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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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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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Stan Lee
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Stan Lee is an American comic-book writer, editor, publisher, media producer, television host, actor, and former president and chairman of Marvel Comics. In addition, he challenged the comics industrys censorship organization, the Comics Code Authority, Lee subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation. He was inducted into the book industrys Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 1994. Lee received a National Medal of Arts in 2008 and his father, trained as a dress cutter, worked only sporadically after the Great Depression, and the family moved further uptown to Fort Washington Avenue, in Washington Heights, Manhattan. When Lee was nearly 9, his sibling, brother Larry Lieber, was born. He said in 2006 that as a child he was influenced by books and movies, by the time Lee was in his teens, the family was living in a one-bedroom apartment at 1720 University Avenue in The Bronx. Lee has described it as an apartment facing out back, with he and his brother sharing a bedroom. Lee attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, in his youth, Lee enjoyed writing, and entertained dreams of one day writing the Great American Novel. He graduated from school early, aged 16½ in 1939. With the help of his uncle Robbie Solomon, Lee became an assistant in 1939 at the new Timely Comics division of pulp magazine, Timely, by the 1960s, would evolve into Marvel Comics. Lee, whose cousin Jean was Goodmans wife, was hired by Timely editor Joe Simon. His duties were prosaic at first, in those days dipped the pen in ink, I had to make sure the inkwells were filled, Lee recalled in 2009. I went down and got them their lunch, I did proofreading, Lee later explained in his autobiography and numerous other sources that he had intended to save his given name for more literary work. This initial story also introduced Captain Americas trademark ricocheting shield-toss, which became one of the characters signatures. He graduated from writing filler to actual comics with a feature, Headline Hunter, Foreign Correspondent. Lees first superhero co-creation was the Destroyer, in Mystic Comics #6, other characters he created during this period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comics include Jack Frost, debuting in USA Comics #1, and Father Time, debuting in Captain America Comics #6. When Simon and his creative partner Jack Kirby left late in 1941, following a dispute with Goodman, Lee entered the United States Army in early 1942 and served in the US in the Signal Corps, repairing telegraph poles and other communications equipment. He was later transferred to the Training Film Division, where he worked writing manuals, training films, and slogans and his military classification, he says, was playwright, he adds that only nine men in the US Army were given that title
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Jack Kirby
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Jack Kirby, born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic book artist, writer, and editor, widely regarded as one of the mediums major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. Kirby grew up in New York City, and learned to draw cartoon figures by tracing characters from comic strips and he entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s, drawing various comics features under different pen names, including Jack Curtiss, before ultimately settling on Jack Kirby. In 1940, he and writer-editor Joe Simon created the highly successful superhero character Captain America for Timely Comics, during the 1940s, Kirby, generally teamed with Simon, created numerous characters for that company and for National Comics Publications, later to become DC Comics. After serving in World War II, Kirby produced work for a number of publishers, including DC, Harvey Comics, at Crestwood Publications he and Simon created the genre of romance comics and later founded their own short-lived comic company, Mainline Publications. Ultimately, Kirby found himself at Timelys 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics, there, in the 1960s, Kirby and writer-editor Stan Lee co-created many of the companys major characters, including the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, and the Hulk. The Lee-Kirby titles garnered high sales and critical acclaim, but in 1970, feeling he had been treated unfairly, at DC, Kirby created his Fourth World saga, which spanned several comics titles. While these series proved unsuccessful and were canceled, the Fourth Worlds New Gods have continued as a significant part of the DC Universe. Kirby returned to Marvel briefly in the mid-to-late 1970s, then ventured into television animation, Kirby was married to Rosalind Roz Goldstein in 1942. They had four children, and remained married until his death from heart failure in 1994, the Jack Kirby Awards and Jack Kirby Hall of Fame were named in his honor. Jack Kirby was born Jacob Kurtzberg on August 28,1917, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City and his parents, Rose and Benjamin Kurtzberg, were Austrian Jewish immigrants, and his father earned a living as a garment factory worker. In his youth, Kirby desired to escape his neighborhood and he liked to draw, and sought out places he could learn more about art. He was rejected by the Educational Alliance because he drew too fast with charcoal and he later found an outlet for his skills by drawing cartoons for the newspaper of the Boys Brotherhood Republic, a miniature city on East 3rd Street where street kids ran their own government. At age 14, Kirby enrolled at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, I wasnt the kind of student that Pratt was looking for. They wanted people who would work on something forever, I didnt want to work on any project forever. I intended to get things done, Kirby joined the Lincoln Newspaper Syndicate in 1936, working there on newspaper comic strips and on single-panel advice cartoons such as Your Health Comes First. He remained until late 1939, when he began working for the animation company Fleischer Studios as an inbetweener on Popeye cartoons. I went from Lincoln to Fleischer, he recalled, from Fleischer I had to get out in a hurry because I couldnt take that kind of thing, describing it as a factory in a sense, like my fathers factory. Around that time, the American comic book industry was booming, Kirby began writing and drawing for the comic-book packager Eisner & Iger, one of a handful of firms creating comics on demand for publishers
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Brotherhood of Mutants
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The Brotherhood of Mutants, originally known as the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, is a fictional supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters are depicted as being devoted to mutant superiority over normal humans and they are among the chief adversaries of the X-Men. The groups roster and ideology have varied from incarnation to incarnation and they are almost always at odds with the more peaceful X-Men, though on rare occasions the two sides have allied against a common threat, most notably Apocalypse. The Brotherhood was founded by Magneto and its members were his allies in his early battles with the X-Men during the 1960s. The original Brotherhood ultimately disbanded, with Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch going on to members of the Avengers. In 1981, the Brotherhood of Mutants was revived under the leadership of Mystique while the groups most visible incarnation during the early 1990s was led by Toad, with each additional incarnation, the group abandoned its political ideology and regressed to the status of hired goons. Since the end of the 1990s, several incarnations have sought to return to the political roots, the Brotherhood of Mutants has also appeared in several animated series featuring the X-Men and has been Magneto’s group in the recent X-Men film series. The original Brotherhood of Evil Mutants was created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, one of the greater ironies of the group has been its use of Evil in its name. When his decision to name the group was brought up in an interview, Stan Lee simply said, since the early 1990s, writers have attempted to explain this away by having Toad describe it as irony, based upon the perceived notion that all mutants are evil. Later writers have opted instead to simply drop Evil from the groups name, many of the groups members have been shown to be past victims of anti-mutant prejudice, which has made the group a haven for many mutants who feel they are outcasts and pariahs. While many of these outcast mutants have willingly embraced the violent aspects of the Brotherhoods ideology, several have ultimately rejected it, the original leader of the team was Magneto, a mutant with the ability to control magnetic fields. It would later be revealed that Magneto was a Holocaust survivor, explaining his distrust of humanity, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch are Magnetos children, although at the time of the original Brotherhood all three of them were unaware of it. They had joined after Magneto saved Wanda from a mob who believed she was a Witch after she made a house burst into flame. She joined to repay the debt, and Pietro joined to keep her safe, Time and again, the Brotherhood clashed with the original X-Men team, in their first appearance taking control of a small country with the aid of Mastermind creating an illusion of an army. They captured the Angel and took him to Asteroid M, and they tried to recruit the Sub-Mariner, and then the Blob, but the X-Men succeeded against them. Finally Magneto and Toad were captured by an extraterrestrial being called the Stranger, who they at first believed was a powerful mutant, Mastermind had been turned to a block of solid matter by the Stranger, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch left the team and later joined the Avengers. The shapeshifting mutant Mystique later organized her own Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, members included Pyro, the Blob, Avalanche, Destiny and Rogue. This team later became the core membership of the team called Freedom Force
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American comic book
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An American comic book is a thin periodical, typically 32-pages, containing primarily comics content. While the form originated in 1933, American comic books first gained popularity after the 1938 publication of Action Comics and this was followed by a superhero boom that lasted until the end of World War II. After the war, while superheroes were marginalized, the book industry rapidly expanded, and genres such as horror, crime. The 1950s saw a decline, due to a shift away from print media in the wake of television. The late 1950s and the 1960s saw a revival. Since the later 20th century, comic books have gained note as collectable items, Comic shops cater to fans, and particularly valuable issues have fetched in excess of a million dollars. Systems of grading comic books have emerged with plastic sleeves and cardboard backing available to maintain the condition of comic books, standard comics are 6.625 inches ×10.25 inches and about 32 pages long. While comics can be the work of a creator, the labour of making them is frequently divided between a number of specialists. There may be a writer and artist, or there may be separate artists for the characters. The process begins with the coming up with an idea or concept, then working it into a plot and story. After the art production, letters are placed on the page, the creative team, the writers and artists, may work with a comic book publisher for help with marketing, advertising, and other logistics. A distributor like Diamond Comic Distributors, the largest in the U. S. helps to distribute the product to retailers. Another part of the involved in successful comics is the interaction between the readers/fans and the creator. Fan art and letters to the editor were printed in the back of the book until the early 21st century. Comic specialty stores did help encourage several waves of independently-produced comics, the development of the modern American comic book happened in stages. The G. W. Dillingham Company published the first known proto-comic-book magazine in the U. S, the Yellow Kid in McFaddens Flats, in 1897. The 196-page, square-bound, black-and-white publication, which also includes text by E. W. Townsend, measured 5×7 inches. The neologism comic book appears on the back cover, despite the publication of a series of related Hearst comics soon afterward, the first monthly proto-comic book, Embee Distributing Companys Comic Monthly, did not appear until 1922
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Comic book
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A comic book or comicbook, also called comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comic art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by brief descriptive prose and written narrative, although comics has some origins in 18th century Japan and 1830s Europe, comic books were first popularized in the United States during the 1930s. Comic books are reliant on their organization and appearance, authors largely focus on the frame of the page, size, orientation, and panel positions. These characteristic aspects of books are necessary in conveying the content. The key elements of comic books include panels, balloons, text, balloons are usually convex spatial containers of information that are related to a character using a tail element. The tail has an origin, path, tip, and pointed direction, there are many technological formulas used to create comic books, including directions, axes, data, and metrics. Following these key formatting procedures is the writing, drawing, Comics as a print medium have existed in America since the printing of The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck in 1842 in hardcover, making it the first known American prototype comic book. The introduction of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shusters Superman in 1938 turned comic books into a major industry, the Golden Age originated the archetype of the superhero. Historians generally divide the timeline of the American comic book into eras, the Golden Age of Comic Books began with the introduction of Superman in 1938, spurring a period of high sales. The Silver Age of comic books is considered to date from the first successful revival of the then-dormant superhero form. The demarcation between the Silver Age and the era, the Bronze Age of Comic Books, is less well-defined. The Modern Age of Comic Books runs from the mid-1980s to the present day, in response to attention from the government and from the media, the U. S. comic book industry set up the Comics Magazine Association of America. The CMAA instilled the Comics Code Authority in 1954 and drafted the self-censorship Comics Code that year and it was not until the 1970s that comic books could be published without passing through the inspection of the CMAA. In the early 1970s, a surge of creativity emerged in what known as underground comix. Published and distributed independently of the comics industry, most of such comics reflected the youth counterculture. Underground comics were almost never sold at newsstands, but rather in such youth-oriented outlets as head shops and record stores, frank Stacks The Adventures of Jesus, published under the name Foolbert Sturgeon, has been credited as the first underground comic. The rise of comic book specialty stores in the late 1970s created/paralleled a dedicated market for independent or alternative comics in the U. S, some independent comics continued in the tradition of underground comics. A few represented experimental attempts to bring closer to the status of fine art
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Marvel Universe
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The Marvel Universe is the shared universe where the stories in most American comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Entertainment take place. Marvel superheroes such as the Avengers, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men are from this universe, in this context, Marvel Universe is taken to refer to the mainstream Marvel continuity, which is known as Earth-616 or currently as Earth Prime. Headline characters in one title would make cameo or guest appearances in other books, eventually many of the leading heroes assembled into a team known as the Avengers. The Marvel Universe was also notable for setting its central titles in New York City, by contrast, care was taken to portray the city and the world as realistically as possible with the presence of superhumans affecting the common citizens in various ways. What happens on Earth in the main Marvel Universe would normally have no effect on what happens on a parallel Earth in another Marvel-created universe, however, storywriters would have the creative ability to write stories in which people from one such universe would visit this alternative universe. In 1982, Marvel published the mini-series Contest of Champions, in all of the major heroes in existence at the time were gathered together to deal with one threat. The Marvel Universe is strongly based on the real world, Earth in the Marvel Universe has all the features of the real one, same countries, same personalities, same historical events, and so on. However, it contains many other fictional elements, countries such as Wakanda and Latveria, and organizations like the espionage agency S. H. I. E. L. D. and its enemy, HYDRA. In 2009 Marvel officially described its worlds geography in a two-part miniseries, most importantly, the Marvel Universe also incorporates examples of almost all major science fiction and fantasy concepts, with writers adding more continuously. Aliens, gods, magic, cosmic powers and extremely advanced human-developed technology all exist prominently in the Marvel Universe, monsters also play a more prominent role with east Asian origins of magical incantation, outlandish sorcery and manifesting principle in the Marvel Universe. One such case is Fin Fang Foom arising from the ashes of tantric magic, thanks to these extra elements, Earth in the Marvel Universe is home to a large number of superheroes and supervillains, who have gained their powers by any of these means. Marvels major heroes were created in the 1960s, but the amount of time that has passed between then and now within the universe itself has most recently identified as thirteen years. Consequently, the settings of some events which were contemporary when written have to be updated every few years in order to sense in this floating timeline. Thus, the events of previous stories are considered to have happened within a number of years prior to the publishing date of the current issue. Because of the timeline, where stories refer to real-life historic events. For instance, the origin of Iron Man was changed in a 2004 storyline to refer to armed conflict in Afghanistan, additionally, the DC Comics Universe is also said to exist in the Marvel Universe as one of the many alternative universes. The reverse may also be said with respect to the DC Universe and this is one method of explaining the various crossover stories co-published by the two companies. Pop culture characters such as Dracula and Frankenstein actually exist in the Marvel Universe and this is usually justified as a second hand account of events as told to credited authors Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley although the general public continues to believe them as fictional
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Milan
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Milan is a city in Italy, capital of the Lombardy region, and the most populous metropolitan area and the second most populous comune in Italy. The population of the city proper is 1,351,000, Milan has a population of about 8,500,000 people. It is the industrial and financial centre of Italy and one of global significance. In terms of GDP, it has the largest economy among European non-capital cities, Milan is considered part of the Blue Banana and lies at the heart of one of the Four Motors for Europe. Milan is an Alpha leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, services, research, and tourism. Its business district hosts Italys Stock Exchange and the headquarters of the largest national and international banks, the city is a major world fashion and design capital, well known for several international events and fairs, including Milan Fashion Week and the Milan Furniture Fair. The city hosts numerous cultural institutions, academies and universities, with 11% of the national total enrolled students, Milans museums, theatres and landmarks attract over 9 million visitors annually. Milan – after Naples – is the second Italian city with the highest number of accredited stars from the Michelin Guide, the city hosted the Universal Exposition in 1906 and 2015. Milan is home to two of Europes major football teams, A. C. Milan and F. C. Internazionale, the etymology of Milan is uncertain. One theory holds that the Latin name Mediolanum comes from the Latin words medio, however, some scholars believe lanum comes from the Celtic root lan, meaning an enclosure or demarcated territory in which Celtic communities used to build shrines. Hence, Mediolanum could signify the central town or sanctuary of a Celtic tribe, indeed, the name Mediolanum is borne by about sixty Gallo-Roman sites in France, e. g. Saintes and Évreux. Alciato credits Ambrose for his account, around 400 BC, the Celtic Insubres settled Milan and the surrounding region. In 222 BC, the Romans conquered the settlement, renaming it Mediolanum, Milan was eventually declared the capital of the Western Roman Empire by Emperor Diocletian in 286 AD. Diocletian chose to stay in the Eastern Roman Empire and his colleague Maximianus ruled the Western one, immediately Maximian built several monuments, such as a large circus 470 m ×85 m, the Thermae Herculeae, a large complex of imperial palaces and several other buildings. With the Edict of Milan of 313, Emperor Constantine I guaranteed freedom of religion for Christians, after the city was besieged by the Visigoths in 402, the imperial residence was moved to Ravenna. In 452, the Huns overran the city, in 539, the Ostrogoths conquered and destroyed Milan during the Gothic War against Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. In the summer of 569, a Teutonic tribe, the Lombards, conquered Milan, some Roman structures remained in use in Milan under Lombard rule. Milan surrendered to the Franks in 774 when Charlemagne took the title of King of the Lombards, the Iron Crown of Lombardy dates from this period
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Blob (comics)
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The Blob is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as an adversary of the X-Men. A mutant originally depicted as a circus freak, the Blob claims to be immovable when he so desires. He possesses an extreme amount of body mass, which grants him superhuman strength. Possessing the mindset of a bully, he uses his powers for petty crime and as a member of the Brotherhood of Mutants. He is one of the most prominent, long-running mutants to be depowered as a result of the Decimation storyline, the Blob appears in the 2009 superhero film X-Men Origins, Wolverine, where he is played by actor Kevin Durand. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, he first appeared in X-Men #3, born in Lubbock, Texas, Fred J. Dukes starts out as a member of a circus sideshow under the name The Blob. He is detected and contacted by Charles Xavier via Cyclops, who sees his performance and tells him that he is a mutant, at the mansion, the other X-Men dislike Dukes for his obnoxious attitude. Ice-Man uses his power against Dukes to create an ice block round his foot, the Blob refuses Xaviers invitation, saying he is better than the other X-Men. When Xavier tries erasing his mind of what has transpired, the Blob escapes the Mansion despite the efforts of the Beast and uses the sewer to get away without being followed. He tells the manager of the carnival he is taking over, then gathers up the circus members and they attack the mansion, as he plans to get the X-Mens technology. Meanwhile, Xavier works on a device so he can erase the memories of many people, the carnival succeeds in defeating the X-Men despite a warning from Angel. They tie up the X-Men and leave them on the lawn and they then enter the mansion to find the Professor and his technology. Xavier is able to wipe everyones minds after the carnival is stopped by a wall of ice, the mutant Magneto soon seeks out the Blob to recruit him into his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, restoring his memory through a jarring blow to the head. The Blob temporarily accepts the invitation, but leaves when it is revealed that Magneto has no concern for the Blobs safety after he is hit by explosives which were launched at the X-Men. He goes back to the Circus and he teams up with Unus due to the alien Lucifer, who soon becomes his confidant. They disguise themselves as X-Men and commit crimes, the Blob also serves as a member of Factor Three. He briefly works as an operative for the Secret Empire, where he fights the Beast, with the reorganized Brotherhood, the Blob fights Professor X and the Defenders
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Mutant Master
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The characters five-page origin story, I, the Robot, appeared in the science fiction/horror/crime anthology title Menace #11 from Marvel Comics 1950s predecessor, Atlas Comics. In an alternate reality from mainstream Earth, a newly created robot is programmed by the scientists greedy business manager to murder the scientist. The incomplete robot, however, continues through with his directive to kill the man in the room, the robot then leaves the house, programmed to kill the man in the room. The M-Twins are superheroine mutants who appear in the X-Men family of books, created by writer Scott Lobdell and artist Chris Bachalo, she/they originally was a member of the teenage mutant group Generation X, and have not appeared in the series since Generation X #58. Nicole and Claudette have various abilities, including reading minds, projecting their thoughts into the minds of others. They have also used offensively to limited degrees, such as mind control. The twins are able to merge into various combinations with each other, each resulting fusion generally having a distinct personality. However, the fusions can be undone by considerable trauma, typically a large explosion, angelo Macon is a fictional cyborg appearing in Marvel Comics. The character, created by John Byrne and Chris Claremont, first appeared in X-Men #133, Macon allegiance was initially with the Hellfire Club. He was a member and fought Wolverine, only to be horribly mauled by him. The Inner Circle transformed him, and his teammates into cyborgs, when Donald Pierce rebelled against the Inner Circle, Pierce took his cyborg men, which included Macon, and formed the Reavers. Macon appears, unnamed in Logan played by Stephen Dunlevy, Madam Slay is a supervillain who first appeared in Jungle Action #18, and was created by Don McGregor and Billy Graham. Madam Slay was a lover and ally of Erik Killmonger, she had the ability to command leopards, the Panther and WKabi had come to investigate the killings, and Madam Slay captured the Panther. The Panther escaped and fought her, until WKabi was able to knock her unconscious, magdalene is a member of the Avengers who first appeared in Avengers #343, and was created by Bob Harras, Steve Epting, and Tom Palmer. Magdalene was a member of the Avengers in an alternate timeline, as a result, she joined the Gatherers, a group formed by Proctor, an alternate version of Dane Whitman, known in the Mainstream Marvel Universe as the Black Knight. The purpose of the Gatherers was to destroy every universes version of Sersi, magdelene has superhuman strength and stamina, and is armed with a power-lance which fires energy bolts and can open space warps. Magilla is a member of the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation, Magilla first appeared in The Thing vol.1 #33, and was created by Mike Carlin and Ron Wilson. Sandy Staimaster was given superhuman abilities by the Power Broker and took on the name Magilla as her body was covered in hair
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Sentinel (comics)
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The Sentinels are a fictional variety of mutant-hunting robots appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are usually portrayed as antagonists to the X-Men, the Sentinels have been featured in several X-Men video games, and played a large role in the 1990s X-Men animated series. Additionally, a version made a brief appearance in the beginning of the 2006 film, X-Men. They are featured prominently in the 2014 film X-Men, Days of Future Past and also appear at the end of the 2016 film X-Men, in 2009, the Sentinels were ranked by IGN as the 38th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, they first appeared in The X-Men #14, according to Marvel canon, Sentinels are programmed to locate mutants and capture or kill them. Though several types of Sentinels have been introduced, the typical Sentinel is three stories tall, is capable of flight, projects energy blasts, and can detect mutants. Sentinels are designed to hunt mutants who often represent the protagonists of Marvel stories, therefore, while many are capable of tactical thought, only a handful are self-aware. Sentinels are technologically advanced, and have exhibited a variety of abilities. They are armed, capable of flight, and can detect mutants at long range and they possess vast physical strength, and their bodies are highly resistant to damage. Some are able to alter their physical forms or re-assemble and reactivate themselves after they have been destroyed, Some Sentinel variants have the ability to learn from their experiences, developing their defenses during an engagement. Several groups of the robots have been created or led by a single, massive Sentinel, Some sentinels are also equipped with an inconspicuous logic loop in case they should go rogue to convince them that they are mutants as demonstrated in the tri-sentinel. Mark I and Master Mold - Created by Bolivar Trask, Bolivar Trask sacrificed himself to destroy the Master Mold. Mark II - Created by Larry Trask and this model was capable of adapting to and counter-acting super-powers almost instantly. Composite - Created by merging the remaining portions of five Sentinels destroyed by the X-Men and it was destroyed by her when it rebelled against her. Mark III - Created by Stephen Lang and Project, Armageddon, secretly funded by Edward Buckman, x-Sentinels - Created by Stephen Lang. They are androids who were duplicates of the original X-Men, Mark IV - Created by Sebastian Shaw. Mark V - Created by Sebastian Shaw for U. S. governments Project Wideawake, First appeared in New Mutants #2. Mark VI - Created by Shaw Industries for Project, Wideawake, also incorporated parts of Project Nimrod
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Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde)
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Mastermind is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He most often appears as an adversary of the X-Men, the original Mastermind was a mutant with the psionic ability to generate complex telepathic illusions at will that cause his victims to see whatever he wishes them to see. After Wyngardes death from the Legacy Virus, his three daughters appeared, two of whom possessed his illusion-creating abilities and third is the X-Man, Pixie, in 2009, Mastermind was named IGNs 98th Top Comic Book Villain of All Time. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, he first appeared in X-Men #4 and he was given his real name of Jason Wyngarde by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. Nothing is known of Jason Wyngardes life before joining the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, with Masterminds help, the Brotherhood takes over Santo Marco, a fictional South American country, with an illusion of thousands of soldiers. However, the X-Men free the country, as Professor X sees through Masterminds illusions, as a member of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, he participates in repeated clashes with the X-Men. He attempts to court his teammate Scarlet Witch, but his advances seem driven more by an unsatisfied need for love than by any feelings for her. The Brotherhood attempts to lure the Stranger to their cause, after the spell wears off, Mastermind joins Factor Three, an organization that attempts to conquer the Earth. Factor Three eventually disbands when their leader turns out to be an alien and they team with the X-Men to defeat the alien Mutant Master. Mastermind is then captured by Sentinels, but freed by the X-Men, former members of Factor Three, Blob and Unus, join with Mastermind to reform the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Mastermind attempts to recruit Beast to his group, but fails, Mastermind is briefly held captive by the second Secret Empire. Magneto returns to the Brotherhood to resume his leadership and creates Alpha the Ultimate Mutant, the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants battle the Defenders, but Alpha turns the entire Brotherhood team into infants. After being restored to adulthood, Mastermind becomes involved with the Hellfire Club and he initially poses as Nikos, and begins a romance with Phoenix. This turns her against the X-Men, Cyclops attempts to free Phoenix on the astral plane, but Mastermind confronts him there and soundly defeats him. Instead of binding Phoenix to him forever, as Mastermind had hoped, enraged at what he did to her, Phoenix reaches into his mind and makes him experience godhood for a moment. When Mastermind recovers his sanity, he seeks revenge on everyone that caused him pain and he strikes down Emma Frost, leaving her comatose. He unbalances Rogues shared psyche with Carol Danvers, prompting her to leave Mystique, next, since Phoenix is dead, he decides to use those closest to her as proxies for his revenge. He disrupts Wolverines wedding by psionically compelling his betrothed, Mariko Yashida, to reject him and he manipulates the X-Men into thinking Cyclopss fiance, Madelyne Pryor, is the reincarnation of Dark Phoenix, hoping to goad them into killing her before he reveals the truth
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Magneto (comics)
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Magneto is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appears in The X-Men #1 as the archenemy of the X-Men. The character is a mutant, one of a fictional subspecies of humanity born with superhuman abilities. He is a friend of Professor X, the leader of the X-Men, Magnetos role in comics has varied from supervillain to antihero to superhero, having served as an occasional ally and even a member of the X-Men at times. His characters early history has been compared with the civil rights leader Malcolm X, Magneto resents the pacifist attitude of Professor X and pushes for a more aggressive approach to achieving civil rights. In 2011, IGN ranked Magneto as the greatest comic book villain of all time, sir Ian McKellen portrayed Magneto in four films of the X-Men film series, while Michael Fassbender portrayed a younger version of the character in the 2011 prequel X-Men, First Class. In addition, both actors reprised the role in the film X-Men, Days of Future Past, set in two different eras, Fassbender reprised his role in the 2016 film X-Men, Apocalypse. Magneto first appeared in the issue of X-Men in 1963. In a 2008 interview, Stan Lee said he did not think of Magneto as a bad guy and he just wanted to strike back at the people who were so bigoted and racist. He was trying to defend the mutants, and because society was not treating them fairly he was going to teach society a lesson and he was a danger of course. But I never thought of him as a villain, in the miniseries, Magneto had been de-aged and suffered from amnesia, calling himself Joseph, it was later revealed that Joseph was a younger clone of Magneto. Later, Magneto became ruler of the nation Genosha, later, Magneto appeared in two miniseries, Magneto Rex and Magneto, Dark Seduction. A trade paperback novel detailing Magnetos childhood, X-Men, Magneto Testament was written by Greg Pak, Pak based Magneto Testament on accounts from Holocaust survivors. Before the publication of X-Men, Magneto Testament, Magnetos personal background and he was portrayed as a Jewish Holocaust survivor, while searching for his wife Magda, a Sinti, Magneto maintained a cover identity as a Sinti. This created confusion among readers as to Magnetos heritage, until his Jewish background was confirmed in Magneto. Magneto was born Max Eisenhardt sometime in the late 1920s to a middle-class German-Jewish family, maxs father, Jakob Eisenhardt, was a decorated World War I veteran. Max and his family escaped the ghetto, only to be betrayed and captured again and his mother, father, and sister were executed and buried in a mass grave, but Max survived, possibly due to the manifestation of his mutant powers. Escaping from the grave, he was ultimately captured yet again and sent to Auschwitz
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Defenders (comics)
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The Defenders is a set of fictional superhero groups with fluctuating membership appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are usually presented as a non-team of individualistic outsiders who, the team often battles mystic and supernatural threats. Its original incarnation was led by Doctor Strange and included Hulk, Namor and they first appeared as the Defenders in Marvel Feature #1. The group had a rotating line-up from 1972 until 1986, with Dr, the publication was retitled near the end of the run as The New Defenders but featured none of the original members and only Valkyrie, the Beast and the Gargoyle of the former long-term members. The concept was modified in the 1993–95 series Secret Defenders, in which Dr. Strange assembled different teams for each individual mission, the original team was reunited in a short-lived 2001 series by Kurt Busiek and Erik Larsen. In 2005 Marvel published a miniseries featuring the classic line-up by J. M. DeMatteis, Keith Giffen. In December 2011 writer Matt Fraction and artist Terry Dodson launched a Defenders series with a mixture of classic and new members, which lasted for 12 issues. A TV miniseries titled The Defenders is scheduled to premiere in 2017 on Netflix, with the team consisting of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, the origin of the Defenders lies in two crossover story arcs by Roy Thomas prior to the official founding of the team. The first, in Doctor Strange #183, Sub-Mariner #22, and The Incredible Hulk #126 occurred when the Dr. Strange series was canceled and the storyline was completed in another series. Dr. Strange teams with Sub-Mariner then the Hulk to protect the Earth from invasion by Lovecraftian interplanar beings known as the Undying Ones and their leader, barbara Norriss, later the host of the Valkyrie, first appears in this story. The Defenders first appeared as a feature in Marvel Feature #1, due to the popularity of their tryout in Marvel Feature, Marvel soon began publishing The Defenders. Valkyrie was introduced to the team in issue #4, writer Steve Englehart has stated that he added the Valkyrie to the Defenders to provide some texture to the group. Englehart wrote The Avengers–Defenders War crossover in The Avengers #116–118 and The Defenders #9–11, len Wein briefly wrote the series and introduced such characters as Alpha the Ultimate Mutant and the Wrecking Crew. He later became the editor for several issues, Steve Gerber first worked on the characters in Giant-Size Defenders #3 and became the writer of the main title with issue #20 the following month. He wrote the series until issue #41, part of Gerbers oeuvre was reviving forgotten characters, he brought back three pre-Marvel characters, the Headmen, as well as the Guardians of the Galaxy. The Defenders met Gerbers Howard the Duck in Marvel Treasury Edition #12, in 2010, Comics Bulletin ranked Gerber and Sal Buscemas run on The Defenders first on its list of the Top 10 1970s Marvels. David Anthony Krafts run as writer included The Scorpio Saga and the Xenogenesis, Kraft later recalled that reactions to the storys off-beat humor were polarized, readers were either wildly enthusiastic or absolutely and very utterly appalled. Kraft and artist Ed Hannigan explained some of the Valykries backstory in The Defenders #66–68, steven Grant wrote a conclusion to Steve Gerbers Omega the Unknown series in two issues of The Defenders, at the end of which most of the original series characters were killed
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Alpha the Ultimate Mutant
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Alpha the Ultimate Mutant is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Alpha the Ultimate Mutant first appeared in The Defenders #15–16, and was created by Len Wein, the character subsequently appears in Quasar #14–15. Alpha the Ultimate Mutant received an entry in the All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A–Z #1, Alpha is a being artificially created by Magneto, a prominent mutant in the Marvel Universe. Following an epic battle with the Avengers, Magneto is imprisoned in the center of Earth, Magneto manages to escape and propels himself towards the surface. On the way, he finds the ruins of a long-lost technologically advanced civilization in New Mexico. Using the machinery and books he finds among the ruins, he began bio-engineering the ultimate mutant, Professor X telepathically detects that Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants are active in the area of the Carlsbad Caverns, and he summons the Defenders to launch an attack against them. Magneto and the Brotherhood manage to repel the Defenders for enough time to allow the engineering of Alpha to be completed, Alpha emerges as an oversized humanoid of subhuman intelligence. Initially he is capable of creating force fields as a reflex. However, each time he uses his powers, Alphas cranium widens, Magneto has Alpha teleport him and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants to the United Nations headquarters. When his demands for world rulership are turned down, Magneto orders Alpha to telekinetically lift the Secretariat Building, persuaded by Professor X, he telepathically probes both the Brotherhood of Mutants and the Defenders in order to discover which team was evil. Understanding that Magneto had fooled him into committing malicious acts, Alpha punishes his erstwhile allies by regressing them to infancy and he also restores the United Nations building complex and erases the event from the minds of all onlookers. Finally, declaring himself too evolved to remain on Earth, Alpha transforms himself to a streak of light, Quasar briefly glimpses Alpha, first on the Strangers Labworld, and then during his journeys in the cosmos. From what Quasar saw, Alpha seems to be paired with another highly evolved humanoid named Futurist and he possesses telekinetic powers which are enough to lift a 50-story skyscraper and the surrounding land into the air. His powers are not without limits and are weaker than those of the Stranger. Alpha the Ultimate Mutant originally had a form which likely possessed great strength. Within a few hours, Alphas cranium and brain grew in size, Alpha the Ultimate Mutant stands at 10 feet tall, although he can alter his form at will. Alpha the Ultimate Mutant was seen in the X-Men theme where he was charging towards the X-Men with the mutants on Magnetos side. He later appeared in the episode Beyond Good and Evil Pt.4, Alpha the Ultimate Mutant at the Marvel Universe wiki Alpha the Ultimate Mutant at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe Alpha the Ultimate Mutant at Marvel Wiki
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Vanisher
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The Vanisher is a fictional character, a mutant supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as an opponent of the X-Men. The Vanisher first appeared in X-Men #2 and was created by Stan Lee, much of the Vanishers life remains a mystery, aside from his career as a professional criminal and subversive, though he was apparently born in Milton, Massachusetts. He is a mutant with the ability to teleport to any place he can think of. S. government by threatening to sell the plans to communists unless he receives 10 million dollars. The Vanisher, with a group of non-mutant followers, then goes to the front lawn of the White House to await his payment. Professor Xavier and the X-Men are able to intervene when Xavier induces amnesia upon the Vanisher, forgetting he has mutant powers, the Vanisher is taken into police custody and the rest of the X-Men defeat the unruly followers. The Vanisher eventually regains his memory and joins Factor Three, an organization of mutants who seek world domination. Factor Three is opposed by the X-Men when they attempt to start World War III between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Vanisher meets the X-Men again, but this time as allies, the Mutant Master has a plan to conquer Earth. The rest of Factor Three, including the Vanisher, team up with the X-Men to defeat him, the Vanisher was later held prisoner by the Sentinels, and was released through the X-Mens intervention. The Vanisher disappears for a while but eventually comes out of hiding to fight the Champions, to do so, he becomes a member of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and uses reprogrammed Sentinels. He is defeated by the Champions and is trapped in mid-teleportation by Darkstar and he also joins a group of villains to challenge the Fantastic Four, but is defeated. After traveling in another dimension with Nightcrawler, and returning to Earth, eventually they disband, and the Vanisher is left to his own devices. The Vanisher then keeps to himself for a period of time, until he is mentally controlled by Asylum to attack the New Warriors. Darkling, a superhuman who also uses energies from the Darkforce Dimension, is defeated, later, the Vanisher joins a second incarnation of the Enforcers, called the New Enforcers. The New Enforcers were a consortium that operated in obscurity, along with Eel and a woman named Blitz, the Vanisher is part of the Outer Circle of the Enforcers, and becomes involved in a clash between the criminal organizations A. I. M. and HYDRA. The New Enforcers are confronted and eventually defeated by Spider-Man, at some point, the Vanisher seeks to understand his powers in greater detail. He visits the Darkforce dimension but is captured by its inhabitants and they force him to read them stories
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Champions (1975 team)
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The Champions are a fictional team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team first appears in The Champions #1 and was created by writer Tony Isabella, writer Tony Isabella developed the concept of a new team of superheroes and originally wanted the roster to consist of former X-Men Angel and Iceman, and the newly created Black Goliath. Black Goliath became unavailable when the character debuted in his own title, editor Len Wein insisted on at least five members, and Isabella added three established heroes, Russian spy Black Widow, the Greek god Hercules, and the supernatural avenger Ghost Rider. Captain Marvel, Power Man, and the Son of Satan were all considered for the place on the roster before selecting Ghost Rider. Writer and publisher David Anthony Kraft is credited with naming the team, production difficulties, which caused a three-month delay between the first and second issues, prevented this. The title was published as The Champions, and ran for seventeen issues from October 1975 to January 1978. In addition to Don Heck, artists who drew the series include George Tuska, Bob Hall, and John Byrne. The team battled established Marvel villains such as Pluto, the Griffin, the Titanium Man and Crimson Dynamo, Warlord Kaa, the Stranger, Kamo Tharnn, Russian heroine Darkstar joins the team, and Black Goliath eventually guest stars in the title. The second-to-last issue continued a story involving a struggle between villains Doctor Doom and Magneto from the title Super-Villain Team-Up. The last issues storyline involving an attack by the Sentinels is referenced in the title Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man, the Champions guest-starred in several other Marvel titles, including Ghost Rider #18, Iron Man Annual #4, The Avengers #163, and Godzilla #3. The group briefly reunite in a X-Force/Champions Annual, an issue of The Incredible Hulk features a flashback to a period when the Champions were still together. The team mistakenly attack the Hulk, with the delay almost killing a gravely ill Jennifer Walters, a new team also called the Champions debuted in October 2016. This team consists of Ms. Marvel, Spider-Man, Nova, Teen Cyclops, Viv Vision, in 1987, Heroic Publishing began using the name The Champions for a role-playing game series which has been adapted into comic books. This has since been resolved with Marvel announcing a new Champions series set to debut following their Civil War II event, Champions Classic vol.1 collects The Champions #1–11,208 pages, July 2006, ISBN 978-0785120971 Champions Classic vol. com
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Doc Samson
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Doc Samson is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as a superhero and psychiatrist in the Marvel Universe. He was portrayed by Ty Burrell in the 2008 film The Incredible Hulk, Doc Samson debuted in the Incredible Hulk vol. 2, #141, created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Herb Trimpe, since then he has also appeared as a supporting character in several different Marvel Comics titles, including She-Hulk, Uncanny X-Men, and Amazing Spider-Man. In 1996 Doc Samson starred in his first self-titled miniseries written by Dan Slott, in 2006, Samson starred in his second miniseries written by Paul Di Filippo and penciled by Fabrizio Fiorentino. Leonard Skivorski, Jr. was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and he was raised Jewish and attended yeshiva. His father, Dr. Leonard Leo Skivorski, was a popular psychiatrist in his hometown who specialized in treating young women, often conducting extramarital affairs with them, mrs. Skivorski had nicknamed her husband Samson after his long hair. Leonard Jr. initially expressed disinterest in becoming a psychiatrist, perhaps because he resented his fathers philandering, despite this, he became a college professor and psychiatrist. Initially, Samsons physical strength depends upon the length of his hair, though his gamma mutation eventually stabilized, shortly afterward, his flirting with Betty Ross causes a jealous Banner to re-expose himself to radiation, becoming the Hulk once more to battle Samson. Samson learns that his power decreases when he cuts his green hair, feeling guilty about his role in his patients return to being the Hulk, Samson would spend much time working with Banner over the years. Samson eventually regains his powers in a gamma ray explosion and he joins the Gamma Base staff. He shrinks and projects the Hulk into Glenn Talbots brain to cure Talbot of amnesia, Samson is captured by the Leader. He joins forces with the Hulk against the Leaders Humanoids and he attempts a psychoanalysis of the Hulk through his dreams and diagnoses him with multiple personality disorder. Samson next encounters Angel and the Master Mold and he encounters Moonstone and battles the Hulk. Samson quits Gamma Base and becomes General Ross psychiatrist, Samson encounters Woodgod and the Changelings. His former relationship with Dr. Delia Childress is revealed, and he teams with Spider-Man against the Rhino and he defeats Unus the Untouchable in combat. With the Thing and other heroes, he is abducted by the Champion to challenge him in combat, the Vision offers Doc Samson a position as the leader of a midwestern branch of the Avengers. Samson, determined again to cure the Hulk, defeats him in battle by calming him and he succeeds in separating Bruce Banner and the Hulk physically into two separate individuals
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Luke Cage
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Luke Cage, also known as Power Man, is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Luke Cage first appeared in Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 and was created by Archie Goodwin, John Romita, Sr. and he was the first black superhero to be featured as the protagonist and title character of a comic book. Once freed, Cage becomes a hero for hire and teams up with fellow superhero Iron Fist as part of the duo, Power Man and he later marries the super-powered private investigator Jessica Jones, with whom he has a daughter. Colter is set to reprise his role in The Defenders, Luke Cage was created by Archie Goodwin and John Romita, Sr. shortly after blaxploitation films emerged as a popular new genre. He debuted in his own series, Luke Cage, Hero for Hire, initially written by Goodwin, the character was the first black superhero to star in his own comic-book series, which was retitled Luke Cage, Power Man with issue #17. Cages adventures were set in a grungier, more crime-dominated New York City than that inhabited by other Marvel superheroes of the time. Though the series title would remain Power Man in the indicia for a longer, with issue #50 the cover title became Power Man. It would remain thus until the cancellation with issue #125. The series final writer, James Owsley, attempted to shed Cages blaxploitation roots by giving him a larger vocabulary and reducing usage of his catchphrase, in 1992, Cage was relaunched in a new series, simply titled Cage, set primarily in Chicago. The revived series updated the character, with Cage symbolically destroying his original costume on the cover of the first issue, the series, written by Marc McLaurin, ran 20 issues. Cage received exposure in other books at the time, including his own serial in the anthology series Marvel Comics Presents. In the aftermath of the Onslaught and Heroes Reborn companywide storylines, Cage was included in the series Heroes for Hire, written by John Ostrander, subsequently, Cage was featured in the Brian Michael Bendis-written series Alias, Secret War, The Pulse, Daredevil, and New Avengers. In 2010, Cage became a character in Thunderbolts, starting with issue #144. Cage also reappeared as a character in the second volume of the New Avengers series. Born Carl Lucas and raised in New York Citys Harlem neighborhood, with his friend Willis Stryker, he fights the rival gang the Diablos and commits petty crimes, often on the behalf of deformed mobster Sonny Hammer Caputo. In and out of homes throughout his teens, Lucas dreams of becoming a major New York racketeer until he finally realizes how his actions are hurting his family. He seeks to better himself as an adult by finding legitimate employment, meanwhile, Stryker rises through the ranks of crime, but the two men remain friends. When Strykers activities anger the Maggia crime syndicate, he is beaten in a mob hit
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Iron Fist (comics)
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Iron Fist is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane, Iron Fist first appeared in Marvel Premiere #15, the character is a practitioner of martial arts and the wielder of a mystical force known as the Iron Fist, which allows him to summon and focus his chi. He starred in his own series in the 1970s, and shared the title Power Man and Iron Fist for several years with Luke Cage. The character has starred in numerous titles since, including The Immortal Iron Fist, which expanded on his origin story. Iron Fist has been adapted to appear in animated television series. Finn Jones portrays the character in the television series Iron Fist developed for Netflix and is set to reprise the role in The Defenders. Iron Fist, along with the previously created Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu, writer/co-creator Roy Thomas wrote in a text piece in Marvel Premiere #15 that Iron Fists origin and creation owe much to the 1940s Bill Everett character, Amazing-Man. I thought that was a name, and we already had Master of Kung Fu going. Stan liked the name, so I got hold of Gil and he brought in his Amazing Man influences, following this run, Iron Fist was immediately spun off into the solo series Iron Fist, which ran 15 issues. The solo series was written by Claremont and pencilled by Byrne, a subplot involving Steel Serpent left unresolved by the cancellation of the series was wrapped up in issues #63-64 of Marvel Team-Up. To rescue the character from cancellation, Marvel paired Iron Fist with another character who was no longer enough to sustain his own series. The two characters were partnered in a story in Cages series Power Man #48-50. The title of the changed to Power Man and Iron Fist with issue #50. Iron Fist co-starred in the series until the issue, in which he is killed off. Writer Jim Owsley later commented, Fist’s death was senseless and shocking and it took the readers’ heads clean off. And, to day, people are mad about it. Forgetting, it seems, that you were supposed to be mad, Iron Fist was revived half a decade later in Namor the Sub-Mariner #21-25, a story which revealed that the character killed in Power Man and Iron Fist #125 was a doppelganger. He then became a starring character in the anthology series Marvel Comics Presents
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Acolytes (comics)
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The Acolytes is a team of fictional mutant supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Acolytes followed the principles of the mutant Magneto, particularly the mutant right of superiority over normal humans. Some members of the Acolytes even worshipped him with a fervor and regarded him as the “mutant messiah. ”The Acolytes first appeared in X-Men vol.2 #1 and were created by Chris Claremont. The Acolytes were first a group of mutants on the run from S. H. I. E. L. D. Soldiers, originally led by Fabian Cortez, Magneto housed them on his space station, Asteroid M, giving the mutants refuge. Due to events arranged and manipulated by Fabian Cortez, the first group of Acolytes perished, Cortez used their deaths and the assumed death of Magneto as martyrdom to further his cause against normal humanity. The X-Men interfered with their attack and the Acolytes retreated, afterwards, the Acolytes kidnapped Moira MacTaggert. Fabian Cortez’s reason was to ascertain whether Magneto was alive, Moira was rescued by the X-Men. The Acolytes’ next attack was on a hospital, four members of the Acolytes were involved in killing several dying, hospitalized humans. Next, the team attempted an attack on a military base. They were opposed by X-Factor and their mercenary ally Random, the attack on the base actually proved beneficial because it was a way for Fabian to attempt to coerce Quicksilver, the son of Magneto, to join his cause. Meanwhile, Magneto returned to hatch his plan of revenge, Magneto recruited Exodus, in order to reclaim the Acolytes in his name. After the events of Fatal Attractions and the Age of Apocalypse and they brought it aboard and awoke Holocaust. Holocaust went on a rampage, killing members of the Acolytes, Javitz, Rusty Collins. In his duel with Exodus, the Acolytes’ new space station, Avalon, was destroyed, Jean Grey and Cyclops were teleported there by Voght to help the remaining Acolytes. Skids was rescued by Jean Grey, while former X-Man Colossus put a comatose Magneto into a lifepod and sent him to Earth. Meanwhile, Cyclops crash-landed with some of the hardcore Acolytes and ended up in the Australian Outback, it was his ingenuity and knowledge, some time passed before the Acolytes reformed. When Magneto was granted control of Genosha, he reconstituted the Acolytes, with new and old and he used the Acolytes as a force to help him gain control over the war-torn island
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Hulk (comics)
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The Hulk is a fictional superhero created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, who first appeared in the debut issue of the comic book The Incredible Hulk in May 1962 published by Marvel Comics. The Hulks level of strength is normally conveyed as proportionate to his level of anger, however, his uncontrollable power has brought him into conflict with his fellow heroes and others. Lee stated that the Hulks creation was inspired by a combination of Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll, although the Hulks coloration has varied throughout the characters publication history, the most usual color is green. He has two catchphrases, Hulk is strongest one there is. And the better-known HULK SMASH. which has founded the basis for pop culture memes. The Hulk first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #1, written by writer-editor Stan Lee, penciled and co-plotted by Jack Kirby, and inked by Paul Reinman. Lee cites influence from Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in the Hulks creation, for a long time Id been aware of the fact that people were more likely to favor someone who was less than perfect. Its a safe bet that you remember Quasimodo, but how easily can you name any of the heroic, handsomer, ive always had a soft spot in my heart for the Frankenstein monster. No one could ever convince me that he was the bad guy and he never wanted to hurt anyone, he merely groped his torturous way through a second life trying to defend himself, trying to come to terms with those who sought to destroy him. I decided I might as well borrow from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as well—our protagonist would constantly change from his identity to his superhuman alter ego. Kirby, commenting upon his influences in drawing the character, recalled as inspiration the tale of a mother who rescues her child who is trapped beneath a car, Lee has also compared Hulk to the Golem of Jewish mythology. In The Science of Superheroes, Gresh and Weinberg see the Hulk as a reaction to the Cold War and the threat of nuclear attack, in the debut, Lee chose grey for the Hulk because he wanted a color that did not suggest any particular ethnic group. Colorist Stan Goldberg, however, had problems with the coloring, resulting in different shades of grey. After seeing the first published issue, Lee chose to change the color to green. Green was used in retellings of the origin, with reprints of the original story being recolored for the next two decades, until The Incredible Hulk vol. 2, #302 reintroduced the grey Hulk in flashbacks set close to the origin story, since then, reprints of the first issue have displayed the original grey coloring, with the fictional canon specifying that the Hulks skin had initially been grey. Lee gave the Hulks alter ego the alliterative name Bruce Banner because he found he had difficulty remembering alliterative names. Despite this, in stories he misremembered the characters name and referred to him as Bob Banner
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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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Black Cat (comics)
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The Black Cat is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Keith Pollard, she first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #194, Felicia Hardy is the daughter of a world-renowned cat burglar. Felicia Hardy made her debut in the 2014 film The Amazing Spider-Man 2. In 1979, creator Marv Wolfman was looking for a foil for Spider-Woman. He decided to base a character on a Tex Avery cartoon Bad Luck Blackie, the Black Cats costume and appearance were designed by Dave Cockrum. When Wolfman changed writing assignments within Marvel Comics to The Amazing Spider-Man, on the bottom of the letters page of The Amazing Spider-Man #194, a thumbnail of the intended cover for Spider-Woman #9 appears along with a rejected cover for The Amazing Spider-Man #194. Wolfman said in an interview, I didnt plan Black Cat to be in Spidey, I then decided to leave Spider-Woman and moved her over. So, I never even thought of Catwoman when I did her, I got the idea for her from a Tex Avery cartoon, Bad Luck Blackie. Writer/director Kevin Smith began writing the Spider-Man/Black Cat, The Evil that Men Do miniseries in 2002, after the third issue the series went on a hiatus until 2005, when Smith revealed he had finally finished writing the scripts. Smith has stated, While I have zero defense for my lateness, I will say this, in the mid-2000s, she starred alongside Wolverine in a limited comic book miniseries titled Claws. A sequel to this miniseries, entitled Claws II, began publication in July 2011, Black Cat was a lead character in the 2006-2007 Heroes for Hire series. Felicia Hardy was born in Queens, New York and her father Walter pretended to be a travelling salesman, but was a world-renowned cat burglar who, before his arrest, encouraged her to never settle for second best. If she loved basketball, she should work to become a basketball player, Spider-Man/Black Cat, The Evil that Men Do reveals that, as a freshman at Empire State University, Felicia was raped by her boyfriend Ryan. Hating the idea of being a victim, she trained herself in various fighting styles and acrobatics, finally, after months of preparing, she set out for revenge, but before she could find him, Ryan was killed in a drunk driving accident. Furious that she was denied the chance for revenge, Hardy decided to utilize her new skills to follow in her fathers footsteps, after amassing a fortune in stolen items, Felicia adopted her costumed identity. She first donned the Black Cat costume in order to break her out of prison. On the same night, she met Spider-Man, unfortunately for Felicia, her father died, and she then faked her own death. Despite her antipathy towards men, Felicia felt a kinship with this hero, Spider-Man was the first man she felt she could trust
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Freakshow (comics)
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Freakshow is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Chris Claremont for the installment of the series Excalibur. He is one of the few survivors of the island of Genosha which was destroyed by the wild Sentinel attacks commissioned by Cassandra Nova. Very little is known about Freakshow, except that he is one of the few survivors of the island of Genosha after the Sentinel attacks on the capital of Hammer Bay, somehow he finds himself to be the travelling companion of Wicked and becomes an unofficial pupil of Professor X. He soon proved his usefulness in dispatching a skirmish between the Professor and the local bully Unus the Untouchable, knowing that he couldnt do anything to harm Unus, Xavier had Freakshow swallow the man whole. Because of Unus natural force field he was unharmed albeit shaken when Freakshow vomited him up later and he helps his friend Wicked survive an attack by Magistrates, military forces who were once the murderous law-enforcement arm of the Genoshan government. During their efforts to rebuild Genosha, Freakshow takes on a worm-like form, after the events of the House of M Freakshow is revealed to be one of the many mutants to lose his abilities has a result of the Scarlet Witchs decimation. He has been seen with a number of Genoshan mutants including Unus the Untouchable, in Son of M #5, the traveling mutant Quicksilver convinces them to try the mutagenic compound called the Terrigen Mists, which had been stolen from the Inhumans. Freakshow regains his powers, but like the other mutants who have used the mist, for some time, he is unable to change out of his large, monstrous form. While trapped like this, he and the other Genosha mutants are drawn into battle with the Inhumans, some time after, the effects of the mist wear off. Freakshow is a megamorph with the ability to transform his body into a variety of forms with unique abilities. While in these forms he has enhanced strength, speed, stamina and he was also shown to take on humanoid forms, specifically an armored form akin to Colossus and a mythological Nordic Troll. In all of these forms Freakshow was still capable of human speech, in X-Force vol.1 #101, a young mutant known as Kevin, nicknamed Freakshow, nearly fell to his death when he attempts to impress others his age by proving that he could fly. This occurs when the High Evolutionary temporarily eliminates all mutant abilities
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House of M
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House of M is a 2005 comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics. The storyline consists of a core eight-issue comic book limited series written by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by Olivier Coipel, Scarlet Witchs father, Magneto, and her twin brother, Quicksilver, played major roles in the series. Like the 1995–1996 Age of Apocalypse storyline, House of M replaced the Earth-616 as the reality for a brief time until Scarlet Witch reverts to normal. The events of the storyline were later indicated to have occurred on Earth-58163, the first issue was released in June 2005, with the series concluding in November 2005. The first two issues were ranked first and second in sales in the June 2005 period, with the first issue selling over 233,000 copies. The final issue, House of M #8, was ranked third in sales for the November 2005 period with sales of 135,462, Bendis, lead writer for the House of M event, stated that the series would shake the world and break the Internet wide open. Prior to the event, Bendis also mentioned in interviews that the event would have a lasting effect on the Marvel Universe. Characters who appeared include Chamber, Jubilee, and Blob, characters who lost their powers included Dani Moonstar, Magneto, and Tag. Marvel, and a new X-Factor series, at the end of the attack, Magneto revealed an alleged international anti-mutant conspiracy involving Richard M. Nixon. As a result, Magneto was granted sovereignty of the island of Genosha as the leader of the worlds mutants, another result was that the protection of mutant life was judged to be the first worry of all laws. Because of this, the world is a racist society, with mutants controlling governments, businesses, and culture, some exceptions apply to sapiens who live with privileges like Carol Danvers and Peter Parker. Danvers is widely known to be a sapien, while Spider-Man is believed by the House of M world at large to be a mutant, primarily, he wanted the entire world to acknowledge that his paranoid fantasies about baseline humans wanting to exterminate mutants were true. Secondly, he wanted to be acknowledged as a heroic figure and it is unclear whether the Scarlet Witch altered the entire Marvel Universe, or merely the structure and history of Earth, a fact further complicated by the events of Secret Invasion. The Skrull Hank Pym stated that there was no way the Skrull army could win against such a vast number of mutants, also, Xaviers supposed death in this reality, yet with no body, combined with his own off-planet actions, further confuse the issue. The universe where House of M takes place is designated as Earth-58163, Wanda Maximoff, also known as the Scarlet Witch, is living on the devastated island of Genosha under the care of Professor Charles Xavier and her father Magneto. Professor X informs Magneto that his powers will no longer be enough to hold back Wandas reality-warping abilities. Magneto blames himself for twisting his children through the strength of his own dreams, meanwhile, Xavier arranges a meeting of the Avengers, the X-Men and several lone heroes to Avengers Towers to decide the fate of Wanda Maximoff. Emma Frost concludes that killing Wanda is the way to end her destructive magic
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Decimation (comics)
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Decimation is a storyline event published by Marvel Comics in 2005, spinning out of the events of the House of M limited series. The event started with an issue and took place in a number of various series all carrying the Decimation logo on the cover. The 2005 mini-series Generation M, Sentinel Squad O*N*E, X-Men, Deadly Genesis and X-Men, the various stories were collected in five Trade paper backs. The storyline focuses on the ramifications of the Scarlet Witch stripping nearly all of the mutant population of their powers and this event, which occurred on November 2 according to X-Men #191, is known as M-Day in the Marvel Universe. One consequence is an upswing of anti-mutant sentiment, especially among religious groups. Both Hank Pym and Beast note shortly after the event that it is impossible for the energy that certain mutants controlled to simply have vanished, and that it must have been sent somewhere. As would later be revealed in New Avengers, most of this became a sentient entity called the Collective. Most criticisms by fans have been aimed at inconsistencies regarding the roster of mutants who retained their powers after the event, for example, in the Generation M mini-series, several characters were considered depowered, even though they retained their physical mutations. The Civil War Files one-shot revealed that the US governments assessment of the number of mutants on Earth may not be accurate, which allowed Marvel to change the number of depowered mutants. Additionally, characters such as Namor and the Great Lakes Avengers, wizard magazine published a speculative list of supposedly decimated characters, which Marvel Comics dismissed as including a number of mutants who still have their powers. Over 198 mutants have already been identified post M-Day with over 30 of said mutants have died since the mutant Decimation hit, Selene and her servant Eli Bard have used the Transmode Virus to reanimate the mutant Caliban so that he may track down and reanimate deceased mutants. The reanimated army appeared in the Necrosha story arc, consisting of thousands of inhabitants of Genosha, see the main Necrosha article to view the full list of those resurrected during the story arc. Necrosha notes, The majority of mutants were used as a sacrifice for Selene to reach her godhood. Those who were not sacrificed likely perished with Selene and the energy she used to them alive, as was implied by Destiny at the end of the X-Men. Tarot was reanimated mysteriously before M-Day and implied to be alive, during her return in Necrosha she claims to be dead like her fellow Hellions and exhibiting her mutant abilities. It is possible that Tarot was not actually depowered by M-Day, King Bedlam had used his abilities to inexplicably bring her back, and it was unquestionably stated her life was linked to his powers. It can be assumed she was returned to death in the fallout of the House of M reality, Unus and Feral are reanimated but should still be depowered as they were not mutants after M-day. Feral had her feline appearance restored prior to her death, and Unus was temporarily repowered by the Terrigen Mists, cypher, using his power and assistance from Warlock and Magik, eradicated the techno-organic virus
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Lockjaw (comics)
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Lockjaw is a fictional bulldog-like being appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Fantastic Four #45, and was created by Stan Lee, Lockjaw was born on the island of Attilan, formerly in the Atlantic Ocean. Lockjaw resembles a giant bulldog and serves in the capacity of the Inhumans teleporter, many times he has brought Inhumans to Earth and back again. At times, his powers have been manipulated by evil forces, Lockjaw and the Royal Family encountered Maximus creation, the Trikon, and were driven from Attilans Great Refuge in exile. Lockjaw first appeared as a member of the Inhumans when they attempted to retrieve Medusa from the outside world and this led them into conflict with the Fantastic Four, the first humans they met, who were harboring Medusa after rescuing her from the villainous Frightful Four. Accordingly, Lockjaw is indirectly responsible for revealing the existence of Attilan to the outside world and they returned to Attilan and became trapped in Maximus negative zone barrier around the Great Refuge. Lockjaw is able to escape and becomes separated from his city and he roams the country for some time, accidentally terrorizing the local citizens, until he meets up with Johnny Storm and Wyatt Wingfoot. He journeyed with the pair in their attempt to breach the negative zone barrier, before long, the Inhumans were freed from the negative zone barrier, and Lockjaw transported Crystal to New York, and brought Triton from Attilan to rescue Mister Fantastic. Lockjaw was later compelled to return Crystal to Attilan by Maximus, with Crystal, Lockjaw was captured by Diablo. They later rescued the injured Quicksilver, before long, Lockjaw attended the wedding of Quicksilver and Crystal. He also brought the Fantastic Four to Attilan to battle Thraxton, at one point, Quicksilver and the Thing witnessed what appeared to be Lockjaw, apparently a sentient being once mutated by Terrigen Mists, speaking to them. This convinces Quicksilver not to expose his daughter Luna to the Mists, Lockjaw brought the other Inhumans to Earth in search of Medusa when she fled Attilan to avoid a compulsory abortion. He also transported the injured Triton back to Attilan, with Crystal, he later summoned the Avengers to help battle Thane Ector and the Brethren. With the Avengers, he battled the Brethren, as noted in Ka-Zar #12, Lockjaw also travels to the Heroes Reborn universe with his Inhuman family. This visit lasts for about a year, all are returned successfully, having always been particularly fond of Ben Grimm, Lockjaw elects to stay with him. Ben, fondly recounting that he wanted a dog, accepted. It is not known why Lockjaw did not accompany Ben Grimm when he felt the need to retreat to France during the Civil War, Lockjaw is featured into the 2006 limited series Son of M. With the majority of the mutants on Earth having been rendered powerless, Quicksilver decides to steal the Inhumans mutagenic Terrigen Mists, Lockjaw is convinced to help him on the mission
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Karnak (comics)
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Karnak is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and debuted in Fantastic Four #45 along with members of the Inhuman Royal Family. Karnak first appeared in Fantastic Four #45, and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Karnak is the narrator of Inhumanity #1 because his abilities gave writer Matt Fraction a way to frame the story, I needed somebody who could put puzzles together. He sees the flaws in things, I needed the rest of the cast to put together what the hell Black Bolt and Maximus were up to. Its a way for everyone to puzzle it out with Karnak as hes putting it together and its a way we can get into the story thats informative but sort of backwards. Although he commits suicide at the end of issue, he appears in the cliffhanger of Inhuman #13 saying he had found a weakness in the afterlife. This allowed writer Charles Soule to bring the back, and he explained Karnaks importance, Karnak is just such a unique. He tends to have a perspective on events, and adding his voice back into the mix of the Inhuman cast will open up some great new possibilities. Karnak is part of a wider push the Inhumans are getting across Marvels media output - on television, in film, I didnt need to be sold on Karnak, whos far and away my favorite Inhuman. They picked Warren Ellis to write the title because of his stints at Marvel reworking their characters. Ellis, who is joined by Gerardo Zaffino on art duties, described what drew him to the character and he never took the mutagenic Terrigen mists like the other Inhumans. He’s a dementedly intense philosopher who can see the flaw in anything — objects, systems, ideas, people — and he is the Inhuman who made himself inhuman by sheer force of will. He extends the work of the Tower Of Wisdom by both teaching and extending aid to people damaged by the Terrigen mists that cause Inhumanity. In this new Marvel Universe situation, where all kinds of people have been mutated by Terrigen, Karnak is a member of the Inhuman race, one of those who form the Inhuman Royal Family, born on the island of Attilan. Cousin of Black Bolt, king of the Inhumans, Karnak has the ability to find the point in any person, plan. Thus, he is used as planner by the Inhumans. He also serves as a priest and philosopher to the Inhumans and he is the brother of Triton, who endured Terrigenesis before he did. However, Tritons Terrigenesis was so extreme that his parents, Mander and Azur, instead, he was sent to a monastery, where he learned martial arts
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School counselor
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In 2013, school counseling is established in 62 countries and emerging in another seven. The largest accreditation body for Counselor Education/School Counseling programs is the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling, International Counselor Education programs are accredited through a CACREP affiliate, the International Registry of Counselor Education Programs. In some countries, school counseling is provided by school counseling specialists, the IAEVG focuses primarily on career development with some international school counseling articles and conference presentations. Both the IAEVG and the Vanguard of Counsellors have promoted school counseling internationally, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the post-Soviet Psychologists of Armenia together with the Government started developing the institution of School Counselor within Armenian Schools. While the national policy is supportive of school counseling, only one Australian state requires it, the school counselor to student ratio ranges from 1,850 in the Australian Capital Territory to 1,18,000 in the state of Tasmania. School counselors play a part in the Australian schooling system, they provide support to teachers. Part of their care includes, counseling students, assisting parents/guardians to make informed decisions about their childs education, assist schools and parents in assessing disabilities and liaise with outside agencies to provide the best support for schools, teachers, students and parents. Austria mandates school counseling at the school level. Although not mandated, there is some school counseling done in schools, in Canada, most provinces have adapted K-12 comprehensive school counseling programs similar to those initiated by and adapted in the ASCA National Model. In 2009, The Canadian Counselling Association became the Canadian Counselling, three Canadian provinces require school counseling. Only 15% of high school students are admitted to college in China, so the entrance exams are fiercely competitive, much pressure is put on children and adolescents to study and be able to attend college and this pressure is a central school counseling focus in China. There is no system of certifying school counselors. Shared that Chinese school counselors always work within a traditional Chinese world view of a community, in Hong Kong, Hui discussed work on moving toward comprehensive whole-school counseling programs and away from a remediation-style model. Middle school students are the priority for school counseling services in China, School counseling is only available in certain schools. The Czech Republic mandates school counseling, School counseling services are delivered by school psychologists with a ratio of 1 school psychologist to every 3,080 students. School counseling is available in certain schools. In Finland, legislation has passed in terms of the school counseling system. The Basic Education Act of 1998 states that student must receive school counseling services
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Professor X
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Professor Charles Francis Xavier is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and is the founder and leader of the X-Men. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The X-Men #1, Xavier is a member of a subspecies of humans known as mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities. The founder of the X-Men, Xavier is a powerful telepath who can read. He runs a school in Westchester County, New York to both shelter and train mutants from around the world. Xavier also fights to serve a greater good by promoting peaceful coexistence, throughout much of the characters history in comics, Xavier is a paraplegic variously using either a wheelchair or a modified version of one. One of the worlds most powerful mutant telepaths, Xavier is a scientific genius, furthermore, he has shown noteworthy talents in devising equipment to greatly enhance psionic powers. From a social policy and philosophical perspective, Xavier deeply resents the violent methods of those like his close friend and occasional enemy. The characters creation and development occurred simultaneously with the civil struggle, taking place in the 1960s. Both actors reprised the role in the film X-Men, Days of Future Past, mcAvoy continued the role in X-Men, Apocalypse, and Stewart appeared in Logan. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, Professor X first appeared in X-Men #1, Stan Lee has stated that the physical inspiration of Professor Xavier was from Academy Award–winning actor Yul Brynner. Professor Xaviers character development has been inspired by Martin Luther King, to achieve these aims, he founded Xaviers School for Gifted Youngsters to teach mutants to explore and control their powers. Its first group of students was the original X-Men, Xaviers students consider him a visionary and often refer to their mission as Xaviers dream. He is highly regarded by others in the Marvel Universe, respected by governments and trusted by several other superhero teams, including the Avengers. However, he also has a streak which has resulted in several significant fallings-out with allies. He often acts as an advocate for mutant rights and is the authority most of the Marvel superhero community turns to for advice on mutants. Despite this, his status as a mutant himself and originator of the X-Men only became public during the 2001 story E Is for Extinction. He also appears in almost all of the X-Men animated series and in video games. Patrick Stewart plays him in the 2000s film series, as well as providing his voice in some of the X-Men video games, according to BusinessWeek, Charles Xavier is listed as one of the top ten most intelligent fictional characters in American comics
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Beast (comics)
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Beast is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and is a founding member of the X-Men. Eventually being referred to simply as Beast, Hank McCoy underwent progressive physiological transformations and these include blue fur, both simian and feline facial features, pointed ears, fangs, and claws. Beasts physical strength and senses increased to greater levels. Despite Hank McCoys inhuman appearance, he is depicted as a brilliant, well-educated man in the arts and sciences and he is a world authority on biochemistry and genetics, the X-Mens medical doctor, and the science and mathematics instructor at the Xavier Institute. He is also a mutant political activist, campaigning against societys bigotry, while fighting his own bestial instincts and fears of social rejection, Beast dedicates his physical and mental gifts to the creation of a better world for man and mutant. One of the original X-Men, Beast has appeared regularly in X-Men-related comics since his debut and he has also been a member of the Avengers and Defenders. The character has appeared in media adaptations, including animated TV series. In X2, Steve Bacic portrayed him in a brief cameo in his human appearance, while in X-Men. Nicholas Hoult portrays a version of the character in X-Men. Both Hoult and Grammer reprise their roles in X-Men, Days of Future Past, Hoult also reprised the role in X-Men, Apocalypse. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in X-Men #1, Stan Lee writes in the foreword to X-Men, The Ultimate Guide that he made Beast the most articulate, eloquent, and well-read of the X-Men to contrast with his brutish exterior. Further, the book opines that the Werner Roth-Roy Thomas team garnered admiration for their appealing, Roth, under the alias Jay Gavin, had taken over for Kirby fully by issue #18, and Thomas was a new talent. Beast was given an individualized, colorful new costume, along with the rest of the X-Men by issue #39 in order to new readers. Jim Sterankos tenure, which added exciting art, Roth returned, working with Neal Adams who blended Kirbys style with realism, idealized beauty, in Amazing Adventures #11, written by Gerry Conway, Beast underwent a radical change and mutated into his now familiar furry, blue appearance. The concept originated with Roy Thomas, an effort to make the character more visibly striking, over the next decade he would appear on the roster of several teams in titles ranging from The Avengers to The Defenders to X-Factor. It wasnt until 1991, in X-Factor #70/X-Men #1, that the Beast finally returned to the X-Men. As evidenced on the cover of X-Treme X-Men Vol.1, Chris Claremont. Citing Claremont as inspiration for his run on New X-Men, Morrison explains Beast as a brilliant, hes obviously quite clearly bipolar and swings between manic excitement and ghastly self-doubt
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