Cloud is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ... In comic books, first appearance refers to the date or issue of a characters first appearance. ... The Defenders was a comic book series about a loosely-organized team of superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. ... John Marc DeMatteis (born December 15, 1953) is an American writer of comic books. ... Don Perlin is a comic artist whose work has included The Defenders and G.I. Joe for Marvel. ... The Defenders was a comic book series about a loosely-organized team of superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. ... It has been suggested that Earth-616 be merged into this article or section. ...
Cloud is a sentient nebula, an immense cloud of gas, with the ability to assume human form. Cloud's initial human form was at first modeled after human female Carol Faber. After falling in love with Moondragon, Cloud also developed a male form modeled after Danny Milligan. Moondragon is a fictional character in Marvel Comics universe. ...
Cloud was an adventurer for awhile with the Defenders. Cloud later travelled through space for a time with Moondragon, Sundragon, and Gargoyle, and the Eternal Demeityr, who had become Sundragon's lover. The Defenders was a comic book series about a loosely-organized team of superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. ... Sundragon is a small screenprinting and graphics business in Oakland California USA specializing in apparel imprinting. ... Gargoyle is a Marvel comics superhero, and a member of the Defenders. ... The Eternals are a fictional race of superhumans in the Marvel Comics universe. ...
He is best known as a comics theorist, following the publication in 1993 of Understanding Comics, a wide-ranging exploration of the definition, history, vocabulary, and methods of the medium of comics, itself done in comics form.
He followed in 2000 with the more controversial Reinventing Comics (also in comics form), in which he outlined twelve "revolutions" that he argued would be keys to the growth and success of comics as a popular and creative medium.
He was one of the earliest promoters of web comics as a distinct variety of comics, and a vocal supporter of micropayments.