Batman Beyond (Batman of the Future in Europe, Latin America and Australia/New Zealand) was an animated television series created by WB Network in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy. The series is part of the DC Animated Universe; kicking off the future time period of Bruce Timm's still continuing universe. The show began in 1999 and ended in 2002 with 52 episodes and one Direct-to-Video movie under its belt, and there are no plans to revive the series in the near future. However, there was a short lived spin-off, The Zeta Pro ...

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• Batman Beyond - Story
• Batman Beyond - Episode Guide
• Batman Beyond - Project Batman Beyond
• Batman Beyond - Movies
• Batman Beyond - DVD releases
• Batman Beyond - Comics
• Batman Beyond - Spinoffs

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The story is set approximately forty years from the conclusion of The New Batman Adventures. Gotham City is a darker and more futuristic city, equipped with staggering high rises and hovering / flying vehicles. An aged Bruce Wayne is no longer able to fight criminal elements as he once did. During his last battle, hampered by age and a heart attack, he breaks with a lifelong principle by threatening a criminal with a gun to keep the upper hand. Shocked and dismayed at what he was forced to do, Bruce re ...

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Batman Beyond, Batman Beyond - Story, Batman Beyond - Episode Guide, Batman Beyond - Project Batman Beyond, Batman Beyond - Movies, Batman Beyond - DVD releases, Batman Beyond - Comics, Batman Beyond - Spinoffs

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In the context of fiction, the canon of a fictional universe comprises those novels, stories, films, etc. that are considered to be genuine (or "official"), and those events, characters, settings, etc. that are considered to have inarguable existence within the fictional universe. Usually items that are considered canon come from the original source of the fictional universe while non-canon material comes from adaptations or unofficial items. Generally, Expanded Universes are not considered canon, though there are exceptions wh ...

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• Canon fiction - Examples of fictional canons
• Canon fiction - Babylon 5
• Canon fiction - Beauty and the Beast
• Canon fiction - DC Universe
• Canon fiction - Doctor Who
• Canon fiction - Firefly/Serenity
• Canon fiction - Harry Potter
• Canon fiction - Highlander
• Canon fiction - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Canon fiction - James Bond
• Canon fiction - Macross
• Canon fiction - Marvel Universe
• Canon fiction - Mega Man
• Canon fiction - Metal Gear
• Canon fiction - Middle-earth
• Canon fiction - Mortal Kombat
• Canon fiction - The Prisoner
• Canon fiction - Resident Evil
• Canon fiction - Sherlock Holmes
• Canon fiction - The Simpsons
• Canon fiction - Sonic the Hedgehog
• Canon fiction - Stargate
• Canon fiction - Star Trek
• Canon fiction - Star Wars
• Canon fiction - South Park
• Canon fiction - Warhammer 40000
• Canon fiction - Other factors

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The Batcave is the secret headquarters of fictional DC Comics' superhero Batman, (the dual identity of millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne), consisting of a series of subterranean caves beneath his residence, Wayne Manor. Discovered and used long before by Wayne's ancestors as a storehouse as well as a means of transporting escaped slaves during the Civil War era, Wayne himself rediscovered them when he fell through a dilapidated well on his estate. Batcave - Use. Upon his initial foray into crime-fighti ...

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• Batcave - Use
• Batcave - Design
• Batcave - Memorabilia
• Batcave - Other Batcaves
• Batcave - Other Media

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Cartoon Network is a cable television channel created by Turner Broadcasting and dedicated to showing animated programming. It premiered on October 1, 1992 in the United States, and September 17, 1993 in the United Kingdom. Cartoon Network - History. Cartoon Network - USA. By the end of the 1980s, Ted Turner's cable TV conglomerate had acquired the MGM film library (which included the older catalog of Warner Bros. cartoons), and its cable channel Turner Network Television had ga ...

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• Cartoon Network - History
• Cartoon Network - USA
• Cartoon Network - United Kingdom
• Cartoon Network - Asia Pacific
• Cartoon Network - Special programming blocks
• Cartoon Network - Fridays
• Cartoon Network - Miguzi
• Cartoon Network - Toonami
• Cartoon Network - Adult Swim
• Cartoon Network - Preschool programming
• Cartoon Network - Live-action programming

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Invisibility refers to the state of an object which cannot be seen. An object in this state is said to be invisible (literally, "not visible"). The term is usually used as a fantasy/science fiction term, where objects are literally made unseeable by magical or technological means. However, its effects can also be seen in the real world, particularly in physics. Since objects can be seen by light in the visible spectrum from a source reflecting off their surfaces and hitting the viewer's eye, the most natural form of invi ...

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• Invisibility - Invisibility by Environment
• Invisibility - Invisibility in Physics
• Invisibility - Invisibility by Technology
• Invisibility - Invisibility by Magic
• Invisibility - Examples of Invisibility in Fiction
• Invisibility - Theory of Sight While Invisible

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Aquagirl is the name of several fictional characters who were superheros from DC Comics. Although there have been many different characters bearing the name, the most recognizable one is Aqualad's Atlantean girlfriend. Aquagirl - Lisa Morel/Aquagirl I. First Appearance: Adventure Comics Vol. 1 #266, November 1959 Lisa Morel was among several violet-eyed Atlantean children that were born unable to adapt to the watery world, and would soon die. To save them, they were ejected in wa ...

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• Aquagirl - Lisa Morel/Aquagirl I
• Aquagirl - Selena/Aquagirl II
• Aquagirl - Tula/Aquagirl III
• Aquagirl - Lorena Marquez/Aquagirl IV
• Aquagirl - Tula Kingdom Come
• Aquagirl - Other Media

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Warner Bros. Television is an American television production and distribution company, and is a subsidiary of Time Warner's Warner Bros. Entertainment. The division was started in 1955. In 1988, it acquired Lorimar-Telepictures. Telepictures was later absorbed into WBTV's distribution unit, and in 1990, came back as a TV syndication production company. In 1993, Lorimar Television was absorbed into WBTV. Warner Bros. Television - Partial list of shows produced and/or distributed by WBTV. MGM ...

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• Warner Bros. Television - Partial list of shows produced and/or distributed by WBTV

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An animated television series or cartoon television series is a television series produced by means of animation. A note on usage: The duration of an individual episode varies from series to series. While some series may be produced as complete half hour programs, many cartoons are produced as short subjects of 15 minutes or less. These cartoons are grouped and mixed together according to network programming demands. Thus a particular animated series may appear in a nu ...

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• Animated television series - 1940s
• Animated television series - 1950s
• Animated television series - 1960s
• Animated television series - 1970s
• Animated television series - 1980s
• Animated television series - 1990s
• Animated television series - 2000s

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Static Shock is an animated series starring Virgil Hawkins as Static, a teenage African American superhero with electromagnetic powers. It is based on a comic book series by Milestone Comics (an independently-owned imprint published by DC Comics). It debuted in September 2000 on Kids WB, and ran for four seasons, a total of 52 half-hour episodes. It was later picked up for rebroadcast by Cartoon Network, and airs on the Miguzi block. The series was itself the basis for a Game Boy Advance game of the same name, ...

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• Static Shock - Background
• Static Shock - Characters
• Static Shock - Virgil Ovid Hawkins
• Static Shock - Supporting characters
• Static Shock - Other heroes
• Static Shock - Villains
• Static Shock - Other Bang-Babies
• Static Shock - Episodes
• Static Shock - Season 1
• Static Shock - Season 2
• Static Shock - Season 3
• Static Shock - Season 4

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Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z List of television spin-offs - #. From 21 Jump Street (1987–1991) Booker From 60 Minutes 60 Minutes II (now 60 Minutes Wednesday) From 77 Sunset Strip Bourbon Street Beat Surfside S ...

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List of television spin-offs, List of television spin-offs - List of spin-offs, List of television spin-offs - #, List of television spin-offs - A, List of television spin-offs - B, List of television spin-offs - C, List of television spin-offs - D, List of television spin-offs - E, List of television spin-offs - F, List of television spin-offs - G, List of television spin-offs - H, List of television spin-offs - I, List of television spin-offs - J, List of television spin-offs - K, List of television spin-offs - L, List of television spin-offs - M, List of television spin-offs - N, List of television spin-offs - O, List of television spin-offs - P, List of television spin-offs - Q, List of television spin-offs - R, List of television spin-offs - S, List of television spin-offs - T, List of television spin-offs - U, List of television spin-offs - V, List of television spin-offs - W, List of television spin-offs - X, List of television spin-offs - Y, List of television spin-offs - Z

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Superhero Chronology - Pulp heroes. Doc Savage (1932) Kenneth Robeson / Lester Dent The Shadow (1938) The Avenger (1939) Kenneth Robeson Superhero Chronology - Newspaper comic strip. The Phantom (1936) Lee Falk Superhero Chronology - Comic book. * Note 1: Not Charles Wojtkowski, who also used the name Charles Nicholas [1] Superhero Chronology - Radio shows. The Gree ...

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Superhero Chronology, Superhero Chronology - 1930s, Superhero Chronology - Pulp heroes, Superhero Chronology - Newspaper comic strip, Superhero Chronology - Comic book, Superhero Chronology - Radio shows, Superhero Chronology - 1940s, Superhero Chronology - Newspaper comics, Superhero Chronology - Comic book, Superhero Chronology - Radio shows, Superhero Chronology - 1950s, Superhero Chronology - Comic Book, Superhero Chronology - Television, Superhero Chronology - 1960s, Superhero Chronology - Comic Book, Superhero Chronology - Television, Superhero Chronology - 1970s, Superhero Chronology - Comic Book, Superhero Chronology - Television, Superhero Chronology - Movies, Superhero Chronology - 1980s, Superhero Chronology - Comic Book, Superhero Chronology - Television, Superhero Chronology - Movies, Superhero Chronology - 1990s, Superhero Chronology - Comic Book, Superhero Chronology - Television, Superhero Chronology - Movies, Superhero Chronology - 2000 and beyond, Superhero Chronology - Comic Book, Superhero Chronology - Television, Superhero Chronology - Movies, Superhero Chronology - Sources, Superhero Chronology - Books, Superhero Chronology - Websites

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Ra's al Ghul - Early life. Ra's al Ghul's early life is told in the graphic novel Batman: Birth of the Demon (1992) by Denny O'Neil and Norm Breyfogle. Ra's al Ghul was born between six to seven hundred years ago to a tribe of nomads in a desert somewhere in Arabia, near a city whose inhabitants' ancestors had journeyed to the Arabian Peninsula from China. Ra's was interested in science from an early age. Unable to learn any science living as a nomad, he abandoned his tribe to live in the city, where he could conduct his scientific research. He became a physician and married ...

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Ra's al Ghul, Ra's al Ghul - Abilities and agenda, Ra's al Ghul - Biography, Ra's al Ghul - Early life, Ra's al Ghul - Building an empire, Ra's al Ghul - Daughters, Ra's al Ghul - Batman, Ra's al Ghul - JLA: Tower of Babel, Ra's al Ghul - Death and the Maidens, Ra's al Ghul - Other continuities, Ra's al Ghul - Other media, Ra's al Ghul - Animated roles, Ra's al Ghul - Batman Begins, Ra's al Ghul - Quotes

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Danny Phantom and Vlad Plasmius are also characters in Nicktoons Unite! (PC, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, DS) The Fairly OddParents The Fairly OddParents: Breakin' Da Rules (PC, XBox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance) The Fairly OddParents: Clash with the Anti-World (PC, XBox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance) The Fairly OddParents: Enter the Cleft (Game Boy Advance) The Fairly OddParents: Shadow Showdown (PC, XBox, Play ...

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List of video games based on licensed properties, List of video games based on licensed properties - Action, List of video games based on licensed properties - Brand Names, List of video games based on licensed properties - Children's, List of video games based on licensed properties - Comedy, List of video games based on licensed properties - Fantasy, List of video games based on licensed properties - Game Show, List of video games based on licensed properties - Horror, List of video games based on licensed properties - Music Groups, List of video games based on licensed properties - Professional Wrestling Brands, List of video games based on licensed properties - Sci-Fi, List of video games based on licensed properties - Superheroes/Comics

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Using methods from "zor" technology, a blade of pure energy is created. It is unknown how this energy only exists for a specific length to form a saber. The beam can cut through almost anything solid, except another (immaterial) lightsaber blade, the rare mineral cortosis, force-fields of various sorts, an alloy used in Magna Guards' electrostaves called phrik, Sith Swords and superconductors. Mandalorian iron is also known to resist the effects of a lightsaber, and very dense materials, such as heavy armor, have been shown to marginally slo ...

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Lightsaber, Lightsaber - Lightsabers in the Star Wars Universe, Lightsaber - Lightsaber Colors, Lightsaber - Lightsaber Types, Lightsaber - Lightsaber Forms, Lightsaber - History, Lightsaber - Training, Lightsaber - Blade characteristics, Lightsaber - Construction details, Lightsaber - Concordance of Fealty, Lightsaber - Lightsaber effects in the movies, Lightsaber - Lightsaber-like devices in other contexts, Lightsaber - Manga and anime, Lightsaber - Other comics, Lightsaber - Other literature, Lightsaber - Other movies, Lightsaber - Other animated TV and video series, Lightsaber - Games, Lightsaber - Lightsabers in reality, Lightsaber - Force FX Lightsaber, Lightsaber - Miscellaneous, Lightsaber - Spelling

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For his role of Luke Skywalker, Hamill was named Best Actor (Saturn Award) by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films in 1978 for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, in 1981 for Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and in 1984 for Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. On 11 January 1977, on the way to shoot one of the final scenes needed for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Hamill was involved in a car accident that caused damage to his face. An A&E Network Bi ...

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Mark Hamill, Mark Hamill - The original Star Wars trilogy, Mark Hamill - Animation, Mark Hamill - Other work, Mark Hamill - Trivia

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Though modern spacesuits and hard diving suits are likened to fictional depictions of Powered Armor, they are not due to the fact that they are not powered; it takes the wearer's own physical strength to articulate it. There has been some limited work on creating real powered armor, though the actual utility of such systems in combat is still in debate. The United States government agency Defense Advanced Research ...

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Powered armor, Powered armor - Factual Powered Armor/Exoskeleton Applications, Powered armor - External link

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Legend has it that in 1961, longtime magazine and comic book publisher Martin Goodman was playing golf with rival publisher Jack Liebowitz of DC Comics. a.k.a. National Periodical Publications. Liebowitz, according to the story, bragged about DC's success with the superhero team the Justice League of America, which had debuted in The Brave and the Bold #28 (Feb. 1960) before going on to its own hit title (premiere cover-date: Nov. 1960). Whether or not this mythic meeting actually occurred, Goodman, a publishing trend-follower aware of the JLA's strong sales, directed his comics editor, Stan Lee, to begin publi ...

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Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four - Publication history, Fantastic Four - Character history, Fantastic Four - Solo features, Fantastic Four - The Human Torch, Fantastic Four - The Thing, Fantastic Four - Characters, Fantastic Four - Heroes, Fantastic Four - Temporary Replacement Members, Fantastic Four - Allies/Supporting Characters, Fantastic Four - Antagonists, Fantastic Four - Comic book within a comic book, Fantastic Four - Other media, Fantastic Four - Animated Series, Fantastic Four - Video Games, Fantastic Four - Movies, Fantastic Four - Parodies and references, Fantastic Four - Footnotes

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Like Yoda, many details regarding Palpatine's past have not been revealed, making him an enigmatic character. [1] Few details of Palpatine's early life are known, although Palpatine was born on the eleventh day of the eighth standard month, in the year 82 BBY, apparently in the capital city, Theed of the obscure Mid-Rim world of Naboo in the Chommell sector. [2] [3]See also:

Palpatine, Palpatine - Biography, Palpatine - Abilities, Palpatine - Major themes and influences, Palpatine - Historical, Palpatine - Literary, Palpatine - Palpatine's name, Palpatine - The debate over Palpatine's appearance, Palpatine - Palpatine's influence on culture, Palpatine - Commentaries, Palpatine - Styles of address

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In 2005, a new version of Klarion starred in his own mini-series as one of the seven main characters in Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers of Victory. The new version of Klarion has no connection to the previous version, and is an inhabitant of an underground community known as Limbo Town, inhabited by the Puritan witch descendants of the lost population of Roanoke. Limbo Town is actually located beneath New York City's subway system. Being a rebellious sort, Klarion clashes with the controlling and pious Submissionary Judah, the religio ...

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Klarion the Witch Boy, Klarion the Witch Boy - Character history, Klarion the Witch Boy - As a Soldier of Victory, Klarion the Witch Boy - In other media

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