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Encyclopedia > Centennial (comics)

Centennial is a fictional character, a superhero featured in the publications of Marvel Comics, notably Alpha Flight A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Superman and Batman, two of the most recognizable and iconic superheroes. ... It has been suggested that Felicia (pseudonym) be merged into this article or section. ... Alpha Flight is a Canadian team of super heroes, created for Marvel Comics by Chris Claremont and Canadian native John Byrne. ...

Centennial
Publisher Marvel Comics
First appearance Alpha Flight #1 (2004)
Created by
Character Information
Real name Rutherford B Princeton III
Status Deceased
Affiliations none
Previous affiliations Alpha Flight
Notable aliases Captain Tomorrow, Justice Man, Flying Fossil, Old Man
Notable relatives Agnes (wife, deceased), Malcolm/Blacque X (great-grandson)
Notable powers Superhuman strength, resistance to injury, flight, eye-beams

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Flight Plans - Part Two (of Six): Centennial - Silver Bullet Comics - comics news, comic book news, comics information (1100 words)
The new series is written by Scott Lobdell, formerly the self described "go-to-guy for all things X", and illustrated by Clayton Henry.
More often than not, she would have to call out to me and remind me it was pay day.
And while my father is happily married to his wife of fifty years, we're going to learn that Rutherford has spent a good part of his life in mourning for the one who got away.
HA | The Comics are Licked! (1165 words)
The critical establishment, the cultural elite, still regards comics as a vulgar trifle instead of the vital—and indigenous—art form that it is. For the most part, when museums like the Whitney and MoMA focus on comics it is for strips’ amusingly recondite lowest-common-denominator appeal, or their mere service as reference-points for modern artists.
Comics should not be crammed into the nearest semi-logical cubbyhole, there to be more easily denigrated, but rather should be seen as an independent and dynamic form.
As comics close out their first hundred years, we look ahead not just at a new century but a new millenium, and we should redefine our place in society, in cultural traditions, and be proud rather than apologetic for the comics’ role—both inthe rich century just ending, and the exciting future.
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