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Apollo (DC Comics), the Glossary

Apollo is a superhero who first appeared in the Stormwatch series, but is best known for his role in The Authority.^[1]

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Characters created by Bryan Hitch
Characters created by Warren Ellis
Stormwatch and the Authority characters
Wildstorm Universe superheroes

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe for Windows and macOS.

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Bryan Hitch

Bryan Hitch (born 22 April 1970) is a British comics artist and writer.

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Captain America

Captain America is a superhero created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby who appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Countdown: Arena

Countdown: Arena is a four-issue American comic book mini-series published by DC Comics.

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DC Comics

DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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DC Universe

The DC Universe (DCU) is the shared universe in which most stories in American comic book titles published by DC Comics take place.

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Dustin Nguyen (comics)

Dustin Nguyen (born 1976) is a comic book artist.

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Ed Brubaker

Ed Brubaker (born November 17, 1966) is an American comic book writer, cartoonist and screenwriter who works primarily in the crime fiction genre.

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Father Time (DC Comics)

Father Time is a supervillain in publications from DC Comics. Apollo (DC Comics) and Father Time (DC Comics) are dC Comics characters with superhuman strength and dC Comics metahumans.

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Flashpoint (comics)

Flashpoint is a 2011 comic book crossover story arc published by DC Comics.

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Freedom Fighters (comics)

The Freedom Fighters is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Gail Simone is an American writer best known for her work in comics on DC's Birds of Prey, Batgirl, Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja, and for being the longest running female writer on Wonder Woman to date.

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Gen¹³

Gen13 is a superhero team and comic book series originally written by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi and illustrated by J. Scott Campbell.

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GLAAD

GLAAD is an American non-governmental media monitoring organization.

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Healing

With physical trauma or disease suffered by an organism, healing involves the repairing of damaged tissue(s), organs and the biological system as a whole and resumption of (normal) functioning.

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Hell (DC Comics)

Hell (a.k.a. Gehenna, Hades, Hel, Jahannam, Sheol and Tartarus) is a fictional location, an infernal Underworld utilized in various American comic book stories published by DC Comics.

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Hellstrike

Nigel Keane, also known as Hellstrike, is a comic book superhero in the WildStorm's Stormwatch series, first appearing in Stormwatch #1. Apollo (DC Comics) and Hellstrike are Stormwatch and the Authority characters and Wildstorm Universe superheroes.

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Homosexuality

Homosexuality is sexual attraction, romantic attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender.

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Hypoxia (environmental)

Hypoxia (hypo: "below", oxia: "oxygenated") refers to low oxygen conditions.

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Jenny Sparks

Jennifer Sparks is a superhero in the Wildstorm comic book universe created by Warren Ellis during his 1997 revamp of the dwindling Stormwatch series. Apollo (DC Comics) and Jenny Sparks are characters created by Warren Ellis, dC Comics LGBT superheroes, fictional characters with electric or magnetic abilities, Stormwatch and the Authority characters and Wildstorm Universe superheroes.

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Justice League Queer

Justice League Queer, or JLQ, is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Apollo (DC Comics) and Justice League Queer are dC Comics LGBT superheroes.

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Lava

Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface.

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LGBT themes in comics

In comics, LGBT themes are a relatively new concept, as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) themes and characters were historically omitted from the content of comic books and their comic strip predecessors due to anti-gay censorship.

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Mark Millar

Mark Millar (born 24 December 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer who first came to prominence with a run on the superhero series The Authority, published by DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint.

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Martian Manhunter

The Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz) is a superhero in American comic books published by DC Comics. Apollo (DC Comics) and Martian Manhunter are dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, dC Comics male superheroes, fictional characters with energy-manipulation abilities and fictional characters with fire or heat abilities.

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Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the property of The Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023.

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In the DC Universe, a metahuman is a character with superpowers. Apollo (DC Comics) and metahuman are dC Comics metahumans.

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Midnighter

Midnighter is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books first published by WildStorm and later DC Comics once it absorbed the former. Apollo (DC Comics) and Midnighter are characters created by Bryan Hitch, characters created by Warren Ellis, comics characters introduced in 1998, dC Comics LGBT superheroes, dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, dC Comics male superheroes, dC Comics metahumans, dC Comics superheroes, fictional characters in a same-sex marriage, fictional gay men, Stormwatch and the Authority characters and Wildstorm Universe superheroes.

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Monarch (comics)

Monarch is the name of three fictional DC Comics supervillains. Apollo (DC Comics) and Monarch (comics) are dC Comics characters with superhuman strength.

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Mr. Majestic

Mr. Apollo (DC Comics) and Mr. Majestic are dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, dC Comics male superheroes, fictional characters with energy-manipulation abilities, fictional characters with fire or heat abilities and Wildstorm Universe superheroes.

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Neron (character)

Neron is a supervillain appearing in various American comic book stories published by DC Comics. Apollo (DC Comics) and Neron (character) are dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength and dC Comics superheroes.

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Northstar (character)

Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Apollo (DC Comics) and Northstar (character) are fictional characters in a same-sex marriage, fictional characters who can manipulate light and fictional gay men.

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Phil Jimenez

Phil Jimenez (born July 12, 1970) is an American comics artist and writer known for his work as writer/artist on Wonder Woman from 2000 to 2003, as one of the five pencilers of the 2005–2006 miniseries Infinite Crisis, his collaborations with writer Grant Morrison on New X-Men and The Invisibles, and his artistry for his 2021 critically acclaimed partnership with writer Kelly Sue DeConnick on Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons.

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Photosphere

The photosphere is a star's outer shell from which light is radiated.

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Quality Comics

Quality Comics was an American comic book publishing company which operated from 1937 to 1956 and was a creative, influential force in what historians and fans call the Golden Age of Comic Books.

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Ray (DC Comics)

The Ray is the name of four superheroes in the DC Comics Universe. Apollo (DC Comics) and Ray (DC Comics) are dC Comics metahumans, fictional characters who can manipulate light, fictional characters with electric or magnetic abilities and fictional characters with energy-manipulation abilities.

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Steve Orlando

Steve Orlando is an American comic book writer, known for his work for DC Comics writing characters such as Batman, Martian Manhunter, and Wonder Woman, and two series starring Midnighter, which were nominated for a GLAAD Media Award.

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Stormwatch (comics)

Stormwatch is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by WildStorm, which later became an imprint of DC Comics. Apollo (DC Comics) and Stormwatch (comics) are Stormwatch and the Authority characters.

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Superhero

A superhero or superheroine is a stock character who typically possesses ''superpowers'' or abilities beyond those of ordinary people, is frequently costumed concealing their identity, and fits the role of the hero; typically using their powers to help the world become a better place, or dedicating themselves to protecting the public and fighting crime.

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Superman

Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Apollo (DC Comics) and Superman are dC Comics characters who can move at superhuman speeds, dC Comics characters with accelerated healing, dC Comics characters with superhuman durability or invulnerability, dC Comics characters with superhuman senses, dC Comics characters with superhuman strength, dC Comics male superheroes, dC Comics superheroes and fictional characters with fire or heat abilities.

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The Advocate (magazine)

The Advocate is an American LGBT magazine, printed bi-monthly and available by subscription.

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The Authority is a superhero comic book series published by DC Comics under the Wildstorm imprint. Apollo (DC Comics) and the Authority (comics) are characters created by Bryan Hitch and Stormwatch and the Authority characters.

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The New 52

The New 52 was the 2011 revamp and relaunch by DC Comics of its entire line of ongoing monthly superhero comic books.

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The New 52: Futures End

The New 52: Futures End is an eleven-month weekly comic book miniseries, published by American company DC Comics from May 2014 to April 2015.

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Thor (Marvel Comics)

Thor Odinson is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Apollo (DC Comics) and Thor (Marvel Comics) are fictional characters with electric or magnetic abilities and fictional characters with energy-manipulation abilities.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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Vulnerability

Vulnerability refers to "the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally." The understanding of social and environmental vulnerability, as a methodological approach, involves the analysis of the risks and assets of disadvantaged groups, such as the elderly.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_(DC_Comics)

Also known as Apollo (Wildstorm), Apollo (comics).

, WildStorm, 52 (comics).

Apollo (DC Comics), the Glossary

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See also

Characters created by Bryan Hitch

Characters created by Warren Ellis

Stormwatch and the Authority characters

Wildstorm Universe superheroes

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