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12 Facts You May Not Have Known About Green Lantern
Everyone loves comic book trivia, but with 75 years of superhero comics behind us right now, there’s always some new obscure fact to learn. That’s why ComicsAlliance is going deep into the minutiae of your favorite characters in our continuing video series. You think you know comics? Well, here’s a few things you might not know!
This week we're taking a look at Green Lantern, the comic book character portrayed in film by Ryan Reynolds after he played Hannibal King and Deadpool the first time, but before he played Deadpool the second time. In this video you can learn all about the men of Earth who have borne the mantle of the Green Lantern, the less-than-human aliens who have done likewise, the strange history of Hal Jordan's pet, and several other equally interesting facts.
Fantastic Five: Weirdest DC Comics Villains
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from our years on the Internet, it’s that there’s no aspect of comics that can’t be broken down and quantified in a single definitive list, preferably in amounts of five or ten. And since there’s no more definitive authority than ComicsAlliance, we’re taking it upon ourselves to compile Top Five lists of everything you could ever want to know about comics.
Being a super-villain is, by its very nature, already pretty weird. I mean, the impulse to put on a top hat and carry out Alice in Wonderland-themed crimes is not typical behavior. But some villains really go above and beyond in their ability to be really, really strange.
12 Facts You May Not Have Known About Venom
Everyone loves comic book trivia, but with 75 years of superhero comics behind us right now, there’s always some new obscure fact to learn. That’s why ComicsAlliance is going deep into the minutiae of your favorite characters in our continuing video series. You think you know comics? Well, here’s a few things you might not know!
This week we're taking a look at Venom, the most successful pairing of an angry person and hand-me-down pajamas in comics history. Whether he's been a villain, a lethal protector, or even a space knight, Venom is a character who really seems to scratch that "Spider-Man but bigger and with more teeth" itch that fans apparently have. In this video you can learn who all has worn the symbiote suit, which spin-off symbiotes have, uh, spun off, and whether Eddie Brock ever uploaded himself to the internet (spoiler: yes), plus several other equally interesting facts.
12 Facts You May Not Have Known About Gambit
Everyone loves comic book trivia, but with 75 years of superhero comics behind us right now, there’s always some new obscure fact to learn. That’s why ComicsAlliance is going deep into the minutiae of your favorite characters in our continuing video series. You think you know comics? Well, here’s a few things you might not know!
Dis week we lookin at Gambit, chere. De worl's mos famous t'ief in pink shirt and metal boots, de ragin' Cajun is --- okay, I can't do that any more. No wonder Chris Claremont's mind snapped and he wrote Sovereign Seven. Anyway, in this video you can learn the strange history of Gambit's original intended storyline, which of his iconic elements were different in his earliest appearances, the answer to whether Gambit could blow up the whole planet if he wanted to (yes), and as many as nine other equally interesting facts.
12 Facts You May Not Have Known About Preacher
Everyone loves comic book trivia, but with 75 years of superhero comics behind us right now, there’s always some new obscure fact to learn. That’s why ComicsAlliance is going deep into the minutiae of your favorite characters in our continuing video series. You think you know comics? Well, here’s a few things you might not know!
Boy howdy, how about that Preacher trailer, huh? It sure makes me want to learn a series of twelve things about the cult classic comic written by Garth Ennis and drawn by Steve Dillon, and published by DC's Vertigo imprint. I hope someone lays out for me the dates of its publication, the inspiration for it, the major players in the series, and what kind of merchandise I can currently buy of it before Hot Topic puts out an Arseface body pillow!
Fantastic Five: Best Frankensteins in Comics
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from our years on the Internet, it’s that there’s no aspect of comics that can’t be broken down and quantified in a single definitive list, preferably in amounts of five or ten. And since there’s no more definitive authority than ComicsAlliance, we’re taking it upon ourselves to compile Top Five lists of everything you could ever want to know about comics.
Halloween is just over a week away, so this week we're counting down different comic renditions of the original literary monster, Frankenstein! Since the publication of Mary Shelley's novel in 1818, the story of the Modern Prometheus and his monster has been adapted into basically every other medium there is. While people probably known Frankenstein's monster best from Boris Karloff's portrayal in the Universal series of movies, the lurching metaphor for the consequences of man's hubris has been no slouch in comics either. Join us as we count down comics' five best portrayals and adaptations of Frankenstein.
12 Facts You May Not Have Known About Captain America
Since he and his compatriots (no pun intended) are still burning up the box office, this week we're taking a look at Marvel's most famous sentinel of liberty, Captain America. Find out how many different people have worn the wing-headed cowl, what Cap and Ron Garney have in common, and what that shield logo t-shirt you own owes to Archie Comics, as well as several other equally interesting facts.
12 Facts You May Not Have Known About the Suicide Squad
With more and more teases being released about their forthcoming feature film, this week we're taking a look at DC's most famous task force of plausibly deniable, expendable super-villains, the Suicide Squad.
12 Facts You May Not Have Known About Daredevil
Everyone loves comic book trivia, but with 75 years of superhero comics behind us right now, there’s always some new obscure fact to learn. That’s why ComicsAlliance is going deep into the minutiae of your favorite characters in our new video series. You think you know comics? Well here’s a few things you might not know!
With Daredevil's new Netflix series set to debut on Friday, this week we're taking a closer look at the Man Without Fear, the most famous blind ninja lawyer in comics, probably. Find out about how Daredevil pretended to be his own brother for an unhealthy amount of time, how being a woman in Daredevil's vicinity has a higher mortality rate than Russian roulette with five bullets, and just how many times a superhero can have his identity made public before he finally just rolls with it (spoilers: a lot), as well as several other equally interesting facts.
11 Comic Book Characters You Definitely Do Not Want Showing Up at Thanksgiving
The American version of Thanksgiving is this week, and whether you celebrate the holiday as a gathering of family or a get-together for friends, the day can always be a mixed bag in terms of the quality of people who show up. Sometimes they're family members you're obligated to invite, sometimes they're friends of friends, but somehow there's always someone who makes the day memorable, but not necessarily in a good way. Here are ten characters who might rain on your Thanksgiving Day Parade.