fiction.wikisort.org - CharacterNeon the Unknown is a fictional superhero from the Golden Age of Comic Books created by Jerry Iger for Quality Comics. Neon first appeared in a story penciled and inked by Lou Fine in Hit Comics #1 and was featured on the cover.[1] His stories ran in issues 1–17.[2]
Superhero created for Quality Comics
Comics character
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Publisher | Quality Comics (1940–1956) DC Comics |
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First appearance | Hit Comics #1 (July 1940) |
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Created by | Jerry Iger |
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Alter ego | Thomas "Tom" Corbett Colin Nomi |
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Species | Metahuman |
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Team affiliations | Tom Corbet: All-Star Squadron; Freedom Fighters Colin Nomi: The Unexpected |
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Abilities | Tom Corbet: Flight on a spiral of light, fires "neonic blasts" from hands Colin Nomi: Create or manipulate matter, occultism, regeneration, teleportation |
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Like many characters owned by that company, he was later bought by DC Comics after Quality ceased operations.
Fictional character biography
Tom Corbet is a member of the Foreign Legion. While pursuing an enemy across the desert, his entire unit dies of dehydration. Surely he would have suffered the same fate if he hadn't found a magical oasis at the last second. Corbet drinks the glowing water and is transformed into Neon the Unknown, with the ability to fly and shoot energy from his hands.[3]
According to Jess Nevins' Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes, "he uses his power to kill an attacking tiger, stop a would-be world conqueror, and go on to fight crime and evil and the Germans, as well as Darmus the Wizard, the Tibetan Four Lamas, a "Batzi" scientist who drops "insanity spores" on the United States, and the scientist Fritz Cardiff and his invisibility ray".[4]
On December 7, 1941, Neon is recruited by Uncle Sam to be a member of the Freedom Fighters, along with several other Quality Comics heroes, and defend Pearl Harbor from the Japanese attack.[5] He, Uncle Sam, Miss America, Hourman, Invisible Hood, Magno, and Red Torpedo fight valiantly. All but Uncle Sam is seemingly killed.[6]
As of 2008 Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters mini-series, Neon is revealed to be alive and has been living at his magical oasis (Magno is the only superhero who appears to have actually died in the defense of Pearl Harbor).
The new Neon
Called upon during a major crisis hitting the reformed Freedom Fighters, Tom Corbet is confronted by Langford Terrill, the former Ray.[7] Now warped into a more powerful glowing form but more detached from humanity, Corbet refuses his help but lets Terrill drink from his magical oasis. Adding his light-based powers to Neon's energies, Langford Terrill is now empowered as the new Neon the Unknown.
DC Rebirth
In DC Rebirth's The Unexpected, Neon the Unknown (real name Colin Nomi) is now a famous painter and a bisexual man, appearing first in Supergirl #20. Desiring more inspiration for his work, Colin performed a ritual to evoke the Fires of Creation, which resulted in him acquiring great powers to create or manipulate matter but in exchange for his vision and the lives of his friends. Colin set out on a journey of redemption as Neon the Unknown, and eventually he met up with two others on paths of redemption calling themselves Viking Judge and the Ascendant. The three of them formed The Unexpected, defenders of the Multiverse.[8] His ability to change things - although not destroy them - is seemingly limitless, as, in the end, he even transforms the terrifying hypervampire Mandrakk the Dark Monitor into a predator who no longer feeds on life, but death, forcing him into exile in the Dark Multiverse.[9]
Reception
In The Steranko History of Comics, historian Jim Steranko has harsh words for the strip: "The art for Neon... was extremely competent but the concepts and scripts were uninspired and threadbare".[10]
References
- Benton, Mike (1992). Superhero Comics of the Golden Age: The Illustrated History. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company. p. 167. ISBN 0-87833-808-X. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- Koolman, Mike; Amash, Jim (2011). The Quality Companion. TwoMorrows Publishing. pp. 156–157. ISBN 978-1605490373.
- Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 351. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
- Nevins, Jess (2013). Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes. High Rock Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-61318-023-5.
- Thomas, Roy (2006). The All-Star Companion: Vol 2. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 978-1893905375.
- Greenberger, Robert (2008), "Freedom Fighters", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The DC Comics Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 131, ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1, OCLC 213309017
- "The Secret Origin of NEON THE UNKNOWN!". 18 August 2008.
- The Unexpected #2 (2018)
- The Unexpected #8 (2018)
- Steranko, Jim (1972). The Steranko History of Comics, vol 2. Supergraphics. p. 104.
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Enemies |
- Aryan Brigade
- Baron Blitzkrieg
- The Crusaders
- First Strike
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In other media |
- Freedom Fighters: The Ray
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See also |
- All-Star Squadron
- Quality Comics
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All-Star Squadron |
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- Roy Thomas
- Rich Buckler
- Jerry Ordway
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Allies |
- Arak
- Black Pirate
- Infinity, Inc.
- Marvel Family
- Captain Marvel
- Captain Marvel Jr.
- Mary Marvel
- Newsboy Legion
- Silent Knight
- Super-Chief
- Trigger Twins
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Golden Age of Comic Books |
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Ace Comics | |
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All-American Publications | |
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Centaur Comics | |
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Charlton Comics | |
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Dell Comics | |
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Fawcett Comics |
- Bulletgirl
- Bulletman
- Captain Marvel
- Captain Marvel Jr.
- Captain Midnight
- Dan Dare
- Hoppy the Marvel Bunny
- Ibis the Invincible
- Lieutenant Marvels
- Marvel Family
- Mary Marvel
- Master Man
- Minute-Man
- Mr. Scarlet
- Nyoka the Jungle Girl
- Phantom Eagle
- Pinky the Whiz Kid
- Scoop Smith
- Spy Smasher
- Squadron of Justice
- Sweethearts
- Uncle Marvel
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Fox Comics | |
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Harvey Comics | |
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Lev Gleason Publications | |
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MLJ Comics |
- The Black Hood
- Bob Phantom
- Captain Flag
- The Comet
- The Firefly
- The Fox
- The Hangman
- The Shield
- Super Duck
- The Web
- The Wizard
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National Allied Publications | |
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Nedor Comics | |
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Novelty Press | |
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Prize Publications | |
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Quality Comics | |
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Timely Comics | |
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Misc. |
- American Comics Group
- Anglo-American Publishing
- Atlas Publications
- Bell Features
- The Brain
- Johnny Canuck
- Nelvana of the Northern Lights
- Cardal Publishing
- Columbia Comics
- David McKay Publications
- DC Thomson
- Dynamic Publications
- Eastern Color Printing
- Buck Rogers
- Hydroman
- Phantom Magician
- EC Comics
- Elliot Publishing Company
- Fiction House
- Hillman Periodicals
- Holyoke Publishing
- Cat-Man
- Kitten
- Miss Victory
- L. Miller & Son, Ltd.
- Magazine Enterprises
- Maple Leaf Publishing
- Rural Home Publications
- Street & Smith
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На других языках
- [en] Neon the Unknown
[it] Neon lo Sconosciuto
Neon lo Sconosciuto, il cui vero nome è Tom Corbet, è un supereroe immaginario della Golden Age dei fumetti creato da Jerry Iger per la Quality Comics. Neon comparve per la prima volta in una storia disegnata e dipinta da Lou Fine in Hit Comics n. 1 e fu il protagonista di una copertina della stessa serie. Le sue storie andarono dal n. 1 al n. 17.
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