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The True Inspirational Autobigraphy of Famed Firefighter & TV Evangelist Rev. Dr. Franklyn V. Beckles, Jr., who became a hero to his Family & his Community, by no longer dwelling on his problems, and set backs, overcoming Depression, beating stress for good, through Postive Thinking, and his Faith & Ministry in God. Remarkably, through Jesus Christ; Dr. Beckes overcame overwhelmig odds & adversities: Hypertension, Cancer, Being injured on Duty, facing constant racism & harrassment from corrupt local Police & Fire Departments, struggling to support his growing family (with another baby on the way), and having the courage to continue helping people in need, despite his own troubles!!!! Eventually, through his selfless acts, as a civil & human rights advocate; helping the homeless, youth offenders, the elderly, and the wrongfully accused. Dr. Beckles overcame his own setbabcks, be becoming a fulltime, and accomplished TV Evangelist & famous Church Pastor, and Inspiration Filmmaker & Published Christian and Childrens Book Author!!!!
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under the leadership of owners and creators; Matt Choinaire, Matt Gagston, Alexander Pope, Rev. Dr. Frank Victor "The Iceman" Beckles, and Dwayne McDuffie. Following the success of Image (a studio of comics' top artists each publishing their own book contained in its own mini-universe) and Valiant Comics (a cohesive universe shared by all the Valiant characters - the model the Ultraverse line aimed to imitate), a number of new universes were launched including Milestone from DC and Comics Greatest World from Dark Horse. While it was not as successful as Image or Valiant Comics, Ultraverse was successful relative to the other universes. They boasted improved production values over traditional comics (especially digital coloring and higher-quality paper), and a roster of respected and/or talented new writers and artists. Following the Valiant Comics formula closely, Ultraverse emphasized tight continuity between the various series in their line, Malibu made extensive use of crossovers, in which a story that began in one series would be continued in the next-shipping issue of another series. Various promotions for special editions or limited-print stories also encouraged readers to sample issues of the entire line. Many fans loved the scope of storytelling this approach allowed; others complained of the effort and cost of buying the issues necessary to keep track of it all. Regardless, the Ultraverse line came to dominate Malibu's catalog.
As sales declined industry-wide in the mid-1990s, Malibu cancelled lower-selling series. The company was purchased by Marvel Comics in 1994 (with Dr. Beckles as part-owner). Reportedly Marvel made the purchase to acquire Malibu's then-groundbreaking in-house coloring studio, and/or its catalog of movie-licensable properties. Others believe that Marvel simply wanted to put a significant competitor out of business. Marvel did not cancell the entire Ultraverse line, but (during the controversial Black September event) Dr. Beckles (now Editor-in-Chief in 1999) re-launched a handful of the more popular titles as well as a number of crossovers with Marvel characters. The "volume 2" series (in 2000) each started with "# ∞ (infinity)" issues and were cancelled a short time later. Within the Marvel & DC Comics multiverse, the Malibu Universe is designated as Earth-93060.
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http://www2.wjbf.com/news/2010/oct/13/opening-childrens-christian-center-ar-959577/ MADE HISTORY ON 1/7/2011 DR. BECKLES IS THE MOST TELEVISED CHURCH PASTOR IN AUGUSTA & IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE AS A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, DESPITE RACIST PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY & INCOMPETANT REPORTERS TRYING TO STAND IN HIS WAY. DR. BECKLES IS THE "NEW" MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. "Don't Miss The Career Relaunching of Famous Daycare Director and Respected Church Pastor • Children's Christian Center Fundraiser The Children's Christian Center in Augusta is going the extra mile to help kids. 11/07/2010 9:29 AM 0 Comments http://www2.wjbf.com/topics/types/person/tags/franklyn-beckles-jr/ Stories by Topic: Dr. Franklyn Beckles , Jr. View more by: Person | All Topics ◦ Opening of the Children's Christian Center The Children's Christian Center celebrated the opening of their new location on Bridgeover Avenue on Sunday. 10/13/2010 11:53 PM 0 Comments http://www2.wjbf.com/news/2010/dec/04/extreme-makeover-home-edition-day-3-safety-site-ar-1168815/ Wednesday, January 5, 2011 The Firefighter and True African-American Hero Profile of a True Hero and will be featured in an upcoming film, a novel, and comics.. http://www2.wjbf.com/news/2010/oct/13/opening-childrens-christian-center-ar-959577/ ◦ ► ◄ editorinchief THE CHILDREN’S CHRISTIAN CENTER 3725 OLD MCDUFFIE RD AUGUSTA, GA 30906 706-790-4074 Director/Principal: Rev. Dr. Franklyn Beckles Manager: Adrian Beckles Entrance Date ... womensmagazinepublisher.angelfire.com/editorinchief - Cached ◦Mrs. Adrian Beckles - Blog on APSense It was founded in 1993 by a coalition of African-American artists, actors, sport athletes, and writers (namely Vic Beckles, Hayden Thomas (half-brother), Dwayne McDuffie ... www.apsense.com/article/136760.html - Cached ◦Beckles and Son Enterprises - Augusta, GA (Georgia) | 706 ...The rookie was a bright addition to an interior line the had struggled with Pro-Football nosetacklers: Tom McHale, and Victor "The Iceman" Beckles Sun 11:00 PM to 2:00 PM, Mon 11:00 PM to 2:00 PM ... www.manta.com/c/mvrhrlw/beckles-and-son-enterprises - Cached ◦ ◦Navy Seal Now Firefighter Fights Racism at Wal-Mart With ...◦ Minister Rev. Dr. Franklyn V. Beckles, Jr. Mrs. Adrian Beckles and their children CONGRADULATIONS!!...1/4/11 Mrs. Beckles is currently pregnant with baby number four!! •www.apsense.com/user/trinidadianfamily - 87k - Cached Dr. Frank Beckles's Business Exposes Racism and Criminal Activity by Butler Creek Trailer Park Staff & Neighbors on Phinzey Rd...http://butlercreek.shutterfly.com www.apsense.com/article/144152.html - Cached Opening of the Children's Christian Center in Augusta (Added: October 13, 2008-2011/Present)The Children's Christian Center celebrated the opening of their new location on Bridgeover Avenue on Sunday. (more) •View Full Profile •Ordained & Renown Minister: Rev. Dr. Franklyn V. Beckles, Jr. Director / Principal / Church Pastor with his loving family By WAGT Staff Published: November 15, 2009 » 0 Comments | Post a Comment vote nowBuzz up! AUGUSTA, Ga. - An Augusta reverend and firefighter is doing his best to feed the homeless and serve his community from his Church. Reverend Dr. Franklyn Beckles, Jr. opened his Church doors to the homeless Sunday. Beckles already runs a day care, ministry and learning center out of his Church called the Children's Christian Center. Now he's decided a soup kitchen is the next best way to help the Augusta community. "They have to have a need and a wanting to participate in a Christian atmosphere. We give them food talk to them and we give them a little bit of the word, we pray with them," Beckles said. The Sons For Christ Church of God Outreach Ministries - Augusta ...Dr Frank Beckles Jr, Pastor and Director, updated this company profile on 11/24/2010 www.manta.com/c/mvrhrhf/sons-for-christ-church-of-god... - Cached http://www2.wjbf.com/topics/types/organization/tags/childrens-christian-center/ http://trueheroes.shutterfly.com/ Children's Christian Center. www.myspace.com/552709197 http://thefirefighters.shutterfly.com/ 10/10/10 News Inspiration Story By Leon Myers News Spotlight of: The Children's Christian Center & Rev. Dr. Franklyn V. Beckles, Jr. www.wjbf.com Family-Friendly 88.3 WAFJ - Augusta, GA/Aiken, SC The Augusta Academy & Children's Christian Center. http://www.cochranfirm.com/civil/index.html
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In March 2005, a new Kojak series debuted on the USA Network cable channel and on ITV4 in the UK. In this re-imagined version, old African-American actor Ving Rhames portrays the character. The series only lasted one season. In May 2012, a new Kojak series will be debuted on the TNT Network cable channel and on ITV1 in the UK. In this re-imagined version, new African-American actor, firefighter, and ex-football great; Vic "The Iceman" Beckles portrays the character this time. Hopefully, the series will last longer than one season. The show was created by Abby Mann, an Academy Award-winning film writer best known for his work on drama anthologies such as Robert Montgomery Presents and Playhouse 90. Universal Television approached him to do a story based on the 1963 Wylie-Hoffert "Career Girls Murders". The crime involved the brutal rape and murder of two young professional women in Manhattan. Due to poor police work and the prevailing casual attitude toward suspects' civil rights, the crimes in the Wylie-Hoffert case were pinned on a young African American male, George Whitmore, Jr., who had been arrested on a separate assault charge. After illegally obtaining a confession, the police had the suspect all but convicted until a second investigation by a different team of detectives exonerated the suspect and identified the real killer, a white junkie. Mann developed the project as a gritty police procedural, but with a subtext focusing on institutionalized prejudice and the civil rights of suspects and witnesses. The result was the 1973 made-for-TV movie, The Marcus-Nelson Murders. The opening and closing titles of the film emphasized the point that it was a fictional account of the events that led to the creation of Miranda rights by the US Supreme Court in 1966. Telly Savalas starred in The Marcus-Nelson Murders as a police detective whose last name was spelled "Kojack." The film would serve as a pilot for the Kojak television series. Kojak himself was a composite character, based on a number of detectives, lawyers, and reporters who were involved in the Wylie-Hoffert murder case.
In 1969, while working on the movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Savalas met Sally Adams. Sally gave birth to their son Nicholas Savalas on February 24, 1973. Gardner filed for divorce from Savalas in 1974, but Savalas and Sally Adams apparently never legally married. In 1977 during the last season of Kojak, he met and fell in love with Julie Hovland, a travel agent from Minnesota. They were married in 1984 and had two children together, Christian and Ariana. Julie and Telly remained married until his death. Christian Savalas is a actor, singer and songwriter. Ariana Savalas is an actress and singer/songwriter. Julie Savalas is an inventor and artist.
Telly Savalas held a degree in psychology and was a world-class poker player who finished 21st at the main event in the 1992 World Series of Poker, as well as a motorcycle racer and lifeguard. His other hobbies and interests included golfing, swimming, reading romantic books, watching football, traveling, collecting luxury cars and gambling. He loved horse racing and bought a racehorse with movie director and producer Howard W. Koch. Naming the horse Telly's Pop, it won several races in 1975 including the Norfolk Stakes and Del Mar Futurity.[9][10]
In his capacity as producer for Kojak, he gave many stars their first break, as Burt Lancaster did for him. He was considered by those who knew him to be a generous, graceful, compassionate man. He was also a strong contributor to his Greek Orthodox roots through the Saint Sophia and Saint Nicholas cathedrals in Los Angeles and was the sponsor of bringing electricity in the 1970s to his ancestral home, Yeraka, Greece.
Savalas had a minor physical handicap in that he was missing part of his left index finger.[11] This missing digit was often indicated on screen; Kojak episode "Conspiracy of Fear" in which a close-up of Savalas holding his chin in his hand clearly shows the incomplete finger.
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Michael Long is a crimefighter who is seriously wounded during his work. Nursed back to health by a mysterious benefactor (chairman of the Knight Industries), he regains consciousness a new man with a new face and a new name: Michael Knight. His mysterious benefactor (through the guise of associate Devon Miles) provides Michael with equipment and support so that he can continue his crime fighting work. The most notable piece of equipment supplied, is "KITT", a high-performance sports car fitted with artificial intelligence. Written by Diane Russo, David Hasselhoff, and Vic "The Iceman" Beckles a.k.a Dr. Franklyn Victor Beckles, Jr., Celebrity & Television Historian/Biographer/and Published Author..
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Knight Rider (2008-2009) The Hit NBC 2008 series that followed the 1982 TV series of the same title and the 2008 television movie, and in 2012 the series inspired the "Knight Rider", motion Picture staring the main cast members of the 2008 TV series. The series stars Justin Bruening as Mike Traceur, the estranged son of Michael Knight. The series also stars Deanna Russo as Sarah Graiman, Traceur's former girlfriend and love interest. Sarah is the daughter of Charles Graiman. Graiman is played by Bruce Davison, the creator of a new generation of KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand), voiced by NFL star, actor, and renown Christian Book Author Vic Beckles. The series ran for two seasons, and thanks to the box office sales of the 2012 movie. The "Knight Rider" TV series is being re-released, and will continue on NBC in the Fall Season. Reruns of the 2008-2009 seasons are already a big hit on the Bravo Cable Channel.
A common misconception among Knight Rider Fans about the "KNIGHT RIDER"
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is that it was cheap to produce, due to the small number of voice actors and heavy reliance on stock animation, Games, and a huge workload of other Filmation Cartoons that were in the making, like: "Starsky & Hutch", "Simon & Simon", "The Chronicles of Gagston & Pope", "S.W.A.T", "Bannachek", "Mannix", "Emergency", "The A-Team", "Skipworth & Turner", "Chuck Norris & His Commandos", "The Twilight Zone", "Star Trek", "Rookies", "Gunsmoke", "The Virginian", "Paladin: Have Gun Will Travel", "It Takes A Thief", "Run For Your Life", "Dallas", "Nighthawk", "Adam-12", "Route 66", "Green Hornet", "Chico & The Man", "The Streets of San Francisco", "Barnaby Jones", "My Three Sons", "Steve McQueen: BULLITT", "SHAFT", "The Rockford Files", "KOJAK", "Dragnet", "M.A.S.H", "The Wild Wild West", "Land of The Giants", "Lost In Space", "Zorro", "The Lone Ranger", "Jonah Hex", "Maverick", "Lawman", "Gremlins", "Bat Masterson", "Cannon", "Jake & The Fatman", "Hardcastle & McCormick", "The Rifleman", "Buck Rogers & The 25th Century", "The Invaders", "The Karate Kid", "The Fugitive", "V", "Giligan's Island", "The Dukes of Hazzard", "The Jackson 5", "The Beatles", "Laredo", "The Andy Griffith Show", "Sherlock Holmes", "Daniel Boone", "Peter Gunn", "Mike Hammer", "I SPY", "The Brady Bunch", "The Hardy Boys", "Airwolf", "Wagon Train", "Bonanza", "Ellery Queen", "Frank The Tank", "Mr. T", "Spencer For Hire", "Magnum P.I.", "Marcus Welby M.D.", "Conan The Barbarian", "Happy Days", "Sgt. Slaughter & RoadBlock", "Bruce Lee: Enter The Dragon", "Dakota Smith", "Wyatt Earp & Doc Holliday", "Snake-Eyes: The American Ninja", "Rambo", "The Wright Brothers", "The PeanutGang" (later changed to "The Crimefighters"), "The Little Rascals", "The Dead End Gang", "Cagney & Bogart", "Turboman", "The Six-Million Dollar Man", "The Fall Guy", "A Man Called Hawk", "Dungeons & Dragons", "James Bond", "The Dirty Dozen", "Superfly", "The Gary Coleman Show", "Tron", "Automan", "Evil Knievel: The Daredevil", "Get Smart", "Our Man Flint", "The Magnificent Seven", "Star Wars: Droids", "Riptide", "The Richard Pryor Show", "New Jersey Patrol", "Sanford & Son", "The Greatest American Hero", "James Bond Jr.", "Young Sherlock Holmes", "Rocky", "The Sentinel", "Alias: Smith & Jones", "Jesse James & Pat Garrett", "Muhammed Ali The Greatest Boxer", and "C.H.i.P's". In fact, the series was one of the more expensive 1980s animated series to produce, primarily due to the entire series production being handled in the U.S., rather than having the animation outsourced to another country. 
Comic Book Series for each and every one of these Classic TV Shows & Heroes are currently being published by Dynamite & Ultraverse Comics (2010-Present).
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The original 1978 pilot called Pirate's Key was set in Florida. When the show was picked up by CBS, the characters' home was changed from Florida to San Diego, California, where the show's storyline remained for the course of its eight-year run on CBS.
The show was almost canceled in 1982 due to low ratings. However, CBS decided to give the series another chance and moved the show to Thursday nights at 9 PM following Magnum, P.I. Simon & Simon became a hit after that, and continued to draw ratings for the next several seasons. Simon & Simon actually had a crossover with Magnum, P.I., on the Magnum double episode "Ki's Don't Lie" and in the Simon & Simon episode "Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend" (both in 1982).
Simon & Simon moved to Saturday nights late in its run, and the ratings dropped considerably. CBS only committed to a 13-episode season for fall of 1988, but canceled the series with two episodes left unaired including the series finale. That episode did not air until the show entered syndication.
The show revolves around polar opposite Simon brothers, Rick (McRaney) and Andrew Jackson aka A.J. (Parker). Rick was a United States Marine Corps Vietnam veteran and had much more street sense, while A.J. went to college and had book smarts. Rick preferred things that were viewed by his brother as lower-class, like pickup trucks (Rick's Dodge Power Wagon is notable for its dull paint and large metal bumper used in one episode to crush the engine of a car), while A.J. took care of his money and could afford to be more fashionable (A.J. often drove a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible, and later, a customized Chevrolet Camaro Z28 and also drove a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro RS convertible in the two-part episode, "Pirate's Key"). A.J. was a practicing Catholic, while Rick was not. Rick lived on a boat in A.J.'s yard. A.J. preferred to first try to do things by the rules while Rick was much more of a free spirit, using a classic P.I. type of justice. Even their guns are different: Rick has a .44 Magnum and A.J. has a .357 Magnum revolver.
The two went into business together, running a private detective service; the contrasting ways that the brothers went about their investigations and the subsequent conflicts between them provided much of the story each week, in addition to the plots of solving the cases. Although the premise in the series is that Rick is older and A.J. is younger, in fact McRaney and Parker were both born in 1947 with only a four-month age difference. In March of 2012, Famed Directors/Producers Vic "The Iceman" Beckles & Spike Lee (also actors) are coming out with the Motion Picture "Simon & Simon", based on the classic tv series; staring actors: Matt Gagston (NFL Great & Firefighter) as Rick Simon, Rap Star- Eminem as A.J. Simon, and Vic Beckles as Lieutenant Marcel Proust "Downtown" Brown.
Movie Theme: Rick is a Navy Seal who has been injured in combat (War in Iraq) and given Medical Discharge comes back to the states (after being away from home for 8 years), gets work as a Firefighter, and moves in with his mom & brother A.J. To discover that A.J. is now a Criminal Lawyer, who is fed up of defending criminal scum, and wants a career change, and soon decides to go into business with his brother, and open a Private Investigation Company to help people in need, only to find out that their first case is helping the Police solve the murder of a childhood friend, by the hands of a Serial Killer!
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The protagonists were two Southern California policemen: the dark-haired Brooklyn transplant David Michael Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) who was a streetwise detective and U.S. Army veteran with intense, sometimes childlike moods, and the blond Duluth, Minnesota native Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson (David Soul), a more reserved and intellectually inclined character with a college background. Under the radio call sign "Zebra Three", they were known for usually tearing around the streets of the fictional California city Bay City. The vehicle of choice was Starsky's two-door Ford Gran Torino, which was red with a large white vector stripe. It was nicknamed the "Striped Tomato" by Hutch in the episode "Snowstorm"; the nickname was subsequently adopted by the fans of the series. However, the term didn't come from the writers - it came from a real-life comment that Glaser made. In a segment titled Starsky & Hutch: Behind The Badge that was featured on the first season DVD collection, Glaser stated that when he was first shown the Torino by Aaron Spelling, he sarcastically said to Soul, "That thing looks like a striped tomato!" Hutch also had a car, a battered tan 1973 Ford Galaxie 500, which occasionally appeared when the duo needed separate vehicles or for undercover work.- Celebrity Biographer, Actor, & Comic Book Writer: Vic "The Iceman" Beckles..
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The Green Hornet is a 2011 superhero comedy film, based on the character of the same name that had originated in a 1930s radio program and has appeared in movie serials, a television series, comic books and other media. Directed by Michel Gondry, the film stars Seth Rogen, who co-wrote the screenplay with Evan Goldberg. Supporting actors include Jay Chou as Kato, Christoph Waltz, Cameron Diaz, Edward Furlong, Edward James Olmos, David Harbour, Rev. Dr. Franklyn Victor Beckles, Jr., and Tom Wilkinson.
The Green Hornet is an American pulp hero and masked vigilante created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, with input by radio director James Jewell, in 1936. Since his radio debut in the 1930s, the Green Hornet has appeared in numerous serialized dramas in a wide variety of media. The character appeared in film serials in the 1940s, a network television program in the 1960s, multiple comic book series from the 1940s on,[1] and a feature film based on the 1960's tv series, of Britt Reid's son, as the new "Green Hornet", in Theaters-January 2011. NOW Comics
In 1989-1999, NOW Comics under the Management of Editors-in-Chiefs: Matt Choinaire, Victor "The Iceman" Beckles (NFL Great/Weightlifter- a.k.a Dr. Frank Victor Beckles, Jr.), and Alex Ross introduced a line of Green Hornet comics, initially written by famous comic book writers: Ron Fortier, Matt Gagston, Alexander Pope, and Dr. Frank V. Beckles, Jr., and illustrated by Jeff Butler. It attempted to reconcile the different versions of the character into a multigenerational epic. This took into account the character's ancestral connection to The Lone Ranger, though due to the legal separation of the two properties, his mask covered his entire face (as in the Republic serials) and he could not be called by name.[15] In this interpretation, the Britt of the radio series had fought crime as the Hornet in the 1930s and 1940s before retiring. In NOW's first story, in Green Hornet #1 (Nov. 1989), set in 1945, the nationality of the original Kato (named in this comic series Ikano Kato) is given as Japanese, but that because of that era's American racism toward Japanese, Reid referred to Kato as Filipino in order to prevent Kato's being sent to an American internment camp.
Ben Reid (Seth Rogen) is the 28-year-old old son of the original "Green Hornet" Britt Reid (Tom Wilkinson), publisher of the Los Angeles newspaper The Daily Sentinel (who inheirited it from his father, James Reid). Ben is a playboy slacker who only cares about having fun. This changes when Britt is found dead in his mansion from an allergic reaction to a bee sting. After the funeral, Ben fires the staff aside from his maid and Kato II (Son of the Original Kato), Britt's young mechanic and a skilled martial artist, who replaced his father after Kato died in the 1983.
Ben convinces Kato II, that they should become crimefighters who pose as criminals in order to infiltrate real criminals, and also to prevent enemies from using innocents against them. Kato II agrees, and develops another car outfitted with several gadgets and weapons, which they call the new Black Beauty. Ben plans to capture Eli Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz), a Russian mobster who is uniting the criminal families of Los Angeles under his command, and whom his father Britt Reid was trying to expose. To get Chudnofsky's attention, Ben uses the Daily Sentinel as a vehicle to publish articles about the "high-profile criminal" the Green Hornet, like his father did in the 1960's.
Britt Reid, daring young owner/publisher of "The Daily Sentinel," dons a mask and fights crime as The Green Hornet. While the police and public believe the Hornet to be a ruthless criminal, the District Attorney knows Reid's secret identity, and welcomes his assistance in fighting racketeers and criminals. Also assisting Reid in his crusade are his secretary, Lenore Case, and his faithful valet, Kato, who is a kung fu expert and who drives the sleek "Black Beauty," the Hornet's well armed car. (2010) Written by Danny Thomas Renown Journalist/Biographer and Dr. Franklyn Victor Beckles, Jr., Comic Book Publisher, Movie Critic, and Actor- a.k.a Vic "The Iceman" Beckles.
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Clint Barton was orphaned at an early age when his parents died in a car accident and was sent to a children's home with his brother Bernard. He and his brother ran away to join the Carson Carnival of Traveling Wonders, and the pair worked as roustabouts. While a member of the circus, Hawkeye was trained by the original Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne) and Trickshot. Clint's life, however, would forever be changed after he stumbled onto the Swordsman counting the money he had just robbed from the carnival. The Swordsman offered Clint to become his partner in crime, but Clint rejected his mentor, sparking a fight that ended when the Swordsman left him for dead after he fell from the high wire. Barney, too, abandoned him, in disbelief that Clint passed up such an opportunity. Trickshot stepped up his role as Clint's mentor, later asking him to join him in raiding a criminal named Marko. However, Clint severely injured one of Marko's guards and discovered him to be his brother, Barney. Repelled by the consequences of his actions (and his mentor's role in prompting them), he abandoned Trickshot and parted on bad terms.
His natural archery abilities honed to an expert level, Clint wandered the country, working in various carnivals or otherwise making money out of the costume and persona of "Hawkeye". One day, when witnessing Iron Man save the lives of some people at the carnival, he decided to become a costumed crime-fighter himself. But as luck would have it, on Hawkeye's first night on patrol, he was mistaken for a criminal by the police and hunted down.
He soon met the Black Widow, who was working at the time as a costumed villain for her country, and she easily seduced the hot-headed adventurer, making him think it was in his interest to defeat Iron Man, and having his son (never revealing to him that she was pregnant with his child). He attempted to do so according to her prompting on several occasions, but soon wised up, regretting his decision. Instead, he hoped to join Iron Man's team of Avengers. As a way of proving himself, he broke into the Avengers Mansion and convinced their butler, Jarvis, to play the role of a victim so he could display his powers. Iron Man vouched for Hawkeye, and he joined the new line-up that included Captain America, the Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver.
Clint continued to be an active member of the Avengers for years, with his archery skills matching the superhuman powers of his teammates. His brash attitude initially chafed under the leadership of Captain America, and, although it took some time to come to respect him, the two have become good friends. Also at first, he felt attracted the Scarlet Witch, even to the point of having trouble getting over her eventual marriage to the Vision. For years, he also continued to hold a torch for the Black Widow, until she returned to her espionage career and told him that she had never loved him (although she said that in order to keep him away.)
When Bucky fell into the water he was preserved by the freezing waters, Bucky was retrieved by Vasily Karpov's submarine and taken to Soviet authorities in May 1945. Barnes was thawed out and pronounced legally deceased, but doctors revived him with cardiopulmonary resuscitation and adrenaline injections to his heart, although Barnes suffered considerable brain damage and had no knowledge of his previous life besides reflex memories. When the Soviets determined he had no super-soldier formula in his system, Barnes was placed in stasis. In June 1954, a K.G.B. spy within Britain's MI-6 obtained schematics for a robotic appendage that was reproduced and used to replace Barnes's missing left arm. Planning to turn Barnes back on the Americans, the Soviet government cleared Department X to begin Project: Winter Soldier. Barnes was reprogrammed with mental implantation during sensory deprivation; sent out to conduct several strategic assassinations for the K.G.B. throughout the mid-20th century including assassinating James Howlett's (later Wolverine) wife Itsu (who was carrying Howlett's unborn child); and placed in stasis between missions to slow his aging.
Upon Karpov's death nearly 20 years ago, Barnes remained in stasis due to mental instability and was placed in a storage facility inherited by Karpov's protégé General Aleksander Lukin, who went rogue after the Soviet Union's fall and formed the Kronas Oil Corporation. Coveting the Red Skull's Cosmic Cube, Lukin reactivated Barnes and had him assassinate the Skull, although Barnes did not realize that the Skull had simultaneously used the Cube to transfer his consciousness into Lukin's body. Barnes next assassinated Jack Munroe (Nomad, the former 1950’s "Bucky") and framed him for the Skull's assassination. Barnes then detonated a fire bomb in Philadelphia that helped Lukin power the Cosmic Cube; but when Lukin discovered the Cube's negative side-effects, he sent Barnes to take it to a nuclear-safe vault in West Virginia, causing Barnes to question his orders for the first time. Learning the Winter Soldier's true identity, Captain America used the Cosmic Cube to restore his memories, causing Barnes to turn against Lukin and go underground.
Barnes next resurfaced in Belgrade, Serbia where he was confronted by Wolverine, who had recently regained the memories of his wife's assassination. Barnes then appeared in London, England, where Lukin unleashed Red Skull's Sleeper robot. Barnes teamed with Captain America to defeat the robot, which vaporized his cybernetic arm in the process. After the battle, Barnes disappeared, headed toward France and making arrangements with Nick Fury to obtain a new arm. Barnes has most recently resurfaced in America working with Nick Fury as an undercover operative.
Hawkeye stayed with the Avengers for a long time, leaving only briefly when his temper and ego led him to believe he wasn't wanted. He returned after a short period, having joined the "non-team" Defenders in the meantime. At one point, Hawkeye was passed over accompanying the Avengers in the Kree-Skrull War due to his lack of superhuman abilities. Not one to be deterred so easily, Hawkeye took on the identity of Goliath with the use of Hank Pym's size-altering particles. He hitched a ride so as to join the team in their intergalactic adventure and maintained the Goliath identity for several months upon their return to Earth.
During his time as Goliath, Clint was approached by his brother, who had become a big-time racketeer. Barney had learned of Egghead's plans to construct an orbiting laser death-ray to extort money from the United States and came to the Avengers for help. The Avengers confronted Egghead and his allies, the Mad Thinker and the Puppet Master, but tragically, Barney died in the ensuing battle. Later, Egghead would use the Swordsman to capture Clint as Goliath, thinking him to be Hank Pym, but Hawkeye-as-Goliath soon defeated both criminals, avenging his brother at last. Soon afterward, Clint abandoned the Goliath identity but continued to serve the Avengers as Hawkeye the Marksman.
Another leave of absence was forced upon him, when, due to a type of "affirmative action", he was replaced by the Falcon to comply with the Avengers' government sanction. During this time, he eventually found employment as a night security guard for Cross Technological Enterprises (CTE). Never gone from his team for long, he soon rejoined the fold, although one particular solo adventure would have a lasting impact. His boss, head of CTE, was the villain known as Crossfire and hoped to test his ultrasonic equipment with which he hoped to turn heroes against one another, With the help of the ex-secret agent, Mockingbird, Hawkeye defeated Crossfire. The two heroes, head over heels in love, promptly got married.
At the time, the Vision was expanding the Avengers' operations, and he named Hawkeye chairman of a west coast branch of Avengers, and Mockingbird joined him as a charter member. Hawkeye led the team through several adventures, growing into a competent leader, and he even had time to embark on a series of solo adventures. During one of these latter adventures, Hawkeye had to defend himself against many costumed mercenaries and villains hoping to collect a bounty placed on his right arm. The mastermind behind it all proved to be Trickshot, now dying of cancer, and he was hoping to goad Hawkeye into killing him. Instead, Hawkeye reconciled with his former mentor and friend.
During an adventure where the team became lost in the past, his wife was involved with the death of the Old West hero, the Phantom Rider, and the situation caused the couple to split up. Shortly after, the government forced the membership of the U.S.Agent on the team, and Hawkeye quit. Both he and Mockingbird wound up investigating and leading the heroes known as the Great Lakes Avengers. Eventually, however, Hawkeye left the Midwest to rejoin the Avengers West Coast, although he never really led the team again.
Hawkeye continued to adventure with the team, even alongside his separated wife, and was present with them when Mockingbird was killed in a demonic dimension, saving her husband's life from an attack by Mephisto. Distraught, Hawkeye left the team and took a cross-country walkabout. Later, Clint was commissioned to train a group of rebels known as the Shadows along with Sundance and Striker. He attempted to keep them from killing, but on one raid Striker killed a woman and injured her fiancé, a friend of James Rhodes. As War Machine, Rhodes was surprised to see Hawkeye among the rebels, and even more so when a government backed group led by the U.S.Agent also arrived. The three were able to stop the conflict and were confronted by the mysterious Advisor.
Eventually drawn back to the Avengers' fold when the team was attacked in a plan orchestrated by Immortus, Hawkeye was present with the team when they apparently died, sacrificing themselves to absorb the energies of Onslaught. Eventually, Hawkeye and the other heroes were restored, and Hawkeye quickly rejoined the reforming Avengers.
However, Hawkeye was dissatisfied. His previous experience as a team leader left him feeling too anxious as a regular member. Hawkeye turned his attention instead to the team of reforming villains, the Thunderbolts. Sympathetic because of his own outlaw past and eager for new challenges, Hawkeye offered to serve as the Thunderbolts' new leader if they would continue fighting crime and remain reformed. During his stint as their leader, he became a friend and mentor to the group, honing their skills and greatly enhancing their reputations. He and his teammate Moonstone had even began developing romantic inclinations. The Thunderbolts soon became trusted allies of the Avengers, though Hawkeye formally resigned his membership in the latter group since he didn't want any perceived criminal association with the Thunderbolts to negatively impact the Avengers.
Unfortunately, CSA agent and former Avengers government liaison Henry Peter Gyrich targeted the Thunderbolts for assassination as part of a larger scheme to eradicate superhumans. Hawkeye and the Thunderbolts exposed and thwarted Gyrich's conspiracy, freeing Gyrich himself from the mind-controlling technology Baron Strucker had used to make Gyrich act out his anti-superhuman fantasies. Hawkeye agreed to keep the entire affair a secret in exchange for a full federal pardon for the other Thunderbolts, but a bitterly furious Gyrich refused to go along with concealing the incident unless Hawkeye went to prison for operating as an illegal vigilante with the Thunderbolts. Hawkeye agreed and was remanded to federal custody. While in Seagate Federal Penitentiary, Barton was contacted telepathically by Mentallo, who orchestrated a break-out for Hawkeye and three others (one of which was a Mentallo-possessed Headlok). Despite their success, the inmates remained remotely "chained" to each other. The so-called “Chain Gang” reluctantly agreed to work together to search for a way to survive, deactivate their security manacles, and to search for a weapon of great power left behind by the death of the criminal industrialist Justin Hammer. Unknown to his associates, Barton was actually working undercover on behalf of the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D., who hoped to use Barton as a mole to track Mentallo's criminal activities. S.H.I.E.L.D. also hired the Thunderbolts' Songbird, who tracked Hawkeye and defeated his erstwhile allies. They discovered that Hammer's legacy was a biological toxin that had been ingested by every single villain who had ever worked for him and that one of the villains, Plantman, was the carrier. Hawkeye, Songbird, and Plantman began a new search for the trigger that would release Plantman's toxin. The search ended with Hammer's daughter, Justine, who turned out to be the Crimson Cowl, leader of the Masters of Evil. Hawkeye convinced several members of the Masters of Evil to side with him and Songbird against Crimson Cowl and their former allies, pointing out the dangers of the super-weapon. Hoping to throw off suspicion, Hawkeye made the villains reinvent their costumed identities, thus creating a new team of Thunderbolts. The group ultimately defeated the Crimson Cowl and her Masters of Evil, and Plantman (as Blackheath) managed to release an antidote for the toxin into the atmosphere.
Hawkeye and his Thunderbolts also helped Citizen V and the V-Battalion to help destroy their headquarters' engine of alien technology that had began distorting, In so doing, they were reunited with other the Thunderbolts, led by Baron Zemo and trapped on Counter-Earth. The two teams combined forces to shunt the alien ship from Earth. After much discussion, most of the costumed heroes and villains chose to part company. Hawkeye agreed to leave the Thunderbolts to Zemo's leadership, reluctantly agreeing that Zemo had proved he had potential to be a hero.
Hawkeye returned to the Avengers full-time. At one point, he and the Wasp had a dallying romance, upsetting Yellowjacket, and the two heroes avoided talking about the uncomfortable situation. Soon afterwards, however, the Avengers suffered a series of sudden and devastating attacks from friends and enemies alike, culminating in a surprise attack by the alien Kree. During the Kree invasion, Hawkeye suffered a mortal shot to the back. In his dying moments, Hawkeye overpowered a Kree soldier, using the soldier's jetpack to fly both of them into the Kree's command ship. Hawkeye sacrificed his life to single-handedly thwart the invasion. (These attacks were in part motivated by the Scarlet Witch, whose mind became unhinged with the magical powers she constantly felt forced to control, and it is believed the Kree invasion was all a magical construct of the Scarlet Witch.)
Hawkeye showed up alive once more in the Scarlet Witch's mutant-dominated alternate reality, with no memory of the reality before. When a young mutant gave several of the heroes the ability to remember the way the world once was, Clint and the others were horrified at what the Scarlet Witch had done. With his memory restored, Hawkeye remembered the events his own death. When the heroes confronted the Witch and her children, Hawkeye angrily shot her in the back, demanding to know why she had tried to kill him, as he was her friend and had only love for her. One of the Witch's children made Hawkeye vanish into another dimension. After reality was restored several heroes arrived at the ruined Avengers Mansion after a report that someone had been there, only to find Clint's costume and a newspaper cutting about his disappearance, pinned to the ruins by Hawkeye's trademark purple arrows.
It was later revealed that Clint indeed survived and that he was the one who nailed the costume on the wall. He realized that the whole world thought that he was dead and he himself also had doubts of who he really was. In his disordered state of mind he found himself standing in front of Doctor Strange's house. He met Strange who ensured him that he was who he thinks he is and that he is indeed alive. Strange informed him of what had happened and that Wanda couldn't be found and that he thought she might be dead. Clint didn't believe this and started to search for her. He found her in Wundagore Mountain where she lived with her aunt Agatha. She didn't remember anything and didn't recognize him at all. She also told him that she had lived her whole life in that village. Clint decided to stay in the village for some time with her until he for some reason came back to the states and contacted Iron Man revealing to him that he was alive. After Iron Man had ensured that he was who he said he was he made Clint an offer to be the next Captain America. Clint even tried the flag on and got to use the original shield but he realized that it was a mistake when he met Patriot and new Hawkeye who convinced that he wasn't Captain America. Clint let them escape and gave the shield back to Iron Man and told him that he will mail the "flag" later. Not long after this Clint again found himself in front of Doctor Strange's house now seeming as though it had been abandoned and sold to a franchise company. In reality, however, it was illusion cast by Strange to hide himself and his team members from Iron Man. They decided to show themselves to Clint and after some talk and magic they decided to give Clint Ronin's costume. They then left to Japan to save their team member Maya Lopez from the Hand.
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After six of the ten Avengers die facing Ultron, Tony Stark / Iron Man takes their children - James Rogers, the son of Black Widow and Captain America; Henry Pym Jr. (or just Pym), the son of Giant-Man and the Wasp; Azari, the son of the Black Panther and Storm of the X-Men and Torunn, daughter of the absent Asgardian Thor and Sif - to a refuge hidden in the Arctic Circle. He raises them for nearly thirteen years before Ultron discovers their existence. When the Vision emerges after a 12-year absence and reveals that he survived - albeit barely - the attack from Ultron, Stark learns that Francis Barton, son of Hawkeye, is also alive. Unfortunately, while the kids are spying on Stark, trying to figure out who the Vision is and what's going on, James accidentally set off the launch of a series of robots that consist of Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Panther, Thor, Black Widow and Giant Man, designed in the Avengers' image. As a result, Stark's base is revealed to Ultron. Fortunately, Stark stalls Ultron long enough for the kids to escape, but he is ultimately captured. Before this, the Iron Avengers, the robotic versions of the children's parents, are reprogrammed by Ultron to do his bidding.
Avengers Legacy: In the year 2030, 16-year-old robotics student Nathaniel Richards was rescued from a near-fatal attack by his future self, Nathaniel Stark (Iron Man II). Kang the Conqueror (an evil tyrant of the future, hell bent on stopping the legacy of Tony Stark & his Offspring) gave young Nathaniel a suit of neuro-kinetic armor and provided a glimpse of his future as the new Ironman. Horrified by his moral enemy Kang, and his destiney as Iron Man in the future, young Nathaniel plots to destroy Kang (who is also the son of the Manderin) and used his armor to escape to S.H.E.I.L.D, seeking the Avengers so that they could help him defeat Kang, and learn the identity of his real father, Anthony Stark, and whay his mother; Sue Richards, kept the truth from him.
When Norman Osborn is defeated, Pym creates Avengers Academy, a program to help train young people whose newly acquired powers were manipulated by Osborn. While telling the recruits they are being trained to become heroes, the truth is that their profiles indicate they are the most likely to become villains and Pym hopes to prevent that.[66] Pym will return to his Giant-Man identity in Avengers Academy #7.[67]
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The protagonists were two Southern California policemen: the dark-haired Brooklyn transplant David Michael Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser) who was a streetwise detective and U.S. Army veteran with intense, sometimes childlike moods, and the blond Duluth, Minnesota native Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson (David Soul), a more reserved and intellectually inclined character with a college background. Under the radio call sign "Zebra Three", they were known for usually tearing around the streets of the fictional California city Bay City. The vehicle of choice was Starsky's two-door Ford Gran Torino, which was red with a large white vector stripe. It was nicknamed the "Striped Tomato" by Hutch in the episode "Snowstorm"; the nickname was subsequently adopted by the fans of the series. However, the term didn't come from the writers - it came from a real-life comment that Glaser made. In a segment titled Starsky & Hutch: Behind The Badge that was featured on the first season DVD collection, Glaser stated that when he was first shown the Torino by Aaron Spelling, he sarcastically said to Soul, "That thing looks like a striped tomato!" Hutch also had a car, a battered tan 1973 Ford Galaxie 500, which occasionally appeared when the duo needed separate vehicles or for undercover work.-TRIBUTE TO: Celebrity Biographer, Actor, & Comic Book Writer: Vic "The Iceman" Beckles..
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As sales declined industry-wide in the mid-1990s, Malibu cancelled lower-selling series. The company was purchased by Marvel Comics in 1994 (with Dr. Beckles as part-owner). Reportedly Marvel made the purchase to acquire Malibu's then-groundbreaking in-house coloring studio, and/or its catalog of movie-licensable properties. Others believe that Marvel simply wanted to put a significant competitor out of business. Marvel did not cancell the entire Ultraverse line, but (during the controversial Black September event) Dr. Beckles (now Editor-in-Chief in 1999) re-launched a handful of the more popular titles as well as a number of crossovers with Marvel characters. The "volume 2" series (in 2000) each started with "# ∞ (infinity)" issues and were cancelled a short time later. Within the Marvel & DC Comics multiverse, the Malibu Universe is designated as Earth-93060.
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In March 2005, a new Kojak series debuted on the USA Network cable channel and on ITV4 in the UK. In this re-imagined version, old African-American actor Ving Rhames portrays the character. The series only lasted one season. In May 2012, a new Kojak series will be debuted on the TNT Network cable channel and on ITV1 in the UK. In this re-imagined version, new African-American actor, firefighter, and ex-football great; Vic "The Iceman" Beckles portrays the character this time. Hopefully, the series will last longer than one season. The show was created by Abby Mann, an Academy Award-winning film writer best known for his work on drama anthologies such as Robert Montgomery Presents and Playhouse 90. Universal Television approached him to do a story based on the 1963 Wylie-Hoffert "Career Girls Murders". The crime involved the brutal rape and murder of two young professional women in Manhattan. Due to poor police work and the prevailing casual attitude toward suspects' civil rights, the crimes in the Wylie-Hoffert case were pinned on a young African American male, George Whitmore, Jr., who had been arrested on a separate assault charge. After illegally obtaining a confession, the police had the suspect all but convicted until a second investigation by a different team of detectives exonerated the suspect and identified the real killer, a white junkie. Mann developed the project as a gritty police procedural, but with a subtext focusing on institutionalized prejudice and the civil rights of suspects and witnesses. The result was the 1973 made-for-TV movie, The Marcus-Nelson Murders. The opening and closing titles of the film emphasized the point that it was a fictional account of the events that led to the creation of Miranda rights by the US Supreme Court in 1966. Telly Savalas starred in The Marcus-Nelson Murders as a police detective whose last name was spelled "Kojack." The film would serve as a pilot for the Kojak television series. Kojak himself was a composite character, based on a number of detectives, lawyers, and reporters who were involved in the Wylie-Hoffert murder case.
In 1969, while working on the movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Savalas met Sally Adams. Sally gave birth to their son Nicholas Savalas on February 24, 1973. Gardner filed for divorce from Savalas in 1974, but Savalas and Sally Adams apparently never legally married. In 1977 during the last season of Kojak, he met and fell in love with Julie Hovland, a travel agent from Minnesota. They were married in 1984 and had two children together, Christian and Ariana. Julie and Telly remained married until his death. Christian Savalas is a actor, singer and songwriter. Ariana Savalas is an actress and singer/songwriter. Julie Savalas is an inventor and artist.
Telly Savalas held a degree in psychology and was a world-class poker player who finished 21st at the main event in the 1992 World Series of Poker, as well as a motorcycle racer and lifeguard. His other hobbies and interests included golfing, swimming, reading romantic books, watching football, traveling, collecting luxury cars and gambling. He loved horse racing and bought a racehorse with movie director and producer Howard W. Koch. Naming the horse Telly's Pop, it won several races in 1975 including the Norfolk Stakes and Del Mar Futurity.[9][10]
In his capacity as producer for Kojak, he gave many stars their first break, as Burt Lancaster did for him. He was considered by those who knew him to be a generous, graceful, compassionate man. He was also a strong contributor to his Greek Orthodox roots through the Saint Sophia and Saint Nicholas cathedrals in Los Angeles and was the sponsor of bringing electricity in the 1970s to his ancestral home, Yeraka, Greece.
Savalas had a minor physical handicap in that he was missing part of his left index finger.[11] This missing digit was often indicated on screen; Kojak episode "Conspiracy of Fear" in which a close-up of Savalas holding his chin in his hand clearly shows the incomplete finger.
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Michael Long is a crimefighter who is seriously wounded during his work. Nursed back to health by a mysterious benefactor (chairman of the Knight Industries), he regains consciousness a new man with a new face and a new name: Michael Knight. His mysterious benefactor (through the guise of associate Devon Miles) provides Michael with equipment and support so that he can continue his crime fighting work. The most notable piece of equipment supplied, is "KITT", a high-performance sports car fitted with artificial intelligence. Written by Diane Russo, David Hasselhoff, and Vic "The Iceman" Beckles a.k.a Dr. Franklyn Victor Beckles, Jr., Celebrity & Television Historian/Biographer/and Published Author..
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Knight Rider (2008-2009) The Hit NBC 2008 series that followed the 1982 TV series of the same title and the 2008 television movie, and in 2012 the series inspired the "Knight Rider", motion Picture staring the main cast members of the 2008 TV series. The series stars Justin Bruening as Mike Traceur, the estranged son of Michael Knight. The series also stars Deanna Russo as Sarah Graiman, Traceur's former girlfriend and love interest. Sarah is the daughter of Charles Graiman. Graiman is played by Bruce Davison, the creator of a new generation of KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand), voiced by NFL star, actor, and renown Christian Book Author Vic Beckles. The series ran for two seasons, and thanks to the box office sales of the 2012 movie. The "Knight Rider" TV series is being re-released, and will continue on NBC in the Fall Season. Reruns of the 2008-2009 seasons are already a big hit on the Bravo Cable Channel.
A common misconception among Knight Rider Fans about the "KNIGHT RIDER" cartoon series (in the 1980's)
is that it was cheap to produce, due to the small number of voice actors and heavy reliance on stock animation, Games, and a huge workload of other Filmation Cartoons that were in the making, like: "Starsky & Hutch", "Simon & Simon", "The Chronicles of Gagston & Pope", "S.W.A.T", "Bannachek", "Mannix", "Emergency", "The A-Team", "Skipworth & Turner", "Chuck Norris & His Commandos", "The Twilight Zone", "Star Trek", "Rookies", "Gunsmoke", "The Virginian", "Paladin: Have Gun Will Travel", "It Takes A Thief", "Run For Your Life", "Dallas", "Nighthawk", "Adam-12", "Route 66", "Green Hornet", "Chico & The Man", "The Streets of San Francisco", "Barnaby Jones", "My Three Sons", "Steve McQueen: BULLITT", "SHAFT", "The Rockford Files", "KOJAK", "Dragnet", "M.A.S.H", "The Wild Wild West", "Land of The Giants", "Lost In Space", "Zorro", "The Lone Ranger", "Jonah Hex", "Maverick", "Lawman", "Gremlins", "Bat Masterson", "Cannon", "Jake & The Fatman", "Hardcastle & McCormick", "The Rifleman", "Buck Rogers & The 25th Century", "The Invaders", "The Karate Kid", "The Fugitive", "V", "Giligan's Island", "The Dukes of Hazzard", "The Jackson 5", "The Beatles", "Laredo", "The Andy Griffith Show", "Sherlock Holmes", "Daniel Boone", "Peter Gunn", "Mike Hammer", "I SPY", "The Brady Bunch", "The Hardy Boys", "Airwolf", "Wagon Train", "Bonanza", "Ellery Queen", "Frank The Tank", "Mr. T", "Spencer For Hire", "Magnum P.I.", "Marcus Welby M.D.", "Conan The Barbarian", "Happy Days", "Sgt. Slaughter & RoadBlock", "Bruce Lee: Enter The Dragon", "Dakota Smith", "Wyatt Earp & Doc Holliday", "Snake-Eyes: The American Ninja", "Rambo", "The Wright Brothers", "The PeanutGang" (later changed to "The Crimefighters"), "The Little Rascals", "The Dead End Gang", "Cagney & Bogart", "Turboman", "The Six-Million Dollar Man", "The Fall Guy", "A Man Called Hawk", "Dungeons & Dragons", "James Bond", "The Dirty Dozen", "Superfly", "The Gary Coleman Show", "Tron", "Automan", "Evil Knievel: The Daredevil", "Get Smart", "Our Man Flint", "The Magnificent Seven", "Star Wars: Droids", "Riptide", "The Richard Pryor Show", "New Jersey Patrol", "Sanford & Son", "The Greatest American Hero", "James Bond Jr.", "Young Sherlock Holmes", "Rocky", "The Sentinel", "Alias: Smith & Jones", "Jesse James & Pat Garrett", "Muhammed Ali The Greatest Boxer", and "C.H.i.P's". In fact, the series was one of the more expensive 1980s animated series to produce, primarily due to the entire series production being handled in the U.S., rather than having the animation outsourced to another country. 
Comic Book Series for each and every one of these Classic TV Shows & Heroes are currently being published by Dynamite & Ultraverse Comics (2010-Present).
CAST FOR KNIGHT RIDER MOVIE: Director Vic Beckles: New Knight Rider is the son of Micheal Knight...
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paultan.org/2006/05/09/knight-rider-The story takes place twenty five years after the original Knight Rider series. Mike Traceur (who later changes his name to Michael Knight), son of the original Michael Knight, has become the driver of the next generation KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand), now a Ford Shelby GT500KR Mustang. Along with a former fiancée Sarah Graiman, the daughter of the scientist Charles Graiman who designed both KITTs, Mike becomes the new champion of Knight Industries, a high tech government and law enforcement contractor.
In the episode "Day Turns Into Knight", Dr. Graiman dies due to an apparent explosion on a damaged aircraft, and Agent Rivai is seriously injured and forced not to continue on as the team's FBI agent. During the episode "Knight to King's Pawn", the NSA shuts down the KITT Project due to Dr. Graiman's death, and Agent Torres deactivates KITT in order to reactivate KARR. Torres believed that KITT's programming would be able to override KARR's inherent self-preservation protocols to save human lives instead of harming them. In holographic messages to Mike and Sarah, Dr. Graiman reveals this had always been Agent Torres's plan for KITT and that he had opposed him. Mike is told that he was KARR's original driver and that his mind was wiped in the wake of the project's failure. The team find KITT's AI stored online and attempt to rebuild it. Mike then infiltrates Area 51 to install the new KITT AI chip into his confiscated Mustang shell.
As Mike and KITT flee, KARR discovers that KITT has been reactivated and overcomes KITT's protocols, taking Torres as a hostage/driver. KITT is able to destroy KARR but Agent Torres dies shortly thereafter. Sarah discovers that her father had left all of the Knight Industries' funding in her name. Sarah, Mike, Zoe, and Billy use that funding to restart the Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG) and continue on its original mission.
In the episode "Day Turns Into Knight", Dr. Graiman dies due to an apparent explosion on a damaged aircraft, and Agent Rivai is seriously injured and forced not to continue on as the team's FBI agent. During the episode "Knight to King's Pawn", the NSA shuts down the KITT Project due to Dr. Graiman's death, and Agent Torres deactivates KITT in order to reactivate KARR. Torres believed that KITT's programming would be able to override KARR's inherent self-preservation protocols to save human lives instead of harming them. In holographic messages to Mike and Sarah, Dr. Graiman reveals this had always been Agent Torres's plan for KITT and that he had opposed him. Mike is told that he was KARR's original driver and that his mind was wiped in the wake of the project's failure. The team find KITT's AI stored online and attempt to rebuild it. Mike then infiltrates Area 51 to install the new KITT AI chip into his confiscated Mustang shell.
As Mike and KITT flee, KARR discovers that KITT has been reactivated and overcomes KITT's protocols, taking Torres as a hostage/driver. KITT is able to destroy KARR but Agent Torres dies shortly thereafter. Sarah discovers that her father had left all of the Knight Industries' funding in her name. Sarah, Mike, Zoe, and Billy use that funding to restart the Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG) and continue on its original mission.
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The original 1978 pilot called Pirate's Key was set in Florida. When the show was picked up by CBS, the characters' home was changed from Florida to San Diego, California, where the show's storyline remained for the course of its eight-year run on CBS.
The show was almost canceled in 1982 due to low ratings. However, CBS decided to give the series another chance and moved the show to Thursday nights at 9 PM following Magnum, P.I. Simon & Simon became a hit after that, and continued to draw ratings for the next several seasons. Simon & Simon actually had a crossover with Magnum, P.I., on the Magnum double episode "Ki's Don't Lie" and in the Simon & Simon episode "Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend" (both in 1982).
Simon & Simon moved to Saturday nights late in its run, and the ratings dropped considerably. CBS only committed to a 13-episode season for fall of 1988, but canceled the series with two episodes left unaired including the series finale. That episode did not air until the show entered syndication.
The show revolves around polar opposite Simon brothers, Rick (McRaney) and Andrew Jackson aka A.J. (Parker). Rick was a United States Marine Corps Vietnam veteran and had much more street sense, while A.J. went to college and had book smarts. Rick preferred things that were viewed by his brother as lower-class, like pickup trucks (Rick's Dodge Power Wagon is notable for its dull paint and large metal bumper used in one episode to crush the engine of a car), while A.J. took care of his money and could afford to be more fashionable (A.J. often drove a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible, and later, a customized Chevrolet Camaro Z28 and also drove a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro RS convertible in the two-part episode, "Pirate's Key"). A.J. was a practicing Catholic, while Rick was not. Rick lived on a boat in A.J.'s yard. A.J. preferred to first try to do things by the rules while Rick was much more of a free spirit, using a classic P.I. type of justice. Even their guns are different: Rick has a .44 Magnum and A.J. has a .357 Magnum revolver.
The two went into business together, running a private detective service; the contrasting ways that the brothers went about their investigations and the subsequent conflicts between them provided much of the story each week, in addition to the plots of solving the cases. Although the premise in the series is that Rick is older and A.J. is younger, in fact McRaney and Parker were both born in 1947 with only a four-month age difference. In March of 2012, Famed Directors/Producers Vic "The Iceman" Beckles & Spike Lee (also actors) are coming out with the Motion Picture "Simon & Simon", based on the classic tv series; staring actors: Matt Gagston (NFL Great & Firefighter) as Rick Simon, Rap Star- Eminem as A.J. Simon, and Vic Beckles as Lieutenant Marcel Proust "Downtown" Brown.
Movie Theme: Rick is a Navy Seal who has been injured in combat (War in Iraq) and given Medical Discharge comes back to the states (after being away from home for 8 years), gets work as a Firefighter, and moves in with his mom & brother A.J. To discover that A.J. is now a Criminal Lawyer, who is fed up of defending criminal scum, and wants a career change, and soon decides to go into business with his brother, and open a Private Investigation Company to help people in need, only to find out that their first case is helping the Police solve the murder of a childhood friend, by the hands of a Serial Killer!
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The Green Hornet is a 2011 superhero comedy film, based on the character of the same name that had originated in a 1930s radio program and has appeared in movie serials, a television series, comic books and other media. Directed by Michel Gondry, the film stars Seth Rogen, who co-wrote the screenplay with Evan Goldberg. Supporting actors include Jay Chou as Kato, Christoph Waltz, Cameron Diaz, Edward Furlong, Edward James Olmos, David Harbour, Rev. Dr. Franklyn Victor Beckles, Jr., and Tom Wilkinson.
The Green Hornet is an American pulp hero and masked vigilante created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, with input by radio director James Jewell, in 1936. Since his radio debut in the 1930s, the Green Hornet has appeared in numerous serialized dramas in a wide variety of media. The character appeared in film serials in the 1940s, a network television program in the 1960s, multiple comic book series from the 1940s on,[1] and a feature film based on the 1960's tv series, of Britt Reid's son, as the new "Green Hornet", in Theaters-January 2011. NOW Comics
In 1989-1999, NOW Comics under the Management of Editors-in-Chiefs: Matt Choinaire, Victor "The Iceman" Beckles (NFL Great/Weightlifter- a.k.a Dr. Frank Victor Beckles, Jr.), and Alex Ross introduced a line of Green Hornet comics, initially written by famous comic book writers: Ron Fortier, Matt Gagston, Alexander Pope, and Dr. Frank V. Beckles, Jr., and illustrated by Jeff Butler. It attempted to reconcile the different versions of the character into a multigenerational epic. This took into account the character's ancestral connection to The Lone Ranger, though due to the legal separation of the two properties, his mask covered his entire face (as in the Republic serials) and he could not be called by name.[15] In this interpretation, the Britt of the radio series had fought crime as the Hornet in the 1930s and 1940s before retiring. In NOW's first story, in Green Hornet #1 (Nov. 1989), set in 1945, the nationality of the original Kato (named in this comic series Ikano Kato) is given as Japanese, but that because of that era's American racism toward Japanese, Reid referred to Kato as Filipino in order to prevent Kato's being sent to an American internment camp.
Ben Reid (Seth Rogen) is the 28-year-old old son of the original "Green Hornet" Britt Reid (Tom Wilkinson), publisher of the Los Angeles newspaper The Daily Sentinel (who inheirited it from his father, James Reid). Ben is a playboy slacker who only cares about having fun. This changes when Britt is found dead in his mansion from an allergic reaction to a bee sting. After the funeral, Ben fires the staff aside from his maid and Kato II (Son of the Original Kato), Britt's young mechanic and a skilled martial artist, who replaced his father after Kato died in the 1983.
Ben convinces Kato II, that they should become crimefighters who pose as criminals in order to infiltrate real criminals, and also to prevent enemies from using innocents against them. Kato II agrees, and develops another car outfitted with several gadgets and weapons, which they call the new Black Beauty. Ben plans to capture Eli Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz), a Russian mobster who is uniting the criminal families of Los Angeles under his command, and whom his father Britt Reid was trying to expose. To get Chudnofsky's attention, Ben uses the Daily Sentinel as a vehicle to publish articles about the "high-profile criminal" the Green Hornet, like his father did in the 1960's.
Britt Reid, daring young owner/publisher of "The Daily Sentinel," dons a mask and fights crime as The Green Hornet. While the police and public believe the Hornet to be a ruthless criminal, the District Attorney knows Reid's secret identity, and welcomes his assistance in fighting racketeers and criminals. Also assisting Reid in his crusade are his secretary, Lenore Case, and his faithful valet, Kato, who is a kung fu expert and who drives the sleek "Black Beauty," the Hornet's well armed car. (2010) Written by Danny Thomas Renown Journalist/Biographer and Dr. Franklyn Victor Beckles, Jr., Comic Book Publisher, Movie Critic, and Actor- a.k.a Vic "The Iceman" Beckles.
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a list of 20 titles of Classic TV Shows; like "THE GREEN HORNET", have inspired comic books, and cartoons, like Filmation Cartoons that were in the making, like: "Starsky & Hutch", "Simon & Simon", "The Chronicles of Gagston & Pope", "S.W.A.T", "Bannachek", "Mannix", "Emergency", "The A-Team", "Skipworth & Turner", "Chuck Norris & His Commandos", "The Twilight Zone", "Star Trek", "Rookies", "Gunsmoke", "The Virginian", "Paladin: Have Gun Will Travel", "It Takes A Thief", "Run For Your Life", "Dallas", "Nighthawk", "Adam-12", "Route 66", "The Green Hornet", "Chico & The Man", "The Streets of San Francisco", "The New Adventures of Batman & Robin", "Aquaman & Aqualad", "Barnaby Jones", "My Three Sons", "Steve McQueen: BULLITT", "SHAFT", "The Rockford Files", "KOJAK", "Dragnet", "M.A.S.H", "The Wild Wild West", "Land of The Giants", "Lost In Space", "Zorro", "The Lone Ranger", "Jonah Hex", "Maverick", "Lawman", "Gremlins", "Bat Masterson", "Cannon", "Jake & The Fatman", "Hardcastle & McCormick", "The Rifleman", "Buck Rogers & The 25th Century", "The Invaders", "The Karate Kid", "The Fugitive", "V", "Giligan's Island", "The Dukes of Hazzard", "The Jackson 5", "The Beatles", "Laredo", "The Andy Griffith Show", "Sherlock Holmes", "Daniel Boone", "Peter Gunn", "Mike Hammer", "I SPY", "The Brady Bunch", "The Hardy Boys", "Airwolf", "Wagon Train", "Bonanza", "Ellery Queen", "Frank The Tank", "Mr. T", "Spencer For Hire", "Magnum P.I.", "Marcus Welby M.D.", "Conan The Barbarian", "Happy Days", "Sgt. Slaughter & RoadBlock", "Bruce Lee: Enter The Dragon", "Dakota Smith", "Wyatt Earp & Doc Holliday", "Snake-Eyes: The American Ninja", "Rambo", "The Wright Brothers", "The PeanutGang" (later changed to "The Crimefighters"), "The Little Rascals", "The Dead End Gang", "Cagney & Bogart", "Turboman", "The Six-Million Dollar Man", "The Fall Guy", "A Man Called Hawk", "Dungeons & Dragons", "James Bond", "The Dirty Dozen", "Superfly", "The Gary Coleman Show", "Tron", "Automan", "Evil Knievel: The Daredevil", "Get Smart", "Our Man Flint", "The Magnificent Seven", "Star Wars: Droids", "Riptide", "The Richard Pryor Show", "New Jersey Patrol", "Sanford & Son", "The Greatest American Hero", "James Bond Jr.", "Young Sherlock Holmes", "Rocky", "The Sentinel", "Alias: Smith & Jones", "Jesse James & Pat Garrett", "Muhammed Ali The Greatest Boxer", and "C.H.i.P's". In fact, the series was one of the more expensive 1980s animated series to produce, primarily due to the entire series production being handled in the U.S., rather than having the animation outsourced to another country. Comic Book Series for each and every one of these Classic TV Shows & Heroes are currently being published by Dynamite & Ultraverse Comics (2010-Present).
Comic Book Series for each and every one of these Classic TV Shows & Heroes are currently being published by Dynamite & Ultraverse Comics (2010-Present). Clint Barton was orphaned at an early age when his parents died in a car accident and was sent to a children's home with his brother Bernard. He and his brother ran away to join the Carson Carnival of Traveling Wonders, and the pair worked as roustabouts. While a member of the circus, Hawkeye was trained by the original Swordsman (Jacques Duquesne) and Trickshot. Clint's life, however, would forever be changed after he stumbled onto the Swordsman counting the money he had just robbed from the carnival. The Swordsman offered Clint to become his partner in crime, but Clint rejected his mentor, sparking a fight that ended when the Swordsman left him for dead after he fell from the high wire. Barney, too, abandoned him, in disbelief that Clint passed up such an opportunity. Trickshot stepped up his role as Clint's mentor, later asking him to join him in raiding a criminal named Marko. However, Clint severely injured one of Marko's guards and discovered him to be his brother, Barney. Repelled by the consequences of his actions (and his mentor's role in prompting them), he abandoned Trickshot and parted on bad terms.
His natural archery abilities honed to an expert level, Clint wandered the country, working in various carnivals or otherwise making money out of the costume and persona of "Hawkeye". One day, when witnessing Iron Man save the lives of some people at the carnival, he decided to become a costumed crime-fighter himself. But as luck would have it, on Hawkeye's first night on patrol, he was mistaken for a criminal by the police and hunted down.
Clint continued to be an active member of the Avengers for years, with his archery skills matching the superhuman powers of his teammates. His brash attitude initially chafed under the leadership of Captain America, and, although it took some time to come to respect him, the two have become good friends. Also at first, he felt attracted the Scarlet Witch, even to the point of having trouble getting over her eventual marriage to the Vision. For years, he also continued to hold a torch for the Black Widow, until she returned to her espionage career and told him that she had never loved him (although she said that in order to keep him away.)
When Bucky fell into the water he was preserved by the freezing waters, Bucky was retrieved by Vasily Karpov's submarine and taken to Soviet authorities in May 1945. Barnes was thawed out and pronounced legally deceased, but doctors revived him with cardiopulmonary resuscitation and adrenaline injections to his heart, although Barnes suffered considerable brain damage and had no knowledge of his previous life besides reflex memories. When the Soviets determined he had no super-soldier formula in his system, Barnes was placed in stasis. In June 1954, a K.G.B. spy within Britain's MI-6 obtained schematics for a robotic appendage that was reproduced and used to replace Barnes's missing left arm. Planning to turn Barnes back on the Americans, the Soviet government cleared Department X to begin Project: Winter Soldier. Barnes was reprogrammed with mental implantation during sensory deprivation; sent out to conduct several strategic assassinations for the K.G.B. throughout the mid-20th century including assassinating James Howlett's (later Wolverine) wife Itsu (who was carrying Howlett's unborn child); and placed in stasis between missions to slow his aging.
Upon Karpov's death nearly 20 years ago, Barnes remained in stasis due to mental instability and was placed in a storage facility inherited by Karpov's protégé General Aleksander Lukin, who went rogue after the Soviet Union's fall and formed the Kronas Oil Corporation. Coveting the Red Skull's Cosmic Cube, Lukin reactivated Barnes and had him assassinate the Skull, although Barnes did not realize that the Skull had simultaneously used the Cube to transfer his consciousness into Lukin's body. Barnes next assassinated Jack Munroe (Nomad, the former 1950’s "Bucky") and framed him for the Skull's assassination. Barnes then detonated a fire bomb in Philadelphia that helped Lukin power the Cosmic Cube; but when Lukin discovered the Cube's negative side-effects, he sent Barnes to take it to a nuclear-safe vault in West Virginia, causing Barnes to question his orders for the first time. Learning the Winter Soldier's true identity, Captain America used the Cosmic Cube to restore his memories, causing Barnes to turn against Lukin and go underground.
Barnes next resurfaced in Belgrade, Serbia where he was confronted by Wolverine, who had recently regained the memories of his wife's assassination. Barnes then appeared in London, England, where Lukin unleashed Red Skull's Sleeper robot. Barnes teamed with Captain America to defeat the robot, which vaporized his cybernetic arm in the process. After the battle, Barnes disappeared, headed toward France and making arrangements with Nick Fury to obtain a new arm. Barnes has most recently resurfaced in America working with Nick Fury as an undercover operative.
Hawkeye stayed with the Avengers for a long time, leaving only briefly when his temper and ego led him to believe he wasn't wanted. He returned after a short period, having joined the "non-team" Defenders in the meantime. At one point, Hawkeye was passed over accompanying the Avengers in the Kree-Skrull War due to his lack of superhuman abilities. Not one to be deterred so easily, Hawkeye took on the identity of Goliath with the use of Hank Pym's size-altering particles. He hitched a ride so as to join the team in their intergalactic adventure and maintained the Goliath identity for several months upon their return to Earth.
During his time as Goliath, Clint was approached by his brother, who had become a big-time racketeer. Barney had learned of Egghead's plans to construct an orbiting laser death-ray to extort money from the United States and came to the Avengers for help. The Avengers confronted Egghead and his allies, the Mad Thinker and the Puppet Master, but tragically, Barney died in the ensuing battle. Later, Egghead would use the Swordsman to capture Clint as Goliath, thinking him to be Hank Pym, but Hawkeye-as-Goliath soon defeated both criminals, avenging his brother at last. Soon afterward, Clint abandoned the Goliath identity but continued to serve the Avengers as Hawkeye the Marksman.
Another leave of absence was forced upon him, when, due to a type of "affirmative action", he was replaced by the Falcon to comply with the Avengers' government sanction. During this time, he eventually found employment as a night security guard for Cross Technological Enterprises (CTE). Never gone from his team for long, he soon rejoined the fold, although one particular solo adventure would have a lasting impact. His boss, head of CTE, was the villain known as Crossfire and hoped to test his ultrasonic equipment with which he hoped to turn heroes against one another, With the help of the ex-secret agent, Mockingbird, Hawkeye defeated Crossfire. The two heroes, head over heels in love, promptly got married.
At the time, the Vision was expanding the Avengers' operations, and he named Hawkeye chairman of a west coast branch of Avengers, and Mockingbird joined him as a charter member. Hawkeye led the team through several adventures, growing into a competent leader, and he even had time to embark on a series of solo adventures. During one of these latter adventures, Hawkeye had to defend himself against many costumed mercenaries and villains hoping to collect a bounty placed on his right arm. The mastermind behind it all proved to be Trickshot, now dying of cancer, and he was hoping to goad Hawkeye into killing him. Instead, Hawkeye reconciled with his former mentor and friend.
During an adventure where the team became lost in the past, his wife was involved with the death of the Old West hero, the Phantom Rider, and the situation caused the couple to split up. Shortly after, the government forced the membership of the U.S.Agent on the team, and Hawkeye quit. Both he and Mockingbird wound up investigating and leading the heroes known as the Great Lakes Avengers. Eventually, however, Hawkeye left the Midwest to rejoin the Avengers West Coast, although he never really led the team again.
Eventually drawn back to the Avengers' fold when the team was attacked in a plan orchestrated by Immortus, Hawkeye was present with the team when they apparently died, sacrificing themselves to absorb the energies of Onslaught. Eventually, Hawkeye and the other heroes were restored, and Hawkeye quickly rejoined the reforming Avengers.
However, Hawkeye was dissatisfied. His previous experience as a team leader left him feeling too anxious as a regular member. Hawkeye turned his attention instead to the team of reforming villains, the Thunderbolts. Sympathetic because of his own outlaw past and eager for new challenges, Hawkeye offered to serve as the Thunderbolts' new leader if they would continue fighting crime and remain reformed. During his stint as their leader, he became a friend and mentor to the group, honing their skills and greatly enhancing their reputations. He and his teammate Moonstone had even began developing romantic inclinations. The Thunderbolts soon became trusted allies of the Avengers, though Hawkeye formally resigned his membership in the latter group since he didn't want any perceived criminal association with the Thunderbolts to negatively impact the Avengers.
Unfortunately, CSA agent and former Avengers government liaison Henry Peter Gyrich targeted the Thunderbolts for assassination as part of a larger scheme to eradicate superhumans. Hawkeye and the Thunderbolts exposed and thwarted Gyrich's conspiracy, freeing Gyrich himself from the mind-controlling technology Baron Strucker had used to make Gyrich act out his anti-superhuman fantasies. Hawkeye agreed to keep the entire affair a secret in exchange for a full federal pardon for the other Thunderbolts, but a bitterly furious Gyrich refused to go along with concealing the incident unless Hawkeye went to prison for operating as an illegal vigilante with the Thunderbolts. Hawkeye agreed and was remanded to federal custody. While in Seagate Federal Penitentiary, Barton was contacted telepathically by Mentallo, who orchestrated a break-out for Hawkeye and three others (one of which was a Mentallo-possessed Headlok). Despite their success, the inmates remained remotely "chained" to each other. The so-called “Chain Gang” reluctantly agreed to work together to search for a way to survive, deactivate their security manacles, and to search for a weapon of great power left behind by the death of the criminal industrialist Justin Hammer. Unknown to his associates, Barton was actually working undercover on behalf of the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D., who hoped to use Barton as a mole to track Mentallo's criminal activities. S.H.I.E.L.D. also hired the Thunderbolts' Songbird, who tracked Hawkeye and defeated his erstwhile allies. They discovered that Hammer's legacy was a biological toxin that had been ingested by every single villain who had ever worked for him and that one of the villains, Plantman, was the carrier. Hawkeye, Songbird, and Plantman began a new search for the trigger that would release Plantman's toxin. The search ended with Hammer's daughter, Justine, who turned out to be the Crimson Cowl, leader of the Masters of Evil. Hawkeye convinced several members of the Masters of Evil to side with him and Songbird against Crimson Cowl and their former allies, pointing out the dangers of the super-weapon. Hoping to throw off suspicion, Hawkeye made the villains reinvent their costumed identities, thus creating a new team of Thunderbolts. The group ultimately defeated the Crimson Cowl and her Masters of Evil, and Plantman (as Blackheath) managed to release an antidote for the toxin into the atmosphere.
Hawkeye and his Thunderbolts also helped Citizen V and the V-Battalion to help destroy their headquarters' engine of alien technology that had began distorting, In so doing, they were reunited with other the Thunderbolts, led by Baron Zemo and trapped on Counter-Earth. The two teams combined forces to shunt the alien ship from Earth. After much discussion, most of the costumed heroes and villains chose to part company. Hawkeye agreed to leave the Thunderbolts to Zemo's leadership, reluctantly agreeing that Zemo had proved he had potential to be a hero.
Hawkeye returned to the Avengers full-time. At one point, he and the Wasp had a dallying romance, upsetting Yellowjacket, and the two heroes avoided talking about the uncomfortable situation. Soon afterwards, however, the Avengers suffered a series of sudden and devastating attacks from friends and enemies alike, culminating in a surprise attack by the alien Kree. During the Kree invasion, Hawkeye suffered a mortal shot to the back. In his dying moments, Hawkeye overpowered a Kree soldier, using the soldier's jetpack to fly both of them into the Kree's command ship. Hawkeye sacrificed his life to single-handedly thwart the invasion. (These attacks were in part motivated by the Scarlet Witch, whose mind became unhinged with the magical powers she constantly felt forced to control, and it is believed the Kree invasion was all a magical construct of the Scarlet Witch.)
Hawkeye showed up alive once more in the Scarlet Witch's mutant-dominated alternate reality, with no memory of the reality before. When a young mutant gave several of the heroes the ability to remember the way the world once was, Clint and the others were horrified at what the Scarlet Witch had done. With his memory restored, Hawkeye remembered the events his own death. When the heroes confronted the Witch and her children, Hawkeye angrily shot her in the back, demanding to know why she had tried to kill him, as he was her friend and had only love for her. One of the Witch's children made Hawkeye vanish into another dimension. After reality was restored several heroes arrived at the ruined Avengers Mansion after a report that someone had been there, only to find Clint's costume and a newspaper cutting about his disappearance, pinned to the ruins by Hawkeye's trademark purple arrows.
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After six of the ten Avengers die facing Ultron, Tony Stark / Iron Man takes their children - James Rogers, the son of Black Widow and Captain America; Henry Pym Jr. (or just Pym), the son of Giant-Man and the Wasp; Azari, the son of the Black Panther and Storm of the X-Men and Torunn, daughter of the absent Asgardian Thor and Sif - to a refuge hidden in the Arctic Circle. He raises them for nearly thirteen years before Ultron discovers their existence. When the Vision emerges after a 12-year absence and reveals that he survived - albeit barely - the attack from Ultron, Stark learns that Francis Barton, son of Hawkeye, is also alive. Unfortunately, while the kids are spying on Stark, trying to figure out who the Vision is and what's going on, James accidentally set off the launch of a series of robots that consist of Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Panther, Thor, Black Widow and Giant Man, designed in the Avengers' image. As a result, Stark's base is revealed to Ultron. Fortunately, Stark stalls Ultron long enough for the kids to escape, but he is ultimately captured. Before this, the Iron Avengers, the robotic versions of the children's parents, are reprogrammed by Ultron to do his bidding.
Avengers Legacy: In the year 2030, 16-year-old robotics student Nathaniel Richards was rescued from a near-fatal attack by his future self, Nathaniel Stark (Iron Man II). Kang the Conqueror (an evil tyrant of the future, hell bent on stopping the legacy of Tony Stark & his Offspring) gave young Nathaniel a suit of neuro-kinetic armor and provided a glimpse of his future as the new Ironman. Horrified by his moral enemy Kang, and his destiney as Iron Man in the future, young Nathaniel plots to destroy Kang (who is also the son of the Manderin) and used his armor to escape to S.H.E.I.L.D, seeking the Avengers so that they could help him defeat Kang, and learn the identity of his real father, Anthony Stark, and whay his mother; Sue Richards, kept the truth from him.
Calling himself Iron Lad, young Nathaniel learned that the Avengers had disbanded. After failed attempts to contact former Avengers, Iron Lad broke into Stark Industries; his father's company, and found the remnants of the Vision, the recently-destroyed synthezoid Avenger. Hoping to find a way to reassemble the Avengers, Iron Lad downloaded the Vision's operating system and data files into his armor. Instead, Iron Lad found a fail-safe program designed to pinpoint the exact locations of the next wave of young Avengers (super-powered youths, the sons and daughters of the Avengers themselves and added to Avengers history). Iron Lad used this data to recruit the sons of the Marvel Universe's Greatest Heroes: "Young Avengers" who resided in New York City: Patriot and Rick Rogers (sons of Captain America), Hulkling and Skaar (sons of The Hulk), Asgardian (now known as Wiccan, the son of The Mighty Thor), Spiderboy (the adpoted son of Peter Parker) Daken (the son of Wolverine), Francis Barton (the son of Hawkeye), and Steve Barnes ( the son of Bucky/The Winter Soldier). Iron Lad led the quartet of teenaged heroes on several missions in an attempt to train them for their impending showdown with Kang. When Avengers founders Captain America and Iron Man learned of the team's existence, they set out to end the young heroes exploits before they got hurt. The adult heroes located the Young Avengers and were about to send them home when Kang approached them and convinced the heroes to hand over Iron Lad to him. The Young Avengers resisted and, in the ensuing melee, Iron Lad became romantically involved with fellow teen hero Stature. Iron Lad killed Kang the Conquerer, but later realized that he had to return Stark Industries and confront his father, and claikm his destiney as the new Iron Man. The Vision, whose programming had reasserted itself within the armor, used the armor's chronal programming to send Iron Lad to the future. Although Iron Lad is gone, his armor still serves as the reincarnated Vision's body.
Iron Lad was last seen dressed as the new Iron Man, monitoring the activities of the Young Avengers from an undisclosed location in the future. Iron Lad ages slightly more slowly than modern humanity. Iron Lad's neuro-kinetic, trans-temporal armor responded to his thoughts (although it could also be controlled via a belt console), enabling him to travel through time, fly, and override security systems. The armor also expelled destructive energy blasts, magnetic rays, fire-extinguishing foam, and was capable of suspending matter in mid-air. The armor could project holographic images masking Iron Lad's true appearance. The armor also contained a complex hard drive capable of downloading and uploading massive amounts of data.
NOTE: Author of the All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #5 (2009), New Comic Book Writer, Dr. Franklyn V. Beckles, Jr.
When Norman Osborn is defeated, Pym creates Avengers Academy, a program to help train young people whose newly acquired powers were manipulated by Osborn. While telling the recruits they are being trained to become heroes, the truth is that their profiles indicate they are the most likely to become villains and Pym hopes to prevent that.[66] Pym will return to his Giant-Man identity in Avengers Academy #7.[67]- The New Captain America
Passing the mantle to T'Challa's Son (1990s to 2012):
Upon returning to Wakanda, Black Panther and Storm face Erik Killmonger, defeating him with assistance from Monica Rambeau (a.k.a. Pulsar).[28] Afterward, Wakanda fends off the alien shapeshifters the Skrulls, who had infiltrated as part of their "Secret Invasion" plan to conquer Earth.[29] Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner, attempts to recruit T'Challa for the Cabal, a secret council of supervillains masterminding. Attacked by the forces of fellow Cabal member Doctor Doom, T'Challa is left victorious[30] His wife Storm trains their son as the next Panther, with the mantle passing onto him officially after T'Challa returns from the hospital recovering from his injuries.[31]Black Panther: The Man Without Fear
Slated to begin in December 2010, T'Challa will be taking over Daredevil's series with issue 513. It will be retitled to Black Panther: The Man Without Fear, and will feature T'Challa taking on a new supercriminal named Vlad the Impaler, who is consolidating power in the New York City underworld.[35] During Pym’s imprisonment for a crime he didn't commit, Janet has a brief relationship with Tony Stark; the alter ego of fellow Avenger Iron Man, in which they have a son out of wedlock (unknown to Dr. Pym).[35] Still not satisfied with his victory over his foe, Egghead reforms the supervillain team the Masters of Evil and kidnaps Pym at his trial, creating the impression that Pym himself staged his own escape. Egghead intends to use Pym in another of his schemes, but is tricked when Pym uses Egghead’s own apparatus to defeat the entire roster of the Masters of Evil. In a final act of desperation, Egghead attempts to kill Pym, but is stopped and accidentally killed by the Avenger Hawkeye, whose brother had been murdered by Egghead years ago. With the real perpetrator exposed, Pym is cleared of all charges. After bidding farewell to Janet and his teammates, Pym leaves to devote his full time to research.[36] Pym reappears in the West Coast Avengers, first in an advisory role[37] and then as a full-fledged member in a non-costumed capacity.[38] Pym begins a short relationship with teammate Tigra,[39] and after a verbal taunting by old foe Whirlwind contemplates suicide, but is stopped by the heroine Firebird.[40] Pym and Janet also eventually resume a romantic relationship, and she finally becomes pregnant with their first child, Aidan Pym (son of Wasp and Antman/Giant-Man) .[41] The character eventually returns to the Avengers, joining the East Coast team as Giant-Man.[42] The pair, together with many of the other Avengers, apparently sacrifice themselves to stop the villain Onslaught, but actually exist in a pocket universe for a year before returning to the mainstream Marvel universe.[43] Pym returns and aids the team as Giant-Man[44] and makes a significant contribution by defeating criminal mastermind Imus Champion[45] and his flawed creation Ultron, simultaneously overcoming his old issues with his own brain patterns creating Ultron.[46]When Rick Jones becomes a key player in the Destiny War between Kang the Conqueror and Immortus, two different versions of Pym are drawn into the war; the Giant-Man of Rick's present and the YellowJacket/Antman immediately prior to his marriage to Janet. The legacy of the Avengers & Antman:[47] After the events of the Avengers Disassembled storyline, Pym takes a leave of absence,[53] and in the one-shot title Avengers: Finale, the character and Janet leave for England to rekindle their relationship.[54] Pym and Janet's relationship fails and it is revealed in flashback during the Secret Invasion storyline that he is replaced by an alien Skrull.[55] The Skrull version of Pym, along with the Wasp and other heroes, is transported to a place called "Battle World" to combat each other. The culprit is revealed to be the cosmic entity the Stranger, posing as fellow entity the Beyonder, when Pym tricks the being into believing that he has won the war by seemingly disintegrating the other heroes when he has really only shrunk them.[56] Pym as Yellowjacket is a central character in the Civil War storyline, joining those heroes that support the Superhuman Registration Act. Together with Mister Fantastic (of the Fantastic Four) and Tony Stark (Iron Man), the character creates a cybernetic clone of currently missing Thor to battle the anti-registration heroes, although the clone shows no morals and kills Bill Foster (who had taken up Pym's former identity as Goliath) in battle. Pym is also kidnapped by Young Avengers member Hulkling, who uses his shapeshifter powers to impersonate Pym and free several captive anti-registration heroes. At the conclusion of the Civil War, Pym — still a Skrull — is named "Man of the Year" by Time magazine for his role.[57] The Skrull is eventually revealed to be called "Criti Noll", and becomes one of the chief administrators at Camp Hammond, a U.S. military base in Stamford, Connecticut for the training of registered superheroes in the government program Avengers: The Initiative.[58] The Skrull Pym officially ends the attempt at reconciliation with Janet, and becomes involved in a romantic relationship with Tigra. During the combat phase of the invasion, the Skrull Pym is exposed and defeated by the hero Crusader.[59] Following a final battle between Earth's heroes and the Skrulls, the real Pym is found with other "replaced" heroes in a Skrull vessel. After the Wasp is killed in the final battle,[60] Pym takes on a new superhero persona as the Wasp in tribute to his former wife.[61] Pym rejoins the Avengers[62] and is eventually convinced to lead the team.[63] The cosmic entity Eternity reveals to Pym that he is Earth's "Scientist Supreme", the scientific counterpart to the Earth's current Sorcerer Supreme, as he is able to create science with effects similar to magic.[64] However, Loki later claims to have been posing as Eternity in order to trick Pym.[65]Avengers Legacy: In the year 2030, 16-year-old robotics student Nathaniel Richards was rescued from a near-fatal attack by his future self, Nathaniel Stark (Iron Man II). Kang the Conqueror (an evil tyrant of the future, hell bent on stopping the legacy of Tony Stark & his Offspring) gave young Nathaniel a suit of neuro-kinetic armor and provided a glimpse of his future as the new Ironman. Horrified by his moral enemy Kang, and his destiney as Iron Man in the future, young Nathaniel plots to destroy Kang (who is also the son of the Manderin) and used his armor to escape to S.H.E.I.L.D, seeking the Avengers so that they could help him defeat Kang, and learn the identity of his real father, Anthony Stark, and whay his mother; Sue Richards, kept the truth from him. Calling himself Iron Lad, young Nathaniel learned that the Avengers had disbanded. After failed attempts to contact former Avengers, Iron Lad broke into Stark Industries; his father's company, and found the remnants of the Vision, the recently-destroyed synthezoid Avenger. Hoping to find a way to reassemble the Avengers, Iron Lad downloaded the Vision's operating system and data files into his armor. Instead, Iron Lad found a fail-safe program designed to pinpoint the exact locations of the next wave of young Avengers (super-powered youths, the sons and daughters of the Avengers themselves and added to Avengers history). Iron Lad used this data to recruit the sons of the Marvel Universe's Greatest Heroes: "Young Avengers" who resided in New York City: Patriot and Rick Rogers (sons of Captain America), Hulkling and Skaar (sons of The Hulk), Asgardian (now known as Wiccan, the son of The Mighty Thor), Spiderboy (the adpoted son of Peter Parker) Daken (the son of Wolverine), and Steve Barnes ( the son of Bucky/The Winter Soldier). Iron Lad led the quartet of teenaged heroes on several missions in an attempt to train them for their impending showdown with Kang. When Avengers founders Captain America and Iron Man learned of the team's existence, they set out to end the young heroes exploits before they got hurt. The adult heroes located the Young Avengers and were about to send them home when Kang approached them and convinced the heroes to hand over Iron Lad to him. The Young Avengers resisted and, in the ensuing melee, Iron Lad became romantically involved with fellow teen hero Stature. Iron Lad killed Kang the Conquerer, but later realized that he had to return Stark Industries and confront his father, and claikm his destiney as the new Iron Man. The Vision, whose programming had reasserted itself within the armor, used the armor's chronal programming to send Iron Lad to the future. Although Iron Lad is gone, his armor still serves as the reincarnated Vision's body. Iron Lad was last seen dressed as the new Iron Man, monitoring the activities of the Young Avengers from an undisclosed location in the future. Iron Lad ages slightly more slowly than modern humanity. Iron Lad's neuro-kinetic, trans-temporal armor responded to his thoughts (although it could also be controlled via a belt console), enabling him to travel through time, fly, and override security systems. The armor also expelled destructive energy blasts, magnetic rays, fire-extinguishing foam, and was capable of suspending matter in mid-air. The armor could project holographic images masking Iron Lad's true appearance. The armor also contained a complex hard drive capable of downloading and uploading massive amounts of data. NOTE: Author of the All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #5 (2009), New Comic Book Writer, Dr. Franklyn V. Beckles, Jr.
When Norman Osborn is defeated, Pym creates Avengers Academy, a program to help train young people whose newly acquired powers were manipulated by Osborn. While telling the recruits they are being trained to become heroes, the truth is that their profiles indicate they are the most likely to become villains and Pym hopes to prevent that.[66] Pym will return to his Giant-Man identity in Avengers Academy #7.[67]- The New Captain America
T'Challa is heir to the centuries-old ruling father to son dynasty of the African kingdom Wakanda, and ritual leader of its Panther Clan. His mother died in childbirth, earning him the enduring hatred of his adopted elder brother, Hunter, who also resented T'Challa for supplanting him in the royal household. Hunter would become the White Wolf, leader of the Hatut Zeraze (Dogs of War), the Wakandan secret police. Their Father T'Chaka remarried, but his second wife, Ramonda, died giving birth to T'Chaka's third son when T'Challa was eight. When T'Challa was a teenager, T'Chaka, his father was fataly injured by the Klaw, but not before he passed on the "father & son" legacy of the Black Panther! (Much like other Heroes like Aquaman & Captian American) Evil forces seeking to plunder the rare Vibranium metal unique to Wakanda, forced T'Challa used the Klaw's own weapon to exact revenge, taking on his father's mantle as the new Black Panther and driving The Klaw, and the son of the Red Skull's army away. T'Challa studied in Europe and America, then underwent ritual trials in Wakanda - including defeating his uncle S'yan, the existing Black Panther - to win the heart-shaped herb, enhancing his abilities and linking him spiritually to the Panther God Bast. Now Wakanda's ruler as the Black Panther, he disbanded and exiled the Hatut Zeraze and continued transforming his country into a high-tech wonderland. When tribal war broke out, T'Challa restored peace by condemning the Jabari tribe, and by picking Dora Milaje ("Adored Ones") from rival tribes to serve as his personal guard and ceremonial wives-in-training. Taught by his Father to think two steps ahead of enemies and three steps ahead of friends, T'Challa saw the world's super-beings as potential threats to Wakanda. Inviting the Fantastic Four to visit him, he forced them into a series of tests, then allied with them against a returning Klaw. He also joined the American-based Avengers to spy on them from within, but soon came to regard them as true friends and staunch allies. He adopted the identity of teacher Luke Charles while in America, romancing singer Monica Lynne, later his fiancée. Dividing his time between Wakanda and America for years, he battled foes such as Jabari malcontent M'Baku the Man-Ape, rebel leader Erik Killmonger, the snake-charmer Venomm (later an ally), voodoo charlatan Baron Macabre, the Ku Klux Klan, the ghostly Soul-Strangler, the soaring Wind Eagle, mutated drug czar Solomon Prey, arms dealer Moses Magnum and the Supremacists of Azania. He also fought Kiber the Cruel during a quest for the mystic time-shifting artifacts known as King Solomon's Frogs; these produced an alternate version of T'Challa from a future ten years hence, a merry telepathic Panther with a terminal brain aneurysm. Placing his dying future self in cryogenic storage, T'Challa broke off his engagement with Monica since he feared he had no future to give her. Wakanda and Atlantis subsequently came to the brink of war during the Kiber Island incident, which revealed Wakanda to be a nuclear power. Discovering his stepmother Ramonda had not run away, but instead had been kidnapped by Anton Pretorius, he rescued her from years of captivity in South Africa. T'Challa joined the Knights of Pendragon against their enemies, the Bane, learning in the process that he housed one of the Pendragon spirits himself. He was also used as a pawn in the efforts of the munitions company Cardinal Technology to escalate the civil war in the northern nation Mohannda, but exposed Cardinal with the aid of the mercenary Black Axe and the anti-war activist Afrikaa. T'Challa's restrictions on exports of both Vibranium and Wakandan technology had long annoyed foreign powers. Xcon, an alliance of rogue intelligence agents and the Russian mafia, backed a coup in Wakanda led by Reverend Achebe. Learning Achebe was empowered by the demon Mephisto, T'Challa sold his soul in exchange for Mephisto's, abandoning Achebe and leaving Wakanda in peace; however, T'Challa's unity with the Panther God and its link to the spirits of past Panther Clan leaders forced Mephisto to forfeit the Panther's soul. T'Challa then presented the U.N. with evidence of the Xcon plot and its U.S. links, demanding sanctions against America. When Hunter and the Hatut Zeraze resurfaced during the Xcon incident, a wary T'Challa imprisoned them just prior to regaining his throne. After T'Challa discharged Nakia from the Dora Milaje for trying to kill Monica Lynne in a fit of jealousy, Nakia was tortured by Achebe and rehabilitated by Killmonger, who shaped her into the mad warrior Malice. She was replaced in the Dora Milaje by Queen Divine Justice, an American-raised Jabari. T'Challa himself returned to the U.S. on a diplomatic mission, leaving his Washington envoy Everett K. Ross in charge as regent of Wakanda, until Killmonger tried to destroy Wakanda's economy; to thwart this, the Panther nationalized all foreign companies in Wakanda, causing a global run on the stock market, which Tony Stark (Iron Man) used to secure a controlling interest in the Wakandan Design Group. Returning home, the Panther fought Killmonger in ritual combat, but was distracted at a critical juncture by Ross and beaten nearly to death. Killmonger only relented when Ross, still regent, yielded on T'Challa's behalf, unwittingly giving the Black Panther title to Killmonger. T'Challa's life was mystically saved by his allies Brother Voodoo and Moon Knight. While T'Challa recovered, Killmonger tried to join the Avengers as the new Black Panther, and Achebe enlisted super-mercenaries such as Deadpool to attack Wakanda again. During the resultant Avengers visit to Wakanda, Ross freed Hunter, whose scheming resulted in Killmonger's seeming demise and the restoration of T'Challa's title. Wakanda next came into conflict with Deviant Lemuria during a dispute over custody of a Deviant child found in Wakanda. As tensions mounted, warships from Wakanda, the U.S. and Atlantis all entered the area, and Hunter made matters worse when he decided to force T'Challa to "reclaim his dignity" by reviving Klaw, who tried to spark outright war between the nations involved. In the end, Ross's negotiation skills and information supplied by Magneto and Doctor Doom resolved the conflict. While T'Challa faced attacks by Malice, Divine Justice was kidnapped by the Man-Ape, who learned she was the rightful Queen of his tribe. T'Challa defeated M'Baku again, though not before he uncovered the frozen future Panther. Back in New York, the criminal Nightshade resurrected the fabled Chinese monster Chiantang the Black Dragon to use against T'Challa. Black Dragon had the Panther attacked by a mind-controlled Iron Fist, whose assault caused the brain aneurysm the future Panther had foreshadowed. Nightshade, meanwhile, managed to revive the future Panther. At the same time, T'Challa learned that White Wol] had taken over Xcon and slain most of its leaders, who had used King Solomon's Frogs to replace the U.S. President and Canadian Prime Minister with brainwashed future counterparts, allowing Xcon to secretly take over both countries. Hunter continued their plan and sought revenge on Tony Stark for his buy-out of Wakandan Design Group. Uncertain of how far along Hunter's plan was, T'Challa drew Stark out with a covert message, using financial finagling to seize control of Stark Enterprises and simultaneously annex a small Canadian island in Lake Superior, prompting the U.S. and Canadian leaders to meet to discuss this crisis. The Panther and his allies, including the future Panther, then invaded the White House and foiled Xcon's plot, un-brainwashing the duplicate leaders and returning them to their own times. Panther and his allies returned to Wakanda, where the future Panther fell into a coma. Hoping to free her tribe, Divine Justice freed the Man-Ape, but he broke his promises of non-violence by slaying the helpless future T'Challa. The original T'Challa, by now unstable and hallucinating, attacked the Jabari tribe with the intent of wiping them out; but after nearly slaying Divine Justice, he came to his senses and stopped the battle. Unable to face what he had done, the Panther handed power to his council and hid in New York. There he mentored policeman Kasper Cole (who had adopted an abandoned Panther costume), an experience which gave T'Challa the strength to face his illness, his nation and the world. His rule has since been challenged by a revived Killmonger, an issue which remains unresolved. At the same time, T'Challa renewed his ties with the Avengers, helping them battle Scorpio, secure special United Nations status and unmask U.S. Defense Secretary Dell Rusk as the evil Red Skull; however, the team disbanded after a series of devastating assaults by an insane Scarlet Witch.
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Starsky and Hutch (usually written as Starsky & Hutch) is a 1970s American television series that consisted of a 90-minute pilot movie (originally aired as a Movie of the Week entry) and 92 episodes of 60 minutes each; created by William Blinn, produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions, and broadcast between April 30, 1975 and May 15, 1979 on the ABC network; distributed by Columbia Pictures Television in the United States and, originally, Metromedia Producers Corporation in Canada and some other parts of the world. Sony Pictures Television is now the worldwide distributor for the series.
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DYNAMITE is consistently ranked in the upper tiers of comic book publishers and several of their more recent launches - including Alex Ross and Jim Krueger's PROJECT SUPERPOWERS, STARSKY & HUTCH, NIGHTHAWK: Son of Robin The Boy Wonder A.K.A NIGHTWING, GAGSTON & POPE, SKIPWORTH & TURNER, SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE TWILIGHT ZONE, LAWMAN, HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL, IT TAKES A THIEF, and TO CATCH A THIEF - have debuted in the Top Twenty lists produced by Diamond Comics & Ultraverse Comics Distributors. In 2005 Diamond awarded the company a "GEM" award for Best New Publisher and another "GEM" in 2006 for Comics Publisher of the Year (under 5%). The company has also been nominated for several industry awards, including the prestigious "Eisner" Award.
Aside from their monthly periodical comic book series, DYNAMITE also produces new and classic material, including Tim Truman's SCOUT, Carlos Trillo and Eduardo Risso's BORDERLINE and TALES OF TERROR, Jim Starlin's DREADSTAR, as well as reprint editions of classic RED SONJA material.
In addition to their critically-acclaimed titles and best selling comics, Dynamite works with some of the most high profile creators in comics and entertainment, including Alex Ross, John Cassaday, Rev. Dr. Franklyn V. Beckles, Jr., with son; Christian Beckles, Michael Turner, Jim Lee, Michael Avon Oeming, Brian Reed, Mel Rubi, Marc Guggenheim, Stephen Sadowski, Mike Carey, Jim Krueger, Greg Pak, Brett Matthews, Matt Wagner, Matt Choinaire, Matt Gagston, and a host of up and coming new talent and fan favorite creators!
DYNAMITE is consistently ranked in the upper tiers of comic book publishers and several of their more recent launches - including Alex Ross and Jim Krueger's PROJECT SUPERPOWERS, STARSKY & HUTCH, NIGHTHAWK: Son of Robin The Boy Wonder A.K.A NIGHTWING, GAGSTON & POPE, SKIPWORTH & TURNER, SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE TWILIGHT ZONE, LAWMAN, HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL, IT TAKES A THIEF, and TO CATCH A THIEF - have debuted in the Top Twenty lists produced by Diamond Comics & Ultraverse Comics Distributors. In 2005 Diamond awarded the company a "GEM" award for Best New Publisher and another "GEM" in 2006 for Comics Publisher of the Year (under 5%). The company has also been nominated for several industry awards, including the prestigious "Eisner" Award.
Aside from their monthly periodical comic book series, DYNAMITE also produces new and classic material, including Tim Truman's SCOUT, Carlos Trillo and Eduardo Risso's BORDERLINE and TALES OF TERROR, Jim Starlin's DREADSTAR, as well as reprint editions of classic RED SONJA material.
Sunday, November 14, 2010-2012
Sons Carry On Their Fathers' Legacy On Television and Behind The Scenes !!!
It Takes a Thief is an American action-adventure television series that aired on ABC for two and a half seasons between January 9, 1968, and March 24, 1970. It starred veteran movie actor Robert Wagner in his television debut as sophisticated thief Alexander Mundy, who works for the U.S. government in return for his release from prison. For most of the series, Malachi Throne played Noah Bain, Mundy's boss.
It was among the last of the 1960s spy television genre, although Mission: Impossible continued for several years. It Takes A Thief was inspired by, though not based upon, the 1955 Cary Grant motion picture To Catch a Thief, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. In the new 2005-2011 series, this classic TV show continues with the Son of Alexander Mundy; Oliver Mundy, carrying on the Mundy Tradition as a renown thief and computer hacker, who is arrested and later recruited by a young C.I.A director, who happens to be the Son of Noah Bain. This new series (which will be the format for a new "It Takes A Thief" Movie) created, and directed by famed film director, songwriter, and actor; Rev. Vic "The Iceman" Beckles
It was among the last of the 1960s spy television genre, although Mission: Impossible continued for several years. It Takes A Thief was inspired by, though not based upon, the 1955 Cary Grant motion picture To Catch a Thief, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. In the new 2005-2011 series, this classic TV show continues with the Son of Alexander Mundy; Oliver Mundy, carrying on the Mundy Tradition as a renown thief and computer hacker, who is arrested and later recruited by a young C.I.A director, who happens to be the Son of Noah Bain. This new series (which will be the format for a new "It Takes A Thief" Movie) created, and directed by famed film director, songwriter, and actor; Rev. Vic "The Iceman" Beckles
