Captain America. Iron Man. Iron Man is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. He made his first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39 (March 1963). Agents. Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) Black Widow (Natalia Romanova) Hawkeye. Ms. Marvel. Carol Danvers[edit] Sharon Ventura[edit] Karla Sofen[edit] Kamala Khan[edit]
Thor. Mutants. Apocalypse. In 2008, Apocalypse was ranked #3 at Marvel.com on their list of Top 10 X-Men villains.[3] In 2009, Apocalypse was ranked as IGN's 24th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.[4] Guice remembers playing a role in the visual concept of Apocalypse: "I knew from my conversation with Louise, she intended him to be some sort of ongoing evil über-menace, a real brutal monster of a guy capable of holding his own against the combined team, but I think the specific look was left open to interpretation to me.
The best I can remember now is putting his look together pretty much right on the pencil page—just adding bits of costuming business which hinted toward his true appearance when we'd eventually see him in full reveal. I don't believe there was even a character sketch done for him at that point—I planned on making sense of it all later on, but by then I was gone and others had that concern. "[5] Bob Harras said on the character of Apocalypse: "He looked fantastic.
Subclasses. X-men. Storm. Mutates. Deadpool. Fantastic Four. Doctor Doom. Publication history[edit] Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Fantastic Four #5 (July 1962) wearing his trademark metal mask and green cloak.
Creation and development[edit] Like many of Marvel's Silver Age characters, Doctor Doom was conceived by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. With the Fantastic Four title performing well, Lee and Kirby were trying to dream up a "soul-stirring…super sensational new villain. Fantastic Four #5 (July 1962), Doctor Doom's first appearance.
Human Torch. Like the rest of the Fantastic Four, the Human Torch gained his powers on a spacecraft bombarded by cosmic rays.
He can engulf his entire body in flames, is able to fly, can absorb fire harmlessly into his own body, and can control any nearby fire by sheer force of will. "Flame on! " Invisible Woman. An object of infatuation for Doctor Doom and, most notably, Namor the Sub-Mariner, Sue's passive invisibility power translated into her frequent deployment as a damsel in distress during the team's early adventures.
However, upon developing the ability to project powerful fields of energy, Sue Storm became a more powerful member of the Fantastic Four, and the team's second-in-command with a growing assertive confidence. While Sue operated somewhat in the shadow of her brother and her husband in the early years, she is now the soul of the Fantastic Four and one of the premiere heroes in the Marvel Universe.
Mister Fantastic. Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics.
He is a founding member of the Fantastic Four. Richards possesses a mastery of mechanical, aerospace and electrical engineering, chemistry, all levels of physics, and human and alien biology. BusinessWeek listed Mr. Fantastic as one of the top ten most intelligent fictional characters in American comics.[1] He is the inventor of the spacecraft which was bombarded by cosmic radiation on its maiden voyage, granting the Fantastic Four their powers. Richards gained the ability to stretch his body into any shape he desires. Publication history[edit] Thing. The Thing is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics.
He is a founding member of the Fantastic Four. His trademark orange rocky appearance, sense of humor, blue eyes, and his famous battle cry, "It's clobberin' time! ", makes him a very recognizable comic book character. The Thing's speech patterns are loosely based on those of Jimmy Durante.[1] In 2011, IGN ranked the Thing 18th in the Top 100 Comic Book Heroes. Spider-Man. When Spider-Man first appeared in the early 1960s, teenagers in superhero comic books were usually relegated to the role of sidekick to the protagonist.
The Spider-Man series broke ground by featuring Peter Parker, the high school student behind Spider-Man's secret identity and with whose "self-obsessions with rejection, inadequacy, and loneliness" young readers could relate.[4] Unlike previous teen heroes such as Bucky and Robin, Spider-Man had no superhero mentor like Captain America and Batman; he thus had to learn for himself that "with great power there must also come great responsibility"—a line included in a text box in the final panel of the first Spider-Man story but later retroactively attributed to his guardian, the late Uncle Ben. Publication history Creation and development Regardless, Lee received Goodman's approval for the name Spider-Man and the "ordinary teen" concept, and approached artist Jack Kirby. One of the first things I did was to work up a costume. Marvel Comics Database. Marvel.com: The Official Site.