck for short, who is an engineer that makes all of Johnny’s gadgets. Johnny and Tuck were wondering through a neighbor’s yard down the street, when they heard two mean talking in a storm cellar. Johnny quietly snuck up on the men to hear their conversation.
Batman’s saga begins with a smoking gun and a promise. Up until that fateful night, he was merely the young son of a wealthy family in the crime-ridden Gotham City. He was on his way home from a night at the cinema when mugger violently killed his parents. Young Bruce Wayne, orphan, channeled all the pain and hate he felt on that night into a promise to himself that was as simple as it was naive: to end crime in Gotham. As he sat alone in the rainy alleyway by the corpses of his parents and listened to wail of GCPD police sirens, he took the first steps of his journey of self-actualization that would last him his entire life.
Among these "unofficial" heroes are the famous Parr family in The Incredibles, the engaging Cortez family from the Spy Kids movies, a new teen Clark Kent from Smallville, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the supers-in-training featured in the new Disney film Sky High. The many different variations of superheroes shows how throughout time, people still have the need for a hero in their lives. There is a need for an outlet to escape the pressures of modern living and a hero brings that to people. The appeal of superheroes is that in our fast paced world, people need a hero or an example to model their lives after. In the documentary on superheroes we watched in class it shows the lives of three actors and an actress who are chasing their dreams in Hollywood.
Bobblehead - Barter | Evergreen Mills: Bazaar, in a dark cave-nook in the corner of the room to the right ofSmiling Jack. Jump over the work bench, it's on the right-most shelves. | | Bobblehead - Big Guns | Fort Constantine: CO Quarters (little bungalow), in the basement. It is in an open safe along with some caps, and the ICBM launchcode. | | Bobblehead - Energy Weapons * | Raven Rock: On the right desk in Colonel Autumn's bedroom: after you pass the huge door from section 2B to 2C, when two Enclave soldiers come out of the right door, take the left door.
Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes—ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas—have dominated American comic books and crossed over into other media. The word itself dates to at least 1917. In 1938, writer Jerry Siegel and illustrator Joe Shuster, who had previously worked in pulp science fiction magazines, introduced Superman. The character possessed many of the traits that have come to define the superhero: a secret identity, superhuman powers and a colourful costume including a symbol and cape. His name is also the source of the term "superhero".
I say this because Krypto the Superdog is a DC Comics character. In order for a character of a novel or comic to be considered relevant in today’s popular culture, it should be known by many. DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It was founded in 1934. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment,] a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner.
Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a Time Lord—a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-travelling space ship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, the Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilisations, help ordinary people, and right wrongs.