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Killraven (Jonathan Raven) is a fictional freedom fighter in several post-apocalyptic alternate futures depicted in stories published by Marvel Comics. Created by co-plotters Roy Thomas and Neal Adams, scriptwriter Gerry Conway, and penciller Adams, the character first appeared in ''Amazing Adventures'' vol. 2, #18 (May 1973). The series featured the first dramatic interracial kiss in American color comic books. ==Publishing history== Co-creator Neal Adams' early ideas for Killraven involved the character being the son of a Doc Savage archetype.〔("Neal Adams: The Marvel Years" (interview) ), ''Comic Book Artist'' #3 (Winter 1999). (WebCitation archive ).〕 This conception had been reworked by the first issue, a multiple-creator goulash in which the two originators and co-plotters turned the scripting over to another writer, and in which artist co-creator Adams penciled only the first 11 pages and Howard Chaykin the remaining nine. The second issue was fully written by the debut's scripter, Gerry Conway, followed in the third by Marv Wolfman. After this, the book became the province of writer Don McGregor for an acclaimed run〔In addition to contemporaneous reviews in the 1970s, latter-day reviews include: *"Don McGregor took over the 'Killraven' writing chores, and was joined soon after by P. Craig Russell. With their combined talents, and the freedom that comes with working on a low-selling book that could be canceled at any moment, the two of them produced a groundbreaking series that explored philosophy, madness, love, violence, and the nature of freedom". — *"Though quite a few folks had their hand in the original run back in ''Amazing Adventures'', it was the words-and-pictures team of Don McGregor and P. Craig Russell that made my tentacles twitch. ...a classic". — * "As his work progressed, readers saw (Craig Russell ) take artistic ownership of 'Killraven'. ... Much like Jim Steranko's work on Marvel's ''Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D'', events flowed through some pages in a style that was as reminiscent of fine art as it was of comic art. Also impressive was his sense of design. Russell arguably produced some of the most imaginative, and visually horrific, monsters and villains in Marvel's history. Don McGregor handled the writing for this issue-run, and credit must be given to his involved plots, as well as his ability to pack a lot of story into a 32-page pamphlet". — 〕 from #21 (Nov. 1973) to the final issue, #39 (Nov. 1976). Pencillers were Herb Trimpe, Rich Buckler, Gene Colan, and, most prominently, P. Craig Russell from issue #27 on. Two of its characters, Carmilla Frost and the African American M'Shulla Scott, shared color comic books' earliest known dramatic interracial kiss, in issue #31 (July 1975), page nine, final panel.〔One previous interracial kiss occurred not in a color comic book but in Warren Publishing's black-and-white comics magazine ''Creepy'' #43 (Jan. 1972), in "The Men Who Called Him Monster", by the same writer, Don McGregor, and artist Luis Garcia. The earliest known humorous interracial kiss was in the story "Home Cooking" in Premier Magazine's satirical comic book ''Nuts'' #1 (March 1954), per (its listing ) at the Grand Comics Database.〕 Aside from McGregor, with whom the character became associated, other writers include Bill Mantlo (a fill-in ''Amazing Adventures'' and a ''Marvel Team-Up'' with Killraven and a future-flung Spider-Man); Joe Linsner (a 2001 Marvel Knights one-shot, ''Killraven'', set in 2020 New York City, at odds with the original series' locale by that fictional year); and Alan Davis (also artist), in a 2002 parallel universe miniseries, ''Killraven'' vol. 2. An Essential Marvel volume in 2005 reprinted all the character's appearances except that Davis story. McGregor and Russell, however, remain the series' signature creative team; more than two decades after the original series' end, comics historian Peter Sanderson wrote that, Some planned elements of the "Killraven" saga were incorporated into the Eclipse Comics series ''Sabre'', McGregor〔"Don McGregor Says..." (interview), ''Comics Interview'' #3 (May 1983), p. 16: "Some of the elements that I had been leading up to in 'Killraven' (the series was canceled ) — especially the material dealing with Yellowstone National Park — I had written about six months previously for ''Sabre''."〕 and Russell〔P. Craig Russell interview, ''Comics Interview'' #3 (May 1983), p. 10: "Don always had a very strong structure worked out several years in advance, but when he didn't think he'd be doing 'Killraven' again, he used some of the ideas and settings in other stories — such as the Disney World setting used in ''Sabre''...."〕 each said in 1983. The character made latter-day appearances in ''Marvel Zombies 5'' #2 (April 2010) where the war against the Martians is concluded, and in ''The Avengers'' vol. 4, #4-6 (Aug.-Oct. 2010), the latter in the present day after time-traveling. Killraven appears in ''Claws II'' (Aug. 2011), in which the superheroes Wolverine and Black Cat meet him in the future fighting Martians. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Killraven」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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