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Marvel Comics
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Marvel Comics is the common name and primary imprint of Marvel Worldwide Inc. formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, an American publisher of comic books and related media. In 2009, The Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Worldwides parent company, Marvel started in 1939 as Timely Publications, and by the early 1950s had generally become known as Atlas Comics. Marvels modern incarnation dates from 1961, the year that the company launched The Fantastic Four and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and many others. Most of Marvels fictional characters operate in a reality known as the Marvel Universe. Martin Goodman founded the later known as Marvel Comics under the name Timely Publications in 1939. Martin Goodman, a magazine publisher who had started with a Western pulp in 1933, was expanding into the emerging—and by then already highly popular—new medium of comic books. The issue was a success, with it and a second printing the following month selling, combined. While its contents came from an outside packager, Funnies, Inc, Timely had its own staff in place by the following year. It, too, proved a hit, with sales of one million. Goodman formed Timely Comics, Inc. beginning with comics cover-dated April 1941 or Spring 1941, Goodman hired his wifes cousin, Stanley Lieber, as a general office assistant in 1939. Lee wrote extensively for Timely, contributing to a number of different titles, Goodmans business strategy involved having his various magazines and comic books published by a number of corporations all operating out of the same office and with the same staff. One of these companies through which Timely Comics was published was named Marvel Comics by at least Marvel Mystery Comics #55. As well, some covers, such as All Surprise Comics #12, were labeled A Marvel Magazine many years before Goodman would formally adopt the name in 1961. The post-war American comic market saw superheroes falling out of fashion and this globe branding united a line put out by the same publisher, staff and freelancers through 59 shell companies, from Animirth Comics to Zenith Publications. Atlas also published a plethora of childrens and teen humor titles, including Dan DeCarlos Homer the Happy Ghost, Atlas unsuccessfully attempted to revive superheroes from late 1953 to mid-1954, with the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and Captain America. Atlas did not achieve any hits and, according to Stan Lee, Atlas survived chiefly because it produced work quickly, cheaply. During this time, the Comic Code Authority made its debut in September 1954, Wertham published the book Seduction of the Innocent in order to force people to see that comics were impacting American youth. He believed violent comics were causing children to be reckless and were turning them into delinquents, in September 1954, comic book publishers got together to set up their own self-censorship organization—the Comics Magazine Association of America—in order to appease audiences
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Spider-Man
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Spider-Man is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko, when Spider-Man first appeared in the early 1960s, teenagers in superhero comic books were usually relegated to the role of sidekick to the protagonist. Marvel has featured Spider-Man in several book series, the first. In the 2010s, he joins the Avengers, Marvels flagship superhero team, Spider-Mans nemesis Doctor Octopus also took on the identity for a story arc spanning 2012–2014, following a body swap plot in which Peter appears to die. Spider-Man is one of the most popular and commercially successful superheroes, the character was first portrayed in live action by Nicholas Hammond in the 1977 television movie Spider-Man. Reeve Carney starred as Spider-Man in the 2010 Broadway musical Spider-Man, in 1962, with the success of the Fantastic Four, Marvel Comics editor and head writer Stan Lee was casting about for a new superhero idea. He said the idea for Spider-Man arose from a surge in demand for comic books. At that time Lee had to get only the consent of Marvel publisher Martin Goodman for the characters approval, in a 1986 interview, Lee described in detail his arguments to overcome Goodmans objections. In particular, Lee stated that the fact that it had already decided that Amazing Fantasy would be cancelled after issue #15 was the only reason Goodman allowed him to use Spider-Man. While this was indeed the issue, its editorial page anticipated the comic continuing. Will appear every month in Amazing, regardless, Lee received Goodmans approval for the name Spider-Man and the ordinary teen concept, and approached artist Jack Kirby. Lee and Kirby immediately sat down for a conference, Theakston writes. Steve Ditko would be the inker, when Kirby showed Lee the first six pages, Lee recalled, I hated the way he was doing it. Not that he did it badly—it just wasnt the character I wanted, Lee turned to Ditko, who developed a visual style Lee found satisfactory. Ditko recalled, One of the first things I did was to work up a costume, a vital, visual part of the character. I had to know how he looked, for example, A clinging power so he wouldnt have hard shoes or boots, a hidden wrist-shooter versus a web gun and holster, etc. I wasnt sure Stan would like the idea of covering the characters face and it would also add mystery to the character. Although the interior artwork was by Ditko alone, Lee rejected Ditkos cover art, as Lee explained in 2010, I think I had Jack sketch out a cover for it because I always had a lot of confidence in Jacks covers
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Mary Jane Watson
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Mary Jane MJ Watson is a fictional character, a supporting character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and John Romita, Sr. the character made her first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #25 and she has been the best friend, main love interest, and wife of Peter Parker, the alter ego of Spider-Man. Parker consistently worms his way out of meeting Mary Jane who, aside from a brief appearance in #25 with her face obscured, is never actually seen until The Amazing Spider-Man #42. Romita has stated that in designing Mary Jane, he used Ann-Margret from the movie Bye Bye Birdie as a guide, using her coloring, the shape of her face, her red hair and her form-fitting short skirts. We, ourselves, felt that Mary Jane ended up being not only more attractive but more fun and more interesting, and we decided to let Peter end up with her. As though the characters had taken over, the names Mary Jane and M. J. are also common slang terms for marijuana. When asked about this, Stan Lee claimed it was purely coincidental, gerry Conway succeeded Stan Lee as writer of The Amazing Spider-Man in 1972. Conway pushed Mary Jane to the forefront of the cast, like Lee, Conway found Mary Jane to be more compelling than Gwen, hadnt lost the edge that made her an interesting character. She was just a nice person, in 1987, the character was married to Spider-Man in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21. As a consequence, writer J. M. DeMatteis made Mary Jane and her marriage to Spider-Man one of the themes of the critically acclaimed Kravens Last Hunt. DeMatteis commented that Kraven’s Last Hunt has a lot of darkness in it, but the story primarily is about Peter and his journey into the light, the reason Peter makes it out is because he has Mary Jane in his life, and that is his salvation. Mary Janes relatively unknown early life was explored in The Amazing Spider-Man #259. Mary Jane made her first actual appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #25 and it is not until The Amazing Spider-Man #42 that her face is actually seen. In that issue, on the last page, Peter finally meets her, Peter begins to date her, much to the annoyance of Gwen Stacy. However, they become irritated with each other and Peter subsequently chooses to date Gwen. Mary Jane, who becomes Harry Osborns love interest and girlfriend, remains a friend to Peter. Despite her enjoyment of life, her friendships, and dating, when her relationship with Harry Osborn comes to an end, it has significant impact on Harry, driving him to a drug overdose. This in turn creates an effect, driving his father Norman Osborn to the brink of insanity
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X-Men
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The X-Men is a fictional team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, the characters first appeared in The X-Men #1 and they are among the most recognizable and successful intellectual properties of Marvel Comics, appearing in numerous books, television shows, films, and video games. The X-Men are mutants, a subspecies of humans who are born with superhuman abilities, the X-Men fight for peace and equality between normal humans and mutants in a world where antimutant bigotry is fierce and widespread. They are led by Charles Xavier, also known as Professor X and their archenemy is Magneto, a powerful mutant with the ability to generate and control magnetic fields. Professor X and Magneto have opposing views and philosophies regarding the relationship between mutants and humans, Professor X is the founder of Xaviers School for Gifted Youngsters at a location commonly called the X-Mansion, which recruits mutants from around the world. Located in Westchester County, New York, the X-Mansion is the home and training site of the X-Men. The founding five members of the X-Men who appear in The X-Men #1 are Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman, since then, dozens of mutants from various countries and diverse backgrounds have held membership as X-Men. In 2004, Stan Lee recalled, I couldnt have everybody bitten by a spider or exposed to a gamma ray explosion. And I took the way out. I said to myself, Why dont I just say theyre mutants, in a 1987 interview, Jack Kirby said, The X-Men, I did the natural thing there. What would you do with mutants who were just plain boys and girls, so I gave them a teacher, Professor X. Of course, it was the thing to do, instead of disorienting or alienating people who were different from us, I made the X-Men part of the human race. Possibly, radiation, if it is beneficial, may create mutants that’ll save us instead of doing us harm. I felt that if we train the mutants our way, they’ll help us - and not only help us, and so, we could all live together. Lee devised the title after Marvel publisher Martin Goodman turned down the initial name, The Mutants. Within the Marvel Universe, the X-Men are widely regarded to have named after Professor Xavier himself. Xavier however claims that the name X-Men was never chosen as a tribute to himself, the name is also linked to the X-Gene, an unknown gene that causes the mutant evolution. The original explanation for the name, as provided by Xavier in The X-Men #1, is that mutants possess an extra power, one which ordinary humans do not
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Avengers (comics)
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The Avengers are a fictional team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team made its debut in The Avengers #1, created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, labeled Earths Mightiest Heroes, the Avengers originally consisted of Hank Pym, the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, and the Wasp. The original Captain America was discovered, trapped in ice, a rotating roster became a hallmark, although one theme remained consistent, the Avengers fight the foes no single superhero can withstand. The team, famous for its battle cry of Avengers Assemble. has featured humans, mutants, inhumans, robots, aliens, supernatural beings, and even former villains. The team has appeared in a variety of media outside of comic books including a number of different animated television series. A second Avengers film titled Avengers, Age of Ultron was released on May 1,2015, the team debuted in The Avengers #1. Much like the Justice League, the Avengers were an assemblage of pre-existing superhero characters created by Lee, between 1996 and 2004, Marvel relaunched the primary Avengers title three times. In 1996, the Heroes Reborn line took place in an alternate universe, the Avengers vol.3 relaunched and ran for 84 issues from February 1998 to August 2004. In January 2005, a new version of the team appeared in the ongoing title The New Avengers, followed by The Mighty Avengers, Avengers, The Initiative, Avengers vol.4 debuted in July 2010 and ran until January 2013. Vol.5 was launched in February 2013, after Secret Wars, a new Avengers team debuted, dubbed the All-New, All-Different Avengers, starting with a Free Comic Book Day preview. After the group vanquished Loki, Ant-Man stated that the five worked well together and suggested they form a team, Captain America soon joined the team in issue #4, and he was given founding member status in the Hulks place. The Avengers went on to fight such as Baron Zemo, who formed the Masters of Evil, Kang the Conqueror, Wonder Man. The next milestone came when every member but Captain America resigned, Giant-Man, now calling himself Goliath, and the Wasp rejoined. Hercules became part of the team, while the Black Knight, Spider-Man was offered membership but did not join the group. The Black Panther joined after rescuing the team from the Grim Reaper, the X-Men #45 featured a crossover with The Avengers #53. This was followed by the introduction of the android the Vision, Pym assumed the new identity of Yellowjacket in issue #59, and married the Wasp the following month. The Avengers headquarters was in a New York City building called Avengers Mansion, the team encountered new characters such as Arkon in issue #75, and Red Wolf in #80. The Avengers briefly disband when Skrulls impersonating Captain America, Thor, the true founding Avengers, minus the Wasp, reformed the team in response after complaints from Jarvis
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Hawkeye (comics)
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Hawkeye is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Don Heck, the character first appeared as a villain in Tales of Suspense #57 and he has been a prominent member of the team ever since. He was also ranked at #44 on IGNs Top 100 Comic Book Heroes list, Hawkeye is portrayed by Jeremy Renner in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a shared fictional universe that is the setting of films produced by Marvel Studios. Renner first made an cameo appearance in Thor and later played a larger role in The Avengers, Avengers, Age of Ultron and Captain America. Hawkeye was introduced as a reluctant villain in Tales of Suspense #57, after two more appearances as a villain in Tales of Suspense #60 and #64, Hawkeye joined the ranks of the Avengers in Avengers Vol.1 #16. He became a member of the team and has made numerous appearances in all five volumes. Hawkeye was also part of the Avengers in Secret Wars #1–12, Hawkeye featured prominently in the limited series West Coast Avengers #1–4, before appearing in the ongoing title, which ran for 102 issues from October 1985–January 1994. The title was renamed Avengers West Coast from #46, Hawkeye also starred concurrently in almost every issue of Solo Avengers which ran for 40 issues from December 1987–January 1991. From 1998 to 2002, Hawkeye featured significantly in issues #20–75 and Annual #2000 of the title Thunderbolts, written by Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza. He appeared as a character in Avengers Academy from issue #21 through its final issue #39 and as team leader in Secret Avengers from issue #22 through its final issue. Hawkeye appeared in Vol.2 of Secret Avengers by Nick Spencer, Hawkeye appeared as a regular character in the 2010-2013 Secret Avengers series, from issue #21.1 through its final issue #37. Hawkeye featured in the Marvel crossover event House of M and he later appeared in the New Avengers series from issues #26–64 plus New Avengers Annual #2 and Annual #3. Continuing as Ronin, the played a important part in the crossover event Secret Invasion #1–8. The company wide crossover event Dark Reign saw Hawkeye feature prominently in New Avengers, The Reunion #1–4 and Dark Reign and he later went on to feature in the Siege #1–4 crossover event. Hawkeye has appeared in solo adventures over the years. He appeared in Hawkeye Vol.1 #1–4, written by Mark Gruenwald, Hawkeye then appeared in Hawkeye Vol.2 #1–4 and Hawkeye, Earths Mightiest Marksman #1. In 2003, Hawkeye had a short lived on-going series, Hawkeye Vol.3, #1–8, writer Jim McCann and artist David Lopez had another unsuccessful attempt at an ongoing series with Hawkeye & Mockingbird #1–6. The series did however spin into two limited series, beginning with Widowmaker #1–4 and then Hawkeye, Blindspot #1–4, a fifth volume, entitled All-New Hawkeye, began in March 2015, written by Jeff Lemire with art by Ramon Perez
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Eddie Brock
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Eddie Brock is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane, the character was originally a comic book supervillain and his earliest appearance is a cameo in Web of Spider-Man #18, before making his first full appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #300 as the first and best-known incarnation of Venom. The character has appeared in many Marvel Comics publications, including his own series Venom. Introduced as a villain of Spider-Man, the character becomes an anti-hero, working with and against superheroes. In the original version of the story, Eddie Brock is a journalist who exposes the identity of a killer only for the real killer to be caught by Spider-Man. Disgraced and suicidal, he comes into contact with an alien Symbiote, the Symbiote bonds with him and they become Venom and together they seek out revenge against their mutual enemy. Though he repeatedly comes into conflict with Spider-Man, he attempts to operate as a hero, albeit a violent one. In 2008, after being separated from the Venom Symbiote, he gains a new Symbiote, however, that symbiote is sacrificed to help cure the Spider-Island epidemic during the 2011 storyline. In 2012, he is bonded to the Toxin symbiote, though he is a human with no powers, the Venom Symbiote suit bestows upon him a range of abilities including many of the powers belonging to Spider-Man, the Symbiotes original host. Eddie Brocks incarnation of Venom was rated 33rd on Empires 50 Greatest Comic Book Characters, Comics journalist and historian Mike Conroy writes of the character, What started out as a replacement costume for Spider-Man turned into one of the Marvel web-slingers greatest nightmares. Writer David Michelinie and artist Todd McFarlane are generally credited with the creation, based on a number of plot ideas. Larsen also argued that it was McFarlanes rendition of the character made it commercial. The preexisting elements that dealt with the costume itself - to which Michelinie did not contribute - have also been noted. The original idea of a new costume for Spider-Man that would become the character Venom was conceived of by a Marvel Comics reader from Norridge. Marvel purchased the idea for $220.00 after the editor-in-chief at the time, Jim Shooter, sent Schueller a letter acknowledging Marvels desire to acquire the idea from him, schuellers design was then modified by Mike Zeck, becoming the Symbiote costume. Stern in turn plotted the issue in which the costume first appeared, in an interview with Tom DeFalco, McFarlane states that Michelinie did indeed come up with the idea of Venom and the characters basic design. However, he contends that it was he who gave Venom his monster-like features and he claims, I just wanted to make him kooky and creepy, and not just some guy in a black suit. Salicrup accepted the suggestion, but changed the character to a male, Michelinie then devised the Eddie Brock identity
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Sinister Six
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The Sinister Six is a fictional group of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are drawn from Spider-Mans list of enemies, the original incarnation of the group was organized by Doctor Octopus. The Sinister Six first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1, after suffering three defeats in a row from Spider-Man, Doctor Octopus is separated from his tentacle pack. After his tentacle pack breaks free and helps Doctor Octopus get out of prison, only Vulture, Electro, Kraven the Hunter, the original Mysterio, and Sandman respond. The Sinister Six kidnap Daily Bugle secretary Betty Brant and Aunt May, Spider-Man defeats the Sinister Six one-by-one, mocking their decision to battle him individually instead of as a team. In The Amazing Spider-Man #334-339, Doctor Octopus recruits Electro, Mysterio, Sandman, however, this was a trick, part of a larger plan by which Octavius alone would be the master of the world. The Sandman, who at this point in his career had reformed and was blackmailed into joining, aids Spider-Man in defeating the Sinister Six, in Spider-Man #18-23, Electro, Mysterio, Vulture, and Hobgoblin reunite in a bid to take revenge on Doctor Octopus. To trick Sandman into joining them, they hit his foster family with a bomb, Sandman contacts Spider-Man and asks him to shadow the group as insurance against him being double-crossed. When police surround the building, the members of the Sinister Six agree to serve Doctor Octopus in exchange for his helping them escape. The assembled Sinister Six go off on a rampage, stealing advanced weapons and technology from several sources, including an alien dimension, to again complete their quorum of six, they recruit Gog. Eventually, Spider-Man and several other heroes confront the villains as they are seizing a HYDRA base to gain access to deadly, Most of the members are again incarcerated. A variation known as the Sinister Seven is formed by Hobgoblin to fight Kaine, hobgoblins Sinister Seven consists of Beetle, Electro, Mysterio, Scorpia, Shocker, and Vulture. They finally find Kaine and a battle erupts, Spider-Man saves Kaine from being executed, the two then work together and defeat the Sinister Seven. Sandman uses the Sinister Six in order to get revenge on Doctor Octopus for turning him into glass, the Sinister Six are defeated again and Venom subsequently attacks the various members of the Sinister Six. He nearly kills Sandman and badly injures Electro and Kraven the Hunter before he, in Marvel Knights Spider-Man, Norman Osborn is unmasked to the public as the Green Goblin and imprisoned. Osborn contacts a group of supervillains who also bear grudges against Spider-Man, eager to retaliate, the villains agree to band together, and the Sinister Twelve is formed. Mac Gargan is the de facto leader of the Twelve while Osborn is in prison, and he kidnaps Peter Parkers Aunt May and threatens to kill her if Spider-Man does not help Osborn escape from jail. Spider-Man, with help from the Black Cat, breaks Osborn out only to be confronted by the Vulture, Sandman, Electro, Chameleon, Lizard, Hydro-Man, Shocker, Hammerhead, Boomerang and Tombstone
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Mysterio
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Mysterio is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is most often depicted as an enemy of Spider-Man, the first and most high profile incarnation of Mysterio is Quentin Beck, although several other characters have since used the Mysterio alias. The original Mysterio was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, however, he came to see his career in special effects as a dead-end job. His attempts to become an actor were poorly received, but he realized that his expertise in illusions could make him an effective supervillain, however Spider-Man tricks Mysterio into revealing he robbed the museum, then Spider-Man revealed he had captured it on tape. Mysterio was then jailed, blaming Spider-Man for his ruined career, Mysterio later joins the Sinister Six in an attempt at revenge on Spider-Man, and battles him using robots of the X-Men. After this Spider-Man gets a card that enables him to go on to battle Sandman, Mysterio then establishes a brief partnership with the Wizard in a plot to kill Spider-Man and the Human Torch on a Hollywood movie set by pretending to enroll them in a film. However they were defeated and arrested. While Beck is incarcerated, his cellmate Daniel Berkhart briefly becomes Mysterio on the originals behalf, out of prison, Beck resumes his Ludwig Rinehart identity to manipulate Spider-Mans Aunt May into revealing the whereabouts of a lost fortune hidden in her house. Beck used bogus alien disguises to frighten May Parker into revealing the location of the fortune, in his next appearance, Mysterio tricks Spider-Man into believing that he had caused the death of a bystander. Mysterio then attempts to scare the tenants from an apartment complex in a real estate scam thwarted by the preteen superhero team, Power Pack and he is recruited by Doctor Octopus to form the second Sinister Six, and battles Spider-Man. In other encounters, Mysterio has faked the death of Spider-Mans Aunt May, despite this, however, Mysterio was constantly beaten by Spider-Man and usually arrested. He joined Doctor Octopus Sinister Six on several occasions, but this never gave him the edge against his foe that he desired, eventually, he began to lose credibility as a supervillain, with his defeat at the hands of Power Pack being a particularly humiliating moment. He was given one year to live, but this imminent death caused prison psychiatrists to grant him an early release, Beck had thought Daredevil would kill him upon discovery, which in his eyes, was a grand way to end his final show. Broken in every sense of the word, Mysterio, saying he was stealing an idea from Kraven the Hunter, pulled out a gun and shot himself dead. While Mysterio has faked his own several times in the past. He confronts Francis Klum before leaving him for Berkhart to deal with and his superiors want Spider-Man to continue working at the school and Beck knows Miss Arrow has a similar role for the other side. Berkhart and Klum briefly battle one another before Spider-Man captures Berkhart, while trying to escape, Klum runs into Arrow and tries to take her as a hostage, only to be stabbed by one of her stingers. He then teleports away, badly bleeding, neither Berkhart nor Klum have been seen since
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Vulture (Marvel Comics)
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The Vulture is an alias used by several fictional characters, all supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The original character to use the alias is Adrian Toomes, a recurring supervillain and enemy of Spider-Man, he was the second villain Spider-Man encountered, after the Chameleon. Over the years, other characters have taken the mantle as enemies of Spider-Man, the character has been depicted in numerous Spider-Man cartoons and video games, and will make his cinematic debut in 2017s Spider-Man, Homecoming, portrayed by actor Michael Keaton. The original Vulture was created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the Blackie Drago version of Vulture first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #48 and was created by Stan Lee and John Romita, Sr. The Clifton Shallot version of Vulture first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #127 and was created by Ross Andru, Gerry Conway, the Jimmy Natale version of Vulture first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #593 and was created by Mark Waid and Mike McKone. Adrian Toomes was born in Staten Island, New York and he is a former electronics engineer who was once the business partner of Gregory Bestman, Bestman handled the finances whilst Toomes handled the inventions. One day, after creating a flight harness, Toomes eagerly rushed into Bestmans office to share the happy news, however, Bestman was not there, and Toomes discovered that Bestman had secretly been embezzling funds and that Toomes had no legal recourse, meaning he lost his job. Enraged, Toomes wrecked the business, discovering that the harness also granted him superhuman strength and he then decided to turn to crime professionally as the Vulture. The Vulture employs a harness of his own design that allows him to fly. The harness also endows him with enhanced strength and increases his lifespan, although Toomes is advanced in age, he is a strong fighter and a remorseless killer. On one occasion, he restored his youth through biochemical means, at one point, he had used a device to steal Spider-Mans youth, leaving Vulture young and Spider-Man elderly, but this effect wore off within hours. Vulture was on a robbery and burglary spree throughout New York City when he first encountered Spider-Man, Spider-Man realized for the first time he could sell photos to J. Jonah Jameson after the Daily Bugle offered a reward for a picture of Vulture. Vulture then challenged the police, saying he was going to steal diamonds, however, Spider-Man had created a device that stopped Vultures harness from working and activated it during an airborne fight with Vulture, causing the two to crash onto a roof, knocking Vulture unconscious. Vulture modified his harness, and attempted to rob the Daily Bugle payroll and he joined Doctor Octopuss first Sinister Six, and gave the message to the Daily Bugle that they had captured Betty Brant. He was the last foe to battle Spider-Man before Doctor Octopus, the Vulture was caught after Spider-Man swung onto him using a lasso the Vulture had tried to use against him. He then told Spider-Man where to find the lair of Doctor Octopus, later, believing himself to be dying in prison due to injuries in the prison workshop, Toomes revealed the location of an extra Vulture outfit on the prison grounds to his cellmate Blackie Drago. Blackie revealed to Toomes he caused the accident for this purpose, Toomes was angry, but apparently fell unconscious within the next few minutes, Blackie knocked out a guard, dug up the wings, and escaped. Drago, as the Vulture, teamed with Kraven the Hunter against Spider-Man, Toomes ultimately got out of prison and defeated Drago, and then defeated Spider-Man in battle as well
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Prowler (comics)
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The Prowler is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee, John Buscema and Jim Mooney, the original Prowler character was criminal-turned-superhero Hobie Brown. He debuted in The Amazing Spider-Man #78 and he was created by Stan Lee, John Buscema and Jim Mooney after a suggestion by a young John Romita, Jr. He eventually appeared in his own solo comic The Prowler, Hobie Brown was born in the Bronx, New York. He was a bright but angry teenage African-American who got fired from his window washer job, intending to use his engineering skills for personal profit, he devised a plan to steal items while disguised as a supervillain and then return them as Hobie. Donning his green and purple Prowler costume for the first time, Hobie set out to rob the office of the Daily Bugle. However, he was caught in the act by Peter Parker, while struggling with Peter, he drew the attention of editor J. Jonah Jameson. Traumatized by the events, a shaken Hobie made his escape to the roof of the building, Spider-Man vanquished and unmasked Hobie, but realizing he was just a misunderstood kid, Spider-Man gave him advice not to throw his life away as a criminal and to redeem himself. Hobie took this advice to heart and has become a model citizen. Hobie became convinced that Spider-Man was involved somehow in police Captain George Stacys death, Hobie eventually married his love, Mindy S. McPherson, and settled down into a career as a construction worker. Brown began to look after his little brother Manuel Manny Lopez as a part of the Big Brother Program, when Manny was murdered, Prowler believed the original White Tiger was responsible and attempted to bring White Tiger to justice. Prowler attempted to join the group the Defenders only to be tossed into the harbor by Valkyrie at which point he decided to retire his identity. However, Browns Prowler equipment is stolen by the Cat Burglar to commit crimes for fashion criminal Bella Donna. Brown was eager to join the search for the thieves but Spider-Man insisted that he stay home so he would not get into trouble since the second Prowler had committed a felony murder, when the second Prowler was subsequently defeated by Spider-Man, the stolen equipment was returned to Brown. Prowler later appeared in California during Peters Webs book deal and he is first seen attacking the Black Fox for possession of a chalice, to keep his wife Mindy out of prison. Mindy accepted a job at Transcorp New York. The company was caught in some shady deals and Mindy was set up. Seeing only way to clear her name, Hobie re-donned his Prowler costume and he hid the books on an information chip and put the information chip on the chalice, where no one would look for it
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S.H.I.E.L.D.
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S. H. I. E. L. D. is a fictional espionage, law-enforcement, and counter-terrorism agency appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Strange Tales #135, it deals with paranormal. The acronym originally stood for Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage, Law-Enforcement Division and it was changed in 1991 to Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate. S. H. I. E. L. D. s introduction in the Strange Tales feature Nick Fury, Agent of S. H. I. E. L. D. Occurred during a trend for action series about secret international intelligence agencies with catchy acronyms, which Stan Lee stated in a 2014 interview, was the basis for him to create the organization. Colonel Fury was reimagined as an older character with an eyepatch. Fury series reappeared as agents of S. H. I. E. L. D, most notably Timothy Dum-Dum Dugan, Furys bowler hat–wearing aide-de-camp. Its most persistent enemy is Hydra, an organization founded by Baron Wolfgang von Strucker. Much was revealed over the years to fill in its labyrinthine organizational history, Stan Lee wrote each story, abetted by artist Kirbys co-plotting or full plotting, through Strange Tales #152, except for two issues, one scripted by Kirby himself and one by Dennis ONeil. Steranko quickly established the feature as one of historys most groundbreaking, innovative. Ron Goulart wrote, ven the dullest of readers could sense that something new was happening, … Which each passing issue Sterankos efforts became more and more innovative. Entire pages would be devoted to photocollages of drawings ignored panel boundaries, the first pages … became incredible production numbers similar in design to the San Francisco rock concert poster of the period. Larry Hama said Steranko combined the figurative dynamism of Jack Kirby with modern design concepts. The graphic influences of Peter Max, Op Art and Andy Warhol were embedded into the design of the pages —, all this, executed in a crisp, hard-edged style, seething with drama and anatomical tension. The series won 1967 and 1968 Alley Awards, and was inducted in the year to the awards Hall of Fame. Steranko himself was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2006, the 12-page feature ran through Strange Tales #168, after which it was spun off onto its own series of the same title, running 15 issues, followed by three all-reprint issues beginning a year later. Steranko wrote and drew issues #1–3 and #5, and drew the covers of #1–7, stories would not appear for nearly two decades after the first solo title. A six-issue miniseries, Nick Fury vs. S. H. I. E. L. D. was followed by Nick Fury, Agent of S. H. I. E. L. D
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