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57-403: The series was written exclusively in two-issue story arcs. Each issue began with a humorous FAQ , in which questions were answered with enthusiastic marketing copy that veers into the strange or disturbing. It was also used to answer questions posed by uninformed readers. The Nextwave series features a collection of minor Marvel superheroes : monster hunter Elsa Bloodstone ; Monica Rambeau ,

114-475: A FAQ is generally to provide information on frequent questions or concerns; however, the format is a useful means of organizing information, and text consisting of questions and their answers may thus be called a FAQ regardless of whether the questions are actually frequently asked. Since the acronym FAQ originated in textual media, its pronunciation varies. FAQ can be pronounced as an initialism , "F-A-Q", or as an acronym , "FAQ". Web designers often label

171-443: A Favourite Letterer category as well as the one-off category Favourite Comics-Related Merchandise. The 2006 Eagles saw the addition of a Favourite Publisher award, and the 2008 Eagle Awards added categories for Favourite Newcomer: Writer and Favourite Newcomer: Artist while dropping the long-running categories Favourite Character/Hero and Favourite Villain. The final set of awards, in 2014, were given in 28 categories. The following

228-418: A host of new categories were added: The Favourite Comics Related Website (Fan-Organized) category was dropped in 2002, but five more award categories were added: The 2004 Eagles dropped awards for the long-running categories Supporting Character and Character Most Worthy of Own Title, as well as the relatively new categories of British Small Press Title, Comic Strip/Newspaper Strip, and Comics E-Zine. It added

285-457: A list of questions and answers, introduced as "Certaine Queries answered ...". Many old catechisms are in a question-and-answer (Q&A) format. Summa Theologica , written by Thomas Aquinas in the second half of the 13th century, is a series of common questions about Christianity to which he wrote a series of replies. The "FAQ" is an Internet textual tradition originating from the technical limitations of early mailing lists from NASA in

342-456: A series of British awards for comic book titles and creators. They were awarded by UK fans voting for work produced during the previous year. Named after the UK's seminal boys' comic Eagle , the awards were launched in 1977 for comics released in 1976. "[S]et up and financed by a group of dealers and fanzine editors" with the intention of including "people with... diverse interests... to make

399-455: A single list of questions as a "FAQ", such as on Google Search , while using "FAQs" to denote multiple lists of questions such as on United States Treasury sites. Use of "FAQ" to refer to a single frequently asked question, in and of itself, is less common. While the name may be recent, the FAQ format itself is quite old. For example, Matthew Hopkins wrote The Discovery of Witches in 1648 as

456-475: Is a comprehensive list of the Eagle Award categories and the years they were presented, many of which were divided into British sections and (North) American sections. These categories included: General categories not divided into U.K. and U.S. sections were: Finally, there were a few one-off awards: Alan Moore won this award an impressive eleven times (including sweeping the U.K. and U.S. categories in

513-583: Is an important consideration in web design, in order to achieve several goals of customer service and search engine optimization (SEO), including Some content providers discourage the use of FAQs in place of restructuring content under logical headings . For example, the UK Government Digital Service does not use FAQs because the service believes that their form primarily serves writers' needs and creates more work for readers. Eagle Award (comics) The Eagle Awards were

570-421: Is extremely cynical, foul-mouthed, and hard-drinking. His age is as yet undetermined, but he has said his mother conceived him while listening to Roxy Music 's 1982 album Avalon . A text box in one issue states that, despite his name, he is not actually the captain of anything. The Captain and other Nextwave members appear on the solicited cover to Avengers: The Initiative . The Captain resurfaces in

627-770: Is funded by the Beyond Corporation© , an organization formerly known as terrorist group S.I.L.E.N.T. As a result, the heroes leave H.A.T.E., stealing a vehicle called the Shockwave Rider . They destroy the U.W.M.D.s that the Beyond Corporation and H.A.T.E. have hidden around the United States, while being pursued by H.A.T.E. Director Dirk Anger, a parody of Nick Fury . The U.W.M.D.s include Fin Fang Foom , Broccoli Men , Ultra Samurai, and

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684-605: Is good to know that the young people of today are ready and waiting for me to form a Church". Nextwave also won three Eagle Awards for Favourite New Comicbook, Favourite Comics Story Published During 2006 (for issues #1–6), and Favourite Comics Villain (for Dirk Anger). In a 2005 interview, writer Warren Ellis commenting on his Nextwave stories stated: "I think it has to be a self contained universe. It takes from Marvel history, but I wouldn't necessarily want to drag mainstream Marvel into it for fear of what I would do to it". In 2006, Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada said that "for

741-514: Is known about the Captain's past before he joined H.A.T.E. , the organization which assembled Nextwave. One flashback shows that when he was a child, his mother hanged his favorite teddy bear, Special Bear; due to this, he dislikes teddy bears even in adulthood. As with all of the flashbacks shown in the series, the accuracy of this memory is suspect, as Civil War: Battle Damage Report states that members of Nextwave may have had memories altered by

798-614: The Eagle logo was perceived (as described by Burton) as "a standard of quality ... seldom reached" in early 1977, the Eagle Awards were named "with official blessing from IPC " ( Eagle 's former publisher). The Eagle Awards were launched at the British Comic Art Convention , the earliest British fan convention devoted entirely to comics (and usually known by the moniker Comicon ). The first awards ceremony

855-467: The Beyond Corporation© . He claims to be "from ☠☠☠☠ Brooklyn". The Captain gained his powers from "the Heartstar of the space between the galaxies", also referred to as the " Messianic Siddhe - complex ", which was bestowed upon him by a pair of small, green, altruistic extraterrestrials named Spa-Fon and Squa-Tront in order to make Brooklyn a better place. As the Captain was incredibly drunk at

912-554: The London Comic Mart by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons . The 1984 Eagle Award nominations were announced in May with Howard Chaykin 's American Flagg! dominating the nominations – Favourite Penciler, Inker, Writer, Comic, Character ( Reuben Flagg ), Supporting Character ( Raul the cat ), New Comic, Single or Continued Story, and two nominations for Favourite Cover – and winning seven of them. The 1984 awards presentation

969-673: The MCM Award . The announcement prompted a public rift between MCM and the Conroys; as a result no Eagles were awarded in 2013. The Conroys decided to continue the awards separate from MCM, and in April 2014 it was announced that the award would be presented at the London Film and Comic Con (LFCC) and be named The Stan Lee Eagle Award , with the backing of Stan Lee in his last European convention appearance. In June 2014, however, it

1026-655: The Mindless Ones . Using the Shockwave Rider as a mobile base of operations (the vehicle is larger on the inside than out, much like the TARDIS of Doctor Who ), Nextwave is able to rapidly mount missions in widely separated locations including central Illinois , Wyoming, North Dakota, and Nevada . Nextwave debuted in 2006 and was cancelled after issue #12, which was published in February 2007. The run of

1083-579: The Oscars or the BAFTAs . The Eagle Awards were usually presented in a ceremony at a British comic book convention ; venues over the years included the British Comic Art Convention , UKCAC , Comic Festival , Comic Expo , and the London MCM Expo . Hosts for the ceremonies included such notables as Simon Pegg , Norman Lovett , Fraser Ayres , Billy West , and Anthony Stewart Head . Initially

1140-667: The 2016 Civil War II storyline, reduced to possible homelessness and whiling away his time in New York City's dive bars. He is spurred back into action when Nova 's battle with the forces of Mole Monster causes his beer to spill, an innocuous occurrence that the Captain interprets as an epiphany-inducing "metaphor for something". FAQ A frequently asked questions ( FAQ ) list is often used in articles, websites, email lists , and online forums where common questions tend to recur, for example through posts or queries by new users related to common knowledge gaps. The purpose of

1197-476: The Bristol Comic Expo scaled back that year, and was not available for the evening awards ceremony. After attempting to go forward with the Eagle Awards as an online-only process, the Conroys were forced to cancel the 2009 awards due to a "lack of nominations." The 2010–2012 awards were presented at the London MCM Expo . At the 2012 awards it was announced that the award would in future be called

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1254-721: The Eagle Award itself was a certificate; eventually the award became an engraved trophy. Notable repeat Eagle Award winners included Alan Moore , who won the Favourite Comicbook Writer award an impressive eleven times (including sweeping the U.K. and U.S. categories in the period 1985–1987); Terry Austin , who won the Favourite Inker award nine times; Alex Ross , who won the Favourite Comics Artist (Fully Painted Artwork) seven times in ten possible years; and Laura DePuy Martin , who won

1311-835: The Eagle Awards website; the five most popular became nominees for the awards. Over the course of their existence, the Eagle Awards were eventually awarded in more than 30 categories. The first ballot had nominations in 19 categories: The next year's ballot, 1978, had 21 categories, dropping Favourite British Fan Personality and Favourite Comic Publication "All Time," and adding categories for Inker, Villain, and Supporting Character. The 1979 ballot dropped categories for Favourite Comic – Dramatic and Favourite Comic – Humour and added categories for Cover and Character Most Worthy of Own Title. The nominations for Favourite Single Comicbook Story and Favorite Continued Comicbook Story were separate from 1977 to 1980 and then again from 2011 to 2014; they were merged as one category from 2000 to 2010. Similarly,

1368-843: The Eagles were replaced by the UK Comic Art Awards , and then from 1997 until 2003 (with the exception of the year 2000) were supplanted by the National Comics Awards . In 2000, on the 50th anniversary of the birth of Eagle , the Eagle Awards returned. The ceremony was held April 22, 2000, at the Bristol Comic Festival (known as "Comics 2000"); this time MC'd by actor/comedian Simon Pegg . There were no Eagle Awards distributed in 2001; voting for comics published in 2000 ended in October 2001 and

1425-664: The Favourite Colourist award six straight times. 2000 AD won the Favourite (Colour) Comic award 12 times, while The Walking Dead won Favourite Black & White Comicbook seven straight times. Batman was voted Favourite Comicbook Character 12 times and Judge Dredd won the award seven times; while the X-Men dominated the Favourite Comicbook Group or Team category, winning it eight times in

1482-552: The Favourite Cover category was only divided into British and American sections from 1984 to 1990. Reflecting an interest in long-form comics, the Best Original Graphic Novel category was added in 1986. The Favourite Team category was dropped after 1990. With the revival of the Eagles in 2000, categories for Favourite Writer and Favourite Artist were no longer separated into UK and US sections, and

1539-666: The Mighty Avengers , it is definitively stated that Nextwave happened, with the Beyond Corporation, now revealed to be members of The Beyonders returning, and tauntingly telling Luke Cage and Jessica Jones to ask Monica about "Beyond", making her realize those events were, in fact, real, and reverting to her Nextwave outfit. A version of the team appears in the Marvel Zombies universe in Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness where they engage in battle with

1596-546: The Phoenix"), Continued Comic Book Story (" The Dark Phoenix Saga ," X-Men #135–137), and Cover ( X-Men #136, by Byrne and Austin). The 1981 awards were organised by Burton and Conroy, and sponsored by Burton, Conroy, Colin Campbell, Bob Smart, and four UK comics retailers: Forbidden Planet , Forever People, Nostalgia & Comics, and Comics Showcase. After a hiatus in 1982, the Eagle Awards returned in 1983, presented at

1653-663: The Ramada City Inn in Bristol ; the Eagles were again not presented in 2005. The 2006–2008 awards presentations were held at the Comic Expo in Bristol, with the 2008 awards being notable for accusations of ballot-stuffing . Management of the Eagle Awards was transferred from co-founder Mike Conroy to his teenage daughter Cassandra Conroy in 2009 (although Mike Conroy stayed on as advisor). The previous years' venue

1710-709: The US, and character, continuing story and "character worthy of own title" in the UK (in which last category his works held all top three spots). The awards became almost fully annual in 1987, in conjunction with the United Kingdom Comic Art Convention (UKCAC); they were held at the UKCAC in 1987, 1988, and 1990. The Eagle Awards went dormant during most of the 1990s, as organizer Mike Conroy focused on his freelance writing (including becoming an editor of Comics International ). From 1990 to 1997,

1767-486: The Volume 1 hardcover collected edition. The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has released their Best of 2007 lists and Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. were named among the 2007 Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens. Nextwave writer Warren Ellis was happy to learn of the title's recognition by YALSA, saying that he did it all for the children. In keeping with the off-beat humor of his book, Ellis added: "It

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1824-520: The accumulated FAQs across all Usenet newsgroups sparked the creation of the "*.answers" moderated newsgroups such as comp.answers, misc.answers and sci.answers for crossposting and collecting FAQ across respective comp.*, misc.*, sci.* newsgroups. The FAQ has become an important component of websites, either as a stand-alone page or as a website section with multiple subpages per question or topic. Embedded links to FAQ pages have become commonplace in website navigation bars, bodies, or footers. The FAQ page

1881-519: The crosses denoting censorship of an expletive ) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . He is a satiric superhero appearing in the book Nextwave . He was created by Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen and first appeared in Nextwave #1 (January 2006). In 2006, Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada stated that Nextwave's setting was in a universe separate from

1938-651: The early 1980s. The first FAQ developed over several pre-Web years, starting from 1982 when storage was expensive. On ARPANET 's SPACE mailing list, the presumption was that new users would download archived past messages through FTP . In practice this rarely happened, and the users tended to post questions to the mailing list instead of searching its archives. Repeating the "right" answers became tedious, and went against developing netiquette . A series of different measures were set up by loosely affiliated groups of computer system administrators, from regularly posted messages to netlib -like query email daemons . The acronym FAQ

1995-410: The first daily FAQ. In some cases, informative documents not in the traditional FAQ style have also been described as FAQs, particularly the video game FAQ, which is often a detailed description of gameplay, including tips, secrets, and beginning-to-end guidance. Rarely are videogame FAQs in a question-and-answer format, although they may contain a short section of questions and answers. Over time,

2052-820: The former Captain Marvel ; Tabitha Smith , formerly of X-Force ; Aaron Stack , the Machine Man; and new character the Captain , previously called Captain ☠☠☠☠ (the obscured words being so horrible that Captain America allegedly "beat seven shades of it out of [him]" and left him in a dumpster with a bar of soap in his mouth). These individuals are assembled by H.A.T.E. , the Highest Anti-Terrorism Effort, to fight Unusual Weapons of Mass Destruction (U.W.M.D.s). The Nextwave team learns that H.A.T.E.

2109-424: The full impact of the scene, a reader might have to purchase six copies. On the last of the pages, a caption reads: "Nextwave: Blatantly wasting your money since 2006". A theme song was created by series editor Nick Lowe and his brother Matt, by their band Thunder Thighs. It was advertised on their Myspace page and lyrics printed in the "Director's Cut" edition of the first issue. The tabs and lyrics are also in

2166-582: The infected superheroes. They are killed off-panel by the infected Power Pack . The series has been collected into a number of volumes : In March 2010, all twelve issues were collected into a paperback Ultimate Collection ( ISBN   0-7851-4461-7 ). The entire Nextwave team was represented in HeroClix form in the Giant Size X-Men (GSX) set. The team of five figures equals an even 500 points. The Captain (formerly Captain ☠☠☠☠ , with

2223-477: The introduction of a "free vote . . . rather than pre-selected nominees," creating a "fairer reflection of fans' opinions – and some anomalous results, especially in the Roll of Honor category." The 2004 awards saw online voting for the first time; over 13,000 voting forms were "received via post, email and website counting centres." For the 2007 awards, nominations were made by the general comics-reading public via

2280-482: The main Marvel continuity. However, recent issues of Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe , as well as Civil War: Battle Damage Report , consistently place Nextwave's activities in mainstream continuity. According to Warren Ellis's series proposal (within Volume 1's collection of stories), he stated that the Captain was pretty much every pointless character who utilized "Captain" in his codename. Little

2337-716: The period 1985–1987), with Chris Claremont winning it four times (all in the span 1977–1981). Mike Mignola won this award three times while Frank Miller won it twice. Multiple winners of this award included John Byrne , Brian Bolland , and Alan Davis with three wins; and Neal Adams , John Bolton , George Pérez , Bill Sienkiewicz , Frank Miller , Brian Talbot , Frank Quitely , and J. H. Williams III with two awards apiece. Terry Austin won this award nine times in an eleven-year span (from 1978 to 1988). Alex Ross dominated this award, winning it seven times in 10 possible years. Laura DePuy Martin won this award six straight times from 2000 to 2008. 2000 AD 's Tharg

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2394-456: The poll as impartial as possible," the Eagles were described as "the first independent [in the UK], nationally organised comic art awards poll." The hope was that the Eagle Awards would "become a regular annual fandom event," and indeed, they were the preeminent British comics award in the 1980s and the 2000s (being mostly dormant in the 1990s), variously described as the country's comics equivalent of

2451-400: The project at his then current pay rate. Ellis has stated that "there will be more Nextwave to come, presented as a sequence of limited series". Starting with issue #3, Marvel had changed the series title to Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. Artist Stuart Immonen has stated that the title change was due to trademark issues. A variant edition of issue #5, called the " Crayon Butchery Variant",

2508-481: The series was written by Warren Ellis, drawn by Stuart Immonen and colored by Dave McCaig . Warren Ellis (on his website) stated in October 2006 that he had initially planned to write the series for twelve issues, then pass it off to another writer. However the initial plan was changed and the series was placed on hiatus until Ellis should choose to return. According to Ellis, this was at least partly because monthly sales could not justify keeping artist Stuart Immonen on

2565-838: The span of 11 years. Wolverine won the Favourite Comicbook Character category three times, the Favourite Supporting Character award three times, and the Character Most Worthy of Own Title twice. In 2014, in connection with Stan Lee , the Eagle Awards were renamed, and presented as, the True Believer Comic Awards . They have not returned since then. The Eagle Awards were set up by prominent British comics enthusiasts Mike Conroy , Nick Landau , Colin Campbell, Phil Clarke, and Richard Burton . Because

2622-461: The stories, he doesn't have a name anymore at all, with "The Captain" serving both as a moniker, and as an impromptu first name. Similar to the rest of Nextwave, the Captain dresses in civilian clothes—sneakers, camouflage pants, a trenchcoat, and a white T-shirt with a black star which resembles the Heartstar—despite becoming a superhero "for the mask", as he stated in issue #1. The Captain

2679-710: The time being" Nextwave was to be considered set in a universe separate from the main Marvel continuity. In contradiction to these earlier statements, Marvel publications such as Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe and Civil War: Battle Damage Report seemed to portray Nextwave's activities as occurring in the mainstream Marvel continuity. To further complicate matters, Nextwave's entry in Civil War: Battle Damage Report states: "Recent intelligence suggests some or all Nextwave members unknowingly had their memories and/or personalities altered by their new employers (H.A.T.E.)". In Captain America and

2736-551: The time, it is unknown if he remembers this event exactly, as he immediately attacked both aliens, believing them to be gold-bearing leprechauns . By his own admission, he used to go by Captain ☠☠☠☠, a moniker so offensive that, when he met Captain America, the Avenger beat him severely and left him unconscious in a dumpster with a bar of soap in his mouth. The Captain used a lot of codenames as well, all of them starting with 'Captain', and had to abandon them all because someone else

2793-521: The winners were announced in June 2002 (at the Comic Festival , which had replaced UKCAC), so news reports announced these variously as the 2000, 2001, or 2002 Eagle Awards. The Eagles again went dormant in 2003 (replaced by the National Comics Awards ). The Eagle Awards returned in 2004 (sponsored by the retailer Ace Comics) and were presented at the inaugural Comic Expo , held November 6–7, at

2850-414: Was again organised by Burton and Conroy, and sponsored by Burton, Conroy, Colin Campbell, Forbidden Planet, Nostalgia & Comics, Bob Smart, and Comics Showcase. Marvel 's X-Men comic and creators dominated the 1981 Eagles, winning Favourite Comic Book, Artist ( John Byrne ), Writer ( Chris Claremont ), Inker ( Terry Austin ), Character ( Wolverine ), Single Comic Book Story ( X-Men #137, "The Fate of

2907-474: Was already using them. In Nextwave #7 he mentions that he had to pay a "marine-looking melon farmer" to even use his current codename. The Captain continues to use his codename in the Nextwave group while the other members have dropped them; according to Aaron Stack , this is due to an inability to remember his real name. According to the official theme song of the comic, in tone with the satirical quality of

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2964-466: Was announced that the new award would be called the True Believer Comic Awards . The inaugural True Believer Comics Awards were presented July 12, 2014, at the LFCC, with host Anthony Stewart Head and a special appearance by Stan Lee. They have not been awarded since. At the outset of the Eagle Award, ballots were made available to "most dealers, shops and fanzines." The initial method of casting votes

3021-653: Was at the Birmingham Comic Art Show. By the mid-1980s the work of British authors often dominated both the UK and US categories. In 1985 Alan Moore won favorite writer in both categories, and in 1986 (presented on June 1 at the Birmingham Comic Art Show), the awards "proved to be a virtual clean sweep ... by Alan Moore ," who not only again won "favourite writer in both the US and UK categories," but had his work win for favourite comic book, supporting character and new title in

3078-550: Was designed to be inclusive and straightforward, with completed forms able to be returned to the same place, rather than a centralised location. An initial ballot formed a list of nominees, from which the voting ballot was created and disseminated in the same manner. The awards for 1983 used an open voting system, with no pre-selected nominees. In 1984, the Eagles introduced a new nomination system composed of "prominent British fans, publishers, dealers, and artists," which put forward three names in each category. The 1986 Eagles saw

3135-535: Was developed between 1982 and 1985 by Eugene Miya of NASA for the SPACE mailing list. The format was then picked up on other mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups . Posting frequency changed to monthly, and finally weekly and daily across a variety of mailing lists and newsgroups. The first person to post a weekly FAQ was Jef Poskanzer to the Usenet net.graphics / comp.graphics newsgroups . Eugene Miya experimented with

3192-686: Was held on 3 September 1977, at the Bloomsbury Centre Hotel, London. The 1978 and 1979 awards were also presented at the British Comic Art Convention. Almost from the beginning, the awards included separate UK and US sections. The 1980 Eagle Awards (for comics published in 1979) were sponsored by Burton, Conroy, Colin Campbell, Dark They Were and Golden Eyed , Steve Dillon , Forbidden Planet , Forever People, Nostalgia & Comics, Bob Smart, and Valhalla Books; and organised by Burton and Conroy. The 1981 edition

3249-402: Was printed in black and white on newsprint. Marvel (through the website Comic Book Resources ) encouraged readers to color the issue with crayons and enter the results, for a chance to win original artwork from the issue. The winner was announced in the letter column of the tenth issue. Issue #11 contains a series of splash pages that Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen devised so that in order to get

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