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Composite Superman

The Composite Superman is a supervillain, an enemy of Superman and Batman. There have been several versions of the character; the original version first appeared in World's Finest Comics #142 (June 1964) and was created by Edmond Hamilton and Curt Swan.

Joseph Meach
Joseph Meach was a diver who had fallen on hard times. In an attempt to draw publicity to himself, Meach set up a water tank on a sidewalk in Metropolis and dove off a building. Unbeknownst to Meach, the tank was leaking and Meach would have died if not for the intervention of Superman. Upon learning of Meach's misfortunes, Superman obtained a job for him at the Superman Museum, where Meach was employed as a janitor. Meach's bitterness did not subside and being surrounded by mementos of Superman's career directed his anger towards Superman. One night, as Meach was sweeping in front of a series of statuettes depicting the Legion of Super-Heroes, a bolt of lightning struck the display. The statuettes (which were actually miniature lifeless duplicates of the Legionnaires) unleashed an energy blast that struck Meach, endowing him with the combined powers of the Legion members. Determined to defeat Superman, Batman, and Robin, Meach used his shapeshifting power to turn his skin green and form a costume that was half of Superman's costume and half of Batman's costume. Calling himself the Composite Superman, Meach left a message in both heroes' bases to meet him on a mountain. There, he told the heroes that if he was not allowed to join their team, he would expose their secret identities, which he had learned via telepathy. The Composite Superman then created situations for Superman or Batman to handle, but which he intentionally sabotaged to humiliate the heroes, then sorted them out himself. Superman and Batman's attempt to expose him by using robot duplicates failed, due to the Composite Superman's ability to read their minds. Just before Meach could reveal the heroes' secret identities, the powers he gained from the statues faded away. Meach tried to write down the secret of his powers in the Superman Museum, but his memory faded before he could finish (though he managed to write down about the lightning striking the statues, but nothing more).

A few years later an alien villain named Xan came to Earth to avenge his dead father, a criminal who had been imprisoned by Superman and Batman. Xan restored Joseph Meach's powers by recreating the original accident. Meach by this time no longer resented Superman and Batman, but the accident restored his memory and malevolence along with his powers. To symbolize his renewed purpose to kill the heroes, he used the powers of Sun Boy and Lightning Lad to destroy statues of Superman and Batman, leading to investigation by the duo. This time, the duo were able to deduce their enemy's identity, as they checked the museum employees who were not around when the Composite Superman was sighted. Superman then destroyed the Legion statuettes to prevent their foe from charging up again. The Composite Superman captured Superman and Batman by impersonating a chained Robin, then tried to kill the team by using his powers to simultaneously turn half of their bodies to anti-matter; Meach's powers (and resentment) wore off before he could accomplish this, but Xan appeared to finish the job, firing a lethal energy blast at the heroes with his Magna-Gun. The remorseful Meach intercepted the blast, dying instantly. A statue was made to honor Joseph Meach, saying that he "lived a villain, but died a hero".

Xan
Xan escaped from prison and traveled back in time to recreate the event that endowed Joseph Meach with his powers, but with himself obtaining the powers. Xan assumed the identity of the Composite Superman and displayed greater control over his powers and understanding over his weaknesses, such as timing his needed restorations of energy to maintain his power. Xan discarded the Composite Superman identity and created an original costume with the new name Amalgamax. Superman traveled to the 30th century to ask the Legion of Super-Heroes for assistance. Superman, Batman, and the Legion defeated Amalgamax by making him believe that the disease that killed his father had developed in him and that his excessive power was causing the disease to develop rapidly.

Composite
The Composite Superman's origin was reimagined as an early attempt of Professor Ivo's to duplicate the Justice League's powers by creating clones of the Justice League. It was only ever referred to as "Composite". Believing it to be a failure, Professor Ivo buried his creature in a field. The clones later revived themselves, merged into one being, and stole Superman and Batman outfits from a store, sewing half of each together. Acting as both Superman/Batman and their alter egos of Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne, the Composite creature kidnapped Lois Lane and Tim Drake in an attempt to live the lives of both of its counterparts. He was later attacking Metallo when Batman and Superman arrived, but the duo could not defeat him and he escaped. They tracked him down and told him if he wanted to be both of them, then go ahead. They told him of many crimes taking place and he could not decide whom to help first. Composite became unstable and ripped himself apart before they could help him.

Composite Man
Following the Zero Hour reboot of Legion history, the Composite Superman was removed from continuity. Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 4) #68 introduced a new villain called the "Composite Man", a Durlan who had the ability to duplicate any Legionnaire's powers and appearance. Rather than the clean, split-down-the-middle appearance of the Composite Superman, the Composite Man had a shifting mixture of costume elements from all the Legion members. Both he and his sister had been given these abilities by the Durlan government to be weapons and resented this. However, while she chose to make her own destiny, the Composite Man joined the Dark Circle to gain revenge on Durla.

Biography
On the planet Durla, there was a long cultural struggle between secular and religious movements. Before the formation of the United Planets, the Secularists of Durla created a program to produce living weapons through mutation. The goal was to acquire soldiers capable of not only mimicking the appearance, but also the function of any species.

When they lost their grip on power, the Secularists found their program deemed sinful by the theocratic government and the test subjects were imprisoned in crystals. During regular maintenance to keep the living weapons contained, one of the crystals was damaged and an unnamed Durlan mutant broke free, killing the entire priest class of Durla. The living weapon went in search of Durlan priest and Legionnaire Reep Daggle. When battling the Legion of Super-Heroes, the living weapon not only imitated the Legionnaires' abilities, but also parts of their respective appearances. The Composite Man met his end when Saturn Girl used her telepathy to shut down his mind, leaving him in a catatonic state.

Joseph Meach
In terms of abilities and raw power, the Joseph Meach version of the Composite Superman was one of the most powerful enemies Superman and Batman ever faced. He had all of Superman's powers, as well as those of Supergirl and the similarly-powered Mon-El and Ultra Boy. The Composite Superman also possessed numerous special powers, derived from various Legion members:
 * the ability to grow to giant size (Colossal Boy)
 * the ability to shrink (Shrinking Violet)
 * the ability to divide into three people (Triplicate Girl)
 * the ability to fire lightning bolts (Lightning Lad)
 * the ability to generate heat and light (Sun Boy)
 * the ability to make things super-lightweight (Light Lass)
 * the ability to make things super-heavy (Star Boy)
 * the ability to consume absolutely anything (Matter-Eater Lad)
 * invisibility (Invisible Kid)
 * the ability to inflate into a large ball (Bouncing Boy)
 * the ability to stretch any part of his body (Elastic Lad)
 * shapeshifting (Chameleon Boy)
 * telepathy (Saturn Girl)
 * 12th-level intelligence (Brainiac 5)
 * magnetic powers (Cosmic Boy)
 * x-ray vision (Ultra Boy)
 * the ability to transmute elements (Element Lad)
 * the ability to phase through solid matter (Phantom Girl)

Composite
Professor Ivo's version of the character was shown to possess the powers of Superman, Batman, Atom, Elongated Man, and Red Tornado.

Other versions
In Impulse #56, Crayd'l, a nanotech computer belonging to Bart Allen's archenemy Inertia, accesses Young Justice's files and uses information on Robin and Superboy to become a "Composite Superboy", with the half-and-half, green-skinned appearance of the original. Crayd'l intended to access information on the other members of Young Justice, but Impulse tricked him into downloading a music CD instead, turning him into Superboy's favorite rap artist.

In Superman/Batman #6, Hiro Okamura creates a spaceship in the form of a mecha version of the Composite Superman. In a more recent arc in Superman/Batman, a new Composite Superman/Batman was created when Mister Mxyzptlk merged the Supermen and Batmen of several alternate realities together. Startled to be joined together, Batman mentally exclaimed to Superman, "Clark, your mind races, I never knew"; Superman replies, "And yours, Bruce, is so dark". This ends at the battle's conclusion and all the Batmen and Supermen who did not "need to be here" were sent away, leaving only the normal DC Universe Superman and Batman.

In Superman and Batman: World's Funnest (2000), Mister Mxyzptlk fuses together Superman and Batman of the DC Animated Universe, in a black-and-white comic strip in the form of storyboard sketches.

The Silver Age Composite Superman is one of the "ghosts" in the empty "Planet Krypton" restaurant in The Kingdom: Planet Krypton #1.

Television
The Composite Superman made a cameo in the Justice League Unlimited episode "The Greatest Story Never Told", voiced by Susan Eisenberg. This version is an amalgamation of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, created by Mordru's magic.

Film
In the animated film Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, the Japanese Toyman built a mecha/ship to destroy the incoming kryptonite meteor. The ship's design (as in the comic) bears a striking resemblance to the Composite Superman.

Video games
The Composite Superman appears as a playable character in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, voiced by Travis Willingham.

Toys
DC Direct released a Composite Superman action figure in 2005, and a second one (based on the Superman/Batman Vengeance 5 version) in 2008.

Parodies

 * The Cartoon Network series Robot Chicken has parodied the Composite Superman in several episodes:
 * In "Easter Basket", a sketch about Christmas and Dragon Ball Z features the Composite Santa Claus (voiced by Christian Slater), a creature who is half-Santa Claus and half-Frosty the Snowman. The Composite Santa Claus, the Little Drummer Boy, and the Nutcracker were secretly hired by Mrs. Claus to overthrow Santa Claus and take over the North Pole, leading Santa Claus enlisting Goku and Gohan to help him. The Composite Santa Claus is killed when his snowman half is melted by the intense heat from a Kamehameha fired by Goku. The Composite Santa Claus's origin is shown in the episode "In a DVD Factory". A mad scientist (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) uses DNA samples of Santa Claus and Frosty the Snowman to create the Composite Santa Claus. The Composite Santa Claus shoots the mad scientist and his henchmen and goes on a rampage on Christmas. An anchorman reports that the Composite Santa Claus has been apprehended and is standing trial before a United Nations tribunal. In "Saving Private Gigli", the Composite Santa Claus is among the Robot Chicken characters assembled by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich to fight for Season 5 in the opening Saving Private Ryan parody of this episode. The Composite Santa Claus' snowman half is dissolved in water, while the Santa Claus half is bombarded by bullets. In "Fight Club Paradise", the Composite Santa Claus is one of the mad scientist's line of defense that the Robot Chicken had to fight through to rescue his wife. The Robot Chicken manages to defeat the Composite Santa Claus by beating him down the stairs with a baseball bat. In "Immortal", a sketch parodying The Cabin in the Woods, Composite Santa Claus is among those locked up in the cube cells.
 * The Composite Superman appears in the Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship, voiced by Jonathan Banks. He is accidentally summoned by Batman and Superman via the Flash's Cosmic Treadmill, and the two run off, arguing whether he should be named the Composite Superman or the Composite Batman. The Composite Superman uses the Treadmill as part of his plan to rule the multiverse. The Composite Superman and Superman fight using their heat vision, but succeed only in killing innocent bystanders. Batman suggests Superman attack the Batman side of his opponent's body, as it is human and, therefore, vulnerable. Superman repeatedly kicks the Composite Superman in the groin, only to discover the Composite Superman has "super balls". The attack proves to be enough of a distraction to allow Batman to jump onto the Composite Superman's back and stab his Superman side with a kryptonite batarang. This weakens the Composite Superman, allowing Superman to defeat him with a punch to his groin. As he collapses in pain, Batman mocks him, saying "I hope you learned your lesson", only for Superman to suddenly snap the Composite Superman's neck, killing him.

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Pacifico

Pacifico may refer to:

People

 * Pacificus of Verona (776–844), 9th century archdeacon of Verona
 * Pacificus (Pacifico), 13th-century follower of St. Francis of Assisi
 * Pacificus of San Severino (1653–1721), 17th-century saint
 * Pacifico Licutan (d. 1835), Brazilian Muslim slave involved in the Malê revolt

Sports

 * Club Deportivo Pacífico FC, a Peruvian football club
 * Pacífico F.C., a defunct Colombian football club

Transport

 * Pacífico (Madrid Metro), metro stop on Lines 1 and 6 of the Madrid Metro

Brands and businesses

 * Pacifico Yokohama, a convention center in Japan
 * Pacífico (beer), a Mexican pilsner beer originally brewed in Mazatlán, Sinaloa

Music

 * Pacifico (singer), an Italian singer-songwriter, composer and musician

Albums

 * Pacifico (album), an album by the Lassie Foundation, 2000
 * Pacifico, an album by Pacifico (singer), 2002
 * Pacifico, an album by Kantuta, 1993, nominated for best producer award at the 1994 New Zealand Music Awards

Songs

 * "Pacifico", song by Ugly Casanova from Sharpen Your Teeth, 2002
 * "Pacifico", song by Majid Jordan from Majid Jordan, 2016

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21 Down

21 Down is a comic book published by WildStorm, and created by writers Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti and artist Jesus Saiz.

Publication history
The title was an ongoing series published as a twelve-issue "season". Depending on sales, the creators hoped to produce a second season. They planned to start the second season in the Eye of the Storm but it never happened.

Plot
The comic tells the story of young Preston Kills, who could sense how people were going to die. Preston also knew that he was going to die at age 21, hence the title.

Collected editions
Part of the first "season" was collected as a trade paperback:

 * The Conduit  (collects 21 Down #1-7, 176 pages, November 2003, ISBN 1-4012-0120-2)

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Talk:ZOG (hypertext)

Inconsistency
This article's opening passage reads:

 * "ZOG was an early hypertext system developed at Carnegie Mellon University during the 1970s by Donald McCracken and Robert Akscyn."

Meanwhile, in the reference [0] below or here, citing [36], Myers of Carnegie Mellon University, says:

 * "The ZOG project (1977) from CMU was another early hypertext system, and was funded by ONR and DARPA [36]."

 * [0] Brad A. Myers. "A Brief History of Human Computer Interaction Technology." ACM interactions. Vol. 5, no. 2, March, 1998. pp. 44-54.

 * [36] Robertson, G., Newell, A., and Ramakrishna, K., "ZOG: A Man-Machine Communication Philosophy." Carnegie Mellon University Technical Report Report, Number, August, 1977.

My question is which is responsible for ZOG, McCracken et al, or Robertson et al. --KYPark 16:48, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

 * This link http://www.boraski.com/www/ht.html says George Robertson headed the development. Also, Zog on the Carl Vinson was linked to a laserdisc to display the ship's operating manual, text and diagrams, so the statement about being text-only is not quite true. Smallpond 15:57, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seventh Strike

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 03:01, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Seventh Strike, Driven To Violence, Alex Barclay, Special Air Mission 28000
Not notable, most probably vanity. See Votes for deletion/Kyle Devies and Votes for deletion/BubbaTek Productions also. — Xezbeth 16:43, May 29, 2005 (UTC)

I've also added three more related articles; I was too lazy to make individual VfDs. — Xezbeth 16:50, May 29, 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete all. Blatant vanity. Nuke'em all. Sarg 18:58, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete all. Self promotion. JamesBurns 08:04, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete all. According to the 'article', this individual was a CEO before 20. Dubious Greppsie
 * Delete I think I saw that movie, and it was called Air Force One. . . as for the rest not notable/vanity Hohokus 23:36, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Hluboká nad Vltavou

Hluboká nad Vltavou (until 1885 Podhrad, Frauenberg) is a town in České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,600 inhabitants. The town is known for the Hluboká Castle.

Administrative parts
The villages of Bavorovice, Buzkov, Hroznějovice, Jaroslavice, Jeznice, Kostelec, Líšnice, Munice, Poněšice and Purkarec are administrative parts of Hluboká nad Vltavou.

Etymology
The name of the town was taken from the name of the local castle. The castle was named Frauenberg in German, which was derived from Old German vrôburg (i.e. "Lord's castle"). The Czech name Hluboká literally means "deep" and originated from the location of the castle above a deep valley.

Geography
Hluboká nad Vltavou is situated about 7 km north of České Budějovice, on both banks of the Vltava river. There are many fish ponds in the municipal territory. The town itself lies on the shore of the largest of them, which is Munický pond with an area of 108 ha.

Hluboká nad Vltavou lies mostly in the Tábor Uplands, but the southern part with the ponds lies in the České Budějovice Basin, and the eastern part extends into the Třeboň Basin. The northern part of the large municipal territory is covered by forests. The highest point is the hill Velký Kameník with 575 m above sea level.

History
History of the town is connected with a castle, which was founded together with the city of České Budějovice by King Ottokar II on a rocky promontory above the Vltava river. A settlement was founded under the castle and named Podhrad (literally "Undercastle").

The castle later passed to the Vítkovci dynasty. Held by the local noble Vilém II of Pernštejn from 1490 onwards, the castle and the town prospered. In 1496, Podhrad was promoted to a market town.

Though seized by French forces in the Thirty Years' War, the acquisition by the Schwarzenberg family in 1661 brought even greater wealth to the area. After a blaze in 1742, the medieval fortress was slighted and rebuilt into a Renaissance castle, then between 1839 and 1871 into the current Neo-Gothic castle.

The first Jews came into the market town around 1724. The old synagogue was replaced by a new one in 1907, but it ceased to serve its purpose after its interior was destroyed by the Nazis during World War II.

The present-day municipality arose in 1850. The majority of the population was Czech-speaking. The market town was renamed after the Hluboká Castle in 1885. In 1907, Hluboká became a town by decision of Franz Joseph I.

Transport
The I/20 road (part of the European route E49) from České Budějovice to Plzeň and Karlovy Vary passes through the southern part og the municipal territory.

Hluboká nad Vltavou is located on the railway lines České Budějovice–Písek and České Budějovice–Strakonice.

Education
The Townshend International School has been based in the town since 1992.

Sights
The main landmark of Hluboká nad Vltavou is the Tudor-style Hluboká Castle. Every year it is one of the most visited castles in the country.

The second significant castle in Hluboká nad Vltavou is Ohrada Castle. It is a Baroque hunting castle built in 1708–1713. In 1842, the Hunting Museum, one of the oldest museums in the country, was established here. It still exist under the name Museum of Forestry, Hunting and Fishing, and is administered by National Museum of Agriculture in Prague.

Next to the castle is a zoological garden, colloquially known as Ohrada Zoo. It breeds about 300 species of animals.

Notable people

 * Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1787–1862), Austrian general, married Princess Eleonore of Schwarzenberg here on 15 June 1817
 * František Mareš (1857–1942), professor and politician; died here
 * Eduard Bloch (1872–1945), doctor of Adolf Hitler's family until 1907
 * Miroslav Dvořák (1951–2008), ice hockey player
 * Martin Latka (born 1984), footballer

Twin towns – sister cities
Hluboká nad Vltavou is twinned with:
 * Bolligen, Switzerland
 * 🇦🇹 Grein, Austria
 * 🇩🇪 Neustadt an der Aisch, Germany

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Page move to Marie-Marguerite d'Youville

Marguérite is wrong, should be spelled Marguerite without an accent. See Vatican description or Dictionary of Canadian Biograpy

canonization/beatification
Marie-Marguerite was beatified on May 3, 1959, but was canonized on Dec 3, 1990.

Check:

Guiley, Rosemary Ellen (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of Saints. New York: Checkmark Books, 2001: p222.

The Canadian Encyclopedia Online. Historica Foundation of Canada, 2006.

See also: Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online and the Vatican site biography, which both note beatification as 1959.

No She was Canonized on Dec 9, 1990 by Pope John Paul II. and she was beatified by Pope John XXIII. check the New catholic Encyclopedia 2nd edition volume 14 2003 pg 896-897 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.77.138.73 (talk) 00:48, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

article recreate 2006-10-10
It looks like this was deleted due to copyright violations (I can't figure out exactly what used to be here and what was the copyright problem). Here is some bare bones info put together from the listed pages - I'll let someone else fill in more information if they have it. j-beda 15:54, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Moving of the holy corpse
I have very credible news sources that her corpse is going to be moved from Montreal to Varennes... Should i add it? -- Mix well ! Talk 03:01, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

la Gesmerays to Lajemmerais
I presume she took her father's last name; any reason it was spelled differently? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 14:09, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

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Age of Bronze

Age of Bronze may refer to:

 * Age of Bronze (comics), a comics series by Eric Shanower
 * One of the Ages of Man, according to classical mythology
 * Bronze Age, an archaeological era
 * A sculpture by Auguste Rodin
 * A children's novel in the series Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow

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Plot of movie?
I returned the plot because what we had there was for the comic. Tidy it up a bit to not include movie references if you want, but don't delete it. -- LGagnon 16:47, May 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * I didn't read through that section properly when I did the split, but have reorganised it now - hope it appears better to you. violet/riga (t) 17:00, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Posted by holyguyver 08/04/05
 * In the Supporting Characters section I changed all refferinces of the movie character Sarah to the name of the character in the novel Sherri.

I removed the Draven last name from the plot description. The original comic book doesn't mention Eric's last name. When Capt. Hook is throwing Eric's file in the trash, his last initial is shown, but as I recall it was not D. The Draven last name, to my knowledge, was an invention for the movie. 150.148.0.28 19:36, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

I changed the plot around a bit to reflect the orginal comic. It seemed to be a mix of the movie and the GN. In the movie, Eric dies first and Shelly lingers. In the GN, Eric survives the attack, but is forced to watch helplessly as Shelly is raped and killed. The Crow later come to Eric in the hospital with a message from Shelly, "bring me their heads on a platter!" Eric quits his struggle to survive and dies.

Did a fix to the Bauhaus link. It now points to the British band, instead of the German school of Architecture. CM

 * actually, the in the comic the surname either begins with C or D, as the file comes from a draw marked as such.

Wrong plot
I am looking at the entire graphic novell of the original comic series right now,and this article is wrong on so many levels.

1) eric wasn't paralyzed ,and he didn't have to watch her beaten,and raped, he died when they shot him, you only see this scene in a flashback that the crow shows him.

 * Its a flashback to the events that cause him to become the crow. Its for the reader, not Eric.**

2) as He died at the scene, he was never in a vegitized state.

 * No, no he does not**

3) The crow brings Eric back from the dead though you never really see this it is merely implied.

 * Are you reading the same comic as the rest of the world? There is a FULL PAGE disscusion between two doctors about how he is still alive and later on he TALKS to capt. Hook.** —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.237.63.167 (talk) 14:01, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Just so you know, a very minor character (a bad guy) does in fact survive unharmed an encounter with The Crow. Jones Transfer. He gets to live because he informs The Crow as to the location of the rest of the gang. He feared that if they found out, they'd kill him; but as we know none of them survive long, so Jones survives.

Requests for expansion
I'm not too familiar with the comic books (only read the original miniseries), but could someone add something about all the other miniseries that followed? They aren't even mentioned in the article right now. --Fritz S. (Talk) 10:16, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Does anyone know the name of the band who sings the song in the movie and what the name of the song is because that would rock. Thanks

Yes I know the names of all of those. The band in the film is called Hangman's Joke, & the song that is played on the LP in the film is called "Fire In The Rain" But it is more popularly known as "It Can't Rain All The Time" It can be found on two different CDs on the Motion Picture Soundtrack by Jane Sibery as "It Won't Rain All The Time" & on the Motion Picture Score by Ravell as "Stocking The Prey" I hope that info helps. Holyguyver 08:47, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Individual articles on the actors
Does anyone think there be a more detailed article on the characters based on the comic and add powers and ablities for Eric in an article of his own cos he has some powers in the film and the comics. Shakirfan 21:53, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Those things can fit in this article; none of them are expansive enough to warrant their own articles. Willbyr (talk | contribs) 03:14, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah I guess you right (Shakirfan 15:13, 21 June 2006 (UTC))

Masks
In both the comic and the film, Eric owns a mask and uses it to base his make-up on. Does anyone know the name of this kind of mask? ~unknown user~

 * The mask is known as a harlequin Drama mask & the particular one that Eric’s makeup is of is called Irony, there is also one called Pain which has a neutral evil looking face & one called Despair which has a frown sad face. Irony has a happy face even though he is sad & hurt & angry. In drama the happy & sad masks are called Thalia( the muse of Comedy) & Melpomene(the muse of Tragedy). Holyguyver 20:19, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

remake?
I heard word of a remake of the crow being made, does anyone know anything about it?

It's just a fan film called Wings of the Crow. I've removed the references to it as I don't think fan films are relevant to the official series. Cardinal Wurzel 13:31, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

There will be a remake jason statham who was recently interviewed by iesb.net talked about his interest in doing the crow remake. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.162.106.236 (talk) 21:51, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

"shelly" changes
The question I've always had when reading the comic: every once in a while "Shelly" is shown as a dark haired vaguely-Asian woman instead of a blond Caucasian woman. What's that about? O'Barr's deceased girlfriend bleeding through into the story?

The blonde is shelly, the dark haired woman is Death. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.62.111.33 (talk) 01:33, 11 January 2007 (UTC).

Is the Crow a bird?
And does it talk to him or is it some sort of telepathy?

-G
 * Personally, I think the Crow is more of a magical force or a form of demi-god which takes the form of a crow. It's talking, but only Eric can hear it.  I don't know if O'Barr has said anything definite about the Crow itself. Willbyr (talk | contribs) 04:47, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Crow face
The current Crow face article is really only an unreferenced stub that's full of original research. I think it should probably be merged into this article. Agree/disagree? Willbyr (talk | contribs) 13:32, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Lets merge in 3 or 4 days, this has been open 6 months.  MBisanz  talk 06:31, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Is it a series or a novel?
I dont get it. Does the graphic novel continue where the comics left off or ecompass them all?

Posted By Me —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.246.229.139 (talk • contribs)

The graphic novel by james O'Barr comes first, before anything. Then it was made into the film, with Brandon Lee, and then there were lots more comics by other authors. Cardinal Wurzel 11:30, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

The graphic novel collects the entire original series, first published by Caliber (4 issues and some shorts), then reprinted/completed by Tundra (in three voulumes). So the GN is the single volume collection of all that came before. As stated above, Kitchen Sink Press and others later published various Crow series by others authors/artists. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.138.205.144 (talk) 15:07, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Author's Edition section
I've cleaned up that section a little bit. I've tagged it for cleanup if someone can improve upon it even further. CardinalFangZERO 04:00, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

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The Office
Why is The Office listed as one of the categories The Crow is under? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Doghowlett18 (talk • contribs) 16:47, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
 * It was added in this edit; I've removed it.-- Beloved Freak  17:50, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Missing Character
In Caliber Presents #1 there is one other character of "the gang" that is encountered, and he is likely the only one of them to survive a direct encounter with The Crow--that being, the character of "Jones Transfer," who was caught by The Crow in the act of stealing a Toshiba VHS VCR unit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.129.196.210 (talk) 19:08, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

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Hosta

Hosta (, syn. Funkia) is a genus of plants commonly known as hostas, plantain lilies and occasionally by the Japanese name gibōshi. Hostas are widely cultivated as shade-tolerant foliage plants. The genus is currently placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae, and is native to northeast Asia (China, Japan, Korea, and the Russian Far East). Like many "lilioid monocots", the genus was once classified in the Liliaceae. The genus was named by Austrian botanist Leopold Trattinnick in 1812, in honor of the Austrian botanist Nicholas Thomas Host. In 1817, the generic name Funkia was used by German botanist Kurt Sprengel in honor of Heinrich Christian Funck, a collector of ferns and alpines; this was later used as a common name and can be found in some older literature.

Description
Hostas are herbaceous perennial plants, growing from rhizomes which are sometimes stoloniferous, with broad lanceolate or ovate leaves varying widely in size by species from 1 – long and 0.75 – broad. The smallest varieties are called miniatures. Variation among the numerous cultivars is even greater, with clumps ranging from less than 4 in across and 3 in high to more than 6 ft across and 4 ft high. Leaf color in wild species is typically green, although some species (e.g., H. sieboldiana) are known for a glaucous waxy leaf coating that gives a blue appearance to the leaf. Some species have a glaucous white coating covering the underside of the leaves. Natural mutations of native species are known with yellow-green ("gold") colored leaves or with leaf variegation (either white/cream or yellowish edges or centers). Variegated plants very often give rise to sports that are the result of the reshuffling of cell layers during bud formation, producing foliage with mixed pigment sections. In seedlings variegation is generally maternally derived by chloroplast transfer and is not a genetically inheritable trait.

The flowers of hosta are produced on upright scapes that are woody and remain on the plant throughout winter, they are generally taller than the leaf mound, and end in terminal racemes. The individual flowers are usually pendulous, 0.75 – long, with six tepals, white, lavender, or violet in color and usually scentless. The only strongly fragrant species is Hosta plantaginea, which has white flowers up to 4 in long; it is also unusual in that the flowers open in the evening and close by morning. This species blooms in late summer and is sometimes known as "August Lily".

Taxonomy
Taxonomists differ on the number of Hosta species; there may be as many as 45. Accordingly, the list of species given here may be taken loosely. The genus may be broadly divided into three subgenera. Interspecific hybridization occurs since all the species have the same chromosome number (2n = 2x = 60); except H. ventricosa which is a natural tetraploid that sets seed through apomixis. Many cultivated hostas formerly described as species have been reduced to cultivars; these often have their names conserved, and retain Latinized names which resemble species names (e.g., Hosta 'Fortunei').

Accepted species as of July 2021:

Accepted hybrids

 * 1) Hosta × alismifolia – Honshu
 * 2) Hosta × tardiva

Cultivation
Hostas are widely cultivated, being particularly useful in the garden as shade-tolerant plants whose striking foliage provides a focal point. The plants are long-lived perennials that are winter hardy in USDA Zones 3 to 8 and recommended for heat zones 8 to 1. Though Hosta plantaginea originates in China, most of the species that provide the modern plants were introduced from Japan to Europe by Philipp Franz von Siebold in the mid-19th century originating from shady locations with more moisture than they are generally cultivated. Newer species have been discovered on the Korean peninsula as well. Hybridization within and among species and cultivars has produced numerous cultivars. The American Hosta Society is the International Cultivar Registration Authority for Hosta, and recognises over 7,200 registered or reserved names.

Cultivars with golden- or white-variegated leaves are especially prized. Popular cultivars include 'Francee' (green leaves with white edges), 'Gold Standard' (yellow leaves with green edges, discovered by Pauline Banyai) 'Undulata' (green leaves with white centers), 'June' (blue-green leaves with creamy centers), and 'Sum and Substance' (a huge plant with chartreuse-yellow leaves). Newer, fragrant cultivars such as 'Guacamole' are also popular.

The American Hosta Society and the British Hosta and Hemerocallis Society support hosta display gardens, often within botanical gardens. Hostas are frequently exhibited at major shows such as the Chelsea Flower Show.

Cultivars
The following is a list of cultivars that have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

 * ‘Allegan Fog’
 * 'Aureomarginata' (ventricosa)
 * 'Blue Angel' (sieboldiana)
 * ’Blue Mouse Ears’
 * ‘Christmas Tree’
 * ’Cracker Crumbs’
 * ’Devon Green’
 * ‘El Niño’ (Tardiana Group)
 * ‘Fire Island’
 * ’First Frost’
 * 'Francee' (fortunei)
 * 'Frances Williams'
 * 'Golden Tiara'
 * 'Halcyon' (tardiana)
 * H. fortunei var. aureomarginata
 * H. plantaginea var. japonica
 * H. sieboldiana var. elegans
 * H. undulata var. undulata
 * H. ventricosa
 * H. venusta
 * 'June' (tardiana)
 * 'Krossa Regal'
 * ’Liberty’
 * ’Orange Marmalade’
 * ’Paradise Puppet’
 * ’Patriot’
 * ’Paul’s Glory’
 * ’Praying Hands’
 * ’Revolution’
 * 'Royal Standard'
 * 'Sagae'
 * ’Shining Tot’
 * ’Stained Glass’
 * 'Sum and Substance'
 * ’Touch of Class’
 * ’Whirlwind’
 * 'Wide Brim'

Toxicity
While usually grown for ornamental purposes, all species of hosta are edible, and are grown as vegetables in some Asian cultures.

However, hostas may be toxic to dogs, cats, and horses if consumed in large quantities because some contain saponins. Symptoms include vomiting and diarrhea.

Pests and diseases
Hosta leaves and stems are eaten by deer, rabbits, slugs and snails, and the roots and rhizomes are eaten by voles, all of these can cause extensive damage to collections in gardens. Some varieties seem more resistant to slug damage, which is more prevalent later in the growing season, than others. Insect pests include vine weevils and cutworms.

Foliar nematodes, which leave streaks of dead tissue between veins, have become an increasing problem where pesticide use has decreased.

A potexvirus called 'Hosta Virus X' was first identified in Minnesota in 1996. Plants that are infected are destroyed to prevent its spread as the disease can be transmitted from plant to plant by contaminated sap. Symptoms include dark green "ink bleed" marks in the veins of yellow-colored leaves, and/or tissue collapse between veins. It can take years for symptoms to show, so symptomless plants in infected batches should also be considered infected.

Other viruses that infect Hosta include: Tomato Ringspot Virus, Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus, Tobacco Rattle Virus, Cucumber Mosaic Virus and several unidentified viruses.

Fungal diseases that affect Hosta include: crown rot caused by Fusarium hostae. It causes stunting and late emergence of the plants, leaf chlorosis, browning and necrosis.

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Age of Reptiles (comics)

Age of Reptiles is a comic written by Ricardo Delgado published by Dark Horse Comics.

The comic originally consisted of 2 editions, which are set in the Mesozoic era: Tribal Warfare, from 1993, and The Hunt, from 1997. Both are very violent stories about the daily lives of carnivorous dinosaurs. A third series, The Journey, began in November 2009, with a fourth, "Ancient Egyptians", debuting in June 2015. Tribal Warfare, The Hunt, and The Journey have been collected in Age of Reptiles Omnibus, Volume 1.

The Hunt received an Eisner award for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition in 1997.

Tribal Warfare
A pack of Deinonychus get revenge on Blue Back, a Tyrannosaurus who stole their well-earned meal, by stealing all of his family's eggs but one.

A group of four Deinonychus successfully stalk and kill a Saltasaurus out on the savannah. However, they are soon chased off their kill by the Tyrannosaurus Blue Back, who kills one of the Deinonychus in the process. The pack retreats back to their lair and family group, as does Blue Back. One of Blue Back's young tries to hunt an early mammal but is unable to catch it.

That night the nest is raided by a pair of Deinonychus, who successfully carry off (and presumably eat) or break the eggs. Blue Back pursues them, but they manage to escape by leaping across a gorge. The chapter ends with Blue Back roaring his grief to the sky.

The second chapter begins with another Tyrannosaurus hunting down and killing a Parasaurolophus. It then cuts to the trio of Deinonychus going out on another hunting patrol. At the side of a river one of the Deinonychus spots a primitive fish (similar to a mudskipper) wriggling its way along the bank to try and get back into the water. The hungry predator prepares to make a meal out of the fish, only to be ambushed and devoured itself by a massive placodus that had been lurking nearby. The remaining two Deinonychus continue on, avoiding a hunting Tyrannosaur in the process. The Tyrannosaur prepares to attack a herd of Triceratops, but loses the element of surprise and in face of a prepared enemy withdraws.

The two Deinonychus return to their lair only to find that Blue Back has tracked them back to it and slaughtered four of their number; he escapes the same way they had, by leaping across a gorge, and leaves the Deinonychus in the same position he had been.

Chapter Three sees a group of Deinonychus attack an Ankylosaur; however, the herbivore drives them off by bashing one of their number with its tail club. The Tyrannosaurs, seeing that there is only one intact egg left, become determined not to fall victim to egg thieves again. The three Deinonychus, meanwhile, stumble upon a nest full of turtle eggs high in the cliffs above a sea and feast upon them. As they try to leave, they are ambushed by the Tyrannosaurs; one of the Deinonychus is knocked over the cliff into the sea, where it is devoured by a large Miksosaurus. The other two are likewise knocked over the cliff as well, but onto dry land; one of them is killed in the fall, but the other one survives.

The Tyrannosaurs begin to teach the juvenile how to hunt, stalking a kentrosaurus, but Deinonychus lures the juvenile away from the safety of its parent and into an ambush, where it is attacked by a large pack of Deinonychus. The adult tyrannosaurus, realizing the danger too late, tries to track the juvenile down, only to find it dead, the leg of a dead Deinonychus still clamped firmly in its jaws.

Chapter Four sees a pack of Deinonychus stalking an old and dying sauropod; when it collapses, and dies, they move in to try and begin feasting, only to be confronted by a large group of other predators, including a Carnotaurus and an Oviraptor. The Deinonychus pack is split, as one of the raptors wants to fight the other group while the other insists on retreat. This leads to a battle for leadership. The surviving raptors return to their lair in the middle of a rainstorm, only to find the Tyrannosaurs waiting; the larger predators attack, and a massive battle ensues. The fighting causes the cliffside the raptor's lair is perched on to collapse, sending all of the animals plunging into the gorge. A single Tyrannosaurus manages to survive the fall and returns to its own lair, only to find that the early mammal the juvenile Tyrannosaur had tried to hunt earlier had eaten the last remaining egg....with the story ending there.

The story can best be described as a sort of "gang war" between the two species, and while many of the animals depicted in Delgado's story did not exist at the same time period or place, their inclusion was added for familiarity and dramatic effect.

The Hunt
After a mother Allosaurus is killed by a pack of Ceratosaurus, they begin to chase her son. Eventually, the son grows up and takes his revenge.

The story begins with a young Allosaurus catching a lizard. The Allosaurus and his mother have a den located underneath an overhanging rock outcropping. However, they are soon attacked by a pack of Ceratosaurus; the young Allosaurus flees as its mother takes on, but is ultimately overwhelmed and killed by, the rival carnivores. Months go by, and the young Allosaurus is older, now a juvenile, but is still being hunted by the Ceratosaurus pack. The Allosaurus is chased all the way back to the scene of its mother's death, where he lures the Ceratosaurus pack under the outcropping. The outcropping collapses, seeming to bury all five of the pursuing predators under the rubble. However, they turn out only to be delayed by the rockslide.

The pack of Ceratosaurus goes looking for food come across the remains of a dead Brachiosaurus. As they begin to feed the young Allosaurus, which had eaten his way inside the carcass and taken shelter there, flees the scene. Exhausted after fleeing, the Allosaurus lays down to rest near a grouping of boulders and rocks, seemingly on the verge of death. A group of Compsognathus, looking for a free meal, approach; one of them goes so far as to bite the Allosaurus’ tongue. This does not go well for the small scavenger, as the Allosaurus promptly devours it, as well as a second Compsognathus, before heading up into the rocks to find a better place to rest. The Allosaurus awakes to find himself surrounded by the Ceratosaurus pack, which had tracked it down; however, an earthquake causes the entire rock formation to collapse. The Allosaurus recovers from the fall first, and tries to escape the cavern he fell into; however, he soon discovers the exit is the edge of another cliff. The Ceratosaurus pack, however, has caught up and promptly attacks again, knocking all of them over the edge and into a river leading to a waterfall.

Chapter Two sees the Allosaurus washed over the edge of the waterfall into a large lake and lush green forest far different from the arid, desert landscape it had come from. Noticing a large number of herbivores, the Allosaurus emerges from the water and decides to rest and recover before trying to score a kill. However, the Ceratosaurus pack has also been washed over the waterfall and survived their ordeal.

Meanwhile, the local pterosaurs squabble over the corpse of a dead Camptosaurus and interact with other creatures; their power of flight means they can go from the desert to the lake and back with a great deal of ease.

The Ceratosaurus pack stalks and attacks a Stegosaurus; after a tough fight they manage to kill the herbivore, and the chapter ends with something watching them from the bushes.

Chapter Three sees the Allosaurus watching a herd of Diplodocus; however, a sudden rainstorm causes him to decide to retreat to his new lair, a small cave. The main storyline of this chapter occurs in the skies overhead. After a long chase, a green pterosaur is attacked and killed by a group of three black pterosaurs; it seems the two groups are rivals for prey or territory. A lightning strike causes a fire in the cliff face den of the green pterosaurs; one of them, in a panic, winds up falling off the cliff to its death.

Chapter Four begins with a massive tidal wave caused by heavy rain sweeping over the waterfall and swamping the lake; the black pterosaurs den is destroyed by this wave, with only one of them managing to escape before the wave hits. Down in the forest the Allosaurus and a small group of Diplodocus he was stalking try to escape the flood but are swept away. The Diplodocus the Allosaurus was hunting survive the waters, but dozens more drown; the Ceratosaurus pack gorges itself on the carcasses. The pack separates, and the Allosaurus sees his opportunity. Diving underwater, it manages to use the corpses of the Diplodocus as cover to ambush, kill and devour one of the Ceratosaurs.

Chapter Five begins with two of the Diplodocus which survived the flood making their way along the beach, passing several dead marine reptiles being fed on by pterosaurs as they do. Suddenly, they are attacked by three Ceratosaurs....but the Allosaurus is watching from the shadows. To the shock of the smaller carnivores, he suddenly intervenes, attacking the pack members. A fierce battle ensues, with one of the Ceratosaurs recognizing the Allosaurus they are fighting as the young Allosaurus which escaped them so long ago.

The Allosaurus manages to kill one of the Ceratosaurs pack by disemboweling it, and the fight turns into a game of cat and mouse. A second Ceratosaurus rushes at the Allosaurus, which manages to use his tail to knock it down and then rips out its throat. The third Ceratosaurus withdraws from the fight, causing the Allosaurus to give chase. Venturing into another cave system, the Allosaurs briefly confronts a group of Plesiosaurs in the cave's underground river before he is ambushed by another Ceratosaurus. After a short fight, the Allosaurus dispatches his attacker and hurls the corpse into the water for the Plesiosaurs to feast on.

Pressing onwards, the Allosaurus discovers the final Ceratosaurus...and a nest full of baby Ceratosaurs. Rather than repeat the same actions that defined his own life, the Allosaurus decides to leave them alone and departs. The comic ends with the Allosaurus trudging off into the night.

The second book is more of a tale of revenge, but features a similar "species vs. species" rivalry. In real life Ceratosaurus largely avoided competition with Allosaurus by living different habitats and having a different diet, though the two did coexist in some regions. It is noticeably less violent than the first book, featuring a comparatively small amount of gore.

The Journey
The Journey was published in 2009–10. It tells the sprawling migration of a herd of dinosaurs.

The story begins with a sweeping depiction of the North American Cretaceous forest. A massive herd composed of a large number of different dinosaur species Dreadnoughtus, Alamosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Edmontosaurus, Triceratops, Ornithomimus and more—are preparing to embark on the annual migration journey. Their trail is stalked by predators, with an early example being a trio of raptors who descend upon the corpse of an old, sick hadrosaur which was unable to embark on the journey. As they head into a forest, a baby Triceratops spies a piece of fruit. Its parent calls out a warning, almost too late, as a Tyrannosaurus burst from the woods and attacks it. The baby races back towards the heard, narrowly avoiding the jaws of the tyrannosaur, as the parent rushes to the rescue, crashing into the carnivore. The baby makes it to the safety of the herd, which closes ranks in the face of the marauding predator. Rather than trying to find a gap in the herd, or risk an attack on a healthy adult Triceratops, the Tyrannosaurus decides to withdraw and wait for a better opportunity.

The baby Triceratops happily greets its parent, which gives the dinosaur equivalent of scolding it for wandering off and putting itself in so much danger, and the herd continues on its way. Meanwhile, hidden behind the tree line, the Tyrannosaurus stalks the herd, waiting for its chance. As it turns out, the tyrannosaurus has two offspring of its own it needs to feed, and the three of them settle in to watch the herd go by.

The herd continues onwards, reaching a dry, dusty plain and squabbling amongst themselves. The Tyrannosaurus, still following them, catches a mouse to feed to its young off in the distance.

Chapter Two sees the herd enter a large canyon, only to find the oasis there almost completely dried up, with the only animals nearby being a large group of Crocodiles. The crocodiles are starving and in no mood to share their water, and launch attacks on dinosaurs which try to come and drink. After several failed attempts they managed to bring down a sauropod.

Meanwhile, the path has turned into a steep decline out of the canyon, and several herd members lose their footing and tumble to their deaths on the rocks below. The Tyrannosaurus and its young happily scavenge the carcasses. Meanwhile, an immense pack of raptors swarms down from the cliffs above to attack the herd. The raptors work like piranhas, swarming their prey and ripping them apart. They manage to bring down a Alamosaurus, several Edmontosaurus and Triceratops, a number of smaller herbivores, and an Ankylosaurus, as the panicked herd flees, knowing their only chance is to get out of the area as soon as possible. While some raptors are killed in their attacks, there are well over a hundred of them on the attack, and they do not even notice the losses. The herd moves on as the raptors gorge themselves.

The Tyrannosaurus and its young manage to scavenge part of the raptors’ kill that night; the raptors are simply too well fed to put up a fight as long as the tyrannosaur promptly leaves, which it does.

Chapter Three sees the herd enter a dense forest; a number of baby Triceratops and Ankylosaurs disorientate and sicken themselves by eating mushrooms, causing another minor confrontation between the parents of the young animals. The Tyrannosaurus ambushes and kills a hadrosaur which wandered off from the main herd. The herd then prepares to cross a river teeming with crocodiles, which, similarly to the raptors, swarm their targets, killing a number of the crossing herbivores. Having crossed the river, the herd continues onwards; the Tyrannosaurus manages to ward off the crocodiles and crosses with its young in tow as well.

Chapter Four sees a second wave of predators close in, as Mosasaurs and Plesiosaurs follow the herd as it makes its way along a beach near the ocean. A baby Dreadnoughtus which had been trapped in the river onto the corpse of a Edmontosaurus is washed along towards the beach by the tide; as a group of Mosasaurs attacks the corpse, it is forced to make a break for the shore. A Mosasaurus spots it and tries to move in for the kill; by sheer luck, the baby Dreadnoughtus makes it onto land just as the two baby Tyrannosaurus are passing nearby. The Mosasaurus lunges out of the surf, but the parent Tyrannosaurus comes rushing to the rescue, fearing for the safety of its young; a massive battle ensues. After a tough fight, both predators ultimately decide to withdraw, with the Mosasaurus slinking back to the deep and the Tyrannosaurs sharing a moment.

Finally, the herd enters another canyon and reaches its destination, a forest with a long and winding river. The various herbivores which survived the perilous journey begin feeding and settling into their new homes, while off in the distance the Tyrannosaurus and its young do the same. The comic ends with the sun setting over the valley.

The Body
"The Body," an eight-page short story, was published in Dark Horse Presents #4 in Sept. 2011. It concerns what happens to a dinosaur's body after it dies. Animals in the comic:
 * Tenontosaurus
 * Pterosaur
 * Deinonychus
 * Acrocanthosaurus

The story begins with a pack of three Acrocanthosaurus hunting down and killing a Tenontosaurus. The large carnivores feast heavily on the carcass, briefly getting in a dispute, before moving off to find more prey. The carcass is then scavenged by a pack of Deinonychus, who engage in a fight with a group of pterosaurs over the remains. The Deinonychus ultimately withdraw and allow the pterosaurs to eat their fill. The carcass, now pretty much picked clean, lies out in the open before finally being buried by the elements to wait to be excavated millions of years later.

Baby Turtles
"Baby Turtles," an eight-page short story, was published in Dark Horse Presents #3 in Oct. 2014. It features the journey of baby turtles to the seas of Cretaceous North America.

The story begins with a large group of Archelon turtles hatching in a nesting ground and beginning a trek towards the sea. An overhead shot shows that there are hundreds of these small turtles....which unfortunately attracts huge numbers of predators. Pterosaurs, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, sharks, Xiphactinus fish and all sorts of other predators lie in wait, attacking the column of baby Archelon as they make their way down the coastline and into the water. While many fall prey to the dangers lying in wait for them, sheer numbers means that many more successfully make it past the dangers.

The story ends with a long line of baby Archelon, having successfully run the gauntlet of predators, making their way out into the open ocean.

Ancient Egyptians
Ancient Egyptians is set in prehistoric Africa. It features Spinosaurus as the protagonist, and the first installment came out on June 3, 2015. It was concluded in September 2015.

The story begins with a depiction of a small river and oasis in the scorching North African heat of the Cretaceous period. A Spinosaurus with numerous scars along its facial features makes into way into the oasis’ forest, briefly encountering a pair of Deltadromeus which beat a hasty retreat in the face of the hulking predator. The Spinosaurus is not interested in them though; its destination is the local river. Plunging under water, with nothing but the sail on its back showing, the Spinosaurus makes its way through the swamp, passing turtles, crocodiles and pterosaurs as it does so. Briefly emerging from the water, Spinosaurus attacks and devours a small crocodile before continuing ever deeper into the swamp. Resting at the river's edge, the Spinosaurus is startled when a panicked Carcharodontosaurus plunged into the river, pursued by an enraged herd of Paralititans; the sauropods quickly trample the hapless carnivore to death, while two other Carcharodontosaurus beat a hasty retreat.

The sauropods move into the river and very nearly step on Spinosaurus, which erupts from the water and faces off with the herd. The herd leader tries to kick at Spinosaurus, only for the sail-backed dinosaur to slash the sauropod's foot with its claws, injuring it. The herbivores are disgruntled by their leader's injury, but they know Spinosaurus is not interested in them and withdraw from the river, leaving it alone.

After settling back in to rest for a while, Spinosaurus emerges from the water once more, heading towards a small clearing amongst the trees where it settles down with another Spinosaurus. That night, a pack of Rugops scavenge the carcass of the dead Carcharodontosaurus; after briefly poking its head up to investigate, Spinosaurus goes back to sleep.

The next morning, Spinosaurus awakes at dawn to find crocodiles have continued feasting on the dead Carcharodontosaurus; with a yawn, it slips into the river once more. Spinosaurus catches a ray for breakfast and continues on its way as a number of smaller aquatic animals— everything from small plesiosaurs to sharks and sawfish—go about their business in its shadow. Spinosaurus then catches a large fish, fighting off an attack by a crocodile in the process.

After another brief encounter with the Paralitian herd, Spinosaurus makes its way into another part of the swamp.

The second chapter starts with the Paralitian herd browsing on vegetation, unaware they are being stalked by a small pack of Carcharodontosaurus. The predators are eyeing the Paralitian babies playing on the edge of the herd. The predators move closer and closer and finally strike. Their hit and run attack is a massive success—they race in, snap up the young Paralitian, and flee— and there is nothing the sauropods can do about it.

Spinosaurus, meanwhile, pokes his head up out of the water in time to see the pack race on by— but he is soon distracted by the sight of another Spinosaurus. Offering her a fish he caught as a gift, the two Spinosaurs mate.

The Carcharodontosaurus pack, meanwhile, gorges itself on young Paralitian, chasing off pterosaurs who try and scavenge a meal. One of the young Paralitians is left alive to allow a baby Carcharodontosaurus to practice hunting skills; its first attack is unsuccessful, but ultimately it manages to score its first kill.

Spinosaurus returns with the female Spinosaurus only to find she already has offspring from a previous mate. In a scene typical of many male predatory animals, Spinosaurus wipes most of them out— although at least one escapes— in order to ensure that it is his offspring that are cared for and have a better chance to survive.

Chapter Three begins with one of the Carcharodontosaurus pack bringing the remains of a dead baby Paralitian back to the clearing, only to find the rest of the pack gone; it finds out why soon enough, as the sauropod herd rumbles out of the trees, surrounds the carnivore, and brutally stomps it to death.

Spinosaurus scavenges the meal to bring back to the female Spinosaurus, but she has not forgiven him for his rampage. Meanwhile, the Rugops pack approaches the herd of Paralitian as night falls; chased off by the herd leader, they swim across the river and stumble upon the Carcharodontosaurus pack feasting on crocodiles. The baby Carcharodontosaurus moves off away from the pack and the Rugops, seeing an easy kill, begin to stalk it. Soon enough they corner the baby Carcharodontosaurus; luckily for it, the adults come rushing to the rescue and chase off the Rugops pack. The Rugops head deeper into the forest, stumbling across an area where a lightning strike killed one of their number; linking up with another group of Rugops, they soon find a new place to sleep.

A large group of the ever-present small scavenging reptiles attack Spinosaurus at him and the female Spinosaurus's nest; Spinosaurus fights them off, impressing the female Spinosaurus and winning back her trust. The chapter ends with the Paralitian herd passing by Spinosaurus’ nest and the herd leader and Spinosaurus staring each other down.

Chapter Four begins with Spinosaurus cruising through the swamp, catching a ray in the process. However, as he emerges from the water he is confronted by the Paralitian herd....a confrontation which the Carcharodontosaurus pack watches eagerly. The Paralitian herd leader tries to stomp Spinosaurus, but he is able to outmaneuver it and raked its belly deeply with his claws. The wound causes the herd leader to collapse in agony, much to the shock and delight of the Carcharodontosaurus pack. Already licking their chops in anticipation, they waste no time in launching their own attack on the herd leader. As several Rugops and Deltadromeus also join the attack as Spinosaurus attempts to remove himself from the confrontation. The herd leader manages to stagger on, even with more than a dozen predators ripping into it, before collapsing and going down for the last time. The various predators and scavengers begin happily feasting on the corpse.

Spinosaurus returns to his nest, where it is revealed the female Spinosaurus has laid a clutch of eggs. Knowing that he would be a threat if he remains, after sharing one last goodbye look with the female Spinosaurus, he trudges off, back out of the oasis and once more into the desert. A brief scene reveals that the baby Spinosaurus which was fast enough to escape his rampage is still alive, and it watches him as he keeps moving away. The comic ends with Spinosaurus steadily moving away from the oasis and, quite literally, walking off into the sunset.

Animals in the comic:
 * Deltadromeus
 * Araripesuchus
 * Carcharodontosaurus
 * Spinosaurus
 * Paralititan
 * Rugops
 * Mawsonia
 * Stomatosuchus

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The Agency (comics)

The Agency was a comic book published by Top Cow and Image Comics from 2001 to 2002. Written by Paul Jenkins with art by Kyle Hotz, the book followed a team of cyborg mercenary police in a dystopian future United States. The entire six issue run of the title was collected and released as a trade paperback in 2007.

If you thought Blade Runner and Seven were dark and disturbing, you haven't seen anything yet!! From Paul Jenkins comes the newest must have Top Cow series, The Agency!! A futuristic tale of special operatives, designed, built and trained to handle the cases which the police cannot, only they do it on THEIR terms and at THEIR cost or they don't do it at all! Consisting of one of the most outrageous and deadly groups of characters ever created, the Agency will keep you on the edge of your seat and supply the thrills to keep you wanting more!

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West Hotel

Opened in 1884, the West Hotel was Minneapolis's first grand hotel. It had 407 luxuriously furnished rooms, 140 baths, and featured an immense and opulent lobby which was claimed to be the largest in the nation. These elements combined to make what was considered for a time to be the most luxurious hotel west of Chicago. The West was designed by LeRoy Buffington and built on land that was once owned by the first resident of Minneapolis, John H. Stevens. Buffington created the West in the Queen Anne style that was quite popular in the last decades of the 19th century.

The Queen Anne style featured an elaborate architectural look that included gable roofs, projecting bay windows, towers, and dormer windows. The West combined most of these concepts into a grand, larger than life look that seems graceless to some modern observers but was a popular building style at the time, a style that was introduced in 1876 at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.

The West hotel was situated on the southwest corner of the intersection of Hennepin Avenue and Fifth Street (the site currently occupied, in part, by the Shubert Theatre, moved there in 1999), in the center of a burgeoning entertainment district that started coming together in the 1880s and was a temporary home to such well-known public figures as Mark Twain and Winston Churchill. It also catered to delegates of the 1892 Republican National Convention (held at the Exposition Building across the Mississippi River). It was Minneapolis's largest and most luxurious hotel for many years after its construction.

In 1906 a large fire burned through the hotel killing 10 people. The adjacent Unique Theater was used as a morgue. That and a general business downturn caused the West to go through a period of decline and finally in 1940 the West Hotel was demolished.

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Alien Encounters (comics)

Alien Encounters is an American science fiction anthology comic book published by FantaCo Enterprises and then Eclipse Comics. The comic debuted with FantaCo in 1981, and in 1985 was taken over by Eclipse.

Publication history
The original FantaCo Alien Encounters was a 36-page 1981 one-shot black-and-white comic containing short, self-contained stories by Steve Bissette, Steve Stiles, Fred Hembeck, Mike Zeck and Howard Cruse, among others. After Pacific Comics went bankrupt in 1984, their titles were taken over by Eclipse Comics, including Bruce Jones' Alien Worlds, a similar science fiction-themed anthology. They decided to replace Alien Worlds with a new title that would feature a wider range of creators, and purchased the rights to the Alien Encounters title from FantaCo, with Ken Steacy designing the new series' logo.

Eclipse's version was a similarly sized bimonthly ongoing series edited by Cat Yronwode, and would run for 14 issues from June 1985 to August 1987; it was effectively replaced by a short-lived irregular revival of Alien Worlds. Creators who worked on the Eclipse series included Bissette, Cruse, Jones, Zeck, Ray Bradbury, John Bolton, Joe Chiodo, Richard Corben, Chuck Dixon, Gardner F. Fox ,Rick Geary, Peter Ledger, David Lloyd, David Mazzucchelli, Gray Morrow, Ray Nelson, Timothy Truman and Thomas Yeates. The title featured painted pulp magazine-inspired covers by a variety of artists.

Reception
Alien Encounters was sometimes criticized for featuring gratuitous nude scenes. Reviewing the fourth issue for Amazing Heroes, R.A. Jones was largely unimpressed by the lack of originality shown by the contents.

Other media
The story "Nada" by Ray Nelson and Bill Wray, from Alien Encounters #6 (April 1986), was an adaptation of the story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" by Nelson that was the inspiration for the 1988 John Carpenter film They Live.

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Henry Richardson

Henry Richardson may refer to:

Politics

 * Henry Westman Richardson (1855–1918), Canadian businessman and Senator
 * Henry Robson Richardson (1879–1966), politician in Manitoba, Canada
 * Henry Richardson (Northern Ireland politician) (1883–?), politician in Northern Ireland
 * Henry J. Richardson Jr. (1902–1983), American lawyer, judge, and state legislator in Indiana
 * Henry Richardson (New Hampshire politician), American soldier and state legislator

Sports

 * Henry Richardson (cricketer, born 1846) (1846–1921), English businessman and cricketer
 * Henry Richardson (cricketer, born 1857) (1857–1940), English cricketer
 * Henry B. Richardson (1889–1963), Olympic archer
 * Henry Richardson (baseball) (1917-1981), Negro league baseball player

Others

 * Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886), architect
 * Henry Handel Richardson (1870–1946), author
 * Henry S. Richardson, academic and educator
 * Henry Richardson (film editor) (1936–2017), English and American film editor
 * Henry Richardson (artist) (born 1961), sculptor
 * Henry Gerald Richardson (1884–1974), English historian and civil servant

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Pseudohypertension

Pseudohypertension, also known as pseudohypertension in the elderly, noncompressibility artery syndrome, and Osler's sign (or Osler sign) of pseudohypertension is a falsely elevated blood pressure reading obtained through sphygmomanometry due to calcification of blood vessels which cannot be compressed. There is normal blood pressure when it is measured from within the artery. This condition however is associated with significant cardiovascular disease risk.

Because the stiffened arterial walls of arteriosclerosis do not compress with pressure normally, the blood pressure reading is theoretically higher than the true intra-arterial measurement.

To perform the test (also named Osler maneuver), one first inflates the blood pressure cuff above systolic pressure to obliterate the radial pulse. One then attempts to palpate the radial artery, a positive test is if it remains palpable as a firm "tube".

It occurs frequently in the elderly irrespective of them being hypertensive, and has moderate to modest intraobserver and interobserver agreement. It is also known as "Osler's maneuver".

The sign is named for William Osler.

Osler sign occurs due to Monckeberg's sclerosis of arteries. Unlike atherosclerotic change in the intimal layer of arterial lumen, It is the calcification in the media of small or mediate-size arteries within four limbs. Sometimes it also affects renal and coronary arteries. On X-ray, it shows "rail-tracking" appearance. Clinically, pseudohypertension should be considered once one develops dizziness without lowering blood pressure after he/she starts or escalates antihypertensive agents.

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Heinrich LXXII, Prince Reuss of Lobenstein and Ebersdorf

Heinrich LXXII, Prince Reuss of Lobenstein and Ebersdorf (27 March 1797 – 17 February 1853) was the ruling prince of Reuss-Lobenstein from 7 May 1824 until his abdication on 1 October 1848, and of Reuss-Ebersdorf from 1822 to 1848. He was a cousin of king Leopold I of Belgium.

Unlike with most European monarchies, his large regnal number does not indicate that he was preceded by seventy-one previous rulers also named Heinrich. By tradition, all male members of the House of Reuss are named Heinrich, and are numbered by order of birth within the family in general. In the Reuss Younger Line, the numbering system was reset at the beginning of each century; thus Heinrich LXXII's high number is directly related to his having been born at the very end of the eighteenth century.

Heinrich LXXII abdicated in 1848, due to civil unrest in connection with the revolutions that spread through Germany and elsewhere in Europe that year. Because he was the last of his branch of the family, on his death his principality passed to the Prince Reuss zu Schleiz, unifying the lands of the Reuss Younger Line.


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Trijn van Leemput

Trijn van Leemput (c. 1530–1607) was a Dutch heroine of the Eighty Years' War against Spain. According to local legend in Utrecht, she led a large group of women on May 2, 1577, to the castle of Vredenburg and gave the signal to begin demolishing the castle.

The castle of Vredenburg had been built by emperor Charles V after annexing Utrecht in 1528, and was manned by a Spanish garrison. On November 8, 1576, the Pacification of Ghent was signed and the Eighty Years' War began. The Dutch rebels besieged the Vredenburg fortress and, following negotiations, the garrison abandoned the castle in February 1577.

The citizens of Utrecht demanded that the abandoned castle be demolished, but the city government would not allow it, so on May 2 the Utrechters, led by Trijn van Leemput, took matters into their own hands. The events that followed were recorded by contemporaries Arnold Buchelius (1565–1641) and Johan van Beverwijck (1594–1647). Later historians have cast doubt on the historical accuracy of the tale. Most likely it is part legend and partly based on fact.

Trijn van Leemput is said to have gathered a large group of women and marched on the castle, carrying a makeshift banner made out of a blue apron tied to a broom. At the castle, she signalled for the demolition to begin by removing some bricks from the castle walls. The other Utrechters followed suit, and began breaking down the walls using axes, hammers and pick-axes.

She is also said to have fought two Spanish soldiers, who were lodged at her house, at an earlier occasion. After catching them stealing, she threw one down the stairs and threatened the other with a knife.

Archival research has shown that Trijn van Leemput really existed and was born around 1530, probably near Vreeswijk. She and her husband, brewer and miller Jan Jacob van Leemput, moved into a large house on the Oudegracht canal in Utrecht in 1555. The family was one of the city's most prominent families. Trijn's husband was a guild leader and member of the city government, and was one of the four deputies who negotiated with William the Silent on the conditions for Utrecht's entry into the Pacification of Ghent, the Dutch coalition against Spain. Trijn van Leemput died in Utrecht.

As early as the 17th century, Trijn van Leemput was depicted in various paintings. A statue of her, pick-axe in hand, was erected on, near her home, in 1955.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Methetherial

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was Merge with Frederic William Henry Myers. Deathphoenix 15:50, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Methetherial
Insubstantial dicdef for a term which yields 100 results in Google. Delete. --Sn0wflake 16:56, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. The vast majority of those 100-odd hits are Wikipedia mirrors, or random lists of words. If it's relevent, it could be added to the Frederic William Henry Myers article, but I don't personally see the need. — Asbestos | Talk  19:46, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, expand. The wisdom of the world is not to be found exclusively on Google. -- BD2412  talk  20:20, 2005 May 29 (UTC)
 * Who's going to expand it? No-one's heard of it, and no-one's touched it in over a year. — Asbestos | Talk  20:50, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Expansion is not only unlikely, but seems to be pointless, since the term is, apparently, used by that author alone, and thus is not notable enough to have an article on the Wikipedia. --Sn0wflake 22:17, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, for starters, where was the term used by Myers? In a book or an article? Either way the original text would now be in the public domain. -- BD2412  talk  05:59, 2005 May 30 (UTC)

 * Keep Agree with BD2412, Interpellation Klonimus 08:11, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge into Frederic William Henry Myers. The term doesn't appear to have much relevance beyond his writings.  (Or perhaps BD2412 or Klonimus can show us some.) --Dcfleck 17:02, 2005 May 30 (UTC)
 * Merge unless relevance outside Myers' writings can be demonstrated. carmeld1 23:26, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge into Frederic William Henry Myers. JamesBurns 08:04, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.


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All Select Comics

All Select Comics is a 1943–1945 American comic book series published by Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. An omnibus series with several different superhero and other features each issue, it primarily starred Captain America and the original Human Torch, two of Timely's most popular characters, as well as fellow Timely star the Sub-Mariner in several.

Publication history
All Select Comics ran 11 issues, cover-dated Fall 1943 to Fall 1945. The series was renamed Blonde Phantom Comics from issues #12–22 (1947 – March 1949), and revamped as the romance comic Lovers from #23-86 (May 1949 – Aug. 1957).

The first 10 issues of All Select Comics starred the superheroes Captain America and the original Human Torch, as well as Namor the Sub-Mariner in the first five issues plus #10 (Summer 1946). The costumed crime-fighter the Blonde Phantom, created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Syd Shores, debuted in All Select Comics #11 (Fall 1946). The same issue also introduced the feature "Mr. Wu" (a.k.a. "The Mysterious Mr. Wu"), starring Marvel Comics' first Asian hero, an Asian-Indian private detective who went on to make one additional Timely appearance, in Blonde Phantom #12.

Other Timely superheroes appearing in various issues were the Golden Age Black Widow, the Destroyer, super-speedster the Whizzer, and, in the final issue, Miss America. The war comics feature "Jap Buster Johnson", about a two-fisted U.S. Navy lieutenant out to avenge his dead buddy, appeared in three issues, and the military humor feature "Jeep Jones" in two.

Writers and artists on the various features included Vince Alascia, Larry Antonette, Ken Bald, Dan Barry, Allen Bellman, Jack Binder, Stan Drake, Al Gabriele, Patricia Highsmith, Chad Grothkopf, Carl Pfeufer, Bob Powell, Chic Stone, and, on the final issue, Lee, Shores, Charles Nicholas, and Ed Winiarski.

All covers were by Alex Schomburg except the last, by Shores.

Features
The featured characters appeared in these issues:
 * Black Widow: #1
 * Captain America: #1-10
 * The Human Torch: #1-10
 * Sub-Mariner: #1-5, 10
 * The Whizzer: #3-5, 7
 * The Destroyer: #6, 10
 * The Blonde Phantom: #11
 * Miss America: #11
 * Mr. Wu: #11

Reprints
The first issue was reprinted in 1974 by publisher Alan L. Light's company Flashback as Special Edition Reprints #14.

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Allegra (comics)

Allegra was a four-issue limited series published by WildStorm in association with Image Comics in 1996. It was written by Steven T. Seagle, and illustrated by Scott Clark and various others, including Chris Carlston.

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Vincent Bourne

Vincent Bourne, familiarly known as Vinny Bourne (1695 – 2 December 1747), was an English classical scholar and Neo-Latin poet.

Life
Even near contemporaries could find little biographical information about Vincent Bourne. His father's name was Andrew; Vincent was born in 1695. In 1710 he was admitted to Westminster School and was elected to a scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge, on 27 May 1714, proceeding to B.A. in 1717 and becoming a fellow of his college in 1720. In 1721, the year he commenced his M.A., he edited a collection of Carmina Comitialia which contains, among the Miscellanea at the end, some verses of his own, including his tripos poem on Androcles.

On leaving Cambridge he became a master at Westminster School, and continued to hold this appointment until his death. He was a man of peaceful temperament, content to pass his life in indolent repose. As a teacher he wanted energy, and he was a very lax disciplinarian. The poet William Cowper, who was one of his pupils and particularly fond of Bourne, commented that he was so inattentive to his pupils, and so indifferent whether they brought him good or bad exercises, that "he seemed determined, as he was the best, so to be the last, Latin poet of the Westminster line." In another letter Cowper wrote, "I lost more than I got by him; for he made me as idle as himself." In 1734 he published his Poemata, Latine partim reddita, partim scripta, with a dedication to the Duke of Newcastle, and in November of the same year he was appointed housekeeper and deputy sergeant-at-arms to the House of Commons. Later the Duke of Newcastle offered him valuable ecclesiastical preferment, which he declined from conscientious motives. In a letter to his wife, written shortly before his death, he summed up his feelings: "I own and declare that the importance of so great a charge, joined with a mistrust of my own sufficiency, made me fearful of undertaking it: if I have not in that capacity assisted in the salvation of souls, I have not been the means of losing any; if I have not brought reputation to the function by any merit of mine, I have the comfort of this reflection — I have given no scandal to it by my meanness and unworthiness."

Bourne died on 2 December 1747 and was buried at Fulham. His will mentions two children: a daughter named Lucia after her mother and his son Thomas, who was a lieutenant in the marines It also mentions a house in Westminster and farm in Bungay. In later years, Mrs Bourne became a Sister at the Royal Hospital and Collegiate Church of Saint Katharine. She was followed there by her daughter, who died unmarried in 1807.

Works
There were nine editions of Bourne's Latin poems in all, of which the posthumous 1772 quarto was criticised for containing several that demonstrably did not belong to him. Later editions were sometimes accompanied by the translations of others, notably the nineteen written by Cowper. The final 1840 edition of his Poematia contains a memoir and a survey of his writing by John Mitford. Thereafter he was little noticed until the recent revival of interest in Latin poetry.

William Cowper's too partial assessment of Bourne's poetry, in a letter to the Reverend John Newton dated 10 May 1781, frequently prefaced the various editions of his work. "I love the memory of Vinny Bourne. I think him a better Latin poet than Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in his way except Ovid, and not at all inferior to him." Charles Lamb was also an admirer and translated eight more of his poems. In an enthusiastic letter to William Wordsworth, written in 1815, he summed up Bourne's poetical approach as "sucking from every flower, making a flower of everything! His diction all Latin, and his thoughts all English!" The charm of Bourne's poems lies not so much in the elegance of his Latinity as in the breadth and humour of his subject matter. He had quick sympathy for his fellow-men, and loving tenderness towards all animals. His epitaphs are models of simplicity and grace. A later critic commented on his epigrammatic style that "his natural taste brought to that form an almost lyrical delicacy of touch which makes his vignettes of contemporary life a new genre … In Bourne it is the exact and sympathetic observation of the particular contemporary scene which charms us. His work shows the final and complete emancipation of the eighteenth-century Latin poet from the theory of imitating the classics which had dominated the Renaissance."

Some of his subjects tested his linguistic ingenuity to the full, having to encompass a man smoking a pipe, a magic lantern show, a pair of spectacles, a coach too full of people, or a crowd milling about street ballad singers. His playfulness is particularly apparent in treating animal subjects such as a jackdaw inhabiting a steeple, a snail, or sparrows feeding in a Cambridge college, all poems translated by Cowper. Another, Canis et Echo, features a dog barking at the Moon reflected in the Thames, and then at the echo of its own voice. The theme is further imitated by repetition within the text:
 * Audiit et vanas ludicra nympha minas:
 * Audiit; et rabie rabiem lepidissima vindex.

Nevertheless, despite the elegance and adaptability of Bourne's style, the essayist A. C. Benson comments that "an exhaustive account of his Latinity would be a long enumeration of minute mistakes arising from the imperfect acquaintance of the scholars of the day with the principles of correct Latinity", Bourne's final 19th century editor having enumerated these at some length. But, Benson concludes, his former popularity as a poet rested on the fact that he was "a man with a warm heart and a capacious eye, finding any trait of human character, any grouping of the grotesque or tender furniture of life, interesting and memorable....Absent-minded he may have been, but observant he was to a peculiar degree, and that not of broad poetical effects, but of the minute detail and circumstance of every-day life."

In addition, Bourne translated into Latin poems by some of the principal Augustan poets of his time, including Nicholas Rowe, John Gay, Matthew Prior, John Arbuthnot and Joseph Addison, whose "Three Divine Hymns" fitted his religious frame of mind. In particular also he translated narratives such as David Mallet's "William and Margaret" and Thomas Tickell's ballad of "Lucy and Colin". As these writers adapted the Augustan spirit to themes of the time, so Bourne endeavoured also to update the Latin language to encompass similar themes.

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