Sentences with phrase «first superhero series»

Thanks to CW Seed, CW also has Freedom Fighters: The Ray, the first superhero series to feature a gay character as its protagonist.

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He's known for his writing on race and politics — so it makes sense that his latest project, a comic book series for Marvel called «Black Panther,» is about the first black superhero in mainstream U.S. comics.

It would be far from his first foray into the world of superheroes, having served as a both The Trickster in the CW's Flash and voicing the Joker in the beloved Batman: The Animated Series.

The Marvel superhero, first seen in a March 1963 issue of Tales of Suspense, is busier than ever with his own eponymous comic - book series.

We are supposed to look upon this silliness as having a profound import for the simple reason that Black Panther is the first Marvel film, as was the comic series in its time, starring a superhero of African descent.

The new Black Panther comic book series at Marvel, featuring Ta - Nehisi Coates as the writer and Brian Stelfreeze as the illustrator, will be the first time in a little while that a high - profile character will be penned by two creators of color — and it's Black Panther, one of the first black superhero characters ever.

The character will first appear in the eleventh episode of the series, a spin - off of current superhero hits «The Flash» and «Arrow».

Black Lightning isn't the first television show to prominently feature black superheroes and it also isn't the first cape series with a predominately black cast.

Warner Bros has debuted the first teaser trailer for the big screen, feature version of the «Teen Titans» animated superhero series, titled Teen Titans Go!

The previous films in the DC Comics Extended Universe series (Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, and Suicide Squad) have left both critics and comic - book fans increasingly disappointed in the franchise's output; as a result, Wonder Woman, which is receiving its release ahead of the first Justice League movie (set to premiere this November), has been saddled with the burden of recovering DC's tainted reputation in the eyes of viewers, while also representing the first major female - fronted superhero flick in more than a decade.

Check out the first pics from the set of Netflix's newest Marvel series «Luke Cage» starring Mike Colter in the title role of the Hell's Kitchen superhero.

Though it is by no means the first film to have as its center a black superhero (as BAMcinématek's excellent series demonstrated), it is the first of note since the rise of the juggernaut known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2009.

The presumptuously titled Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, based on Dav Pilkey's first four children's books in the Captain Underpants series (all of which have amusingly lengthy titles themselves), pokes a lot of fun at the concept of superheroes, the concept of action movies and the very cinematic medium in which it's found itFirst Epic Movie, based on Dav Pilkey's first four children's books in the Captain Underpants series (all of which have amusingly lengthy titles themselves), pokes a lot of fun at the concept of superheroes, the concept of action movies and the very cinematic medium in which it's found itfirst four children's books in the Captain Underpants series (all of which have amusingly lengthy titles themselves), pokes a lot of fun at the concept of superheroes, the concept of action movies and the very cinematic medium in which it's found itself.

The interconnected Marvel cinematic universe began with 2008's «Iron Man,» and though these films have come a long way since then — culminating earlier this year in one of the very best of the whole series, the superhero smackdown «Captain America: Civil War» — there are points at which «Doctor Strange» can't shake the sense it's almost a redo of that first Robert Downey Jr. - starring film.

Oscar - nominated actress Larson, who will receive the Crystal Award for Excellence in Film, stars in Marvel's first female - led superhero film; while ABC Entertainment president Dungey, who gets the Lucy Award for TV, has overseen the network as it boasts five of the top - 10 most co-viewed series; Shipp, Max Mara's Face of the Future, plays young Storm in «X-Men: Apocalypse»; and Nova Wav, which will be presented with the Women in Film Artistic Excellence Award, is the Grammy - winning duo of Denisia «Blu June» Andrews and Brittany «Chi» Coney, and the lone female songwriting and production team in the music biz.

At 2013's New York Comic Con when Dan Slott was announced as launching the new Silver Surfer series, the writer told Newsarama that Silver Surfer was the first superhero he ever read and it made an impact — even leading Slott to create a knockoff character for his college newspaper called the Nuke Surfer.

Now, beginning with the release of the first two volumes in September, print readers have the opportunity to enjoy the dynamic illustrations and kinetic fight scenes of the manga series that put a unique twist on the classic superhero story.

In her first comic series, Alias, which is not available digitally, she took the name Jewel and became a costumed superhero, but things did not work out well, and she left to become a private investigator.

In the electrifying first book in the Shatter Me series, Tahereh Mafi presents a riveting dystopian world, a thrilling superhero story, and an unforgettable heroine.

I recently made the first book in my Teen Superheroes series free (following your excellent advice) and it was the best thing I could have done.

Following on last month's release of the first volume, I have now released the second volume of The Superhero's Son Omnibus Series.

It's not just a four - digit milestone for the DC series that started the age of superheroes, it's also a celebration of the 80th anniversary of Superman's first appearance, back in 1938's Action Comics # 1.

Brian Michael Bendis revealed the first photo variant cover for the relaunched «Powers» series, featuring the leads of the superhero - crime series» adaptation.

We talked about the fairy - tale - writing pen name he launched in 2016 and the big relaunch (including edits, new covers, and new ASINs on Amazon) he did of his first fiction series in 2017, where he turned it from a sort - of - urban fantasy series to something clearly in the superhero genre.

Titles available to buy as audiobooks include My Brother is a Superhero by David Solomons, winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the British Book Industry Awards Children's Book of the Year prize, The Spy Who Loved School Dinners by Pamela Butchart, winner of the Blue Peter Book Award, and The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Wiliams, the first title in a new series of Nosy Crow classics.

Studio behind Heavy Rain HD, Final Fantasy X / X -2 HD Remaster and mobile versions of Mortal Kombat X and XCOM to bring enhanced models, environments, lighting, effects and shaders to first two entries in Rocksteady's superhero series

If you're a fan of the web - slinger and have played games such as Ratchet and Clank and Sunset Overdrive, you understand my unbridled excitement for what could be the first great superhero game in a long time outside of the Arkham series.

Now that this LEGO game series has connected the Dark Knight and Boy Wonder to their DC superhero counterparts, developers TT (Traveller's Tales) expand LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham «s gameplay with even more action, content, and extras plus the first ever Season Pass for a LEGO game to nab all the substantial downloadable content (DLC) and extras nicely coinciding with Batman's 75th anniversary.

Now that this LEGO game series has connected the Dark Knight and Boy Wonder to their DC superhero counterparts, developers TT (Traveller's Tales) expand LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham «s gameplay with even more action, content, and extras plus the first ever Season Pass for a LEGO game to nab all the substantial downloadable content (DLC) and extras nicely coinciding with Batman's...

In their first series, they explored what, where, and how superheroes might eat — Batman in his Batcave, Wonder Woman in the jungle, and Clark Kent at his Daily Planet desk.

Gotham is a name first - used for New York in the early 19th century, which then went on to become popular when Bill Finger used it in his Batman series — which has led to Gotham being understood as a metropolis both imaginary and real, a gothic - meets - science - fiction dystopia where superheroes fight supervillains on the rooftops of the common people.

Inspired in part by Luke Cage, the first black superhero to have his own eponymously named comic series, Ofili's protagonist is based upon a diverse set of Marvel Comics characters, from Black Lightning and Black Panther, to better - known, mainstream personalities, such as Spiderman and Superman.

Similarly unrepresentative, and occupying most of the first floor's large remainder, are Kelley's Kandor series, begun in 1999: large sculptures of Superman's shrunken home planet, which, the story goes, the superhero keeps in a glass jar hooked up to atmosphere stabilizers.

It has also confirmed it will show two more original drama series in 2018; Runaways, based on the Marvel comic book about six teenage superheroes, and The First, about the first manned mission to First, about the first manned mission to first manned mission to Mars.