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Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau: Biography, Facts and Career

Who is Henry David Thoreau? An evergreen, sourced profile: biography, key facts and career.

Otto von Münchhausen

Otto von Münchhausen: Biography, Facts and Career

Who is Otto von Münchhausen? An evergreen, sourced profile: biography, key facts and career.

Shirin Ebadi

Shirin Ebadi: Biography, Facts and Career

Who is Shirin Ebadi? An evergreen, sourced profile: biography, key facts and career.

Caroline Schelling

Caroline Schelling: Biography, Facts and Career

Who is Caroline Schelling? An evergreen, sourced profile: biography, key facts and career.

Ernst Schäfer

Ernst Schäfer: Biography, Facts and Career

Who is Ernst Schäfer? An evergreen, sourced profile: biography, key facts and career.

Friedrich von Hagedorn

Friedrich von Hagedorn: Biography, Facts and Career

Who is Friedrich von Hagedorn? An evergreen, sourced profile: biography, key facts and career.

George Eliot

George Eliot: Biography, Facts and Career

Who is George Eliot? An evergreen, sourced profile: biography, key facts and career.

Die Nilbraut book cover

Die Nilbraut: Book Guide, Author and Facts

Die Nilbraut by Georg Moritz Ebers: plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.

Trish Tilby comic character

Who Is Trish Tilby? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Trish Tilby (Marvel): A reporter who took special interest in mutant affairs, she was responsible for releasing the news on the Legacy Virus to the world. She also had a lo

Mr. Sinister comic character

Who Is Mr. Sinister? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Mr. Sinister (Marvel): Mr. Sinister is a supervillain originating from Marvel Comics. Nathaniel Essex was a 19th Century scientist that was genetically mutated by Apocalypse

Sauron comic character

Who Is Sauron? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Sauron (Marvel): Bitten at a young age by a mutant Pteranodon, Karl Lykos is an energy vampire forced to absorb the life out of victims to survive. If he absorbs the l

Siryn comic character

Who Is Siryn? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Siryn (Marvel): Theresa Cassidy is a mutant with sonic-based powers inherited from her father, Sean Cassidy a.k.a. Banshee. In honor and memory of her father, she too

Blob comic character

Who Is Blob? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Blob (Marvel): A common enemy of the X-Men and one of the most unusual mutants, who was de-powered during M-Day. His Age of Apocalypse counterpart has since replaced

Xorn comic character

Who Is Xorn? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Xorn (Marvel): Xorn is a mutant with a tiny star inside his head. After joining the X-Men, he became addicted to the drug Kick and began to believe himself to be Mag

Elizabeth Guthrie comic character

Who Is Elizabeth Guthrie? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Elizabeth Guthrie (Marvel): A sister of Cannonbal and Husk, and one of the many siblings of the Guthrie family

Beak comic character

Who Is Beak? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Beak (Marvel): Beak's mutation manifested at puberty, developing into a humanoid/avian hybrid much like the physiology found in flightless birds. He is amongst the n

Aurora comic character

Who Is Aurora? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Aurora (Marvel): Aurora, the twin sister of Northstar, was a founding member of Alpha Flight. She also suffers from dissociative identity disorder, which often causes

Northstar comic character

Who Is Northstar? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Northstar (Marvel): Twin brother of Aurora, Northstar is the haughty mutant speedster affiliated with the X-Men, though he was originally a member of Alpha Flight. He is

Thornn comic character

Who Is Thornn? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Thornn (Marvel): A former Morlock, Lucia Callasantos shares the same powers of her sister, Maria. She has overcome a life filled with tragedy and violence, and briefly

Leech comic character

Who Is Leech? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Leech (Marvel): A former Morlock and frequent friend of the X-Men. The green-skinned Leech was orphaned as a toddler. His parents left him to die when his mutations b

Skids comic character

Who Is Skids? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Skids (Marvel): Skids is a mutant who has the power to form force fields and was romantically involved with the mutant Rusty Collins before his death.

Mariko Yashida comic character

Who Is Mariko Yashida? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Mariko Yashida (Marvel): Known as Wolverine's true love, she was mercy killed by him after she was poisoned.

Kirika comic character

Who Is Kirika? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Kirika (Marvel): Kirika is the daughter of Wolverine and Mariko Yashida on Earth-295.

Black Widow comic character

Who Is Black Widow? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Black Widow (Marvel): Former KGB agent Natalia Alianovna Romanova, known as the Black Widow Natasha Romanoff, was trained by the top-secret Soviet brainwashing and training

Nick Fury comic character

Who Is Nick Fury? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Nick Fury (Marvel): Nicholas Joseph Fury served in World War II as the leader of the Howling Commandos. He later became an agent, and eventually director, of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Phil Dexter comic character

Who Is Phil Dexter? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Phil Dexter (Marvel): Retired S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and ally of Natasha Romanova the Black Widow.

John Wraith comic character

Who Is John Wraith? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

John Wraith (Marvel): John Wraith was a member of Team X during the Cold War, and later became a test subject for Weapon X. He was the team's extraction expert, using his t

Max Hunter comic character

Who Is Max Hunter? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Max Hunter (Marvel): origin, story and key facts about the character.

Question (Sage) comic character

Who Is Question (Sage)? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Question (Sage) (DC Comics): When Vic Sage, a television investigative journalist, encountered stories he couldn't investigate by normal, legal means, he donned a special mask (ke

Jimmy Olsen comic character

Who Is Jimmy Olsen? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Jimmy Olsen (DC Comics): Jimmy Olsen is a photojournalist working at the Daily Planet, as well as a close friend of both Clark Kent and Lois Lane.

Union Jack comic character

Who Is Union Jack? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Union Jack (Marvel): The son of a dockworker, Joseph Chapman became the costumed adventurer known as Union Jack. As a superhero, Union Jack is one of Britain's greatest de

Crossbones comic character

Who Is Crossbones? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Crossbones (Marvel): A ruthless mercenary who has operated as the right-hand man of the Red Skull as well as a member of the Skeleton Crew, Serpent Squad and, surprisingly

Purple Man comic character

Who Is Purple Man? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Purple Man (Marvel): A former spy, professional criminal, and would-be world conqueror, Zebediah "Purple Man" Killgrave is a master mind-controller with violet-hued skin.

Electro comic character

Who Is Electro? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Electro (Marvel): One of Spider-Man's most dangerous enemies, the electric human dynamo known as Electro has constantly been a major threat for the Amazing Spider-Man.

Count Nefaria comic character

Who Is Count Nefaria? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Count Nefaria (Marvel): Originally, Count Nefaria was just an ambitious Maggia Don who hired mad scientists and super-villains. Later, becoming super-powered himself. Luchino

Slug comic character

Who Is Slug? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Slug (Marvel): The successful business man and druglord for the Kingpin. He would be remembered as one of Marvel's largest and most abnormal villains.

Brothers Grimm comic character

Who Is Brothers Grimm? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Brothers Grimm (Marvel): The Brothers Grimm are two sets of twin supervillains who are brothers, They are an Enemy of Spider-Man, Spider-Woman and the Avengers.

Controller comic character

Who Is Controller? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Controller (Marvel): This mind sapping villain felt unappreciated and superior to other genius of his time like Reed Richards and Tony Stark. The man formerly known as Bas

Mr. Hyde comic character

Who Is Mr. Hyde? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Mr. Hyde (Marvel): Inspired by the famous novel, Zabo concocted a similar formula. Repeated use of this formula destroyed his sanity and turned him into a savage schizop

Foolkiller (Everbest) comic character

Who Is Foolkiller (Everbest)? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Foolkiller (Everbest) (Marvel): The first person to become the Foolkiller. He is a vigilante serial-killer on a mission to eliminate the amoral "fools" in society. There have been fi