Tag Archive for "1890s/1920s"

Generic Martian invaders

(War of the Worlds and variant stories) (Part #1)

A review of Martian invaders as portrayed by the great H.G. Wells in several novels, followed by a review of those Martian invaders that The War Of The Worlds inspired. So that's a lot of Martians, yeah.

Inhumans

(Part #1)

Let's talk about Marvel Comics' Inhumans. Let's walk among a few decades of ancient lore, cosmic grandeur and the occasional continuity gaffe.

Leprechaun

(Terrible horror movies)

A "magical slasher" villain seen in Z-list -- mostly direct-to-video -- horror movies.

Adèle Blanc-Sec

(Part 1)

Famous and irascible writer/sleuth in 1910s Paris.

Samurai City

A strange secret town of immortal underground samurai. Samurai City appeared during Jack Kirby's run on Black Panther.

Ogar

A sort of golem that once fought the Black Panther in King Solomon's tomb. It was pretty tough.

Davy Tenzer

(King David)

DC Comics' Davy Tenzer is the Biblical King David, but as a 1970s immortal anti-terror international singing super-spy. Sometimes, he fights snake aliens.

Mama Odie

The all-singing, all-dancing aged voodoo queen of the bayou in Disney's The Frog and the Princess. Good creole witch.

Doctor Facilier

The scheming, evil New Orleans wizard from the Disney movie The Princess And The Frog.

Rigged Man

(Brigade Chimerique version) (L'Homme Truqué)

1920s French super-hero from the superb graphic novels The Chimera Brigade - a war veteran whose eyes were replaced with "electric vision".

Tintin

The most classic Franco-Belgian comics character, who has been active since 1929. An overview of his career, and full coverage of his stats, personality, skills, etc.

Rigged Man

(L'Homme Truque) (Original Maurice Renard version)

The protagonist of a remarkably modern 1921 French sci-fi short story about cybernetic eyes, espionage, the Great War and electric super-vision.

Maggia

(Classic era)

An overview of the Maggia mob in classic Marvel Universe stories (particularly Spider-Man books). The article is mostly intended for practical DCH use.