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'''The Eel''' is the name of several fictional characters: | '''The Eel''' is the name of several fictional characters: | ||
== The Eel by Karl Jones == | |||
[[The Eel]] is a character created by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)]]. | |||
== The Eel in Marvel Comics == | |||
The Eel is an alias used by two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first character to take up the identity was Leopold Stryke who first appeared in Strange Tales #112 created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko,[citation needed] while his successor, Edward Lavell, first appeared in Power Man and Iron Fist #92 (Apr 1983). Both Eels were at one point a member of the Serpent Squad even though the character they portray was not actually based on a snake. Neither Eel has ever been featured as a regular character in any of Marvel's ongoing or limited series. | The Eel is an alias used by two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first character to take up the identity was Leopold Stryke who first appeared in Strange Tales #112 created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko,[citation needed] while his successor, Edward Lavell, first appeared in Power Man and Iron Fist #92 (Apr 1983). Both Eels were at one point a member of the Serpent Squad even though the character they portray was not actually based on a snake. Neither Eel has ever been featured as a regular character in any of Marvel's ongoing or limited series. | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eel_(comics) Eel (comics)] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eel_(comics) Eel (comics)] @ Wikipedia | ||
== The Eel by Hugh B. Cave == | |||
The Eel is a pulp fiction character, a gentleman thief of "courageous action and questionable morals," created by Hugh B. Cave, writing under the pseudonym Justin Case. Short stories about The Eel originally appeared from 1936 to 1942 in the Spicy magazines issued by Culture Publications. Cave would later explain, in his foreword to Escapades of the Eel, that it was his admiration of author Damon Runyon that led him to write the adventures using "the same present-tense, first-person narrative style that marked so many of his great yarns." | The Eel is a pulp fiction character, a gentleman thief of "courageous action and questionable morals," created by Hugh B. Cave, writing under the pseudonym Justin Case. Short stories about The Eel originally appeared from 1936 to 1942 in the Spicy magazines issued by Culture Publications. Cave would later explain, in his foreword to Escapades of the Eel, that it was his admiration of author Damon Runyon that led him to write the adventures using "the same present-tense, first-person narrative style that marked so many of his great yarns." | ||
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File:The Eel.jpg|link=The Eel|[[The Eel]] escapes from the [[Nacreum]] -- again. | File:The Eel receives news from informants.jpg|link=The Eel's henchmen|[[The Eel]] receives [[The Eel's henchmen|news from informants]]. | ||
File:The Eel.jpg|link=The Eel|[[The Eel]] multiplexes himself, escapes from the [[Nacreum]] -- ''again''. | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:57, 11 August 2016
The Eel is the name of several fictional characters:
The Eel by Karl Jones
The Eel is a character created by Karl Jones (nonfiction).
The Eel in Marvel Comics
The Eel is an alias used by two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first character to take up the identity was Leopold Stryke who first appeared in Strange Tales #112 created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko,[citation needed] while his successor, Edward Lavell, first appeared in Power Man and Iron Fist #92 (Apr 1983). Both Eels were at one point a member of the Serpent Squad even though the character they portray was not actually based on a snake. Neither Eel has ever been featured as a regular character in any of Marvel's ongoing or limited series.
- Eel (comics) @ Wikipedia
The Eel by Hugh B. Cave
The Eel is a pulp fiction character, a gentleman thief of "courageous action and questionable morals," created by Hugh B. Cave, writing under the pseudonym Justin Case. Short stories about The Eel originally appeared from 1936 to 1942 in the Spicy magazines issued by Culture Publications. Cave would later explain, in his foreword to Escapades of the Eel, that it was his admiration of author Damon Runyon that led him to write the adventures using "the same present-tense, first-person narrative style that marked so many of his great yarns."
- The Eel (fictional character) @ Wikipedia
In the News
The Eel receives news from informants.
