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Series finale - 1960. Howdy Doody - Everybody in Doodyville packs up. As Buffalo Bob sings "The Goodbye Song," he changes the lyrics because the show has been cancelled. Then, Clarabell the Clown says: "Goodbye Kids"--the only words he spoke on the program. Series finale - 1963. Leave It to Beaver – June brings out the family scrapbook, and the Cleavers recall memories and ...

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Series finale, Series finale - Notable series finales, Series finale - 1960, Series finale - 1963, Series finale - 1966, Series finale - 1967, Series finale - 1968, Series finale - 1975, Series finale - 1976, Series finale - 1977, Series finale - 1978, Series finale - 1979, Series finale - 1980, Series finale - 1981, Series finale - 1982, Series finale - 1983, Series finale - 1984, Series finale - 1985, Series finale - 1986, Series finale - 1987, Series finale - 1988, Series finale - 1989, Series finale - 1990, Series finale - 1991, Series finale - 1992, Series finale - 1993, Series finale - 1994, Series finale - 1995, Series finale - 1996, Series finale - 1997, Series finale - 1998, Series finale - 1999, Series finale - 2000, Series finale - 2001, Series finale - 2002, Series finale - 2003, Series finale - 2004, Series finale - 2005, Series finale - Notable animated series finales, Series finale - 1990, Series finale - 1994, Series finale - 1995, Series finale - 1996, Series finale - 1997, Series finale - 1998, Series finale - 1999, Series finale - 2000, Series finale - 2001, Series finale - 2002, Series finale - 2003, Series finale - 2004, Series finale - 2005, Series finale - Notable shows that ended without a series finale

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From the time of his first appearance in 1959 onward, Mr. Freeze was portrayed as one of many "joke" villains (see also Killer Moth, The Mad Hatter) cast as stock enemies of Batman. Originally called Mr. Zero, the producers of the 1960's Batman television series renamed him Mr. Freeze (and portrayed Batman addressing him as "Dr. Schimmell"), and the name quickly carried over to the comic books. Nearly thirty years later, Mr. Freeze would owe even more to television. In Batman: The Animated Series, the "Heart of Ice" epis ...

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Mr. Freeze, Mr. Freeze - Character history, Mr. Freeze - Origin, Mr. Freeze - Powers and abilities, Mr. Freeze - In other media, Mr. Freeze - Trivia

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In Batman Beyond, Spellbinder is the alter-ego of Ira Billings; a part-time counsellor at Hamilton High. He wears a costume featuring a red and black swirl design, and uses a large floating 'eyeball', that allows him to project images into the minds of others using hypnosis. Spellbinder features in the following episodes of Batman Beyond: 'Spellbound' (Episode 09) ...

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Spellbinder DC Comics, Spellbinder DC Comics - Spellbinder in Batman comics, Spellbinder DC Comics - Spellbinder in Batman Beyond, Spellbinder DC Comics - Spellbinder in The Batman

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Mid-1990's, after a meeting of ABS-CBN top execs in the United States to form a channel, servicing an upscale market that ABS-CBN no longer servicing. Then ABS-CBN COO and President Freddie Garcia, the prime mover behind the project, conceptualized an English language UHF station - Studio 23. In 1995, Studio 23 came into actualization with the group of television pioneers composed of Leo Katigbak (Programming), Jojo Estacio (Programming and Acquisitions), Kai Rodriguez (Finance and Administrative), and Edson Aguiflor and Allan Coronel ...

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Studio 23, Studio 23 - History at a glance, Studio 23 - Studio 23 Today, Studio 23 - Studio 23's 9th Anniversary Celebration, Studio 23 - Slogans, Studio 23 - Audience Share, Studio 23 - Programming, Studio 23 - News and Current Affairs:, Studio 23 - General, Studio 23 - MYX, Studio 23 - Reality TV, Studio 23 - Sports, Studio 23 - Sports Specials 2005, Studio 23 - Canned, Studio 23 - External link

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Green Lantern (sometimes called The Green Lantern in the early days) was created by Martin Nodell and Bill Finger and first appeared in All-American Comics #16 (July 1940). This Green Lantern was Alan Scott, an engineer who had come into possession of a magic lantern. From this, he crafted a power ring which gave him a wide variety of powers, and which had to be charged every 24 hours by touching it to the lantern for a time. The one weakness of this power ring ...

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Green Lantern, Green Lantern - Publication history, Green Lantern - Awards, Green Lantern - Biographies of the Major Green Lanterns, Green Lantern - Golden Age Green Lantern Alan Scott, Green Lantern - Silver Age Green Lantern Hal Jordan, Green Lantern - Modern Age Green Lantern Kyle Rayner, Green Lantern - Other Green Lanterns, Green Lantern - Powers and abilities, Green Lantern - Television, Green Lantern - Regular roles, Green Lantern - Guest appearances, Green Lantern - Trivia, Green Lantern - Green Lantern oath, Green Lantern - Green Lantern parodies/references

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The New Batman Adventures was produced for The WB and started several years after Batman: The Animated Series had stopped production. The animation style was changed significantly from Batman: The Animated Series due to budgetary issues and to have the show more compatible with the smoother Superman: The Animated Series which TNBA would eventually air in tandem with as part of The New Batman/Superman Adventures. The show had a significant change in focus from the original series with episodes focusin ...

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The New Batman Adventures, The New Batman Adventures - Television series, The New Batman Adventures - The Batman Adventures: Lost Years, The New Batman Adventures - Episode list, The New Batman Adventures - The New Batman Adventures Season 1 September 1997-August 1998, The New Batman Adventures - The New Batman Adventures Season 2 September 1998-January 1999, The New Batman Adventures - Character list

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Static Shock - Title Character. Static - Virgil Ovid Hawkins - voice: Phil LaMarr - The main character is Virgil Ovid Hawkins, an African American high school student in the fictional city of Dakota. As a result of accidental exposure to an experimental mutagen in an event known as the Big Bang, he gained the ability to control and manipulate electromagnetism, and uses these powers to become a superhero named "Static". Countless others who were also exposed gained a wide variety of mutations and abil ...

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Static Shock, Static Shock - Background, Static Shock - Characters, Static Shock - Title Character, 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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Henry Rollins - Musical releases. 1987 Drive By Shooting 1987 Hot Animal Machine Henry Rollins - Spoken word releases. 1987 Big Ugly Mouth 1989 Sweatbox 1990 Live at McCabe's 1992 Human Butt 1992 Deep Throat 1993 The Boxed Life 1994 Get in the Van: On the Road with Black Flag (Audio Book) 1996 Everything (Audio Book)See also:

Henry Rollins, Henry Rollins - Discography, Henry Rollins - Musical releases, Henry Rollins - Spoken word releases, Henry Rollins - Black Flag releases, Henry Rollins - Rollins Band releases, Henry Rollins - Miscellaneous, Henry Rollins - Books, Henry Rollins - Film and video, Henry Rollins - Sources

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Hawkgirl appears in the animated Justice League series on Cartoon Network. This version of Hawkgirl, who fell in love with the Green Lantern, was a regular member of the Justice League throughout the series, but in the end was revealed as a Thanagarian advance scout/spy for an invasion force. In the last episode of the original Justice League series (the show continued in a new incarnation as Justice League Unlimited), she betrays the League and helps the Thanagarian invaders defeat them, but switches sides at the very last minute when the Thanagarian le ...

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Hawkgirl, Hawkgirl - Shiera Sanders, Hawkgirl - Kendra Saunders, Hawkgirl - Shayera Hol animated, Hawkgirl - Links

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Gross is perhaps best known for his role as "Steven Keaton" in the 1980s sitcom Family Ties (coincidentally, he was born on the same date as Meredith Baxter, who played his wife on the show), and as "Burt Gummer" in the Tremors movies series. His other television credits include Batman Beyond, ER, Law & Order, and two of its spinoffs: Special Victims Unit and Criminal Intent. ...

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Michael Gross actor, Michael Gross actor - Early life, Michael Gross actor - Career, Michael Gross actor - Private life, Michael Gross actor - Filmography

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She has existed, in one form or another, in folklore and myth in nearly all cultures. Some of the earliest examples include the Sumerian goddess Ishtar and the Biblical characters Lilith, Eve, Delilah and Salomé. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the femme fatale became ubiquitous in Western culture and can be found in the works of Oscar Wilde, Edvard Munch, Gustav Klimt, among others. This is likely to have been a reaction to women's movements and the changing role of women at the time. With the introduction of ...

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Femme fatale, Femme fatale - History, Femme fatale - Famous femmes fatale, Femme fatale - Fictional characters, Femme fatale - Mythology, Femme fatale - Historical figures, Femme fatale - Films

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Talia al Ghul - Early life. The graphic novel Batman: Birth of the Demon (1992) tells how her father Ra's al Ghul met Talia's mother, who was of mixed Chinese and Arab descent, at the Woodstock Festival. Talia's mother later died of a drug overdose. In her youth, Ra's took her traveling with him around the world. He taught her hand-to-hand combat as well as the use of most conventional weapons, from swords to guns. She helped him in the management of various organizations he controlled. ...

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Talia al Ghul, Talia al Ghul - In comic books, Talia al Ghul - Early life, Talia al Ghul - Batman, Talia al Ghul - Bane, Talia al Ghul - LexCorp, Talia al Ghul - Death and the Maidens, Talia al Ghul - Society of Villains, Talia al Ghul - Out-of-continuity son, Talia al Ghul - In other media

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Canon fiction - Babylon 5. The canon consists of the television series Babylon 5 and its later TV movies, the TV series Crusade, novels published by Dell and Del Rey/Ballantine, various short stories, and the Babylon 5 comic book published by DC Comics. This was decided by J. Michael Straczynski, who maintained a tight control on the expanded universe to ensure that nearly everything was canonical; going so far as to pen elaborate story-outlines hundreds of pages long for the novels' a ...

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Canon fiction, 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 Batman mythos also pits him against more ordinary enemies, such as mobsters like: Falcone family: Led by Carmine Falcone, aka "The Roman", and prominent in the storylines of Batman's early years, including Year One, The Long Halloween and Dark Victory. In the comics, as well as the feature film Batman Begins, the Falcone family and Carmine Falcone in particular are portrayed as having a massive amount of power and influence on Gotham City. Rupert Thorne: Prominent in the animated series, but als ...

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Enemies of Batman, Enemies of Batman - Major Enemies, Enemies of Batman - Minor Villains, Enemies of Batman - Mobsters, Enemies of Batman - Enemies created for other media, Enemies of Batman - Villains from comics in live-action media

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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 gained an audience with its film library. In 1991, they purchased animation studio Hanna-Barbera Productions and acquired its large library. The Cartoon Network channel was created as an outlet for Turner's considerable library of animation, and the initial programming on the channel consisted exclusively of re-runs of classic Warner Bros. and MGM cartoons, with many Hann ...

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Cartoon Network, 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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Over the years, there have been three short-lived TV animated series and two feature-length film adaptations (though one was never released, and is only available in bootleg) of the Fantastic Four comic book series. Currently, there is a new animated series being planned for 2006 (estimated). The Fantastic Four also guest-starred in the "Secret Wars" story arc of the 1990's Spider-Man animated series.

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Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four - Publication history, Fantastic Four - Character history, 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 - 1967 Animated Series, Fantastic Four - 1978 Animated Series, Fantastic Four - 1994-96 Animated Series, Fantastic Four - Video Games, Fantastic Four - Movies, Fantastic Four - Parodies and references

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Supporting characters of Batman - Robin. Robin: Perhaps Batman's most important allies have been several teenage sidekicks, all of whom had the title Robin (some of them advertised with the nickname "The Boy Wonder" or "The Teen Wonder"). Dick Grayson (1940): The original Robin, Dick Grayson has since grown up and become "Nightwing," continuing as an assistant and ally to Batman. Though he is now Bruce Wayne's legally adopted son, many writers have portrayed his current relationship w ...

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Supporting characters of Batman, Supporting characters of Batman - Supporting Characters, Supporting characters of Batman - Robin, Supporting characters of Batman - Other superheroes, Supporting characters of Batman - Non-superheroes, Supporting characters of Batman - Love interests

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Justice League - Silver and Bronze age. The original team first appeared in The Brave and The Bold #28 (1960) as a revival of the Justice Society of America (or "JSA") under a new, more dynamic name of "League" and soon gained its own title that same year. The creator was a writer named Gardner Fox, who was inspired by the Justice Society to create a similar, contemporary concept, and who decided upon the word "league" influenced by the National Football League and Major League Baseball. The artist for the first ...

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Justice League, Justice League - History, Justice League - Silver and Bronze age, Justice League - Modern age, Justice League - Origin of the JLA, Justice League - Related teams, Justice League - Awards, Justice League - Justice League parodies/references, Justice League - Other media, Justice League - Official links, Justice League - Unofficial links

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The Batcave serves as Batman's command center, where he monitors all crisis points in Gotham and the world. The cave's centerpiece is a supercomputer, whose specs are on par with any of those used by leading national security agencies, permits global surveillance and also connects to a massive information network as well as storing vast amounts of information, both on his foes and his allies. A series of satellite link-ups allows easy access to Batman's information network anywhere in the globe. The smart-systems are protected against unauthorized access, and any attempts to breach this security immediately sends an ...

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

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Using "frozen blaster" 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, 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 slow them down. I ...

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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

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Michael Rosenbaum - Television series. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (segment: "The Amsterdam Kids") The Rinky Dinky Show (550) Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane (1999-2000) (as Jack) Smallville (2001) (as Lex Luthor) Michael Rosenbaum - Films. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) The Day I Ran Into All My Ex-Boyfriends (1997) Urban Legend (1998) Eyeba ...

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Michael Rosenbaum, Michael Rosenbaum - Filmography, Michael Rosenbaum - Television series, Michael Rosenbaum - Films, Michael Rosenbaum - Animation, Michael Rosenbaum - Trivia

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First Appearance: Aquaman Vol. 1 #33 Tula being her real name, she lost her parents soon after her birth. She was found and adopted by one of the royal families of Atlantis. Given the title of princess of Poseidonis, Tula was schooled in Atlantean traditions. She never left the royal palace until she was 15, when she met Aqualad. The two were complete opposites from each other, but they fell in love regardless. Tula would sometimes help Aqualad with missions during his time with the Teen Titans, she also became an honora ...

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Aquagirl, 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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