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Despite her Irish-Catholic background, in her youth, Martha Jasmin Walia is a British Indian television personality, singer,[1] songwriter, actress and businesswoman. Early life and career beginnings Walia was born in Essex, United Kingdom. She was brought up in Essex. She has a younger brother named Danny Walia, who is a Chigwell-based businessman.
Her mother used to call her by the nickname "Sonam". While watching television, she used to imitate the actors in the lounge. She said in a session, "I used to sit there every Saturday night, performing "Over The Rainbow" to my dad, and he picked up the fact that I loved singing and enrolled me into singing classes.
A gathering of Batman's primary enemies from Gotham Underground 2 January Art by Jim Califiore. The Batman Family adversaries are a collection of fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. These characters are depicted as adversaries of the superhero Batman and his allies. Since Batman first appeared in Detective Comics 27 May , his supporting cast has expanded to include other superheroes, and has become what is now called the "Batman Family".
As with most superheroes, a cast of recurring enemies to the Batman Family have been introduced throughout the years, collectively referred to as Batman's "rogues gallery". The Batman Family's rogues gallery has been well received, considered by many journalists to be one of the greatest superhero rogues galleries in all of comics.
Super-villains and themed criminals T The following is a list of cast members and characters from the Transformers film series. Characters The following is a list of characters featured in the Transformers film series, distributed by Paramount Pictures, and its related media appearances. Over characters have appeared in the film franchise. Autobots In five films, 40 Autobots have appeared in the series.
By the end of Dark of the Moon, ten Autobots remained on Earth. Primes — The title of Prime was bestowed upon the civilian and spiritual leader of Cybertron. Among the known Primes are: Sentinel Prime voiced by Leonard Nimoy is Optimus' mentor, a member of th Are You Afraid of the Dark? It aired from to , and for a second run from to The original series was created by D.
MacHale and Ned Kandel and was picked up by Nickelodeon in MacHale, Kandel, and Nickelodeon teamed up with the Canadian company Cinar, and as a part of the deal the show was filmed in Richmond, British Columbia and in the Greater Montreal area of Quebec, including their suburbs.
The show was both a critical and commercial success, garnering numerous awards as the series progressed. The original American series is illustrated by Salvatore Murdocca, although other illustrators have been used for foreign-language editions. The series consists of two groups.
The first group consists of books , in which Morgan Le Fay sends Jack and Annie Smith, two normal children who are siblings from the fictional small town of Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, on numerous adventures and missions with a magical tree house. These books are longer than the previous 28, and some take place in fantasy realms like Camelot. Kathleen and Teddy are two apprentices who befriend Jack and Annie during their adventures, with one of these adventures being to free Teddy from a spell. The two occasionally joi He disguises himself in order to support the series' central heroines, the Sailor Soldiers.
Wearing a mask to conceal his identity, he interferes with enemy operations, offers the Sailor Soldiers advice, and sometimes physically aids them in battle. Like the Sailor Soldiers, Tuxedo Mask possesses a power item: He also has psychic powers, including psychometry and healing, which evolve and become important to the storyline in the manga, but which play only a minor role and remain static in the anime. Along with his primary love interest Sailor Moon, a significant player in much of the story, he has royal credentials in the "past life" storyline as well as in the future.
The Batcave is a fictional subterranean location appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. It is the headquarters of the superhero Batman, whose secret identity is Bruce Wayne, consisting of underground caves beneath his personal residence, Wayne Manor.
Essays on the Universe of the Dark Knight (): Kevin K. Riddle Me This, Batman! and millions of other books are available for Amazon Kindle. Editorial Reviews. About the Author. Kevin K. Durand is a math and physics professor and chair Riddle Me This, Batman!: Essays on the Universe of the Dark Knight 1st Edition, Kindle Edition. by Kevin K. Durand (Author, Editor), Mary K. Leigh (Editor).
The entrance was via a secret passage through a grandfather clock and included bats flying around. Bob Kane, who was on the movie set, mentioned this to Bill Finger who was going to be the initial scripter on the Batman daily newspaper strip. Finger included with his script a clipping from Popular Mechanics They are depicted as an ancient monastic, academic, meritocratic and paramilitary organization whose origin dates back approximately 25, years before the events of the first film released in the franchise.
The Jedi Order mostly consists of polymaths: The Jedi value knowledge and wisdom, adhere to slave morality, and serve others through acts of charity, citizenship, and volunteerism; this ideology is a recurring theme in the Star Wars universe. The Jedi denounce emotions as the root of mortal suffering; they believe fear, anger and love cause sentient beings to lash out in conflict and impede rational action to do what is right.
Their traditional weapon is the lightsaber, a device which generates a blade-like pla This is a list of fictional characters in the Kirby video game series developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. Kirby has appeared in over twenty games since and has starred in his own animated series. The Kirby series has sold over 33 million units worldwide. The core games of the series are platformers. The main games always have Kirby with the same basic abilities; he can walk, run, jump, float, and inhale and spit out or swallow his enemies.
Kirby also can spit water out of his mouth while underwater. Kirby also has ha Pictured from left to right: Art by Jim Lee.
The Batman supporting characters are a collective of fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics featuring the superhero, Batman, as the main protagonist. Since Batman's introduction in , the character has accumulated a number of recognizable supporting characters. Robin, Batman's vigilante partner, was introduced in the Spring of , Alfred Pennyworth, Batman's butler, was introduced in , and Barbara Gordon was introduced in Batman also forms strong bonds or close working relationships with other supe A Dark Lord is a stock character in fantasy fiction who is a powerful villain.
Dark Lord may also refer to: Fictional characters Dark Lord of the Sith, a title held by characters in the fictional Star Wars universe Morgoth, the principal antagonist of J. Darkseid, an alien despot from DC Comics. Historical postcard depicting Daughters of the American Revolution Hall located on the main campus American International College AIC is a private, co-educational liberal arts college located in the Mason Square neighborhood of Springfield, Massachusetts.
Amaron, who sought to create an institution of higher learning that would provide the local French Protestant minority with access to higher education. Academics The college offers undergraduate and graduate programs, including master's and doctoral degrees and certificates of advanced graduate study CAGS. There are three schools which focus on their respectiv Darth Vader is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. Star Wars creator George Lucas has collectively referred to the first six episodic films of the franchise as "the tragedy of Darth Vader.
After fighting a lightsaber battle with his former mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi in which he is dismembered, Vader is transformed into a cyborg. He then serves the Galactic Empire as Darth Vader until he redeems himself by saving his son, Luke Skywalker, and killing Palpatine, sacrificing his own life in the process. The character has been portrayed by numerous Likewise superficially, and frequently in ironic or contradictory ways,.. It is the first installment of Warner Bros. The film takes place early in the title character's war on crime, and depicts a battle with his nemesis the Joker. After Burton was hired as director in , Steve Englehart and Julie Hickson wrote film treatments before Sam Hamm wrote the first screenplay.
Batman was not greenlit until after the success of Burton's Beetlejuice Numerous A-list actors were considered for the role of Batman before Keaton was cast. Keaton's casting caused a controversy since, by , he had become typecast as a comedic actor and many observers doubted he could portray a serious role. A knight and his squire Wolfram von Eschenbach and his squire Codex Manesse, 14th century A squire cleaning armour A squire helping his knight, in a historical reenactment in A squire holds the warhorse of his knight, detail from monument to Sir Richard Stapledon d.
Use of the term evolved over time. Initially, a squire was a knight's apprentice. Later, a village leader or a lord of the manor might be called a squire, and still later, the term applied to key public figures, such as justices of the peace or members of parliament. In contemporary American usage, squire is the title given to justices of the peace or similar local dignitaries. An epithet from Greek: It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, divinities, objects, and binomial nomenclature. It can also be a descriptive title: In contemporary use, epithet often refers to an abusive, defamatory, or derogatory phrase, such as a racial[2] or animal epithet.
An epithet is linked to its noun by long-established usage. Not every adjective is an epithet.
An epithet is espe Credit for the Joker's creation is disputed; Kane and Robinson claimed responsibility for the Joker's design, while acknowledging Finger's writing contribution. Although the Joker was planned to be killed off during his initial appearance, he was spared by editorial intervention, allowing the character to endure as the archenemy of the superhero Batman. In his comic book appearances, the Joker is portrayed as a criminal mastermind. Introduced as a psychopath with a warped, sadistic sense of humor, the character became a goofy prankster in the late s in response to regulation by the Comics Code Authority, before returning to his darker roots during the early s.
As Batman's nemesis, the Joker has been part of the superhero's defining stories, including the murder of Jason Todd—the second Robin and Batman's war This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players.
It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories e. It also includes a list of nicknames of current Major League teams. Sports journalists, broadcasters and fans commonly refer to teams by a wide variety of nicknames.
Many of the names are so established that newspapers routinely use the names in headlines. Look up joker in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Joker, The Joker or The Jokers may refer to: Common meanings Joker playing card Jester, a person employed to tell jokes and provide entertainment Fictional characters In print Joker character , a DC comics multimedia character and supervillain featured in comic books, film, television, and video games, and arch-enemy of Batman The Joker comic book , a comic book featuring the character that ran — Joker graphic novel , featuring the character Joker comic strip , featured in the British anthology comics Knockout, Whizzer and Chips, and Buster Joker, a person with a harmful mutation in the Wild Cards shared science fiction universe Joe Carpenter or "Mr.
Because he can take it, because he's not a hero.
He's a silent guardian Nobleman, Marc Tyler Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman. The term appears on p. In Sklar, Elizabeth S. King Arthur in Popular Culture.
In Durand, Kevin K. Riddle Me This, Batman!: Essays on the Universe of the Dark Knight. A Dark and Stormy Knight. Schlegel, Johannes; Habermann, Frank The 21st Century Superhero: Essays on Gender, Genre and Globalization in Film. Sutherland, Jean—Anne; Feltey, Kathryn The character shaped the way we read comics and graphic novels, view motion pictures, and analyze the motifs of the Hero, the Anti-Hero and the Villain.
He has also captured the scholarly imagination, telling us much about our society and ourselves.
These essays examine how Batman is both the canvas on which our cultural identity is painted, and the Eternal Other that informs our own journeys of understanding. Questions relating to a wide range of disciplines--philosophy, literature, psychology, pop culture, and more--are thoroughly and entertainingly explored, in a manner that will appeal both to scholars and to fans of the Caped Crusader alike.
When They Were Boys: Lost Heroines of Golden Age Comics. Comic Codes Authority to police the moral valence of its content.