Patricia “Patsy” Walker first appeared in Miss America Magazine #2 (November 1944).
Patricia “Trish” Walker, a former child star turned radio talk show host is portrayed brilliantly by Rachael Taylor.
Posts filed under Marvel Comics
Jessica Jones (aka Alias)
Jessica Jones (originally Jessica Campbell) first appeared in Alias #1 (November 2001).
The first season of the Jessica Jones series is coming to Netflix on November 20, 2015. The character will be portrayed by Krysten Ritter.
Angela (Angel or Asgardian)
Angela was originally a character from Image Comics. Her first appearance was in Spawn #9 (March 1993).
Angela was introduced into the Marvel Universe in Age of Ultron #10 (June 2013) after she is pulled from Heaven due to Wolverine damaging the Omniverse with multiple time travel trips.
Iron Man (The Iron Age)
Tony Stark’s alcoholism was revealed in the classic “Demon in a Bottle” storyline.
Tony later returns in another new armor and defeats Firepower.
Genis-Vell (The Next Captain Marvel)
Genis-Vell, or Legacy as he was known in his early appearances, first appeared in Silver Surfer Annual #6 (1993).
Genis’s next Captain Marvel series premiered in March 1999, featuring his journey to become the new Captain Marvel.
Moon Knight (Fist of Khonshu)
"who's Moon Knight?"
After risking his life to save the daughter of an archeologist, Marc “dies”, but comes back to life. He believes the ancient egyptian god Khonshu saved him so Marc would become his “fist of vengeance”.
Captain America vs The Captain (or Steve Rogers' trial by fire)
Steve quit the role he had created and filled since World War 2.
It’s also revealed that the Red Skull is alive, his mind now in a cloned body of Steve Rogers.
It is later revealed that the Commission faked the assassination to give John a new identity as Jack Daniels, the U.S. Agent who worked for them as their “Captain America”.
Gray Hulk
I’ve been trying to give my True Believers posts a personal touch, so let me tell you about MY favorite Hulk. I was talking to my All New Marvel Roundup & Superconnectivity cohost Charlie a few weeks ago and we discovered we shared a mutual fondness for the character of the gray Hulk. Gray Hulk? You thought the Hulk was green? The gray Hulk actually predates the green as he was gray in his first appearance in Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962).
Spider-Man and his Amazing Marriage
I miss Spider-Man’s marriage. Yes, that’s right, Spider-Man was married. To who? And where did she go? If you saw the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movies, you already know the who, Mary Jane Watson. And the how was a long time coming. Peter and Mary Jane Watson were introduced by their aunts. Although she is mentioned in previous issues, Mary Jane never actually appears (and meets Peter) until Amazing Spider-Man #42 (November 1966).
They dated off and on over the years, Peter would date Gwen Stacey until her death by the Green Goblin (Norman Osborn). Mary Jane would date Norman’s son Harry...
Thunderbolts (Justice Like Lightning)
The year was 1997. The Avengers and the Fantastic Four were missing presumed dead (they were in the midst of Heroes Reborn). The citizens of the Marvel Universe were scared. Who would protect them the next time Galactus or someone decided to attack? Spider-Man? Daredevil? Those untrustworthy mutants in the X-Men? Then a new team appeared. Their first mission was to battle a rampaging, now Bruce Banner-less Hulk in Incredible Hulk #449 (January 1997).
Daredevil: Man without Fear…of various different storylines
I’m sure if you're a Marvel fan and reading this blog that you either are in the midst of watching the Netflix Daredevil series or you binged watched it and you’re done. I’m not here to give any spoilers but instead to talk about some of the classic Daredevil stories in his monthly Marvel comic title. The following are some of the biggest Daredevil storylines that altered his life forever! The only order for these is chronologically when they happened:
In the beginning Marvel created the Bullpen and the Style.
In 1974 I had turned six years old. Like most six year olds, I was into Bozo, Saturday Morning Cartoons, and playing with whatever toys I could get my hands on. I was also a big fan of the old Batman TV series, a love that was passed down from my Dad. No one in my family or peer group was into comics or superheroes aside from my Dad’s interest in ’66 Batman. The only comic books I was exposed to at this age were a hard bound Batman collection that was on my Dad’s shelf and a well worn Sad Sack comic that I had probably gotten at 7-11 on a whim.
Quasar (Growing up with the protector of the universe)
October 1989. I remember it well. I was a shy, quiet, small boy of 11. Although the character of Quasar had been around for awhile already, appearing in the pages of such comics as Captain America, Defenders, Marvel Team-Up and Marvel Two-in-One, Quasar #1 was the first encounter I had with the hero. It was almost an accident that I discovered this series. I had seen an ad in a few other marvel books about how Wendell Vaughn by chance had become protector of the universe. I also went to one of the local newsstands (I had not discovered the direct market shops yet) and since there were no new issues of the few Marvel books I read at the time (Spider-man, Hulk, Fantastic Four), I paid the $1 for the first issue of Quasar...