Superhero
and Comic Book Reviews, History, and
Analysis
This section of the
History Guy site presents biographical information on
both the fictional and non-fictional personalities from
the DC and Marvel comics universes. All fictional
characters presented here are the intellectual property
of either DC or Marvel. Opinions and other text are the
intellectual property (copyrighted) of History Guy
Media.
Commentary
and Pictures from the Jet City Comic Show,
2011
Commentary
and Pictures from the Emerald City Comicon,
2011
Commentary
and Pictures from the Emerald City Comicon,
2010
Comic
Book and Movie Reviews:
The
Last of the Greats
John
Carter of Mars Movie Review
Comic
Book Character Pages:
Aquaman--King
of Atlantis and a founding member of the Justice
League.
The
Avengers --The
Mightiest Heroes on Earth originally teamed up to battle
a common foe and to deal with threats too great for any
single superhero to deal with. The subject of a new movie
slated to arrive in 2012.
Avengers
Images and Pictures
Avengers
Issue Chart
--Details character appearances and Avengers
membership for Issues # 1-16 of The Mighty
Avengers.
Batgirl--Barbara
Gordon, better known as Batgirl!
Batgirl
Animated Images--Batgirl,
as composed by animated artist Bruce Timm.
Batman:
Dark Knight Rises--Pictures,
video, information, links and commentary on the newest of
the Batman movies.
Batman:
Links, Resources, and Pages--Information
on Batman, the Dark Knight
Captain
America--The
Star-Spangled Avenger, originally a hero in the Second
World War, now a leader of the Avengers.
Captain
America Images and Pictures
Captain
America Villains and Enemies
The
Death of Captain America--Obituary
of the Sentinel of Liberty, who fell to an assassin's
bullet on March 7, 2007.
Captain
America: First Avenger Movie Review
Catwoman--The
Feline Femme Fatale from the world of Batman
Catwoman
Sex Controversy--Information
and analysis of the controversy surrounding the
Catwoman character as depicted in DC Comics' New
52
Conan
the Barbarian--Pulp
action hero who starred in a popular Marvel Comic and in
the movies.
Deadpool--The
Merc With a Mouth
The
Fantastic Four--The
First Family of Marvel.
Green
Lantern (Hal Jordan)--The
Silver Age Green Lantern and member of the Justice
League
Iron
Man--The Armored
Avenger, who in real life is billionaire playboy Tony
Stark. Iron Man is a founding member of the
Avengers.
Iron
Man Images and Pictures--Images
and pictures of the Golden Avenger, Iron Man
Iron
Man Villians and Rogues Gallery--Information
on Iron Man's supervillian foes, who form his Rogues
Gallery of bad guys (and gals)
Justice
League-Founded in
the 1960s, the Justice League is composed of DC's top
heroes, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green
Lantern, the Flash, Green Arrow, Black Canary, Hawkman,
and many others.
The
Justice League of America
Marvel
Superhero Teams
New 52
Detective
Comics #1
She-Hulk--The
green-skinned cousin of the Incredible Hulk. She-Hulk is
a member of the Avengers and an occasional member of the
Fantastic Four and Heroes for Hire.
She-Hulk
Images and Pictures--Images
and pictures of the green-skinned Avenger,
She-Hulk
Spider-Man-Your
Friendly Neighborhood Wall-Crawler
Spider-Woman
Images and Pictures--Images
and pictures of one-time Hydra agent, SHIELD agent, and
arachnic Avenger, Spider-Woman
Supergirl--The
Maid of Might, Superman's cousin from Krypton.
Superman--The
Man of Steel, the nail that holds the Justice League
together.
Thor--The
Norse God of Thunder and founding member of the
Avengers.
The
Wasp--One of the
original Avengers
Wonder
Woman--the
Amazon Princess and founder of the Justice
League
The
X-Men--The
mutant heroes of the Marvel Universe.
X-Men:
First Class Movie Review
Uncanny
X-Men Comic Book Series
Stan
"The Man" Lee--Creator
or co-creator of many of Marvel's top comic book
characters, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Dr. Strange,
the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, the X-Men, and many
more.
The
Art of Carmine Infantino-Famed
artist who created the Silver Age Flash, Black Canary,
and Batgirl
Julius
Schwartz--DC Comics
writer, now deceased
Marvel
Villains and Villain Super-Groups
Dr.
Doom--Evil ruler of
Latveria and major foe of the Fantastic Four.
The
Vulture--Winged
enemy of Spider-Man and founding member of the Sinister
Six.
Comic
Book Issue Histories and Characters
Issue
File: Action Comics #1--First
Appearance of Superman and Lois Lane.
Issue
File: Detective Comics #27--First
Appearance of Batman and Commissioner Gordon.
Issue
File: Justice League #1--Reboot
of the Justice League in 2011.
ComicsHistory
Review and Analysis: Avengers #1 (1963)
Captain
America Vol. 5 # 25: Death of A
Dream --Info and
analysis on the 25th issue of Captain America, which
features the shooting death of the Sentinel of
Liberty.
Fantastic
Four vol. 1, #1--First
appearances of the Fantastic Four and the Mole
Man.
Fantastic
Four vol. 1, #50--Info
and analysis on the fiftieth issue of the Fantastic Four
featured the Silver Surfer, Galactus, and the
Watcher.
Tales
of Suspense #50--First
Appearance of The Mandarin
