Firebrand Archives 1941

Author : S. M. Iger
Publisher : John Davies
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Firebrand Archives (1941) by S. M. Iger Pdf

Published by Quality Comics from August 1941 to November 1942, Rod Reilly was the bored and wealthy socialite son of a steel tycoon, who decided to fight crime with his servant and friend, "Slugger" Dunn.Originally drawn by Reed Crandall, Firebrand appeared in Police Comics, issues #1 through 13, at which time his series was canceled. Firebrand's costume consisted of a transparent shirt and red pants, with a bandana mask covering the top half of his face. After DC purchased Quality Comics, Firebrand was largely left on the sidelines until 1981, when DC collected most of their '40s characters into the All-Star Squadron. At this time it was retconned that Rod had been injured in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and replaced by his sister, Danette Reilly. Rod Reilly later recovered and joined the Freedom Fighters. He was killed in a fight with the Silver Ghost, but that occurred only in a photocopied issue of Cancelled Comic Cavalcade, which was never released to public and thus unsure as to whether it is considered part of the current DC Universe. In Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. #12, it is strongly implied that Firebrand was killed by the Dragon King. In All-Star Squadron No. 5 (Vol. 2, 1981), Rod's sister Danette discovers that Rod is Firebrand while staying at his penthouse. Musing about Rod's relationship with his bodyguard, Slugger Dunn, she wonders "though what a confirmed bachelor playboy like my brother needed with a bodyguard, I never understood", and then finds a hidden closet that leads her to think that "from the look of these clothes, I didn't know my brother quite as well as I thought I did!" Powers and abilities An Olympic-level athlete and superb hand to hand combatant, Firebrand possesses no true super-powers, but he was personally trained by ex-heavyweight boxer "Slugger" Dunn to the height of physical perfection. 100+ page Firebrand stories compilation from Police Comics 1-13.

Author : Patricia Bell-Scott
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780679767299

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The Firebrand and the First Lady by Patricia Bell-Scott Pdf

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NOMINEE • The riveting history of how Pauli Murray—a brilliant writer-turned-activist—and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt forged an enduring friendship that helped to alter the course of race and racism in America. “A definitive biography of Murray, a trailblazing legal scholar and a tremendous influence on Mrs. Roosevelt.” —Essence In 1938, the twenty-eight-year-old Pauli Murray wrote a letter to the President and First Lady, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, protesting racial segregation in the South. Eleanor wrote back. So began a friendship that would last for a quarter of a century, as Pauli became a lawyer, principal strategist in the fight to protect Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and a co-founder of the National Organization of Women, and Eleanor became a diplomat and first chair of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.

Author : Warren Dean
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1997-04-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520919084

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With Broadax and Firebrand by Warren Dean Pdf

Warren Dean chronicles the chaotic path to what could be one of the greatest natural disasters of modern times: the disappearance of the Atlantic Forest. A quarter the size of the Amazon Forest, and the most densely populated region in Brazil, the Atlantic Forest is now the most endangered in the world. It contains a great diversity of life forms, some of them found nowhere else, as well as the country's largest cities, plantations, mines, and industries. Continual clearing is ravaging most of the forested remnants. Dean opens his story with the hunter-gatherers of twelve thousand years ago and takes it up to the 1990s—through the invasion of Europeans in the sixteenth century; the ensuing devastation wrought by such developments as gold and diamond mining, slash-and-burn farming, coffee planting, and industrialization; and the desperate battles between conservationists and developers in the late twentieth century. Based on a great range of documentary and scientific resources,With Broadax and Firebrand is an enormously ambitious book. More than a history of a tropical forest, or of the relationship between forest and humans, it is also a history of Brazil told from an environmental perspective. Dean writes passionately and movingly, in the fierce hope that the story of the Atlantic Forest will serve as a warning of the terrible costs of destroying its great neighbor to the west, the Amazon Forest.

Author : Kevin C. Kearns
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780717151608

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The Bombing of Dublin's North Strand by German Luftwaffe by Kevin C. Kearns Pdf

On the Whit bank holiday weekend of 1941, the neutral Irish capital was suddenly and inexplicably bombed by the German Luftwaffe. On a gloriously starry night four bombs fell, the last and most devastating at precisely 2:05 a.m. on 31 May. There was a thunderous explosion and the earth quaked. Tremors were felt as far away as Enniskerry and Mullingar. Panic and pandemonium reigned in a "city seized with fear". Destruction was astonishing – homes and shops in the North Strand were largely demolished, 2,250 buildings in the city suffered some bomb damage, over forty people were killed, about 100 seriously injured, many more wounded. Hospitals and morgues filled within hours. Almost 2,000 people were rendered homeless refugees. It would later be determined that in terms of destructive performance a monstrous "perfect bomb" had done the deed. For two-thirds of a century, no book was written on what the Evening Herald proclaimed a "Night of Horror". Later called a "seismic event" in Dublin's history. Finally, near the end of the century both the Irish Military Archive and Dublin City Archive declassified their documents on the bombing – some stamped "Secret" for sixty years. At last, the theories and myths long surrounding the mysterious incident would be examined in the light of real evidence. But the heart of a book on so human a tragedy is the oral historical testimony of survivors, rescuers and observers who provide graphic eyewitness accounts. This is a narrative social history of immense human drama.

Author : Kurt Weill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Operas
ISBN : UCSD:31822034062125

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The Firebrand of Florence by Kurt Weill Pdf

Author : Hugh Beattie
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781838600846

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Empire and Tribe in the Afghan Frontier Region by Hugh Beattie Pdf

Waziristan, a region on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, has in recent years become a flash point in the so-called 'War on Terror'. Hugh Beattie looks at the history of this region, examining British attempts to manage the tribes from 1849 until Pakistan's declaration of independence in 1947. He explores British attempts to divide the frontier region into separate British and Afghan spheres of influence. In the minds of British policymakers, this demarcation would secure the position of the Empire, and so Beattie highlights the various policy initiatives towards the frontier region over the period in question. Crucially, he analyses how the British perceived the local tribes, what constituted authority within tribal frameworks, and the military and political ramifications of these perceptions. As he also explores the contemporary relevance of this region, taking into account the resurgence of the Taliban in Waziristan, Beattie's analysis is vital for those interested in the history and security implications of the Afghan frontier with Pakistan.

Author : Tom Dardis
Publisher : Random House (NY)
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009749339

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Firebrand by Tom Dardis Pdf

The first full biography of Horace Liveright--the first modern book publisher--a charismatic, unconventional figure who forever changed the nature of publishing. Using letters, diaries, unpublished memoirs and interviews, Dardis has created a biography rich in the cultural history of our time and crowded with vivid personalities and fascinating events. Photos.

Author : Beth Brant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : American literature
ISBN : OCLC:1069476578

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A gathering of spirit : writing and art by North American Indian women by Beth Brant Pdf

Author : Tom Keene
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752483757

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Cloak of Enemies by Tom Keene Pdf

The Special Operations Executive (SOE), also known as 'Churchill's Secret Army' or the 'Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare', was born from Churchill's vision 'to set Europe ablaze'. It was formed to conduct espionage and sabotage in enemy-occupied territory as well as aid local resistance groups in their own irregular warfare. After D-Day, it played a crucial role in the liberation of Europe. However, Tom Keene's book reveals for the first time how close it came to never existing at all. Many saw SOE as a threat to the existence of MI5 and other intelligence agencies, and some in the armed forces refused to work with the new agency, fearing its broad remit and lack of experienced operatives... SOE, in turn, became ever more secretive, hiding detail's of their operations from anyone outside the agency. This backstabbing climate of rivalry, confusion and secrecy within the higher echelons of government not only nearly destroyed SOE, but also had tragic repercussions for the daring Commandos who took part in the legendary 'Cockleshell Raid'. Cloak of Enemies exposes the secret war in the shadows and backrooms of Whitehall during the Second World War and its far-reaching consequences.

Author : Historical Records Survey (U.S.). Rhode Island,Rhode Island Historical Records Survey Project
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Baptists
ISBN : STANFORD:36105046840125

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Inventory of the Church Archives of Rhode Island by Historical Records Survey (U.S.). Rhode Island,Rhode Island Historical Records Survey Project Pdf

Author : Noel Matthews
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Africa, West
ISBN : UCAL:$B461133

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Guides to Materials for West African History in European Archives by Noel Matthews Pdf

Author : Noel Matthews
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015049875498

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Materials for West African History in the Archives of the United Kingdom by Noel Matthews Pdf

Author : David Murray Horner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015027912032

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Crisis of Command by David Murray Horner Pdf

Author : Neal Gabler
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124067393

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Walt Disney by Neal Gabler Pdf

His classic films illuminated everyone's childhood. The theme parks are onvery tourist itinerary. The movie empire is one of Hollywood's biggestlayers. Walt Disney is one of the few men who unquestionably changed ourulture. Neal Gabler is the first author to have had complete access to theisney Archives, enabling him to write the definitive biography of thisemarkable man. It's a long book, as Disney's achievement was so huge, but aruly compulsive read. He shows how Disney built up his fledgling studio withhort cartoons featuring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, before quite simplyeinventing animation with full-length films like Snow White, Pinocchio,ambi and Dumbo. An astounding amount of work went into a film like "Fantasia" with whole crews working round the clock on a sequence a couple of minutesong - only for the obsessively perfectionist Disney to order it re-done.alt's profligacy and expansionism meant it was brother and business partneroy who kept the company solvent. Disney then moved beyond animation withuge successes like "Mary Poppins", and mixed utopianism and merchandising to

Author : Steven M. Avella
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 820 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015056509667

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In the Richness of the Earth by Steven M. Avella Pdf