Superheroes Superheroes AK Comics is an Egyptian-based superhero comic publishing venture, and the first example of the genre produced in the Middle East. The company first began publishing monthly titles in February 2004, and its comics are produced in both Arabic and English. AK Comics was founded by Ayman Kandeel, (hence the initials); Marwan el-Nashar is the managing director and Sara Kareem is the English-language editor. ...more on Wikipedia about "AK Comics"
Automan is a American, science fiction, superhero, television series produced by Glen A. Larson. It ran for only 12 episodes (13 were made) on ABC between 1983 and 1984. The series is loosely, and unofficially based on the ground-breaking 1982 film Tron. ...more on Wikipedia about "Automan"
Bananaman is a British comic fictional character. He originally appeared in Nutty as the backpage strip in Issue 1, dated 16 February 1980, and, becoming the comic's most popular strip, was promoted to a three-page colour strip on Nutty's front and middle pages, and subsequently a two-page colour strip when Nutty merged with The Dandy comic in 1985. The strip has appeared intermittently since, and is running as of 2005, now a three/four page colour strip drawn by Steve Bright (and before that Tom Paterson). ...more on Wikipedia about "Bananaman"
Barnacle Boy is treated like a child by his mentor, though he is almost as old and toothless as Mermaid Man himself. In true sidekick fashion he takes the brunt of the physical comedy upon himself. He even became a villain briefly in Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V, teaming up with Man Ray and the Dirty Bubble following a dispute about a pipsqueek patty (A very small version of a Krabby Patty) at the Krusty Krab. After a protracted fight--and a painful parody of the Fantastic Four with the regular cast--he and Mermaid Man patched things up. Barnacle Man, as he likes to be called, gets a little more respect now (even though he can't finish an adult-sized Krabby Patty). ...more on Wikipedia about "Barnacle Boy"
Batmanuel is a character from The Tick live action series. ...more on Wikipedia about "Batmanuel"
Bibleman is a US video series with an evangelical superhero character (played by Willie Aames) that was started in the mid-1990's to teach young children about Biblical principles and the power of the Name of Jesus. The series includes videos, books and live shows, where they tour locations around North America. The series started with the name "The Bibleman Show," but after the first four episodes, the series' name became "The Bibleman Adventures." Bibleman started to grow in popularity when its new series name changed in 1997. It was popular with a lot of Christians, but its popularity declined around 2002. One of the reasons for this was Coats (Bibleman's former sidekick) leaving Bibleman after the episode in which Dr. Fear was defeated. Some people felt that Bibleman had jumped the shark when Biblegirl was added. Many viewers felt that the show in its recent episodes ("A Light in Darkness", "Divided We Fall") lacked the quality it had a few years ago. In 2004, Willie Aames retired from the role of Bibleman. Robert Schlipp plays Josh Carpenter, a younger Bibleman. A BibleMan video game has already been created, entitled: "BibleMan: A Fight For Faith" after the latest DVD and Schlipp's debut story. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bibleman"
Bionic Bunny is a fictional rabbit superhero created by children's author and illustrator Marc Brown. Although Bionic Bunny is most associated with the Arthur characters, he has appeared in his own book as well. Bionic Bunny is always fictional even within the context of the Arthur world, and is portrayed by fictional actor Wilbur Rabbit. Bionic Bunny physically appears to be a tall, strong anthropomorphic white rabbit who wears sneakers and a red-and- blue superhero costume with a red cape. Although in some ways a parody of various different superheroes, and of superheroes in general, Bionic Bunny is most directly a reference to Superman. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bionic Bunny" http://www.shortopedia.com, there's no better way. Superheroes
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Breach is a 2005 comic book series from DC Comics. written by Bob Harras with art by penciller Marcos Martin and inker Alvaro Lopez. The series is centered on a US Army Major named Tim Zanetti, who gains superpowers in a scientific experiment gone wrong. Zanetti was working for "Project Otherside," a secret sub-Arctic nuclear reactor where scientists are probing other dimensions. In an accident at the facility, Zanetti is caught in a dimensional rift and afterwards is found in a coma with his body forever changed. His body is placed in an isolation chamber for the next twenty years, at which point he awakens. His body has become a conductor for a mysterious and deadly energy, able to "melt" biological substances only with a touch, and so he has to be dampened with a special containment suit. Left behind while Zanetti is comatose and presumed dead, are his wife Katie and son Tate. ...more on Wikipedia about "Breach"
Bud Man is an advertising character for Budweiser beer. He is a superhero and appears on many products aimed at coeds on University campuses. He also inspired Duff Man, a character on The Simpsons. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bud Man"
Captain Canuck is a Canadian superhero created by Richard Comely and Ron Leishman. Captain Canuck's costume is based on the Flag of Canada - a maple leaf design. ...more on Wikipedia about "Captain Canuck"
Captain Planet is a fictional character in the animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers and The New Adventures of Captain Planet. ...more on Wikipedia about "Captain Planet"
Captain RibMan is the name of an online comic strip created by John Sprengelmeyer and Rich Davis. It centers around the activities of a superhero, Captain RibMan, and is less about saving the world than it is about political commentary. ...more on Wikipedia about "Captain RibMan"
Cat Claw was a fictional character in the former Yugoslavia. She was created by Bane Kerac for Yu Strip magazine in 1981. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cat Claw (comics)"
Cat-Man and Kitten (also Catman and Kitten and The Cat-Man and the Kitten) were a pair of superhero characters created by Charles M. Quinlan and Irwin Hasen and first published in 1940 by now-defunct Holyoke Publications. Due to circumstances in World War II, a radically-altered version of the characters would be published in Australia during WWII and reprinted in the 1950s. AC Comics would later revive the characters in the 1980s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cat-Man and Kitten"
Comet Man is a fictional character in Marvel Comics' universe. Comet Man first appeared in Comet Man #1 ( 1987). ==Orgin== When Beckley's spacecraft entered the tail of a unknown comet concealing Max's starship. the intense heat of the comet vaporized Beckley's craft as well as Beckley himself. However, Max employed Fortisquian technology to gather up Beckley's molecules to reconstruct his body. Max's technological devices do so in such a way as to bestow upon Beckley various superhuman powers. With his new powers, Beckley returned to Earth, where he was believed to have died in space. Beckley encountered David Hilbert, a man whom he believed to be his friend and who was chief of Bridge operations. Hilbert allowed Ann to continue to believe her husband was dead and he quarantined Beckley, subjecting him to tests of his new superhuman abilities. Stephen Beckley later escaped captivity, unaware that his wife and son had also been made prisoners. Ann made an escape attempt, taking Benny with her, but was accidentally killed when she made contact with an electrical fence. Benny was subjected by order of the Superior to a brutal series of tests and experiments in altering his own molecular structure by a scientist Dr. Fishler in an attempt to duplicate Stephen Beckley's powers within his son. Searching for his missing wife and child, Beckley encountered and nearly defeated the Hulk. Reed Richards, leader of the Fantastic Four, saw Beckley battling the Hulk on television and went to see him in person. The news media dubbed the newly superhumanly powerful Beckley "Comet Man." Richards aided Beckley in controlling his power of self-teleportation by giving him a "psi-amplifier" device. Concentrating on his wife, Beckley teleported himself into her presence only to discover her within a buried coffin. Returning to Richards, Beckley then learned about his older brother John, who was now the Superior, from SHIELD. Beckley teleported himself into the presence of his son, only to find him seemingly dying in Bridge captivity. Unknowingly, the anguished Stephen Beckley transmitted part of his own life force into Benny, thereby apparently activating superhuman powers given Benny by the Bridge's experiments. Awakening, Benny, enraged and perhaps driven by insanity by the shock of his father's seeming death, his witnessing his mother's death, and the torments he had undergone at Fishler's hands, used his new powers to attack his father and to kill Fishler. Benny blamed his father for abandoning him and his mother to the suffering they had undergone. Benny then fell into a catatonic state. Stephen confronted the now repentant Hilbert, who vowed to take care of Benny. Meanwhile, men serving the Bridge had reached Max's starship and had gone aboard. They invited Max to return with them to Earth. Comet Man teleported himself aboard Max's starship just as the Bridge's men were about to kill the alien, who had refused to go to Earth with them. The Bridge assassins then attacked Comet Man. Faced with violence for the first time in his life, Max, who was from a pacifistic culture, turned insanely violent, in the grip of emotions stirred in him through observing violence on Earth. The Bridge assassins fled Max's starship. Max told Comet Man that he intended to wipe out the human race on Earth before its violent ways contaminated the rest of the sentient races of the galaxy. Beckley calmed Max down and agreed to accompany him on a visit to the Fortisquian colony. Back on Earth the Superior triggered a nuclear device to destroy Max's starship and his brother with it. Max sensed the danger, and he and Comet Man teleported away to safety. Max took Comet Man to the Colony Fortisque, where Beckley gained more control over his powers through training. Beckley and Max returned to Earth, where Beckley found his sister, Rosemary, and his son, Benny, living with his brother, John. Comet Man used his powers to free Benny from his catatonic state. Ultimately, Comet Man learned John was the Superior, who then paid for his crimes. ===Early Life=== Dr. Stephen Beckley was the son of Jack Beckley of the United States Air Force. Stephen's parents were enraged when Jack went out to the South Pacific as a naval aviator; Jack was unaware that his fiancee was pregnant. Her family sent her to Florida to have the baby, who was then put up for adoption. Returning as a highly decorated hero; Jack married his fiancee and they had two children, Stephen and Rosemary. However, Jack remained unaware of the existence of his older son, John. John eventually became a powerful figure in naval intelligence and developed his own top secret intelligence agency known as The Bridge. As the leader of the organisation, John was known as the Superior. Tracing his own background, John discovered the identity of his father. John went to see Colonel Jack Beckley and told him he was his son. Jack, however, not knowing the truth, said he had only one son. The vengeful John determined to destroy the Beckley name and arranged an airplane crash in which Colonel Beckley died. Stephen Beckley had become an astronomer and astrophysicist. He and his wife, Ann, a former astronaut, had a young son, Benny. Stephen and Ann Beckley were also the creators and heads of the Edmond Project, a joint effort by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to investigate astronomical events. As the culmination of the project, Stephen Beckley piloted a spacecraft that encountered an apparent comet passing through the solar system. Beckley lost directional control of his spacecraft; which was drawn into the tail of the comet. Within the comet, however, was another spacecraft piloted by an alien who called himself Max, a being from the so-called Colony Fortisque. Max claims that his race has "seeded" planets in the Milky Way Galaxy and that it is thus responsible for the origin of human life on Earth. (Claims have also been made that the Celestials created human life on Earth through genetic experimentation. ==Powers== Comet Man can teleport himself over vast distances, from Earth to any location in outer space. The limits on Comet Man's teleportational range are as yet unknown. Comet Man's teleportational ability is triggered subconsciously when he is in danger. He can utilize his teleportational power consciously through the use of a "psiamplifier" device given him by Reed Richards. Comet Man can teleport himself into the presence of another person by concentrating on that person, even if Comet Man does not know where that person is. Apparently Comet Man subconsciously psionically scans the area to which he teleports himself to make sure he does not materialize within a solid object. ...more on Wikipedia about "Comet Man"
The Crimson Chin is a comic-book superhero from the animated series The Fairly OddParents. Timmy Turner, a central character on the show, is a big fan of his. The Chin is voiced by Jay Leno. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crimson Chin"
Cybersix is the title of an Argentinian comic book, created by Carlos Meglia and Carlos Trillo. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cybersix"
Daniel "Danny" Fenton a.k.a. Danny Phantom is protagonist and main character of the Nickelodeon animated television series Danny Phantom. One day in his parents' laboratory, Danny has an accident involving the newly built "Fenton Portal" and his molecular structure was fused with ectoplasm allowing him to transform from human to ghost at will. ...more on Wikipedia about "Danny Phantom (character)"
The 1940s comic book character Daredevil, a separate and unrelated entity from Marvel Comics' Daredevil, was the star of popular comics during the Golden Age of comic books. The character is believed to be in the public domain, as no successor company has picked up the rights to the character when the original publisher went out of business. ...more on Wikipedia about "Daredevil (Golden Age)"
Disney's Darkwing Duck is a Disney animated series that ran from 1991 to 1993 (often inside The Disney Afternoon), featuring an eponymous superhero anthropomorphic duck with the alter ego Drake Mallard (and the voice of Jim Cummings). ...more on Wikipedia about "Darkwing Duck" shortopedia for you!
Dash AKA Dashiell Parr is a boy Superhero in The Incredibles who can run super fast (like Sonic the Hedgehog). ...more on Wikipedia about "Dash (The Incredibles)"
Dirk Drain-Head, "the World's First Two-Fisted Action Plumber", is a fictional superhero created for the Super Mario comic books published by Valiant Comics. He appears in his own comic book series within the stories, making him a fiction-within-fiction character. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dirk Drain-Head"
Doomlord was a comic strip (and the shared title name of the central characters) published in the British comic book Eagle (comic) during the 1980s, from Issue 1 on March 27 1982, and nearly continuously until 1991. It was written by Alan Grant and John Wagner. ...more on Wikipedia about "Doomlord"
Dynomutt, Dog Wonder is a Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon about a Batman-esque super hero, The Blue Falcon and his assistant, a bumbling mechanical robot- dog named Dynomutt. The show was created in 1976 as a companion show for Scooby-Doo, resulting in The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour. In his secret identity, Blue Falcon is millionaire Radley Crown, and Dynomutt is his loyal pet. But when called to action, the duo quickly change into their superhero guises. Unlike Scooby-Doo, Dynomutt featured spies and powerful criminals in place of assumedly supernatural villains, although the Scooby gang made three guest appearances on the show. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dynomutt, Dog Wonder" Evergreen www.shortopedia.com!!!
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