One of these personas is the actual comic book character of doctor solar from his childhood. Chris peruzzi is a comic book superhero historian who is passionate about how todays comic book heroes are the new mythology for america. A physicist whose name was actually solar, philip solar. Sunspot solar roberto da costa marvel comic character, sunspot.
Characters by power arranges characters by their superpowers or abilities. Newman, editor matt murphy, and artist bob fujitani. Solar valiant comics valiant comics database fandom. Introduced in 1969, he was the comic book sidekick of captain america, and absolutely historical for being the first africanamerican superhero.
Most boys names i like definitely fit right in, and a lot of girls names i like, too. A superhero formerly known as speedball, robbie baldwin is now known as penance, one of the most masochistic characters in comics. Find inspiration in these great names from classic comic books. You know how just about every hero or villain in the marvel universe got their. Doctor phil seleski a physicist, is involved in an accident while testing a new fusion reactor that he. One of the first characters i can remember from childhood was the human torch. Solar is an american fictional comic book superhero created by writer paul s.
Jim shooter brought back solar for his new valiant comics line. Solara is a fictional character created by electronic arts, in conjunction with marvel comics, in their first attempt to bring marvel heroes to a video game platform, marvel nemesis. Doctor solar by dennis calero comic bookcartoon characters. Baby names inspired by comic book characters babycenter. And the nice thing is that theyre not memorable for being strange or anything, just something about. Phil seleski is the superhero known as solar, doctor solar, or solar, man of the atom. Man of the atom they use the name phil seleski instead phil solar that is seen the gold. May 23, 2015 sunspot solar roberto da costa marvel comics. Superhero names are fun to come up with, and there is a superhero name for everyone. If shown, the year indicates when the book was first published. I know some people say it sounds like a comic book character as a negative but for me its positive. There has been more than one character called solar, but for this list, we.
Doctor solar is a comic book superhero originally published by gold key comics starting in 1962. Sunspot by gadrielx on deviantart marvel comic character, comic book characters, marvel. While many of these just didnt hit the market and impress readers, leading to their inevitable demise and relegation to the 10foradollar box, some were so incredibly racist, misogynist, or culturally and ethnically insensitive they stood out as examples of what not to do when creating comics. Distinction should be made between the power itself and the origin or source of that power. You cant get more on the nose with a name than radioactive man. Origin and career the hero shown above is doctor solar. On the movie end of things, anthony mackie stars as sam wilson in the multibilliondollar marvel.
It was johnny storm, the second character to use that name. First off, solar is his real name, man of the atom is his superhero name. Any character capable of lifting more than 800 lbs, in the marvel universe, is considered to have enhanced strength. Doctor solar is a comic book superhero originally published by gold key comics starting in a physicist whose name was actually solar, philip solar. Doctor solar, man of the atom archives volume 2 newman, paul s.
Characters that are in class 800 lbs 1,000 lbs level are at the peak of human potential, but not at the superhuman level. Characters with an immunity to a certain power will be included in a subcategory under that power, as with telepaths and telepathic immunity. Writers resources character name listsfind names for your characters. For gold key and dark horse publication of the character, please see doctor solar. These include novels, short stories, graphic novels and comic books. He is really not the most exciting of comic book characters and by this second. This list is comprised of some of the most recognizable names from fictional books. A fullfledged avenger, sam also actually became captain america in 2014, being handpicked by retiring steve rogers as his replacement. Of course these lists are flexible names can often be used either way looking for more help with character development.
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