Rogues gallery is a police collection of pictures or photographs of criminals and suspects kept for identification purposes. Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force A photograph (often shortened to photo) is an Image created by Light falling on a light-sensitive surface usually Photographic film or an electronic In the sociological field, crime is the breach of a rule or Law for which some governing authority or force may ultimately prescribe a Punishment In the Parlance of Criminal justice, a suspect is a known person suspected of committing a Crime.
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History
In 1850, Allan Pinkerton founded the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Allan Pinkerton (25 August 1819 &ndash 1 July 1884 was a Scottish Detective and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton Agency, the first "We Never Sleep" the famous motto of the Pinkerton Agency redirects here Pinkerton devised the Rogues’ Gallery — a compilation of descriptions, methods of operation, hiding places, and names of criminals and their associates.
Inspector Thomas Byrnes of the late 19th century New York City Police Department popularized the term with his collection of photographs of known criminals, which was used for witness identification. Inspector Thomas F Byrnes (1842-1910 was born in Dublin Ireland and emigrated to New York as a child Byrnes published some of these photos with details of the criminals in Professional Criminals of America (1886) [1].
In popular culture
Rogues Gallery was the name of an old-time radio program that aired in the 1940s. Old-Time Radio (OTR and the Golden Age of Radio refer to a period of Radio programming lasting from the proliferation of radio broadcasting in the early 1920s until The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be [2]
An album was released in 2006 as a tie-in with the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl under the name of Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. For the video game see Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl (video game Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Rogue's Gallery Pirate Ballads Sea Songs and Chanteys is a Compilation album of Sea shanties performed by a wide array of artists ranging from
Rogues' Gallery is also the name of an accessory for the first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. Over the years there have been a number of different versions of the Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Role-playing game (D&D This booklet contains hundreds of pre-rolled non-player characters of all classes and types, complete with alignments, and personalities. A non-player character, often shortened to NPC, is a character that is controlled by the Gamemaster in Role-playing games or one that is not
In Superheroes and Comics
Rogues gallery is also a term in comics referring to a specific hero or superhero's recurring and most notable enemies, as opposed to nameless thugs and goons. Comics (via Latin from the Greek "" kōmikos, of or pertaining to "comedy" from kōmos "revel" A hero (from Greek grc ἥρως hērōs) in Greek mythology and Folklore, was originally a Demigod, the offspring of a mortal and A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do
Lists of Superhero Rogues Galleries
- List of Superman enemies
- List of Batman enemies
- List of Wonder Woman enemies
- List of Flash enemies
- List of Spider-Man enemies
- List of X-Men enemy teams
See also
- Mug shot
- Wanted poster
- Criminal record
- Detective
- Public enemy
- Supervillain
- Supervillainess
- Archenemy
References
- ^ Byrnes, Thomas. This is a list of fictional characters from DC Comics who are or have been enemies of Superman. This is a list of fictional characters from DC Comics who are enemies of Batman or of his associates, such as the Joker, Catwoman, and The This is a list of fictional characters from DC Comics who are or have been enemies of Wonder Woman. This is a list of fictional characters from DC Comics who are or have been enemies of The Flash. Spider-Man has one of the best-known rogues galleries in comics in part because he has been the featured character in more individual titles ( Amazing Spider-Man, Spectacular This is a list of some of the major foes of the Marvel Comics Superhero team the X-Men. A mug shot (also known as a mugshot, head shot, or booking photograph) is a Photographic Portrait taken after one is Arrested A wanted poster (or wanted sign) is a Poster put up to let the public know of a Criminal whom authorities wish to apprehend A criminal record is a record of a person's criminal history generally used by potential employers lenders etc Public enemy is a term which was first widely used in the United States in the 1930s to describe individuals whose activities were seen as criminal and A supervillain or supervillainess is a variant of the Villain character type commonly found in Comic books, Action movies and A supervillainess is a female Supervillain. Often the supervillainess is a Femme fatale, a female criminal who knowingly uses her attractiveness to create An archenemy, archfoe, archvillain or archnemesis (sometimes spelled arch-enemy, arch-foe, arch-villain or Professional Criminals of America (1886) ISBN 1-5857411-3-2
- ^ Ohmart, Ben. It's That Time Again. (2002) (Albany: BearManor Media) ISBN 0-9714570-2-6
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