Ultimate Pop Culture - Fictional Hackers - Anarky, Ansem the Wise, April O'Neil, April Ryan, Barbara Gordon, Chloe Sullivan, Cid Highwind, Coco Bandicoot, Donatello, Gwen Tennyson, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Iron Lad, Jake Foley, Jesse Kilmartin, John Connor, (Paperback)

This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online. Pages: 90. Chapters: Anarky, Ansem the Wise, April O'Neil, April Ryan, Barbara Gordon, Chloe Sullivan, Cid Highwind, Coco Bandicoot, Donatello, Gwen Tennyson, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Iron Lad, Jake Foley, Jesse Kilmartin, John Connor, Kerr Avon, Kyle Broflovski, Manic the Hedgehog, Max Guevara, Miles "Tails" Prower, Miles "Tails" Prower, Neo, Ribbons Almark, Salem Saberhagen, Slippy Toad, Willow Rosenberg. Excerpt: Anarky (Lonnie Machin) is a fictional character in the Template: DC Universe. Co-created by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle, he first appeared in Detective Comics #608 (November 1989) as an adversary of Batman. Originally intended to only be used in the debut story in which he appeared, Anarky was created to be a violent but highly intelligent youth who rationalized murder in the name of a higher cause. At the request of Dennis O'Neil, this early interpretation was altered before publication, and Anarky was instead portrayed as violent but non-lethal - a characterization that has remained consistent ever since. Following positive reception by readers, Grant briefly considered, in secret, transforming Anarky into a new Robin, to replace the then recently deceased Jason Todd. However, this was soon abandoned when he was informed that Tim Drake had already been created to do so. Stories revolving around Anarky often focus on political and philosophical themes. Named after the philosophy of anarchism, his creation was partially influenced by Alan Moore's character "V" from V for Vendetta. With Grant's transition to the philosophy of Neo-Tech, Anarky was transformed from a vehicle for socialist and populist philosophy, to rationalist, atheist, and free market based thought. The character experienced a brief surge in media exposure during the late '90s, beginning when Norm Breyfogle convinced Alan Grant to produce a limited series based on the chara...