"Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures"" title. ""Mighty Mutanimals"" featured a team made up of the Turtles' mutated animal allies. Other spin-offs included miniseries such as ""April O'Neil"", which gave the Turtles' ally the lead role, and comics starring characters like Merdude and Leatherhead. One one-shot depicted the Turtles meeting Archie Andrews. Three audioplay adaptations were produced by Radio Arts Productions, Inc. and released on audio cassette by Random House. Published from 1988–1991, they feature an uncredited voice cast. These books include the three-part ""Heroes in a Half-Shell!"" story which was merged into one five-chapter book title ""Heroes in a Half-Shell!: The"
"half-brother Yuuya Sakazaki, a popular and flirtatious but strangely secretive fantail pigeon; Nageki Fujishiro, a quiet, bookish mourning dove who never seems to leave the library; San Oko, an athletic, hyperactive fantail pigeon who is obsessed with pudding; Anghel Higure, an eccentric Luzon bleeding-heart who behaves as if he were in some kind of fantasy role-playing game; Kazuaki Nanaki, a kind but narcoleptic button quail and the protagonist's homeroom teacher; and Shuu Iwamine, a creepy, antisocial chukar partridge who serves as the school's doctor. Azami Koshiba, a no-nonsense Java sparrow and takoyaki saleswoman, became a possible love interest in the"
"Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century Duck Dodgers in the 24½ Century (spoken as ""twenty-fourth-and-a-half"") is a 1952 Merrie Melodies color cartoon from Warner Bros., first released on July 25, 1953, that stars Daffy Duck as space hero Duck Dodgers, Porky Pig as his assistant, and Marvin the Martian as his opponent. This cartoon marked the first of many appearances of the Duck Dodgers character. Marvin the Martian had been introduced as an unnamed villain in Warner's cartoon ""Haredevil Hare"" (1948), playing opposite Bugs Bunny. He was later given the title 'Commander, Flying Saucer X-2' in 1951's ""The Hasty Hare""."
"half machine. Luke is the reserved yet tough leader of the Warriors. He is rich, tall and handsome and holds the keys to the group's sweet purple convertible and their headquarters at his home. He is Tabby's love interest. Although he acts tough most of the times, he still has certain fears, particularly of forests. His family fortune comes from his environmental activist parents' invention of coin deposit locks on shopping carts. Antonio is the darkly handsome scientific genius of the gang. As a recent immigrant to Capital City, he devoted his considerable intellectual abilities to learning to speak English"
"A. F. Coniglio, Roald Dahl and J. K. Rowling, as well as some less well-known authors of famous orphans like Little Orphan Annie have used orphans as major characters. One recurring storyline has been the relationship that the orphan can have with an adult from outside their immediate family as seen in Lyle Kessler's play ""Orphans"". Orphans are especially common as characters in comic books. Almost all the most popular heroes are orphans: Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Robin, The Flash, Captain Marvel, Captain America, and Green Arrow were all orphaned. Orphans are also very common among villains: Bane, Catwoman, and Magneto"
"English fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien. As a result, half-elves have become common in other fantasy writings and related material such as role-playing games. In Tolkien's works, the term Half-elven or ""Peredhil"" refers only to a few related individuals throughout history, however, in many post-Tolkien writings, the term half-elf designates an entire race. Half-elves are featured in ""Dungeons & Dragons"" and related material; most notably, ""Tanis Half-Elven"". The protagonist of Terry Brooks's ""The Sword of Shannara"", Shea Ohmsford, is a half-elf. The Ohmsford heroes and heroines of the subsequent books are all descended from him, and later so are"
"1998, readers of GameSpot ranked him as the fifth-Best Hero of gaming. In 2009, a public poll on GameSpot resulted in him being voted the All Time Greatest Video Game Hero. He was also voted as the eighth-best video game character of all time in the ""Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition"" 2011. Gordon Freeman Gordon Freeman is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the ""Half-Life"" video game series, created by Gabe Newell and designed by Newell and Marc Laidlaw of Valve Corporation. His first appearance is in ""Half-Life"". Gordon Freeman is an American man from Seattle, who graduated"
"called Teenage Mutant HERO Turtles). The footage from this season was taken from a third-season clip show called ""Blast From The Past"", and this was amalgamated with various series 2 episodes. The five episodes were later adapted into the first three issue miniseries of ""Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures"" by Archie Comics under the name Heroes in a Half-Shell. This adaptation would be collected into one book and published under the name Heroes in a Half-Shell: The Complete Adventure by Random House Publishing in 1989, coupled with a cassette featuring an audio play performed by an uncredited voice cast. Teenage"
"Duck Dodgers Duck Edgar Dumas Aloysius Eoghain Dodgers is the metafictional star of a series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros., featuring Daffy Duck in the role of a science fiction hero. He first appeared in the 1953 cartoon short ""Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century,"" directed by Chuck Jones as a spoof of the popular ""Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"" and ""Flash Gordon"" science fiction serials of the 1930s, casting the brash, egomaniacal Daffy Duck as the hero of the story. it is available in the DVD compilation """", and is also available for download on the iTunes"
"Fawcett Comics Fawcett Comics, a division of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful comic book publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s. Its most popular character was Captain Marvel, the alter ego of radio reporter Billy Batson, who transformed into the hero whenever he said the magic word ""Shazam!"". Other characters published by Fawcett include Captain Video, Hopalong Cassidy, Ibis the Invincible, Bulletman and Bulletgirl, Spy Smasher, Captain Midnight, Phantom Eagle, Mister Scarlet and Pinky, Minute-Man, Commando Yank and Golden Arrow. Aside from the better known superhero books, Fawcett also published a short-lived line of"
"half human former League assassin. He was born and trained to be a cold-blooded killer. He left the League because he didn't want to be a pawn for the corrupt government. Creating the alternate persona of Nemesis, Nykyrian along with his comrades help to counter the League's twisted view of the law. He is considered invincible, as many have tried to kill him yet none have succeeded. Kiara Zamir is a famous dancer. Since her father is the president of her planet, she has never wanted for anything except peace. She is a constant target for assassins trying to use"
"Half-elf In Norse mythology, a half-elf is the offspring of an elf and a human. Notable examples include the Danish princess Skuld of ""Hrólf Kraki's saga,"" and the hero Högni of the ""Thidrekssaga"" (his mother was a human queen), and the royal line of Alfheim, which was related to the elves and more beautiful than other people, according to the ""Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar"". The concept was borrowed by modern fantasy authors. Perhaps the earliest such published usage is the character Orion in Lord Dunsany's ""The King of Elfland's Daughter"". The concept gained popularity through its use in the writings of"
"short in stature, sporting bucked teeth and a queue, and spoke pidgin English. These characters often served as comedy relief or as a convenient hostage for the villain of the day. Examples of such characters include the controversial Chop-Chop (aka Wu Cheng) of DC's Blackhawk team (see below) and Wing-How., sidekick of the Crimson Avenger. Chop-Chop was the youngest member of the Blackhawk team created by Will Eisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell for Quality Comics during World War II. Resembling other Chinese caricatures typical of the era, Chop-Chop was short with bright yellow skin, bucked teeth, and a queue."
"story ""The Smoker from the Shadows"" appears in the anthology ""Three-Fisted Tales of ""Bob""."" He also contributed to the SubGenius comic book, """"Bob's"" Favorite Comics"" (a rarity, of which most copies were burned in a warehouse fire). In addition, Robins' work appears in the 2006 SubGenius book, ""Psychlopaedia of Slack: The Bobliographon"". Harry S. Robins Harry S. Robins (born November 28, 1950), known as ""Hal"", is an American voice actor and screen writer. Robins is best known for his vocal work in the ""Half-Life"" series of computer games, and has made a return as the voice of Tinker in ""Dota"
"animated series, juvenile novels, and other media. Pal's descendants continue to play Lassie today. An early depiction of Lassie is found in British writer Elizabeth Gaskell's 1859 short story ""The Half-brothers"". In the story, Lassie is described as a female collie with ""intelligent, apprehensive eyes"" who rescues two half-brothers who are lost and dying in the snow. When the younger brother can no longer carry on, elder brother Gregory, Lassie's master, ties a handkerchief around Lassie's neck and sends her home. Lassie arrives home, and leads the search party to the boys. When they arrive Gregory is dead, but his"
"of Beethoven (Symphony No. 7, 4th movement) and sung by Kotono Mitsuishi while in character. Dragon Half The story follows Mink, a half human/half dragon teenage girl on a quest for a potion which will turn her into a full human so that she can win the love of the legendary dragon slayer/crooner Dick Saucer. In the manga, in order to get the potion, she must slay Azetodeth, the greatest demon in the land. The story is very tongue-in-cheek, and pokes fun at a number of anime clichés, including the overuse of super deformation and the wide range of genres"
"one problem was that, being half human, he was still susceptible to human ailments, such as the common cold and stomach aches. To aid Charlie (who was given the title ""Captain Charlie Simian""), The "" "" allowed him to recruit a team of fellow earth monkeys: Shao Lin, a Chinese golden monkey with swift fighting skills and serene wisdom; Spydor, a wisecracking little spider monkey with a long prehensile tail; Dr. Splitz/Splitzy, an orangutan with a scientist/madman split-personality; and Gor, a big, strong gorilla who wrecked the intelligence-enhancing machine before he got a full helping. The group cruised the stars"
"heroes included the Challenger, drawn by Charles Nicholas Wojtkoski under the pseudonym Nick Karlton; Dynaman, by artist and possibly writer Steve Dahlman; and the superheroine the Silver Scorpion, created or co-created by artist and sometime-writer Harry Sahle using the pen name Jewell, which comics historian Michael J. Vassallo believes marked a collaboration with another, unknown artist. The final three issues contained work by the commercially popular team of writer-inker Joe Simon and penciler and sometimes co-scripter Jack Kirby. They collaborated on the covers of #6 (July 1940) and #8 (Jan. 1942), the former of which also featured a 10-page Simon"
"on humor than the comics do. Here, the Ninja Turtles are portrayed as four wise-cracking, pizza-obsessed superheroes that fight the forces of evil from their sewer hideout, and they make their first appearance in masks color-coded to each turtle, where previously they had all worn red. The cast included new and different characters, such as Bebop and Rocksteady and the Neutrinos. Original characters such as Splinter, Shredder, and the Foot Soldiers stayed true to the comics in appearance and alignment only. Instead of being Hamato Yoshi's mutated pet rat, Splinter was a mutated Hamato himself. The Foot Soldiers changed from"
"Half-Man Half-Man is a French fairy tale collected by Achille Millien and Paul Delarue. It is Aarne-Thompson type 675, a type of tale found throughout Europe. Another variant is ""Peruonto"". A farmer and his wife had three sons, but the youngest was only half a man: one arm, one leg, etc. One day, the mother sent the sons for wood. The older two got ahead of Half-Man and came to a river. An old woman asked for help across, but they said they did not have time. Half-Man came and helped her. She gave him a magic wand. He used"
"(a black-haired boy), and three other young cohorts named Fatso (a red-haired boy), Fisty (a blonde boy), and Sweetie (a blonde haired girl). It had stories in the form of full color one-page Sunday strips, black and white daily strips, and two issues of a comic book of the same title released by Toby Press. The advertisement comic was featured by many publishers and in the newspapers. Within the context of the stories, Captain Tootsie was quite strong and quicker to the punch than any of his enemies. His stories were light and ""kid-friendly"". Captain Tootsie's comic strip ads ended"
"In the beginning, the strips were simplistic complete slapstick half-page stories. As time progressed, the strip's popularity enabled it to become a full pager. Here, Stringer was allowed to develop the character in a series of two to six part serials. Colin also acquired a gun-toting assistant, Semi-Automatic Steve, and a host of supporting characters including their blonde girlfriends The Giggly Sisters (Julie and Joan Giggly) and a catalogue of recurring villains. Colin and Steve had many adventures battling villains all over the world and even venturing into space and travelling through time. One of the characteristics of the strip"
"Halfling Halfling is another name for J. R. R. Tolkien's hobbit, a fictional race found in some fantasy novels and games. They are often depicted as similar to humans except about half as tall. ""Dungeons & Dragons"" began using the name ""halfling"" as an alternative to ""hobbit"" for legal reasons. Halfling characters have appeared in various tabletop and video games. Halflings have long been one of the playable humanoid races in ""Dungeons & Dragons"". Originally, ""halfling"" comes from the Scots word ', meaning an awkward rustic teenager, who is neither man nor boy, and so half of both. Another word"
"Camp Half-Blood chronicles Camp Half-Blood Chronicles is a media franchise created by author Rick Riordan, encompassing three five-part novel series, three short-story collections, two myth anthology books, a stand-alone short story, an essay collection, a guide, four graphic novels, two films, a video game, a musical, and other media. Set in the modern world, it focuses on groups of demi-god teenagers, and features many characters from Greek and Roman mythology. The first series, ""Percy Jackson & the Olympians"", follows the adventures of a teen named Percy Jackson at a summer camp for Greek demigods. The second series, ""The Heroes of"
"sidekicks, including Lex Luthor's Mercy Graves, the Joker's Harley Quinn, Jigsaw's Amanda, Shinnok's Quan Chi, Ben Wade's Charlie Prince (from ""Three-Ten to Yuma""), Wario's Waluigi, Dr. Eggman's Orbot and Cubot and Magneto's Mystique (only in the ""X-Men"" live action films). Frodo Baggins's Samwise Gamgee, and Harry Potter's Ron Weasley, as well as the afore-mentioned Sancho Panza and Doctor Watson, are notable sidekicks from fiction. In fiction, the term ""sidekick"" commonly refers to assistants to crime-fighting heroes. However, sidekicks do not necessarily accompany a crime-fighter, such as Leporello, Don Giovanni's servant in the 1787 opera. Villains can also have sidekicks, who"
"model. In his secret identity as Clark Kent, Superman also enjoyed success at the ""Daily Star"", of which he was appointed editor-in-chief in the 1950s, replacing George Taylor. In 1950 Superman encountered three other surviving Kryptonians, U-Ban, Kizo and Mala. All three brothers were members of the ruling scientific council exiled from Krypton after they attempted to conquer the planet. Imprisoned in suspended animation in tube vessels, they were later freed. Superman's lookalike Mala later created a counterfeit Earth. These Golden Age stories and characters were never referred to in later Earth-Two stories. At some time during the Silver Age,"
"The following heroes take part in the main action of the book: The following heroes appear in the 1945 flashback: The following members of Infinity, Inc. make two cameo appearances: The principal villain of the story is Adolf Hitler, as he was depicted in ""All-Star Squadron"". Fifteen members and associates of the Justice Society—Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Flash, Green Lantern, Sandman, Sandy, Starman, Dr. Mid-Nite, Dr. Fate, Atom, Johnny Thunder, Hourman, Wildcat, Power Girl, and Star-Spangled Kid—are gathered for a private memorial service for the Robin and Huntress of Earth-Two, who had recently been killed in the Crisis. Feeling redundant in a"
"Half a Team Half a Team is a 1980 children's novel by prolific British author Michael Hardcastle. The book is the sixth in Hardcastle's series about a Junior football League and features recurring characters Nick Abel- Smith (United! 1973, Away from Home (1974) and Lester Rowan (Away from Home). The book follows the story of Abel-Smith and fellow young footballer Steve Sewell as they attempt to overcome the humiliation of being dropped from their respective teams ahead of a five-a-side tournament. Joining forces they create a new team, The Swifts, and, after overcoming a series of obstacles, including getting Steve"
"covers. The majority of the comic books were adapted from westerns, with few known exceptions; ""Ten Tall Men"" was a French Foreign Legion story taking place in the African desert, ""The Brigand"" was a Napoleonic-era swashbuckler and ""Destination Moon"" and ""The Man from Planet X"" were science fiction space stories. Fawcett Comics Fawcett Comics, a division of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful comic book publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s. Its most popular character was Captain Marvel, the alter ego of radio reporter Billy Batson, who transformed into the hero whenever he said"
"online on January 21, 2011. Half-Life (series) Half-Life (stylized HλLF-LIFE) is a series of first-person shooter games developed and published by Valve. The major installments feature protagonist Gordon Freeman, a physicist who battles an alien invasion. ""Half-Life"" (1998) and ""Half-Life 2"" (2004) are full-length games, while """" (2006) and """" (2007) are shorter, episodic games. A third episode, ""Half-Life 2: Episode Three"", was scheduled for release by Christmas 2007, but is now described as vaporware. The first game in the ""Portal"" series, set in the same universe as ""Half-Life"", was released in 2007. The ""Half-Life"" series includes a core set"
"territories. Körner also made a short-lived comic strip ""Hugo Hercules"", which was drawn in 1902, but it was terminated after only five months. Despite its short length it is widely considered to be the first superhero fiction comic. Wilhelm Heinrich Detlev Körner Wilhelm Heinrich Detlev ""Big Bill"" Körner (November 1878 – August 11, 1938), also known as Wilhelm Heinrich Dethlef Koerner, William HD Koerner, WHDK, or W.H.D. Koerner, was a noted illustrator of the American West whose works became known to new audiences when his painting, nicknamed ""A Charge to Keep"", was used as the cover image for the ghostwritten"
"featured an alternate timeline accidentally created by the Flash, who then helped the heroes of this timeline to restore history. One of those heroes is Captain Thunder – an alternative version of Captain Marvel who has six alter-egos, rather than one, and a scarred face as the result of a fight with Wonder Woman, who in this timeline is a villain. The six children, collectively known as ""S.H.A.Z.A.M."", each possess one of the six attributes of the power of Shazam, and must say the magic word together to become Captain Thunder. They are: an Asian-American boy named Eugene Choi, who"
"and Chloe were never in fact human or metahuman, and that Cameron is actually a member of a race of alien shapeshifters known as the ""Es"". Relative Heroes Relative Heroes was a limited comic book series published by DC Comics in six issues, from March 2000 through October 2000. It revolved around a family of orphaned children who become superheroes. The team first appears in ""Relative Heroes"" #1 (March 2000), by Devin K. Grayson and Yvel Guichet. After their parents are killed in a traffic accident, the super-powered Weinberg children travel across country to Metropolis in order to find Superman."