Peepers

Peepers is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared as a member of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, a group of mutants in Captain America Annual #4. He was created by Jack Kirby.

Fictional character biography

Peter Quinn was born in Cedar City, Utah. He was recruited by Magneto as a mercenary and professional criminal to be part of his new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. He took the name Peeper and joined Slither, Shocker, Lifter and Burner. After failing their first mission and being defeated by Captain America, Magneto abandoned them.

The group changed their name to Mutant Force and offered their services to the Mandrill and battled Defenders for him in his scheme to take over the U.S. Peeper became the field leader of the team, his powers allowing him to see his enemy's movements and plan for them. They battled Valkyrie, Wasp, Hellcat, Nighthawk, and Yellowjacket. Despite being successful at first in defeating the Defenders and capturing the female Defenders so that the Mandrill could enslave them, the group was defeated by the Defenders during their third encounter. Mutant Force was arrested, but they bargained with the U.S. government and became their agents in exchange for their presidential pardon. Their tenure as government agents was short. They battled the Hulk, and later testified before a secret tribunal against the Defenders. Peeper and Mutant Force were later employed by Professor Power's Secret Empire. Alongside Mutant Force and Mad Dog, he battled the Defenders once again.

Peepers (film)

Peepers is a 2010 film directed by Seth W. Owen and co-written with Daniel Perlmutter and Mark Slutsky.

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Peepers (album)

Peepers is the fourth album by Sebastian Rochford's British jazz band Polar Bear.

Background

Released in 2008, Peepers is Polar Bear's first release for Yorkshire-based label The Leaf Label. The album differs from earlier records in its lack of additional musicians and in the fact that is was recorded live, in one room without separators or headphones. The music was recorded in just two days and previous to that the band had minimal rehearsals, performing the music only at two shows at the Vortex Jazz Club in North London. In 2015, a public poll selected Peepers as one of ten albums to be reissued as part of The Leaf Label's 20th anniversary celebrations. After having been out of print for some time, a limited edition release of the album was made available to fans via the PledgeMusic service.

Critical reception

Peepers received positive reviews and was noted for its decidedly different sound compared to Polar Bear's earlier records. On the Metacritic website, which aggregates reviews from critics and assigns a normalised rating out of 100, Peepers received a score of 78, based on 1 mixed and 8 positive reviews.The Independent write that Peepers is "a little more formalistic than before" but conclude that "the resoluteness of the Bear in their Britishness .... is one of the rowdier pleasures of the age".The Guardian awarded the album 4 stars, complimenting the "freshness" given to the music by Rochford's choice of recording and rehearsal techniques.All About Jazz write that "Peepers is the finest Polar Bear album yet, which makes it a very fine recording indeed".Drowned in Sound write that "even at their most gesticulating or achingly smooth, their music is vivid – there’s rarely a moment that goes by that doesn't goad you into thought".