What is "holy terror"

n. a very troublesome child [syn: terror, brat, little terror]

Holy Terror is a graphic novel by Frank Miller which follows a superhero named The Fixer as he battles Islamic terrorists after an attack on Empire City.

The novel was originally proposed as Holy Terror, Batman! in 2006 but is no longer a project associated with the Batman character or DC Comics. Miller explained in 2010 "It’s no longer a DC book. I decided partway through it that it was not a Batman story."

(The) Holy Terror may refer to:

In music:

• Holy Terror (album), a funk/spoken word album by The Last Poets
• Holy Terror (band), a thrash metal band formed by Kurt Kilfelt of Agent Steel
• Holy Terror, the name given to the music played by the band Integrity

In literature:

• Holy Terror (graphic novel), a 2011 graphic novel by Frank Miller
• Batman: Holy Terror, an Elseworlds one-shot from DC Comics
• Les Enfants Terribles (The Holy Terrors) a 1929 novel by Jean Cocteau, translated with this English title in 1955
• The Holy Terror (Wells novel), a novel by H.G. Wells
• The Holy Terror (The Saint), a Simon Templar novel by Leslie Charteris

In film and television:

• Holy Terror, an alternative title for the 1976 horror film Alice, Sweet Alice
• The Holy Terror (1929 film), an Our Gang short
• The Holy Terror (1937 film), directed by James Tinling
• The Holy Terror (1965 film), a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV film

In radio:

• The Holy Terror (Doctor Who), an audio drama based on the TV show Doctor Who

In boats

• Holy Terror, houseboat built at the shipyard of James Lenox for William Gillette

In politics

• Holy Terror, capitalised political term used in book of same name by Amir Taheri 1987

Holy Terror is the twelfth album by rap/spoken word pioneers The Last Poets released in 1993. The album was financed and released by P-Vine Records in Japan and then released by Rykodisc Records in the United States and the United Kingdom later that same year, with a release in 2004 by Innerhythmic. The U.S. and UK releases featured one bonus track entitled "Black And Strong (Homesick)". The lead figures in the Last Poets at this time were Umar Bin Hassan and Abiodun Oyewole. The album was part of the Black Arc Series, launched by producer Bill Laswell in 1992.