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Fah Lo Suee was a character in Sax Rohmer's series of pulp novels featuring Dr. Fu Manchu. [28] [29] Fah Lo Suee's name meant "Sweet Perfume", and she was Fu Manchu's daughter. [30] In Marvel Comics, Fah Lo Suee was Shang-Chi's sister, and a hypersexualized temptress with the power of hypnosis. [30]
Comics character Batman Cover of the DC Comics Absolute Edition of Batman: Hush (2011) Art by Jim Lee Publication information Publisher DC Comics First appearance Detective Comics #27 (cover-dated May 1939; published March 30, 1939) Created by Bob Kane Bill Finger [a] In-story information Alter ego Bruce Wayne Place of origin Gotham City Team affiliations Justice League Bat-Family Outsiders ...
The series ran for 120 episodes, ending in 1968. In between the first and second season of the Batman television series, the cast and crew made the theatrical film Batman (1966). The Who recorded the theme song from the Batman show for their 1966 EP Ready Steady Who, and the Kinks performed the theme song on their 1967 album Live at Kelvin Hall.
The series focuses on Batman and Robin as they defend Gotham City from its various criminals. Although the lives of their alter-egos, millionaire Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson are frequently shown, it is usually only briefly, in the context of their being called away on superhero business or in circumstances where they need to employ their public identities to assist in their crime ...
In 2005, Marvel Comics mounted a high-profile relaunch of a title starring their marquee black hero, the Black Panther. The series debuted in February – Black History Month – and landed at No. 27 spot on the monthly bestselling comics list. [38] In 2006, DC Comics unveiled a new generation of heroes that were minorities.
Media scholars Roberta Pearson and William Uricchio, in their 1991 work The Many Lives of the Batman: Critical Approaches to a Superhero and his Media, also noted beyond the origin story and such events as the introduction of Robin, "Until recently, the fixed and accruing and hence, canonized, events have been few in number", [3] a situation altered by an increased effort by later Batman ...
Special Marvel Edition #16 1974 [68] Mister Gideon Gideon Wilson Gamma Corps. Older brother of Falcon: World War Hulk: Gamma Corps #1 2007 [69] Misty Knight: Daughters of the Dragon, Heroes for Hire: Marvel Team-Up #1 1972 March 1972 Tony Isabella, Roy Thomas: Ross Andru [70] M'Shulla: Killraven's Freemen: Amazing Adventures (vol. 2) #19 1973 ...
Echo is an American television miniseries created for the streaming service Disney+, based on Marvel Comics featuring the character of the same name.A spin-off from the series Hawkeye (2021), it is the 10th television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) produced by Marvel Studios, sharing continuity with the films of the franchise.